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Cycladic sculptures are thousands of years old and yet look eerily modern. A face with no facial features, except the nose, is not exactly how we think of ancient Greek art. Cycladic art came to prominence during the twentieth century. Unfortunately that started a period of looting, which destroyed the possibility of putting the sculptures in any kind of location or archeological context. To this day we know very little about Cycladic art. A measure of its growing importance is the existence of the Cycladic Museum located in the heart of Athens, Greece.

The Greek islands of the Cyclades are located to the South East of Greece and to the North of Crete in the Aegean Sea. There are more than two hundred islands approximating a circle around the most significant island Delos, the birthplace of Apollo, Greek God of music and light from Greek mythology and of Artemis, the huntress. The Greek name for the Cyclades is Kyklades, an obvious reference to a circle.

During the period between 3200 and 2000 B.C. the small Cycladic islands in the Aegean became home to a flourishing culture. The most prominent craft in Cycladic culture was stone-cutting, especially marble sculpture. The abundance of high quality white marble on the islands encouraged its use for the creation of a wide range of artifacts. Among these, Cycladic Figurines are the most distinctive Cycladic creation because of the style, the great numbers in which they are found, and the significance they held for their owners. The majority of Cycladic Figurines show women, nude with the arms folded over the belly and the long feet, soles sloping downwards. We do not know whether they were meant to show mortals or deities, but probably symbolized the worship of the ‘Mother Goddess’. In this case, the figurines may have been conceived as representations of the Goddess, or companions to her. Many figurines have been discovered in relation to burials as the Cycladic civilization flourished and burials became more elaborate to reflect status.

There have been recent discoveries (in the last five years) of piles of buried and broken statues and pottery, as if the breaking of the statues was a feature of some unknown ancient ceremony. This ritualistic behavior appears to be centered on the island of Keros in the Cyclades. Also, hidden deposits of broken pottery and figurines have been found on islands around Keros, many fragments brought there from other locations. Why would the Cycladians do that? To what end? The mystery surrounding Keros, the Cycladians and their art deepens as archeologists sift through clues of human history and behavior. To this day Keros and surrounding islands are home mainly to archeologists attempting to explain one of those mysteries of human behavior and human art that drive us with a ‘need to know’. Art, in all forms, leaves behind a legacy of a civilizations history, behavior, values and intrigue. Fortunately for us it also provides beauty that only human civilizations can produce.

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Dragonflies Steel Wall Sculpture $36.99 This dynamic 2-dimensional wall sculpture creates the illusion of layered images with 2 whimsical dragonflies dancing delightfully among the garden reeds. Sturdy, yet lightweight, it is intricately cut from natural unfinished mild steel. Makes a unique accent for any wall! Crafted in the USA. Note: This item is not painted – it is cut from sturdy steel and may have slight surface variations common…

ART GLASS COLORED DECORATIVE TABLE TOP TEARDROP DECOR $11.69 Inspired by the Sommerso glass artisans of Italy, an artful teardrop shimmers in jewel tones of sapphire, peridot and amber. An splendid suncatcher when placed on a sill, or a tasteful paperweight when displayed atop a desk. Sure to delight any art-glass afficionado! 4″ x 2″ x 6 1/2″ high….

Abstract Musical Notes Piano Jazz Wall Artwork Art $99.22 Brand New Musical Notes Wall Art. Measures 48″ length x 20″ tall. This unique musical artwork for your wall is perfect for any room especially for the piano or music room. It is handcrafted of aged wrought iron with a black coloring as shown in the photo above. It is truly a masterpiece of beauty with a musical art undertone behind it….

Streamer $12.06 Nils Petter Molvaer is known throughout the world for his trumpet and sleek electronic compositions. His use of electronics and his trumpet stylings are signatures to his work, which at times is sombre, dreamlike and introspective, while at others, vibrant and bombastic. This album takes the listener to realms both familiar and strange, through compositions that are sure to entice fans of j…

ER $10.60 Nile Petter Molvaer is recognized as one of the most innovative musicians in the world of jazz today, and this american version of his amazing and critically accalimed album ER is now available. His use of electronics is a signature through most of his work, and they are used brilliantly. His often dark and contemplative compositions are puncuated with the vibrancy of electronic effects, putting t…

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Contemporary Free Form Clear Lucite Table Lamps $265.00 With the captivating look of a stack of shimmering ice, this clear lucite sculpture demands visual and tactile attention — the freeform cubes invite a touch!…

The Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden $9.85 Description not available.

