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Hearts of the City
The Selected Writings of Herbert Muschamp
Written by Herbert Muschamp
Introduction by Nicolai Ouroussoff
Format: Hardcover, 912 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
From the late Herbert Muschamp, the former architecture critic of The New York Times and one of the most outspoken and influential voices in architectural criticism, a collection of his best work.
The pieces here—from The New Republic, Artforum, and The New York Times—reveal how Muschamp’s views were both ahead of their... Read more >
The Selected Writings of Herbert Muschamp
Written by Herbert Muschamp
Introduction by Nicolai Ouroussoff
Format: Hardcover, 912 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
From the late Herbert Muschamp, the former architecture critic of The New York Times and one of the most outspoken and influential voices in architectural criticism, a collection of his best work.
The pieces here—from The New Republic, Artforum, and The New York Times—reveal how Muschamp’s views were both ahead of their... Read more >
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Painting Below Zero
Notes on a Life in Art
Written by James Rosenquist and David Dalton
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $50.00
From James Rosenquist, one of our most iconic pop artists—along with Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein—comes this candid and fascinating memoir. Unlike these artists, Rosenquist often works in three-dimensional forms, with highly dramatic shifts in scale and a far more complex palette, including grisaille and Day-Glo colors... Read more >
Notes on a Life in Art
Written by James Rosenquist and David Dalton
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $50.00
From James Rosenquist, one of our most iconic pop artists—along with Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein—comes this candid and fascinating memoir. Unlike these artists, Rosenquist often works in three-dimensional forms, with highly dramatic shifts in scale and a far more complex palette, including grisaille and Day-Glo colors... Read more >
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Painting Below Zero
Written by James Rosenquist and David Dalton
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $50.00
From James Rosenquist, one of our most iconic pop artists—along with Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein—comes this candid and fascinating memoir. Unlike these artists, Rosenquist often works in three-dimensional forms, with highly dramatic shifts in scale and a far more complex palette, including grisaille and Day-Glo colors... Read more >
Written by James Rosenquist and David Dalton
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $50.00
From James Rosenquist, one of our most iconic pop artists—along with Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein—comes this candid and fascinating memoir. Unlike these artists, Rosenquist often works in three-dimensional forms, with highly dramatic shifts in scale and a far more complex palette, including grisaille and Day-Glo colors... Read more >
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John Burningham
Limited Edition
Written by John Burningham
Illustrated by John Burningham
Foreword by Maurice Sendak
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $70.00
A beautiful collectors’ volume showcasing the art, life, and inspiration of a celebrated author-illustrator.
Take a look behind the scenes at the work of John Burningham, one of the world’s most talented children’s book creators, in this fascinating masterwork showcasing everything from sketches to background stories, family photos to full-color art. Complete... Read more >
Limited Edition
Written by John Burningham
Illustrated by John Burningham
Foreword by Maurice Sendak
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $70.00
A beautiful collectors’ volume showcasing the art, life, and inspiration of a celebrated author-illustrator.
Take a look behind the scenes at the work of John Burningham, one of the world’s most talented children’s book creators, in this fascinating masterwork showcasing everything from sketches to background stories, family photos to full-color art. Complete... Read more >
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Sverre Fehn
The Pattern of Thoughts
Written by Per Olaf Fjeld
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2009
Price: $75.00
As recipient of the 1997 Pritzker Architecture Prize—the profession’s highest honor—Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn has had an impact not only in his home country but around the globe. His projects, often described as being instilled with a human quality, include the Norwegian Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition and the... Read more >
The Pattern of Thoughts
Written by Per Olaf Fjeld
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2009
Price: $75.00
As recipient of the 1997 Pritzker Architecture Prize—the profession’s highest honor—Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn has had an impact not only in his home country but around the globe. His projects, often described as being instilled with a human quality, include the Norwegian Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition and the... Read more >
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Marc Chagall
Written by Jonathan Wilson
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2009
Price: $19.95
Novelist and critic Jonathan Wilson clears away the sentimental mists surrounding an artist whose career spanned two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the birth of the State of Israel. Marc Chagall’s work addresses these transforming events, but his ambivalence about his role as a Jewish artist adds an... Read more >
Written by Jonathan Wilson
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2009
Price: $19.95
Novelist and critic Jonathan Wilson clears away the sentimental mists surrounding an artist whose career spanned two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the birth of the State of Israel. Marc Chagall’s work addresses these transforming events, but his ambivalence about his role as a Jewish artist adds an... Read more >
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The Clarks of Cooperstown
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $35.00
Nicholas Fox Weber, author of the acclaimed Patron Saints (“Exhilarating avant-garde entertainment”—Sam Hunter, The New York Times Book Review) and Balthus (“The authoritative account of his life and work”—Michael Ravitch, Newsday), gives us now the idiosyncratic lives of Sterling and Stephen Clark—two of America’s greatest art collectors, heirs to the Singer... Read more >
