Artes / Pintura

The Psychology of Beauty

de Ethel D. Puffer

THE human being who thrills to the experience of beauty in nature and in art does not forever rest with that experience unquestioned. The day comes when he yearns to pierce the secret of his emotion, to discover...

Concerning the Spiritual in Art

de Wassily Kandinsky

Kandinsky sees the spiritual life of humanity as a pyramid. The artist must lead the layman to the top of this pyramid through the soulful exercise of art. Kandinsky differentiates between the superficial pleasure...

Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism

de Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic,...

The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living

de Julia Cameron

This new book from the author of the international bestseller The Artist's Way guides readers through a year of cultivating a deeper connection to their creative selves.

The Artist's Way has touched the lives...

How Art Made the World: A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity

de Nigel Spivey

By the charismatic host of the PBS miniseries “How Art Made the World,” a compelling and gorgeously illustrated account of how humans made art and how art makes us human

Art and Poetry

de Jacques Maritain

Originally titled Frontières de la poésie (1935), This book by Jacques Maritain, whose philosophical writings read as interestingly as a novel, will be welcomed by all who are seeking a better understanding...

The Mind of the Artist

de George Clausen & Laurence Binyon

Get a fascinating glimpse into the creative process with this inquiry into what makes artists "tick." The Mind of the Artist, by famed British poet, critic, and art scholar Laurence Binyon, presents a series...

Total Tattoo Book

de Amy Krakow

The most comprehensive book yet on this unique art form. Whether flaunted or hidden, sought as art or curiosity, the tatoo has left its mark on generations. From its beginnings as a pagan ornament to today's...

South African Art Now

de Sue Williamson

Described by international curator Okwui Enwezor as "one of the most dynamic and vigorous spaces of artistic practice," contemporary South African art is an exciting, emerging scene that is attracting the attention...

Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb

de Robert Jacobs

Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future presents an international collaboration of scholars and artists who examine multiple reactions of popular culture and the arts to the advent of nuclear weapons. Featuring...

Artistic Citizenship

de Mary Schmidt Campbell & Randy Martin

This volume identifies the question of artistic citizenship to explore civic identity. Featuring contributions from experts in the field, this book is indispensable to anyone involved in arts education or the...

Reading Rock Art

de Grace Rajnovich & Wayne Yerxa

More than 400 rock paintings adorn the Canadian Shield from Quebec to Saskatchewan, the legacy of the Algonkian-speaking Cree and Ojibwa.

Egg Tempera Painting, Tempera Underpainting, Oil Emulsion Painting - A Manual of Technique

de Vaclav Vytlacil

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

The Letter-Press Printer: A Complete Guide to the Art of Printing

de Joseph Gould

The Letter-Press Printer: A Complete Guide To The Art Of Printing. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We...

Fresco Painting - Modern Methods and Techniques for Painting in Fresco and Secco

de Olle Nordmark

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Secrets of an Art Dealer

de James Henry Duveen

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...

Paint and Prejudice

de C. R. Nevinson

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Egg Tempera Painting - Tempera, Underpainting, Oil, Emulsion, Painting - A Manual of Technique

de Vaclav Vytlacil

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art

de Gertrude Grace Sill

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in The New Yorker

de Matthew Diffee & Robert Mankoff

Each week about fifty New Yorker cartoonists submit ten ideas, yielding five hundred cartoons for no more than twenty spots in the magazine. Arguably the most brilliant single-panel-gag cartoonists in the world...