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The Art and Making of The Handmaid's Tale
Insight Editions · Insight Editions
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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Explore the world of Gilead with this behind-the-scenes look at the award-winning show The Handmaid's Tale.
The Handmaid's Tale - the groundbreaking show produced by MGM Television and based on Margaret Atwood's best-selling novel - has drawn rave reviews and attention... |
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Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest Songs
Mark Duffett · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
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Over the course of the last six decades, Elvis Presley has sold more than a billion records; his music has touched nearly every modern listener. Despite an avalanche of books on his life, there are, surprisingly, few about his musical creativity. In Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest Songs,... |
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Rose
Catherine Horwood · Reaktion Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Could a book by any other name smell as sweet? Absolutely not. The rose is the world's favorite flower - and always has been. It is our greatest floral symbol of love and romance, and it is a bloom that touches our hearts as the flower most often chosen to celebrate significant milestones... |
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Botanical Painting
MARGARET STEVENS · Batsford
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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Written by world experts, this invaluable and inspirational guide is a must-have addition to the library of botanical painters. Harnessing the talent of Members and Distance Learning Diploma Course students around the world, the esteemed Society of Botanical Artists provides a comprehensive... |
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A Mouth Is Always Muzzled: Six Dissidents, Five Continents, and the Art of Resistance
Natalie Hopkinson · The New Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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As people consider how to respond to a resurgence of racist, xenophobic populism, A Mouth Is Always Muzzled tells an extraordinary story of the ways art brings hope in perilous times. Weaving disparate topics from sugar and British colonialism to attacks on free speech and Facebook activism... |
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Painting with Bob Ross: Learn to paint in oil step by step!
WALTER FOSTER CREATIVE TEAM. · Walter Foster Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Painting with Bob Ross - with artwork created by Bob Ross himself - introduces artists and Bob Ross fans to the basics of painting landscapes with his specially formulated oil paints, brushes, basecoats, and other tools. Everyone will enjoy Painting with Bob Ross, as his "happy accidents"... |
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Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring
Annegret Fauser · Oxford University Press
Pages: 134
Format: Paperback
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Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham, counts among the best known American contributions to the global concert hall and stage. In the years since its premiere-as a dance work at the Library of Congress in 1944-it has become one of Copland's... |
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Detroit: The Dream Is Now: The Design, Art, and Resurgence of an American City
Michel Arnaud · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Detroit: The Dream Is Now is a visual essay on the rebuilding and resurgence of the city of Detroit by photographer Michel Arnaud, co-author of Design Brooklyn. In recent years, much of the focus on Detroit has been on the negative stories and images of shuttered, empty buildings - the emblems... |
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Hidden Frida Kahlo: Lost, Destroyed, or Little Known Works
Helga Prignitz-Poda · Prestel
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A treat for Frida Kahlo aficionados everywhere, this compilation of lost, destroyed, or inaccessible paintings adds much to our understanding and appreciation of this iconic artist. In this fascinating look at over 180 "hidden" images Helga Prignitz-Poda, one of the world's... |
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Seeing Slowly: Looking at Modern Art
Michael Findlay · Prestel
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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In this highly engaging and empowering book, Michael Findlay, an internationally respected art dealer, urges museum goers to unplug from the audio tour, ignore those information labels, and really see art with all of their senses. When it comes to viewing art, living in the information... |
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Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa
Kevin Karnes · Oxford University Press
Pages: 135
Format: Paperback
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One of today's most widely acclaimed composers, Arvo Pärt broke into the soundscape of the Cold War West with Tabula Rasa in 1977, a work that introduced his signature tintinnabuli style to listeners throughout the world. In the first book dedicated to this pathbreaking composition,... |
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Close to the Edge: How Yes's Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock
Will Romano · Backbeat Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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(Book) . The first half of the 1970s was an especially fertile period for British progressive rock, laying claim to classics such as Tarkus , Selling England by the Pound , Larks' Tongues in Aspic , The Dark Side of the Moon , and Thick as a Brick . Collectively these and other works... |
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The Big Book of BTS: The Deluxe Unofficial Bangtan Book
Katy Sprinkel · Triumph Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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THE HOTTEST GROUP IN THE WORLD! Already K-pop's hugest artist, the members of BTS are looking to make 2020 their most successful year ever! Between selling out arenas, dropping mixtapes, and filming a surprise concert documentary, BTS has still found time to release wildly popular hits... |
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Speaking for Ourselves: Conversations on Life, Music, and Autism
Michael B Bakan · Oxford University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Since the advent of autism as a diagnosed condition in the 1940s, the importance of music in the lives of autistic people has been widely observed and studied. Articles on musical savants, extraordinary feats of musical memory, unusually high rates of absolute or "perfect" pitch,... |
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