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Vendor: Marja H舐m舅maa
Decadence, Degeneration, and the End: Studies in the European Fin de Si鐵le
Art and literature during the European fin-de-si鐵le period often manifested themes of degeneration and decay, both of bodies and civilizations, as well as illness, bizarre sexuality, and general morbidity. This collection explores these topics in relation to artists and writers as diverse as Oscar...- $139.99
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Vendor: M. Fotis
Long Form Improvisation and American Comedy: The Harold
Long form scenic improv began with the Harold. The comic philosophy of this form started an era of comedy marked by support, trust, and collaboration. This book tells of the Harold, beginning with the development of improv theatre, through the tensions and evolutions that...- $54.99
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Vendor: Maristella Cantini
Italian Women Filmmakers and the Gendered Screen
Featuring essays by top scholars and interviews with acclaimed directors, this book examines Italian women's authorship in film and their visions of reality. The contributors use feminist film criticism in the analysis of their works and give direct voices to the artists who are...- $54.99
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Vendor: Henry Barnard K?mel
The Clays and Clay Industry of New Jersey
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Vendor: Great Britain Patent Office
Patents For Inventions: Abridgments Of Specifications: Class
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Vendor: Henry Adams
History Of The United States Of America ..., Volume 6
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Vendor: Gaston Maspero
Guide to the Cairo Museum
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Vendor: Henry Adams
History of the United States of America, Volume 4
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Vendor: Richard Braungart
Das Moderne Deutsche Gebrauchs-exlibris. Mit 400 Abbildungen
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Vendor: Fred S. Kleiner
Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History, Volume I
Experience the wonders of human creativity in GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, VOLUME I, 16th Edition A grand tour of the world�s most celebrated works from the Stone Age to the modern era, this introductory text has been a classroom favorite...- $217.95
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Vendor: Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly's Peter Wheat Funny Game Book
High quality reprint of the original activity books for children of Peter Wheat, published from the Breads and Bakers Associates and distributed by Dell Publishing during the Golden Age. Inside you will find coloring pages, crosswords, mazes and many other time-killer games that would...- $10.83
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Vendor: Rosalyn Kliot
Collage - In the Abstract
Collage is a process of combining various and often disparate materials and objects, transforming a two or three dimensional surface in unique and often surprising ways. This book contains a sample of the mixed media collage paintings by award winning and published artist, Rosalyn...- $20.00
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Vendor: Nancy Price
Cello and Double Bass Ensemble Music
Bibliography of Cello and Double Bass Ensemble Music for Three or More Celli and/or Double BassesAuthor: Nancy PriceISBN-10: 132992715XISBN-13: 9781329927155Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2016Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.73lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.70d- $25.37
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Vendor: Jim Bennett
You Can Do Calligraphy
Calligraphy means "beautiful writing," and this book will show you how to do it. All you have to do is follow the easy, trace and copy examples This how-to, beginner's instruction book is written for all ages and will guide you to master your...- $14.95
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Vendor: Frank Dixon and Daniella Foletto
Archives of the Giant Strawberry
an artistic symposia in abstract compendium of ideas in formation and flight.Author: Frank Dixon and Daniella FolettoISBN-10: 1329871146ISBN-13: 9781329871144Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2016Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.13d- $17.48
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Vendor: Shawn M. Tomlinson
Robert W. Chambers: Master of The King in Yellow
It has taken me 37 years to write this biography of author Robert W. Chambers. Along the way, I wrote and published many articles about him, but did not complete the biography until 2014. I got the idea of writing it when I was...- $29.95
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Vendor: Humberto Machado
Ambiguous Illusions
In this book you will observe some very creative ambiguous figurative illusions by Humberto Machado where both aspects share space, and cannot exist without the other. Ambiguous illusions are fascinating because they remind us of the discrepancy and reality. These illusions occur as a...- $12.00
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Vendor: Dave Lowe
How To Write Great Music - Understanding the Process from Blank Page to Final Product
An insight into the process of composition from first idea to final product, including real-world examples and a composition toolkit containing hundreds of decisions or choices that can be made while composing. The ideal companion for anyone interested in writing great music.Author: Dave LoweISBN-10:...- $22.77
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Vendor: Bryan Konefsky
Undependently Yours: Imagining A World Beyond The Red Carpet
Film festivals have had varied and complex histories starting with Benito Mussolini's invention of the form in Venice in 1932. Since then (and too often) festivals are thought of only in terms of the Hollywood film industry. This text is a celebration of all...- $15.99
