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Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century

Modern Quilt Guild · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Alexander, PaigeAllocca, CinziaAnderson, Kari L.Aschehoug, Daisy P.Asinari, NevaAult, JillAverinos, MelissaBarbagallo, TeresaBarbin, LindaBarsness, RachelBearden, NathalieBeebe, MickeyBencsko, Michelle EngelBermingham, WendyBerrill, HayleyBerryhill, AndreaBird, BevBlack, HeatherBlakesley,...
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Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past

Zoe? Lescaze · TASCHEN
Pages: 286
Format: Hardcover

Dinosaurs Are Forever A pictorial history of paleoart It was 1830 when an English scientist named Henry De la Beche painted the first piece of paleoart, a dazzling, deliciously macabre vision of prehistoric reptiles battling underwater. Since then, artists the world over have conjured up visions...
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The Story of The Face: The Magazine that Changed Culture

Paul Gorman · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

A landmark publication offering a definitive overview of one of the most influential transatlantic magazines produced in the 1980s and 1990sLaunched by NME editor and Smash Hits creator Nick Logan in 1980, The Face became an icon of "style culture," the benchmark for the latest...
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Visionary Landscapes: Japanese Garden Design in North America, The Work of Five Contemporary Masters

KENDALL H BROWN · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Japanese gardens are found throughout the world today - their unique forms now considered a universal art form. This stunning Japanese gardening book examines the work of five leading landscape architects in North America who are exploring the extraordinary power of Japanese-style garden...
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Why Vinyl Matters: A Manifesto from Musicians and Fans

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike · Acc Art Books
Pages: 223
Format: Hardcover

- Vinyl is back and in a big way; this book anticipates a continuing rise in interest- In a bold declaration of love for pre-digital music technology, pop culture historian Jennifer Otter Bickerdike celebrates the vinyl revival- Features interviews with 25 stars - Fatboy Slim, Lars Ulrich...
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Impressionist and Modern Art: The A. Jerrold Perenchio Collection

Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck · Prestel
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover

This book offers an overview of the promised gift of A. Jerrold Perenchio, a renowned philanthropist and art collector, that will transform the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's collection of 19th and 20th-century European art. The collection of former Univision CEO A. Jerrold Perenchio...
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Rover: Wagmore Edition

Andrew Grant · Firefly Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In 2009, Andrew Grant began photographing dogs, starting with two French bulldogs at an unrelated commercial "shoot". Then he discovered the sad fact that millions of lost or abandoned dogs enter animal shelters every year. And only a few leave, through rescue and adoption. The rest...
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The Annotated Mona Lisa, Third Edition: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to the Present

CAROL STRICKLAND · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback

An illustrated tutorial of prehistoric to contemporary world art, from cave paintings to video art installations to digital and Internet media in an easy-to-understand format. This heavily illustrated crash course in art history is revised and updated from the second edition published in 2007,...
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The Joy of Acrylic Painting: Expressive Painting Techniques for Beginners

Annie O'Brien Gonzales · North Light Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Now is the time to pursue creative fulfillment! Annie O'Brien Gonzales felt a passion for art from an early age. But not until 30 years later--after raising a family and working "a real job"--did she get serious about painting. Along the way, she experienced the pleasures...
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Wonder Woman: Ambassador of Truth

SIGNE BERGSTROM · Harper Design
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Remove and Wear Tiara on Front CoverA gorgeous, authorized celebration of one of the most popular and enduring Super Heroes of all time - Wonder Woman - that chronicles the life and times of this pop-culture phenomenon and image of women's strength and power, from her origins and role...
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