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The Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchboxby Kenji Ekuan, David B. StewartISBN 0262550350 (0-262-55035-0)
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African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaireby Enid Schildkrout, Curtis A. Keim, American Museum of Natural HistoryISBN 0295969628 (0-295-96962-8)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Afterimage: Drawing Through Processby Cornelia H. ButlerISBN 0262522624 (0-262-52262-4)
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The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Deadby Raymond O. Faulkner, Carol Andrews, Raymond Oliver FaulknerISBN 0292704259 (0-292-70425-9)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead'Book summary:The Book of the Dead is the name now given to a collection of religious and magical texts known to the ancient Egyptians as The Chapters of Coming-forth by Day. Their principal aim was to secure for the deceased a satisfactory afterlife and to give him the power to leave his tomb when necessary. Copies of The Book of the Dead written on papyrus rolls were placed in the tombs of important Egyptians, each roll containing a selection of chapters. Many examples have survived from antiquity, dating mostly from c. 1500 BCE-250 BCE. In this volume, the text translated by the late Dr. R.O. Faulkner is that found in the papyrus prepared for the scribe Ani which is one of the greatest treasures in the British Museum. The vignettes are taken from the many finely illustrated copies which are preserved in the collections of the British Museum.
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Archaism, Modernism, and the Art of Paul Manshipby Susan RatherISBN 0292760353 (0-292-76035-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Art and Scholasticism and the Frontiers of Poetryby Jacques MaritainISBN 0268005567 (0-268-00556-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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At a Distance: Precursors to Art And Activism on the Internetby Annmarie Chandler, Norie NeurmarkISBN 0262532859 (0-262-53285-9)
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The Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicagoby Hans Maria WinglerISBN 0262730472 (0-262-73047-2)
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Beardsleyby Aubrey Beardsley, Aileen ReidISBN 0289278902 (0-289-27890-2)
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Birds of Wisconsinby Milwaukee Public Museum, Owen J. Gromme, Samuel D. RobbinsISBN 0299158608 (0-299-15860-8)
Hardcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birds of Wisconsin'Book summary:[via]Art lovers and bird watchers, rejoice! Owen J. Grommes classic Birds of Wisconsin comes to life again in a splendid new edition with completely rephotographed color plates and a new introduction by well-known ornithologist Samuel D. Robbins, Jr. This stunning revised edition features eighty-nine full-color portraits depicting the states rich variety of native species and seventeen new paintings showing birds in their natural habitat.
Bird watcher, ornithologist, or curious observer will find information here valuable in identifying birds accurately. When, where, and how abundantly each bird is present in Wisconsin is indicated with easy-to-read maps and datelines, updated by Robbins.
This widely praised book is published in cooperation with the Milwaukee Public Museum, where Gromme worked as curator of birds and mammals for more than forty years. Gromme, who was born in 1896 and died in 1991, began Birds of Wisconsin in 1941. The book was finally published in 1963 and has since become a must for bird lovers everywhere. Nationally recognized as a pioneer in conservation and the dean of wildlife artists, Gromme was the recipient of numerous awards and honors during his lifetime. Among his accomplishments, Gromme painted the 1945 federal duck stamp as well as the first Wisconsin duck stamp in 1978.More editions of Birds of Wisconsin:
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Birds of Wisconsinby Owen J. GrommeISBN 0299030016 (0-299-03001-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Bird watcher, ornithologist, or curious observer will find information here valuable in identifying birds accurately. When, where, and how abundantly each bird is present in Wisconsin is indicated with easy-to-read maps and datelines, updated by Robbins.