Cherry Blossom Wall Sculpture $90.99 A mix of modern art with traditional Japanese symbols gives unique flair to this wall sculptureHandcrafted wall sculpture accentuates your home decorDecorative accessory features combinations of polished gold, copper and silver panels

Original Art ‘The Rabbit’ Ink Painting on Cardstock (Brazil) $139.99 Original ink on cardstock art depicts a feminine face merging with a rabbitAdd a bit of Brazilian tradition to your home decor a modern art painting Original art makes great wall decor for any area

Original Art ‘The Swan’ Ink Painting on Cardstock (Brazil) $139.99 Original pen and ink drawing depicts a swan woman that represents beautyAdd a bit of Brazilian tradition to your home decor a modern piece of art Original art makes great wall decor for any area

Abstract Squares Wall Art $87.99 Decorative accessory features sixteen squares arranged in a grid patternWall art features painted metal inspired by earth tones and geometric shapesArt lends a touch of modern, contemporary style to any decor

History of Modern Art (Paperback) $115.79 Description not available.

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Metal with Glass 18 x18 Wall Art (Set of 2) $85.99 Infuse your home with modern styling with these wall art bowls These hanging bowls come in a set of two Each handcrafted glass bowl is drenched in color

The Blind Spot (Hardcover) $32.5 Description not available.

From Fire to Form (Hardcover) $34.54 Description not available.

Origami Sculptures $10.46 John Montroll, a world renowned master of origami, combines the ancient art of Japanese paper folding with the modern advances of computer graphics in “Origami Sculptures”. The 144 pages of “Origami Sculptures” contain complete step-by-step folding

The Art Book $9.45 An alphabetical reference to 500 painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times, with one color example of each artist’s w

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Passages in Modern Sculpture $21.55 Designed for the student, this critical survey of 20th-century sculpture focuses on a few themes and works in order to consider the medium as a whole. The seven chapters include “A Game Plan: The Terms of Surrealism,” and “Mechanical Ballets: Light,

Treasures of the Louvre $23.58 A large and colorful volume highlights the numerous treasures of the great museum including art from the ancient Near East and Egypt, along with Greek, Etruscan, and Roman sculptures, and some of the most famous works of modern European art.

Barcelona Sculptures $36.47 Spain’s second largest city, Barcelona, may be famous for its architecture and its history, but in amongst those Romanesque churches, winding Gothic streets, and Gaudi apartment buildings lurk a museum full of permanent outdoor sculptures. More than 50 of the most noteworthy of these 20th-century public artworks are reproduced here, including pieces by Roy Lichtenstein, Alexander Calder, Richard Serra, Antoni Tapies, Frank Gehry, Ellsworth Kelly, Lawrence Weiner, Rebecca Horn, Joan Miro, Claes Oldenburg, Juan Munoz, Anthony Caro, and James Turrell. Though it enjoyed an illustrious past as a Roman colony, Visigoth capital, and 14th-century martitime power, Barcelona Sculptures vividly proves that the capital of the Catalonia region is firmly ensconced in the modern world, especially the modern art world.

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Arthur Carter: Sculptures, Drawings, and Paintings $6.36 DIVDIVWith more than 170 sculptures, drawings, and paintings, this is the first comprehensive view of the art of Renaissance man Arthur Carter. Successful in journalism and business, and trained as a classical pianist, Carter is an accomplished artist in the modernist tradition. His abstract sculptures allude to human gestures and interactions. Though firmly grounded, they appear on the verge of flight. Though silent, they suggest song. His lyrical drawings and rigorous paintings, often studies for sculptures, are informed by a deep familiarity with the artists he admires most: Mondrian, Kandinsky, Arp, Bracque, and Picasso.BR/DIVDIVArt historian and journalist Charles A. Riley II explores Carter’s work, and Peter Kaplan, editor of theINew York Observer,/Icontributes an illuminating biographical essay.IArthur Carter: Sculptures, Drawings, and Paintings/Ipresents the compelling artistic vision of a fascinating man.BR/DIV/DIVDIVDIVBArthur Carter/Bis an artist whose work has been exhibited in New York and Paris. He is currently chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at New York University.BCharles A. Riley II/Bis an art historian, journalist, and entrepreneur. He is the author ofIColor Codes/I;IThe Saints of Modern Art/I;IThe Jazz Age in France/I; and two art monographs from Abrams.BPeter Kaplan/Bis the editor of theINew York Observer.BR/I/DIV/DIV

