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Picturing the Banjo
By Sarah Burns, Leo G. MazowThe history of the banjo is as haunting as its music. Made popular in minstrel shows of the nineteenth century, the "banjar" derives from the stringed gourd instrument African slaves...
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Art and Cities of Islam
By Rafique Ali JairazbhoyArt and Cities of Islam
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The Best of Flower Painting
By Kathryn KippAlive with Luminous Color, delicate textures and moments of rare beauty, The Best of Flower Painting showcases the ever-fresh interpretations of 133 contemporary painters - including such well-known artists as...
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The Myth and Madness of Ophelia
By Carol Solomon KieferThe Myth and Madness of Ophelia
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Sport in Art from American Museums: The Director's Choice : Inaugural Exhibition of the National Art Museum of Sport
By National Art Museum of SportSport in Art from American Museums: The Director's Choice : Inaugural Exhibition of the National Art Museum of Sport
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If Pictures Could Talk: Stories about California Paintings in Our Collection
By James L. Coran, Walter A. Nelson-ReesIf Pictures Could Talk: Stories about California Paintings in Our Collection
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The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty
By Paul EvdokimovA presentation on the biblical and patristic vision of beauty, applied then to contemporary movements in art. A 'theology of the icon' from a personal point of view, as well...
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建筑三十九渡
By 李_明著�_然__已有很多的定_，但是_在更多的是作_可_展_域的__。如果__的衍生已在我_的生活中深入_出，那么_于大___，__表_的范_可以更__泛；如果__的影射可以_我_的生活_得更_立体，那么我_可以把它_入生活最初的概念草_；如果可以_想___重新打散，那么我_可以在更多的角落_找到它的__；如果我_再次_一幅__中找到愉_、_一本_籍中汲取到智慧、_一滴水中探_到未知，那么_一_建筑中呢？在_里，我_只聊聊建筑。我_是否曾_注_一_建筑背后所_生的一切？在我_的普及_念中，建筑太_于理性和冰冷，我__常也只把建筑理解_一__地，其_不然，建筑最原始的形_是“穴”，穴的最基本形_是_人_生活和集_提供“容_”的_所。_然容_的概念相___，但_人_在_所中_始有所“行_”的_候，建筑就不只是_地，也不只是_一的存在，而早已成_“空_、__与情感”并存的体系。在__体系中，建筑存在的意_最_重要，因_建筑可以承_物_也可以包括精神，可是，有_我__自然地忽_“存在”的意_，我__忽_建筑__我_精神上的作用，也_忽_建筑_造的_____我___怎_的_趣，因__一切_生得太自然，以至于我_根本_法敏捷地意_到。_是一_普遍__的存在，是_乎我___怎_重新_知建筑的__。建筑的__是_复_的程序，_如机械的复_构造，建筑需要多方面知_体系的共同构筑才能完整呈_。而事_上，有_我_在一_房子中是很_想到____程序的_多元素的，_史与政治成__定建筑存亡的__、社_与文化成_建筑衍生的根基、科技与建造成_建筑得以“_生”的最基本_件，而哲_与美__成_建筑___的_魂。建筑最_是_人_物_与精神生活_造更高的价值的，_管有_构成建筑的_些价值因素未必全部在建筑的_体中呈_，但它___定建筑存在的基_，建筑呈_的_体已不足以_明一切，建筑背后_生的才是流淌于建筑肉_的血液。最_，__的、_幻的，所有构成建筑的_都___到__与生活范_的_平__，凝_在建筑事件的情_中，所有的__构成建筑的__，不___和演_，模糊中逐_清晰。建筑是具象又抽象的__，更是情与理的_合。建筑是人文的_物，是人_情感的_合体。建筑的生命__引_世界每一_角落，它_所不在。建筑可以_事，可以__，也可以抒情。建筑的因果永_都在_，我__法_易判_。建筑__最大的魅力不在于_一的存在，而是我_看到和__它。
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Last Supper
By Editors of Phaidon PressThe Last Supper is not only one of the most intensely dramatic episodes in the Gospels, but also has enormous symbolic significance as the origin of the central Christian ritual...
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Florida's American Heritage River: Images from the St. Johns Region
By Gary Monroe, Mallory McCane O'ConnorA visual journey, through time, along the St. Johns River "Indispensable for anyone seeking to explore Florida beyond the brochures."--Herbert L. Hiller, author of Highway A1A: Florida at the Edge...
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Out in Paperback: A Visual History of Gay Pulps
By Ian YoungOut in Paperbackis a wonderfully entertaining look at gay mass-market paperback cover art that throws new light on the important role of the book publishing industry in the development of...
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Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into the Mainstream, 1970-85
By Catherine Coleman Brawer, Cincinnati Art Museum, Randy Rosen"This book chronicles the work of several female artists from 1970 through 1985. It demonstrates how conditions have improved for women artists, as well as defining areas where improvement is...
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Guy LaBree: Barefoot Artist of the Florida Seminoles
By Carol MahlerMeet the outsider who gave color and shape to sacred Seminole legends, life, and history"This book captures the magic of Florida through the eyes and paint brush of a true...
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Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love
By Walker Art Center, Kara Elizabeth WalkerKara Walker is among the most complex and prolific American artists of her generation. Over the past decade, she has gained international recognition for her room-sized tableaux, which depict historical...
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Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art
By Joseph TraugottThis book takes a serious and ironic look at popular icons in western American culture--cowboy boots and masterpieces in western art--to explore American cultural values and pervasive themes in twentieth-century...
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Feasting: A Celebration of Food in Art : Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago
By James Yood"From an elegant table laden with ripening fruit by Claude Monet to a colorful contemporary confection by Wayne Thiebaud, Feasting lavishly illustrates humanity's love affair with food. From the Baroque...
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How the West was Drawn: American Art and the Settling of the Frontier
By Dawn GlanzHow the West was Drawn: American Art and the Settling of the Frontier
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Looking Beyond: Visions, Dreams, and Insights in Medieval Art & History
By Colum HourihaneThis is one of the first large-scale art-historical studies to look at the concept of representing visions and dreams in the medieval period. The studies range from the Insular world...
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American Western Art: A Collection of One Hundred Twenty-five Western Paintings and Sculpture with Biographies of the Artists
By Dorothy HarmsenOn spine: Harmsen Collection, v. 2.
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Gauguin's South Seas
By Paul GauguinIt is 100 years since Paul Gauguin set sail for Tahiti, a journey that was to change his life and the course of western art. Like other Europeans before him,...