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Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music

Ann Powers · Dey Street Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

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A Tragic Fate: Law and Ethics in the Battle Over Nazi-Looted Art

Nicholas M O'Donnell · Ankerwycke
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

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The American Dream: Pop to the Present

Stephen Coppel · Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback

The American Dream: From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. The 1960s was a period of change in the production, marketing and consumption...
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Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect: Second Edition

William J Hirsch, Jr. · Dalsimer Press, Inc.
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

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How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century

LYDIA EDWARDS · Bloomsbury Academic
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How to Read a Dress is an authoritative...
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Out East: Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons

Jennifer Ash Rudick · Vendome Press
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

Cool breezes, miles of pristine beaches, and vast, open farmland have long attracted visitors to Long Island's South Fork, known worldwide as "The Hamptons." Residents in picturesque seaside communities from Southampton to Montauk are calling upon world-class designers to fine-tune...
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The Color of Pixar

Tia Kratter · Chronicle Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Bold and beautiful, this volume presents hundreds of film stills from the Pixar archives in a glorious spectrum of color. Starting with bright white images and seamlessly flowing through the colors of the rainbow, it becomes crystal clear how each frame tells a story. Bound into a gorgeous...
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Lost Cleveland

Laura DeMarco · Pavilion
Pages: 142
Format: Hardcover

Organized chronologically, starting with the earliest losses and ending with the latest, this book features much-loved Cleveland institutions that have been consigned to history. Losses include: City Hall, Diebolt Brewing Co., Luna Park, Sheriff Street Market, Hotel Winton, League Park,...
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Sun and Moon

Various Artists (Artist) · Tara Books
Pages: 28
Format: Hardcover

Part of everyday life, yet rich in symbolic meaning, renderings of the sun and the moon are present in all folk and tribal art traditions of India. They are always in relationship with each other. Agrarian societies keep track of time by referring to markers in the seasonal variations of the sun,...
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Expressive Flower Painting: Simple Mixed Media Techniques for Bold Beautiful Blooms

LYNN WHIPPLE · Quarry Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Let your creativity bloom with Expressive Flower Painting!Flowers are one of the most common and beloved subjects for artists. And for new artists, it's almost always one of the first things someone tries to paint--center, petals, stem, voila! The painting exercises and the process...
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