Reddit mentions: The best collections, catalogs & exhibitions

As previously mentioned, The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser is a 'classic' in terms of art crime books. I would certainly recommend it,
along with The Art of Forgery by Noah Charney! Very, very informative, focuses on a lot of different cases. It's published by Phaidon, which can be a bit pricy, but I'd recommend checking out their website if your sibling is into art/history. They're notoriously good quality, and I'm sure you can find some of their stuff for cheaper on Amazon!

On a sidenote, I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger by Ken Perenyi is also a good read. It's the autobiography of an art forger who was active largely in the 60's-70's. It's moreso a memoir than anything else, but there's still some good chunks of information in it, and he does discussing running into trouble with the FBI. Personally, I really enjoyed it.

Some more suggestions: Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures by Robert K. Wittman (haven't read it, but it gets good reviews on Amazon), The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World by Anthony M. Moore (very basic, contains mostly well-known mysteries, but still good), Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith (fiction, nonetheless a good read, focused on art forgery), The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (won the pulitzer prize for fiction a couple years back, one of my favorite books).

Hope this helps! I'll add more if I think of any! :)

Frustratingly not a lot of sources cover the 1640s. A good start would be 17th Century Men's Dress Patterns by Susan North and Jenny Tiramani. It breaks down several first-early second quarter extant doublets including all their construction and details as well as necessary techniques, as well as some breeches and a few other accessories. The Modern Maker Volume 2 does include some tidbits including a doublet from Anduxar's 1640 Tailoring manual, but I don't know that it would be helpful precisely as some of the details don't seem widely applicable to English clothing, but it might be helpful with changing some details such as raising the waist and making a different sort of laps or tabs.

I think another really good start would be to take a look at the Victoria & Albert Museum's collections. They have several impeccable extant pieces that are exemplars for the era you're after. You'll notice they're pretty distinct from earlier doublets in many of their features (placement of side seams, types of skirting/laps, method of attaching to breeches, shape of the center front bottom, structure, style of wings, types of fastenings, height of waist, shape of seams, type of collar, type of collar fastening, shape of back pieces, and so on), and then not long after your target range doublets start to disappear.

Here are a few good pieces to check out:

Doublet #185-1900

Doublet #177-1900

Suit #T.28&A-1938 (which if you want something possibly a little behind the times, this suit would be excellent to emulate).

Suit #T.58 to B-1910

Crocheting is probably right out, as it wasn't much of a thing, though apparently the author of the Modern Maker has sorted out a way to do it very finely so it looks like needle or bobbin lace.

1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (audiobook narrated by Eddie Redmayne and there is an awesome illustrated edition as well)
   
   
2. Quidditch Through the Ages (audiobook narrated by The Walking Dead's Andrew Linoln)
   
   
3. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (sadly not an audiobook version [yet])
   
   
4. Harry Potter Prequel (https://www.readanybook.com/ebook/harry-potter-the-prequel-565703; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_prequel)
   
   
5. Pottermore Presents (three ebooks consisting of JKR writings from Pottermore. You might hate it. It's just literally biographies about various people, places, and things. http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Pottermore_Presents)
   
   
6. Harry, A History (I'm sure there's more "fandom history" books out there, but this is the one I read and it's pretty extensive. It's written by Melissa Anelli, of The Leaky Cauldron)
   
   
7. A History of Magic (https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-History-British-Library/dp/1408890763/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537831443&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=a+history+of+magic+harry+potter&dpPl=1&dpID=510Z6PKn9ZL&ref=plSrch)
   
   
8. ...and the Cursed Child (haven't read this yet. Heard it sucks)
   
   
9. Illustrated Editions (I don't have any of these yet, but they seem amazing.
   
   And here's some viewing material as well, if you're interested:
   
   
10. YouTube movie vs. book analyses: 'Harry's Moving Castle's' "Did It Suck?" series (https://youtu.be/4iZUMTGqV4k); The Dom's "Lost in Adaptation" series (https://youtu.be/99z5oAUQcKI)
    
11. Some notable documentaries: "JK Rowling: A Year in the Life," Harry Potter and Me.". There are several other Potter documentaries, but these are my favorites.
    
12. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Get her a nice coffee table book! I am a big fan of art and I just love a nice glossy high quality art book.

Here are two suggestions

http://www.amazon.com/Louvre-All-Paintings-Vincent-Pomarède/dp/1579128866/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1418799215&sr=8-14&keywords=coffee+table+book+art (99c over your price range, but very fancy!)

http://www.amazon.com/Collins-Big-Book-Art-Cave/dp/0060832851/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1418799215&sr=8-3&keywords=coffee+table+book+art&pebp=1418799221541 (cheaper but with a wider variety of art genres)

I would be wary of commissioning art in your price range, it would be asking a lot at this point to have art done in the style your mother likes before the deadline of Christmas! Also not sure how much that would buy you.

You can search for completed original art on eBay though! Maybe get a trio of artist trading cards (search for ATC or ACEOs) or say... her favorite animals or landscapes, pick up a few small frames from the thrift shop and slide them in and they look super nice.

Here is an example of what you can find!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACEO-trading-cards-original-watercolor-by-Kevin-Heaney-/371212275818?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item566df9d06a

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACEO-Original-art-card-landscape-Winter-road-snow-painting-artist-N-Picugina-/361147483069?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item54161143bd

Meh. It was just okay. When /r/DCGaymers went, it was opening weekend and quite crowded, but there honestly wasn't that much information there overall. They only showed four video games per system, with a short gameplay/demo clip for each one. If you know anything about the history of gaming (which I'm assuming most of us do), there wasn't much new to see. It's definitely a better exhibit for the non-ga(y)mer as opposed to the ga(y)mer. I would have probably preferred reading the book the exhibition was based on instead (though, looking at the reviews, it seems to be just as shallow an analysis/overview that the exhibit was... I almost always enjoy a deeper work to a shallower one). I am glad I didn't pay for it though. :-)

I ought to go back one of these weekends when it won't be as crowded and see if I get more out of it.

Woah! Good find! I hope you enjoy it! I bought that set for my husband for Christmas for around $90. While he loved it he was a bit disappointed that it didn't contain any bonus materials. Then, I recently found Exploring Calvin and Hobbes : An Exhibition Catalogue. It has interviews with the reclusive Watterson, and has a large section about comics that have inspired him. At the time I'm writing this, it's available on amazon for about $15. I consider it a great companion to the collection you just bought.

The Russian 'make-it-work-with-what-you've-got' attitude has been around for a loooong time. I remember riding on a (hand-made!) 20' boat on Lake Baikal with a bunch of the scientists from the Limnological Institute in Irkutsk back in the early 90's. The boat had a cabin, stove, bunks, the works, and lots of odd-angled, surprisingly high quality riveted aluminum.

It had been a group project for the scientists, and apparently they had hand-built the craft out of salvaged material from a plane crash just a few months prior. None of them were shipbuilders per se, but the ability to adapt what was available to what was needed common to all of them was genuinely impressive.

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There is a book that shows pictures of Russian/Soviet artifacts from this time period. Absolutely worth checking out if you're interested in this kind of thing. It's called Home-Made: Contemporary Russian Folk Artifacts, by Vladimir Arkhipov. It's hard to track down, but well worth it if you can.

1. I DON'T KNOW. I LOVE DISNEY. My favoriteS include: Hercules, The Lion King, Aladdin, The Princess and the Frog, the Black Cauldron, and Frozen.
   
   
2. This looks super cool (it's Disney).
   
   
3. See ya real soon!
   
   
4. A Frozen book! Frozen in the sense that it's related to the movie "Frozen"; the book itself is not covered in ice.
   
   ENJOY YOUR TRIP I'M JEALOUS. I've been to DW four times, though, sooo...
   
