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Create Your Own Artist's Journal
By Erin O'TooleA guide to capturing those fleeting moments of inspiration that begins by showing the reader how to observe and record what they see. O'Toole also discusses the materials involved in...
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Out/lines: Underground Gay Graphics from Before Stonewall
By Thomas WaughGay male representation of sexuality has a long history of varied visibility and acceptance, but the 100 or so years of queer life before Stonewall were a period of unprecedented...
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Pictures and Punishment: Art and Criminal Prosecution During the Florentine Renaissance
By Samuel Y. EdgertonPictures and Punishment: Art and Criminal Prosecution During the Florentine Renaissance
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The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
By Peggy Samuels, Harold SamuelsMore than 1,700 alphabetically arranged entries provide information about the lives and work of painters, illustrators, and sculptors who depicted the American West through their art.
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Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller
By Lisa Maria StrongAlfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) was the first artist to journey into the heart of the Rocky Mountains. He did so as the commissioned expedition artist for William Drummond Stewart (1795-1871),...
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The American Impressionists in the Garden
By May Brawley HillAt the end of the nineteenth century, American artists demonstrated a preference for gardens as artistic motifs as well as a growing appreciation of the art of gardening itself. The...
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Drawing Fire: A Combat Artist at War : Pacific, Europe, Korea, Indochina, Vietnam
By Howard BrodieDrawing Fire: A Combat Artist at War : Pacific, Europe, Korea, Indochina, Vietnam
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A New World: England's First View of America
By Joyce E. Chaplin, Kim SloanThis beautiful book reproduces in full the famous and rarely seen British Museum collection of drawings and watercolours made by John White, who in 1585 accompanied a group of English...
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Charles M. Russell
By Peter H. HassrickIn 1880, at the age of sixteen, Charles M. Russell left his home in St. Louis and headed west to Montana to share the lives of the mountain men, cowboys,...
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Charles M. Russell: Printed Rarities from Private Collections
By Charles Marion Russell, Larry Len PetersonCharles M. Russell cowboy, painter, sculptor, writer was an advocate of the people, animals, landscapes, and ideals of the West. Perhaps most importantly, he was an archivist. Through his detailed...
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The Art of Barbie
By Craig YoeSay happy birthday to an American legend. Introduced 35 years ago, Barbie is by far the most popular doll ever created. To celebrate, over 100 artists, photographers, fashion designers, illustrators,...
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American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America
By Robert HughesWriting with all the brilliance, authority, and pungent wit that have distinguished his art criticism for Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art, The Shock of the...
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I Like America: Fictions of the Wild West
By Max Hollein, Pamela KortI Like America: Fictions of the Wild West
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Mother & Child in Art
By Cassandra Langer, Cassandra L. LangerMother & Child in Art
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100 Masterpieces of Australian Landscape Painting
By Susan Bruce100 Masterpieces of Australian Landscape Painting
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The Landscape in Twentieth-century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lowery Stokes Sims, Lisa Mintz MessingerThe Landscape in Twentieth-century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Heartfelt: Museum of Fine Arts, October 7 - November 20, 2005
By Max Aguilera-Hellweg, George BlakelyHeartfelt: Museum of Fine Arts, October 7 - November 20, 2005
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Art of the Middle East: Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World and Iran
By Saeb Eigner"Steeped in history and tradition, artistic expression in the Arab world and Iran is experiencing a renaissance of its very own. Domestic patronage is flourishing and an array of new...
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Home Sweet Home: The House in American Folk Art
By Laura Fisher, Deborah Harding"The "house" is one of American folk art's most popular and prominent motifs, and this beautiful, authoritative volume is the first of its kind to explore this symbol in all...
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Visions of Heaven and Hell
By Richard CavendishVisions of Heaven and Hell