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Curtains?: The Future of the Arts in America
Michael M. Kaiser · Brandeis
Format: Hardcover
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In this clear-minded but sobering book, Michael M. Kaiser assesses the current state of arts institutions—orchestras; opera, ballet, modern dance, and theater companies; and even museums. According to Kaiser, new developments in the twenty-first century, including the Internet explosion,... |
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Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
John Szwed · Viking
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Published in celebration of Holiday's centenary, the first biography to focus on the singer's extraordinary musical talentWhen Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia's studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career... |
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Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series
Elizabeth Alexander · Museum of Modern Art
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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In 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just 23 years old, completed a series of 60 small tempera paintings with text captions about the Great Migration, the mass movement of black Americans from the rural South to the urban North that began in 1915-16. Within months of its making, the Migration... |
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The Art of Ballpoint: Experimentation, Exploration, and Techniques in Ink
Matt Rota · Rockport Publishers, 2015.
Pages: 160
Format: Print book
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The Art of Ballpoint offers a historical perspective of the pen as an art medium and how it has evolved and grown in popularity. The book features several leading contemporary ballpoint artists who are creating complex and provocative masterpieces. They discuss their methods, the messages... |
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Brick Flicks: 60 Iconic Movie Scenes and Posters to Make From LEGO
Warren Elsmore · Barron's Educational Series
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It's official...there is absolutely no limit to what master modeler Warren Elsmore can create with LEGO bricks! He's wowed us with architectural icons from around the globe in Brick City. He amazed us with the wonders of the ancient, natural, and modern world in Brick Wonders. And now,... |
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Paint Watercolor Flowers: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide
Birgit O'Connor · North Light Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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You can paint beautiful blooms, step by step! Sunflowers, orchids, daffodils, lilies...your brush can bring these and more to life with Paint Watercolor Flowers. Master watercolorist Birgit O'Connor guides you every step of the way, from selecting essential watercolor supplies, to practicing... |
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Line into Color, Color into Line: Helen Frankenthaler, Paintings 1962-1987
Carol Armstrong · Gagosian / Rizzoli
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover
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This striking new book features 18 paintings by the renowned American abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler. Showcasing eighteen of Frankenthaler's paintings, dating from 1962 to 1987, this beautiful book highlights the diverse relationship between drawing and painting evident in the artist's... |
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A Poet's Dublin
Eavan Boland · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Juxtaposing verse and image, A Poet's Dublin is a study of origin and influence from "a major Irish poet" (Edward Hirsch) . Written over years, the transcendent and moving poems in A Poet's Dublin seek out shadows and impressions of a powerful, historic city, studying... |
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Whitesnake
Whitesnake
Format: CD(Anniversary Edition)
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David Coverdale built Whitesnake's commercial breakthrough on a collection of loud, polished hard rockers, plus the band's best set of pop hooks. The Led Zeppelin-ish "Still of the Night" offered headbanger appeal, but it was the big chorus of "Here I Go Again"... |
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The Art of Coco
John Lasseter · Chronicle Books
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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Pixar is proud to introduce the must-have companion to the vibrant new feature film Coco. The creation of Coco's mesmerizing world is explored in detail through colorful artwork, energetic character sketches, intriguing storyboards, and spellbinding colorscripts. Featuring insights... |
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Boss : Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band : the illustrated history
Gillian G Gaar · Voyageur Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Find out how legendary musician Bruce Springsteen earned his monicker. There's only one Boss; his story is revealed here. Bruce Springsteen is a platinum-shifting, stadium-filling rock star, but he is also more nuanced than that. He is a man of the people, making conventional-and-proud-of-it... |
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Banjo: An Illustrated History
Bob Carlin · Backbeat Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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(Book) . The banjo is emblematic of American country music, and it is at the core of other important musical movements, including jazz and ragtime. The instrument has been adopted by many cultures and has been ingrained into many musical traditions, from Mento music in the Caribbean and dance... |
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Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History
Rhonda K. Garelick · Random House
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERCertain lives are at once so exceptional, and yet so in step with their historical moments, that they illuminate cultural forces far beyond the scope of a single person. Such is the case with Coco Chanel, whose life offers one of the most fascinating tales of the twentieth... |
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