Pop art : paintings – sculptures (The Little library of art) $3 Pop art : paintings – sculptures (The Little library of art)

The Parthenon Sculptures $21.69 <p>The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivaled examples of classical Greek art, an inspiration to artists and writers since their creation in the fifth century bce. A superb visual introduction to these wonders of antiquity, this book offers a photographic tour of the most famous of the surviving sculptures from ancient Greece, viewed within their cultural and art-historical context.</p><p>Ian Jenkins offers an account of the history of the Parthenon and its architectural refinements. He introduces the sculptures as architecture–pediments, metopes, Ionic frieze–and provides an overview of their subject matter and possible meaning for the people of ancient Athens. Accompanying photographs focus on the pediment sculptures that filled the triangular gables at each end of the temple; the metopes that crowned the architrave surmounting the outer columns; and the frieze that ran around the four sides of the building, inside the colonnade. Comparative images, showing the sculptures in full and fine detail, bring out particular features of design and help to contrast Greek ideas with those of other cultures.</p><p>The book further reflects on how, over 2,500 years, the cultural identity of the Parthenon sculptures has changed. In particular, Jenkins expands on the irony of our intimate knowledge and appreciation of the sculptures–a relationship far more intense than that experienced by their ancient, intended spectators–as they have been transformed from architectural ornaments into objects of art.</p>

Duane Hanson: Sculptures of the American Dream $42.97 Helsinki, Finland: City Art Museum, 06/14-10/01/07Hong Kong, China: HK Museum of Art, 05/15 – 07/30/08Ish0j, Denmark: ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, 01/27-06/03/07Text by Lotte Sophie Lederballe, Thomas Buchsteiner, Keith Hartley.Volklingen, Germany: UNESCO Kulturerbe Volklinger Hutte, 10/20/07-04/27/08You may feel as though you have seen them before, in a movie, at the gym, browsing at a yard sale, meandering through the mall, or–more likely–on your trip to Florida. Duane Hanson’s life-sized fiberglass and polyester resin sculptures are the spitting images of real, breathing people; they illustrate modern consumer society with equal parts tenderness, humor and horror. This revised edition of Hatje Cantz’s best-selling catalogue raisonne, featuring two new essays, documents all phases of Hanson’s oeuvre, from his earliest carved wooden replica of Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy to the last works he produced before his death in 1996. Regardless of when the works were made, though, Hanson’s remarkably lifelike sculptures will always be besieged by schoolchildren and jealously protected by museum guards, for they exude a uniquely magnetic force. Viewers and readers who dare to move in close are rewarded with details that could never be studied so candidly in real life: wrinkles, facial hair, imperfections. And yet Hanson’s objective was never blatant voyeurism, but access to those things we prefer to overlook, to the drabness of everyday life and the ever-present intimation of mortality.

Monuments of Early Christian Art: Sculptures and Catacomb Paintings $10.69 Monuments of Early Christian Art: Sculptures and Catacomb Paintings

Rodin Sculptures In The Cleveland Museum Of Art: A Supplement $5.5 Rodin Sculptures In The Cleveland Museum Of Art: A Supplement

Jaina Iconography: The Tirthankara In Jaina Sculptures, Art And Ritual $38.23 Jaina Iconography: The Tirthankara In Jaina Sculptures, Art And Ritual

The Art Of Nick Sikkuark: Inuit Sculptures & Drawings $45.95 The Art Of Nick Sikkuark: Inuit Sculptures & Drawings

Monuments Of Early Christian Art: Sculptures And Catacomb Paintings $9 Monuments Of Early Christian Art: Sculptures And Catacomb Paintings