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Blasted Allegories : An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artistsby Brian WallisISBN 0262730863 (0-262-73086-3)
Softcover, MIT Press
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Body Criticism: Imaging the Unseen in Enlightenment Art and Medicineby Barbara Maria StaffordISBN 0262691655 (0-262-69165-5)
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Broodthaers: Writings, Interviews Photographsby Benjamin BuchlohISBN 0262521350 (0-262-52135-0)
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Charles and Ray Eames: Designers of the Twentieth Centuryby Pat KirkhamISBN 0262611392 (0-262-61139-2)
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Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatchby Aldona JonaitisISBN 0295971150 (0-295-97115-0)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Chinese Painting Style: Media, Methods, and Principles of Formby Jerome SilbergeldISBN 0295959215 (0-295-95921-5)
Softcover, University of Washington Press
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Classical Language of Architectureby John SummersonISBN 0262690128 (0-262-69012-8)
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The Collector's Book of Booksby Eric QuayleISBN 0289701252 (0-289-70125-2)
Hardcover, Studio Vista
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The Complete Paintings of Bruegelby Piero Bianconi, Pieter BruegelISBN 0297761099 (0-297-76109-9)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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The Complete Paintings of Caravaggioby Michael Kitson, Michelangelo Merisi Da CaravaggioISBN 0297761080 (0-297-76108-0)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Contemporary Art in Africaby Ulli BeierISBN 0269992839 (0-269-99283-9)
Hardcover, Pall Mall P.
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The Contingent Object Of Contemporary Artby Martha BuskirkISBN 0262524422 (0-262-52442-2)
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Covarrubiasby Adriana Williams, Doris OberISBN 0292790880 (0-292-79088-0)
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The Covarrubias Circle: Nickolas Muray's Collection of Twentieth-Century Mexican Artby Kurt Heinzelman, Peter MearsISBN 0292705883 (0-292-70588-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Decoys And Disruptions: Selected Writings, 1975v2001by Martha RoslerISBN 0262681587 (0-262-68158-7)
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Design by Numbersby John MaedaISBN 0262632446 (0-262-63244-6)
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Digital Mantras: The Languages of Abstract and Virtual Worldsby Steven R. HoltzmanISBN 0262581434 (0-262-58143-4)
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Dinosaurs Past and Presentby Everett Claire Olson, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Sylvia J. CzerkasISBN 029596541X (0-295-96541-X)
Hardcover, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle and London
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Drawing the Male Nudeby Giovanni Civardi, Ardele DejeyISBN 0289800919 (0-289-80091-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Early Eighteenth-Century Sculpture in Rome: An Illustrated Catalogue RaisonnEby Robert EnggassISBN 0271012005 (0-271-01200-5)
Hardcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Ehon: The Artist And the Book in Japanby Roger S. KeyesISBN 0295986247 (0-295-98624-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ehon: The Artist And the Book in Japan'Book summary:'Ehon' - or 'picture books' - are part of an incomparable 1,200-year-old Japanese tradition. Created by artists and craftsmen, most ehon also feature essays, poems or other texts written in beautifully distinctive calligraphy. In this elegant and richly illustrated book, Roger Keyes traces the history and evolution of these remarkable books. The earliest ehon were made as religious offerings or talismans, but their great flowering began in the early modern period (1600-1868) and has continued, with new media and new styles and subjects, to the present."Shiohi no tsuto" ("Gifts of the Ebb Tide", 1789; often called "The Shell Book") by Kitagawa Utamaro, one of the supreme achievements of the ehon tradition, is reproduced in full. "Michimori" (ca. 1604), a luxuriously produced libretto for a Noplay is also featured, as are Saito- Shu-ho's cheerful "Kishi empu" ("Mr. Ginger's Book of Love", 1803), Kamisaka Sekka's brilliant "Momoyogusa" ("Flowers of a Hundred Worlds", 1910), and many more."Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan" ends with ehon by some of the most innovative practitioners of the twentieth century. Among these are "Chizu" ("The Map", 1965), Kawada Kikuji's profound photographic requiem for Hiroshima; Yoko Tawada's and Stephan Kohler's affecting "Ein Gedicht fur ein Buch" ("A Poem for a Book", 1996); and Vija Celmins' and Eliot Weinberger's "Hoshi" ("The Stars", 2005). The magnificent ehon tradition originated in Japan and developed there under very specific conditions, but it has long since burst its bounds, like any living tradition. "Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan" suggests that when artists meet readers in these contrived, protected, focused, sacred book 'worlds', the possibilities for pleasure, insight, and inspiration are limitless. [via]