   My favorite memory? I'm not sure. We stayed at the Yacht Club one time and played at the private water park, which was pretty cool. And apparently one time I rode with Goofy on the now-defunct Barnstormer. But I was five and don't remember that. Oh and one time I got stuck on the Everest ride.

Not the prints exactly, but I bought 'Poster Art of the Disney Parks' and was able to cut out a bunch of prints. A lot of them are full page size and work great for prints like those framed ones, while some are around half a page and look good as smaller prints. The print quality is really good too!

Vitamin P and Vitamin P2are really great art books, you could always see if Art 21 makes DVDs and gift him those. Those are really well regarded and interesting to watch. Find out what kind of art he is a fan out or who he is a fan of and buy him one of their books.

I actually studied Glaser in school, some of his stuff was really great. A very interesting guy. I briefly remember touching Moholy-Nagy when I was looking at Rodchenko - who is probably my favourite designer. I love that Soviet style of design, it's so powerful, and Rodchenko especially because he liked to play with letters, montages and nice block colour.

I actually have a book that's FULL of great stuff like Rodchenko's.

These sites and books are great. Thanks a lot man.

I'm slightly wary about saying I have design down in case I show myself up, hehe, but I'll go out on a limb and say I'm nearly there if I'm not already.

What's your budget? I highly recommend something off Etsy, like these It's A Small World Ears or Disney Park Map Bow as a few examples.

If you'd like something at the parks, Downtown Disney has a great art shop. I usually buy a print I like in postcard form and frame it!

A few book recommendations too from Amazon, if that's more her style: The Disneyland Story: The Unofficial Guide to the Evolution of Walt Disney's Dream and Poster Art of the Disney Parks (A Disney Parks Souvenir Book)

I got a incredible book on Disney poster art from the downtown Orlando library, and so whenever I go I've been on the hunt for posters. This is the book if anyone is interested. They also sell it in the writers corner at Hollywood studios, but it's $10 more than amazon. It's a large, high quality book, and I highly recommend it. I'm going to scan some of my favorites this weekend, I could post them if there is interest.

For metaethics, Andrew Fisher has what I've heard is a good introduction, and Alexander Miller has a more advanced introduction that I like.

For political philosophy, Ian Shapiro's The Moral Foundations of Politics is a great introductory lecture series, and he has an introductory textbook based on the lecture series.

For anthologies, I'd recommend Ethical Theory for normative ethics, Moral Discourse and Practice for metaethics, and What's Wrong? for applied ethics.

Sure, it’s called “navigator’s desk” and was used on sail boats by the ship navigator to spread the maps (or store them on the shelves)

Alternately, such desks were part of “campaign furniture”. Mostly used by British empire officials in places like India. The corners were shielded with brass and the supporting legs came off for easy transportation.


British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1740-1914 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0810957116/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_LR5PDbYD82RSA

Navigators Writing Desk Finish: Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0028XKYYO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_EV5PDb3H42EGR

I love the poster art of Disney parks book. It's a good size and has so many amazing pages of the original attraction posters with some history besides them
https://www.amazon.com/Poster-Disney-Parks-Souvenir-Book/dp/1423124111

From the artist's website:

Joel Kilpatrick

It's an older version of the main character in Dan Luvisi's Last Man Standing book, a bounty hunter named Gabriel.

Maybe it's just supposed to be a cool concept picture, but it definitely feels as though it's at least somewhat a critique on "geek" culture. Regardless the image brings about a strong feeling of tragedy and really struck a chord. A guy who just wants to take care of his cat, play with his action figures, and get by in life yet the world always finds a way of pushing it's way in. An older version of a young person you'd easily find today with his meme and video game attire, riding a subway train, getting the attention of a group of assholes. Today we have so much fantasy in our lives through entertainment like video games, books, and television that it's easy to constantly be sucked into it 24/7. So much so that it takes over some people's life through escapism, the fantasies being more exciting or sometimes safer/controlled than real life and makes facing each day that much easier. Until the day when the fantasy no longer works, and you're put face to face with evil in the real world.

