Best Artists In History - April 2024

In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

New York Times Bestseller  “I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long.” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers Over 100 exceptional and influential women describe how they embraced their creative spirit, overcame adversity, and sparked a global movement of entrepreneurship. Media titans and ceramicists, hoteliers and tattoo artists, comedians and architects—taken together, these profiles paint a beautiful picture of what happens when w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1579655971
• ASIN: 1579655971
• ISBN: 1579655971
• Brand: Artisan
• Manufacturer: Artisan

Short Lessons in Art History: Exercises and Activities

A novel way to engage art or art history students. The companion guide to Short Lessons in Art History: Artists and Their Work, this lively volume features separate chapters on 35 European and American masters, showcasing a variety of activities, questions, and projects concerning the artists and their work. For Botticelli, for example, choose from multiple choice questions, short answer questions, a writing project, and an art project. For Raphael, figure out the anagrams related to his life. For El Greco, work on a word puzzle. For Winslow Homer, paint or draw the sea and sky. For Andrew Wye... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0825142466
• ASIN: 0825142466
• ISBN: 0825142466
• Brand: Brand: J Weston Walch
• Manufacturer: J Weston Walch

Women Artists in History: From Antiquity to the Present

This concisely written book introduces readers to the most recent contributions of women to the history of art from the ancient past to the year 2000. It also focuses on the roles of women as patrons and collectors—along with the ways in which women have been represented in imagery in different periods. Organized chronologically of western civilizations and the roles women have played in their visual cultures, it highlights contributions from the Middle Ages to the present. Coverage includes Europe from 1450-1800; 19th Century France, United States and Victorian England; the Post World ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0130273198
• ASIN: 0130273198
• ISBN: 0130273198
• Manufacturer: Pearson

Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History

Educational and inspirational, this gift-worthy New York Times bestseller from the authors of Rad American Women A-Z, is a bold, illustrated collection of 40 biographical profiles showcasing extraordinary women from across the globe.  Rad Women Worldwide tells fresh, engaging, and amazing tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well-researched and riveting biographies with powerful and expressive cut-paper portraits. The book features an array of diverse figures from 430 BCE to 2016, spanning 31 countries around the world, from Hatshepsut (the great female king who ruled ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399578862
• ASIN: 0399578862
• ISBN: 9780399578861
• Brand: Kate Schatz Miriam Klein Stahl
• Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press

Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)

Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with the resurgence of feminism in pop culture, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining corrective to that omission. Art historian Bridget Quinn delves into the lives and careers of 15 brilliant female artists in text that's smart, feisty, educational, and an enjoyable read. Replete with beautiful reproductions of the artists' works and contemporary portraits of each artist by renowned illustrator Lisa Congdon, this is art history from 1600 to the present day for the modern art lover, reader, and feminist.... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1452152365
• ASIN: 1452152365
• ISBN: 1452152365
• Brand: CHRONICLE
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning)

Featuring more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters—Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.

• ASIN: 0935607099
• UPC: 884648422284
• ASIN: 0935607099
• ISBN: 0935607099
• Brand: GRYPHON HOUSE
• Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel

• ASIN: 0062797158
• ASIN: 0062797158
• ISBN: 0062797158
• Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

• ASIN: 152473165X
• ASIN: 152473165X
• ISBN: 152473165X
• Brand: Knopf
• Manufacturer: Knopf

100 Women Who Made History: Remarkable Women Who Shaped Our World (100 in History)

Celebrate centuries of brave and brilliant women with this visual guide that takes kids on a tour of the past and uncovers the stories of the women and girls who have shaped the modern world.From super scientists like Marie Curie and Rosalind Franklin to clued-up creatives like Emily Dickinson and J.K. Rowling to leading ladies like Joan of Arc and Eleanor Roosevelt, profiles explore the lives of each woman in detail, and photography and quirky "bobble-head" illustrations present history in a new and fun way. Kids can put each woman's story into context with "what came before…" and "what cam... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1465456880
• ASIN: 1465456880
• ISBN: 1465456880
• Brand: Penguin Random House
• Manufacturer: DK Children

Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (California Studies in the History of Art)

Ambitious and interdisciplinary, this long-awaited collaboration is a landmark presentation of the writings of contemporary artists. These influential essays, interviews, and critical and theoretical comments provide bold and fertile insights into the construction of visual knowledge. Featuring a wide range of leading and emerging artists since 1945, the collection—while comprehensive and authoritative—offers the reader some eclectic surprises as well.Included here are texts that have become pivotal documents in contemporary art, along with writings that cover unfamiliar ground. Some are n... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0520202538
• ASIN: 0520202538
• ISBN: 0520202538
• Brand: Brand: University of California Press
• Manufacturer: University of California Press

Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives

Hundreds of stunning images from black history have long been buried in The New York Times archives. None of them were published by The Times--until now. UNSEEN uncovers these never-before published photographs and tells the stories behind them.It all started with Times photo editor Darcy Eveleigh discovering dozens of these photographs. She and three colleagues, Dana Canedy, Damien Cave and Rachel L. Swarns, began exploring the history behind them, and subsequently chronicling them in a series entitled Unpublished Black History, that ran in print and online editions of The Times in February ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316552968
• ASIN: 0316552968
• ISBN: 0316552968
• Manufacturer: Black Dog & Leventhal

Great Speeches in History / Various (Classic Non-fiction)

Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.