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English Romanesque Art, 1066-1200: Hayward Gallery, London, 5 April-8 July 1984by George Zarnecki, Janet Holt, Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, Tristram HollandISBN 0297784331 (0-297-78433-1)
Softcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain
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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersenby Hans Christian Andersen, Isabelle Brent, Neil PhilipISBN 0276428307 (0-276-42830-7)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen'Book summary:"The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" is a magnificent collection of 40 of his most magical works, including "The Little Mermaid", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Tinderbox" as well as lesser-known delights such as "The Shepherdess and The Chimney Sweep", "The Teapot and The Goblin at the Grocer's". Unlike many other dull and stilted translations, this collection of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales captures the freshness and sparkle of Andersen's original Danish text. Beautifully illustrated with exquisite watercolours and edged and picked out in sumptuous gold, the "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" is a book for both young and old to treasure and the perfect gift for children. The "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" begins with an introduction that sets Andersen in the context of earlier and contemporary storytellers and those he has influenced, such as J. K. Rowling. This biographical introduction provides a fascinating account of 'the fairytale of my life' as Andersen described it, backed up with photographs and Andersen's own artworks. The publication date of the "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" is set to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Andersen's birth. [via]
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Fantasy: Book Illustration 1860-1920by Brigid PeppinISBN 0289707129 (0-289-70712-9)
Hardcover, Studio Vista
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The Fate of Art: Aesthetic Alienation from Kant to Derrida and Adornoby J.M. BernsteinISBN 0271008393 (0-271-00839-3)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Feathered Serpents and Flowering Trees: Reconstructing the Murals at Teotihuacanby Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Kathleen Berrin, Clara MillonISBN 029596703X (0-295-96703-X)
Hardcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Foul Perfection: Essays and Criticismby John C. Welchman, Mike KelleyISBN 0262611783 (0-262-61178-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foul Perfection: Essays and Criticism'Book summary:The work of artist Mike Kelley (b. 1954) embraces performance, installation, drawing, painting, video, and sculpture. Drawing distinctively on high art and vernacular traditions, including historical research, popular culture, and psychology, Kelley came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of sculptures composed of craft materials. His recent work offers dialogues with architecture and with repressed memory syndrome, and a sustained inquiry into his own aesthetic and social history. The subjects on which Kelley has written are as varied as his artistic media. They include the work of fellow artists, sound, caricature, the uncanny, UFOlogy, and gender-bending.This book offers a diverse collection of Kelley's writings from the last twenty-five years. It contains major critical texts on art, film, and the wider culture, including his piece on the aesthetic he calls "urban Gothic." It also contains essays, mostly commissioned for exhibition catalogs and journals, on the artists and groups David Askevold, �yvind Fahlstr�m, Douglas Huebler, John Miller, Survival Research Laboratories, and Paul Thek, among others. Kelley's voices are passionate, analytic, and ironic, and his critical intelligence is leavened with touches of whimsy.