He did not, at least, come up with the concept of a folding chair. Chairs for military campaign were around in a folding style prior to Jefferson. In fact, the concept dates back to the Roman military, though their seating was more likely folding stools than a chair with a back. This plate from 1765 shows a few examples and here is a surviving chair from around 1770. British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1740-1914 is the only book I know of specifically on the topic, though reproduced manuals on military life from different times exist with plates of campaign furniture. Likely, what the poster was thinking of was Jeffersons work on the swiveling chair, though there is at least one surviving folding chair from Jefferson. Supposedly he popularized that style of chair due to it's use in the White House, but I have not been able to verify that. As well, if you search specifically for "Jefferson chair" a particular type of folding chair which converts into a step-ladder and an ironing board will come up. That is one of the names for that type of chair (also called a Bachelor chair) and there are stories that claim he was the one who invented it. Again, I can't offer up evidence to support that, but that combination of stories is likely what added up to the idea that he invented the folding chair.

There are two books about this case, both of which I recommend: The Gardner Heist, by Ulrich Boser, and Master Thieves by Stephen Kurkjian. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, and neither are definitive, but you'll have a pretty good picture of the case once you've read them.

I have both of these books. My 4-year-old son got one from a friend for his birthday last year. The book was printed in like 1994 I believe.

I love that my 4-year-old's only Tolkien book is older than all of mine.

Book1

Book2

I have those too! Did you get Exploring Calvin and Hobbes?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449460364/

> Exploring Calvin and Hobbes is the catalogue for an exhibition by the same name at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University that ran in 2014. The exhibit is Bill Watterson's personal exploration of how the wonder of Calvin and Hobbes came to be. It includes original art of Calvin and Hobbes, along with Watterson's original commentary. The show also includes art from cartoons and cartoonists that Watterson has identified as influential in the development of his art, including Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat, Doonesbury, Pat Oliphant, Jim Borgman, Flash Gordon, Bloom County, and Steadman. The book also includes an extensive, original interview with Watterson by Jenny Robb, the exhibition's curator.

Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hanover, Cologne, New York, Paris
This book is an incredible history and thoughtful critique of the Dada movement. If you think you don't like Dada, maybe a closer look is in order.

Skinny Legs and All
Wonderful wonderful fiction starring art!

Glad you enjoyed. They did release a companion book to go along with the exhibit if you are interested. It is available on Amazon and elsewhere: https://smile.amazon.com/Exploring-Calvin-Hobbes-Exhibition-Catalogue/dp/1449460364

There are too many good contemporary painters to name. For an excellent survey, pick up a copy of Vitamin P or the followup. But here's one of my favorites. William Daniels is an incredibly talented contemporary painter whose work is still highly conceptual. The conceptual union of his ideas, his medium, his technique, and his subject matter is really what contemporary art (or contemporary painting) is about.

I want this lens, because it'll help me to take really pretty pictures.

On a more realistic note I want this book because it's pretty and I'm a nerd.

According to modern books on art theft e.g. FBI agent Robert K. Wittman's memoir and journalistic research into famous modern art heists, the answer is probably not, at least as far as art crime goes. While there appears to be evidence that there are criminal gangs who specialize in dealing with stolen art, it's extremely unlikely that their operations are being bankrolled by a secretive, wealthy benefactor who hides away his stolen treasures for private use. There is one book called Stolen Masterpiece Tracker by a retired FBI agent named Thomas McShane which claims that almost every art theft ever is absolutely ordered by some rich person who hires a team of criminals, however he offers absolutely no evidence to support this and quite frankly the rest of the book makes him sound like a bit of a loony old man so I can't say I trust what he says (not a terrible read if you're really interested in the topic though).





