Editorial Review

Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy uses a seemingly infinite array of purely natural materials, from snow and ice to leaves, stone, and twigs in the creation of his one-of-a-kind sculptures. Unlike such artists as Christo and Michael Hiezer, whose works leave definite marks on the landscape, Goldsworthy's approach is to interrupt, shape, or in some other way temporarily alter or work with nature to produce his fragile, mutable pieces. To create "Broken Icicle," for example, Goldsworthy was only able to work on the sculpture in the early morning, when temperatures were below freezing. As with most of his works, ultimately, the materials used to create this piece returned to their natural state, leaving no trace of the artwork's existence save for the stunning photos in this book. ... Read more

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Renew your sense of wonder
Andy Goldworthy clearly has an astonishing way of interpreting the world around him. I've grown so weary of photography books filled to capacity with picture postcard scenic overlooks and color-saturated closeups of bees on flower petals. Goldworthy embeds himself in the natural world; all the while remaining in touch with his surroundings, he visually articulates a wonderfully unique re-interpretation that is at once both fresh and startling. As a visual arts educator, I find this book to be a superb exemplar and asset for introducing students to ways of creatively thinking outside the box. For me personally, I can go back time and again to re-examine Goldworthy's concepts, designs, and images and always find something new to admire. Beautifully reproduced, bound and printed, one word sums this book up: Wow.

fantastic resume of the all quality of Goldsworthy
A fantastic review of the large capacities of a great built in nature. We havet not the time to be anoyed reading this book. So impressed that I buy another one to offer to someone special.

He is so smart
Modern artists are often attacked because on the basis of "I could have thought of that."And true, you might say that about any given page in this book.Yet it's unbelievable that one man thought of all of them.Look at the photos in this book, and you'll see art everywhere the next time you walk outside.I could cover a wall with every page that is worth framing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1900-1999 (20th century)    2. 1956-    3. Art    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Art, Modern    6. Catalogs    7. Goldsworthy, Andy,    8. Individual Artist    9. Individual Sculptors And Their Work    10. Nature (Aesthetics)    11. Art / History / American    12. Goldsworthy, Andy    13. Individual artists   

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SUPERSTARANDYWARHOL BLOWS UP
"Gee..." as Andy would say. "It's so big..." Brilliant compilation of Warholia with analysis and photos as evidence of His Genius. Two chapters- "America the Beautiful" and "Matinee Idols"- written by David Dalton who was there at the Creation are especially perceptive and insightful. Andy Warhol lives- Bigger and Better Forever!

ANDY ANDY ANDY ANDY ANDY ANDY ANDY ANDY ANDY
this book is really really big.
Great
I really enjoyed this book.If you are at all interested in Warhol this is the book for you.The format is amazing.The book has everything Warholian that you could want. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Art    3. Artists, Architects, Photographers    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Contemporary Art    6. Fine Arts (General)    7. Historical - U.S.    8. Individual Artist    9. Techniques - Painting    10. Art / Individual Artist    11. Individual artists    12. Pop art    13. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Catalogs    4. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Private    5. Individual Artist    6. Individual Painters - 20th Century    7. Pinup art    8. Private collections    9. Special Subjects In Art    10. Subjects & Themes - Human Figure    11. United States    12. Art / Popular Culture   

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A True Masterpiece
This exhaustive tome is all you will ever need to know all about Fairey's work to date. It's in a great format, the printing is superb, and many pieces of work / projects include insightful comments from a wide variety of sources as well as from Fairey himself. Really great reproductions of some epic work, loads of great site photographs, there's even some old camera-ready artwork here too. It's excellent value compared to other 'art' books that I know 'we' have already bought. Every designer / studio really ought to have this.

Buy it Now.
Great book for graphic artists, artists, or anyone interested in the psychology behind advertising. A must read.

