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  • Gustave Courbet

    (Grove Art Essentials)

    by Klaus Herding ...
    Series series Grove Art Essentials Series
    An artist assessed as much by his personality as by his work, French painter and writer Gustave Courbet's renown centers on his paintings of peasants and labourers of the mid-nineteenth century and his presentation of himself as a passionate social commentator. Motivated by strong political views, Courbet's art formed a paradigm of Realism: a consciously democratic attempt to objectively represent ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

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  • Priceless

    How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures

    by Robert K. Wittman, John Shiffman ...
    The Wall Street Journal called him “a living legend.” The London Times dubbed him “the most famous art detective in the world.”In Priceless, Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career for the first time, offering a real-life international thriller to rival The Thomas Crown Affair.Rising from humble roots as the son of an antique ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • Concerning the Spiritual in Art

    by Wassily Kandinsky ...
    Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated. Efforts to revive the art-principles of the past will at best produce an art that is still-born. It is impossible for us to live and feel, as did the ancient Greeks. ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve

    The Story That Created Us

    by Stephen Greenblatt ...
    **“Endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read.” —Jack Miles, author of God: A BiographyDaring to take the great biblical account of human origins seriously, but without credulity.**The most influential story in Western cultural history, the biblical account of Adam and Eve is now treated either as the sacred possession of the faithful or as the butt of secular jokes. Here, acclaimed ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • 1000 Buddhas of Genius

    by T.W. Rhys Davids Ph.D. LLD., Victoria Charles ...
    „All living beings are Buddhas and have wisdom and virtue within them. (Buddha) Buddha ranks among the most often depicted holy figures of the world perhaps appearing more than Christ, a subject widely treated by Western artists. Venerated in all the nations of Asia, and even beyond, his image took form along the Silk Road, the birthplace of many schools of Buddhism. Indeed, the Buddhist religion ... Read more

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  • Urban Cinematics

    Understanding Urban Phenomena through the Moving Image

    by Andong Lu ...
    François Penz is an architect and a teacher in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art at the University of Cambridge.Andong Lu is a research associate at the University of Cambridge. ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Zig Zag Zen

    Buddhism and Psychedelics

    Edited by Allan Badiner, Alex Grey ...
    More than ever, people are in pursuit of greater fulfillment in their lives, seeking a deeper spiritual truth and strategies for liberation from suffering. Both Buddhism and psychedelics are subjects that one encounters in such spiritual pursuit. Edited by Tricycle contributing editor Allan Badiner and art edited by renowned visionary artist Alex Grey, Zig Zag Zen features a foreword by Buddhist ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Design Paradigms

    Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering

    by Henry Petroski ...
    From ancient Greek temples to twentieth-century towers, engineers have learned more about design from failure than success. The concept of error, according to the author, is central to the design process. As a way of explaining the enduring aspects of engineering design, he relates stories of some of the greatest engineering successes and failures of all time. These case studies, drawn from a wide ... Read more

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  • Routledge Revivals: Chinese Art (1935)

    Edited by Leigh Ashton ...
    First published in 1935, this book was intended to provide westerners with a more definite and comprehensive understanding of Chinese Art and its achievements. Newly available opportunities to study authentic examples, such as the Royal Academy exhibition that provided the impetus for this volume, allowed for greater opportunities to conduct in-depth examination than had previously been possible. ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Something All Our Own

    The Grant Hill Collection of African American Art

    by Grant Hill ...
    Since 1990, Grant Hill has thrilled sports fans with his artistry on the basketball court, first as an All-American player at Duke University and then as a six-time NBA All-Star for the Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic. During these years, Hill has amassed a collection of art by African Americans that he now shares with the public through this book, which accompanies a traveling exhibition ... Read more

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  • 1000 Masterpieces of Decorative Art

    by Victoria Charles ...
    From ancient Sumerian pottery to Tiffany stained glass, decorative art has been a fundamental part of the human experience for generations. While fine art is confined to galleries and museums, decorative art is the art of the every day, combining beauty with functionality in objects ranging from the prosaic to the fantastical. In this work, Albert Jacquemart celebrates the beauty and artistic ... Read more

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  • Buying Baroque

    Italian Seventeenth-Century Paintings Come to America

    Edited by Edgar Peters Bowron ...
    Series series The Frick Collection Studies in the History of Art Collecting in America
    Although Americans have shown interest in Italian Baroque art since the eighteenth century—Thomas Jefferson bought copies of works by Salvator Rosa and Guido Reni for his art gallery at Monticello, and the seventeenth-century Bolognese school was admired by painters Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley—a widespread appetite for it only took hold in the early to mid-twentieth century. Buying ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD