The Arts: Treatments & subjects Books

The second title in a new series elevates your skills in composition and narrative with guidance from established world-class artists.As an established authority on art and design with a growing stable of high-calibre artistauthors, 3dtotal Publishing is...

The Art of Cosmic Spectrum features the characters, worlds, and stories created by artist Yana Bogatch aka Cosmic Spectrum.Previously, she has self-published a graphic novel and two art books. Now, Prism: TheArt of Cosmic Spectrum showcases the artist's...

The "f**k" count is just over sixty. The images are screenshots. The metal is mostly nu. And the grant money's gone. From the author of The Malevolent Volume and National Book Awardwinning Indecency comes a gory new mutation in the shape of nonfiction...

Raised by his grandparents in the tiny village of Metlakatla, Alaska, David A. Boxley left a secure teaching job in his hometown to pursue an uncharted path as a full-time Tsimshian artist, ultimately leading a revival of traditional culture, art, dance,...

Escape to peaceful, cosy hideaways in this second art book from Iraville, with new galleries, tutorials, and insight on her processes.Iraville is a Munich-based illustrator with a passion for watercolours, autumn, nature, birds and cozy things. This...

John, Paul, George, and Ringo were more than great musicians: they were the quintessential fashion icons of one of the most exciting and memorable fashion eras of all time. From their starts in black leather through Sergeant Pepper to Nehru collars and...

Collects over 175 years of key moments in the visual history of the Southern United States, with over two hundred and fifty photographs taken from 1845 to present.The South is perhaps the most mythologized region in the United States and also one of the...

It's time to create your own comic book and let your imagination soar! Tuttle Studio brings you the ultimate comic book and manga sketchbook. Create your own adventure and illustrate the story only you can tell! Watch as your story progresses,...

Vanguard continues their trademark Definitive Reference series with Frazetta: World's Best Comics Cover Artist, a sister book to 2022's hit, Frazetta Book Cover Art.While the prior book by illustration and cartooning historian J. David...

A searing, diaristic portrayal of a city and society in revolution by Magnum nominee Myriam BoulosIn her debut monograph, Myriam Boulos casts an unflinching eye on the revolution that began in Lebanon in 2019 with protests against government corruption...

This summer,Aperturemagazine presents "Being & Becoming: Asian in America," a landmark issue that considers how artists use the medium of photography to grapple with questions of visibility, belonging, and what it means to be Asian American. Spanning...

An intimate portrait of the life and work of one of photography's most renowned and celebrated artists. Throughout his more than sixty-year-long obsession with the medium, Josef Koudelka considers a remarkable range of photographic subjects - from his...

Tales Things Tell offers new perspectives on histories of connectivity between Africa, Asia and Europe in the period before the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth century. Reflected in objects and materials whose circulation and reception defined...

"Phantasmagoria" is a retrospective look at the enigmatic artwork of Jim Sohr, a New Orleans artist who learned to paint while imprisoned at Louisiana State Penitentiary for selling marijuana. Ironically, lockdown offered unlimited time and freedom to...

"Few artists are also historians, and few historians have the talent to illustrate the people and events they study. [Gordon Miller's] paintings of ships under sail, wrecked on a lee shore, in storms and in cities are luminous."-Pacific YachtingIn...

In a time before events were promoted solely on social media; before raves and nightclub entertainment promotions became corporate; before large nightclubs and warehouses were demolished and turned into high-rise buildings; there was a period when rave...

Clear and easy to understand, award-winning watercolor artist and author Shuang Li presents everything you need to know about painting watercolor outdoors. As a highly experienced plein air artist and watercolor instructor, Shuang guides beginning and...

A new study of the early Renaissance portrait.In fourteenth-century Italy, ever more women and men - not only clergy but also laity - introduced their own portraits into sacred paintings. Images of modern supplicants, submissive and prayerful, shared...

A groundbreaking history of digital design from the nineteenth century to todayDigital design has emerged as perhaps the most dynamic force in society, occupying a fluid, experimental space where product design intersects with art, film, business,...

Straight from the cutting room floor of The Nacelle Company's hit documentary series on The History Channel comes The Center Seat companion book, full of content that almost made it in! From the complete and uncut Leonard Nimoy interview that is widely...

Part human, part animal - all fantastic!Veteran illustrator Ryo Sumiyoshi stretches the boundaries of fantasy human-animal hybrids in his new book - presenting not just the usual jungle beasties but a fascinating array of strange and unusual creatures...

Bring your manga to life with awesome action, powerful poses, body basics: IT'S ALL HERE!Learn the essentials of manga drawing from professional Japanese illustrators, and let them show you how to tell better stories with your manga art. Start...

An in-depth look at the making of Star Trek: Picard, a three-season spin-off of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and a must-have for all Star Trek fans.Star Trek: Picard stars Patrick Stewart, reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next...