This is a really great book - the real deal
Forget most of those other graphic art fools from this generation who have books out now, this guy is the real deal. Although his art has it's obvious roots in classic graphics of prior generations, Fairey takes his work seriously and takes it to another level. He seems to make perfect art when he communicates and presents his ideas and ideals to us. In this book, from his original "Manifesto" to it's last page is perfect evidence of this mans' artistic genius and sensibility. Just a really great book all around, NO WAY WILL YOU BE DISAPPOINTED, it's big, colorful, and put together WONDERFULLY.
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Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Individual Artist    4. Popular Culture - General    5. Individual artists   

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Classic for Serious Art Students
This book is a classic.It is used as a textbook in Florence, Italy for serious drawing classes with excellent results.

a treasury of lost teachings
This book is essential for those students who wish to study art seriously, and to make themselves capable enough draftmen in order to paint. It is a complete reproduction of the "fabled but rare" drawing course used in Gerome's studio in nineteenth century Paris, comprising multiple levels of cast drawings, master-copies and linear life-drawings designed specifically to train the student's eye for painting. a treasury of lost teachings
This book is essential for those students who wish to study art seriously, and to make themselves capable enough draftmen in order to paint. It is a complete reproduction of the "fabled but rare" drawing course used in Gerome's studio in nineteenth century Paris, comprising multiple levels of cast drawings, master-copies and linear life-drawings designed specifically to train the student's eye for painting. Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Individual Artist    3. Reference    4. Study & Teaching   

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Fifty plus years of an extraordinary artist's output
Cy Twombly is an artist who remains on the playing field, creating much the same type work over the years, yet still inspiring artists and audience alike.There is something gloriously spontaneous and innocent abouthis seemingly random 'scribblings' on canvas or paper.Perhaps he connects with the nascent artist in each of us: 'if this man can do this, I could, too!'
About the only major Twombly book in print
Basically, works on Twombly seem to come and go out of print, and become rather pricey collectors items quickly. This book contains an excellent selection of reproductions, including foldouts, of all phases of his career. The only thing that prevents this from being a five star book is the rather pedestrian (although well researched) text, in the usual obfuscating artspeak that passes for deep insight today. The out of print Varnadoe book from the major restropective of the 90's has a far more lucid outline of the works in question...but, really, you're probably buying the book for the reproductions anyway, and there are plenty of them, including some nice full page close up details of the often massive works. Not an inexpensive book, but well worth it for anyone interested in this "painter's painter" works. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1928-    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Contemporary Art    5. Criticism and interpretation    6. Individual Artist    7. Twombly, Cy,    8. Art / Individual Artist    9. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    10. Individual artists    11. Painting & paintings   

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Beautiful Edition of Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
Beautiful book...I'd been waiting for a more palatable ($) edition of this book for quite awhile and was happily surprised at the quality. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. General    4. Individual Artist    5. NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Fine Arts    4. Individual Artist    5. Spanish: Adult Nonfiction    6. Catalogues raisonnes    7. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    8. Painting & paintings   

Editorial Review

With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.Read more

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You will move forward with this book
I read this book 5 years ago and made some vital steps forward that CHANGED my life. I still write the morning pages from time to time. It is a great book for right-brained people.
Good but I liked The Artist's Way at Work Better
Many good ideas in this book - especially the "morning pages" but I personally found The Artist's Way at Work to be more helpful.
simplicity in form
For everyone who thinks they have creative ability.This is simply the book to read.This book is slowly but surely transforming and discipling me to become better at writing.I only hope that a year from now I have made a decent and forthright attempt in using these skills. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Creation (Literary, artistic,    3. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)    4. Creative Ability    5. Individual Artist    6. Inspirational    7. Inspirational - General    8. Problems, exercises, etc    9. Self-actualization (Psychology    10. Self-actualization (Psychology)    11. Self-realization (Psychology)    12. Art / Individual Artist   

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New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook
Excellent.It really helped doing it step-by-step.Amazing results!

