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| 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die
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Your Price: $31.41 From ancient Egyptian frescoes to American abstract expressionists, this highly browsable guide embraces all cultures and every style of painting. A visually arresting reference, it provides a truly comprehensive worldwide gazetteer of paintings.  | 
| 50 American Artists You Should Know
Retail: $19.95
Your Price: $16.96 While the history of American art is as varied as the fifty states the country is comprised of, it tells a story of a uniquely American aesthetic: bold, innovative, and uncompromising. With its colorfully illustrated spreads and contextual approach, this is a superb guide for anyone interested in learning about American art. | | | Browse more art history » | | More Art Instruction | | Painting the Impressionistic Landscape
Retail: $24.95
Your Price: $21.21 Through artistic principles developed by Charles Hawthorne, the rich legacy of the impressionist tradition was passed on to several generations of twentieth-century American artists. Explore ways to capture the radiance of nature's light, the essentials of color and how it influences the impressionist approach and more. | 
| | Painting Boats & Coastal Scenery
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Your Price: $29.71 Celebrating the boats and coastal scenery that have long inspired artists, this book explains many aspects of painting the coast, from creeks and tidal rivers to bustling beach scenes, boats, and harbors--all with a strong emphasis on capturing light, mood, and atmosphere in watercolor, oil, and pastel. | 
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| Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits
Retail: $9.95
Your Price: $8.46 Features more than 500 master mixes for an array of skin colors, plus recipes for hair, eye, and lip colors. This spiral bound book also includes a plastic color-mixing grid for measuring out paints, as well as a handy conversion chart for finding acrylic equivalents of oil paints. | 
| Looking at Paintings: A Guide to Technical Terms
Retail: $18.95
Your Price: $16.11 What is tempera? What is foreshortening? What is fresco? These terms, and more than 100 others, are explained and illustrated in this revised and expanded edition. With masterpieces chosen from the J. Paul Getty Museum and other collections, this book will be invaluable to all those wishing to increase their understanding and enjoyment of painting. | | | Browse more art reference » | | Favorite Artists from A to Z | | Rembrant: The Painter at Work
Retail: $39.95
Your Price: $33.96 "Who would not have wanted to look over Rembrandt's shoulder while he painted? Among the countless books on Rembrandt, this comes closest to conveying something of this experience because the author combines the qualifications of a trained connoisseur and of a practising painter."--Ernst Gombrich | 
| | Monet's Passion
Retail: $35.00
Your Price: $29.75 Ideas, Inspiration & Insights from the Painter's Gardens! Explore the favorite color combinations and techniques with which Monet experimented in both painting and gardening. Discover his keen understanding of color balance and his genius for maximizing the effects of light. | 
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| Seven Days in the Art World
Retail: $24.95
Your Price: $21.21 Provides great insight into the world of fine art. In a series of beautifully paced narratives, Thornton gives a fly-on-the-wall account of the smart and strange subcultures that make, trade, curate, collect, and hype contemporary art. | 
| National Gallery of Art Calendar
Retail: $13.99
Your Price: $11.89 This favorite desk calendar for art lovers is a treasury of masterpieces from one of the world's foremost art museums. The 2011 calendar features famous works by Van Gogh, John Singer Sargent, Raphael, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Renoir, Winslow Homer, and Eugene Atget, among others. | | | Visit North Light Art Shop » | |
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