In "100 Tikis" sketches all uniquely different and hand drawn. For as long as Struck can remember he has had a love for drawing and for the past 5 years, Tiki Faces. Drawing to Struck is a form of meditation that relaxes him and has helped him get...

Orchids are one of the largest plant families, with an estimated 28,000 species worldwide, they occur on all major landmasses except Antarctica.Full of a variety of colour and form, this new Kew Pocketbook offers a snapshot into the diverse world of...

In this beautiful hardback book, discover the enchanting world of Simone 'Simz' Ferriero, an Italian artist who creates compelling images in which the modern day mingles with magical fantasy.Read about the lessons and obstacles Simz has...

This book shows the art and stories behind fifty of the most beautiful banknotes ever produced. Called the "French touch." France printed the notes during the 1900s. The author provides full page photos of each note with details of the designer and the...

Get to know black bears, brown bears, and polar bears like never before-through Stan Tekiela's wildlife photography, personal anecdotes, and years of research.They are icons of our wild places. They are powerful and intimidating, yet they signify...

The human figure is the most rewarding but the most challenging subject to draw.In this book, award-winning drawing instructor Brent Eviston demystifies the process and teaches practical skills that anyone can learn. Starting with simple shapes, the...

A connected world as imagined by early modern European artists, mapmakers, and writers, where Asia and the Americas were on a continuumAmerica and Asia mingled in the geographical and cultural imagination of Europe for well over a century after 1492...

Mexico is a country high in biodiversity and home to a huge number of plant species. This new title in the Kew Pocketbooks series is a celebration of this impressive flora, and includes everything from stunning orchids, passion flowers, and gladioli, to...

Open this book to visit Asia's amazing wildlife sanctuaries to view first-hand the wonders of the natural world!The Asian continent has the world's highest mountains, hottest deserts and oldest rainforests. And it is the perfect...

How an eighteenth-century engraving of a slave ship became a cultural icon of Black resistance, identity, and remembrance.One of the most iconic images of slavery is a schematic wood engraving depicting the human cargo hold of a slave ship. First...

Superb Yokai images from the world's leading museums and private collections! Japan's vast pantheon of supernatural creatures includes demons (yokai), monsters, ogres (oni), ghosts (yurei) and magicians mythical beings from folklore and...

These fine-quality sheets feature 6 prints inspired by fun and colorful psychedelic designs! These papers are suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. The variety of designs means they are useful for any occasion whether a holiday,...

These fine-quality sheets feature 6 prints inspired by elegant marbled patterns. These papers are suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. The variety of designs means they are useful for any occasion whether a holiday, birthday,...

These fine-quality sheets feature 6 prints inspired by illustrations of origami cranes! These papers are suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. The variety of designs means they are useful for any occasion whether a holiday, birthday,...

A full year of reflections on water and light in Yosemite.Water in various forms created Yosemite National Park, carving the original valleys, then scraping and broadening them over millennia to create the stunning landscape known around the world...

Learn to create vividly realistic coloured pencil drawings in just a few lessons!A Beginner's Guide to Colored Pencil Drawing provides instructions for creating brilliantly realistic drawings featuring rich shadows, bright highlights, smooth...

Personalized note cards have never been so fun to create and gift!Handwritten notes and cards always bring a smile, so imagine a loved one's delight when your note comes to them in the form of a flapping paper crane! This DIY origami stationery...

Named one ofThe Progressivemagazine'sFavorite Books of the Year An inside look at the organizers and artists on the front lines of political mobilization and social change"Ken [Grossinger] is one of the smartest strategists I know." -John Sweeney,...

Grab a pencil and dive into the exciting world of manga with step-by-step drawing tutorials and expert techniques.Drawing manga and anime-style art is an ever-popular preoccupation for artists, with the promise of intriguing characters, cute animals, and...

Shells have captivated humans from the dawn of time: the earliest known artwork was made on a shell. As well as containers for food, shells have been used as tools, jewellery and decorations for dwellings, and to bring good luck or to ward off spirits...

In 1917, Marcel Duchamp sent out a 'telegram' in the guise of a urinal signed R. Mutt. When it arrived at its destination a good forty years later it was both celebrated and vilified as proclaiming that anything could be art; from that...

In this major new account Ian McLean traces the history of Australian art, from colonial art practice to the search for a national art in the twentieth century. Two key themes structure the narrative: the transformation of a British art practice into an...

'Race Is Everything' explores the spurious but influential ideas of so-called racial science in the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, and how art was affected by it. David Bindman looks at race in general, but...

Although the idea of a collective audience for art - an 'art public' - is highly significant in the art world, this is the first book to enquire into the actual history of the art public. The book explores both written and pictorial...

Merchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art and fashion, looking at the interplay of artists and designers - and the role of institutions, both public and commercial - that has brought about this marriage of aesthetic industries...