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...ISMS: UNDERSTANDING ART

  • AUTHOR: LITTLE, STEPHEN
  • PUBLISHER: UNIVERSE
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $16.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0789312093
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    ACCIDENTAL MASTERPIECE: ON THE ART OF LIFE AND VICE VERSA
  • AUTHOR: KIMMELMAN, MICHAEL
  • PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1594200556
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    ANDY WARHOL: 365 TAKES: THE ANDY WARHOL MUSUEM COLLECTION:
  • PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $29.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0810943298
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    ANDY WARHOL: PRINCE OF POP
  • AUTHOR: GREENBERG, JAN, 1942-
  • PUBLISHER: DELACORTE
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: JUV
  • $16.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 038573056X
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    ANNOTATED MONA LISA: A CRASH COURSE IN ART HISTORYFROM PREHISTORIC TO POST-MODERN
  • AUTHOR: STRICKLAND, CAROL
  • PUBLISHER: ANDREWS & MCMEEL
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1992
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $22.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0836280059
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    ART BOOK FOR CHILDREN
  • AUTHOR: RUGGI, GILDA WILLIAMS
  • PUBLISHER: PHAIDON
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $19.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0714845302
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    ARTIST'S & GRAPHIC DESIGNER'S MARKET, 2006
  • PUBLISHER: WRITER'S DIGEST
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $24.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1582973962
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    ARTIST'S & GRAPHIC DESIGNER'S MARKET; 2005
  • PUBLISHER: WRITER'S DIGEST
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $24.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1582972788
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    ARTISTS' JOURNALS AND SKETCHBOOKS: EXPLORING AND CREATING PERSONAL PAGES
  • AUTHOR: PERRELLA, LYNNE
  • PUBLISHER: ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $21.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1592530192
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    CAN YOU FIND IT, TOO?
  • AUTHOR: CRESSY, JUDITH
  • PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $15.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0810950464
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    CAVE PAINTINGS TO PICASSO: THE INSIDE SCOOP ON 50 ART MASTERPIECES
  • AUTHOR: SAYRE, HENRY M.
  • PUBLISHER: CHRONICLE BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $22.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 081183767X
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    COLLINS BIG BOOK OF ART: FROM CAVE ART TO POP ART
  • PUBLISHER: HARPER DESIGN INTL
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $39.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0060832851
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    CREATING THEIR OWN IMAGE: THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN- AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS
  • AUTHOR: FARRINGTON, LISA E.
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $55.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 019516721X
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    DE KOONING: AN AMERICAN MASTER
  • AUTHOR: STEVENS, MARK
  • PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1400041759
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    DREAMER FROM THE VILLAGE: THE STORY OF MARC CHAGALL
  • AUTHOR: MARKEL, MICHELLE
  • PUBLISHER: HENRY HOLT
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $16.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0805063730
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    DUVEEN: A LIFE IN ART
  • AUTHOR: SECREST, MERYLE
  • PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0375410422
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    EDVARD MUNCH: BEHIND THE SCREAM
  • AUTHOR: PRIDEAUX, SUE
  • PUBLISHER: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0300110243
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    ENVISIONING INFORMATION
  • AUTHOR: TUFTE, EDWARD R.
  • PUBLISHER: GRAPHICS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $48.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0961392118
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    FACES OF JESUS:A LIFE STORY
  • AUTHOR: BUECHNER, FREDERICK
  • PUBLISHER: PARACLETE PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $19.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1557254559
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    FACIAL EXPRESSIONS: A VISUAL REFERNECE FOR ARTISTS
  • AUTHOR: SIMON, MARK
  • PUBLISHER: WATSON-GUPTILL
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $19.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0823016714
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    GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES
  • AUTHOR: KLEINER, FRED S.
  • PUBLISHER: WADSWORTH
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $121.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0155050907
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    HISTORY OF BEAUTY
  • PUBLISHER: RIZZOLI
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $40.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0847826465
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    I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY...: CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS AND POEMS..
