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Vendor: Fiona Crisp
The Live Creature and Ethereal Things: Physics in Culture
'The Live Creature and Ethereal Things: Physics in Culture' is a collection of essays, images and short texts that present fundamental physics and the physics of the universe as human activities and cultural endeavours. Contributions by artists, curators and physicists examine the role of...- $18.50
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Vendor: Ariel Guzik
Ariel Guzik: Holoturian
For the last 10 years, the Mexican artist Ariel Guzik has searched for a way to communicate with whales and dolphins. Guzik's project has encompassed the creation of underwater instruments, expeditions to contact whales and dolphins off the coasts of Baja California, Costa Rica...- $6.94
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Vendor: Tom Policano
Slim Pickins
The book consists primarily of photographic images from 1970-71 detailing my impressions of east coast seasonal farm workers and glimpses of their lives in the fields and orchards, in camps, at home and in the news. The 309 photographs are Interspersed with sections of...- $49.20
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Vendor: Don Kirk
Western Art Coloring Book: Pen & Ink Old West Art (Vol I)
Volume One of Two. Don Kirk has been traveling the West for many years searching for the physical remains of the American West of the 1800's. He found many abandoned buildings with weathered clapboards sitting precariously on rotting cedar posts. He found desert towns...- $12.99
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Vendor: Don Kirk
Western Art Coloring Book: Pen & Ink Old West Art (Vol II)
Volume Two, More Western Art. Don Kirk has been traveling the West for many years searching for the physical remains of the American West of the 1800's. He found many abandoned buildings with weathered clapboards sitting precariously on rotting cedar posts. He found desert...- $12.99
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Vendor: Kyunghee Pyun
Postmodernism and Aesthetics: Collide or Steer?
Postmodernism and Aesthetics: Collide or Steer presents twenty-two artists who were awardees of the contemporary visual art competition by the AHL Foundation. All of them spent their youth in the 1990s as immigrant artists or as fine art students studying-abroad in the United States....- $49.23
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Vendor: Kyunghee Pyun
Shades of Time
The Shades of Time: An Exhibition from the Archive of Korean American Artists, Part Two: 1989-2001 was the second part of a larger project called "The Archive of Korean American Artists." While the first part of the exhibition had about 45 artists including Whanki...- $48.56
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Vendor: Bradford Gordon Wheler
Golf Sayings Wit & Wisdom of a Good Walk Spoiled
"GOLF SAYINGS: wit & wisdom of a good walk spoiled." This golf art book showcases artwork along with quotations about golf that covers topics including sportsmanship, golf humor, the pros, Scotland, and even presidential golf. This collaborative publication has two goals in mind: first,...- $24.95
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Vendor: Lee Pennington
Daughters of Leda
Lee Pennington has published 20 books, most of them poetry, as he is a Poet Laureate of Kentucky. This new book, with new poems written since 2011, is filled with the wonder of love and admiration for his lover. His words shine with light...- $30.00
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Vendor: Raymond J. Belcourt
Artscapes / Pays-arts Canada: a land interpreted by lens and brush
As initiator and coordinator of the project, I had the privilege of selecting the talented members of the team to represent their province. I approached and selected artists on the basis of painting style, reputation and enthusiasm, attempting to provide a range of styles...- $25.00
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Vendor: Paper Monument
As Radical, as Mother, as Salad, as Shelter: What Should Art Institutions Do Now?