The boring truth is that, as far as we can tell, most art is stolen as a type of black market collateral or bearer bond. Valuable paintings and other artworks are often bartered for drugs, held as collateral on loans between groups, and sometimes used like retirement funds for career criminals. I can't recall which exact painting it was, but a few years ago I was reading a news article, and one of the works listed in Museum of the Missing was found practically by accident when police raided an apartment looking for a suitcase of drugs, only to find that the case had already been exchanged for the stolen painting.




The laws in various countries for the statute of limitations and ownership also make using pieces as long term investments reasonably practical. If a thief can steal a painting and successfully hide it from law enforcement for the period outlined by the law, they can legally claim themselves as the rightful owners of that piece, even if they were convicted and served time for its theft. This often ends up being a few decades but nonetheless, for someone who has no legal money to invest it's a tempting prospect, especially when the punishments for such crimes are relatively lenient.




Other times it's the thieves themselves who want to keep the artwork for their personal collections. A recent example is a French man (sorry for the wiki link but I can't remember which books he was listed in) who simply liked the art so much that he wanted it for himself. There was a similar case investigated by the FBI of a man in New York a few years back who liked to use his stolen art to help him seduce the young men he brought home.




tl;dr As far as art crime goes, there are several motives for thefts, but as far as we can tell none of them involve a greedy billionaire hiring a gang to provide him with his own secret room of treasures. It's certainly possible that statistically there are one or two people like that in the world, but even if this were the case it would only account for a very tiny percentage of art thefts. In reality it's mostly just regular people being greedy.


If you're interested in learning about art crime I highly suggest starting with The Rescue Artist by Edward Dolnick. He's a good writer and is very thorough in his research. Other books I've enjoyed in addition to the ones I already linked are Provenance, The Forger's Spell, and The Gardener Heist. There are plenty of other great books on thefts throughout the more modern era, such as The Napoleon of Crime and Flawless that aren't strictly art related but still good reads.




*Sorry I don't list more specific citations, but it's been a while since I've read most of these and it's hard to remember which information came from which books or was shared among several books.



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I recommend picking up Phaidon's The Art Museum. This book is freaking incredible, and would be a great starting point. The book is massive... 20lb, and 1'x1.5'. It is absolutely gorgeous.

If you haven't picked it up yet, do so. Dan Luvisi's Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter.

It's awesome. The art is amazing. Read it while listening to Deltron 3030.

Just FYI, there was an exhibit of originals from Calvin and Hobbes (and also Cul de Sac) at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum on the Ohio State campus recently. They published a book accompanying it. Library binding is out now, and the paperback will be out next February. I haven't seen the book, so I don't know if it's worthwhile, but the exhibit was wonderful.

Photo album of our Florida vacation for my parents, this for my best friend.

I'd get a collectible version of this or this

I'd pick the Pride and Prejudice one :). Cute necklaces, I'm sure they will be very popular!

I think this is generally called Emotivism but I may be misunderstanding you, you might be advocating Moral Relativism. In any case, you may want to read J.L. Mackie's essay "Ethics, Inventing Right and Wrong" in a book called Moral Discourse and Practice. That whole book is a nice overview of a number of different contemporary views. I imagine any contemporary ethical theory course, (perhaps there's one up at http://ocw.mit.edu ?) would have relevant materials.

Incidentally, the prof I took contemporary ethical theory from was a Moral Realist (ala T.M. Scanlon) and advocated moral fallibilism.

This is called survivor bias. You see some soviet tech still working fine and extrapolate to a conclusion that their stuff was built to last. It was not, the soviets produced some awful garbage, with a few well-engineered and well-built gems in between. But on average, I don't think the ratio of well-built stuff is any different from any other societies of the era.

