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Sightings of the Sacred
Daniel Naude? · Prestel Pages: 140 Format: Print book
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The renowned South African photographer Daniel Naudé's moving studies of cattle in cultures where they are considered sacred offer unique insight into the lives of the people, the animals, and the spiritual practices that have remained unchanged for thousands of years. For the past... |
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The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze Telecaster
Chris Adams · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Pages: 238 Format: Hardcover
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In The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze Telecaster, Chris Adams takes readers on a fascinating mystery tour to determine whether a Fender Telecaster bought secondhand in a London music store in 1973 was the one used by Jimi Hendrix to record "Purple Haze"... |
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Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in Its Struggle to Be Understood
Grayson Perry · Penguin Books Format: Hardcover
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Grayson Perry's book will overturn everything you thought you knew about "art"Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book Playing to the Gallery... |
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Hand Drawn Lettering: Draw Paint Print
Mark Bergin · Barron's Educational Series Pages: 127 Format: Paperback
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Unleash your creativity with this book that encourages readers to explore new ideas, nurture originality, and create unique forms of lettering. You'll find:32 pages of instructions, and another 96 pages of alphabet samples for practicePointers on techniques and the use of colorTips on materials... |
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The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution
Bryan Shih · Nation Books Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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October 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, an organization that remains one of the most misunderstood of the twentieth century. But beyond the labels of "extremist" and "violent" that have marked the party, and behind charismatic... |
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Draw Like the Masters: An Excellent Way to Learn from Those Who Have Much to Teach
Parramon. · Barron'S Pages: 144 Format: Print book
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Since the very first artists began creating masterpieces, students have been hoping to learn the secrets of their craft. Copying drawings by the masters was, is, and will continue to be a common practice among students of Fine Arts. Besides being an exercise of tremendous value and training,... |
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Treasures of Asian Art: The Asia Society Museum Collection
Denise Patry Leidy · Prestel Pages: 431 Format: Hardcover
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Asia Society in New York, this elegant book explores the breadth and depth of the venerable museum's collection of traditional and contemporary Asian art. Reflected in the holdings of Asia Society, this book shows how contemporary artists from Asia... |
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Drawing Perspective: How to See It and How to Apply It
Matthew T Brehm · Barron's Pages: 144 Format: Print book
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Here's a hands-on guide to perspective that's for anyone who wants to draw or paint--in any genre or medium. It's partly about learning how to draw a set of straight lines that meet at a point, but it's not filled with lots of dull, dry theory (although it does explain how it all works)... |
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Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
William J. Mann · Harper; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerEdgar Award winner for Best Fact CrimeThe Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy, untold Hollywood story an addictive true tale of ambition, scandal, intrigue, murder, and the creation of the modern... |
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Rocks: My Life in and out of Aerosmith
Joe Perry · Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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An insightful and harrowing roller coaster ride through the career of one of rock and rolls greatest guitarists. Strap yourself in. —Slash Rocking Joe Perry rocks again! —Jimmy Page Before the platinum records or the Super Bowl half-time show or the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Joe Perry... |
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Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave
Hokusai Katsushika · Thames & Hudson Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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A major publication on Hokusai's remarkable late work, incorporating fresh scholarship on the sublime paintings and prints the artist created in the last thirty years of his life An acknowledged master during his lifetime, Hokusai created sublime works during the last thirty years of his life,... |
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Marijuana: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition
David E. Newton · ABC-CLIO Pages: 372 Format: Hardcover
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This single-volume resource provides sound, up-to-date information and authoritative resources for research on the controversial topics of the use of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes and the effects of marijuana use on society.* Provides readers with an in-depth understanding... |
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The Actor Uncovered: A Life in Acting
Michael Howard · Allworth Press Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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The Actor Uncovered is certainly not a set of rigid rules advocating one "method" or one singular "truth." Departing from the common guidebook format, Michael Howard uses a unique approach to teaching acting, reflecting on his own history and sharing his own experiences... |
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Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined
Ron Miller · Smithsonian Books Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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How have actual spaceships influenced the design of fictional ones like the Millenium Falcon and the Starship Enterprise? Did a fiction series in Collier's magazine really inspire us to create real-life space stations like Mir and the ISS? How have our depictions of space travel developed... |
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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
John Lahr · W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography and Finalist for the National Book Award. The definitive biography of Americas greatest playwright from the celebrated drama critic of The New Yorker.John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. Tennessee Williams... |
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