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Van Gogh
The Life
Written by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith

Format: Hardcover, 976 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $40.00

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another tour de force—an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable... Read more >

Calligraphy
A Course in Hand Lettering
Written by Mayanne Grebenstein

Format: Non-traditional book, 144 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Price: $19.95

For anyone who’s ever been wowed by the writing on a wedding invitation rather than the reception...for anyone who’s ever studied the calligraphy on a wine list rather than the chianti...this is the ideal book! It’s a comprehensive calligraphy course between covers, taught by a distinguished calligrapher. From ninth-century Uncial to... Read more >

Rome
A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Written by Robert Hughes

Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $35.00

From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization, two subjects about which Hughes has spent his life writing and thinking.

Starting on a... Read more >

Lessons in Classical Drawing
Essential Techniques from Inside the Atelier
Written by Juliette Aristides

Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: November 15, 2011
Price: $29.99

The practice of drawing…distilled to its essential elements.
 
In this elegant and inspiring primer, master contemporary artist and author Juliette Aristides breaks down the drawing process into small, manageable lessons; introduces time-tested principles and techniques that are easily accessible; and shares the language and context necessary to understand the artistic process and... Read more >

Manga for the Beginner
Everything you Need to Start Drawing Right Away!
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $21.95

Got manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic... Read more >

Manga for the Beginner Shoujo
Everything You Need to Start Drawing the Most Popular Style of Japanese Comics
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $21.99

The ultimate guide to creating the most popular form of manga--shoujo!

If you’re reading this, you already love shoujo. But now you’ll be able to take the next step and actually write and draw your very own. The teen characters that populate the genre are outrageously cool, including magical girls, demon gals... Read more >

Manga for the Beginner Chibis
Everything You Need to Start Drawing the Super-Cute Characters of Japanese Comics
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $21.99

The ultimate guide to creating chibis!

They populate manga with chunky bodies, oversized heads, and huge expressive eyes. They're schoolgirls and schoolboys, magical girls and mad scientists, fairies and fighter princesses, cyborgs and sci-fi secret agents, bikers and bad samurais, robots and rebel leaders. They've even got chubby pets and zany monster... Read more >

Apollo's Angels
A History of Ballet
Written by Jennifer Homans

Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: November 29, 2011
Price: $20.00

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For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels—the first cultural history of ballet ever written—is a groundbreaking work. From ballet’s origins in the Renaissance...

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Van Gogh
The Life
Written by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith

Format: eBook, 976 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $19.99

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another tour de force—an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable... Read more >

Draw 50 Animals

Written by Lee J. Ames

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 12, 1985
Price: $9.99

Fifty furry, scaly and feathered friends are here for aspiring young artists to draw. Read more >