Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
World's classics volume 331
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1962
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1930, this book contains the widely respected essay 'What Is Art', by the well-known Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, and is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of any fan of his works. Many of these earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the...
Author
Language
English
Description
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today over $500 million were stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The crime remains unsolved. Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there's more to this art heist than meets the eye. Claire has agreed to forge a painting for a powerful gallery owner in exchange for a one-woman show. But her suspicions about the painting lead Claire to 19th-century secrets ......
Author
Publisher
Rockport Publishers, an Imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Curator and writer Lori Zimmer investigates the rise in popularity of spray paint and the explosion of mural festivals around the world, and she provides an intimate look at the work of some of the world's leading artists, who use spray for myriad reasons and styles. Complete with DIY tricks to fine-tune your spray skills, find out why spray paint has risen to become the hot medium around the globe.--
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
A guiding principle of Eastern art and design, focusing on the interaction between positive and negative space, demonstrated in 6 problems of progressive difficulty. Solutions will fascinate artists and designers of every calling and level of expertise, from painters and sculptors, potters and textile designers to architects and interior designers. 101 illustrations.
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 43
Language
English
Description
When a slam-bang of a crime brings a beautiful new client into Stone Barrington's office, little does he know his association with her will pull him into a far more serpentine mystery in the exclusive world of art. It's a business where a rare find could make a career -- and a collection -- and mistakes in judgment are costly. And under its genteel and high-minded veneer lurks an assortment of grifters and malfeasants eager to cash in on the game....
Author
Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
In addition to being the nosiest and most sympathetic philosopher you are likely to meet, Isabel is now a mother. Charlie, her newborn son, presents her with a myriad wonders of a new life, and doting father Jamie presents her with an intriguing proposal: marriage. In the midst of all this, she receives a disturbing letter announcing that she has been ousted as editor of the Review of Applied Ethics by the ambitious Professor Dove. None of these things,...
Author
Publisher
Arcturus
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Our towns and cities are saturated with the imagery of commerce and advertising, but alongside it a new creative phenomenon is demanding our attention: art, on the street, available for everyone to see. Banksy, Blek le Rat, Os Gemeos and JR are just some of the major practitioners whose works are showcased in this book. From huge murals to exquisite miniature art that can easily be missed, the examples here are powerful expressions of what it is...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Venture into a galaxy far, far away! Step-by-step diagrams show young artists how to use simple shapes and lines to create a variety of extraterrestrials. From Sluggo-blob to the more familiar Greens and Grays, just follow the steps shown in red to create fun and sometimes silly beings from outer space. A visit to the "Top Secret Alien Spare Parts Department" encourages kids to customize their designs with eyes, antennae, wings, arms, and legs, as...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance. With An Index To Their Works" by Bernard Berenson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A hand-signed porcelain urinal. An abstract drip painting. A silent 700 hour performance. Art has changed since the days of Giotto, Michelangelo, and even Picasso--and many of us are perplexed. Do modern and contemporary artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock, and Marina Abramovic represent civilization's highest achievements? Or is something else afoot? In The Art of Looking, art critic Lance Esplund demonstrates that works of modern and...
11) Painted ladies
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 38
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Spenser is hired by the Hammond Museum to protect Dr. Ashton Prince as he attempts to exchange money in return for a recently stolen painting. However, when the exchange goes awry, Spenser sets out to personally find the stolen painting and bring the thieves to justice
Author
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Widely acknowledged as the most authoritative art critic of his generation, Hilton Kramer advanced his comments and judgments largely in the form of essays and short pieces. Thus, this first collection of his work to appear in twenty years is a signal event for the art world and for criticism generally.
“The Triumph of Modernism” not only traces the vicissitudes of the art scene but diagnoses the state of modernism and its vital legacy in the...
Author
Publisher
Fox Chapel Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the world of Steampunk: a unique fantasy version of nineteenth century Victorian England imbued with today's technology. Discover the captivating and dynamic world of this emerging genre through the creative vision of today's leading artists.
Author
Publisher
Reinhold
Pub. Date
[1952]
Language
English
Description
Join noted watercolorist Ted Kautzky as he shares his wisdom on painting the infinitely wonderful details of trees and landscapes. Beginning with the fundamentals of good composition, value arrangement, balance, rhythm, and basic brushstrokes, the book explores ways of painting such important landscape components as trees, roads, puddles, rain, plant life, and fog. Individual chapters are devoted to painting forests, and different types of trees are...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1981
Language
English
Description
Drawing on fifty centuries of human history, this encyclopedic collection of images is filled with demons, monsters, animal-gods, totemic figures, and other supernatural beasts from the darker realms of man's imagination. Works range from prehistoric rock paintings to the drawings of Max Ernst, from the masks of black Africa to the gargoyles of Notre Dame.
Author
Series
Vicky Bliss mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
A missing masterwork in wood, the last creation of a master carver who died in the violent tumult of the sixteenth century, may be hidden in a medieval German castle in the town of Rothenburg. The prize has called to Vicky Bliss, drawing her and an arrogant male colleague into the forbidding citadel and its dark secrets. But the treasure hunt soon turns deadly. Here, where the blood of the long forgotten damned stains ancient stones, Vicky must face...
19) Egyptian designs
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
©1993
Language
English
Description
The exotic imagery of ancient Egyptian art has been captured in this splendid collection of 371 illustrations, based on Egyptian originals. Among the designs are figures of gods and pharaohs, priests and priestesses, ordinary citizens, plants and animals, and scenes of state occasions, battles, funerary customs, domestic life, and more. The sources for the illustrations are wall paintings and decorations, pottery and jewelry, statuary, and architecture...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Kim Lord is an avant-garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur in the L.A. art scene. Her groundbreaking new exhibition Still Lives is comprised of self-portraits depicting herself as famous, murdered women--the Black Dahlia, Chandra Levy, Nicole Brown Simpson, among many others--and the works are as compelling as they are disturbing, implicating a culture that is too accustomed to violence against women. As the city's richest art patrons...
In Interlibrary Loans
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Coastline Library Network can be requested from other Interlibrary Loans libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request