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Fredrik Sjöberg fick 2004 sitt stora litterära genombrott med Flugfällan. Tillsammans med Flyktkonsten (2006) och Russinkungen (2009) bildar den en halvt självbiografisk trilogi, befolkad av äventyrliga naturforskare och glömda konstnärer, däribla...

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It began with an irresistible indecent proposal... From international bestseller J. Kenner, comes the million-copy selling Stark trilogy in a collection for the first time: Release Me, Claim Me and Complete Me. For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, Sy...

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Eftersom den ar dynamisk och engagerande har manniskokroppen alltid varit ett populart motiv for konstnarer, med standiga utmaningar och manga beloningar. Det har ar en uttommande anatomibok med allt du behover veta for att skapa sanningsenliga oc...

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Life Drawing for Artists teaches a contemporary approach to figure drawing that includes both the familiar posesstanding, sitting, lying downbut also how to capture figures in movement and in more dynamic and engaging positions. Author Chris Legas...

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This book is essential for everyone who wants to improve their drawing skills. Written by teacher and established artist Barrington Barber, it contains a wealth of know-how and practical advice, supported by myriad examples. The Fundamentals of Po...

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Expand your exploration of the Zentangle process with Zentangle 2, Expanded Workbook Edition! Inside you'll find more than 40 new tangle patterns and border designs to use in embellishing scrapbooks, sketchbooks, journals, cards, paintings, quilts...

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"Tallyho, Tallyho, jag har skjutit en dront", skrev Harriet Löwenhjelm triumferande som elev på Konstakademien. Men hon fick sluta på akademien och lyckades aldrig få sina illustrerade dikter utgivna. Först nio år efter sin död i tuberkulos 1918, ...

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How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? A "e;fascinating"e; look at the "e;business of bringing a best-selling novelist to a global audience"e; (The Atlantic)and a "e;...

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LumenPicturae is a pictorial guide to classicaldrawing as exemplified by the sublime work of the influential 17th centuryDutch engraver Frederick de Wit. Presenting a carefully curated set of imagesnever before seen outside of rare book archives, ...

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An extraordinary collection of thematically linked essays, including THE UNCANNY, SCREEN MEMORIES and FAMILY ROMANCES.Leonardo da Vinci fascinated Freud primarily because he was keen to know why his personality was so incomprehensible to his conte...

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An arboreal odyssey NATURE One of the most quietly beautiful books of the year DAILY MAILDiscover the secretive world of trees in Jonathan Drori s number one bestseller Bestselling author and environmentalist Jonathan Drori follows in the footstep...

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The Landscape Painter's Workbook is the definitive hands-on guide to the time-honored techniques and essential elements of landscape painting. Written by celebrated landscape artist, instructor, and author Mitchell Albala, this richly informative ...

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Anyone who examines the history of Western art must be struck by the prevalence of images of the female body. More than any other subject, the female nude connotes `art'. The framed image of a female body, hung on the walls of an art gallery, is a...

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Urban sketching has become one of the biggest art trends of the last decade, with artists preferring to capture a scene on location rather than relying on a photograph. Featuring 20 step-by-step exercises, Sketch Club: Urban Drawing is your essent...

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Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History surveys the origins, uses and manifestations of iconoclasm in history, art and public culture. It examines the various causes and uses of image/property defacement as a tool of political, na...

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Painter and draughtsman, novelist, satirist, pamphleteer and critic, Lewis's multifarious activities defy easy categorisation. He launched the only twentieth-century English avant garde movement, Vorticism, in 1914. His first novel, Tarr, was publ...

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Learn how to capture the beauty of nature in pencil, pen and watercolour with this inspiring guide from award-winning botanical artist Jill Winch. The first half of the book shows you how to capture the shape, form and texture of a wide range of f...

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Det firar vi genom att ge ut praktverket Jan Lööf – 75 år av dumheter. Under snart femtio år har Jan Lööf varit en av våra mest älskade barnboksförfattare och tecknare. För första gången berättar han här, för journalisten och författaren Ika...

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A new departure in Penguin Classics: a book containing one of the greatest of all Renaissance woodcut sequences - Holbein's bravura danse macabreOne of Holbein's first great triumphs, The Dance of Death is an incomparable sequence of tiny woodcuts...

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In her second book, botanical artist Harriet de Winton shows you how to paint modern watercolour artworks to treasure and share. Picking up where New Botanical Painting left off, this books aims to expand readers' repertoires into fauna as well as...

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Ready-to-hand, varied and versatile, still-life subjects are ideal drawing material. This handy guide provides an accessible introduction to the genre, from drawing single objects such as vases and fruit, to more complex themed compositions. Wheth...

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***'Figure Drawing is structured like an art school course and is every bit as rewarding.' Artists and IllustratorsInformative and instructive, this comprehensive guide will give you all the tools you need to draw the human figure, from life and f...

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Stunning male nudes and erotic portraits representing the best work of nearly 50 artists, a substantial number of them women. Each photographer's work reveals unique and innovative ways of capturing the beauty of the male body and bringing fresh e...

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Among the "e;young peredvizhniki"e; who joined the World of Art group, the most brilliant portraitist was Valentin Serov. Like many of his contemporaries, he delighted in painting out of doors, and some of his most appealing portraits - su...

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Wonderful stories and in-depth information you will normally never find in books about trees. Piet Oudolf, Landscape Designer and creator of the planting design for New York s High Line Entwining fascinating facts about 100 trees with inspiring st...

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"e;Extreme Art Nudes"e; has taken the classic nude out of the boudoir... WAY out! Maintaining a highly artistic perspective, we have explored a number of fetishes and other situations that are atypical of the classic nude. This juxtapositi...

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År 2010 stod över 750 000 människor i kö till Marina Abramovic stora retrospektiva utställning på Museum of Modern Art i New York för att få chansen att tysta sitta mittemot henne i ett performance som pågick i över 700 timmar. I över femtio år ha...

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Light is as important as colour in creating the right effect, whether on a palette or on a computer. Whether you re an animator, painter, photographer or illustrator, you need to know how to harness light in your work to create the right effect. L...

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Jake Spicer wants you to learn how to draw. This is his complete course in drawing, suitable for complete beginners as well as experienced artists, and designed to help you fit drawing into your lifestyle. Tried-and-tested exercises, ranging from ...

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From Giuseppe Arcimboldo's painting of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II as a heap of fruits and vegetables to artists depicting lavish banquets for wealthy patrons, food and art are remarkably intertwined. In this richly illustrated book, Gillian ...

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