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The Four Books on Architectureby Andrea PalladioISBN 0262661330 (0-262-66133-0)
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From the Land of the Totem Poles: The Northwest Coast Indian Art Collection at the American Museum of Natural Historyby Aldona Jonaitis, American Museum of Natural HistoryISBN 029596572X (0-295-96572-X)
Hardcover, The Museum
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German Romantic Paintingby William VaughanISBN 0300023871 (0-300-02387-1)
Hardcover, Yale University Press
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Gothic: Transmutations of Horror in Late Twentieth Century Artby Christoph GrunenbergISBN 0262571285 (0-262-57128-5)
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Heaven on Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantiumby Linda SafranISBN 0271016698 (0-271-01669-8)
Hardcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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A History of Russian Architectureby William Craft BrumfieldISBN 0295983930 (0-295-98393-0)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technologyby Stephen WilsonISBN 0262731584 (0-262-73158-4)
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Interrogation Machine: Laibach And NSKby Alexei Monroe, Slavoj ZizekISBN 0262633159 (0-262-63315-9)
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Irrational Modernism: A Neurasthenic History of New York Dadaby Amelia JonesISBN 0262600668 (0-262-60066-8)
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Jacob Lawrence: American Painterby Ellen Harkins WheatISBN 0295970111 (0-295-97011-1)
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Jacob Lawrence: The Complete Prints 1963-2000by Patricia Hills, Peter T. NesbettISBN 0295979550 (0-295-97955-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Jacob Lawrence: The Complete Prints (1963-2000), a Catalogue Raisonneby Peter T. NesbettISBN 0295985593 (0-295-98559-3)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Art of the Book from the Vever Collectionby Glenn D. Lowry, Susan NemazeeISBN 0295966777 (0-295-96677-7)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Kimono: Fashioning Cultureby Liza Crihfield DalbyISBN 0295981555 (0-295-98155-5)
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Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Formby Robert VenturiISBN 026272006X (0-262-72006-X)
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Looking at Totem Polesby Hilary StewartISBN 0295972599 (0-295-97259-9)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Love in Asian Art and CultureISBN 0295977590 (0-295-97759-0)
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Manhole Coversby Mimi Melnick, Robert A. MelnickISBN 0262631741 (0-262-63174-1)
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Marcel Duchamp: Artist of the Centuryby Francis M. Naumann, Rudolf E. KuenzliISBN 0262610728 (0-262-61072-8)
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Masami Teraoka: From Tradition to Technology, the Floating World Comes of Ageby John Stevenson, Masami TeraokaISBN 0295976519 (0-295-97651-9)
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Matisse in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Including Remainder Interest and Promised Giftsby Henri Matisse, John ElderfieldISBN 0295965983 (0-295-96598-3)
Hardcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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Meetings with Remarkable Treesby Thomas PakenhamISBN 0297832557 (0-297-83255-7)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Meetings with Remarkable Trees'Book summary:Thomas Pakenham, a distinguished historian of Africa, takes a new tack by writing an old-fashioned kind of book: a catalog of trees of the British Isles. The last such book was published in 1826. In Meetings with Remarkable Trees Pakenham assembles a beautifully photographed gallery of 60-odd trees of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and magnificent trees they are. One is a 600-year-old king oak that looms large over Charleville, Ireland; another is the yew tree that Wordsworth called the "pride of Lorton's vale"; still another is a sequoia brought from the United States and planted in a Herefordshire grove in 1851, where it has since flourished. Pakenham helpfully includes a map showing the locations of his scattered dramatis personae; you could make a fine tour retracing his steps and having a look for yourself. [via]
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Mexican Masks: Their Uses and Symbolismby Donald Bush CordryISBN 0292750501 (0-292-75050-1)
Hardcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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The Miniaturistby Kunal BasuISBN 0297829262 (0-297-82926-2)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Minimal Art: The Critical Perspectiveby Frances ColpittISBN 029597236X (0-295-97236-X)
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Modernism's Masculine Subjects: Matisse, the New York School, And Post-painterly Abstractionby Marcia BrennanISBN 0262524686 (0-262-52468-6)
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Moscow: Treasures and Traditionsby W. Bruce LincolnISBN 0295969954 (0-295-96995-4)
Softcover, Daedalus Books
