Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

Michelangelo

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described in 1604 by his earliest biographer as a supremely comic artist, few of whose works failed to elicit laughter. Today, however, we approach Bruegel's art as anything but a laughing matter. His paintings and drawings are thought to conceal profound allegories best illuminated with scholarly erudition. In this delightfully engaging book, Walter S. Gibson takes a new look at Bruegel, arguing that the artist was no erudite philosopher, but a man very much in the world, and that a significant part of his art is best appreciated in the context of humor. In his illuminating examination of the witty and amusing elements in Bruegel's paintings, prints, and drawings in relation to the sixteenth century European culture of laughter, Gibson reminds us exactly why Bruegel was one of the most original artists of his time.



In a series of engrossing chapters, Gibson explores the function and production of laughter in the sixteenth century, examines the ways in which Bruegel exploited the comic potential of Hieronymus Bosch, and traces how the artist developed his remarkable gift for physiognomy in his work, culminating in three paintings of festive peasants he produced during the 1560s: the Wedding Dance, the Kermis, and the Wedding Banquet. Gibson also takes a detailed look at the Dulle Griet, Bruegel's most complex evocation of Bosch.

Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter

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Eminently a genius of his time, the brilliant Flemish Renaissance, Pieter Bruegel the Elder has enjoyed both admiration and popularity for four hundred years. He belongs, with Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Van Gogh, to that select company of artists who enjoy universal esteem in our time.

World of Art Series Bruegel

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America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures

In 1870 a group of wealthy and culturally ambitious New Yorkers founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Soon, America's new industrial tycoons began to compete for Europe's extraordinary Old Master pictures, laying claim to works by Vermeer, Titian, Rembrandt and others. Cynthia Saltzman recounts the fierce competition to acquire some of the greatest paintings in the world and the boom in the market. A story of beauty, aesthetics, and taste; money, trade, and power.

Old Masters, New World

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#hardcover #Education #ArtHistory #Economics #Philosophy #PoliticalScience #Religion #Science #Teaching #WorldHistory this is a huge book filled with so much information. Perfect for the always self-educating person￼￼￼￼. box 111 There is a $7.50 purchase minimum when buying from my shop. There is a platform fee, packaging, travel costs and of course my time. My prices are extremely low, and so please if you don’t need another book, please buy one for a friend. Thanks for understanding. 😊I'm on Instagram as karrisbookstore. https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=1en2bac5na0c2&utm_content=oevzh6i

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Texas

From the Publisher: Answering questions about the film industry, this work takes listeners on a tour of English poetry, and gives them a handle on 350 years of opera with incomparable wit, style, clarity, and brevity. Here is all the crucial information on these subjects, distilled to its essence and served up with the consummate flair.

An Incomplete Education

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#arthistory #memoir #nonfiction #signed #artist #hardcover 

West Virginia

The Life of an American Artist *Signed*

In a striking combination of words and images, American landscape artist Robert O. Caulfield reveals the compelling story of his rise from childhood abandonment and poverty to his current status as one of the nation's best-selling artists. Told with brutal honesty and humor, the story of Mr. Caulfield's relentless drive to better his life, and to succeed as an artist against seemingly insurmountable odds, is one that readers of all ages will find inspiring and moving.

Ruggles Street, the Life of an American Artist

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#hardcover #art #arthistory #painters #vintage
Excellent condition HCDJ

Illinois

The Painter as Witness

Work and Struggle

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Kansas

The Life and Works of Rubens

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#nonfiction #art #hardcover #arthistory #painting #portaiture #portrait #renaissance

The Life and Works art series collects the world's greatest artists and art movements into a handsome set of monographs Each book features a biography of an artist or an explanation of the movement, followed by 50 magnificent, individually commentated reproductions Each is an affordable treasure, sure to please every seasoned critic and newcomer to the beauty of great art.

The Art of Portrait

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#art #hardcover #nonfiction #drawing #painting #renaissance #arthistory

The Art of Florentine Drawings

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#art #arteducation #middleschoolart #davis #textbook #arttextbook #arthistory

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

California

Art, music, drama/theater

A Global Pursuit SE

Each book begins with an overview of the fundamental hows and whys of art. From this sound foundation, students embark on a thematic study of art's human commonalities. These themes focus on experiences shared by all cultures and promote an integrated approach to making and perceiving art.

