Giambattista Tiepolo: Fifteen Oil Sketches
By Jon Seydl

Best known for his monumental frescoes and epic altarpieces, Tiepolo also made exquisite, smaller oil sketches in preparation for these grand commissions. The unusual intimacy of these preparatory sketches—made directly on the canvas with no preliminary underdrawing—reveals a great artist's vigorous imagination at work. (Paper: $19.95)

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Seeing Venice: Bellotto's Grand Canal
Essay by Mark Doty

This book presents Bellotto's View of the Grand Canal in a series of beautiful details that allows the reader to closely examine the painting and enjoy the colorful, busy goings-on of 18th-century Venetian life. (Cloth: $14.95).

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Looking at Prints, Drawings, and Watercolours: A Guide to Technical Terms
By Paul Goldman

This volume presents an array of works from Raphael and van Gogh to Dürer and Henry Moore, explaining the techniques, processes, and materials used in works of art on paper. (Paper: $14.95).

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