The Sculptures of Picasso $78.26 This highly luxurious publication presents the sculptures of Picasso photographed by Brassai, one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century. An authentic text written for this work in 1948 by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the former art dealer of Picasso, is also included. Brassai met Picasso in 1932 when he was commissioned to take a series of pictures of the artist’s studio and of some plaster sculptures done at Boisgeloup for the review Minotaure. Several years later he was again contacted to photograph Picasso’s work for the first book published on the subject of the artist’s sculptures. Hence, between 1932 and 1946, Brassai photographed all of Picasso’s sculpted works. This long-term working relationship led to a fruitful exchange between the two artists on the respective nature of photography and sculpture, which is reflected in this volume. The Sculptures of Picasso is an atypical vision of lesser-known works by Picasso. Indeed, the medium used to capture the sculptures–photography–only further enhances their form, creating a lively dialogue between between flatness and fullness.

Open Air Sculptures $13.8 In an ideal marriage between art and nature, the great sculptures of esteemed Italian artists are here immersed in the splendid landscape that surrounds the Furlo Gorge, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino.

Outer-Art, Vol. Iii: Prints, Outer-Sculptures, And Digital Works $134.94 Outer-Art is a movement set up as a protest against, or to ridicule, the random modern art which states that everything is art! PIt was initiated by Florentin Smarandache, in 1990s, who ironically called for an upside-down artwork: to do art in a way it is not supposed to be done, i.e. to make art as ugly, as silly, as wrong as possible, and generally as impossible as possible.

Samalaji Sculptures And 6th Century Art In Western India $96.56 Buy and sell [Samalaji Sculptures And 6th Century Art In Western India] at great prices.

The Sculptures of the Parthenon $20 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1903 Original Publisher: J. Murray Subjects: Sculpture, Greek Art / History / Ancient

Passages in Modern Sculptures $40.95 Paperback. New. Brand New Perfect Condition. May Ship From Overseas Allow 30 Days Delivery Time.

Sculptures $12.22 Buy and sell [Sculptures] at great prices.

Modern Art $7.74 Expressionists, cubists, futurists, daring dadaists, surrealists, pop artists, and minimalists–here’s a colorful, lively survey of the 20th century’s best, with paintings and sculptures to catch youngsters’ fancies. They’ll meet such luminaries as Pablo Picasso, Joseph Stella, Alexander Calder, the paint-splashing Jackson Pollack, and many more.

Sculptures of Chartres Cathedral (1909) $18.48 Text in English and French. The aim of this book, by utilizing modern photography, is to illustrate the cathedral on a scale not before attempted. Although this collection is not exhaustive, the authors claim it is fairly representative. It deals mainly with the sculptures on the doorway, although there are views of the general architecture and a few subjects from the interior. Over 120 photographs, fully indexed.

Sculptures of Chartres Cathedral $18.13 Text in English and French. The aim of this book, by utilizing modern photography, is to illustrate the cathedral on a scale not before attempted. Although this collection is not exhaustive, the authors claim it is fairly representative. It deals mainly with the sculptures on the doorway, although there are views of the general architecture and a few subjects from the interior. Over 120 photographs, fully indexed.

The ??Mal?j? Sculptures and 6th Century Art in Western India: $168.51 The ??Mal?j? Sculptures and 6th Century Art in Western India:

Rubb-Origami: The Art Of Creating Rubber Band Sculptures, Vol. 1: How $1.58 Rubb-Origami: The Art Of Creating Rubber Band Sculptures, Vol. 1: How

The Samalaji Sculptures And 6th Century Art In Western India (studies $138.09 The Samalaji Sculptures And 6th Century Art In Western India (studies

Carving Melon Sculptures: The Art Of Turning Ordinary Melons Into Eleg $15.24 Carving Melon Sculptures: The Art Of Turning Ordinary Melons Into Eleg

Assyrian Palace Sculptures $27.77 pBetween the ninth and seventh centuries BC, the small kingdom of Assyria in northern Iraq expanded to dominate the region from Egypt to Iran. The power of the Assyrian kings was reflected in a series of magnificent palaces in which the walls of principal rooms and courtyards were lined with huge panels of alabaster carved with images of the monarch as priest, victorious warrior, and hunter. These sculptures constitute some of the most impressive witnesses of the ancient Middle East, and this book serves as a superb visual introduction to what are undoubtedly some of the greatest carvings from the ancient world.pThe book showcases a series of specially taken photographs of the British Museum’s unrivaled collection of Assyrian sculptures. The images capture the majesty of the Assyrian king, as well as his magnificent court and its protecting divinities. An introduction sets the sculptures in their cultural and art historical context. A brief history of Assyria and the royal palaces is followed by an overview of the subject matter and meaning of the sculptures together with a discussion of their relationship with the artistic traditions of ancient Iraq and the wider region. There is also an exploration of the sculptures as the earliest examples of complex narrative art that developed from summary or symbolic scenes of royal achievements into images with multilayered meanings that occupied entire rooms and captured the raw emotion and energy of animals and humans with remarkable vitality.