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Vendor: Stijn Moreels
Progressive/Djent Drumming
This book contains Djent/Progressive Values, Principles and Practices. Each section has its own practices and examples of how a specific item can be applied in your daily drumming. Transcripts are included from Stijn's project Via Calypso where the theory of this book meets the...- $14.06
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Vendor: Chris Wade
The Music of Hawkwind
Writer and musician Chris Wade takes a look at the music of the legendary Hawkwind, one of rock's true outsiders. In a series of articles covering every era of the band's career, new interviews with band members and associates, plus a host of previously...- $19.00
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Vendor: Judy John-Baptiste
Teaching Ballet Creatively
This book offers teachers tips and ideas to make ballet lessons fun when teaching the fundamentals of ballet to children. It covers rudimentary practices in ballet instruction and ways to instil in children traditional protocol. It includes a games and tips to enrich a...- $14.73
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Vendor: Aviva Brueckner
Aurora Consurgens
Aurora Consurgens is a 15th century richly illuminated text in the alchemical tradition. Like a well-wrought puzzle it fuses Bible quotations with quotes from early alchemical texts to conjure up a beautiful rumination on the female figure of Wisdom. While described as beautiful, she...- $27.54
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Vendor: Lucy Hartley
Democratising Beauty in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Art and the Politics of Public Life
Could the self-interested pursuit of beauty actually help to establish the moral and political norms that enable democratic society to flourish? In this book, Lucy Hartley identifies a new language for speaking about beauty, which begins to be articulated from the 1830s in a...- $41.99
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Vendor: Ivan Drpic
Epigram, Art, and Devotion in Later Byzantium
Using epigrammatic poetry as a framework, investigates the interplay between art and religious devotion in the later Byzantine period.Author: Ivan DrpicISBN-10: 1316606090ISBN-13: 9781316606094Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/19/2021Pages: 530Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.07d- $51.99
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Vendor: Vernon III Gowdy
Texxas Jam: 1978-1988
Texxas Jam concerts from 1978-1988. Over 180 photographs covering all 11 Texxas Jams held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas and at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.Author: Vernon III GowdyISBN-10: 1312504749ISBN-13: 9781312504745Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/29/2011Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.30d- $24.95
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Vendor: Craig Fraedrich
Practical Jazz Theory For Improvisation Bass Clef Exercise Workbook
"Practical Jazz Theory for Improvisation Bass Clef Workbook" is a stand-along exercise workbook that is also a direct companion text to the "Practical Jazz Theory for Improvisation" text. Originally conceived as the Jazz Theory/Improvisation text and curriculum for the 2014 National Jazz Workshop, it...- $26.24
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Vendor: Craig Fraedrich
Practical Jazz Theory For Improvisation Treble Clef Exercise Workbook
"Practical Jazz Theory for Improvisation Treble Clef Workbook" is a stand-along exercise workbook that is also a direct companion text to the "Practical Jazz Theory for Improvisation" text. Originally conceived as the Jazz Theory/Improvisation text and curriculum for the 2014 National Jazz Workshop, it...- $26.24
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Vendor: Clare Graham
Eyes On MorYork - 2014 John Honack Photographs
Since 1986, MorYork has been the studio and gallery of Clare Graham and Bob Breen. It continues to evolve. "Eyes on MorYork" is an attempt to have multiple photographers record what the space looks like in 2014, prior to a show at the Craft...- $54.38
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Vendor: Arts and Science Center
I Come From Women Who Could Fly
Catalogue to accompany exhibtition "I Come From Women Who Could Fly: New Work from Delita Martin" presented by the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas May 29-August 31, 2014. Essay "A Layered Presence" by Courtney Taylor, Curator. Full color plates.Author: Arts and Science...- $19.03
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Vendor: Lisa Mee
Luminous Landscapes
Discover the luminous landscape paintings of Lisa Mee that capture the mysteries and essences of the natural world. She looks for places and themes that evoke and inspire her dialogue with nature.There is a mood of elegy in her work, which reflects her deep...- $21.99
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Vendor: Julie Matthews
A Boy's Adventures: A Paper Doll
A Boy's Adventure is a paper doll project inspired by my own sons. It features a doll on the back cover and 12 full-color costumes for him, ranging from a cardboard robot to a retro styled cowboy to an artist. The doll and outfits...- $20.00
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Vendor: Matthew Earnest
Dead Letter Office: a prelude to Bartleby the Scrivener
In Matthew Earnest's exuberant prequel to Melville's iconic story, three anonymous figures re-route undeliverable mail and inadvertently discover, to their horror, that the Enlightenment ended more than a century ago. A rococo vaudeville show that both celebrates and sighs for the bygone age of...- $12.00
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Vendor: Lewis Foreman Day
Art in Needlework: A Book About Embroidery
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Vendor: Pilar Orti
Your Handy Companion to Devising and Physical Theatre. 2nd Edition.
