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Watercolor Lettering: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Painting Embellished Scripts and Beautiful Art

Jess Park · Ulysses Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Learn to Paint Gorgeous Colorful LetteringWatercolor artwork is the perfect embellishment to take your brush pen lettering to the next level. This comprehensive how-to guide includes step-by-step instructions for basic and advanced watercolor techniques, expert tips to improve your lettering,...
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We Were Going to Change the World: Interviews with Women from the 1970s and 1980s Southern California Punk Rock Scene

Stacy Shotsberger Russo · Santa Monica Press
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback

The punk rock scene of the 1970s and '80s in Southern California is widely acknowledged as one of the most vibrant, creative periods in all of rock and roll history. And while several excellent books have done a commendable job of covering and examining the artists who contributed to the music...
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Samurai Castles: History / Architecture / Visitors' Guides

JENNIFER MITCHELHILL · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Samurai Castles features hundreds of stunning color photographs and little-known details about the most important and well-preserved Samurai castles in Japan, including their history, design and military features.Japan's ancient castles provide profound insights into the country's...
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The Ecstasy of Being: Mythology and Dance

Joseph Campbell · New World Library
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover

Joseph Campbell's collected writings on dance and art, edited and introduced by Nancy Allison, CMA, the founder of Jean Erdman Dance, and including Campbell's unpublished manuscript "Mythology and Form in the Performing and Visual Arts," the book he was working on when...
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Teach Yourself to Play Blues & Boogie Piano: A Quick and Easy Introduction for Intermediate to Early Advanced Players

Michael Tarro · Hal Leonard
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

(Piano Instruction) . If you are a pianist who has already developed some ability on your instrument, and have an interest in learning about blues and boogie woogie, this book is tailor-made for you. Jazz and swing are also discussed. You'll focus on many aspects of these styles,...
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The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor

Mark Gibson · Oxford University Press
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover

In The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor, master conductor Mark Gibson addresses the technique of conducting as an extension of intimate knowledge of the score to the hands and arms. He employs a variety of everyday activities and motions (brushing...
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Sadie Benning: Shared Eye

Elena Filipovic · Renaissance Society
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

This richly illustrated volume offers an in-depth look into artist Sadie Benning's exhibition Shared Eye, presented at the Renaissance Society and the Kunsthalle Basel. The forty mixed-media panels in Shared Eye defy easy categorization: they include collage, painting, photography,...
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The Advanced Photography Guide

David Taylor · DK
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Practical advice, equipment, and settings checklists, plus inspirational and instructive images for photographers with a basic technical grounding and level of experience who would like to take their digital photography skills and technique a step further.

Featuring a comprehensive...
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Deana Lawson: An Aperture Monograph

Deana Lawson · Aperture
Pages: 104
Format: Hardcover

Deana Lawson is one of the most intriguing photographers of her generation. Over the last ten years, she has created a visionary language to describe identities through intimate portraiture and striking accounts of ceremonies and rituals. Using medium- and large-format cameras, Lawson works...
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Skyscraper Gothic: Medieval Style and Modernist Buildings

Kevin D Murphy · University of Virginia Press
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover

Of all building types, the skyscraper strikes observers as the most modern, in terms not only of height but also of boldness, scale, ingenuity, and daring. As a phenomenon born in late nineteenth-century America, it quickly became emblematic of New York, Chicago, and other major cities....
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The 11 Contracts That Every Artist, Songwriter, and Producer Should Know

Steve Gordon · Hal Leonard Books
Pages: 220
Format: Print book

(Book) . The 11 Contracts Every Artist, Songwriter, and Producer Should Know is an in-depth guide to help artists, songwriters, and producers navigate the tricky world of contract negotiations in the music industry. This book analyzes the most common, and important, contracts including...
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100 Most Beautiful Christmas Songs

Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. · Hal Leonard
Pages: 397
Format: Paperback

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . Arrangements for piano, voice and guitar of 100 all-time Christmas favorites, both sacred and secular in nature. Includes: Angels We Have Heard on High * Baby, It's Cold Outside * Christmas Time Is Here * Do You Hear What I Hear * The Friendly Beasts...
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A Grammy Salute to Music Legends: All-Star Artists Pay Tribute to Their Musical Heroes

David Konjoyan · Hal Leonard Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

(Book) . Each year, The Recording Academy (the organization behind the Grammy Awards) honors a handful of musical giants through its Special Merit Awards, which include the Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award, and Technical Grammy Award. And each year, artists and others in the music-making...
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Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle

Ioan Szasz · Weldon Owen
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Graphic but mystical, vibrant yet enigmatic, the work of American artist Eyvind Earle is a treasure trove of subtle and shimmering contradictions. From fanciful backgrounds for Disney classics such as Sleeping Beauty to bold experiments in multimedia art, from ambitious commercial animations...
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Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves

Kate T. Parker · Workman Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Girls being fearless. Girls being silly. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. So simple and yet so powerful, Strong Is the New Pretty celebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls...
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