Too advanced for beginners
This book is way too hard for a beginner. After I read it, I set it aside and got the book So You Thought You Couldn't Draw by Sandra Angelo. That is truly a workbook for rank beginners. She starts you out with copying the masters, then photos and then from life. Edwards starts you off working from life which is too hard for a novice.
Worth Every Penny
This workbook comprehensively develops the skills that natural-artists take for granted. I am currently working my way through it for a college design class and I saw improvements in my drawing with the first 6 exercises (out of 40). The workbook hones skills that many artists have difficulty explaining to beginning artists. The accompaning text book is not necessary, but is an interesting read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Drawing    4. Individual Artist    5. Technique    6. Techniques - Drawing    7. Techniques - General    8. Art / Drawing   

Editorial Review

First published in France in 1994, Read more

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An excellent work on Chardin
As an admirer of Chardin I was realy glad to buy this book. Actually this is not a book, this is a treasure. It is an exhaustive work on Master Chardin not only on his still lifes but his work as a whole. The quality ofthe presentation in one of the best I have ever seen in art books!Read more

Subjects:  1. 1699-1779    2. 18th Century Art    3. Art    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Biography    6. Chardin, Jean Baptiste Simeon    7. Chardin, Jean Baptiste Simâeon,    8. France    9. General    10. Individual Artist    11. Painters    12. Art / Individual Artist    13. Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon   

Editorial Review

Hunter S. Thompson, in his drunken, rambling introduction to this volume of paintings and illustrations, calls Ralph Steadman "the Albert Gore of twentieth century art." It's hard to imagine a less apt appellation: Steadman's drawings and paintings are the wild antithesis of the notoriously stiff V.P. His pop art is also the opposite of Warhol's clean lines and soulless imagery; it screams with pain and nightmare power. While Steadman is best known for his illustrations to Thompson's Read more

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One of His Best!
I love his work, have since he did the cover art and animation for Pink Floyd The Wall. This book is worth grabbing if you respect the artistic value of total insanity and the furthering of freedom of expression.

Gonzo forever!
May the ghost of Hunter S. Thompson come down and become the next President of the United States - and may Ralph Steadman be his Art Director!

Plastered from the master.

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Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Comics & Cartoons    4. Graphic Satire And Humor    5. Individual Artist    6. Steadman, Ralph    7. Humor / Cartoons   

Editorial Review

"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh..." The rhyming couplets of this grim abecedarian are familiar, of course, to devotees of macabre humor, but the darkly crosshatched drawings are (as Poe put it) "the soul of the plot." Several years went by during which Read more

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Satisfied customer!
I was very pleased with the product that I ordered as well as the time it took to receive it - hardly any time at all!

Great book - fast read ;o)
One of the most imaginative books I've ever read - I put it out when friends come over so we can laugh and talk about the images.I'll definitely be getting Gorey's other books!

A childs' first ABC book
What can you say about the quintessential Edward Gorey book that hasn't already been said?
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Subjects:  1. Alphabet    2. American wit and humor, Pictor    3. American wit and humor, Pictorial    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. English language    6. General    7. Humor    8. Individual Artist    9. Techniques - Cartooning    10. Techniques - Pen & Ink Drawing    11. Art / Cartooning    12. Cartoons & comic strips   

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this book is a masterpiece by Hirst and Barnbrook
What a tour de force! This is one of the most beautifully designed books money can buy. Jonathan Barnbrook created (together with Damien Hirst) a timeless masterpiece of book design. If you want to see what is possible in this medium, you want to own this book. It is hauntingly beautiful, filled with amazing interactive pieces bringing you as close to Hirst's thinking and work as printed matter can get you. The Daring Realm of Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst is one of the most creative and influential contemporary artists.This is a wonderful book that examines the whole of Damien Hirst's career and all of his beautifully shcoking ideas.This book itself is an amazing work of art.It contains not only many wonderful full color panels, but it has all kinds of extremely interesting interactive pages that mimic some of Hirst's work.I highly suggest this wonderful book that does justice to this incredible artist. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Contemporary Art    4. Individual Artist    5. Art / Individual Artist    6. Art styles: c 1960 -    7. Individual artists   