Our imagination is boundless. When creating a piece of theatre, we don't need to limit ourselves to those situations we encounter in real life. Our characters can exist in dreams and other surreal places; we can even travel through time. As humans we crave...- $11.00
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Vendor: Lois Fichner-Rathus
Understanding Art
With balanced coverage of art across the chronological and geographical spectrum, UNDERSTANDING ART, 11th Edition, will guide you through beautifully reproduced images, and transport you to museums and monuments all over the world. Observe the artist's creative process from start to finish in a...- $250.95
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Vendor: Henry S. Noerdlinger
Moses And Egypt: The Documentation To The Motion Picture The Ten Commandments
Author: Henry S. NoerdlingerISBN-10: 1258130270ISBN-13: 9781258130275Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.50d- $31.95
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Vendor: James O'Rear
Aviation Photography: A Pictorial Guide
Simply defined, aviation photography is the taking photos of airplanes. But behind the scenes of this seemingly simple act are a number of critical elements: aircraft scheduling, lighting, spotting locations, diversions, and sometimes interactions with law enforcement officials. Aviation photographer James O'Rear takes you...- $58.60
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Vendor: Henry Adams
History of the United States of America Volume 7
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Vendor: Johann Georg Heck
Iconographic Encyclopaedia Of Science, Literature, And Art, Volume 1
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Vendor: Charles Godfrey Leland
Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition
""Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition"" is a book written by Charles Godfrey Leland that explores the influence of Etruscan and Roman culture on popular traditions and folk beliefs. The book delves into the customs, superstitions, and legends that have been passed down through...- $35.95
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Vendor: Johann Georg Heck
Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art, Volume 3
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Vendor: George Dyer
History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including Notices Relating to the Founders and Eminent Men, Volumes 1-2
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Vendor: New-York Historical Society
Collections of the New-York Historical Society
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Vendor: David Maurice Sharp
The Thriving Artist: Saving and Investing for Performers, Artists, and the Stage & Film Industries
The old cliché about the "starving" artist may have a basis in reality, but it isn't set in stone! The Thriving Artist provides valuable advice for the performing artist, whether you're an actor, dancer, lighting guru, costumer, or stagehand, on investing, saving, and building...- $42.95
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Vendor: Timothy Cutler
Bending the Rules of Music Theory: Lessons from Great Composers
For students learning the principles of music theory, it can often seem as though the tradition of tonal harmony is governed by immutable rules that define which chords, tones, and intervals can be used where. Yet even within the classical canon, there are innumerable...- $69.95
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Vendor: Kenneth Steinbach
Creative Practices for Visual Artists: Time, Space, Process
Contrary to popular belief, the practice of art isn't just a product of innate talent or artistic vision; artwork emerges from an intentionally constructed and maintained artistic practice. Developed from interviews with more than 75 mid-career artists, Creative Practices for Visual Artists examines the...- $48.95
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Vendor: Gary Bettinson
The Poetics of Chinese Cinema
.1 Introduction: The Poetics of Chinese Cinema Gary Bettinson.-.2 Five Lessons from Stealth Poetics David Bordwell.-.3 Red Poetics: The Films of the Chinese Cultural Revolution Revolutionary Model Operas Chris Berry.-.4 Renewal of Classical Painting Aesthetics Combined with a Contemplative Modernism in the Early Work...- $139.99
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Vendor: L. Roberts
Mapping Cultures: Place, Practice, Performance
An interdisciplinary collection exploring the practices and cultures of mapping in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It features contributions from scholars in critical cartography, social anthropology, film and cultural studies, literary studies, art and visual culture, marketing, museum studies, architecture, and popular music...- $44.99
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Vendor: Carla Marcantonio
Global Cinema: Nation, Body, and History in Contemporary Film
Global Melodrama is the first booklength work to investigate melodrama in a specifically twenty-first century setting across regional and national boundaries, analyzing film texts from a variety of national contexts in the wake of globalization.Author: Carla MarcantonioISBN-10: 1137530618ISBN-13: 9781137530615Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2015Pages: 189Format:...- $99.99
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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.

