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Animals Animals Claude Delafosse,Gallimard Jeunesse (Publisher),Tony Ross Features die-cut and transparent pages introducing animals as portrayed in art. OL10662961W
American visionaries 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
The nude The nude Pavel Machotka xv, 322 p. : ill. ; 27 cm OL115254W
William Kentridge William Kentridge Jane Taylor,Maria-Christina Villasenor,William Kentridge,Carolyn Christov Bakargiev,William Kentridge "William Kentridge (b. 1955, Johannesburg) has always addressed the more challenging and intimate aspects of contemporary life and of South Africa, both during Apartheid and in the post-Apartheid per… OL11636684W
Arte del pueblo Arte del pueblo Museo de Arte Popular. With the collaboration of anthropologists, collectors, writers, historians, researchers, jewelers and other intellectuals the MAP presents this fine edition that contains a detailed study of the vari… OL11718279W
Package design workbook Package design workbook Steven DuPuis The Art and Science of Successful Packaging This new addition to the series will provide readers with a thoughtful packaging primer that covers the challenges of designing packaging for a competitive… OL11777171W
Hearst, the collector Hearst, the collector Mary L. Levkoff "William Randolph Hearst (1860 1951) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in America in the first half of the twentieth century and his media conglomerate is still one of the largest priva… OL11946606W
One across, two down One across, two down Ruth Rendell Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stands to inherit when his mother-in-law dies. Otherwise, life at 61 Lanchester Road is a living hell. Fo… OL12093W
Shapes and people Shapes and people Geoffrey Grigson Discusses how the works of artists from various periods and cultures captured the moods and activities of people. Examples of drawings and paintings are included. OL1232605W
Degas and the dance Degas and the dance Richard Kendall,Jill DeVonyar,Jill De Vonyar "Known in his lifetime as "the painter of dancers," Edgar Degas has long been recognized as the foremost artist of the ballet. More than half of his vast body of work - created over five decades and … OL12343092W
The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Howard Hibbard The book details the conception and history of the museum. Pictures of the drawings, paintings and sculpture that can be view upon visiting. OL12403633W
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
Leonardo and central Italian art, 1515-1550 Leonardo and central Italian art, 1515-1550 Kathleen Weil Garris Posner xi, 91 p., [16] leaves of plates : 29 cm OL13361338W
Bill Reid Bill Reid Karen Duffek Artistic biography of Bill Reid's life and work and his role as an artist, innovator and ambassador of Haida art. OL13372354W
Ettore Sottsass Ettore Sottsass Enzo Cucchi,Milco Carboni,Barbara Radice,Ettore Sottsass Ettore Sottsass (1917- 2007) zählt zu den Protagonisten des italienischen Designs der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts und avancierte zu einem der weltweit erfolgreichsten Produktgestalter. Ausgeb… OL135371W
Light club Light club Josiah McElheny Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915) was a visionary German novelist, theorist, poet, and artist who made a lasting impression on such icons of modernism as Walter Benjamin, Bruno Taut, and Walter Gropius. Fa… OL13595605W
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
Causing a scene Causing a scene Charlie Todd A fake U2 concert. A deranged hypnotist.A book signing by a dead author.Welcome to the wild world of Improv Everywhere.From the infamous No Pants! Subway Ride to the legendary Grand Central Freeze, I… OL13683773W
Kids' art works! Kids' art works! Sandi Henry Provides more than fifty hands-on projects for original artwork, while teaching a variety of techniques and concepts in sculpture, prints, design, textiles, and texture. OL13713W
When a Man Marries When a Man Marries Mary Roberts Rinehart A bestseller in 1910, When a Man Marries tells what happens when a man tries to hide the fact that he is divorced by taking on a temporary wife for a dinner party. A riveting blend of comedy and myst… OL137382W
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