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An Introduction to Japanese Calligraphy
Yuuko Suzuki · Schiffer
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
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Clear instructions and 148 photos welcome you to the subtle, fascinating world of Japanese calligraphy. Beginning with a summary of the art's history, this guide then helps you understand the two systems of script that Japanese uses together: kanji, the ideogram-like characters borrowed... |
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The Good Bohemian: The Letters of Ida John
Ida Nettleship · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Captivatingly fresh and intimate letters from Augustus John's first wife, Ida, reveal the untold story of married life with one of the great artists of the last century.Twelve days before her twenty-fourth birthday, on the foggy morning of Saturday 12 January 1901, Ida Nettleship married... |
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Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings
Anne-Marie S. Logan · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format: Hardcover
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Logan, Anne-Marie S., Rubens, Peter Paul, Plomp, Michiel |
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Edgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels
Christopher Lloyd · J. Paul Getty Museum, 2014.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Edgar Degas (1834 -1917) was one of the outstanding draftsmen of the nineteenth century, and drawing was not only a central tenet of his art but also essential to his existence. Through an examination of his drawings and pastels, this book reveals the development of Degas's style as well... |
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Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s
Alexandra Schwartz · University of California Press
Format: Hardcover
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Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s is the first major museum survey to historicize art made in the United States during this pivotal decade. Showcasing approximately sixty-five works by forty-five artists, the book includes installations, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, video, sound,... |
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Eye to Eye: Photographs by Vivian Maier
Michael Williams · CityFiles Press
Format: Hardcover
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Since her death in 2009, Vivian Maier has become a photographic phenomenon. Her story—thousands of photo negatives and prints found in a storage locker and sold for pennies at auction—has stirred millions around the world. Maier was a painfully private woman who now speaks powerfully... |
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Shakespeare's Ear: Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Theater
Tim Rayborn · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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Shakespeare's Ear presents dark and sometimes funny pieces of fact and folklore that bedevil the mostly unknown history of theater. All manner of skullduggery, from revenge to murder, from affairs to persecution, proves that the drama off-stage was just as intense as any portrayed on it. The stories... |
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Medford Through Time
Patricia Saunders · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Print book
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Medford, Massachusetts, has been a part of Massachusetts history since the 1630s when Governor John Winthrop travelled here, and named a rock in the Middlesex fells after the cheese in his lunch. In the span from that seventeenth century afternoon to the twenty-first, a lot has happened... |
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Dress Like a Woman: Working Women and What They Wore
Abrams Books · Abrams Image
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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At a time in which a woman can be a firefighter, surgeon, astronaut, military officer, athlete, judge, and more, what does it mean to dress like a woman? Dress Like a Woman turns that question on its head by sharing a myriad of interpretations across history. The book includes 300 incredible... |
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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 Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal
Kathleen Smith · Perigee
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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Are You a Fangirl? * Do you survive boring classes or meetings by imagining your favorite TV couple making out? * Have you posted a lengthy diatribe on the Internet defending a fictional character? * Have you gotten carsick from reading fan fiction on your smartphone?... |
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Hockney's Portraits and People
Marco Livingstone · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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"Faces are the most interesting things we see; other people fascinate me, and the most interesting aspect of other people -- the point where we go inside them -- is the face. It tells all." -- David HockneyEver since he made his first portraits and self-portraits at the age of sixteen,... |
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Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of Devising Theater
Moises Kaufman · Vintage
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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A detailed guide to the collaborative method developed by the acclaimed creators of The Laramie Project and Gross Indecency--destined to become a classic. A Vintage Original.By Moisés Kaufman and Barbara Pitts McAdams with Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, Kelli Simpkins, Jimmy... |
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Creative Colored Pencil: Easy and Innovative Techniques for Beautiful Painting
Gary Greene · North Light
Pages: 128
Format: Print book
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New, easy & fun colored pencil techniques!
In Creative Colored Pencil, you will find secrets for amazing new and never-before-seen techniques that will turn your everyday colored pencils (both traditional wax-based and water-soluble into liquid pencils! Whether you want... |
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