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En Plein Air: Light & Color: Expert techniques and step-by-step projects for capturing mood and atmosphere in watercolor

Iain Stewart - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Paperback

Geared for beginning artists, En Plein Air: Light & Color introduces a variety of techniques for on-location watercolor painting. Following a brief introduction to the and an overview of the necessary , you will learn how to choose a subject and paint a compelling outdoor composition...
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Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures

Wally Koval - Voracious
Format: Hardcover

Adventure awaits in this new visual odyssey from Accidentally Wes Anderson, taking readers on stunning trips to every continent and sharing oddly moving human tales along the way.. For lovers of travel, design, and exploration, AWA presents a brand-new collection of real-world places that...
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Foursome: Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury

Carolyn Burke - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings, and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art.New York, 1921: Alfred Stieglitz,...
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The Islands: Stories

Dionne Irving - Catapult
Format: Paperback

Powerful stories that explore the legacy of colonialism, and issues of race, immigration, sexual discrimination, and class in the lives of Jamaican women across London, Panama, France, Jamaica, Florida and moreThe Islands follows the lives of Jamaican women - immigrants or thedescendants...
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No Cameras Allowed: My Career as an Outlaw Rock and Roll Photographer

Julian David Stone - For the Duration Press
Format: Hardcover

No Cameras Allowed: My Career as an Outlaw Rock and Roll Photographer tells the story, in words and photos, of how Julian David Stone, entirely by sneaking his equipment into concerts, amassed an incredible archive of over ten thousand rock and roll photos. Starting by simply stashing a camera...
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Victoria

Helen Rappaport - Harper Design
Format: Print book

The official companion to the Masterpiece presentation on PBS, Victoria delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of one of England's greatest monarchs. From the producers of Poldark and Endeavour, ITV's Victoria follows...
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Prisoners' Objects: Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum

Paul Bouvier - 5 Continents Editions
Format: Hardcover

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva, Switzerland, houses an extraordinary collection of works made by political prisoners. These works, made from whatever was available, were presented to visiting Red Cross/Red Crescent delegates. Spanning more than a century,...
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3D Printing For Dummies

Richard Horne - For Dummies
Format: 3rd Edition

Print out whatever you can dream up3D Printing For Dummies is an easy reference for anyone new to the process of taking a digital file and turning it into an object in the real world. (Pretty amazing stuff, right?) It's also a handy guide for more experienced users looking to learn...
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Silent Kingdom: A World Beneath the Waves

Christian Vizl - Earth Aware Editions
Format: Hardcover

Silent Kingdom reveals the world beneath the waves in an ethereal collection of black-and-white underwater photography. Through stunning black-and-white images, award-winning photographer Christian Vizl uses a masterful control of light and shadow to portray the creatures of the sea as they...
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Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry

Adriaan E Waiboer - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

A landmark exploration of the engaging network of relationships among genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age The genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age between 1650 and 1675 ranks among the highest pinnacles of Western European art. The virtuosity of these works, as this book demonstrates,...
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