Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Dogs in art    4. Haring, Keith    5. History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)    6. Individual Artist    7. Popular Culture - General    8. Quotations    9. Techniques - Painting - Specific Subjects    10. Art / Popular Culture    11. Drawing & drawings    12. Individual artists   

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It'll warm your heart!!
If you are a "Mushy Mommy" or just cherish every waking moment of being a Mom then this is a great little book for you.I bought one for myself and one as a baby shower gift for my sister-in-law, We love it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Family & Relationships    2. Family/Marriage    3. Form - Essays    4. Inspirational    5. Inspirational - Gifts    6. Parenting - Motherhood    7. Photography / General   

Subjects:  1. 1853-1890    2. 19th Century Art    3. Artists, Architects, Photographers    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. European    9. Gogh, Vincent van,    10. History - Expressionism    11. History - General    12. Netherlands    13. Painters    14. Painting    15. Techniques - Painting    16. Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    3. Individual Photographer    4. Photoessays & Documentaries    5. Photography    6. Reference    7. Individual photographers    8. Photographs: collections   

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How many times can you literrally get "hands on" onto a work of art?
The only thing I regret of buying this book is that there are not much more like it! Keith Harrings style is really playful, provocative and free, a sucessfull inner child expression in a too much of an adult's world. You can buy it for your kids and they will have tons of fun colouring this big wide book, and maybe you will want to get it to colour it yourself!!! Have fun! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. The Arts: General Issues   

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Beautiful Reproductions of Homer's WC
My first impression of this book was WOW!!!The size of the reproductions is astounding.Many extend over both large pages of the text.The binding is such that the book lies flat on the table and so the seam in the middle is negligble.THe colour of the reproductions is rich, detailed, and rings true (altho I have not seen any of Homer's work in real-life).Compared side-by-side with Cooper's book, Cooper's reproductions are much smaller and the colour appears weaker and washed out. Beautiful pictures, overwritten text
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Subjects:  1. 1836-1910    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. History - General    6. Homer, Winslow,    7. Individual Painters - 19th Century    8. Individual Painters - 20th Century    9. Techniques - Watercolor Painting    10. Individual artists    11. Watercolours   

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Great views of Tudor hats and hoods!
I found this small book to be just the item I needed to help me make the most accurate Tudor period gable hoods for SCA events.The details of the portraits are quite impressive.All are done in B/W, but this actually goes a long way to show contrasting elements of various garb.This particular book is my most valuable resource (and I have quite an extensive collection!).The book is very well suited to those who would be interested in portraiture, historically based costume creation, and plain old artistic curiosity.

Great book of drawings
All of the Dover books have very good reproductions of drawings. These books are just the best deal for the money, and I use them all the time in the college where I teach to show students examples of great drawing and fantastic line. All the background an artist needs is there: size, media, year -- very little personal background; it's just a catalog of drawings (words would only slow you down anyway).There may be people who can draw as well as Holbein, but there's nobody better. His work, except for the give-away clothing, looks so modern that you could swear you've seen these people. His line and his observation are perfection. I have expensive books on him, but this book is my favorite.

RENAISSANCE PORTRAITURE AT ITS BEST
This was the third Dover Art Library book I bought; it covers the work ofone of the most recognized names in Renaissance Art - Hans Holbien. If youdon't recognize his name , you've probably seen one of his paintings in oneof your history books back in High School. His subjects, as seen in thisbook, include many members of the court of Henry the VIII. As in thestylistic tradition of Renassiance portraiture, these are contour drawings,and Holbiens craftsmanship is evident in every line. If you can, I alsorecommend you buy his book of paintings. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1497-1543    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    5. Holbein, Hans,    6. Techniques - Drawing    7. Art / Fine Arts    8. Drawing & drawings    9. Holbein, Hans    10. Individual artists    11. Renaissance art   

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Bella Italia!
This book provides a look at the history of Italian Majolica.I enjoyed looked at both past and present examples of the beautiful work of so many talented artisans.I would highly recommend this book to both new and current lovers of majolica.I would also rocommend visiting patriziaimports.com..they have a beautiful selection of items!

History of Deruta Pottery
I puchased this book for my wife who brought home some pottery when she was in Umbria. I was hoping for a book that had a lot of pictures of the different kinds of Deruta pottery. This book was a history of the pottery from 1200-present. Although it was not what I thought, it was still very informative and enjoyable. I would recommend to anyone who wants to find out the history of this beautiful Italian pottery

Bellisimo!
This is a beautiful book! I highly recommend it to anyone enchanted by Italian majolica and interested in it's history. After I read it, I thought I'd leave it on my coffee table for easy reference...but so many people at work have asked to borrow it! Even as I rode the train to work with the book in my lap, people next to me couldn't resist staring at the pictures and commenting on its beauty. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Deruta    5. Italian pottery    6. Italy    7. Majolica    8. Majolica, Italian    9. Pottery & Ceramics    10. Ceramics    11. Crafts & Hobbies / Pottery & Ceramics    12. Photographs: collections   

Subjects:  1. Exhibitions    2. Gorky, Arshile   

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Great facts about life in the music Biz first hand!
A great read for musicians, and music lovers! Many things about music and show biz, you won't find anywhere else! Also many rare photographs from his personal collection. Hal tells it like it is, and was!

