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African art African art Virginia Museum of Fine Arts "Now in its second edition, this book is further enhanced by African proverbs. Intended as an introduction to African art, this book investigates five key themes common to many cultures in Africa: th… OL1187852W
Native American art Native American art Hans-Ulrich Sanner,Ethnologisches Museum Berlin.,Peter Bolz "Catalog and exhibition both begin with a prologue that looks critically at the cliche images that still influence the public conception of North American Indians. The less-well-known German contribu… OL12863545W
Edvard Munch Edvard Munch Gerd Woll,Carla Lathe,Reinhold Heller,Dieter Buchhart,Frank Hoifodt,Iris Müller-Westermann,Albrecht Schröder,Albertina Wien,Christoph Asendorf,Edvard Munch,Arne Eggum,Marian Bisanz-Prakken,Antonia Hoerschelmann Während eines achtmonatigen Aufenthalts in dem Sanatorium von Dr. Daniel Jacobsen in Kopenhagen verwandelt Munch sein Krankenzimmer in ein Atelier und entwickelt einen neuen extrovertierteren und exp… OL136192W
Hiroshige Hiroshige Gian Carlo Calza Hiroshige (1797–1858), Japanese painter and printmaker, is known especially for his landscape prints. The last great figure of the popular ukiyo-e school of printmaking, he transmuted everyday landsc… OL15752255W
Alexis Rockman Alexis Rockman Robert Kennedy,Alexis Rockman,Jonathan Crary,Stephen Jay Gould,Arnold Lehman,David Quammen,Portland Art Museum (Or.) 62 pages : 23 x 27 cm OL1652346W
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788 Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788 Martin Myrone,Rica Jones,Michael Rosenthal "Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the masters of eighteenth-century art. This book, published to accompany a major international exhibition covering the artist's entire career, reveals the … OL17279569W
Brian Weil, 1979-95 Brian Weil, 1979-95 Brian Weil This book offers the first career retrospective of Brian Weil (1954-1996), an artist whose photographs pushed viewers into a deeply unsteadying engagement with insular communities and subcultures. A … OL17578546W
Inside the studio Inside the studio Judith Richards,David Levinthal Excerpts from transcriptions of audio recordings made from Mar. 11, 1985 to Apr. 15, 2003 during ICI's annual "New York Studio Events," in which artists talk about their work to audiences gathered at… OL18370849W
Rubens's Massacre of the Innocents Rubens's Massacre of the Innocents Art Gallery of Ontario. DVD focuses on the addition to the Art Gallery of Toronto designed by Frank Gehry to house the Thomson collection. Includes interviews with the collector, museum staff and the architect. OL18647105W
The poetry of everyday life The poetry of everyday life Jacob van Ruisdael,Ronni Baer,Franz Hals,Balthasar van der Ast,Re Rembrandt,Jan van der Heyden "Seventeenth-century Dutch paintings were often made for a newly wealthy middle class and were of a size, subject, and scale appropriate to their homes. Predominantly Protestant and ruled by an oliga… OL19126199W
Italian Ceramics Italian Ceramics Catherine Hess "Italian Ceramics amplifies and updates the earlier volume, including objects - some of them porcelain and terra-cotta - acquired during the intervening years. Among them are a pair of eighteenth-cen… OL1983106W
Journey Without End Journey Without End Suzan Campbell "At the outset [Calcagno] eschewed abstraction, but would use what he found to suit his emotional necessities, which meant that he distorted color and form expressively, while his images remained roo… OL2051328W
Midsummer Snowballs Midsummer Snowballs Andy Goldsworthy "Just after midnight on June 21, 2000, Midsummer Day, artist Andy Goldsworthy supervised the unloading of thirteen huge snowballs from refrigerated trucks onto the streets of London's financial distr… OL2108034W
The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum Vivian Endicott Barnett "A famous art collector, dealer, and indomitable champion of modern art, Emmy (Galka) Scheyer (1889-1945) is best known as the founder of the Blue Four artists' group, whose members were Lyonel Feini… OL2482706W
Alice Schille Alice Schille William H. Gerdts "Alice Schille (1869-1955) was one of the finest watercolor artists of her time and among the foremost woman watercolorists ever produced in America. Born in Columbus, Ohio, she studied art in New Yo… OL2707356W
Artemisia Gentileschi and the authority of art Artemisia Gentileschi and the authority of art R. Ward Bissell "One of the most memorable creative personalities of the Baroque age and arguably the most forcefully expressive and influential woman painter in history, the Roman-born Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1… OL2746532W
One nation One nation N. C. Wyeth "The history of America in the twentieth century - full of innocence and deceit, promise and disappointment - has been chronicled by two members of the most famous family of artists in America, the W… OL3264368W
Lines from an artistic life Lines from an artistic life Aditi De,Krishen Khanna,Tanuj Berry,Jahangir Sabavala "Lines from an Artistic Life explores the drawings of eminent Indian artist KM Adimoolam, well-known in India and internationally for his meticulous pen-and-ink drawings on subjects ranging from real… OL5977655W
William Morris William Morris Blake Edgar,William Morris,Robert Vinnedge,James Yood "For thousands of years humans have adorned themselves. Adornment figures among the constellation of traits that signify the arrival of modern human behavior in the archaeological record - a key part… OL6219976W
Important artifacts and personal property from the collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, i… Important artifacts and personal property from the collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, i… Leanne Shapton The story of a romantic relationship is told in the form of a catalog from the auction of objects previously owned by the fictional couple. OL8034613W
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