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Vendor: Barry Buchanan
Professional Photography: A Practical Guide
Professional Photography: A Practical Guide has been written to teach people the principles of professional photography by example. Barry Buchanan is an Honorary Life Member of the Australian Journalists Association and worked as an A Grade Stills Photographer at Channel Ten TV in Sydney,...- $14.74
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Vendor: Henry Balfour
The Evolution of Decorative Art: An Essay Upon Its Origin and Development As Illustrated by the Art of Modern Races of Mankind
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Vendor: Walter Thomas Rogers
A Manual of Bibliography: Being an Introduction to the Knowledge of Books, Library Management and the art of Cataloguing, With a List of Bibliog
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Vendor: Ralph Nicholson Wornum
Lectures On Painting
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Journal of the United States Artillery, Volume 41
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Vendor: Lena Eivy
How To Photograph Your Child
How to photograph your child is a book that provides step-by-step guides for parents to follow to capture professional quality images of their children. No knowledge of photography is needed and no fancy equipment is required. This book explains exactly how to get professional...- $30.00
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Vendor: Karen Godbout
The blessed bee: a photobook of literary quotes
This delightful book features close-up images of honey bees along with quotations about bees from classic poetry. For the bug, honey and literature-lovers in your life, sweet words and beautiful photography to appreciate during relaxing moments. Best enjoyed while savouring a cup of tea...- $24.17
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Vendor: Neil Anderson
Photos Urbaines
This First Edition is limited to 25 copies. Register your copy to get your unique copy number. In January 2014 I spent a few days in Paris staying with a friend who was renting an apartment on the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Whilst there I visited...- $41.96
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Vendor: John Ferguson
The Microscope: Its Revelations And Application In Science And Art (1858)
The Microscope: Its Revelations And Application In Science And Art is a book written by John Ferguson in 1858. The book is a comprehensive guide to the microscope and its various applications in science and art. It is divided into two parts, the first...- $24.95
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Vendor: Henry Winram Dickinson
Robert Fulton, Engineer and Artist: His Life and Works
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that...- $35.75
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Vendor: Eduardo Navas
Keywords in Remix Studies
Keywords in Remix Studies consists of twenty-four chapters authored by researchers who share interests in remix studies and remix culture throughout the arts and humanities. The essays reflect on the critical, historical and theoretical lineage of remix to the technological production that makes contemporary...- $200.00
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Vendor: Jane Ellen Frith Panton
Leaves from a Life
Jane Ellen Panton (1847-1923) was the second daughter of the artist William Powell Frith, and a journalist and author on domestic issues. She grew up in London, where she developed an aesthetic and practical interest in the various homes she lived in, and went...- $46.99
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Vendor: Luci Woodley
A Letter to Mother Nature (Second Edition)
An expanded version of the original A Letter to Mother Nature, this second edition has added images and words expressing gratitude to Mother Nature for her beauty, inspiration and life lessons set to the stunning photographic images from the photo galleries of wunderground.com.Author: Luci...- $29.38
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Vendor: James Robinson Planché
History of British Costume: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Eighteenth Century
James Robinson Planché's History of British Costume is a definitive and entertaining guide to the evolution of fashion in Britain from its earliest origins to the end of the 18th century. Featuring over 100 full-colour illustrations, as well as detailed descriptions and historical notes,...- $27.95
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Vendor: Harold North Fowler
A Handbook of Greek Archaeology
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Vendor: South Kensington Museum
Textile Fabrics; a Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Church-vestments, Dresses, Silk Stuffs, Needle-work and Tapestries, Forming That Section
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Vendor: Luigi Lanzi
The History of Painting in Italy: The Schools of Bologna, Ferrara, Genoa, and Piedmont, With the Indexes
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Vendor: Philip Ainsworth Means
A Survey of Ancient Peruvian Art
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Vendor: Winifred Eva Howe
A History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: With a Chapter On the Early Institutions of Art in New York; Volume 1