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Recollections: Three decades of Photography
"Recollections" is a must have book for everyone interested in the magic of elegant black and white photography.
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Subjects:  1. Individual Artist    2. Individual Photographer    3. Landscape    4. Photo Techniques    5. Photography    6. Subjects & Themes - Landscapes   

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I agree with "A reader": This book is sublime.
This should be considered indispensable to anyone interested in this artist, Romanticism, or landscape painting in general. As well as offering a carefully considered account of the artist's life and work, the text is careful to separate the myths that have grown around some of these paintings, carefully placing the artist within the context of his own time andcovering the manner in which these images have been misappropriated up to the present day.
Sublime
Werner Hofmann's new monograph on Caspar David Friedrich benefits from superb colour reproductions as well as Hofmann's own discursive brilliance.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1774-1840    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. European    6. Friedrich, Caspar David,    7. Germany    8. History - Romantic    9. Individual Artist    10. Individual Painters - 19th Century    11. Landscape in art    12. Romanticism in art    13. Art / General    14. Individual artists    15. Painting & paintings    16. Romanticism   

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Endless supply of inspiration
Whenever I need to reset my thinking about a particular problem, this is the book I reach for. It is essentially an entire book of prompts to get your mind moving again. I find it an irreplaceable source of inspiration for new ideas.
A Unique Look at Art
The Art of Looking Sideways is fascinating.A Potpourri of different treasures, from written words to visual art.After buying a copy used, I was so impressed that I bought seven more new copies, one for each of my adult kids.I'm sorry I can't describe the book in more detail, but each page is a different detail.If you want a wealth of ... well, just a wealth--I recommend this book.

A right hemisphere brain stimulant, an excellent book
The Art of Looking Sideways [Alan Fletcher] is inspirational, intelligent, invigorating, and stimulating. This book is a collage of witty text, images, metaphors, idioms, paradoxes, and humor.
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Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Design    4. Design - General    5. Graphic Arts - General    6. Individual Artist    7. Popular Culture - General    8. Reference    9. Visual communication    10. Art / Design / General    11. Collections & anthologies of various literary forms    12. Graphic design   

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Artist and Dog
This book presents a charming side of Picasso, demonstrating his affection for a sweet dachshund named Lump. The photos show Picasso's universal, gullible side in allowing himself to be wonderfully manipulated by a dog ! The images of them together are unforgettable. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1881-1973    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Dachshunds    5. Dogs - General    6. European    7. History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)    8. Individual Artist    9. Modern Art    10. Pets    11. Picasso, Pablo,    12. Pictorial works    13. Art / General   

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Of course it's brilliant, and it's b.s., which is why it's brilliant...
Seriously, at a certain point when I was around 18 or 19, this was my Bible, or my Little Red Book - I and a handful of friends (Warhol died at about the same time) took every syllable here very, very seriously.
At worst, amusing and entertaining.At best, brilliant.
When viewing a piece of famous art, a person might ask themselves, "what exactly was the artist thinking?" or they might wonder what the artist was like to be able to produce the work that they do.In the case of Andy Warhol, the biggest art star of the last 100 years, these questions are answered in his autobiographical work, "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol : (From A to B and Back Again)".
Warhol....WHO?????
This is an excellent book to read if you want to take a look into the life and mind of the man himself, Andy Warhol. It is an entertaining book that will get you through the boring days at home or the long bus rides, yet it is not a repeat reader.The clever relevancy of the stories directly relating to the chapter titles makes you want to read further to see what exactly he is talking about. The book contains some material that seems completely irrelevant and dim-witted, making me wonder why I am reading it. Warhol has his moments though, creating a few laughs here and there, but nothing that would make the book justifiably great.
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Subjects:  1. 1928-    2. 1928-1987    3. Artists, Architects, Photographers    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Individual Artist    7. Warhol, Andy    8. Warhol, Andy,    9. Art styles: c 1960 -    10. Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers    11. Individual artists   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Individual Artist    4. Art / Individual Artist    5. The Arts: General Issues