Visual Arts

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...ISMS: UNDERSTANDING ART

• AUTHOR: LITTLE, STEPHEN
• PUBLISHER: UNIVERSE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $16.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0789312093
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  ACCIDENTAL MASTERPIECE: ON THE ART OF LIFE AND VICE VERSA
  
• AUTHOR: KIMMELMAN, MICHAEL
• PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1594200556
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  ANDY WARHOL: 365 TAKES: THE ANDY WARHOL MUSUEM COLLECTION:
  
• PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $29.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0810943298
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  ANDY WARHOL: PRINCE OF POP
  
• AUTHOR: GREENBERG, JAN, 1942-
• PUBLISHER: DELACORTE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: JUV
• $16.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 038573056X
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  ANNOTATED MONA LISA: A CRASH COURSE IN ART HISTORYFROM PREHISTORIC TO POST-MODERN
  
• AUTHOR: STRICKLAND, CAROL
• PUBLISHER: ANDREWS & MCMEEL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1992
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $22.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0836280059
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  ART BOOK FOR CHILDREN
  
• AUTHOR: RUGGI, GILDA WILLIAMS
• PUBLISHER: PHAIDON
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $19.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0714845302
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  ARTIST'S & GRAPHIC DESIGNER'S MARKET, 2006
  
• PUBLISHER: WRITER'S DIGEST
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.99 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1582973962
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  ARTIST'S & GRAPHIC DESIGNER'S MARKET; 2005
  
• PUBLISHER: WRITER'S DIGEST
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.99 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1582972788
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  ARTISTS' JOURNALS AND SKETCHBOOKS: EXPLORING AND CREATING PERSONAL PAGES
  
• AUTHOR: PERRELLA, LYNNE
• PUBLISHER: ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $21.99 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1592530192
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  CAN YOU FIND IT, TOO?
  
• AUTHOR: CRESSY, JUDITH
• PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $15.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0810950464
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  CAVE PAINTINGS TO PICASSO: THE INSIDE SCOOP ON 50 ART MASTERPIECES
  
• AUTHOR: SAYRE, HENRY M.
• PUBLISHER: CHRONICLE BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $22.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 081183767X
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  COLLINS BIG BOOK OF ART: FROM CAVE ART TO POP ART
  
• PUBLISHER: HARPER DESIGN INTL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $39.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0060832851
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  CREATING THEIR OWN IMAGE: THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN- AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS
  
• AUTHOR: FARRINGTON, LISA E.
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $55.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 019516721X
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  DE KOONING: AN AMERICAN MASTER
  
• AUTHOR: STEVENS, MARK
• PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $35.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1400041759
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  DREAMER FROM THE VILLAGE: THE STORY OF MARC CHAGALL
  
• AUTHOR: MARKEL, MICHELLE
• PUBLISHER: HENRY HOLT
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $16.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0805063730
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  DUVEEN: A LIFE IN ART
  
• AUTHOR: SECREST, MERYLE
• PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $35.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0375410422
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  EDVARD MUNCH: BEHIND THE SCREAM
  
• AUTHOR: PRIDEAUX, SUE
• PUBLISHER: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $35.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0300110243
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  ENVISIONING INFORMATION
  
• AUTHOR: TUFTE, EDWARD R.
• PUBLISHER: GRAPHICS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $48.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0961392118
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  FACES OF JESUS:A LIFE STORY
  
• AUTHOR: BUECHNER, FREDERICK
• PUBLISHER: PARACLETE PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $19.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1557254559
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  FACIAL EXPRESSIONS: A VISUAL REFERNECE FOR ARTISTS
  
• AUTHOR: SIMON, MARK
• PUBLISHER: WATSON-GUPTILL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $19.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0823016714
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  GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES
  
• AUTHOR: KLEINER, FRED S.
• PUBLISHER: WADSWORTH
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $121.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0155050907
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  HISTORY OF BEAUTY
  
• PUBLISHER: RIZZOLI
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $40.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0847826465
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  I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY...: CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS AND POEMS..
  