Due to a constant shortage of new things, the soviets were however very resourceful at fixing stuff and creating their own things. For example https://www.amazon.com/Home-Made-Contemporary-Russian-Folk-Artifacts/dp/0955006139

DIY is definitely an important feature of the cyberpunk ethos, so carry on :)

Well you have a few options, if you are starting out fairly new to the bigger world of Tolkien then go for the wonderful books 'The Art of the Hobbit' and 'The Art of the Lord of the Rings' both edited and introduced by Wayne Hammond & Christina Scull. If you are not aware of them they are a very dedicate pair who have worked wonders to expand the world of Middle-earth. Followed by 'Artist and Illustrator' again from Hammond & Scull. You should find those immensely informative and maybe quite a revelation that Tolkien was a superb illustrator.

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Lord-Rings-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0544636341

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0547928254/ref=pd_aw_fbt_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=TCC0X4650YGR6KYX2CX4

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0618083618/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498172899&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=artist+and+illustrator

The links are all to Amazon US but you will if you shop around on marketplace or eBay find them cheaper.

The Hobbit and Rings books are both slipcased and are superbly put together.

I bought this book about two years ago, it's still one of my favorite Disney art books, it pretty much has every poster ever made for the parks:

http://www.amazon.com/Poster-Disney-Parks-Souvenir-Book/dp/1423124111

Are railton's other papers as important? I wanted a hard copy of that, and he has this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Facts-Values-Norms-Consequence-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B001GAQ4J4/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450125510&sr=1-2&keywords=railton+moral

but it also shows up in this book which is like 20% the price.

http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Discourse-Practice-Philosophical-Approaches/dp/019509669X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450125419&sr=1-2&keywords=railton

Are hard copies of his other things worth the money? Or should I just get the cheaper book.

If you like the posters that Disney comes up with, you should check out that posters of the magic kingdom coffee table book. I just got it, and not to sound like a shill, it's fucking amazing.

buy it

Fellow Disney book-nerd here! Here are a bunch of my favorites. Hope this helps!

The Art of Animation

The Illusion of Life by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas

Walt Disney Imagineering by The Imagineers

The Disney That Never Was

Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists Of Disney Storyboards

Before the Animation Begins: The Art & Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists

The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast

Lilo & Stitch: Collected Stories From the Film's Creators

Magic Color Flair: The World of Mary Blair

Lovely: Ladies of Animation

Coming soon:

Marc Davis: Walt Disney’s Renaissance Man

The Nine Old Men by Andreas Deja

Disney During World War II: How the Walt Disney Studio Contributed to Victory in the War

You can still buy it on Amazon:
Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616552409/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_qCd.BbSYMW5C3

But the book is over 13 inches tall and around 22 inches wide. Its huge. I need my whole dining room table to comfortably read it.

Something like The Art of the Lord of the Rings and/or The Art of The Hobbit might be good. Those are fairly large (though thin).

They also make a faux leather "Pocket" The Hobbit and LotR set.

Continue with the Roald Dahl books. James and the Giant Peach.



It's okay to have stories you need to explain a little. That's one of the points of reading, to learn.

I dislike reading young reader chapter books aloud because these are books the child will be reading at school age. Junie B Jones, Time Warp Trio and Secrets of Droon are examples of that. So maybe read a story like The Enormous Egg.

That said, an early reader chapter book he's sure to like is the first few Flat Stanley books.

This one's pretty cool, too. There was a museum exhibit at Ohio State and this book features a long-form interview with Bill Watterson that covers ground not found in any other books.

I'm pretty sure that's The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth.

Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter

Everyone here needs to buy this book. He's releasing a revised copy in November that's $45 as opposed to it's initial $500+ price point. A very cyberpunk feel with great artwork!

I have this book, it's pretty boss - I got this as a kid so they were the first visualisations for me. John Howe and Alan Lee are quite heavily featured, but there's others like Cor Blok that are really different interpretations.

If anyone is interested in Soviet propaganda posters, this book displays a wealth of them (Including this one!).

