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Billy Showell's Botanical Painting in Watercolour

Billy Showell · Search Press
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Billy Showell's highly accomplished paintings give a contemporary twist to the traditional art of botanical painting, and have received worldwide acclaim. In this her fourth book she reveals in depth the techniques she uses to produce her stunning works of art. Every aspect of botanical...
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Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen

Ruth Barton · The University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover

Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (1893−1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan, and Erich von Stroheim as one of the greatest artists of the silent cinema. Ingram briefly studied sculpture at the Yale University School...
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Hidden Figures: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack

HAL LEONARD PUBLISHING CORPORATION. · Hal Leonard
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback

All ten songs plus one bonus track (Katherine by Pharrell Williams) from the soundtrack for the critically acclaimed movie featuring songs by Pharrell Williams, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Janelle Monáe, and more. Includes: Able · Apple · Crave · Crystal Clear · I See a Victory · Isn't...
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Soul Jazz

Bob Porter · XLIBRIS
Pages: 281
Format: Paperback

Soul Jazz is a history of jazz and its reception in the black community in the period from the end of World War II until the end of the Vietnam War. Previous histories reflect the perspective of an integrated America, yet the United States was a segregated country in 1945. The black audience...
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The Religious Art of Pablo Picasso

Jane Dillenberger · University of California Press
Pages: 108
Format: Hardcover

This is the first critical examination of Pablo Picasso's use of religious imagery and the religious import of many of his works with secular subject matter. Though Picasso was an avowed atheist, his work employs spiritual themes - and, often, traditional religious iconography. In five...
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Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell: Dreamland

Boris Vallejo · Harper Design; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

An all-new collection of lush, four-color artwork from the studio of acclaimed fantasy artists Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.Artist Boris Vallejo is renowned for his paintings of beautiful maidens, heroic men, and fearsome monsters, while his wife and partner, Julie Bell, is revered for her unique...
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Carleton Watkins: The Stanford Albums

Cantor Arts Center · Stanford University Press
Format: Hardcover

Born in upstate New York in 1829, Carleton Watkins ventured west in 1848 to strike it rich. Instead of prospecting for gold, Watkins acquired a talent for photography. Through the 1860s and 1870s, Watkins charted the remote American West, and masterfully captured the vast scale and spirit...
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Looking Backward: A Photographic Portrait of the World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

Michael Lesy · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A transporting work of photographic history that offers a haunting vision of how Americans viewed the world at the dawn of the twentieth century.Pull the yellowed card from the box and slide it into the viewer. Two binocular images, nearly identical, reveal a scene from the past in vivid,...
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The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four 2 Vols: The Beatles Encyclopedia

Kenneth Womack · Greenwood
Format: Hardcover

The Beatles have sold at least 2.3 billion albums achieved 6 Diamond, 24 Multi-Platinum, 39 Platinum, and 45 Gold albums in the United States alone and continue to experience impressive commercial success—now more than at any other time. What is it about this iconic group which continues...
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Creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial the Inside Story

Robert W. Doubek · McFarland
Format: Print book

Since its dedication in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become an American cultural icon symbolizing the war in Vietnam--the defining experience of the Baby Boom generation. The black granite wall of names is one of the most familiar media images associated with the war, and after...
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The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard

Buddha Monk · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

On the tenth anniversary of his death, The Dirty Version is the first biography of hip hop superstar and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, to be written by someone from his inner circle: his right-hand man and best friend, Buddha Monk.Ol’ Dirty Bastard...
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iPad and iPhone Digital Photography Tips and Tricks

Jason Rich · Que
Pages: 354
Format: Paperback

iPad and iPhone Digital Photography Tips and Tricks Easily Unlock the Power of Digital Photography on Your iPad or iPhone Discover hundreds of tips and tricks you can use right away to capture, edit, and share amazing photos with your iPad or iPhone! This easy-to-understand guide...
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Cable Guys: Television and Masculinities in the 21st Century

Amanda D Lotz · New York University Press
Pages: 241
Format: Print book

From the meth-dealing but devoted family man Walter White of AMC's Breaking Bad, to the part-time basketball coach, part-time gigolo Ray Drecker of HBO's Hung, depictions of male characters perplexed by societal expectations of men and anxious about changing American masculinity...
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Dramatic Color in the Landscape: Painting Land and Light in Oil and Pastel

Brian Keeler · North Light Books
Format: Hardcover

Fill your paintings with spring light, winter scenes, autumn ambiance, summer sunsets, and more!Dramatic Color in the Landscape will help you to discover ways to enliven your paintings with the brilliant color of your favorite seasons while exploring simple yet effective color concepts...
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