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Vendor: Alon Bement
Figure Construction: A Brief Treatise On Drawing The Human Figure, For Art Students, Costume Designers, And Teachers
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Vendor: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Original Drawings by Rembrandt in the Collection of J.P.H
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Vendor: Leonard Whibley
A Companion to Greek Studies
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Vendor: Gisela Marie Augusta Richter
Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes
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Vendor: Saint Bonaventure
The Life of Christ
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Vendor: John Ruskin
The Elements of Perspective: Arranged for the use of Schools and Intended to be Read in Connexion W
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Vendor: George Woolliscroft Rhead
The Treatment of Drapery in Art
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Vendor: Henry Franklin Andrews
History of the Andrews Family: A Genealogy of Robert Andrews, and His Descendants, 1635 to 1890
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Vendor: Henri L. Joly
Legend In Japanese Art: A Description Of Historical Episodes, Legendary Characters, Folk-lore, Myths, Religious Symbolism, Illustrated In The Arts Of
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Vendor: August Wilhelm Von Schlegel
Ueber Dramatische Kunst Und Litteratur: Vorlesungen; Volume 3
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Vendor: Lynne Desilva-Johnson
Exit Strata (No. #1)
Exit Strata is an art & lit magazine based in Brooklyn, NY. For more information and submissions, find us online at www.exitstrata.com. Exit Strata (No. #1) was published in Spring 2012 and features content by Peter Milne Greiner, David Meiklejohn, Kevin William Reed, Kimberly...- $12.00
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Vendor: Lauren Grosskopf
Lights
*LIGHTS zine is a new outlet for a variety of local and Pleasure Boat Studio talents to showcase their work, providing another forum for creativity & community. Behind the name: When first coming up with the name for this collective way to publish more...- $20.00
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Vendor: Kenneth R. Lister
Paul Kane, the Artist: Wilderness to Studio
Paul Kane's evocative paintings of mid-19th-century Canada have become a treasured part of Canada's heritage. The Royal Ontario Museum holds the world's largest collection of Kane's art-- 100 oil paintings and 373 sketches in graphite and watercolour. In the mid-1800s, Kane journeyed across Canada...- $59.99
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Vendor: Laikwan Pang
The Distorting Mirror: Visual Modernity in China
The Distorting Mirror analyzes the multiple and complex ways in which urban Chinese subjects saw themselves interacting with the new visual culture that emerged during the turbulent period between the 1880s and the 1930s. The media and visual forms examined include lithography, photography, advertising,...- $57.00
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Vendor: Candice Amich
Precarious Forms: Performing Utopia in the Neoliberal Americas
Precarious Forms: Performing Utopia in the Neoliberal Americas explores how performance art and poetry convey utopian desires even in the bleakest of times. Candice Amich argues that utopian longing in the neoliberal Americas paradoxically arises from the material conditions of socioeconomic crisis. Working across...- $38.00
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Vendor: Todd McGowan
Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy
Only a Joke Can Save Us presents an innovative and comprehensive theory of comedy. Using a wealth of examples from high and popular culture and with careful attention to the treatment of humor in philosophy, Todd McGowan locates the universal source of comedy in...- $99.95
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Vendor: Karen Pinkus
Alchemical Mercury: A Theory of Ambivalence
How can we account, in a rigorous way, for alchemy's ubiquity? We think of alchemy as the transformation of a base material (usually lead) into gold, but "alchemy" is a word in wide circulation in everyday life, often called upon to fulfill a metaphoric...- $75.00
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Vendor: Kevin R. McNamara
Urban Verbs: Arts and Discourses of American Cities
Speaking to the ongoing debate over the development of urban space and culture, this book demonstrates the centrality of the physical and social being of cities to American literature and other arts in the twentieth century. The author's reading of aesthetic texts alongside urban...- $80.00
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Vendor: Ed Byrne
Linear Jazz Improvisation Method Book I
This text-only volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the core concepts and techniques of the Linear Jazz Improvisation Method. Using a wealth of examples from the jazz repertory, the book avoids theoretical terminology and focuses on the four essential elements present in every composition:...- $49.95
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Vendor: Jack Leissring
