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New Titles - Arts & Photography
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The Boathouse: The Artist's Studio of Dale Chihuly
Leslie Jackson Chihuly - Chihuly Workshop
Format: Hardcover
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This book features an exclusive glimpse into The Boathouse, the private working studio of artist Dale Chihuly, and into the history of its location on the shores of Lake Union in Seattle. Inhabited for thousands of years, this area in the Pacific Northwest has witnessed significant historical... |
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Lighthouses of Hampton Roads: A History (The History Press)
Benjamin H. Trask - The History Press
Format: Paperback
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For nearly two centuries, the beacons of light stations guided vessels through the deceptively hazardous waters in and around Hampton Roads. Eleven light stations have dotted the southeastern coast of Virginia since the days of the early republic. Starting with Alexander Hamilton's... |
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The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity and Society
Bodie A. Ashton - Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback
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The Pet Shop Boys came of age at a time of deep socio-political tension. From the rise of sexual politics and awareness to Thatcherite neoliberalism and the Cold War, this book explores the cultural and political impact of the band and offers a fascinating window into the late 20th and early... |
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The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
Denise Murrell - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking volume resituating the Harlem Renaissance as integral to the development of twentieth-century modernism Beginning in the 1920s, Upper Manhattan became the center of an explosion of art, writing, and ideas that has since become legendary. But what we now know as the Harlem... |
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The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork
Noah Charney - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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"Historian Charney tracks the eventful life of the Mona Lisa in this rollicking account.... The result is both a thrilling tale of true crime and a rigorous work of art history." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. If you read one book on the Mona Lisa, let this be it. From... |
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Art Unpacked: 50 Works of Art: Uncovered, Explored, Explained
Matthew Wilson - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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A down-to-earth, visual guidebook that shows how to "read," understand, and get the most out of art.For beginners, art history might seem a daunting subject with complex rules and impenetrable technical language. Even for more seasoned art lovers the question of how to think about... |
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