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S. Giedion – The Eternal Present: Volume I: The Beginnings of Ar…
$32.00 | Book, Print, Used Items“Professor Giedion, well known as an historian of architecture, is concerned in this latest work with a problem that in his view has come more and more into the the […]
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Revelations: Art of the Apocalypse
$12.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThis concise but illuminating introduction to the sources, symbolism, and meanings of the biblical Book of Revelation brings together visionary images by some of the greatest artists of Western [...]
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Kurt Schwitters – Myself and My Aims: Writings on Art and Critic…
$50.00 | Book, PrintKurt Schwitters was a major protagonist in the histories of modern art and literature, whose response to the contradictions of modern life rivals that of Marcel Duchamp in its importance […]
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Surrealism and Magic: From Max Ernst to Leonora Carrington
$56.00 | Book, PrintLike no other 20th-century movement, Surrealism was keenly inspired by tropes of magic, myth and the occult. In their engagement with the irrational and the unconscious, numerous of its members [...]
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Jose Guadalupe Posada And the Mexican Broadside
$15.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsJosé Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913), one of Mexico’s most important graphic artists, influenced the generation who lived through and pictured the Mexican Revolution. His powerful and visually [...]
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What May Come: The Taller de Grafica Popular and the Mexican Political…
$7.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsEstablished in Mexico City in 1937, the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Popular Graphic Art Workshop) sought to create prints, posters, and illustrated publications that were popular and affordable, [...]
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Robert Longo (Rizzoli Monograph)
$20.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsMonograph covering the New York-based multi-media artist. Book is in Like New condition and shows very light general wear. *Image in the listing is stock. There may be variation in […]
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In the Mind’s Eye: Dada and Surrealism
$12.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsLooks at paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculpture by Arp, Dali, Ernst, Gorky, Grosz, and others This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some […]
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The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the …
$18.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsAn introductory overview by Ann Farkas and essays by Russian authorities explain the history and archaeology of the nomads of Eurasia, the Filippovka kurgans, cults and rituals of the steppe […]
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Josef Albers – Interaction of Color: Revised Edition
$15.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe masterworks of one of the most influential teacher-artists of the twentieth century, originally published as a limited, boxed edition in 1963, was conceived as a guide and teaching aid […]
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The Art of the Sepik River
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsDetailed and illustrated overview of the art found in the communities on the Sepik River in New Guinea This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and […]
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Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective
$75.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsOne of the leading female artists of the late 20th century, Lee Bontecou (b. 1931) became widely known for her welded steel sculptures and plastic and epoxy molded assemblages from […]
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Arthur Szyk: Drawing Against National Socialism and Terror
$40.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsArthur Szyk (1894-1951) was considered one of the 20th century’s most important creators of political illustrations and caricatures. While largely unknown in Europe, his work is highly [...]
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Andy Goldsworthy: Varia, Refuges d’art
$30.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsRefuges d’Art* is a hiking route spanning roughly ten days, conceived by Andy Goldsworthy in the Digne region, within the protected territory of the Haute-Provence Geological Reserve. [...]
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Ray Yoshida: A Retrospective, 1968-1998
$25.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsCareer retrospective of the hieroglyphics-influenced painter. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the wraps/boards, or light [...]
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The Paintings of Charles Burchfield: North By Midwest
$25.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe art of renowned American watercolorist Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) has been described as “one of the most original phenomena in American art.” This interdisciplinary study of [...]
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An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico an…
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe myths and beliefs of the great pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica have baffled and fascinated outsiders ever since the Spanish Conquest. Yet, until now, no single-volume introduction [...]
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Max Ernst – A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil
$15.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsIn the course of browsing an illustrated book of objects—umbrellas, watches, tools, clothes—artist Max Ernst was struck by the items’ unusual juxtapositions. By manipulating the [...]
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Native American Art and the New York Avant-Garde: A History of Cultura…
$20.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsAvant-garde art between 1910 and 1950 is well known for its use of “primitive” imagery, often borrowed from traditional cultures in Africa and Oceania. Less recognized, however, is [...]
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Strange Familiar: The Work of Georg Gudni
$20.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsGeorg Gudni has said of his work, inspired by his native Icelandic landscapes, “You go past the materials and into the painting itself.” The transparent, ethereal quality achieved in [...]
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Vasily Kandinsky: From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925
$20.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThis catalogue accompanies a major exhibition devoted to Vasily Kandinsky. It explores the evolution of his work from the Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus years. During this period, Kandinsky [...]
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Mexican Masks: Their Uses and Symbolism
$20.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsDescribes the techniques of Mexican Indians for making masks and analyzes the symbolism, religious functions, and social uses of these masks This book is in Good readable condition. It has […]
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Damien Hirst: New Religion
$25.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsPublished in 2006 following Damien Hirst’s first major print exhibition at the Paul Stolper Gallery in London in 2005, New Religion explores Hirst’s central themes: ”I was [...]
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Patterns That Connect: Social Symbolism in Ancient Tribal Art
$40.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe American art historian, Carl Schuster (1904-1969), discovered a set of patterns designed by ancient peoples to illustrate their ideas about kinship. They tattooed and painted such [...]
