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No. 2

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No. 3

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No. 4

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

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No. 5

Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

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No. 6

Drawing from Memory

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No. 7

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No. 8

Concerning the Spiritual in Art

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No. 9

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No. 10

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No. 11

The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

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No. 12

History of Art

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No. 13

The Power of Art

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No. 14

The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait

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No. 15

Ways of Seeing

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No. 16

Color: A Natural History of the Palette

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No. 17

Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents

Nicholas Ganz, Tristan Manco

No. 18

Amphigorey (Amphigorey, #1)

Edward Gorey

No. 19

Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature

Andy Goldsworthy

No. 20

Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918

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No. 21

Anatomy for the Artist

Jenő Barcsay

No. 22

Art Through the Ages

Helen Gardner, Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya

No. 23

The Last Nude

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No. 24

The Shock of the New

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