Picasso – The Sculptures of Picasso $120 Picasso – The Sculptures of Picasso Portfolio format with ribbons and loose ‘poster’ like photo prints in a beautiful slipcase. 120 Pages 13 x 16 2/3” in ISBN : 9782843237881 This highly luxurious publication presents the sculptures of Picasso photographed by Brassaï, one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century. An authentic text written for this work in 1948 by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the former art dealer of Picasso, is also included. Brassaï met Picasso in 1932 when he was commissioned to take a series of pictures of the artist’s studio and of some plaster sculptures done at Boisgeloup for the review Minotaure. Several years later he was again contacted to photograph Picasso’s work for the first book published on the subject of the artist’s sculptures. Hence, between 1932 and 1946, Brassaï photographed all of Picasso’s sculpted works. This long-term working relationship led to a fruitful exchange between the two artists on the respective nature of photography and sculpture, which is reflected in this volume. The Sculptures of Picasso is an atypical vision of lesser known works by Picasso. Indeed, the medium used to depict the sculptures is nearly as unsettling as the objects themselves, and the confusion is emphasized by the contrast between flatness and fullness. An art dealer, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler became a good friend of Picasso’s in 1907 when he first visited the artist’s studio. Picasso actually painted a now famous portrait of Kahnweiler in 1910. Ships in 2-3 business days. Tell your friends! var addthis_pub=”burkedecor”;

The Art of Ian Norbury: Sculptures in Wood $16.27 This gallery of carvings features the work of Ian Norbury, one of the world’s leading sculptors, whose innovative style incorporates materials including mixed timber, colored wood, metals, stones, shells, and gems. Photographs richly illustrate his art, which is inspired by masters such as Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, and Mexican surrealist Remedios Varro. The repetition of human errors is a theme explored in Norbury’s sculptures, which are steeped in European cultural history yet are inspired by subjects as diverse as African folklore, literature, and mythology. This book will appeal both to woodcarvers and to anyone interested in fine arts sculpture.

The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio $78 Andrea del Verrocchio was the preeminent sculptor in late fifteenth-century Florence and one of the leading artists in Renaissance Europe. In every genre of statuary, Verrocchio made formal and conceptual contributions of the greatest significance, and many of his sculptures, such as the Christ and St. Thomas and the Colleoni Monument, are among the masterpieces of Renaissance art. A favorite artist of Lorenzo de’ Medici and the teacher of Leonardo da Vinci, Verrocchio was a key link between the innovations of the fifteenth century and the creations of the High Renaissance.pThis beautiful catalogue raisonne is the first comprehensive and detailed study of Verrocchio’s extraordinary and innovative sculptures. Andrew Butterfield has combined careful visual analysis of the sculptures with groundbreaking research into their function, iconography, and historical context. In order to explain Verrocchio’s contributions to the different genres of Renaissance sculpture, Butterfield provides new and important information on a broad range of issues such as the typology and social history of Florentine tombs, the theoretical problems in the production of perspectival reliefs, and the origins of the Figura serpentinata. Furthermore, Butterfield draws on a spectrum of often overlooked texts to elucidate fundamental iconographical problems, for example, the significance of David in quattrocento Florence.pIn its scope, depth, and clarity, The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio will rank as one of the finest studies of an Italian sculptor ever published.