Have you sensed a change in the position of the art institution vis-à-vis political activism? Can an art institution go from being an object of critique to a site for organizing? How? Should the art institution play this kind of role? What other roles...- $15.00
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Vendor: Raphael Rubinstein
The Miraculous
The first single-author book to be published by Paper Monument, Raphael Rubinstein's The Miraculous presents the artistic avant-gardes of the last five decades as a tapestry of incidents as fascinating and unlikely as any collection of myths or legends. Thinking more of Kafka's Parables...- $16.00
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Vendor: Jonathan Griffin
On Fire
Artists' studios have been burning down for centuries. In Paper Monument's newest publication, On Fire, author Jonathan Griffin asked ten contemporary artists how they recovered after their studios went up in flames. Talking to them, he gained surprising insights into their working methods, their...- $16.00
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Vendor: Paper Monument
I Like Your Work: Art and Etiquette
The first small book from Paper Monument, originally published in 2009 and now in its sixth printing. Features contributions from thirty-eight artists, critics, curators, and dealers on the sometimes serious and sometimes ridiculous topic of manners in the art world.Author: Paper MonumentISBN-10: 0979757525ISBN-13: 9780979757525Publisher:...- $10.00
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Vendor: Markus Breitschmid
Can architectural art-form be designed out of construction?
Carl Boetticher, Gottfried Semper, and Heinrich Woelfflin: a sketch of various investigations on the nature of "Tectonic" in nineteenth-century architectural theory. The essay sketches the shifting understanding of the tectonic in the architectural theories of Carl Boetticher, Gottfried Semper, and Heinrich Woelfflin. The essay...- $24.00
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Vendor: Charlie O'Shields
Sketching Stuff: Stories Sketched From Life
Charlie O'Shields is the creator of Doodlewash(R), founder of World Watercolor Month in July, and host of the Sketching Stuff podcast. Every single day, for over three years, he created a watercolor illustration and wrote a short essay about whatever came to mind that...- $24.99
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Vendor: Vic Bearcroft
Sketching Birds
Whether it be doodling simple shapes, patterns and textures, or honing your drawing skills, sketching should always be a relaxing, fun activity. In this book I will show you some of my techniques for creating loose and lively bird sketches. With six step by...- $13.36
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Vendor: Bob Linney
The Copy Book: Copyright Free Illustrations for Development
Over 100 pages of drawings drawn and donated by the British Association of Illustrators. Covers food, water, health, shelter and work. For use by and of help to fieldworkers active in communication and education work, and to encourage local artists.Author: Bob LinneyISBN-10: 0946688443ISBN-13: 9780946688449Publisher:...- $29.95
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Vendor: Robert A. Tiritilli
Tennis Humor
The best of TENNIS humor from America's funniest sporting cartoonist. Cartoonist, Robert Tiritilli understands "the ins and outs" of the tennis world. This former Italian Mafia racketeer has teamed with Charles Hellman, an ex-ball boy, to find more ways to blend these one-panel cartoons...- $7.50
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Vendor: Jon Huer
Art, Beauty, and Pornography
Author: Jon HuerISBN-10: 0879753978ISBN-13: 9780879753979Publisher: Prometheus BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1987Pages: 239Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.28h x 6.19w x 0.90d- $45.99
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Vendor: Gert Schiff
German Essays on Art History: Winckelmann, Burckhardt, Panofsky, and Others
"Published in cooperation with Deutsches Haus, New York University"--T.p. verso.Author: Gert SchiffISBN-10: 0826403093ISBN-13: 9780826403094Publisher: Continnuum-3PLLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1988Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.40d- $51.95
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Vendor: Miriam Cooke
Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official
From 1970 until his death in 2000, Hafiz Asad ruled Syria with an iron fist. His regime controlled every aspect of daily life. Seeking to preempt popular unrest, Asad sometimes facilitated the expression of anti-government sentiment by appropriating the work of artists and writers,...- $25.95
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Vendor: Victoria Bradbury
Art Hack Practice: Critical Intersections of Art, Innovation and the Maker Movement
Bridging art and innovation, this book invites readers into the processes of artists, curators, cultural producers and historians who are working within new contexts that run parallel to or against the phenomenon of 'maker culture'.The book is a fascinating and compelling resource for those...- $49.95
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Vendor: Elena Tajima Creef
Imaging Japanese America: The Visual Construction of Citizenship, Nation, and the Body
As we have been reminded by the renewed acceptance of racial profiling, and the detention and deportation of hundreds of immigrants of Arab and Muslim descent on unknown charges following September 11, in times of national crisis we take refuge in the visual construction...- $28.00
