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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings
Kathryn Calley Galitz · Skira Pages: 544 Format: Hardcover
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In line with best-selling The Louvre: All the Paintings, and Rizzoli's successful The Hermitage Collections and The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks, this title offers an exquisite tour, unique in its lavish illustration, scholarship, extent, and graceful packaging. As the first large... |
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Botanical Sketchbooks
Helen Bynum · Princeton Architectural Press Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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Recording the world of plant and animal life and documenting the strange beauty of the natural world have been human passions ever since the first cave paintings. While there are many histories of botanical art featuring beautiful paintings and finished drawings, the artists' preparatory... |
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Visual Thinking: Empowering People & Organizations Through Visual Collaboration
BRAND WILLEMIEN. · BIS Publishers Pages: 144 Format: Paperback
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Visual thinking and drawing are both becoming increasingly important in today's business settings. A picture really can tell a thousand words. Visualisation is a crucial part of the journey for companies seeking to boost enterprise agility, break down silos and increase employee and customer... |
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Building Your Home: A Simple Guide to Making Good Decisions
KRISTINA LEIGH WIGGINS · Brown Books Publishing Group Pages: 256 Format: Paperback
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In this smart and witty guide to building a home while keeping your sanity, architect Kristina Leigh Wiggins shares knowledge accumulated from years of experience as a project manager, and explains how to stay organized when creating or remodeling your home. With advice on topics ranging... |
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The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
David Weigel · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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The wildly entertaining story of progressive rock, the music that ruled the 1970s charts -- and has divided listeners ever since.The Show That Never Ends is the definitive story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive ("prog") rock. Epitomized by such classic, chart-topping... |
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Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords
JUSTIN RICHARDS · HARPERDESIGN Pages: 160 Format: Hardcover
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THE book the Time Lords (including the Doctor) read when studying at the Academy, the full-color in-world history that pieces together the true story of Gallifrey from the many and contradictory accounts that survived the Last Great Time War.Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords... |
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Foundations of Drawing: A Practical Guide to Art History, Tools, Techniques, and Styles
AL GURY · Watson-Guptill Pages: 224 Format: Paperback
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From a leading art instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, a complete survey of drawing as an art form covering its history, materials, and key techniques, alongside step-by-step demonstrations. Foundations of Drawing is a comprehensive and authoritative overview... |
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New Mythologies in Design and Culture: Reading Signs and Symbols in the Visual Landscape
Rebecca Houze · Bloomsbury Academic Pages: 272 Format: Paperback
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Taking as its point of departure Roland Barthes' classic series of essays, Mythologies, Rebecca Houze presents an exploration of signs and symbols in the visual landscape of postmodernity. In nine chapters Houze considers a range of contemporary phenomena, from the history of sustainability... |
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