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Art, Music, and Literature, 1897-1902 Art, Music, and Literature, 1897-1902 Theodore Dreiser "Before coming to national attention for his novel Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser worked for nearly a decade as a magazine editor and freelance writer. In this volume, liberally seasoned with period… OL100193W
Violins & shovels Violins & shovels Milton Meltzer Examines art projects run during the 1930's which were funded by the Work Projects Administration OL12639773W
A Palpable Elysium A Palpable Elysium Jonathan Williams "If any place of the past century spawned originals like a breeding box, it was Black Mountain College, and among its many illustrious graduates is one Jonathan Williams, poet, publisher, raconteur, … OL14919276W
Caravan to America Caravan to America John S. Major Profiles eight artists and artisans now living in America who are originally from the "Silk Road," an ancient network of caravan trails through which trade goods, ideas, and arts pass between Asia an… OL16063953W
New York Dada, 1915-23 New York Dada, 1915-23 Francis M. Naumann 255 p. : 31 cm OL18245943W
New worlds New worlds Leslie Topp,Pamela Kort "This book, the inaugural catalogue of the Neue Galerie New York, is the first book to bring to light the history of the works of fine and decorative artists of Germany and Austria between 1890 and 1… OL18429019W
Art travel guide Art travel guide Connie Terwilliger This guide contains listings of over 120 contemporary art sites across the United States, with over 100 full-color photographs--art listings rarely found in other travel guides. If you are an art lov… OL19963617W
The Southerner's handbook The Southerner's handbook Garden & gun From the editors of Garden & Gun, the award-winning magazine known as 'The Soul of the South' comes a guidebook to the mastery of every essential Southern skill and handicraft: from how to shuck an o… OL19975071W
More art in the public eye More art in the public eye Micaela Martegani,Jeff Kasper,Drew, Emma (Editor) "More Art In The Public Eye offers critical insight into the ever-growing field of socially engaged public art, through the lens of the work of a small but impactful New York City arts non-profit, Mo… OL20979128W
New York, New York! New York, New York! Sabine Sielke "Once a center of transatlantic cultural exchange and the avant-garde arts, New York City has transformed into a global metropolis. This book traces a shift that took shape as cultural practices and … OL22321064W
Going forth by day Going forth by day Richard Hamilton,Bill Viola,John G. Hanhardt Widely recognised as the leading video artist of our time, Bill Viola employs sophisticated state-of-the-art technologies to create installations that envelop the viewer in image and sound. This is a… OL2574400W
Hamptons bohemia Hamptons bohemia Helen A. Harrison "For more than two centuries, the Hamptons, a beach resort on the southeastern end of New York's Long Island, have been home to a vibrant community of artists and writers. It was here that Winslow Ho… OL3746812W
American Catholic arts and fictions American Catholic arts and fictions Paul Giles ix, 547 p. : 24 cm OL4112964W
Engendering culture Engendering culture Barbara Melosh Using the iconography of New Deal murals and plays to interpret the cultural history of the 1930s, Engendering Culture demonstrates that the visual and dramatic images of each form contain an underly… OL4448186W
The Code Chronicles The Code Chronicles Janice Eaton Kilby Oz and his friend Elspeth journey back in time to such destinations as primeval Los Angeles and Jerusalem during the Crusades, but when the locale turns dangerous, the reader is asked to crack the co… OL5962701W
Uncommon women Uncommon women Joan Kufrin x, 173 p. : 27 cm OL6443095W
Anarchist Modernism Anarchist Modernism Allan Antliff "The relationship of the anarchist movement to American art during the World War I era is most often described as a "tenuous affinity" between two distinct spheres: political and artistic. In Anarchi… OL8026915W
Weldon Kees and the Arts at Midcentury Weldon Kees and the Arts at Midcentury Daniel A. Siedell xii, 238 pages : 24 cm OL8418520W
The Isles of Shoals Remembered The Isles of Shoals Remembered Caleb Mason Spend one year in time with the artists, musicians, and writers who visited Celia Thaxter's Isles of Shoals arts' colony in the 1880s. The salon was a precursor and inspiration for the MacDowell colo… OL8444663W
Loss within Loss Loss within Loss Edmund White,N. Y. Alliance for the Arts When an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do. This book is a moving collaboration by some of America's most eloquent writers, who supply wry, raging, so… OL9380922W
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