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Indian Baskets of Central California: Art, Culture, and History : Native American Basketry from San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay...
By Ralph C. ShanksThis unique book provides a complete study of the exquisite Native American basketry from the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay region north to Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino...
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Women Artists and Modernism
By Katy DeepwellContributors from the UK, Canada, and the US demonstrate how different methodologies and approaches can be used to reveal the woman artist as a "subject" of histories of 20th-century art....
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Crop Circles: An Art of Our Time
By Mary Carroll NelsonSince the late 1970s, crop circles have been appearing in grain fields all across the globe, but especially in Southern England. These large graphic designs are created through the contrast...
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I deschi da parto: e la pittura del primo Rinascimento toscano
By Cecilia De CarliI deschi da parto: e la pittura del primo Rinascimento toscano
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Artistas Latinoamericanas
By Geraldine P. Biller"Catalog of the exhibit sponsored by the Philip Morris Companies, organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum. Perez de Mendiola provides perhaps the best and most enlightening text. As a whole,...
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Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History
By Harmony HammondThe first history of lesbian art in the United States, this volume documents works since 1970 within the context of gay culture and political activism. Authoritative and engaging, this is...
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Rembrandt's Mother: Myth and Reality
By Christiaan Vogelaar, Gerbrand Korevaar, Anouk JanssenAbout half of the work Rembrandt did in Leiden consisted of paintings, etchings and drawings showing older people. In these works an old woman is frequently portrayed who has traditionally...
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The Art of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang: A Journey Into China's Buddhist Shrine
By Jinshi Fan, Shengliang ZhaoThe Art of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang: A Journey Into China's Buddhist Shrine
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Joseph Holston: Color in Freedom : Journey Along the Underground Railroad
By Barbara StephanicThe history of the struggle for freedom from slavery cannot be told too many times. It is a vital component of America's history; it is key in understanding American culture....
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Limestone Lives: Voices from the Indiana Stone Belt
By Kate FerrucciLook up at the Empire State Building in New York City and you will see an almost endless ribbon of soaring stone--Indiana limestone, to be precise. The Empire State Building,...
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Replay: Marclay
By France), Jean-Pierre Criqui, Christian MarclayChristian Marclay was born in 1955 in California, but he grew up in Geneva and didn't live in the U.S. again until he returned in 1977 to study art. By...
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Fantasy and Horror: A Critical and Historical Guide to Literature, Illustration, Film, TV, Radio, and the Internet
By Neil BarronAlthough the fantastic impulse has been embodied in folklore, literature, art, and film, distinguished work has always been uncommon. This guide directs readers and viewers to the best, better, or...
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Revelations: Art of the Apocalypse
By Nancy GrubbFor nearly two thousand years, artists have been envisioning the end of the world as described in the biblical Book of Revelation. Their wonderfully strange creations - from Luca Signorelli's...
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The Group of Seven in Western Canada
By Glenbow Museum, Catharine M. MastinFor more than 80 years, The Group of Seven has been Canada`s best-known art collective. Founded in 1920, the Group--Franklin Carmichael, Lawren S. Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Frank H. Johnston, Arthur...
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Norman Rockwell: The Artist and His Work
By Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Norman Rockwell"Norman Rockwell created some of the most heart-warming and poignant images of twentierth-century American life. This is a retrospective, featuring work from almost every year of this much-loved artist's prolific...
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Latin American Women Artists of the United States: The Works of 33 Twentieth-century Women
By Robert HenkesThis work examines the art of 33 Latina American artists and the manner in which these artists have merged Latino and Norte Americano cultures in their work. Juana Alicia, Leonora...
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Self-portraits
By Liz RidealExploring what motivates artists to paint or photograph themselves, the author selects over 100 self-portraits from the National Portrait Gallery to examine the style, techniques and personalities of the sitters,...
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Lure of the West: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
By Amy Pastan, National Museum of American ArtA collection of paintings and sculptures by artists who travelled west in the decades following explorations by Lewis and Clark. Emmanuel Leutze, Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran portrayed the expanding...
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Capturing Nureyev: James Wyeth Paints the Dancer
By Jamie WyethPainter James Wyeth first met Rudolf Nureyev in New York City in 1974. He was instantly intrigued with the dancer, so much so that Nureyev has continued to inspire him...
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A Feast of Wonders: Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
By John E. Bowlt, Zelʹfira Tregulova, Nathalie RosticherNel maggio del 1909 Sergei Diaghilev fece scalpore nel mondo della danza con la prima rappresentazione a Parigi di una serie di balletti, tra cui Le Pavillon d'Armide e Cleopatra,...