"Bird Whisperer" is an enchanting grayscale coloring book designed for those who find beauty in the wild and the inked. Within its pages, it holds 55 stunning illustrations that merge the art of tattoos with the grace of avian creatures, creating a serene and intricate world waiting to be brought to life through color. Each page showcases a unique portrait of tattooed women or men, their bodies adorned with detailed ink that tells a story as rich and complex as the birds that accompany them. ...

Willem Sandberg was a gifted designer and a pragmatic museum director, a doer

who achieved an incredible amount in the art world after 1945 and opened many

people’s eyes to contemporary art. He was an idealist who cherished the utopian

belief that contemporary art could play a self-evident and meaningful role in society

outside of its usual marginal and elitist position. At the same time, he was enough

of a realist not to harbour excessively high expectations of the result of his efforts.

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A work of aesthetics. This book focuses on the quality which is distinguished as 'the sublime' - an all-consuming force beyond beauty that compelled terror as much as rapture in all who beheld it.

"Looks at the unique characteristics of cultural organizations and shows readers how to tailor a strategic plan to help these organizations meet their objectives. Including examples, cases, questions, and suggestions for further reading, this book is designed to accompany classes on strategic planning, cultural management, or arts management"--

A new, compact edition of David Hockney and Martin Gayford’s brilliantly original book, with a revised final chapter and three entirely new Hockney artworks

An updated edition of this classic survey, a thorough overview of Paul Cézanne's life and work.

For Picasso he was ?like our father'; for Matisse, ?a god of painting'. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) is widely regarded as the father of modern art. In this authoritative and accessible study, Richard Verdi traces the evolution of Cézanne's landscape, still-life and figure compositions, from the turbulently romantic creations of his youth to the visionary masterpieces of his final years. ...

A sweeping cultural and economic history of porcelain, from the eighteenth century to the present