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They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age
Didier Ghez · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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As the Walt Disney Studio entered its first decade and embarked on some of the most ambitious animated films of the time, Disney hired a group of "concept artists" whose sole mission was to explore ideas and inspire their fellow animators. They Drew as They Pleased showcases four... |
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Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World
Joanna Marschner · Yale University Press
Pages: 571
Format: Hardcover
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Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737) , Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772) , and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (1744-1818) were three German princesses who became Queens Consort - or, in the case of Augusta, Queen in Waiting, Regent, and Princess Dowager - of Great Britain, and were linked... |
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Pastels Unleashed
Margaret Evans · Search Press
Format: Book
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Margaret Evans shows artists how to unleash the creative power of pastels. She shares her huge enthusiasm for the medium and her expertise in the properties of pastels, showing how to choose papers or use underpainting techniques to make the most of them. She demonstrates the stages: sketching... |
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Robin Williams: A Singular Portrait, 1986-2002
Arthur Grace · Counterpoint LLC
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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I had always thought that when I was around 84 and Robin was 80 we could collaborate on a book about the golden years of his career where he could look at my photographs and reminisce about the events and his feelings at the time. Unfortunately, that book was never to be . . . .Photographer... |
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The Public Image: Photography and Civic Spectatorship
Robert Hariman · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Even as the media environment has changed dramatically in recent years, one thing at least remains true: photographs are everywhere. From professional news photos to smartphone selfies, images have become part of the fabric of modern life. And that may be the problem. Even as photography... |
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Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time
RAY PADGETT · Sterling
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of the popular website covermesongs.com comes the perfect book for music fans: the inside stories behind 20 iconic cover songs and the artists who turned them into classics. A great cover only makes a song stronger. Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's "All... |
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Summer of Love: Art, Fashion, and Rock and Roll
Jill D'Alessandro · University of California Press
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
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Featuring a wide array of iconic rock posters, period photographs, music memorabilia and light shows, "out-of-this-world" clothing, and avant-garde films, this catalogue celebrates San Francisco's rebellious and colorful counterculture that blossomed in the years surrounding... |
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The Encyclopedia of Reggae: The Golden Age of Roots Reggae
Mike Alleyne · Sterling
Format: Paperback
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This heavily illustrated guide to reggae is a colorful, herbally endowed, and sunsplashed history of one of the world's most popular musical styles. Reggae was born in 1960s Jamaica, a potent mix of such indigenous genres as ska and rocksteady plus R&B, jazz, and traditional African... |
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Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism
Whitney Chadwick · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating examination of the ambitions and friendships of a talented group of midcentury women artistsFarewell to the Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose backgrounds were often quite... |
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Mountain Modern: Contemporary Homes in High Places
Dominic Bradbury · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A striking survey of contemporary houses designed for high-altitudes that fuse style with comfort in extreme weather conditions High up in mountains around the world, houses that have long been constructed following local building traditions are being transformed. Intrepid young architects... |
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