Books from Harry N Abrams Incorporated
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William Wegman: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, Videotapes
By William WegmanLooks at Wegman's paintings, drawings, photographs, and videos, and discusses his use of humor
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In the American West
By Richard AvedonA master of American fashion and art photography turns his artistry to capturing--in a series of photograph portraits--the cowboys, roustabouts, drifters, gamblers, bar girls, and others who characterize the modern Western experience These ...
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The Age of Rubens
By Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Peter C. SuttonWalter L. Strauss , general ed . New York , 1978- . Baudiment 1934 F. Baudiment . F. Pallu , principal fondateur de la Société des Missions Etrangères ( 1626-1684 ) . Paris , 1934 . Baudouin 1969 Frans Baudouin .
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Frank Lloyd Wright
By Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks PfeifferAn authorative study of Frank Lloyd Wright's drawings. 303 conceptual studies, plans, detailed elevations, and published perspectives present the full range of his achievement.
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Giftwraps by Artists: Designs by William Morris
By William MorrisBased upon great design traditions, these wrapping-paper books reproduce classic patterns for what are surely the finest giftwraps ever made. Each paperback book contains 16 sheets of wrapping paper
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National Museum of Women in the Arts
By National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC)Were she consulting guides to American museums to ascertain how many institutions were listed under “ women ” and how many ... Here is a sampler : National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Inc. , Cooperstown , New York ( founded 1936 ) ...
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Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House
By Michael Hall, John Bigelow Taylor, Waddesdon ManorSince that time, the Manor and its spectacular gardens welcome more and more visitors every year. Now, this lavish book allows readers everywhere the opportunity to enjoy this unique celebration of le style Rothschild.
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The Art of John Biggers: View from the Upper Room
By Museum of Fine Arts, Alvia J. Wardlaw, HoustonIn this splendid book, which accompanies a major exhibition of Biggers's work opening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in April, 1995, a generous selection of Biggers's paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures are reproduced together ...
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Vasily Kandinsky: A Colorful Life : the Collection of the Lenbachhaus, Munich
By Vivian Endicott Barnett, Wassily Kandinsky, Helmut FriedelThe works are organizedchronologically, and paintings are accompanied, when relevant, by preliminary sketches and prints. This sumptuous book includes more than 700 examples of the early genius of Vasily Kandinsky.
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The New York Times Traveler's Guide to International Art Museum Exhibitions 2005
By Susan MermelsteinMr. Wood , who graduated from Williams in 1963 , is the first of these figures to retire . ... Two other teachers , William H. Pierson Jr. and the late Whitney S. Stoddard , joined with Professor Faison to form the core of an academic ...
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The Elegant Epergne: From the Bunny and Charles Koppelman Collection
By Jane Shadel Spillman, Susan S. Hermanos, Gregory A. KuharicThis book features photographs of more than 80 of these glorious objects, each described in full detail, ranging from typical clear or cranberry glass to Burmese peach-blow, from those with silver or mirrored bases to hanging baskets. 101 ...
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1999 Traveler's Guide to Art Museum Exhibitions
By Susan S. RappaportCrocker Art Museum 216 O St. , Sacramento , CA 95814 ( 916 ) 264-5423 http://www.sacto.org/crocker 1999 Exhibitions January 8 - April 25 Netherlandish Drawings : Vision and Belief A look at the persistence of religious and mythological ...
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Snake Charm
By Marilyn Nissenson, Susan JonasBoyer , George K. “ Significance of the Serpents on Pompeian House Shrines . ” American Journal of Archaeology 46 : 1 ( 1942 ) . Catesby , Mark . The Natural History of Carolina ... Morris , Craig , and Adriana von Hagen . Inka Empire .
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Edgar Degas
By Susan E. MeyerA look into the life of Edgar Degas, a member of the revolutionary group of French painters called Impressionists. Although he shared many of their ideas and goals, he went his own way, creating a distinctive, wholly original body of work.
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Mary Cassatt
By Susan E. MeyerExamines the life and work of the strong-willed American woman who studied in Paris and became a noted contributor to the Impressionist movement.
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Master Paintings from the Butler Institute of American Art
By Butler Institute of American ArtFounded in 1919, it houses a comprehensive collection of American paintings which range from the works of 18th-century portraitists to contemporary artists.
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Trylon and Perisphere: The 1939 New York World's Fair
By Steven Heller, Seymour Chwast, Barbara L. CohenTrylon and Perisphere: The 1939 New York World's Fair
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An Old-fashioned Christmas: American Holiday Traditions
By Karen CureDescribes Christmas celebrations from 1607 in Virginia through the Victorian era with descriptions of decorations, meals with many recipes, music, and other traditions from around the United States.
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Josephine Baker and La Revue Nègre: Paul Colin's Lithographs of Le Tumulte Noir in Paris, 1927
By Henry Louis Gates, Karen C. C. Dalton, Paul ColinLithographs show Jazz Age African Americans in France
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American Photography, 1890-1965, from the Museum of Modern Art, New York
By Luc Sante, Peter GalassiThis book explores the richest and most coherent traditions in the history of the medium with in depth, superb reproductions of 183 photographs from the outstanding collection of the Museum of Modern Art.Altogether more than one hundred ...