Buy Earl Palmer's Book Instead Of This
As a top session drummer since the late 1950's, Hal Baine has played on over 40 number one hit records.You would think he would have enough material from all that experience to write five books the size of this one. Dull and superficial
As much as I enjoy a lot of the music Hal Blaine has contributed to, I found little to enjoy about this book.Blaine offers nothing interesting or insightful about himself or the music business, just superficialoutlines of his life and some of the people he worked with.He's curiouslyvague about the details of his own life (he either got his own birthdatewrong or consistently misstated his age by a year in the early part of thebook, and he talks about women he married without even mentioning theirnames), and he seems to have little real knowledge of the performers heworked with (he repeats the erroneous claim that Mama Cass died fromchoking on food, for example, and a whole chapter about working with theMonkees actually covers a Mike Nesmith project that had nothing to do withthe Monkees).He also played with some of the most popular pop/rock groupsof the 1960s and 1970s (the Byrds, the Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkel),but none of them merits even a single mention in the book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Composers & Musicians - General    4. History & Criticism - General    5. Performing Arts    6. Reference    7. Theater - General    8. Music / Reference   

Subjects:  1. Criticism and interpretation    2. Géricault, Théodore   

Subjects:  1. Haskins, Sam    2. Photography of the nude    3. Photography of women   

Subjects:  1. Individual artists   

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Urban delight
This book is the photographic equivalent to mythical eighties Dennis Cooper novel. Five American photographers, forerunners of their generation, each with a distinct style of his own yet sharing the same subject matters:urbanism, seperateness, violence, Aids, homosexuality, to name a few. Theseissues are dealt with through the use of portraits, mostly-urnbanlandscapes and youths. Though some shots are not as good as others, everyartist here has at least 2 or 3 gems in his/her collection, and these gemsmake the book a must. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1953-    2. 1954-    3. Armstrong, David,    4. Exhibitions    5. Goldin, Nan,    6. History    7. Photo Essays    8. Photoessays & Documentaries    9. Photography    10. Photography, Artistic    11. Portraits    12. Armstrong, David    13. DiCorcia, Philip-Lorca    14. Goldin, Nan    15. Morrisroe, Mark    16. Photography & Photographs    17. Pierson, Jack    18. USA   

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nice plates
lots of nice plates and informative text. a good book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1901-1966    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Giacometti, Alberto,    5. Individual Artist    6. Reference    7. Drawing & drawings    8. Giacometti, Alberto    9. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    10. Individual artists    11. Painting & paintings    12. Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms    13. Switzerland   

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A bargain!
I know a bargain when I see one. Sussman's book juxtaposes Keith's drawings and paintings alongside interviews with Keith's contemporaries (they even bring in Junior Vasquez), without any attempt at being complete. The price is lowered because of a black Sharpie line on the top of the pages. That's it! If you have any interest in Keith Haring or even art in general, this is a great way to look at a great artist.

hip-hop, you dont stop
a collection of keiths works, from the beginning to the very end. installations, sculptures, as well as his paintings on buildings and objects grace the pages of this large format book. a definite for every fan of this kutztown boy. describes keiths life through letters and stories from friends, photos, and many beautiful full color works by the artist. bright and bold, just like his life.

Love Keith? Love this book!
This is a book I picked up at the Whitney exhibit in 1997 - it's a great variety of all Keith's work.His style has varied over the years and this book does a great job showing his evolution. My favorite part is the factthat many of his pieces from his youngest years are included.It's alwaysinteresting to see where your favorite artist started. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. AIDS (Disease) in art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Art, Modern    5. Artists    6. Artists, Architects, Photographers    7. Biography & Autobiography    8. Biography/Autobiography    9. Contemporary Art    10. History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)    11. Individual Artist    12. Popular Culture - General    13. United States   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. History - General    4. Individual Artist    5. Individual Painters - Renaissance    6. History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400    7. Individual artists    8. Italy    9. Painting & paintings   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. General    4. History - General    5. Individual Artist    6. Individual Painters And Their Work    7. Art techniques & materials    8. Individual artists    9. USA    10. Watercolours   

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Beautiful images heightened by unusual binding
This unusual book was quite a find.It was made using a binding process I've never seen before.The pages actually unfold in a variety of ways to present images of Van Gogh's best loved paintings in a highly effective manner.Some pages fold out horizontally and present four works side-by-side, others fold out twice forming small posters.The quality of the graphics is excellent--especially the minute details shown in some of the enlarged reproductions.A beautiful volume and an asset to anyone who loves art. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1853-1890    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Gogh, Vincent van,    5. Individual Artist    6. Art / Individual Artist    7. Individual artists    8. Painting & paintings    9. Post-Impressionism