• PUBLISHER: PANTHEON
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1994
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $17.50 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0805210156
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  I SPY SHAPES IN ART
  
• AUTHOR: MICKLETHWAIT, LUCY
• PUBLISHER: GREENWILLOW BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $19.99 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0060731931
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  INSTANT ART HISTORY: FROM CAVE ART TO POP ART
  
• AUTHOR: ROBINSON, WALTER
• PUBLISHER: FAWCETT COLUMBINE BALLANT
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $10.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0449906981
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  LEONARDO DA VINCI: FLIGHTS OF THE MIND
  
• AUTHOR: NICHOLL, CHARLES
• PUBLISHER: VIKING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $32.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0670033456
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  LEONARDO
  
• AUTHOR: KEMP, MARTIN
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $26.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0192805460
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  LEONARDO: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
  
• AUTHOR: BYRD, ROBERT
• PUBLISHER: E P DUTTON
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: JUV
• $17.99 PLB
  
• ISBN: 0525470336
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  LEONARDO'S NOTEBOOKS
  
• AUTHOR: LEONARDO DA VINCI, 1452-1519
• PUBLISHER: BLACK DOG & LEVENTHAL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $40.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1579124577
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  LIVING THE ARTIST'S LIFE: A GUIDE TO GROWING, PERSERVERING, AND SUCCEEDING IN THE ART WORLD
  
• AUTHOR: DORRELL, PAUL
• PUBLISHER: HILLSTEAD PUB
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $16.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0974955205
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  MASTERS OF DECEPTION: ESCHER, DALI & THE ARTISTS OF OPTICAL ILLUSION
  
• AUTHOR: SECKEL, AL
• PUBLISHER: STERLING PUBLISHING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1402705778
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  MATH AND THE MONA LISA: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI
  
• AUTHOR: ATALAY, BULENT
• PUBLISHER: SMITHSONIAN BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1588341712
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  MATISSE THE MASTER: A LIFE OF HENRI MATISSE: THE CONQUEST OF COLOUR, 1909-1954
  
• AUTHOR: SPURLING, HILLARY
• PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $40.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0679434291
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  MISTRESS OF MODERNISM: THE LIFE OF PEGGY GUGGENHEIM
  
• AUTHOR: DEARBORN, MARY V
• PUBLISHER: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $28.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0618128069
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  NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: MASTER PAINTINGS FROM THE COLLECTION
  
• AUTHOR: HAND, JOHN OLIVER, 1941-
• PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $60.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0810956195
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  NATURE AND ITS SYMBOLS; TRANS. BY STEPHEN SARTARELLI
  
• AUTHOR: IMPELLUSO, LUCIA
• PUBLISHER: J PAUL GETTY MUSEUM
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0892367725
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  NEW ART CITY
  
• AUTHOR: PERL, JED
• PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $35.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1400041317
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  POSTSECRET: EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSIONS FROM ORDINARY LIVES
  
• AUTHOR:
• PUBLISHER: REGAN BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $26.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0060899190
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  RAPE OF THE MASTERS: HOW POLITICAL CORRECTNESS SABOTAGES ART
  
• AUTHOR: KIMBALL, ROGER, 1953-
• PUBLISHER: ENCOUNTER BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $25.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1893554864
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  RED GROOMS
  
• AUTHOR: DANTO, ARTHUR C
• PUBLISHER: RIZZOLI
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $65.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0847825779
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  RESCUE ARTIST: A TRUE STORY OF ART, THIEVES, AND THE HUNT FOR A MISSING MASTERPIECE
  
• AUTHOR: DOLNICK, EDWARD
• PUBLISHER: HARPERCOLLINS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $25.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0060531177
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  SPECTRUM 12: THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY FANTASTIC ART
  
• AUTHOR:
• PUBLISHER: UNDERWOOD BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $29.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1887424946
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  STILL LOOKING: ESSAYS ON AMERICAN ART
  
• AUTHOR: UPDIKE, JOHN
• PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $40.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1400044189
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  STORY OF ART
  
• AUTHOR: GOMBRICH, E.H
• PUBLISHER: PHAIDON
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $29.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0714832472
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  STRAPLESS: JOHN SINGER SARGENT AND THE FALL OF MADAME X
  
• AUTHOR: DAVIS, DEBORAH
• PUBLISHER: JEREMY P TARCHER
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• $14.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 158542336X
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  TOULOUSE-LAUTREC: THE MOULIN ROUGE AND THE CITY OF LIGHT
  
• AUTHOR: BURLEIGH, ROBERT
• PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: JUV
• $17.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0810958678
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  URGENT 2ND CLASS: CREATING CURIOUS COLLAGE, DUBIOUS DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER ART FROM EPHEMERA
  
• AUTHOR: BANTOCK, NICK
• PUBLISHER: CHRONICLE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: POP
• $19.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 081184305X
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  WABI-SABI FOR ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, POETS & PHILOSOPHERS
  
• AUTHOR: KOREN, LEONARD
• PUBLISHER: CONSORTIUM BOOK SALES
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1994
• $14.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1880656124
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  WAKE UP OUR SOULS: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK AMERICANARTISTS
  
• AUTHOR: BOLDEN, TONYA
• PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: JUV
• $24.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0810945274
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