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Sketching People: An Urban Sketcher's Manual to Drawing Figures and Faces
Lynne Chapman · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Drawing people in the outside world can be a real thrill; each sketch captures a particular person and place in time. But it can also be a challenge. How do you spot a likely subject? How do you choose the person most likely to stay still? How do you draw movement for the person that refuses... |
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Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century
Jed Rasula · Basic Books (AZ)
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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In 1916, as World War I raged around them, a group of bohemians gathered at a small cabaret in Zurich, Switzerland. After decorating the walls with art by Picasso and other avant-garde artists, they embarked on a series of extravagant performances. Three readers simultaneously recited a poem... |
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The world of swing
Stanley Dance · Scribner.
Pages: 436
Format: Book
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Now available for a new generation of swing enthusiasts, reissued to coincide with the release of "The World of Swing" CD from Columbia/Legacy, this monumental history of big band jazz, documented through interviews with forty leading musicians, has been updated with a new introduction... |
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David Bellamy's Winter Landscapes: in Watercolour
David Bellamy · Search Press
Format: Print book
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Watercolour landscape expert and renowned author, David Bellamy, has a particular liking for winter subjects, since the landscape at this time is not overwhelmed with green. Here he shares his expertise in capturing winter scenes, from how to wrap up and do rapid outdoor sketches to capturing... |
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A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen
Liel Leibovitz · W W Norton & Co Inc
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover
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Brings to life a passionate poet-turned-musician and what compels him and his work. Why is it that Leonard Cohen receives the sort of reverence we reserve for a precious few living artists? Why are his songs, three or four decades after their original release, suddenly gracing the charts,... |
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Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America
Laurence Maslon · Oxford University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The music of Broadway is one of America's most unique and popular calling cards. In Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America, author Laurence Maslon tells the story of how the most beloved songs of the American Musical Theater made their way from the Theater District... |
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Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl.
Evelyn McDonnell · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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A stellar and unprecedented celebration of 104 musical artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK is the most complete, up-to-date history of the evolution, influence, and importance of women in music. A gorgeous gift book, it includes a stunning, specially commissioned, full-color illustrated portrait of every... |
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Artists Unframed: Snapshots from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
Merry A. Foresta · Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover
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Tucked away among the letters, diaries, and other ephemera in the Smithsonian's archives lies a trove of rarely seen snapshots of some of the twentieth century's most celebrated artists. Unlike the familiar official portraits and genius-at-work shots, these humble snaps capture... |
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Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the Dark Side of the Moon
Bill Kopp · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
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The Dark Side of the Moon, Bill Kopp explores the ingenuity with which Pink Floyd rebranded itself following the 1968 departure of Syd Barrett. Not only did the band survive Barrett's departure, but it went on to release landmark albums that continue to influence generations of musicians... |
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The Last Roll
Jeff Jacobson · Daylight Books
Pages: 107
Format: Book
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"A few days before Christmas, 2004, I was diagnosed with lymphoma," writes Jeff Jacobson in his preface to The Last Roll. The NY Times LENS Blog described Jacobson as "pushing the visual boundaries of photojournalism" in this work providing a first-person depiction of a cancer... |
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Splash 16 - The Best Of Watercolor: Exploring Texture
Rachel Rubin Wolf · North Light Books
Format: Hardcover
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100 top artists share the tricks behind their textures!Have you ever stood fascinated before a painting, wondering, "How did they do that?" In this 16th book in the ever-popular Splash series, 100 of today's top watercolor artists share the techniques behind the remarkable... |
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Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years
Mark Lewisohn · Crown Archetype; First U. S. Edition First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Tune In is the first volume of All These Years—a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy by the world's leading Beatles historian. Mark Lewisohn uses his unprecedented archival access and hundreds of new interviews to construct the full story of the lives and work... |
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