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Fever Within

The Art of Ronald Lockett

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Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016

Ronald Lockett (1965–1998) stands out among southern artists in the late twentieth century. Raised in the African American industrial city of Bessemer, Alabama, Lockett explored a range of recurring themes through his art: faith, the endless cycle of life, environmental degradation, historical events,...
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by John Constable, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Celebrated for his iconic depictions of the English countryside, particularly his beloved Stour valley, John Constable helped raise the status of landscape painting. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of...
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by William Schack
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015

This first biography of Dr. Albert C. Barnes was serialized on the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer when it appeared in 1960. In it, arts journalist William Schack interviewed dozens of people who knew the famously pugnacious art collector as he assembled his world-famous collection outside...
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Voyages of the Self

Pairs, Parallels, and Patterns in American Art and Literature

by Barbara Novak
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007

Barbara Novak is one of America's premier art historians, the author of the seminal books American Painting of the Nineteenth Century and Nature and Culture, the latter of which was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The New York Times and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle...
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by George Michael Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012

REA’s Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing...
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Aesthetics

A Beginner's Guide

by Charles Taliaferro
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

What is art? Why do we find some things beautiful but not others? Is it wrong to share mp3s? These are just some of the questions explored by aesthetics, the philosophy of art. In this sweeping introduction, Charles Taliaferro skilfully guides us through notions of art and beauty around the world, tackling...
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Japanese Design

Art, Aesthetics & Culture

by Patricia Graham
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014

**Winner, Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title 2015** This Japanese design book presents the arts, aesthetics and culture of Japan with over 160 stunning color photos and extensive historical and cultural commentary . The Japanese sensibility often possesses an intuitive, emotional...
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America's Choral Ambassador

John Finley Williamson

by Joseph G. Beck
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014

At the 2007 American Choral Directors Association Southwestern Convention, I presented an Interest Session lecture titled John Finley Williamsons influence on Americas choral singing. The session was well attended and the question-and-answer period was spirited. The participants were most interested...
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by Geoffrey Whitworth
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2017

The Art of Nijinsky is a 1913 book written by Geoffrey Whitworth which analyzes the art of Vaslav Nijinsky. It features 10 colored illustrations by Dorothy Mullock, The watercolor illustrations by Mullock, have been called "remarkable." The text, itself called "enthusiastic,"...
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The Total Work of Art

From Bayreuth to Cyberspace

by Matthew Wilson Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007

The Total Work of Art provides a broad survey that incorporates many canonical artists into a single narrative. With particular attention to the influence of the Total Work of Art on modern theatre and performance, this brief introduction will also be of interest to students in such fields as film studies, music history, history of art, cultural studies, and modern European literatures.
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Gustav Klimt

An icon of fin-de-siècle art

by 50MINUTES.COM
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2018

Keen to learn but short on time? Find out everything you need to know about the life and work of Gustav Klimt in just 50 minutes with this straightforward and engaging guide! Gustav Klimt was one of the most influential artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and helped to revolutionise...
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Looking and Listening

Conversations between Modern Art and Music

by Brenda Lynne Leach
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014

Looking and Listening: Conversations between Modern Art and Music invites the art and music lover to place these two realms of creative endeavor in conversation with one another. In Looking and Listening, conductor and art connoisseur Brenda Leach explores unique pairings of well-known visual art...
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Mixed Media Revolution

Creative Ideas for Reusing Your Art

by Darlene Olivia McElroy, Sandra Duran Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Recycle, Reuse, Reinvent! With Mixed Media Revolution, you'll learn how to leverage your art and take your paintings and transfers to the next level! Leftovers, little bits and scraps, pieces of art that didn't turn out quite right...we all have them. And it hurts to have to throw them away....
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Kenneth Clark

Life, Art and Civilisation

by James Stourton
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016

The definitive biography of this brilliant polymath--director of the National Gallery, author, patron of the arts, social lion, and singular pioneer of television--that also tells the story of the arts in the twentieth century through his astonishing life. Kenneth Clark's thirteen-part 1969...
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