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Color Harmony in Your Paintings

Margaret Kessler
Format: Print book

The award-winning artist shows readers how to master color in their artworks and offers accessible advice and hands-on exercises for combining colors to create a wide variety of moods in different painting media.
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Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces

Wendy Beckett - DK Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Sister Wendy Beckett writes about art in a style that is idiosyncratic, fresh, and perceptive. In 1000 Masterpieces, she applies her unique intensity to what most inspires her in the artist's work as well as to the essential life events that shaped the work. Arranged alphabetically...
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Abstract Art (World of Art)

Anna Moszynska
Format: Book

Explains how abstract art originated and evolved, discusses major abstract artists and movements, and looks at the current revival of abstract painting.
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How to Read a Painting: Lessons from the Old Masters

Patrick De Rynck - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Paperback

Clues to the meaning of many of the masterpieces of art history lie in a rich system of symbols, themes, and motifs that often eludes modern museum-goers. The intimate knowledge of Christian theology, Greek and Roman mythology, and folklore that was so vivid in the minds of viewers during...
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Sister Wendy's Grand Tour: Discovering Europe's Great Art

Sister Wendy Beckett - Stewart ,Tabori & Chang; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Described as "the best talker on art since Lord Clark gave us Civilization", Sister Wendy takes a fresh look at Europe's most famous art treasures. With over 60 reproductions, she examines both Old Masters and contemporary artists from Rubens' Angelica and the Hermit to Manet's...
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M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio

Peter Robb - Henry Holt and Co.; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

A bold, fresh biography of the world's first modern painter As presented with "blood and bone and sinew" (Times Literary Supplement) by Peter Robb, Caravaggio's wild and tempestuous life was a provocation to a culture in a state of siege. The of the sixteenth century...
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Discovering Art: Salvador Dali

O B Duane
Format: Book

Presents the life and works of the Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali.
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Van Gogh (Masters of Art)

Meyer Schapiro Vincent Van Gogh
Format: Book

A renowned art historian and Van Gogh expert provides inspirational and authoritative commentary on forty-eight major works, reproduced in full-color, including The Starry Night, Crows over the Wheat Field, The Potato-Eaters, Sunflowers, and Irises. --This text refers to an out of print...
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Michelangelo

Lucinda Hawkins Collinge Annabel Ricketts

Book by Collinge, Lucinda Hawkins, Ricketts, Annabel
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Picasso (Masters of Art)

Hans L.C. Jaffe
Format: Hardcover

A representative selection of the master's paintings, sculptures, and ceramics is accompanied by commentaries on his artistic genius
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Toulouse-Lautrec

Gerard Durozoi

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The New Artist's Manual: The Complete Guide to Painting and Drawing Materials and Techniques

Simon Jennings - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback

Here's four years of art school in book formminus the loans. Taking the top lessons, methods, and instruction from the best-selling Artist's Manual and Art Class, plus all-new material, The New Artist's Manual is a veritable bible for beginners as well as an invaluable reference...
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Classic Still Life Painting: A Contemporary Master Shows How to Achieve Old Master Effects Using Today's Art Materials

Jane Jones
Format: Paperback

Classic Still Life Painting shows artists how to create paintings of sparkling brilliance and jewel-like color that look like they have been lit from within-just like the exquisite paintings of the Renaissance masters of the 16th and 17th centuries. Artists learn techniques similar to those...
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Beautiful Brushstrokes Step by Step

Maureen McNaughton
Format: Paperback

Learn the brushstrokes that will bring your paintings to life!With Maureen McNaughton as your coach, you can learn how to paint an amazing array of fabulous flowers. She provides start-to-finish instructions and hundreds of step-by-step photos, plus all the information and advice you need...
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Painting School: The Complete Course

Ian Simpson - ‎Sterling; First Edition
Format: Paperback

Given proper instruction, anyone can learn to paint. Three separate courses in this unique workbook offer just that, with lessons tailored to your individual pace. This course teaches how to see as an artist; assess progress; do projects based on works from master painters; develop...
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Complete Watercolor Course

Michael Whittlesea
Format: Book

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No Experience Required - People in Watercolor: An Easy Guide to Getting Started

Wendy Mattson
Format: Paperback

Start painting today!If you want to paint people but don't know where to start, this is the perfect book for you! With this practical guide, you can paint any person confidently and successfully in watercolor.Inside are easy-to-grasp concepts, simple painting techniques and no-fuss color...
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Baroque and Rococo

Ian Varras Hill
Format: Hardcover

Includes several paintings and drawings by Poussin, Caravaggio, Rubens, Velazquez, Goya, Rembrandt, VanDyck, Vermeer, hals, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard Chardin, Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainshborough and others!
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Monet (DK Art Book)

PAOLA RAPELLI

Examines the life and work of Claude Monet, through more than 300 colour reproductions of his paintings which are documented and placed in their social and historical context. This book is one of a series which explores art from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century.
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings

Pietro C. Marani

An in-depth volume on the complete painted works of the renowned Renaissance master showcases each of his paintings, including the Mona Lisa, The Madonna of the Rocks, The Annunciation, and the newly restored Last Supper, complemented by an examination of the artist's intellect.
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