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During his lifetime, Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862–1918) was said to have created the most beautiful painting in the world. Not all critics agreed w...

Rosalind Wise’s spectacular Flower Cycle—painted on a canvas nearly seven feet high and eight feet wide—overflows with colorful blooms so fresh and...

Sunny beaches, stunning mountains, ancient monuments, and vibrant cities—Italy seems to have endless excitement for tourists. Through its posters f...

The decorative designs featured here are timeless examples of Japanese artistry. Although little is known of their creators or the actual dates of ...

Kunstformen der Natur, or Art Forms in Nature, encapsulates biologist Ernst Haeckel’s response to Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. Haecke...

Anton Seder’s >Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe (The plant in art and trade) includes two volumes of approximately 200 images, stunning in their...

For more than two centuries, the U.S. Constitution has weathered unprecedented social, political, economic, and technological change with a vitalit...

Charley Harper (American, 1922–2007)Love from Above (detail) Attractively packaged in a recyclable plastic sleeve for protection. Size: 2.25 x 7.25...

Louis Comfort Tiffany’s glass windows and panels are represented here by black line drawings on translucent paper. The presentation offers you the ...

Zoom in or zoom out, and you will find within a fractal the same simple but irregular shape replicate itself in complex patterns. While these often...

Kawase Hasui’s prints of the Japanese countryside reflect the four seasons in images of gardens, temples, rivers, and waterfalls. The original prin...

Premier Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s landscapes, family scenes, and portraits have established him as one of the most important painters i...

Soft cover book with staple binding. 48 pages with 22 images to color. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed. S...

24 adhesive bookplates in a decorative hardtop box. Box size: 3.5 x 4.5 x .75 in.Bookplate Size: 3 x 4 in. ISBN 9780764975011ITEM BP120 William S. ...

Soft cover book with staple binding. 48 pages with 22 images to color. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed. P...

Adaptation of terra-cotta decorative panel from the Eli B. Felsenthal Store, Chicago (demolished 1982), 1905, by Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1856–...

Once only angels and astronauts knew what our planet looked like from space. Today, thanks to satellites, we can peer down at nearly every square i...

Start with a knack for anagrams. Multiply that by a way with numbers. Subtract from the result any morning or late-night fuzzyheadedness. You now k...

Everyone who ventures into the backcountry goes equipped with tips for preventing or treating the injuries and maladies that can arise there . . . ...

The Highest, Deepest, Widest, Smallest, Heaviest, and Fastest Places and Living ThingsNot one for mediocrity, Mother Nature frequently pushes the e...

A note from the artist Welcome to the world of the sri yantra, with its capacity to balance, heighten, and attune your energy and awareness. The sr...

Long before modern medicine and the corner drugstore, herbalists dispensed celery to treat lunacy and considered aloe a veritable wonder drug able ...

The French have long been leaders in the creation of textiles and wall coverings, especially during the art deco period of the 1920s. Influenced by...

Long before images of pinup girls became popular in the mid-twentieth century, there were the “Chérettes” of Belle ÉpoqueParis. Named after popular...

Growing up on a farm, Robert Bissell learned to love animals and nature. When he became a painter, he chose to make pictures of wild animals living...

Hiroshige II, who lived from 1826 to 1869, was a student of the top designer of Japanese landscape prints, Hiroshige I. After his teacher died in 1...

The paintings that John James Audubon created for The Birds of America documented American birds like never before. Audubon was an innovative artis...