Springfield’s Sculptures, Monuments, and Plaques $10 Springfield is the capital of Illinois and the home of Abraham Lincoln and Vachel Lindsay. The city is filled with history, and that fact is reflected in the many sculptures, monuments, and plaques that have been commissioned to commemorate this history. The city contains more than 14 statues and busts of Abraham Lincoln. Famous sculptors have created 17 statues inside the state capitol alone, and 13 more statues and sculptures are located on the capitol grounds. The states Capital Development Board sponsors the Art-in-Architecture program and provides funding for newly commissioned sculptures in state-funded public buildings. Several major American sculptors are represented in the many works, including Leonard Volk, Leonard Crunelle, Larkin Mead, Fred Torrey, and James Earl Fraser. Works of contemporary artists such as Michael Dunbar, Richard Hunt, and Preston Jackson are also present. Oak Ridge Cemetery contains four war memorials and Abraham Lincolns tomb. Each of the sculptures, monuments, and plaques has a story to tell and helps to make Springfields history come alive.

Pablo Picasso: The Sculptures $374.73 For years Pablo Picasso’s sculptural oeuvre was one of the best-kept secrets of 20th century art. It was only through retrospectives in Paris, London and New York during the 1960’s that Picasso the sculptor became known to a larger public — who discovered a complexity and variety in his sculptures that easily rivals that of his paintings and drawings Pablo Picasso. The Sculptures is catalogue raisonne of Picasso’s sculptures, a seminal work informed by conversations between the author, Picasso specialist Werner Spies, and Picasso himself The present edition has been thoroughly revised and now includes numerous color illustrations of important pieces. In all this volume features over 740 works by the artist, ranging from miniature paper figures to constructions from metal, wood, and found objects, from folding sculptures made from tin to massive, at times monumental works A definitive statement on Picasso’s sculptural oeuvre, this book provides a key to understanding and appreciating works that, in their ingenuity and their inventiveness, still provide an inexhaustible source of inspiration for today’s artists.

Sculptures: The Great Columns of Joliet $3.8 DIVA unique look at hidden Illinois treasures/divDIVp class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%This volume presents forty one sculptures created between 1998 and 2006 by the Friends of Community Public Art in Joliet, Illinois. Cast in bronze, limestone, fiberglass, or steel, and frequently mounted on mosaic-covered columns located throughout the city’s public places, the sculptures run the gamut from highly detailed realism to abstraction, documenting the exciting artistic renaissance in the City of Joliet and its determination to renew and distinguish itself through public art and culture. Featured sculptors include Kathleen Farrell, Kathleen Scarboro, Jesus Rodriguez, Sarah Furst, Marsh Lega, Kelly Gallaher, and Sharka Glet. Filled with 120 color photographs, the volume also includes poetry commissioned from Joliet and Chicago-area poets specifically for each piece./p/DIVDIVFriends of Community Public Art is a not-for-profit organization of local artists who work to beautify the city of Joliet, Illinois, with murals, mosaics, and sculpture./DIVDIVp class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%This volume presents forty one sculptures created between 1998 and 2006 by the Friends of Community Public Art in Joliet, Illinois. Cast in bronze, limestone, fiberglass, or steel, and frequently mounted on mosaic-covered columns located throughout the city’s public places, the sculptures run the gamut from highly detailed realism to abstraction, documenting the exciting artistic renaissance in the City of Joliet and its determination to renew and distinguish itself through public art and culture. Featured sculptors include Kathleen Farrell, Kathleen Scarboro, Jesus Rodriguez, Sarah Furst, Marsh Lega, Kelly Gallaher, and Sharka Glet. Filled with 120 color photographs, the volume also includes poetry commissioned from Joliet and Chicago-area poets specifically for each piece./p/DIV

Henrik Saxgren: Unintended Sculptures $50.11 Text by Bill Kouwenhoven, Timothy Persons.Danish photographer Henrik Saxgren (born 1953) finds everyday art in the least likely places, as the title of his series Unintended Sculptures indicates. Rummaging outdoors, Saxgren discovers sculptural forms and optical illusions one would swear had been deliberately installed, at the very moment that they reveal themselves in the framework of their environments.

500 Ceramic Sculptures $15.18 The successful 500 series shines a spotlight on today’’s most breathtaking ceramic sculptures. Selected from more than 8,000 entries by the distinguished art critic, historian, and professor Glen R. Brown–an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva–these exquisite works will inspire both beginning and professional ceramists, as well as collectors and enthusiasts. They include Esther Shimazu’’s hand-built, Asian-influenced nudes; Von Venhuizen’’s mixed-media, wheel-thrown stoneware, and Katy’’s Rush’’s slip-cast and press-molded porcelain. Every work is amazing.