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $35.00
Nicholas Fox Weber, author of the acclaimed Patron Saints (“Exhilarating avant-garde entertainment”—Sam Hunter, The New York Times Book Review) and Balthus (“The authoritative account of his life and work”—Michael Ravitch, Newsday), gives us now the idiosyncratic lives of Sterling and Stephen Clark—two of America’s greatest art collectors, heirs to the Singer... Read more >
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Turner
Written by James Hamilton
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $19.95
J.M.W. Turner was a painter whose treatment of light put him squarely in the pantheon of the world’s preeminent artists, but his character was a tangle of fascinating contradictions. While he could be coarse and rude, manipulative, ill-mannered, and inarticulate, he was also generous, questioning, and humane, and he displayed through... Read more >
Written by James Hamilton
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $19.95
J.M.W. Turner was a painter whose treatment of light put him squarely in the pantheon of the world’s preeminent artists, but his character was a tangle of fascinating contradictions. While he could be coarse and rude, manipulative, ill-mannered, and inarticulate, he was also generous, questioning, and humane, and he displayed through... Read more >
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Crisis, Pursued by Disaster, Followed Closely by Catastrophe
A Memoir of Life on the Run
Written by Mike O'Connor
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2009
Price: $24.95
Throughout his childhood, Mike O’Connor’s family pretended to be normal. But Mike and his two younger sisters knew that their parents were hiding something–a secret they didn’t dare talk about. The family appeared to be no different from any of their small-town Texas neighbors–that is, until suddenly, the O’Connor’s would flee... Read more >
A Memoir of Life on the Run
Written by Mike O'Connor
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2009
Price: $24.95
Throughout his childhood, Mike O’Connor’s family pretended to be normal. But Mike and his two younger sisters knew that their parents were hiding something–a secret they didn’t dare talk about. The family appeared to be no different from any of their small-town Texas neighbors–that is, until suddenly, the O’Connor’s would flee... Read more >
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A Life of Picasso
The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932
Written by John Richardson
Format: eBook, 608 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $30.00
As he magnificently combines meticulous scholarship with irresistible narrative appeal, Richardson draws on his close friendship with Picasso, his own diaries, the collaboration of Picasso's widow Jacqueline, and unprecedented access to Picasso's studio and papers to arrive at a profound understanding of the artist and his work. 800 photos.
From the Trade... Read more >
The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932
Written by John Richardson
Format: eBook, 608 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $30.00
As he magnificently combines meticulous scholarship with irresistible narrative appeal, Richardson draws on his close friendship with Picasso, his own diaries, the collaboration of Picasso's widow Jacqueline, and unprecedented access to Picasso's studio and papers to arrive at a profound understanding of the artist and his work. 800 photos.
From the Trade... Read more >
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The Science of Leonardo
Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance
Written by Fritjof Capra
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: December 2, 2008
Price: $16.95
Leonardo da Vinci's scientific explorations were virtually unknown during his lifetime, despite their extraordinarily wide range. He studied the flight patterns of birds to create some of the first human flying machines; designed military weapons and defenses; studied optics, hydraulics, and the workings of the human circulatory system; and created designs... Read more >
Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance
Written by Fritjof Capra
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: December 2, 2008
Price: $16.95
Leonardo da Vinci's scientific explorations were virtually unknown during his lifetime, despite their extraordinarily wide range. He studied the flight patterns of birds to create some of the first human flying machines; designed military weapons and defenses; studied optics, hydraulics, and the workings of the human circulatory system; and created designs... Read more >
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Le Corbusier
A Life
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: Hardcover, 848 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $45.00
From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of Balthus and Patron Saints—the first full-scale life of le Corbusier, one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the twentieth century, heralded is a prophet in his lifetime, revered as a god after his death.
He was a leader of the modernist... Read more >
A Life
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: Hardcover, 848 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $45.00
From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of Balthus and Patron Saints—the first full-scale life of le Corbusier, one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the twentieth century, heralded is a prophet in his lifetime, revered as a god after his death.
He was a leader of the modernist... Read more >
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eBook.
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Le Corbusier
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $45.00
From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of Balthus and Patron Saints—the first full-scale life of le Corbusier, one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the twentieth century, heralded is a prophet in his lifetime, revered as a god after his death.
He was a leader of the modernist... Read more >
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $45.00
From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of Balthus and Patron Saints—the first full-scale life of le Corbusier, one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the twentieth century, heralded is a prophet in his lifetime, revered as a god after his death.
