Contemporary Art Books | Schiffer Publishing

$50.00

Dr. Robert Edwards, MSc, PhD, brings a fresh, mathematical perspective to the Voynich manuscript and sets out a strategy whereby the interested reader could extract meaning from the seemingly impenetrable symbols... if meaning is there to be found.  The Voynich...

$75.00

A comprehensive history and how-to treatise on mezzotint engraving, a printmaking technique known for creating lush tonal gradations and dramatic lighting effects Award-winning mezzotint engraver Carol Wax traces the art form's beginnings in 1642, through its growth as a vital...

$60.00

The work of 43 realist artists, along with Q&A insights, connect us with contemporary painting that's “disrupted” stylistically, thematically, or both.  Foreword by artist Nicholas Wilton, founder of Art2Life. Profoundly shaped by the events, forces, and overflow of today's disjointed, social-media-heavy...

$24.99

Everything you need to know to photograph and postprocess images of the night sky with standard DSLR and mirrorless camera equipment Easy Astrophotography will teach you everything you need to know about photographing: • The moon • Eclipses • The...

$29.99

A rare look inside the art world and art making by an internationally recognized sculptor and artist. Murray Dewart has built large public sculptures around the world over the course of 50 years. He is also a fine writer. Poignant,...

$24.99

A mini "art show" of the celebrated artist's best-known and little-seen paintings, reproduced on stamps from around the world.  Exceptionally prolific throughout the course of his long life, Picasso achieved international renown and success for his revolutionary artistic accomplishments, becoming...

$24.99

Fascinating and relatable details about historical and contemporary artists' experiences with mental wellness, and where it and the tendrils of creativity cross paths, run parallel, and diverge. How does art reflect and affect mental wellness? What's behind the idea that “madness” is...

$65.00

The first study of its kind, featuring over 80 important artists who have lived in Florida. With its natural beauty, distinctiveness, and warmth, Florida has attracted an abundance of artists for centuries. While fine painters have been featured in art...

$39.99

A rare, magnified look at America's best-designed stamps from the mid-20th century Every picture tells a story—even one on a postage stamp. Presented enormously enlarged, the 128 stamps in this book chronicle a stylish era of design: mid-20th-century America. Spanning...

$34.99

A stunning art book featuring over 120 images showcasing the work of Paul Gerrard, the concept designer responsible for bringing to life movie icons Hellboy, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more You may not know his name but you...

$39.99

A celebration of the power of public art to express a community's cultural heritage, Arte del Pueblo explores San Antonio's heart and soul. In moving photography and poetic commentary, it covers five genres of public art in a variety of...

$34.99

101 artists from around the world celebrate all calligraphy and lettering can be, through different styles, mediums, and languages. Language, writing, and letters are the basis of our communication as human beings—and calligraphy celebrates the inherent beauty of this need...

$29.99

A look at Vermont's wonders from an abstract, aerial perspective, combining striking drone images with journalistic observations, from New York Times contributor Caleb Kenna.   Caleb Kenna's vertiginous views of Vermont invite a new way of looking at the Green Mountain...

$65.00

Explore the starkness of the seasons at the earth's upper latitudes, from snow deserts to a blooming tundra, polar lights to white nights.  Ice-filled, mostly uninhabited, breathtakingly beautiful: the polar region of the Northern Hemisphere offers incredible landscapes that leave visitors at...

$39.99

Powerful images and stories of women who are rising above their circumstances in developing countries, by award-winning photographer Alison Wright, who has spent a career documenting the human condition around the world. From tea fields to technology, women are the...

$50.00

174 beautiful and visually strong black-and-white photographs of Coney Island and its inhabitants, by well-known and respected New York photographer Harvey Stein. Coney Island is an American icon celebrated worldwide, a fantasyland of the past with an evolving present and...

$60.00

Subways are a great equalizer that supersede social barriers separating people in the aboveground city. In his microcosmic portrayals of everyday human dramas and performances, renowned photographer Herb Robinson profoundly captures the interconnection and alienation of human beings underground and...

$34.99

A rare fascinating look at the powerful forces that have shaped small towns and the rise and glory of a "lost" America. Heribert Niehues's award-winning photographs of gas stations, diners, motels, houses, and cars left behind by a shifting civilization, elicit...