He's beyond nice and humble and is ridiculously talented. This Hex from his upcoming book Last Man Standing. Check it out, available for pre-order now: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1616552409/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?qid=1373942187&sr=8-9&pi=SL75

As someone w/ signed copies of Art of Frozen and A Sister More Like Me, I share your obsession.

Did you get in on the kickstarter for the Lovely book? I was too late for that, but Amazon ships next week.

Books are always great for an art history student. My favorite Phaidon is here, it's pricey but its GIANT and heavy. Whenever I look at it I've gotta use my drafting table to flip through.

Regardless of the actual book you get, a magnifying glass would go well, you can get lost in the detail of some of the works.

It's pretty cheap on Amazon.

i have this one, about the attraction poster art.

So I ended up finding it. It's called "Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter."

This was the image I was trying to describe.

Thanks for the quick responses thought.

> http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Video-Games-Pac-Man/dp/159962110X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381262117&sr=8-1&keywords=video+games+are+art



That book may help her change her mind.

The people who are behind The Tudor Tailor are currently working on another book called The Stuart Tailor. Unfortunately for you, I don't think it's going to be published in time for you to use. There's currently no publication date scheduled and they are crowdfunding it. I think you could probably send Ninya Mikhaila an email and ask her about suppliers and possibly patterns. Just explain the situation and ask if she can help. I think nearly everyone here is American, so not really familiar with UK suppliers.

Modern Maker is an excellent reference, though. I would also look at Patterns of Fashion 4 about ruffs and shirts. There's also 17th-Century Men's Dress Patterns.

ETA: There's also a thesis by a German historian on clothes worn for burials during your period in Germany. If you can tablet weave, there are patterns for the trim that can definitely be used for English clothing. They look right for what's in portraits. His name is Johannes Pietsch. I have his thesis downloaded on my computer at home, but I won't be home for several days. If you want it, let me know and I'll figure out how to get it to you.

ETA 2: This is it. Now to figure out where I downloaded it. Also not burial clothes. Just from a costume collection.

Recommend these books published by Phaidon:

• http://www.amazon.com/Vitamin-P-New-Perspectives-Painting/dp/0714844462
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Vitamin-P2-New-Perspectives-Painting/dp/071486160X/
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Today-Tony-Godfrey/dp/0714846317/
  
  EDIT: a few more.
  
  This is what everyone will be talking about for a few weeks:
  
  
• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/arts/design/the-forever-now-a-survey-of-contemporary-painting-at-moma.html?referrer=&_r=0
  
  And looking back:
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Talking-Painting-Dialogues-Contemporary-Criticalvoices/dp/0415276292
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Whitechapel-Documents-Contemporary-Art/dp/0262515679
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Perspectives-Contemporary-Painting-Historicism/dp/0853239584
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Edge-World-Midori-Matsui/dp/0935640673

Thought I'd provide some Amazon links to these fine suggestions, along with a few of my own.

J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0008214549/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_Jc.DCb1A3J8V6

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Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/000755690X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_Qe.DCbHG7HWXM

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Art of the Lord of the Rings US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0544636341/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_3f.DCbB8Y2ZNZ

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Art of the Hobbit US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0547928254/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_ng.DCbCX2CT65

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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1851244859/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_Vg.DCbSEH99RE

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Rateliff's History of the Hobbit US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CF6AZWK/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_Dj.DCbGWY7970

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Fonstad's Atlas of Middle-Earth US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0618126996/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_Kk.DCbC2XF6NT

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Letters of JRR Tolkien US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0618056998/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_ml.DCbREBRZH4

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Carpenter's Tolkien: A Biography US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0618057021/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_xm.DCbY976PAE

I was so depressed when I discovered I'd missed the exhibit. Thank you for describing in detail all of the awesomeness that I will be forever kicking myself for not getting out of Illinois to see for myself. ;-)

BTW - I did order this book which seems to be a consolation buy for me.

