Category: Art - Textbooks

For courses in Art Appreciation, Art courses for non-majors, and one-semester Introduction to Art classes.From the First Edition in 1972, ARTFORMS has been as visually exciting as the individual works of art that are reproduced in it. ARTFORMS grew out of a desire to introduce art through an engaging visual experience. It is written and designed to help readers build an informed foundation for individual understanding and enjoyment of art. By introducing art theory, practice, and history in a single volume, this book aims to draw students into a new or expanded awareness of the visual arts. Th...
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The ancient world (Landmarks of the world's art)

By: Garbini, Giovanni

Price: $4.00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill: January 1968

Seller ID: 37598

ISBN: B0007DUZN2

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Evolution of Modern Sculpture: Tradition and Innovation

By: Hammacher, A. M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams: January 1960

Seller ID: 37604

ISBN: B002OE9ZKQ

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

History of Art, Second Edition

By: Hanson, H. W.

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams: January 1976

Seller ID: 37600

ISBN: B00IWCSYJW

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

1773 milestones of art: a Pictorial Survey of Painting, Sculpture and architecture of Western Art

By: Haviland, Jenny

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Harrison House: January 1985

Seller ID: 37608

ISBN: B0027BX24G

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

More Than You See: A Guide to Art

By: Horowitz, Frederick A.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Harcourt: February 1985

Seller ID: 37602

ISBN: 0155640801

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Art For Dummies

By: Hoving, Thomas

Price: $3.00

Publisher: For Dummies: September 1999

Seller ID: 37594

ISBN: 0764551043

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

If you've always wanted to find out more about art but felt intimidated by the overeducated art world, then you've found the answer. Art For Dummies is the book that will have you and everyone you know clamoring outside the doors of your local museum. Thomas Hoving, former director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, is credited with revolutionizing the Met, doubling its size during his tenure, and bringing art to the masses. Let him bring art to you as well.

In Art For Dummies, Thomas Hoving provides a how-to guide to the art world. First, he guides you through an intro...
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Post-Impressionism.

By: Jalard, Michel-Claude

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Edito-Service S.A: January 1968

Seller ID: 37605

ISBN: B000FSU4VC

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Story of Painting : From Cave Painting to Modern Times

By: Janson, H. W.,Janson, Dora Jane

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Publishers: January 1966

Seller ID: 37593

ISBN: B0006BO4PU

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

20,000 Years of World Painting

By: Kahane, P.O. Et al

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Abrams, 1967: January 1967

Seller ID: 37587

ISBN: B00AWMV1YK

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A Concise History of Painting, From Giotto to C?zanne

By: Levey, Michael

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Praeger: January 1962

Seller ID: 37609

ISBN: B0041UNK34

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Modern World: 19th and 20th Century Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Design

By: Lynton, Norbert

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Paul Hamlyn / McGraw-Hill Book Company: January 1965

Seller ID: 37599

ISBN: B000MJB0NU

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Meggs' History of Graphic Design

By: Meggs, Philip B.,Purvis, Alston W.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Wiley: November 2011

Seller ID: 37589

ISBN: 0470168730

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Note from the publisher:

The Interactive Resource Center is an online learning environment where instructors and students can access the tools they need to make efficient use of their time, while reinforcing and assessing their understanding of key concepts for successful understanding of the course. An access card with redemption code for the online Interactive Resource Center is included with all new, print copies or can be purchased separately. (***If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previousl...
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Atlas of World Art

By: Onians, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: May 2004

Seller ID: 37612

ISBN: 0195215834

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Atlas of World Art maps the cumulative traces of humankind's artistic activity and demonstrates the importance of physical and political geography for the history of the world's art. This stunning volume is the first to treat the art of the whole world from prehistory to present day and to show the importance of natural and social factors in shaping artistic activity.
The Atlas is divided into seven parts, each devoted to a specific time period: Art of the Hunter Gatherer (50,000-5,000 BCE); Art, Agriculture and Urbanization (5,000-500 BCE); Art, War and Empire (500 BCE-600 CE); Art, R...
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The Art Book: New Edition

By: Phaidon, Editors of

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Phaidon Press: September 2012

Seller ID: 37588

ISBN: 0714864676

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Second Edition of The Art Book is a substantially expanded and updated version of the hugely successful original. Introducing 100 new artists selected from all periods and from across the globe, the new edition includes for the first time leading figures from the fields of photography and performance art. Works and text entries for a selection of artists from the original have also been updated.

Winner of the Illustrated Book of the Year award in 1994, The Art Book has been an outstanding success and has become a well-known landmark in the art book world. Now publish...
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Art: The Way It Is

By: Richardson, John Adkins

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Prentice Hall: December 1991

Seller ID: 37592

ISBN: 0130404373

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Includes bibliographical references and index
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Guide to Art

By: Sproccati, Sandro

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams: September 1992

Seller ID: 37610

ISBN: 0810933667

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern

By: Strickland, Carol,Boswell, John

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing: June 1992

Seller ID: 37597

ISBN: 0836280059

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A layman's guide to art history provides the reader with a basic working knowledge of art and its influence on society.
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The classical world (Landmarks of the world's art)

By: Strong, Donald Emrys

Price: $4.00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill: January 1965

Seller ID: 37601

ISBN: B0006BN40Q

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Understanding Paintings: Themes in Art Explored and Explained

By: Sturgis, Alexander,Clayson, Hollis

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Watson-Guptill: October 2000

Seller ID: 37607

ISBN: 0823055795

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The first and only book to discuss the entire history of painting by genre, rather than by chronology, this fresh approach gives readers a new and enlightened way to view and understand the language of art through the ages.
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