Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

Michelangelo

Georgia

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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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

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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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

New Jersey

Modern French Masters: The Impressionists 

#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 #bookscoffeelove #cézanne #art #arthistory #artappreciation 

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Pennsylvania

A definitive survey of the life and work of the Paul Ce+a7zanne follwows the evolution of his art from drawing school in the 1860s to his death in 1906, providing more than six hundred reproductions of drawings, watercolors, paintings, and sketchbook pages that demonstrate his masterful artistic style.

Cezanne

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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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Mike Venezia

No writing. I accidentally bought two copies. 

Alabama

Picasso

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#hardcover #arthistory #fiction #ballet #cat #childrens 

The Kittens Who Danced for Degas

Three little kittens create a sensation when they join dancers onstage of a Parisian theater known for its ballet and for the artist who paints there.

Bijou, Bonbon and Beau

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#hardcover #art #athens #arthistory #museum

Ohio

National Archaeological Museum Athens

#hardcover #art #baroque #amsterdam #paintings #arthistory

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 

#hardcover #arthistory #london #art #museum 

British Museum London

Dale Brown

Italy's Lovers of Life

Traces the history of the Etruscans, looks at the ruins and artifacts of their civilization, and describes recent archeological finds

Etruscans

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Clare Clark

Iowa

Berlin in the 1920s is a city of seedy night clubs and sumptuous art galleries, where nothing is quite what it seems. It is home to Emmeline, a young art student; Julius, an art expert who loves paintings more than people; and Frank, a Jewish lawyer looking for a way to protect both his family and his principles as the Nazis begin their rise to power. Rachmann, a mercurial art dealer-- and newly discovered paintings by Vincent van Gogh-- will provide a scandal that turns all their lives upside down. -- adapted from jacket

In the Full Light of the Sun

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E. H. Gombrich

Montana

Traces the history of art from primitive cave paintings to controversial works of the present day.

The Story of Art

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

Illinois

The Painter as Witness

Work and Struggle

Steven Naifeh

Gregory White Smith

#paperback #vangogh #art #arthistory #education #immpresionism #masterpiece #masters 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Life

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "The definitive biography for decades to come."--Leo Jansen, curator, the Van Gogh Museum, and co-editor of Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Letters

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Jackson Pollock, have written another tour de force--an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials to bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist: his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; and his move to Provence, where he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art. The authors also shed new light on many unexplored aspects of Van Gogh's inner world: his erratic and tumultuous romantic life; his bouts of depression and mental illness; and the cloudy circumstances surrounding his death at the age of thirty-seven.
 
Though countless books have been written about Van Gogh, no serious, ambitious examination of his life has been attempted in more than seventy years. Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh's life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity that bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review * The Washington Post * The Wall Street Journal * San Francisco Chronicle * NPR * The Economist * Newsday * BookReporter 

"In their magisterial new biography, Van Gogh: The Life, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith provide a guided tour through the personal world and work of that Dutch painter, shining a bright light on the evolution of his art. . . . What [the authors] capture so powerfully is Van Gogh's extraordinary will to learn, to persevere against the odds."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"Brilliant . . . Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith are the big-game hunters of modern art history. . . . [Van Gogh] rushes along on a tide of research. . . . At once a model of scholarship and an emotive, pacy chunk of hagiography."--Martin Herbert, The Daily Telegraph (London)

Van Gogh

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Rachel R. Wolf

Hardcover book a like new condition, with the exception of the cover, which does have ripples across the top and bottom of the jacket cover due to shelving, as well as name written on 1st page

Maryland

Splash 4

The Splendor of Light

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Cathy Marie Buchanan

Washington

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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Sylvain Coissard

In a series of hilarious parodies, Sylvain Coissard and Alexis Lemoine answer the nagging questions of art history: what caused The Scream? Why is Van Gogh's Yellow Bedroom so suspiciously tidy? Why is Cezanne wearing a bandage in his famous self-portrait? This book is for anyone who wants to know what happened before the Mona Lisa smiled. Or, rather, what might have happened.

The (True!) History of Art

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Malte Herwig

Dust cover shows some wear but otherwise in new condition

Françoise Gilot on Her Life with and Without Picasso

Françoise Gilot left Picasso after a ten-year relationship, the only woman to escape his intense attentions unscathed. Malte Herwig dropped by her ateliers in Paris and New York to chat with her about life, love, and art. She shared observations, her sharp sense of humor, and over ninety years of experience, much of it in the company of men who changed the world: Picasso, Matisse, and her second husband, the famous virologist Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine.

The Woman Who Says No

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#hardcover #art #arthistory #artbook #painting 

Oregon

Testimony to a Passionate Relationship

The influence of Oskar Kokoschka's three year long affair with Alma Mahler on his paintings, prints, and fans is the focus of this book. The works discussed reflect his love and desire, and explore the depths of his despair.

Kokoschka and Alma Mahler

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#hardcover #nonfiction #art #painting #arthistory #fridakahlo

Frida Kahlo's (1907-1954) arresting pictures were in many ways expressions of trauma. This richly illustrated Basic Art book offers a both accessible and informed introduction to Kahlo's life and work, looking at the artist's dramatic, colourful canvases which combined religious Mexican tradition with Surrealist elements.

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Gilles Néret

Michelangelo

Walter S. Gibson

World of Art Series Bruegel

Cynthia Saltzman

Old Masters, New World

Fratelli Fabbri Publishers

Modern French Masters: The Impressionists

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

Ruggles Street, the Life of an American Artist

Francoise Cachin; Isabelle Cachin