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The Sexual Night

Pascal Quignard · Seagull Books; Tra edition
Format: Hardcover

In The Sexual Night, renowned French writer and critic Pascal Quignard meditates on a remarkable collection of illustrations of sexual imagery. He moves from the annals of global art to ancient and modern, from Bosch and Dürer to Rembrandt and Tintoretto, from Caspar David Friedrich...
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Images of conviction : the construction of visual evidence

Diane Dufour · LE BAL / E'ditions Xavier Barral
Pages: 237
Format: Print book

"Images of Conviction" shows, through 11 cases, how the photographic image is constructed to become evidence. From the scientific methods developed by Alphonse Bertillon, a criminologist who worked for the Prefecture de Police de Paris in the late 19th century, to the first aerial...
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Letterpress Now: A DIY Guide to New & Old Printing Methods

Jessica C. White · Lark Crafts
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

At last--a contemporary how-to reference on letterpress, a traditional craft that's experiencing a huge resurgence! Not only does Letterpress Now explain how to use a variety of presses, it also covers an amazing range of techniques, all with step-by-step photos: setting metal and wood...
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Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination: The Untold Story of the Actors and Stagehands at Ford’s Theatre

Thomas A. Bogar · Regnery History
Format: Hardcover

April 14, 1865. A famous actor pulls a trigger in the presidential balcony, leaps to the stage and escapes, as the president lies fatally wounded. In the panic that follows, forty-six terrified people scatter in and around Ford’s Theater as soldiers take up stations by the doors and the audience...
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Painting for the absolute and utter beginner

Claire Watson Garcia · Watson-Guptill Publications
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

An introduction to painting that uses simple exercises to help novice painters master basic skills, including handling a brush, achieving the right paint consistency, mixing colors, and creating dimension.
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Punk London. 1977

Derek Ridgers · Carpet Bombing Culture
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Punk. London.1977. Most people blinked and missed it. Many spent a decade trying to catch up. Derek Ridgers stumbled across it by accident, where it was, in the beating filthy heart of the Roxy in middle of a derelict slum called Covent Garden. Stumbling through the moshpits trying to keep...
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Alice Neel: Painter of Modern Life

Jeremy Lewison · Mercatorfonds ;
Pages: 239
Format: Print book

This groundbreaking book re-evaluates the work of Alice Neel, one of the most renowned American portrait painters of the 20th century This insightful catalogue examines anew the full range of Alice Neel's (1900-1984) celebrated paintings of people, still life, and cityscapes. Featuring...
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Battleship Missouri: An Illustrated History

Paul Stillwell · Naval Institute Press
Pages: 450
Format: Print book

Now available in paperback, this book traces the complete story of the Missouri from her keel-laying in 1941, her participation in the Japanese surrender in 1945, and her contribution to the Persian Gulf War. Through extensive interviews and research with records from the Naval Heritage...
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What We See When We Read

Peter Mendelsund · Vintage
Format: Paperback

A San Francisco Chronicle and Kirkus Best Book of the YearA gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading—how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. What...
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Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry

Adriaan E Waiboer · Yale University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A landmark exploration of the engaging network of relationships among genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age The genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age between 1650 and 1675 ranks among the highest pinnacles of Western European art. The virtuosity of these works, as this book demonstrates,...
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Pastel painting step-by-step

Peter Coombs · Search Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive guide to painting with pastels including easy instructions on how to master tone, colour blending, composition, perspective, and more.
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