Art and the Human Experience

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New Jersey

A Novel

In belle âepoque Paris, the Van Goethem sisters struggle for survival after the sudden death of their father, a situation that prompts young Marie's ballet training and her introduction to a genius painter.

The Painted Girls

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Art, Music, Drama/Theater

LEVEL: Key Stage 4 onwards. Sharpen visual perception and stimulate imagination with this complete analysis of the design process. Engage students with any one of the thirty five dynamic design activities offered at the end of the design review.

Design Dialogue

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On a visit to his rich eccentric uncle, who owns many wonderful paintings, Tom is amazed when Rembrandt leaves his self-portrait and takes a walk with Tom.

Rembrandt Takes a Walk

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Maine

When a long-lost Raphael resurfaces, it triggers a chain of events from vandalism...to murder! As English art scholar Jonathan Argyll investigates, he ends up on a run for the truth...and his very own life.

The Raphael Affair

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New York

In 1506, Michelangelo--a young but already renowned sculptor--is invited by the Sultan of Constantinople to design a bridge over the Golden Horn. The sultan has offered, alongside an enormous payment, the promise of immortality, since Leonardo da Vinci's design had been rejected: "You will surpass him in glory if you accept, for you will succeed where he has failed, and you will give the world a monument without equal."

Michelangelo, after some hesitation, flees Rome and an irritated Pope Julius II--whose commission he leaves unfinished--and arrives in Constantinople for this truly epic project. Once there, he explores the beauty and wonder of the Ottoman Empire, sketching and describing his impressions along the way, and becomes immersed in cloak-and-dagger palace intrigues as he struggles to create what could be his greatest architectural masterwork.

Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants--constructed from real historical fragments--is a story about why stories are told, why bridges are built, and how seemingly unmatched pieces, seen from the opposite sides of civilization, can mirror one another.

Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

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Ohio

National Archaeological Museum Athens

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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 

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British Museum London

This is a First Edition book, the story of Bernini and Borromini and how their rivalry transformed Italian art and architecture. #nonfiction #art #hardcover #architechure #italian #history #arthistory #rome #homeschool #1stedition

Wisconsin

Bernini, Borromini, and the rivalry that transformed Rome

The genius in the design

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Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles

In September 1888 Vincent Van Gogh moved into the little Yellow House, on the outskirts of the Provençal town of Arles. In October he was joined by Paul Gauguin, and for eight weeks they worked together in this tiny, claustrophobic space. It was one of the most productive periods for both painters - during it Van Gogh painted most of the Sunflowers, twin pictures of Gauguin and his chairs, and the Sowers. Yet at what cost was this fever of creative endeavour achieved? At the end of their two months together Vincent went mad and cut off his ear.

In this riveting book, Telegraph art critic Martin Gayford provides an insight into the French provincial and bohemian life of the times, as well as into the creation of some of the most popular paintings ever.

The Yellow House

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A Collection of Cats

HC no DJ. Light rubbing to edges. #hardcover #rodin #art #artist #arthistory #artiststudy #nonfiction 

Rodin ©1978

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Michelangelo

Walter S. Gibson

Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter

Walter S. Gibson

World of Art Series Bruegel

Cynthia Saltzman

Old Masters, New World

Judy Jones; William Wilson

An Incomplete Education

Robert O. Caulfield; Craig Caulfield; Melissa J. Hayes (Editor)

Ruggles Street, the Life of an American Artist

Edward Lucie-Smith and Celestine Dars

Work and Struggle

Janice Anderson

The Life and Works of Rubens

Helen Dore

The Art of Portrait

Edmund Swinglehurst

The Art of Florentine Drawings

Eldon Katter; Marilyn G. Stewart

Art and the Human Experience

Cathy Marie Buchanan

The Painted Girls

Jack Stoops; Jerry Samuelson

Design Dialogue

Mark Strand; Red Grooms (Illustrator)

Rembrandt Takes a Walk

Iain Pears

The Raphael Affair

Mathias Enard; Charlotte Mandell (Translator)

Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

Henry A La Farge

National Archaeological Museum Athens

Thomas B. Hess

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Thomas B. Hess

British Museum London

Jake Morrissey

The genius in the design

Martin Gayford

The Yellow House

Maria Champion

A Collection of Cats

Yvon Taillandier

Rodin ©1978

Bradley Smith; Robert Kimmel Smith

China