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Old Testament Figures in Art (Guide to Imagery)
Chiara de Capoa
Getty Publications
Getty Publications
Throughout the Middle Ages, sacred Christian art had two objectives: to express veneration for God and to provide illustrative lessons on the Christian faith to a largely illiterate population. Continuing in the spirit of the other books in this...
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Color Harmony: A Guide to Creative Color Combinations
Hideako Chijiiwa
Rockport Publishers
Rockport Publishers
Here is the original comprehensive guide to making successful color choices and color combinations. Including over 1,600 combinations, this little book packs a big punch, solving color questions through photographic and descriptive examples.
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Jackson Pollock: An American Saga
Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith
Woodward/White, Incorporated
Woodward/White, Incorporated
Jackson Pollock was more than a great artist, he was a creative force of nature. He changed not only the course of Western art, but our very definition of "art." He was the quintessential tortured genius, an American Vincent van Gogh, cut from the...
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Isaak Levitan: Lyrical Landscape
Averil King
Philip Wilson Publishers
Philip Wilson Publishers
Levitan’s lyrical, expressive evocations of the Russian countryside are little known in the West and this book is intended as an introduction to his life and work. It describes the artist’s training in Moscow, his youthful visits to...
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