• ASIN: 9626340835
• UPC: 009626340835
• ASIN: 9626340835
• ISBN: 9626340835
• Manufacturer: Naxos Audio Books

Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts

Decades of war and revolution in Europe forced an "intellectual migration" during the last century, relocating thousands of artists and thinkers to the United States. For many of Europe's premier performing artists, America proved to be a destination both strange and opportune. Featuring the stories of George Balanchine, Kurt Weill, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and many others, Artists in Exile explores the impact that these famous newcomers had on American culture, and that America had on them.

• ASIN: 0060748508
• ASIN: 0060748508
• ISBN: 0060748508
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Leonardo da Vinci

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501139169
• ASIN: 1501139169
• ISBN: 1501139169
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

I Am Enough

A New York Times bestseller and Goodreads Choice Awards picture book winner!This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another—from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo. This is the perfect gift for mothers and daughters, baby showers, and graduation.We are all here for a purpose. We are more than enough. We just need to believe it.

• ASIN: 0062667122
• ASIN: 0062667122
• ISBN: 0062667122
• Brand: HarperCollins
• Manufacturer: Balzer + Bray

The Gibson Girl and Her America : The Best Drawings of Charles Dana Gibson

The young, independent, and beautiful Gibson Girl came to define the spirit of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Carefully selected from vintage editions, this collection features more than 100 of Gibson's finest

• UPC: 13245816

Best Son Ever: Blank Sketchbook for Drawing and Creative Doodling, Personalized Artist Sketchbooks, Dinosaur Cover Volume 9 Paperback

Best Son Ever: Blank Sketchbook for Drawing and Creative Doodling, Personalized Artist Sketchbooks, Dinosaur Cover Volume 9 Height : 0.23 In Length : 11.00 In Width : 8.50 In Weight : 0.61

• UPC: 378678504

Nature and Art; Poems and Pictures from the Best Authors and Artists;

Nature and Art; Poems and Pictures From the Best Authors and

• UPC: 603759294

The History Of Protestantism With Five Hundred And Fifty Illustrations By The Best Artist; Volume 1

The History Of Protestantism With Five Hundred And Fifty Illustrations By The Best Artist; Volume

• UPC: 726887026

The History of Protestantism with Five Hundred and Fifty Illustrations by the Best Artist; Volume 1 Paperback

The History of Protestantism with Five Hundred and Fifty Illustrations by the Best Artist; Volume 1 Height : 1.30 In Length : 9.21 In Width : 6.14 In Weight : 1.96

• UPC: 220467599

The World's Worship in Stone : Temple, Cathedral, and Mosque. One Hundred and Fifty Engravings from the Best Artists

The World's Worship in Stone: Temple, Cathedral, and Mosque. One Hundred and Fifty Engravings from the Best

• UPC: 173451784

Some Anecdotes of the Life of Julio Bonasoni, a Bolognese Artist, Who Followed the Styles of the Best Schools in the Sixteenth Century. ... by George Cumberland.

Some Anecdotes of the Life of Julio Bonasoni, a Bolognese Artist, Who Followed the Styles of the Best Schools in the Sixteenth Century. ... by

• UPC: 365884232

Valuable Secrets Concerning Arts and Trades, Or, Approved Directions, from the Best Artists, for the Various Methods of Engraving on Brass, Copper or Steel.

Valuable Secrets Concerning Arts and Trades, Or, Approved Directions, from the Best Artists, for the Various Methods of Engraving on Brass, Copper

• UPC: 840801513

The History of Protestantism with Five Hundred and Fifty Illustrations by the Best Artist; Volume 1

The History Of Protestantism With Five

• UPC: 990360604

The Principal Objets [sic] of Art in the National Museum of Naples Engraved on Copper-Plates by the Best Italian Artists...

The Principal Objets [Sic] of Art in the National Museum of Naples Engraved on Copper-Plates by the Best Italian

• UPC: 776138080

Imperial RUSSIA "Всемирная История" WORLD HISTORY in Pictures BEST ARTISTS 1907

• UPC: 381653185334
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 89 USD

Spectrum 24: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art by John Fleskes Paperback Bo

• UPC: 382259926292
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 28 USD

Spectrum 24 : The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Paperback by Fleskes, J...

• UPC: 382718417371
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 27 USD

Abbey Road: The Best Studio in the World by Lawrence, Alistair Book The Fast

• UPC: 392497078093
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 85 USD

VARIOUS ARTISTS - THE STORY OF BLUE BEAT 1961, VOL. 2: THE BEST IN SKA NEW CD

• UPC: 142451020988
• Category: CDs
• Price: 24 USD

VARIOUS ARTISTS - THE STORY OF BLUE BEAT: THE BEST IN SKA 1962, VOL. 1 NEW CD

• UPC: 291493453842
• Category: CDs
• Price: 15 USD

VARIOUS ARTISTS - THE STORY OF BLUE BEAT 1962: THE BEST IN SKA, VOL. 2 NEW CD

• UPC: 382156041567
• Category: CDs
• Price: 24 USD

BRYAN ADAMS 1996 ad & GARTH BROOKS as "Best Selling Solo Artist in U.S. History"

• UPC: 324117616291
• Category: Adams, Bryan
• Price: 5 USD

Various Artists : The Story of Blue Beat: The Best in Ska 1962 - Volume 2 CD 2

• UPC: 303529808392
• Category: CDs
• Price: 6 GBP

Various Artists : The Story of Blue Beat: The Best in Ska - Volume 2 CD 2 discs

• UPC: 293532846702
• Category: CDs
• Price: 6 GBP