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True Grit: American Prints from 1900 to 1950

Stephanie Schrader · J. Paul Getty Museum
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

An engaging look at early twentieth-century American printmaking, which frequently focused on the crowded, chaotic, and "gritty" modern city. In the first half of the twentieth century, a group of American artists influenced by the painter and teacher Robert Henri aimed to reject...
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We the People: Portraits of Veterans in America

Mary Whyte · University of South Carolina Press
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

We the people -- these words embody the ethos of what it means to be an American citizen. As individuals we are a tapestry of colors and creeds; united we are a nation committed to preserving our hard-earned freedom. In this heart-stirring collection of watercolor portraits of military...
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Cinema '62: The Greatest Year at the Movies

Stephen Farber · Rutgers University Press
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover

Lawrence of Arabia, The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Manchurian Candidate, Gypsy, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Longest Day, The Music Man, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, and more.Most conventional film histories dismiss the early 1960s as a pallid era, a downtime between the heights...
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