The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form
By: None , Kenneth M. Clark
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashion…
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1. Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses
By: Isabel Allende , Robert Shekter , Panchita Llona
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende celebrates the pleasu… read more
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2. The Three Musketeers
By: Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee
4.09
Format: 625 pages, Paperback
First published in 1844, The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas' historical nov… read more
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"All for one and one for all."-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
"Love is the most selfish of all the passions."-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
"The merit of all things lies in their difficulty."-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
"I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death."-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
3. Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation
By: E.H. Gombrich
3.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Described by Kenneth Clark as 'one of the most brilliant books of art criticism that I have ever re… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
4. Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
By: Ted Orland , David Bayles
3.87
Format: 237 pages,
"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made… read more
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5. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more
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- philosophy
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"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
6. Erotism: Death and Sensuality
By: Georges Bataille , Mary Dalwood
4.16
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality--Georges Bataille pursues the… read more
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7. The Female Nude: Art, Obscenity, and Sexuality
By: Lynda Nead
3.60
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Anyone who examines the history of Western art must be struck by the prevalence of images of the fe… read more
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8. M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio
By: Peter Robb
4.03
Format: 320 pages,
A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year As vividly and unflinchingly presented herein with "blo… read more
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9. Crush
By: Richard Siken
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
Richard Siken's Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful c… read more
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10. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
By: Yukio Mishima , Ivan Morris
4.48
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
In The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, celebrated Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima creates a haunting… read more
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11. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
By: Mason Currey
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in … read more
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12. The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form
By: None , Kenneth M. Clark
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashion… read more
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- cultural
- art history
- art
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- reference
13. What Is Called Thinking?
By: Martin Heidegger , None , None
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
"For an acquaintance with the thought of Heidegger, What Is Called Thinking?is as important asBeing… read more
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14. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane
3.64
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more
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"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
15. 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
- art history
- history
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"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
16. The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
By: Walter Pater
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
'To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.' The Re… read more
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17. The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
By: Michel Foucault , Robert Hurley
4.00
Format: 201 pages,
Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze … read more
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18. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
By: William Styron
4.24
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true acc… read more
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19. The Technological Society
By: Robert K. Merton , Jacques Ellul
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
."..He goes through one human activity after another and shows how it has been technicized, rendere… read more
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20. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more
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21. The Practice and Science of Drawing
By: Harold Speed
4.29
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Much of the learning to practice as well as to appreciate art is concerned with understanding the b… read more
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22. The Secret Lives of Color
By: Kassia St. Clair
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hu… read more
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- art history
- history
- nonfiction
- reference
"Van Gogh's sunflowers, it seems, are wilting, just like their real-life counterparts did."-Kassia St. Clair, The Secret Lives of Color
23. The Rainbow
By: Yasunari Kawabata
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters i… read more
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"La profondità dell'essere umano è proporzionale alle esperienze vissute e alla lontananza del tempo in cui il suo animo si immerge."-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow
"Un ponte di pietra tra le anime? Meglio allora un arcobaleno." "Sì, è possible che il ponte che unisce due anime sia simile a un arcobaleno."-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow
"Fra le tante cose che suscitano nell'uomo una sensazione di impotenza, l'architettura è più di ogni altra arte soggetta a condizionamenti. Luogo, materiale, destinazione, grandezza, costi, le bizzarr…"-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow
24. Create Dangerously
By: Albert Camus
3.84
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
'To create today is to create dangerously' Camus argues passionately that the artist has a respo… read more
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- art
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"Artists, like everyone else, must take up their oars without dying, if possible."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
"To paint a still life, a painter and an apple must confront and adjust to each other."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
"Perhaps there is no peace for an artist other than the peace found in the heat of combat."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
"But now the artist is in the amphitheatre. Of necessity, his voice is not quite the same; it is not nearly so firm."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
25. Walking on the Ceiling
By: Aysegül Savas
3.50
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
"[Savaş] writes with both sensuality and coolness, as if determined to find a rational explanation … read more
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"There are many ways of hurting without words. It is silence that shapes us."-Aysegül Savas, Walking on the Ceiling
"I don't think you should try and teach anyone how to talk about their family," I said. "It's arrogant."-Aysegül Savas, Walking on the Ceiling
"Stories are reckless things, blind to everything but their own shape. When you tell a story, you set out to leave so much behind."-Aysegül Savas, Walking on the Ceiling
"Perhaps I'd felt all along, even when I lived with him, that I was passing the time, that my life hinged on the single moment when I'd learn that my mother was dying. Then I would set everything asid…"-Aysegül Savas, Walking on the Ceiling
26. 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
27. Casi: Una crónica del desamparo
By: Jorge Bustos
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
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28. Rest and Be Thankful
By: Emma Glass
3.52
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Laura is a nurse in a paediatric unit. On long, quiet shifts, she and her colleagues, clad in their… read more
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"Toxicity drips out of him and I'll pour more into him."-Emma Glass, Rest and Be Thankful
"We are tethered. We share the same headache. We share the same wake. We stand in stillness. We stand in agony."-Emma Glass, Rest and Be Thankful
"I don't need half-love, half-life, half is not enough. I can be whole with nothing. I came from nothing. I came from nowhere."-Emma Glass, Rest and Be Thankful
"I will miss the lick you give your lips before you speak but I won't miss the words that follow and fall out of that wry wet mouth."-Emma Glass, Rest and Be Thankful
29. Gente que ríe
By: Laura Chivite
3.93
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
« Seguimos hablando un rato y en un momento me pareció que se le caían un par de lágrimas. Me fijé … read more
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30. Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits
By: Frances Borzello
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Looks at the ways women artists have chosen to picture themselves throughout history read more
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- cultural
- art history
- art
- history
- nonfiction
- reference
31. The Naked Nude
By: Frances Borzello
3.76
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Nudes that deliberately behave provocatively and pose awkward how artists portray the body in cont… read more
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