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James Castle: A Retrospective
$45.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsJames Castle (1899-1977) never learned to speak, read, or writeand left his native state of Idaho only onceand yet he created a wide range of extraordinary works that resonate with […]
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An Illustrated Map of the Sheela-na-Gigs of Britain and Ireland
$100.00 | Print, Used Items, ZineA comprehensive guide to and map of the Sheela-na-Gig statues, an ancient feminine icon known for an exaggerate vulva, of Great Britain and Ireland. Bandia Publishing, 2009 edition. Large scale [...]
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Alchemy and Mysticism: The Hermetic Museum
$12.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe Hermetic Museum takes readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the medieval cosmogram and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascinating world of alchemy to the […]
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David Beth – Atua: Voices from La Société Voudon Gnostique
$200.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsEdited by David Beth, ATUA is the public vehicle through which the members of the S.V.G. make selected manifestations of their magico-gnostic research and experience available to an informed [...]
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Jesse Bransford – A Book of Staves
$50.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsIn A Book of Staves, New York–based artist Jesse Bransford (born 1972) offers a series of delicate drawings that find inspiration in the wild landscapes, folk magic and medieval poetic […]
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Ayis Lertas – 72
$200.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe 72 demons, devils and monstrous beasts constrained within this ‘book without words’ by Ayis Lertas are iconic of all the vices, ills, impure appetites and perverse passions that thrive […]
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The Contemporary Sublime: Sensibilities of Transcendence and Shock
$7.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsContains: – Paul Crowther, The Postmodern Sublime — Cliff McMahon The Sublime is How: Philip Taaffe and Will Barnet — Mojca Oblak, Kant and Malevich — Richard Hooker, [...]
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Atlas of Prehistoric Britain (as-is, no dustjacket)
$7.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsMegalithic cairns, ancient earthworks, Bronze Age burial chambers, Stonehenge–these mysterious, awe-inspiring monuments in their remote British settings have long exercised a powerful hold [...]
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Theme & Improvisation: Kandinsky & the American Avant-Garde …
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsVassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a seminal figure in the art and thought of the twentieth century. His paintings and theories about art delved into spirituality and music, all the while […]
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The Body (Journal of Philosophy and the Visual Arts)
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe Journal Of Philosophy and the Visual Arts issue on The Body and its representations in art throughout the ages. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been […]
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Tantra : Rites of Love
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsFeaturing roughly 93 pages of text and beautiful, full-color plates that explore the esoteric, philosophical, and erotic dimensions of Tantric traditions. This book is in Good readable condition. [...]
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Sybaris: Baltic Contemporary Art Biennial
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsExhibition catalog for SYBARIS : Baltic Contemporary Art Biennial, 2001. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the […]
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Marie-Anne Dupuy-Vachey – Fragonard
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsLittle is known about the life of Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806), and among an oeuvre of some 400 paintings, only around 15 can be dated exactly and fewer than 20 bear […]
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Bill Viola (as-is, no dustjacket)
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsOverview of the underrated & pioneering video/multi-media artist. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the wraps/boards, or […]
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The Artist Outsider : Creativity and the Boundaries of Culture
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThough “Outsider Art” has its roots in the Romantic Movement in 19th-century Europe, the term itself was coined 20 years ago to refer to works created by the insane; it […]
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Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali, & the Artists of Optical Illu…
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsRings of seahorses that seem to rotate on the page. Butterflies that transform right before your eyes into two warriors with their horses. A mosaic portrait of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau […]
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The Art of Private Devotion: Retablo Painting of Mexico
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsBeautifully illustrated study of the sacred iconography paintings of Mexico This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the […]
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Ajanta and Ellora
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe Cave-temples at Ajanta and Ellora are without doubt one of the most remarkable sights in India. Excavated from solid rock, each temple took years to complete. The energy of […]
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Forbidden Asia
$9.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsSince The Turkish Bath (1863) by the French painter Ingres, the Far Eastern woman has to many been a symbol of pleasures out of reach or forbidden. Seafaring explorers, military […]
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Ritual of the Wind: North American Indian Ceremonies, Music, and Dance…
$8.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsStudy of the ceremonies and rituals of various indigenous north american tribes. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear […]
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Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsAccompanying a nationally touring exhibition, this critical history of American art of the 1920s provides a fresh perspective on the strikingly original modernist imagery of the Jazz Age. Youth [...]
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Annette Messager. Comédie tragédie 1971-1989 (french language/as-is)
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsMonograph covering the mid-period work of the French multi-media artist, Annette Messager This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear […]
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Art and Spiritual Transformation : The Seven Stages of Death and Rebir…
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsArt and Spiritual Transformation presents a seven-stage journey from the darkened soul to the light of spiritual illumination that is possible through the world of art. Finley Eversole introduces [...]
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Lanier Graham – Goddesses in Art
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsAn extraordinary range of images, from prehistory to the 1990s, representing female deities of all types and temperaments from a worldwide array of cultures, showing the goddess as the ultimate [...]
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Philip Hanson: The Subtle Diagram
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsCatalog for an exhibition held at Corbett vs. Dempsey September 10 – October 16, 2010 This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some […]
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Gauguin: Artist As Alchemist
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsPaul Gauguin (1848–1903) was a creative force above and beyond his legendary work as a painter. Surveying the full scope of his career-spanning experiments in different media and formats—clay, [...]
GENRE: Art/Photography