The Beauty of Everyday Things
By: Soetsu Yanagi
3.52
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace sett…
Want to Read $ 10.99"Disreputable and heinous acts are often carried out in the name of the nation. Nations do not always abide by the truth; instead truth is manipulated and distorted."-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
"Disreputable and heinous acts are often carried out in the name of the nation. Nations do not always abide by the truth; instead truth is manipulated and distorted."-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
"These days, personal taste has suffered a decline. Colours have become garish, forms flimsy, and designs hideous. It is only natural that surrounded by such objects, our sense of beauty should be dulled."-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
"These days, personal taste has suffered a decline. Colours have become garish, forms flimsy, and designs hideous. It is only natural that surrounded by such objects, our sense of beauty should be dulled."-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
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1. Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
By: Leonard Koren
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Describes the principles of wabi-sabi, a Japanese aesthetic associated with Japanese tea ceremonies… read more
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- art
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- japan
2. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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- art
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
- japan
- japanese literature
3. Design as Art
By: Patrick Creagh , Bruno Munari
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Paperback
One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari's Design as Art is an il… read more
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- art
- art design
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- design
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4. Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
By: Andrew Juniper
4.29
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Developed out of the aesthetic philosophy of cha-no-yu (the tea ceremony) in fifteenth-century Japa… read more
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5. Do Design: Why beauty is key to everything (Do Books Book 13)
By: None
4.33
Format: None pages,
'An excellent guide to the essence of beauty -- the freedom to create it and an argument for its po… read more
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- art
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6. Lost Japan
By: Alex Kerr , Bodhi Fishman
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Origina… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
7. Understanding a Photograph
By: Geoff Dyer , John Berger
4.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This … read more
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- art
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- nonfiction
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- essays
8. Selected Poems
By: Linda Gray Sexton , Anne Sexton
3.67
Format: 499 pages, Paperback
This selection, which is drawn from Anne Sexton's ten published volumes of poems as well as from re… read more
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9. The Years
By: Virginia Woolf
4.33
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The most popular of Virginia Woolf's novels during her lifetime, The Yearsis a savage indictment of… read more
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10. On Photography
By: Susan Sontag
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
First published in 1973, this is a study of the force of photographic images which are continually … read more
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- art
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
"The painter constructs, the photographer discloses."-Susan Sontag, On Photography
"Photographs shock insofar as they show something novel."-Susan Sontag, On Photography
"Cameras miniaturize experience, transform history into spectacle."-Susan Sontag, On Photography
"Una fotografía es a la vez una pseudopresencia y un signo de ausencia."-Susan Sontag, On Photography
11. Regarding the Pain of Others
By: Susan Sontag
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
Twenty-five years after her classic On Photography, Susan Sontag returns to the subject of visual r… read more
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12. The Book of Tea
By: Kakuzō Okakura
2.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add gra… read more
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13. Art as Therapy
By: Alain de Botton , John Armstrong
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
What is art for? In the engaging, lively, and controversial new book, bestselling philosopher Alain… read more
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14. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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- self help
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
15. Agua y jabón
By: Marta D. Riezu
3.78
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Preguntaron a Cecil Beaton: ¿qué es la elegancia? Y respondió: agua y jabón. Que es lo mismo que de… read more
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"Hay un tipo de persona terca, libre y con empuje para apartarse del discurso ortodoxo de su gremio. Ni siquiera se da cuenta, no funciona a la contra, solo hace lo que le da la gana y cree en ello ci…"-Marta D. Riezu, Agua y jabón
16. I Paint What I Want to See
By: Philip Guston
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Illuminating reflections on painting and drawing from one of the most revered artists of the twenti… read more
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- art
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- essays
17. The Beauty of Everyday Things
By: Soetsu Yanagi
3.52
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace sett… read more
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- design
- essays
- japanese literature
- japan
- self help
"Disreputable and heinous acts are often carried out in the name of the nation. Nations do not always abide by the truth; instead truth is manipulated and distorted."-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
"These days, personal taste has suffered a decline. Colours have become garish, forms flimsy, and designs hideous. It is only natural that surrounded by such objects, our sense of beauty should be dul…"-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
"Under the snow's reflected light creeping into the houses, beneath the dim lamplight, various types of manual work is taken up. This is how time is forgotten; this is how work absorbs the hours and d…"-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
"What is the proper way of seeing? In brief, it is to see things as they are. However, very few people possess this purity of sight. That is, such people are not seeing things as they are, but are inf…"-Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things
18. The Practice of Not Thinking
By: Ryūnosuke Koike
3.46
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What if we could learn to look instead of see, listen instead of hear… read more
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19. The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives
By: Adam Smyth
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them Books t… read more
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20. What Artists Wear
By: Charlie Porter
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening and richly illustrated journey through the clothes worn by artists, and what they re… read more
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21. Research for People Who (Think They) Would Rather Create
By: Dirk Vis
3.76
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
From writing style and the use of visuals to formulating your topic and methodology, Dirk Vis shows… read more
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