Nineteenth-century art expresses visually the awesome flood of energy that created the world we know today. Revolutions start the story -- first the American, then the French, leading to new forms of government and new ways for artists to view society and their own place within it. The Industrial Re..
Bound in publisher's original red cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Author: LEE, Sherman E. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810934140 ISBN-13: 9780810934146..
Describes the careers and techniques of top illustrators, including Caldecott, Crane, Tenniel, Lear, Wyeth, Dulac, Rackham, Potter, and Greenaway Author: Meyer, Susan E. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0810926946 ISBN-13: 9780810926943..
"A landmark book on our industry."-Clint Eastwood"A delightful book for browsing and sufficiently comprehensive for serious students. . . . Film buffs will appreciate the range and beauty of this well-written and fully illustrated movie compendium."-Entertainment TodayCovering a wide variety of clas..
EX - Library book with all the usual stamps and markings. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Author: Digest, Architectural Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc." Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810959291 ISBN-13: 9780810959293..
Berlin, a haunting vision of the twentieth centurys first modern city, is a cultural history filled with 400 shockingly fresh and romantic photographs, paintings, and other images.In the brief years between the twentieth centurys two cataclysmic world wars, the modern metropolis was invented in Berl..
From award-winning writer and designer Andrew Haslam comes the final word on book design. This authoritative text guides readers through establishing formats, constructing grids, choosing typefaces, designing a jacket, and, finally, preparing materials for the printer, with more than 300 illustratio..
Built like a piece of fine furniture, the traditional Japanese house is universally admired for its clean lines, intricate joinery, and unparalleled woodworking. Focusing primarily on a new guesthouse in California, this elegant volume shows how a classic Japanese house can be built to offer the war..
Butterflies are among the planet's most majestic creatures, their delicate forms sprinkled with brilliant color and rich with texture. More than 200,000 kinds of butterfly and caterpillar have been spotted around the world-that's one in every ten insects. Photographer Gilles Martin brings this extra..
Based on the best-selling series, Can You Find It , this edition focuses on art set outside, providing a fun way for young readers to learn about classic art by bringing the museum to them.Can You Find It Outside makes discovering art fun! After reading this book, young readers will be saying, "I ..
Henry David Thoreau wrote, I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. In Chairs: A History, furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a wonderfully readable and visually stunning exploration of chairs and their place in culture through the ages...
One of the most admired and innovative contemporary artists working today, Chuck Close has pioneered ideas of scale, form, and color through the theme of portraiture, a genre that he has fundamentally redefined. The first book to focus on Close's self-portraits and the portraits he has made of fello..
From the front flap of this 167 page book: "Seen in relation to the art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot can be called a traditional Romantic, but he was also a vital force in the development of Impressionism. A painter of Claudesque landscapes, he was also a pr..
Spanish version also available, ISBN: 84-8174-076-4 Author: Ring, Malvin E. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810911000 ISBN-13: 9780810911000..
Book by Goodman, Cynthia Author: Goodman, Cynthia Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Everson Museum of Art Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0810923610 ISBN-13: 9780810923614..
Why cant I draw what I see Long-time drawing instructor and celebrated artist John Torreano answers this much-asked question, showing how to visualize three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface. Torreano offers a series of exercises to help the reader to train his or her eye and to enab..
Drawing is a language, a necessary skill for anyone who wants to express ideas or feelings in written images. Like all languages, it can be mastered with practice and instruction. Author Keith Micklewright distills a lifetime of hard thinking about drawing, presenting techniques-along with exercises..
It is often said that Americans can be divided into two groups: those who grew up on a farm and those who wished they had. This book will give pleasure--and information--to both. Hundreds of illustrations, rendered with perception, wit, and accuracy offer a heartwarming look at life on a farm in Hol..
A collection of 31 traditional tales from that far eastern part of Russia that lies along the banks of the Amur River. Author: Nagishkin Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810909138 ISBN-13: 9780810909137..
Though it's only about the size of Texas, France presents an astonishing variety of landscapes to the aerial observer-each of which reveals itself in the pages of this breathtaking photographic journey. In 200 full-color photographs, Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures all the undulating curves and harmon..
Like Graffiti World, Freight Train Graffiti is the definitive history of a vibrant art form. Until now there was almost no written insight into this vast subculture, which inspires fascination across America and around the world. As dazzling as the art it celebrates, the book is packed with 1,000 fu..
They are the jewels of the Caribbean, gorgeous prisms through which we see reflected the opulent world of the French Creole aristocracy. The French-speaking islands of Martinique, Guadaloupe, Marie-Galante, and Saint Martin come alive as never before in the pages of French Island Elegance, a lavishl..
Playing in the U.S. Open is every golfers dreamits a chance to play the best golf courses ever created. Golf Courses of the U.S. Open is the next best thing, profiling these 50 amazing courses, such as Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pinehurst No. 2, and Winged Foot Golf Club. Theres also a detailed look a..
Longtime readers of Golf Magazine know that the Private Lessons feature is the place to go for tips, tricks, and instructions that will get even the lowliest duffer swinging like a pro. Now the magazine's editors have compiled the best of these lessons into one indispensable volume. Easy-to-follow i..