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Art is food for the soul as well as a feast for the eyes, and Art Books allow us to capture that magic on the printed page. Art aficionados and beginners alike can expand their experience through Art Books that offer instruction in everything from drawing, painting or ceramics. Dig into historical tomes that trace the evolution of every art movement under the sun. Open anthologies that focus on the works of vital artists from every era. Whatever your focus, Alibris UK carries every kind of art book you could imagine.

The Painted Word

Celebrity author vs. modern art. Tom Wolfe had already been a famous novelist for years by the time The Painted Word was published in 1975, and he instantly became a notorious art critic. From Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock to uber-critic Clement Greenberg, Wolfe gleefully pulled the carpet out from under everyone and everything he deemed pretentious. Wolfe quickly became Public Enemy Number One in the modern art world, of course, and as powerful as The Painted Word is as an art book, it's also a fascinating period piece made all the more interested by imagining how many people hated him for it.

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Luiza Margan: Cache Luiza Margan: Cache

Matthias Lenz, Regina Michel
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Aldo Mozzini. Casematte Aldo Mozzini. Casematte

Noah Stolz (Editor)
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Afterglow: Frederic Church and The Landscape of Memory Afterglow: Frederic Church...

Allegra K. Davis, Sean Sawyer (Foreword by)
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Caravaggio: The Ecce Homo Unveiled Caravaggio: The Ecce Homo...

Keith Christiansen (Editor), Gianni Papi (Editor)
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The Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers The Pre-Raphaelite Language...

Debra N Mancoff
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The Allure of Rome: Maarten van Heemskerck Draws the City The Allure of Rome: Maarten...

Tatjana Bartsch (Editor), Christien Melzer (Editor)
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Lehndorff & Trülzsch: The Seen and the Unseen Lehndorff & Trülzsch: The...

Vera Lehndorff (Photographer), Holger Trülzsch (Photographer)
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Ingrid Wiener, Martin Roth: From Far Away You See More Ingrid Wiener, Martin Roth:...

Ingrid Wiener (Editor), Martin Roth
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Isabella Catalina
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The Portland Vase: Mania & Muse (1780-2023) The Portland Vase: Mania &...

Crocker Art Museum (Editor), Rachel Gotlieb (Editor)
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Rachel Jones: A Shorn Root Rachel Jones: A Shorn Root

Rachel Jones (Editor), Oona Doyle (Editor)
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Diving Into Art Diving Into Art

Maria Bremer (Editor), Markus Heinzelmann (Editor)
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Warwick Collection: 0-5 Warwick Collection: 0-5

Tilman Kiesel (Text by)
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Zbynek Sekal: 100 Zbynek Sekal: 100

Zbynek Sekal (Editor), Peter Liaunig (Editor)
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We Is Future: Visions of New Communities We Is Future: Visions of New...

Yussef Agbo-Ola (Text by)
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The Art of Collage The Art of Collage

Eva Minguet
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300 Portrait Illustrations 300 Portrait Illustrations

Monsa Publications
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Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between Queer Art: From Canvas to...

Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Isaac Julien (Foreword by)
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Adam Pendleton: Blackness, White, and Light Adam Pendleton: Blackness,...

Adam Pendleton, Marianne Dobner (Editor)
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Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible Fruit: Edible, Inedible,...

Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler
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Otti Berger: Weaving for Modernist Architecture Otti Berger: Weaving for...

Otti Berger (Editor), Judith Raum (Editor)
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Aladin Borioli: Bannkörbe: C/O Berlin Talent Award Aladin Borioli: Bannkörbe: C...

Aladin Borioli
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Katharina Grosse: Spectrum Without Traces Katharina Grosse: Spectrum...

Katharina Grosse
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Philip Mueller: Palio Di Vita Philip Mueller: Palio Di Vita

Philip Mueller
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