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This book showcases, in full color, the works of one hundred painters who represent eight centuries of the European tradition—from Giotto in the thirteenth century to Hockney in the twenty-first. Arranged alphabetically for easy reference, each artist occupies a double-page spread that contains a selection of pictures, accessible text, and a biographical timeline. A must-have collection for general readers, art students, and practitioners alike.

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9780572031619 | Arcturus Pub, November 28, 2005, cover price $25.15 | About this edition: This book showcases, in full color, the works of one hundred painters who represent eight centuries of the European tradition—from Giotto in the thirteenth century to Hockney in the twenty-first.

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9781841933498 | Arcturus Pub, March 31, 2013, cover price $15.95

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Product Description: Demonstrating how new developments in various materials—oil-based paint, plastics, paint tubes—and technology—paper, photography, welding—have radically changed the way art is produced, this illuminating book draws parallels between those changes and others that have occurred within a wider cultural framework...read more

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9788498016246 | Blume, January 1, 2014, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Demonstrating how new developments in various materials—oil-based paint, plastics, paint tubes—and technology—paper, photography, welding—have radically changed the way art is produced, this illuminating book draws parallels between those changes and others that have occurred within a wider cultural framework.

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9781856697958 | Laurence King Pub, October 24, 2012, cover price $29.95

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Product Description: In 1912 Henriette Hertz (1846 –1913) bequeathed the Roman Palazzo Zuccari to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft society with the aim of founding an institute dedicated to “research into art and culture with a particular connection to Rome”...read more

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9783777490311 | Hirmer Verlag, April 30, 2013, cover price $135.00 | About this edition: In 1912 Henriette Hertz (1846 –1913) bequeathed the Roman Palazzo Zuccari to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft society with the aim of founding an institute dedicated to “research into art and culture with a particular connection to Rome”.

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Product Description: Masterpieces under the microscope: Paintings’ hidden secrets revealed   This important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass, to help us look much, much closer at images we might have thought we knew well...read more

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9783836559294 | Taschen America Llc, June 12, 2015, cover price $39.99 | About this edition: Masterpieces under the microscope: Paintings’ hidden secrets revealed   This important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass, to help us look much, much closer at images we might have thought we knew well.

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Product Description: This book celebrates the centenary of the Winnipeg Art Gallery - one of the world's leading visual arts institutions. From its establishment in 1912 as the first civic art gallery in Canada to its role a century later as one of the leading visual arts institutions in North America, the history of the Winnipeg Art Gallery is inextricably linked to the principle that the cause of art is the cause of the people...read more

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9780889150119 | Winnipeg Art Gallery, May 1, 2013, cover price $69.00 | About this edition: This book celebrates the centenary of the Winnipeg Art Gallery - one of the world's leading visual arts institutions.

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Product Description: Telling of both famous and ordinary people whose lives have been shaped by the sea, this book reveals the fascinating stories behind many amazing objects, including stories that showcase the Australian National Maritime Museum’s incredibly diverse collection of more than 130,000 items...read more

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9781742233208 | New South Wales Univ Pr Ltd, January 1, 2013, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Telling of both famous and ordinary people whose lives have been shaped by the sea, this book reveals the fascinating stories behind many amazing objects, including stories that showcase the Australian National Maritime Museum’s incredibly diverse collection of more than 130,000 items.

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9783848002153 | Gardners Books, August 1, 2013, cover price $34.00
9783833161100, titled "1000 Masterpieces of European Painting: The Most Important Artists of Eupopean Painting" | Special edition (H F Ullmann, September 15, 2011), cover price $29.99

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Product Description: Visit some of Europe’s greatest museums and galleries in the company of a knowledgeable tour guide. "Who can resist an art critic with attitude?" – Former Supreme Court of Canada Justice, Ian Binnie "It was wonderful! Julian shared his enormous knowledge of the world’s best art with a panache that is irresistible...read more

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9781459700727 | Dundurn Pr Ltd, October 12, 2013, cover price $37.50 | About this edition: Visit some of Europe’s greatest museums and galleries in the company of a knowledgeable tour guide.