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Vendor: Kathryn Bishop Eckert
The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region
From 1870 to 1910 the prosperity of the copper and iron mining, lumbering, and shipping industries of the Lake Superior region created a demand for more substantial buildings. In satisfying this demand, architects, builders, and clients preferred local red sandstone. They found this stone...- $46.99
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Vendor: David Gobel
Commemoration in America: Essays on Monuments, Memorialization, and Memory
Commemoration lies at the poetic, historiographic, and social heart of human community. It is how societies define themselves and is central to the institution of the city. Addressing the complex ways that monuments in the United States have been imagined, created, and perceived from...- $35.00
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Vendor: W. Barksdale Maynard
Buildings of Delaware
The latest volume in the Society of Architectural Historians' prestigious Buildings of the United States series, Buildings of Delaware is the first book to document the state's architectural history from all periods. Extensively illustrated with photographs and maps, and supplemented by a glossary and...- $35.00
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Vendor: Simon J. Bronner
Carver's Art-Pa
Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside -- all "made with just a pocketknife" -- are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for...- $25.00
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Vendor: John Hill Wheeler
Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584 to 1851.
This book is divided into two parts. The first deals with the history of the state as a whole. The second part--by far the largest and most important, and drawn almost entirely from unpublished records--consists of historical sketches of the component counties. Dwelling at...- $64.95
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Vendor: Benjamin Harshav
Marc Chagall and His Times: A Documentary Narrative
This book presents a new and comprehensive biography of one of the most prominent artists of the twentieth century in dialogue with the events and ideologies of his time. It encompasses the 98 years of Chagall's life (1887-1985) in Russia, France, the US, as...- $100.00
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Vendor: Daniel Coston
North Carolina Musicians
Daniel Coston's career in photography began accidentally. A magazine writer, he began taking photographs for his stories when the regular photographer was unavailable, and his contacts as a writer led him to invitations to take pictures of local musicians. His life-long fascination with the...- $25.00
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Vendor: Inge Schaefer Horton
Early Women Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area
This book presents the lives, careers, and work of fifty largely unknown pioneers. It chronicles the triumphs and challenges these path-breaking women faced in their pursuit of entering and claiming space in the male-dominated field of architecture. Included are photographs of buildings, portraits of...- $49.95
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Vendor: Susan Seddon Boulet
Kcd Boulet/Animal Spirit
With paintings on one side and descriptions on the other, these 48 fact-filled Knowledge Cards are a great source of condensed informationall in a deck the size of a pack of playing cards. Size: 3 x 4 in.Author: Susan Seddon BouletISBN-10: 0764911171ISBN-13: 9780764911170Publisher: Pomegranate...- $14.95
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Vendor: Marcus Breen
Rock Dogs: Politics and the Australian Music Industry
Can rock n' roll and politics mix? Rock Dogs looks at the impact of government music policies on the Australian music scene, youth culture, and national identity. This insightful and timely book is a candid, observant study of the legacy of the Australian Labor...- $62.99
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Vendor: Maruska Svasek
Anthropology, Art And Cultural Production
An introduction to anthropological perspectives on art that links the production of art to political and cultural processesAuthor: Maruska SvasekISBN-10: 0745317944ISBN-13: 9780745317946Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)Language: EnglishPublished: 02/20/2007Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.41h x 5.50w x 0.68dReview Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 276- $37.00
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Vendor: Salomon Illouz
Salomon Illouz Retrospective
Art book surveying the work of Salomon Illouz from 1980-2016.Author: Salomon IllouzISBN-10: 0692907564ISBN-13: 9780692907566Publisher: Salomon IllouzLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/14/2017Pages: 410Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.89lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.06d- $70.00
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Vendor: Susan Higby
Frank C. Gaylord: Sculptures & New Drawings - A Lifetime Retrospective May 20 - June 3, 2015
Widely considered as one of the great master sculptors, Frank Gaylord's work was sought out and highly regarded throughout his career. This book catalogs an exhibit of the artist's most famous sculptures as well as early and recent two-dimensional work.Author: Susan HigbyISBN-10: 0692666915ISBN-13: 9780692666913Publisher:...- $26.02
