Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
American visionaries	Whitney Museum of American Art.	"American Visionaries presents masterworks from the Museum's unparalleled collection of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art. Underscoring the Museum's commitment to in-depth collecting a…	OL10737911W
Louis C. Tiffany	Alastair Duncan	Alastair Duncan, the world-renowned authority on Louis C. Tiffany, has produced the definitive work on America's premier artist-designer, examining every facet of Tiffany's unrivalled achievements in…	OL13637301W
Heart to heart	Jan Greenberg	A compilation of poems by Americans writing about American art in the twentieth century, including such writers as Nancy Willard, Jane Yolen, and X.J. Kennedy.	OL15599929W
East-West interchanges in American art	East-West Interchanges in American Art Symposium (2009 Smithsonian American Art Museum)	289 p. : 26 cm	OL16002489W
The limners	Leonard Everett Fisher	Discusses the motivation, materials, and techniques of the first "artists" in colonial America--the sign painters--and how their works contribute to a better understanding of early American history a…	OL16050126W
An American renaissance	Malcolm R. Daniel,Sam Hunter	Essays to accompany an exhibition held at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts.	OL18331117W
58F Plaza	Kerry Boyd	64 p. : 26 cm	OL19404026W
The Cincinnati Wing: The Story of Art in the Queen City (Ohio Bicentennial)	Julie Aronson	"The nine brief essays in this volume trace the thematic arrangement of the Cincinnati Wing galleries, situating the artwork in the context of Cincinnati's unique history as it progressed from a fron…	OL19540143W
William Wegman	William Wegman,W. Wegman	"William Wegman's whimsical photographs of his Weimaraner dogs have been celebrated in the art world and enjoyed by pet lovers for nearly four decades. In this entirely new volume, renowned photograp…	OL19656930W
Milk and honey	Justin Van Hoy	238 p. : 29 cm	OL19704455W
1971: a year in the life of color	Darby English	In this book, art historian Darby English explores the year 1971, when two exhibitions opened that brought modernist painting and sculpture into the burning heart of United States cultural politics: …	OL19732919W
Robert Rauschenberg	Catherine Craft	The work of Robert Rauschenberg has had a profound impact on avant-garde art from the 1950s onwards. A pioneer of multimedia are, this book explores his experimentations from his Combines (works meld…	OL19970434W
Creating the future	Michael Fallon	Examines the premise that the progress of art in Los Angeles ceased during the 1970s--after the decline of the Ferus Gallery, the scattering of its stable of artists (Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz, Ed Mo…	OL19988858W
Kitaj prints	Jennifer Ramkalawon	American-born artist R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007) was one of the most controversial artists of the second half of the twentieth century. His distinctive, highly personal and often challenging works drew on…	OL20023136W
Domestic scenes	Lawrence Weschler	Award-winning author Lawrence Weschler's book on the young Mexican American artist Ramiro Gomez explores questions of social equity and the chasms between cultures and classes in America. Gomez, born…	OL20030109W
Cy Twombly	Cy Twombly,Jonas Storsve	The Centre Pompidou will present a major retrospective of the work of American artist Cy Twombly bringing together works from public and private collections around the world. The comprehensive showca…	OL20057259W
History of Visual Art in Sarasota	Kevin Dean,Patricia Ringling Buck,Marcia Corbino	"The origins of the city's cultural identity can be traced to the arrival of circus impresario John Ringling, railroad executive Ralph Caples, and socialite Bertha Palmer, who all showcased impressiv…	OL21222360W
Elizabeth Peyton	Elizabeth Peyton	Item contains chapters from books, poems and extracts from literature as well as plates of work by the artist.	OL2265262W
Jewish Artists in New York	Matthew Baigell	"Exploring the influence of the local cultural scene as well as events taking place in Europe, Matthew Baigell reexamines the work of Jewish artists inspired to respond to the murders of their fellow…	OL2569346W
The art of America from Jackson to Lincoln	Shirley Glubok	Describes art, architecture, and crafts in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.	OL3910496W