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Product Description: Hunderte Kunstschuler pilgern im 19. Jahrhundert aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum zum Studium nach Paris. Durch die Erschliessung weitgehend unbekannter Fakten zu ihrer Ausbildung liefert der zweite Band des Lexikons Pariser Lehrjahre (1843-1870), der sich der Zeit nach der Schliessung des Ateliers von Delaroche 1843 widmet, einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Phanomen der transnationalen Kunstlerausbildung in einem von Nationalismen gepragten Zeitalter...read more
By France Nerlich (editor) and Bénédicte Savoy (creator)

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9783110314779, titled "1844-1870: Ein Lexikon Zur Ausbildung Deutscher Maler in Der Französischen Hauptstadt. Bd. Ii: 1844-1870" | Walter De Gruyter Inc, September 11, 2015, cover price $210.00 | About this edition: Hunderte Kunstschuler pilgern im 19.

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Product Description: A collection of paper cut-outs, most of them made by Richard Hall between 1780 and 1800. They illustrate life in the Georgian period and offer a fascinating glimpse of everyday life.

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9781479262304 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 16, 2012, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: A collection of paper cut-outs, most of them made by Richard Hall between 1780 and 1800.

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By Jamie Lee Searle (trans)

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9781612193519 | Melville Pub House, October 29, 2013, cover price $25.95

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9781612193915 | Reprint edition (Melville Pub House, October 7, 2014), cover price $16.95

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Product Description: The 19th century was a pivotal period in Western history, marked by a revolutionary phase involving not only politics but art and, more broadly speaking, taste. The roots of this change date back to the 1740s, when there was a call for a new kind of art, one that would be useful and educational, both aesthetically and morally, in contrast to the frivolous and “uncommitted” tendency of the Rococo...read more
By Scala Publishers (corporate author)

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9781566499682 | Mul edition (Welcome Rain, August 16, 2012), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The 19th century was a pivotal period in Western history, marked by a revolutionary phase involving not only politics but art and, more broadly speaking, taste.

20,000+ Words is an easy-to-use dictionary without definitions. This edition contains the correct spelling and word-division points for over 27,000 words most frequently used in business. (view table of contents)

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9780028021584 | 10 sub edition (Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Post Secondary, December 1, 1995), cover price $27.30 | also contains Illustrated History of the Arts in South Dakota
9780028021584 | 10 sub edition (Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Post Secondary, December 1, 1995), cover price $27.30 | also contains Illustrated History of the Arts in South Dakota
9780028200507 | 9th edition (Glendale Adventist Med Ctr, March 1, 1991), cover price $15.50 | also contains Murder for Lunch | About this edition: 20,000+ Words is an easy-to-use dictionary without definitions.
9780028200507 | 9th edition (Glendale Adventist Med Ctr, March 1, 1991), cover price $15.50 | also contains Murder for Lunch | About this edition: 20,000+ Words is an easy-to-use dictionary without definitions.

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9780306760235 | Da Capo Pr, January 1, 1980, cover price $47.00 | also contains Chinese Art History

A pictorial overview of the development of design and materials in the past 300 years. It gives a picture of their interrelationship and highlights the importance between different design disciplines.

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9780713650389 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, June 30, 2000, cover price $45.90 | About this edition: A pictorial overview of the development of design and materials in the past 300 years.

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Product Description: 30,000 Years of Art is an accessible, chronological introduction to art history from 28,000 BC to the present day.Providing a truly global and comprehensive perspective, 30,000 Years of Art charts a course through art history that tracks seminal and lesser known works in all of the fields of both the fine and decorative arts...read more
By Phaidon Inc. Ltd (corporate author)

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9780714870090 | Rev upd edition (Phaidon Inc Ltd, October 5, 2015), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: 30,000 Years of Art is an accessible, chronological introduction to art history from 28,000 BC to the present day.

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Product Description: This is the closet of your dreams. The calendar for obsessive footwear fanatics, 365 Days of Shoes is a glamorous parade of strappy sandals, impossibly high stilettos, sleek boots, classic pumps, outrageous platforms, and exquisitely crafted vintage shoes—all in radiant full color...read more
By Workman Publishing (corporate author)

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9780761158028 | Wal edition (Workman Pub Co, June 15, 2010), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: This is the closet of your dreams.

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