  • PUBLISHER: PANTHEON
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1994
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $17.50 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0805210156
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    I SPY SHAPES IN ART
  • AUTHOR: MICKLETHWAIT, LUCY
  • PUBLISHER: GREENWILLOW BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $19.99 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0060731931
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    INSTANT ART HISTORY: FROM CAVE ART TO POP ART
  • AUTHOR: ROBINSON, WALTER
  • PUBLISHER: FAWCETT COLUMBINE BALLANT
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $10.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0449906981
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    LEONARDO DA VINCI: FLIGHTS OF THE MIND
  • AUTHOR: NICHOLL, CHARLES
  • PUBLISHER: VIKING
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $32.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0670033456
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    LEONARDO
  • AUTHOR: KEMP, MARTIN
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $26.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0192805460
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    LEONARDO: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
  • AUTHOR: BYRD, ROBERT
  • PUBLISHER: E P DUTTON
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
  • CONTENT LEVEL: JUV
  • $17.99 PLB
  • ISBN: 0525470336
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    LEONARDO'S NOTEBOOKS
  • AUTHOR: LEONARDO DA VINCI, 1452-1519
  • PUBLISHER: BLACK DOG & LEVENTHAL
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $40.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1579124577
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    LIVING THE ARTIST'S LIFE: A GUIDE TO GROWING, PERSERVERING, AND SUCCEEDING IN THE ART WORLD
  • AUTHOR: DORRELL, PAUL
  • PUBLISHER: HILLSTEAD PUB
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $16.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0974955205
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    MASTERS OF DECEPTION: ESCHER, DALI & THE ARTISTS OF OPTICAL ILLUSION
  • AUTHOR: SECKEL, AL
  • PUBLISHER: STERLING PUBLISHING
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1402705778
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    MATH AND THE MONA LISA: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI
  • AUTHOR: ATALAY, BULENT
  • PUBLISHER: SMITHSONIAN BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1588341712
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    MATISSE THE MASTER: A LIFE OF HENRI MATISSE: THE CONQUEST OF COLOUR, 1909-1954
  • AUTHOR: SPURLING, HILLARY
  • PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $40.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0679434291
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    MISTRESS OF MODERNISM: THE LIFE OF PEGGY GUGGENHEIM
  • AUTHOR: DEARBORN, MARY V
  • PUBLISHER: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $28.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0618128069
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    NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: MASTER PAINTINGS FROM THE COLLECTION
  • AUTHOR: HAND, JOHN OLIVER, 1941-
  • PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $60.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0810956195
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    NATURE AND ITS SYMBOLS; TRANS. BY STEPHEN SARTARELLI
  • AUTHOR: IMPELLUSO, LUCIA
  • PUBLISHER: J PAUL GETTY MUSEUM
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $24.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0892367725
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    NEW ART CITY
  • AUTHOR: PERL, JED
  • PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1400041317
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    POSTSECRET: EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSIONS FROM ORDINARY LIVES
  • AUTHOR:
  • PUBLISHER: REGAN BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $26.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0060899190
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    RAPE OF THE MASTERS: HOW POLITICAL CORRECTNESS SABOTAGES ART
  • AUTHOR: KIMBALL, ROGER, 1953-
  • PUBLISHER: ENCOUNTER BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
  • CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
  • $25.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1893554864
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    RED GROOMS
  • AUTHOR: DANTO, ARTHUR C
  • PUBLISHER: RIZZOLI
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $65.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0847825779
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    RESCUE ARTIST: A TRUE STORY OF ART, THIEVES, AND THE HUNT FOR A MISSING MASTERPIECE
  • AUTHOR: DOLNICK, EDWARD
  • PUBLISHER: HARPERCOLLINS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $25.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0060531177
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    SPECTRUM 12: THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY FANTASTIC ART
  • AUTHOR:
  • PUBLISHER: UNDERWOOD BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL:
  • $29.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1887424946
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    STILL LOOKING: ESSAYS ON AMERICAN ART
  • AUTHOR: UPDIKE, JOHN
  • PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $40.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1400044189
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    STORY OF ART
  • AUTHOR: GOMBRICH, E.H
  • PUBLISHER: PHAIDON
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $29.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0714832472
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    STRAPLESS: JOHN SINGER SARGENT AND THE FALL OF MADAME X
  • AUTHOR: DAVIS, DEBORAH
  • PUBLISHER: JEREMY P TARCHER
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • $14.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 158542336X
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    TOULOUSE-LAUTREC: THE MOULIN ROUGE AND THE CITY OF LIGHT
  • AUTHOR: BURLEIGH, ROBERT
  • PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: JUV
  • $17.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0810958678
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    URGENT 2ND CLASS: CREATING CURIOUS COLLAGE, DUBIOUS DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER ART FROM EPHEMERA
  • AUTHOR: BANTOCK, NICK
  • PUBLISHER: CHRONICLE
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $19.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 081184305X
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    WABI-SABI FOR ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, POETS & PHILOSOPHERS
  • AUTHOR: KOREN, LEONARD
  • PUBLISHER: CONSORTIUM BOOK SALES
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1994
  • $14.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1880656124
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    WAKE UP OUR SOULS: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK AMERICANARTISTS
  • AUTHOR: BOLDEN, TONYA
  • PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: JUV
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0810945274
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