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Vendor: Halee Heermann
Tribe of Valor: Activity Book
Tribe of Valor is more than just an activity or coloring book. It is a handbook on how to live peacefully and harmoniously. With activities for all ages and walks of life, it provides wisdom for a healthy and fulfilling life that is invaluable...- $17.50
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Vendor: Goran Hermeren
Influence in Art and Literature /Cgeoran Hermeraen
This is a systematic study of the conceptual framework used by critics and scholars in their discussions of influence in art and literature. Gan Hermer駭 explores the key questions raised in scholarly debate on the topic: What is meant by "influence"? What methods can...- $59.00
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Vendor: K. C. Morcom
The Bird Whispers and the Bird Whisperer
The author, artist K.C. Morcom, like each of us, has been on her own journey of discovery since connecting with nature. In The Bird Whispers and the Bird Whisperer, she uses short rhyming stories, illustrations and photographs to reveal the whispers of nature, and...- $39.99
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Vendor: Amy Brost
Adam Purple & The Garden of Eden
In 1975, on the crime-ridden Lower East Side of New York City, Adam Purple started a garden behind his tenement home at 184 Forsyth Street. By 1986, The Garden of Eden was world famous and had grown to 15,000 square feet, spanning five lots....- $32.67
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Vendor: Monte Gerlach
Ballet of Violence
Monte Gerlach approached professional wrestling as if he was photographing dancers. As in ballet, the wrestlers' movements are choreographed, the performances are scripted, and the crowd is enthusiastic. This is old-school wrestling from 1980s featuring many hall of fame wrestlers, photographed with an artistic...- $40.90
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Vendor: Ed Levine
Uncovering the Body: essays on art and the body
Uncovering the Body provides a new perspective on how to experience and think about art and the artistic process. It uses the bodily experience as the source and mode of engaging and experiencing work. Our older ways of thinking about art imply the dualities...- $9.95
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Vendor: Kari C. Riley
Through the Blues
Through the Blues takes you on a wave of emotion through the lens of author Kari Riley's eyes. Poetry for wherever you find yourself in life- divided into four sections so you can read what you need. Kari grew up in front of a...- $17.99
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Vendor: Darlington Akaiso
Farming with Guns: A nation short on time and long on need
Across Nigeria, Christians are dying The Fulani herdsmen's invasion into peaceful communities of Nigeria has created a disturbing pattern of death and desecration; to this day none of the culprits have been brought to justice. Under the guise of an ancient livestock herding tradition,...- $14.99
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Vendor: Brian Corbley
Christmas Greetings: Block Prints by Roger Buck
Collection of Vintage 1930's Christmas Cards and related allegorical prints created by Roger A. Buck, 120 pages. 114 Full Color, Black and White, and 'Hand-Colorized' Black and White Images throughout. The majority of this collection has not been seen by the general public since...- $40.00
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Vendor: Kayil York
Brave Soul
Best Selling writer Kayil York's newest book Brave Soul is dedicated to the ones who give everything they have to fight their way to live through the brutality and hardships of life. This book is a battle cry for the ones who are struggling...- $15.99
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Vendor: Simon Bull
Artist: Drawn from Life
Whether novice or art connoisseur, Art: Drawn from Life will appeal to your visual and literary senses, as well as to your love of adventure. It is an inside look at how an artist expresses himself through painting, imagery and outside-the-box thinking. His process...- $19.99
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Vendor: Michelle Holdt
Radiance: The Art of Self Love: A Memoir, A Musing, A Map
Badass Corazon Michelle Holdt shares a memoir of growing up with blind parents. Both her younger brother, and later her father, battled and succumbed to cancer. In response to their illnesses and deaths, Michelle overcompensated in relationships and work over a span of thirty-five...- $29.99
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Vendor: Jeffrey R. Schweitzer
Home: An Illustrated Journal
Home is an illustrated semi-autobiographical journal by artist and author Jeffrey Schweitzer created between 2016 and 2019. During this period the artist spent a significant amount of time rebuilding a 1957 Stearling travel trailer and using it as a mobile studio space in which...- $30.00
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Art Books
Art books are collections of written content and visual imagery that focus on various aspects of art, including history, techniques, movements, artists, and specific mediums. Art books serve as valuable resources for art enthusiasts, students, professionals, and anyone seeking to deepen their understanding and appreciation of the diverse world of art.