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Native American Art and the New York Avant-Garde: A History of Cultural Primitivismby W. Jackson RushingISBN 0292755473 (0-292-75547-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Native Modernism: The Art Of George Morrison And Allan Houserby George Morrison, Truman Lowe, Allan Houser, Truman T. LoweISBN 0295984678 (0-295-98467-8)
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The New Architecture and the Bauhaus.by Walter GropiusISBN 0262570068 (0-262-57006-8)
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Northwest Coast Native and Native-Style Art: A Guidebook for Western Washingtonby Lloyd J. Averill, Daphne K. MorrisISBN 0295974680 (0-295-97468-0)
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On Classic Ground: Picasso, Leger, De Chirico and the New Classicism 1910-1930by Elizabeth Cowling, Jennifer MundyISBN 0295970774 (0-295-97077-4)
Softcover, Tate Gallery Pubn
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Origins and Development of Kinetic Artby Frank PopperISBN 0289795923 (0-289-79592-3)
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Out of Order, Out of Sightby Adrian PiperISBN 0262661543 (0-262-66154-3)
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Passages in Modern Sculptureby Rosalind E. KraussISBN 0262610337 (0-262-61033-7)
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Peepholism: Into the Art of Morrisseyby Jo SleeISBN 028306210X (0-283-06210-X)
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Pictures Out of My Lifeby Dorothy Eber, PitseolakISBN 0295952288 (0-295-95228-8)
Hardcover, University of Washington Press
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The Pre-Raphaelitesby John NicollISBN 0289797845 (0-289-79784-5)
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Raimonds Staprans: Art of Tranquility and Turbulenceby Paul J. Karlstrom, Raimonds Staprans, Peter Howard Selz, Helena DemakovaISBN 0295985585 (0-295-98558-5)
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Two prominent writers provide brief essays dealing with Staprans as a "trans-Atlanticist": Latvian cultural critic Helena Demakova brings the perspective of the artist's native country to his American émigré story. American art historian Peter Selz examines realism's rich modernist potential in Staprans and other artists who have pushed realism to discover new conceptual and aesthetic truths.
Staprans is also a writer, known in Latvia mainly for his work for the stage, and excerpts from his writings provide insight into his painting.
Paul J. Karlstrom is a specialist in modern and contemporary art and culture in the United States. He recently retired as West Coast Regional Director of the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art in San Marino, California. Among his publications are On the Edge of America: California Modernist Art, 1900-1950. [via]
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Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearancesby Barbara KrugerISBN 0262611066 (0-262-61106-6)
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Scene of the Crimeby Ralph RugoffISBN 0262680998 (0-262-68099-8)
Softcover, MIT Press
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Searle's Catsby Ronald SearleISBN 0285637312 (0-285-63731-2)
Hardcover, Souvenir Pr Ltd
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Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Thingsby G.A. KublerISBN 0300001444 (0-300-00144-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Shogun Age Exhibitionby Shogun Age Exhibition Executive CommitteeISBN 029596197X (0-295-96197-X)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead in Mexicoby Elizabeth Carmichael, Chloe SayerISBN 0292776586 (0-292-77658-6)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Snap to Grid: A User's Guide to Digital Arts, Media, and Culturesby Peter LunenfeldISBN 0262621584 (0-262-62158-4)
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The Square Eggby Ronald SearleISBN 0297764918 (0-297-76491-8)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Supercade: A Visual History of the Videograme Age 1971-1984by Van Burnham, Ralph H. BaerISBN 0262524201 (0-262-52420-1)
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Tales and Stories from Hans Christian Andersenby H. C. Andersen, Sven Hakon Rossel, Patricia L. ConroyISBN 0295959363 (0-295-95936-3)
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Thoughts on Designby Paul RandISBN 0289798361 (0-289-79836-1)
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To Hell with Picasso, and Other Essaysby Paul JohnsonISBN 0297817736 (0-297-81773-6)
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Totem Polesby Hilary StewartISBN 0295970529 (0-295-97052-9)
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Treasures from the Tower of London: An Exhibition of Arms and Armourby G.M. Wilson, A.V.B. NormanISBN 0295961244 (0-295-96124-4)
Softcover, Granite Impex Ltd
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William Blake, His Lifeby James KingISBN 0297811606 (0-297-81160-6)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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World of Frida Kahlo : The Blue Houseby Erica BilleterISBN 0295973285 (0-295-97328-5)
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