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The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement
Anna O. Marley - University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by European impressionist paintings of open countryside, private gardens, and urban parks, American artists working in the years between 1887 and 1920 turned their attentions to the new landscapes being created in the fast-changing cities and rapidly emerging suburbs of their own country.... |
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The Bruegels: Lives & Works In 500 Images
Nigel Rogers - Lorenz Books
Format: Book
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder is one of the world's most original artists who founded a dynasty of painters. His most popular works include Children's Games, Hunters in the Snow and Peasant Wedding Feast. He collaborated with Rubens on several important... |
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The Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict
Peter McBride
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Supplying vital water to more than 30 million Americans living in the arid West, the Colorado River is one of the most diverted, dammed, and heavily litigated rivers in the world. In full-color, photo essay format, The Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict, follows the river's |
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The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World
Susan Veness
Format: Paperback
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Whether it's your first or fiftieth visit to Walt Disney World, you'll be surprised at how much you can miss during your trip. But with this guide to Disney's hidden treasures you'll learn: -You can search for more than the usual hidden Mickey. There are other beloved... |
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Nature as Muse: Inventing Impressionist Landscape
Christoph Heinrich
Format: Book
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In the beginning of the nineteenth century, artists took their easels and paints and worked outside, freed from the constraints of studio space and light. Utilizing loose brushstrokes and a soft color palette, the impressionists told the story of the French countryside through their... |
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Southwest Denver
Shawn M Snow - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback
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In 1900, the bucolic landscape that stretched for miles southwest of Denver was made up of truck farms, dairies, and ranches. While the separate town of Valverde would be absorbed by Denver in 1902, the countryside beyond was the domain of Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties.
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Women of Abstract Expressionism
Joan M Marter - Denver Art Museum ; New Haven
Format: Book
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The artists Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and many other women played major roles in the development of Abstract Expressionism, which flourished in New York and San Francisco in the 1940s and 1950s and has been recognized... |
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