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Sophie Seita (Poet)

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

Thought Forms A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation — Annie Besant

Thought Forms A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation — Annie Besant

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

Appreciation Painting, Poetry and Prose — Leo Stein

Appreciation Painting, Poetry and Prose

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

Sculpture in the Age of Doubt — Thomas McEvilley

Sculpture in the Age of Doubt

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Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

The Culture of Spontaneity Improvisation and the Arts in Postwar America — Daniel Belgrad

The Culture of Spontaneity Improvisation and the Arts in Postwar America

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

Exhibitionist Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper — Richard Dorment

Exhibitionist Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper

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Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

Art, Annotated The World’s 500 Greatest Paintings Explained — Aliki Braine

Art, Annotated The World’s 500 Greatest Paintings Explained

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

Emotion and the Arts — Mette Hjort

Emotion and the Arts

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama) — C. S. Lewis

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

The Art Spirit — Robert Henri

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

The View from the Studio Door How Artists Find Their Way in an Uncertain World — Ted Orland

The View from the Studio Door How Artists Find Their Way in an Uncertain World

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

Why are Our Pictures Puzzles? On the Modern Origins of Pictorial Complexity — James Elkins

Why are Our Pictures Puzzles? On the Modern Origins of Pictorial Complexity

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

Making Sense of Buddhist Art & Architecture — Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky

Making Sense of Buddhist Art & Architecture

Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

The Sound of Paper Inspiration and Practical Guidance for Starting the Creative Process — Julia Cameron

The Sound of Paper Inspiration and Practical Guidance for Starting the Creative Process

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

The Bedside Book of Watercolor Wisdom 500 Practical Hints, Tips, and Solutions for All Artists — Trudy Friend

The Bedside Book of Watercolor Wisdom 500 Practical Hints, Tips, and Solutions for All Artists

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

The Last Laugh Strange Humors of Cinema — Murray Pomerance

The Last Laugh Strange Humors of Cinema

Murray Pomerance

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

The Magazine — Gwen Allen

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

The Pleasures of Aesthetics Philosophical Essays — Jerrold Levinson

The Pleasures of Aesthetics Philosophical Essays

Jerrold Levinson

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

A Preface to Paradise Lost — C. S. Lewis

A Preface to Paradise Lost

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The Artist’s Way A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity — Julia Cameron

The Artist’s Way A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

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Photography as Meditation Tap Into the Source of Your Creativity — Torsten Andreas Hoffmann

Photography as Meditation Tap Into the Source of Your Creativity

Torsten Andreas Hoffmann

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

Nature’s Palette A Color Reference System from the Natural World — Patrick Baty

Nature’s Palette A Color Reference System from the Natural World

Themes: Criticism & Theory • Art • Reference

The Art of Bev Doolittle — Bev Doolittle

The Art of Bev Doolittle

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