One of the fundamental purposes of art books is to provide an in-depth exploration of different art movements throughout history. These books cover significant periods such as the Renaissance, Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, and contemporary art, shedding light on the context, characteristics, and prominent artists within each movement. By studying these books, readers gain an understanding of the evolution of art and how societal, political, and cultural influences shape artistic expression. Art books also offer valuable insights into the lives and works of celebrated artists. Biographies and monographs provide detailed examinations of individual artists, offering glimpses into their personal lives, inspirations, techniques, and artistic philosophies. Through these publications, readers can delve into the fascinating stories behind the masterpieces and better understand the motivations and creative processes of these iconic figures.
Moreover, art books often showcase various artistic techniques, mediums, and materials. From painting and sculpture to printmaking and photography, these books offer valuable instructional content, step-by-step demonstrations, and practical tips to artists looking to enhance their skills. They can be instrumental for both beginners and experienced artists, providing inspiration and guidance on aspects like composition, color theory, perspective, and more. Beyond historical and instructional content, art books offer a curated selection of images, showcasing artworks from renowned museums, private collections, and exhibitions. These visual collections allow readers to appreciate the diversity and brilliance of artistic creations firsthand, with high-quality reproductions that capture the nuances, textures, and details of the original works.
Art books serve as valuable resources for individuals interested in exploring different facets of art. Offering historical context, biographical insights, instructional content, and visual collections, these books provide readers with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the artistic world. Whether as educational tools, sources of inspiration, or cherished collectors' items, art books contribute significantly to the enrichment of art lovers and the wider cultural community.
Popular Art Books
Art books are a beloved category among book enthusiasts, offering an exploration of various art forms, artists, movements, and techniques. With their striking visuals and insightful texts, art books have a universal appeal that transcends cultural boundaries. Within this vast collection, there are several popular books that have captured the hearts and minds of readers around the world. Let's delve into some of these captivating titles.
1. "The Story of Art" by E.H. Gombrich: Widely considered a masterpiece in art education, this book presents a comprehensive overview of art history. Gombrich's engaging writing style and accessible language make it an ideal choice for beginners and experienced art lovers alike.
2. "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger: This seminal work explores the ways in which we perceive and interpret art. Berger's thought-provoking essays, combined with captivating imagery, challenge traditional notions of art and offer a fresh perspective on the subject.
These are just a few examples of the popular books within the art book collection. Whether you are an art enthusiast, a student, or simply someone who appreciates beauty, there is an art book out there that will captivate and inspire you with its stunning visuals and profound insights.
What sets White Rain Book House apart from other bookstores is its commitment to acquiring rare and limited-edition art books. Acquiring these treasures is an incredibly meticulous process, involving extensive research, collaborations with reputable publishers and dealers, and attending art fairs and exhibitions to ensure a distinctive collection that cannot be found elsewhere. Art collectors and aficionados flock to White Rain Book House, knowing they can find unique editions that enhance their collections and deepen their knowledge of the art world.

