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 …
Want to Read $ 11.99"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
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1. Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
By: James Gurney
4.22
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
From New York Times best-selling author of the Dinotopia series, James Gurney, comes a carefully cr… read more
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- art
- photography
- nonfiction
"There is not a single brand of realism. Your paintings can be true to nature but emphasize different aspects of visual truth compared to another artist. The way you paint is a record of how you see. …"-James Gurney, Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
2. Art Through the Ages
By: Fred S. Kleiner , Helen Gardner , Christin J. Mamiya
3.85
Format: 1150 pages, Hardcover
The market-leading text for the art history survey course, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES has serve… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- nonfiction
3. The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait
By: Carlos Fuentes , Frida Kahlo , Sarah M. Lowe
4.81
Format: 539 pages, Hardcover
Published here in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten ye… read more
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- art
- art history
- nonfiction
4. History of Beauty
By: Umberto Eco , Alastair McEwen , None
4.33
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
Now in paperback, Umberto Eco's groundbreaking and much-acclaimed first illustrated book has been a… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
5. Ways of Seeing
By: John Berger
3.24
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
John Berger's Classic Text on Art John Berger's Ways of Seeingis one of the most stimulating and th… read more
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- art
- art history
- photography
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
6. Interaction of Color
By: Josef Albers , Nicholas Fox Weber
4.21
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Josef Albers's Interaction of Coloris a masterwork in twentieth-century art education. Conceived as… read more
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- art
- art history
- nonfiction
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
- art history
- photography
- philosophy
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8. Color: A Natural History of the Palette
By: Victoria Finlay
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors. For example: Cleopatra used saff… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- nonfiction
9. About Looking
By: John Berger
3.99
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
As a novelist, art critic, and cultural historian, John Berger is a writer of dazzling eloquence an… read more
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- art
- art history
- theory
- photography
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
10. Seven Days in the Art World
By: Sarah Thornton
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
Named one of the best art books of 2008 by The New York Timesand The Sunday Times[London]: "An inde… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- nonfiction
- essays
11. The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
By: Vincent van Gogh , Mark Roskill , Arnold J. Pomerans , Ronald de Leeuw
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A new selection of post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gough's letters,The Letters of Vincent va… read more
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12. M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work
By: M.C. Escher , Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
4.06
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
Presenting the structurally unthinkable as though it were a law of nature M.C. Escher was born in 1… read more
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13. Dali: The Paintings
By: Gilles Néret , Robert Descharnes
3.50
Format: 140 pages,
This publication presents the entire painted oeuvre of Salvador Dali (1904-1989). After many years … read more
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14. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
By: Scott McCloud
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Paperback
The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication "You must read this … read more
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15. History of Art
By: H.W. Janson , Anthony F. Janson
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
For 1000s of art lovers both amateur & professional, esthetic life began with Janson, as his Histor… read more
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16. Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
By: Hannah Arendt , Walter Benjamin , Harry Zohn
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Studies on contemporary art and culture by one of the most original, critical and analytical minds … read more
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17. Concerning the Spiritual in Art
By: Wassily Kandinsky
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
A pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this … read more
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18. Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
By: Roland Barthes , Richard Howard
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
A graceful, contemplative volume, Camera Lucidawas first published in 1979. Commenting on artists s… read more
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19. The Story of Art
By: E.H. Gombrich
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Renowned not only as the best concise introduction to art history, but also as a classic of art his… read more
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20. 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
- classics
- history
- theory
- photography
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- criticism
- 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
21. The Art Book
By: Phaidon Press
3.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
An A to Z guide to 500 great painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times, it debunks art h… read more
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