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  • Empires - The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
    Empires - The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
    A fascinating and highly entertaining look at one of the most important families of the Renaissance era--the Medici.
  • Sister Wendy - The Complete Collection (Story of Painting / Grand Tour / Odyssey / Pains of Glass)
    Sister Wendy - The Complete Collection (Story of Painting / Grand Tour / Odyssey / Pains of Glass)

    “Sister Wendy Beckett has transformed public appreciation of art through her astonishing knowledge, insight and passion for painting and painters.” This set includes Sister Wendy's Story of Painting, Sister Wendy's Odyssey, and Sister Wendy's Grand Tour. Simultaneously delightful and scholarly--this is a must have for anyone interested in art history.

  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
    Exit Through the Gift Shop
    When British stencil artist Banksy traveled to Los Angeles to work, he came across obscure French filmmaker Thierry Guetta and his badly organized collection of videotapes involving the activities of graffiti artists. Inspired, Banksy assembled them with new footage to create this talked-about documentary, and the result is a mind-boggling and odd film (so strange as to be thought a hoax by some) about outsider artists and the definition of art itself.
  • The Impressionists
    The Impressionists
    A dramatization of the Impressionist movement as seen through the eyes of Claude Monet. Highly entertaining and informative.
  • The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
    The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
    A very personal and revealing look at the personalities that created Impressionism.

Modern Art and Artists

  • The Shock of the New
    by Robert Hughes

    A history of one-hundred years of modern art that provides an important introduction--despite some important omissions (e.g. Modigliani).

     
  • A Life of Picasso: The Prodigy, 1881-1906
    by John Richardson

    The first of John Richardson's three-volume work (possibly to become four volumes); the trilogy provides an in-depth look into the most revolutionary artist of the twentieth century. The work is based on thorough research, and is also very readable.

     
  • A Life of Picasso: The Cubist Rebel, 1907-1916
    by John Richardson

    The second of John Richardson's three-volume work (possibly to become four volumes); the trilogy provides an in-depth look into the most revolutionary artist of the twentieth century. The work is based on thorough research, and is also very readable.

     
  • A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932
    by John Richardson

    The third of John Richardson's three-volume work (possibly to become four volumes); the trilogy provides an in-depth look into the most revolutionary artist of the twentieth century. The work is based on thorough research, and is also very readable.

     
  • Modigliani: A Life
    by Meryle Secrest

    Art historians are only just beginning to fully comprehend the significance of Modigliani’s contribution to art. This book dispels many of the false myths about Modigliani--and lends insight into the true nature of this fascinating man.