He was a leader of the modernist... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Chagall
A Biography
Written by Jackie Wullschlager
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $40.00
“When Matisse dies,” Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s, “Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is.” As a pioneer of modernism and one of the greatest figurative artists of the twentieth century, Marc Chagall achieved fame and fortune, and over the course of a long... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Jackie Wullschlager
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $40.00
“When Matisse dies,” Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s, “Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is.” As a pioneer of modernism and one of the greatest figurative artists of the twentieth century, Marc Chagall achieved fame and fortune, and over the course of a long... Read more >
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Chagall
Written by Jackie Wullschlager
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $40.00
“When Matisse dies,” Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s, “Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is.” As a pioneer of modernism and one of the greatest figurative artists of the twentieth century, Marc Chagall achieved fame and fortune, and over the course of a long... Read more >
Written by Jackie Wullschlager
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $40.00
“When Matisse dies,” Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s, “Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is.” As a pioneer of modernism and one of the greatest figurative artists of the twentieth century, Marc Chagall achieved fame and fortune, and over the course of a long... Read more >
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hardcover.
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A Mirror Garden
Written by Monir Farmanfarmaian and Zara Houshmand
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $15.95
In Persia in 1924, when a child still had to worry about hostile camels in the bazaar and a nanny might spin stories at her pillow until her eyes fell shut, the extraordinary and irresistible Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was born. From the enchanted basement storeroom where she played as a girl... Read more >
Written by Monir Farmanfarmaian and Zara Houshmand
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $15.95
In Persia in 1924, when a child still had to worry about hostile camels in the bazaar and a nanny might spin stories at her pillow until her eyes fell shut, the extraordinary and irresistible Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was born. From the enchanted basement storeroom where she played as a girl... Read more >
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Lost History
The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists
Written by Michael H. Morgan
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2008
Price: $15.95
In an era when the relationship between Islam and the West seems mainly defined by mistrust and misunderstanding, it is important to remember that for centuries Muslim civilization was the envy of the world. Lost History fills a significant void and is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the major... Read more >
The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists
Written by Michael H. Morgan
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2008
Price: $15.95
In an era when the relationship between Islam and the West seems mainly defined by mistrust and misunderstanding, it is important to remember that for centuries Muslim civilization was the envy of the world. Lost History fills a significant void and is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the major... Read more >
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Warhol by Galella
That's Great!
Photographed by Ron Galella
Foreword by Glenn O'Brien
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Price: $60.00
Paparazzo--Italian for pesky--is synonymous with Ron Galella, the photographer who made his name capturing celebrities in unguarded, often private moments. Famously banned from approaching Jackie Onassis and punched by Marlon Brando, Galella was a favorite of Andy Warhol, who shared his fascination with the great and near-great. Warhol himself recorded his... Read more >
That's Great!
Photographed by Ron Galella
Foreword by Glenn O'Brien
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Price: $60.00
Paparazzo--Italian for pesky--is synonymous with Ron Galella, the photographer who made his name capturing celebrities in unguarded, often private moments. Famously banned from approaching Jackie Onassis and punched by Marlon Brando, Galella was a favorite of Andy Warhol, who shared his fascination with the great and near-great. Warhol himself recorded his... Read more >
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Burne-Jones
An Illustrated Life of Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Written by William Waters
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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An Illustrated Life of Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Written by William Waters
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Fox Talbot
An Illustrated Life of Willian Henry Fox Talbot, 'Father of Modern Photography', 1800 -1877
Written by John Hannavy
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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An Illustrated Life of Willian Henry Fox Talbot, 'Father of Modern Photography', 1800 -1877
Written by John Hannavy
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Gertrude Jekyll
Written by Betty Massingham
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Written by Betty Massingham
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Joseph Paxton
Written by John Anthony
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Written by John Anthony
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Josiah Wedgwood
An Illustrated Life
Written by Richard Tames
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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An Illustrated Life
Written by Richard Tames
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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William Morris
An Illustrated Life of William Morris, 1834-1896
Written by Richard Tames
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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An Illustrated Life of William Morris, 1834-1896
Written by Richard Tames
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Ordinary Daylight
Portrait of an Artist Going Blind
Written by Andrew Potok
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.95
Andrew Potok is an intense, vigorous, sensual man--and a gifted painter. Then, passing forty, he rapidly begins to go blind from an inherited eye disease, retinitis pigmentosa. Depressed and angry, he rages at the losses that are eradicating his life as an artist, his sources of pleasure, his competence as a... Read more >
Portrait of an Artist Going Blind
Written by Andrew Potok
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.95
Andrew Potok is an intense, vigorous, sensual man--and a gifted painter. Then, passing forty, he rapidly begins to go blind from an inherited eye disease, retinitis pigmentosa. Depressed and angry, he rages at the losses that are eradicating his life as an artist, his sources of pleasure, his competence as a... Read more >
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