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Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life
Roxana Robinson
UPNE
UPNE
Georgia O'Keeffe is arguably the 20th century's leading woman artist. Coming of age along with American modernism, her life was rich in intense relationships -- with family, friends, and especially noted photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Her struggle...
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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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Paint Radiant Realism in Watercolor, Ink & Colored Pencil
Sueellen Ross
North Light Books
North Light Books
Artists will discover an exciting, mixed-media way of painting that takes full advantage of the vivid moods of watercolor, the punch and contrast of ink, and the rich textures of colored pencil. Sueellen Ross teaches readers to layer one medium...
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Hensche on Painting
John W. Robichaux
Dover Publications
Dover Publications
A teacher for over 60 years, painter Hensche placed great emphasis in his classes on Monet's Impressionist tradition of seeing and painting color under the influence of light. Hensche taught students to "see the light, not the object," says...
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Life with Picasso
Francoise Gilot
Anchor
Anchor
Francoise Gilot met Picasso during the German occupation of Paris, she was twenty-one, he was sixty-two. For nearly a decade, Gilot shared her life with this giant of the art world, giving birth to two of his children, working as his model, and...
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Insects and Flowers: The Art of Maria Sibylla Merian
David Brafman, Stephanie Schrader
Getty Publications
Getty Publications
The artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was born in Frankfurt, Germany, into a middle-class family of publishers and artists. With her meticulous depictions of insect metamorphosis, she raised the standards of natural history...
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