But fan of this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1616552409/ref=pd_aw_sim_21_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51d0UVBv9tL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL100_SR100%2C81_&refRID=0ZGKP81ST7DC55NPMNDS

The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser is an awesome book. I read it a couple years ago and was extremely intrigued when I heard Whitey Bulger was arrested. He was a main player in the book, I wonder if anything related to the art theft will come from his current trial.

This art period has been of interest to me for years. The National Gallery of Art did a great show a few years back that I missed but I did get a copy of the accompanying book. Sorry for the bad link, I'm on mobile.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1933045205?pc_redir=1409896923&robot_redir=1

There's a book of Marcel Duchamps conversations with Pierre Cabanne that's another great resource.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0306803038?pc_redir=1409979544&robot_redir=1

Duchamp, Tzara, Ernst, and Ray are some of the more well known names but when you scratch the surface a little, you'll find a myriad of great art and artists.

"Dada is dead. Dada is shit. Long live dada"

Non-mobile: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1423124111/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1425729420&sr=8-1&keywords=Disney+poster+art&dpPl=1&dpID=51WCQ7hq76L&ref=plSrch&pi=AC_SY200_QL40

^That's ^why ^I'm ^here, ^I ^don't ^judge ^you. ^PM ^/u/xl0 ^if ^I'm ^causing ^any ^trouble. ^WUT?

Yep. With "Indispensable" and
"Exploring" you should have everything as far as I know. And no reason I can see to get paperback when you've got the hardcover.

The Art of The Lord of the Rings

The Art of The Hobbit

The Hobbit illustrated by Jemima Catlin

Lord of the Rings illustrated by Alan Lee

The Hobbit illustrated by Alan Lee

The Silmarillion illustrated by Ted Nasmith

Folio Society also has editions with illustrations.

Edit to add:

Beren and Luthien illustrated by Alan Lee

Bilbo's Last Song illustrated by Pauline Baynes

For the uninitiated.

This is from "Last man standing: killbook of a bounty hunter" a concept art book with character designs so good it got a movie deal.

Dude still posts on deviantart and his work is fucking fantastic

There is a version of the book available but I don't think it's the version.

$40 on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Lord-Rings-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0544636341/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=DPH1KPEZAMY4VYAH66CB

Harry Potter - A History of Magic: The Book of the Exhibition.

I'm drooling a bit.

After doing some digging, apparently it is based on this book.

you gotta get this book - https://www.amazon.com/Poster-Disney-Parks-Souvenir-Book/dp/1423124111/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1521823514&sr=8-3&keywords=disney+posters

https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-History-British-Library/dp/1408890763

They sorta did.

Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter / (Amazon.com)

• The books with Tolkien's illustrations obviously. There are three currently in print.
  
  Additionally:
  
  
• Tolkien's World - Paintings of Middle-earth
  
  
• Realms of Tolkien - Images of Middle-earth

Is there any overlap between The Atlas and The Art of the Lord of the Rings (https://www.amazon.com/Art-Lord-Rings-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0544636341)?

From the Amazon page (http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/1616552409)

"Meet Gabriel - last of a genetically engineered breed of supersoldiers known as the Paladin. After winning an interstellar war between Earth and Mars, Gabriel is celebrated back home and given the new title of Protector of Amerika. All goes well for the newly entitled superhero as he begins to rid the streets of the scum that plagues it. However, as Gabriel is distracted by his duties, a terrorist organization known as Pandemonium frames the hero for a series of atrocious crimes. Now stripped of his title and prestige, Gabriel is sentenced to the notorious Level-9 Facility, where he endures nine long years of torture and imprisonment. But as the clock ticks down to Gabriel's eventual demise, he is introduced to the elusive Agent O, who offers the Paladin a chance at redemption. Learn his story - and that of his allies and enemies - through Gabriel's eyes, as he begins to orchestrate his revenge in the scarred and vivid world of New Amerika. Killbook is a scrapbook-style character bible, prologue, and art book for a comics series. This new edition includes 30 pages of all-new material as well as a new cover."