Installations, Sculptures, Paintings $26.88 Heri Dono (b. 1960, Jakarta) exhibits his paintings, sculptures and installations worldwide, providing a critical commentary on contemporary politics and social issues in Indonesia. In The Dono Code, two interpretive essays explore Dono as a glocal artist: a genre in which local tradition meets globalization. His art is essentially about the ever changing structure of Indonesian society, which is intrinsically connected with developments in the rest of the world. In addition to a biography, the work also includes a discussion with the artist.Through his work, Heri Dono adopts the traditional role of the clown, who is able to level serious criticism using wit and irony. Illustrated throughout, this fascinating book echos Dono’s wit and inventiveness.

Modern Art in Britain 1910-1914 $19.72 Anna Robins looks in detail at the series of exhibitions of European modern art held in Britain between 1910 and 1919 which introduced Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, Kandinsky, and many other artists to England. A large number of the paintings and sculptures selected for these exhibitions have been identified for the first time and are illustrated in this book together with many examples of work by British artists, conveying the enormous impact that modernism had on artistic life and practice in Britain in the first part of this century.PBritish artists illustrated and discussed include Gore, Grant, Fry, Bell, Sickert, John, Lewis, Bomberg, and Saunders. The book also contains a full chronology and a complete list of modern art exhibitions.

Pictures by Old Masters, Loan Collections and Recent Gifts to the Museum, Modern Sculptures, the Cyrus W. Field Collection of Paintings (1894) $10.82 The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Handbook No. Six.

How Many?: Spectacular Paper Sculptures $15.58 A pioneer of the modern pop-up book returns with spectacular paper sculptures. Each colorful spread has been cleverly paper-engineered to invite children to find and count as many items as they can.This is a book that truly has to be seen to be appreciated. Each spread features a different shape (square, circle, star, triangle, rectangle) that has been cleverly paper-engineered to form spectacular sculptures. Readers are invited to find and count as many items as they can per spread-shapes within shapes, shapes of different colors, and so on. Whether readers search and count or not, the beautiful paper sculptures will be admired by all who see them. This is a book like no other and belongs on everyone’s home bookshelf.Review, Newsweek (circ: 3,145,362), October 29, 2007:brRead How Many, an artsy, modern pop-up book … It’s a book for kids, but you’ll have just as much fun with it.

Modern Art (the World’s Greatest Art) $20 Looks at a variety of the still-lifes, landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, abstracts, sculptures and 3-D works that have been produced over the past 100 years, including works of Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Amedeo Modigliani, Francis Bacon, and Mark Rothko. May have a small remainder mark on the edge. Illustrated in color.

Adventures In Modern Art $47.49 In 1990 archaeologist Charles K. Williams II began seriously to acquire paintings, sculptures, watercolors, and drawings by modern American artists, after about ten years of collecting 19th- and 20th-century American and European prints. Williams amassed an important collection that includes examples by most of the major American artists and movements of the early 20th century. This fully illustrated catalogue features entries on more than one hundred significant works by artists including Stieglitz Circle painters Georgia O”Keeffe, John Marin, Marsden Hartley, and Arthur Dove; Precisionists Charles Demuth, Ralston Crawford, George Ault, and Charles Sheeler; and Philadelphia modernists Arthur B. Carles, Hugh Henry Breckenridge, and Earl Horter. Sculptures by Elie Nadelman, John Storrs, Alberto Giacometti, and Louise Nevelson are included. Of special note is Thomas Hart Benton’’s painting The Apple of Discord and a rare landscape drawing by American Regionalist Grant Wood.

Art Unseen: The Sculptures, Inventions, And Scale Models Of Sebastian $13.73 This book is about Art, Sculptures, Inventions, and how much time goes into each and every process to complete it, from ideas in the head, to working models or prototype. It’s Art Unseen period. The art contained in these pages took years to complete it is one man’s life work Sebastian Thomas Vaina he could have been famous but he was not. He was a humble man who was kind and loving to everyone. He was a Master Carpenter who could do anything with wood. Here is his chance for his dream to come true for what he has done.

This Is Modern Art $16.15 This Is Modern Art