 | Revisiting the Painted House: More Than 100 New Designs for Mural and Trompe L'Oeil Decoration by Graham Rust
Buy new: $32.85 / Used from: $12.98 A must have, gorgeous illustrations and they are not repeats of his previously published works.
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 | Garden Ornament: Five Hundred Years of History and Practice by George Plumptre
Buy used from: $16.77 Beautiful garden photos for reference. Find an inexpensive copy.
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 | How to Start a Faux Painting or Mural Business: A Guide to Making Money in the Decorative Arts by Rebecca Pitman
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $10.56 So far the best book on starting and maintaining a painting business. The author adds humor in her writing which makes for an enjoyable read on a potentially boring subject.
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 | Italian Splendor: Great Castles, Palaces, and Villas by Roberto Schezen
Buy new: $57.37 / Used from: $41.50 |
 | Great Houses of Europe: From the Archives of Country Life by Marcus Binney
Buy new: $43.87 / Used from: $32.56 |
 | Great Villas of the Riviera by Shirley Johnston
Buy used from: $100.00 |
 | Estate Gardens Of California by Karen Dardick
Buy used from: $2.69 |
 | Grand Illusions by Caroline Cass
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $11.96 Features several artists and their murals from past to present.
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 | The Painted House: Over 100 Original Designs for Mural and Trompe L'Oeil Decoration by Graham Rust
Buy used from: $4.97 Excellent illustrations, informative text.
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 | The Painted Ceiling: Over 100 Original Designs and Details by Graham Rust
Buy used from: $8.84 Any book by Graham Rust is a MUST HAVE for decorative artists, interior designers, or anyone who enjoys fine art murals.
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 | The Art of Trompe Loeil Murals by Yves Lanthier
Buy new: $17.81 / Used from: $4.95 This is full of eye candy. Shows a few step by step projects at the end.
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 | The City Is My Canvas by Richard Haas
Buy used from: $8.90 |
 | Classicism and the Baroque in Europe (History of Decorative Arts) by Bruno Pons
Buy used from: $125.00 |
 | Portuguese Decorative Tiles: Azulejos by Rioletta Sabo
Buy used from: $69.95 Good reference if you can find an inexpensive copy.
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 | The Art of Faux: The Complete Sourcebook of Decorative Painted Finishes (Crafts Highlights) by Pierre Finkelstein
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $22.94 |
 | The Handbook of Painted Decoration: The Tools, Materials, and Step-by-Step Techniques of Trompe L'Oeil Painting (Open Market Edition) by Yannick Guegan
Buy new: $49.87 / Used from: $41.49 |
 | Venetian Villas by Michelangelo Muraro
Buy used from: $0.67 Features palaces and villas, many of them adorned with frescoes.
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 | Professional Painted Finishes: A Guide to the Art and Business of Decorative Painting (Whitney Library of Design) by Ina Brosseau Marx
Buy used from: $4.03 |
 | Trompe L'Oeil Bible by Christopher Westall
Buy used from: $4.43 Great for beginners, shows step by step instructions.
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 | Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course by Gerald M. Ackerman
Buy used from: $217.26 |
 | Perspective in Architecture and Painting: An Unabridged Reprint of the English-and-Latin Edition of the 1693 "Perspectiva Pictorum Et Architectorum" (Dover Books on Architecture) by Andrea Pozzo
Buy used from: $92.50 |
 | Roomscapes: The Decorative Architecture of Renzo Mongiardino by Renzo Mongiardino
Buy used from: $1,311.59 This isn't a "typical" book on murals, the artists style is unique. Well worth it if you can find an inexpensive version.
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 | The House That Faux Built by Adrienne van Dooren
Buy used from: $19.42 |
 | Painting the Secret World of Nature by John Agnew
Buy used from: $4.78 Contains step by step instructions for reproducing animals and plants. John Agnew, the author, is an accomplished muralist who has painted for many museums and zoo habitats across the country.
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 | The Murals of John Pugh: Beyond Trompe l'Oeil by Kevin Bruce
Buy new: $25.55 / Used from: $15.95 |
 | A Trick Of The Eye: Trompe L'oeil Masterpieces by Eckhard Hollmann
Buy used from: $81.82 Features trompe l'oeil paintings from history.
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 | Festa Veneziana a Ca'toga: The Imaginative World of a Venetian Artist in Napa Valley by Carlo Marchiori
Buy new: $24.26 / Used from: $11.72 This book is unique as far as books on murals go, or I should say this artist is unique. It contains a wonderful collection of Italian style paintings. The artist features his home in California that he completely transformed. It really is a great addition to a mural/trompe library.
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 | Italian Frescoes: The Early Renaissance 1400-1470 (v. 1) by Steffi Roettgen
Buy new: $85.05 / Used from: $83.87 |
 | Italian Frescoes: High Renaissance and Mannerism 1510-1600 by Julian Kliemann
Buy new: $91.12 / Used from: $102.25 |
 | Bouguereau by Fronia E. Wissman
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $17.85 |
 | In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau and His American Students
Buy used from: $225.00 Studying the works of Bouguereau is not only eye candy, but helps one understand the principles of figure painting.
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 | Tiepolo: The Complete Paintings by Filippo Pedrocco
Buy new: $67.50 / Used from: $56.50 Huge but worth it. As the title states it contains the complete works by Tiepolo.
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 | Giambattista Tiepolo 1696-1770 by Mr. Keith Christiansen et al.
Buy new: $39.17 / Used from: $65.94 By far the best historic artist to study to help improve your mural painting.
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 | Racinet's Historic Ornament in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archive) by Auguste Racinet
Buy new: $22.95 / Used from: $8.00 A wonderful reference not only for designs but for color choices as well.
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 | The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones
Buy used from: $3.39 Filled with illustrations of painted ornamentation and designs.
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 | Decorative Tile Designs CD-ROM and Book (Full Colour Electronic Design) by Dover
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $8.50 Filled with options for painting trompe l'oeil decorative tile designs in murals.
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 | Domus: Wall Painting in the Roman House (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) by Donatella Mazzoleni
Buy used from: $164.99 I've never read this book but it sure looks good.
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 | Annibale Carracci: The Farnese Palace, Rome (Great Fresco Cycles of the Renaissance) by Charles Dempsey
Buy used from: $195.00 |
 | Palaces of Naples by Donatella Mazzoleni
Buy new: $49.98 / Used from: $46.98 Beautiful frescoes!
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 | Palaces of Sicily by Angheli Zalapi
Buy used from: $23.13 |
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