Jerrold Ballaine, Winter Landscapes
This catalog of recent seasonal landscape paintings by famous Bay Area artist, Jerrold Ballaine comes after a half-decade of sculpture in marble, of his favorite subject: the figure.Author: Jack LeissringISBN-10: 0557390877ISBN-13: 9780557390878Publisher: Lulu PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/14/2010Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.15d- $33.00
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Vendor: Graham Hough
Strangeness and Beauty: Volume 2, Pater to Symons: An Anthology of Aesthetic Criticism 1840 1910
This is a two-volume anthology of criticism of art and literature from approximately 1840 to 1910. The central purpose of the anthology is to show how Romantic ideas of art and imagination were transformed by a number of writers in the nineteenth century and...- $45.00
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Vendor: Graham Hough
Strangeness and Beauty: Volume 1, Ruskin to Swinburne: An Anthology of Aesthetic Criticism 1840 1910
This is a two-volume anthology of criticism of art and literature from approximately 1840 to 1910. The central purpose of the anthology is to show how Romantic ideas of art and imagination were transformed by a number of writers in the nineteenth century and...- $45.00
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Vendor: David Morgan
The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling
David Morgan builds on his previous groundbreaking work to offer this new, systematically integrated theory of the study of religion as visual culture. Providing key tools for scholars across disciplines studying the materiality of religions, Morgan gives an accessibly written theoretical overview including case...- $73.95
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Vendor: Wendy Shaw
Possessors and Possessed: Museums, Archaeology, and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire
Possessors and Possessed analyzes how and why museums--characteristically Western institutions--emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. Shaw argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for...- $85.00
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Vendor: Lisa Mulman
Modern Orthodoxies: Judaic Imaginative Journeys of the Twentieth Century
This study introduces a genuine, provocative religious vocabulary into the discourse on Modernist art and literature. Mulman looks at key texts and figures of the Modern period, including Henry Roth, Amedeo Modigliani, James Joyce, and Art Spiegelman, revealing a significant engagement with the rituals...- $200.00
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Vendor: Paula Uimonen
Digital Drama: Teaching and Learning Art and Media in Tanzania
The aim of this book is to explore digital media and intercultural interaction at an arts college in Tanzania, through innovative forms of ethnographic representation. The book and the series website weave together visual and aural narratives, interviews and observations, life stories and video...- $210.00
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Vendor: James Elkins
Theorizing Visual Studies: Writing Through the Discipline
This forward-thinking collection brings together over sixty essays that invoke images to summon, interpret, and argue with visual studies and its neighboring fields such as art history, media studies, visual anthropology, critical theory, cultural studies, and aesthetics. The product of a multi-year collaboration between...- $210.00
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Vendor: Hiesun Cecilia Suhr
Online Evaluation of Creativity and the Arts
Social media have dramatically popularized practices of evaluation, especially of cultural products and artistic expressions. The practices of "liking" and rating any shared contents such as music to blogs, film, videos, photographs to artwork and performances are ubiquitous in today's digital environments. As a...- $210.00
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Vendor: Ekaterina Sukhanova
Body Image and Identity in Contemporary Societies: Psychoanalytic, social, cultural and aesthetic perspectives
Popular interest in body image issues has grown dramatically in recent years, due to an emphasis on individual responsibility and self-determination in contemporary society as well as the seemingly limitless capacities of modern medicine; however body image as a separate field of academic inquiry...- $220.00
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Vendor: Simon Knell
Museum Revolutions: How Museums Change and Are Changed
This single-volume museum studies reference title explores the ways in which museums are shaped and configured and how they themselves attempt to shape and change the world around them.Written by a leading group of museum professionals and academics from around the world and including...- $230.00
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Vendor: Noel Carroll
On Criticism
In a recent poll of practicing art critics, 75 percent reported that rendering judgments on artworks was the least significant aspect of their job. This is a troubling statistic for philosopher and critic Noel Carroll, who argues that that the proper task of the...- $210.00
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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.

