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19Th-Century Artby Robert Rosenblum, H. W. JansonISBN 0810913623 (0-8109-1362-3)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '19Th-Century Art'Book summary:A history of the development of art from 1776 to 1900 includes discussions of the careers of distinguished artists such as David, Manet, Renoir, and Rodin. [via]
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Aesthetic Theoryby Theodor W. AdornoISBN 0710209908 (0-7102-0990-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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Annunciationby Phaidon Press IncISBN 0714844470 (0-7148-4447-0)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Annunciation'Book summary:The first in a new series inspired by key events in the New Testament. This book presents a sequence of over 100 masterpieces of Christian art, each depicting the poignant and dramatic moment when the Angel Gabriel reveals to the Virgin Mary her destiny as the Mother of God. The images, each on a single page with a simple caption opposite, speak for themselves; together, in their beauty and variety they form an extended meditation on a religious mystery and a human dram that has inspired the finest artists through the ages. [via]
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The Archaeology of Greece: An Introductionby William R. BiersISBN 0801482801 (0-8014-8280-1)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction'Book summary:William R. Biers wrote The Archaeology of Greece to introduce students, teachers, and lay readers to the delights of exploring the world of ancient Greece. The great popularity of the first edition testifies to his success. In his preface to the second edition, Biers points out that, while the field of Greek archaeology may seem conservative and slow-moving, it has undergone major changes, especially in regard to work on the Bronze Age.
The second edition brings information on all areas up to date, reflecting the most recent research, and it includes cross references to Perseus II, the interactive electronic data base on Archaic and Classical Greece. This edition includes new illustrations, some of recent finds, some of improved plans, and others added to enhance an explanation or to illustrate a point.
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Hardcover, Cornell University Press - The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction: ISBN 0801420822 (0-8014-2082-2)
Hardcover, Cornell Univ Pr - The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction: ISBN 0801482801 (0-8014-8280-1)
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The Art and the Artistby Patrick D. Reagan, Mary EngelbreitISBN 0740720813 (0-7407-2081-3)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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The Art of Alice in Wonderlandby Stephanie L. StoffelISBN 0765191334 (0-7651-9133-4)
Hardcover, Smithmark Publishers, Incorporated
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The Art Of Calligraphyby David HarrisISBN 0756613043 (0-7566-1304-3)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Barcelona: The Great Enchantressby Robert HughesISBN 079226794X (0-7922-6794-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Beatrix Potter's Artby Anne Stevenson HobbsISBN 0723235988 (0-7232-3598-8)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beatrix Potter's Art'Book summary:More than 200 of Potter's finest paintings and drawings are featured in full color in this magnificent book which demonstrates this beloved illustrator's wide range of artistic skills. [via]
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Book of Teaby Okakura KakuzoISBN 0766140415 (0-7661-4041-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Tea'Book summary:That a nation should construct one of its most resonant national ceremonies round a cup of tea will surely strike a chord of sympathy with at least some readers of this review. To many foreigners, nothing is so quintessentially Japanese as the tea ceremony--more properly, "the way of tea"--with its austerity, its extravagantly minimalist stylization, and its concentration of extreme subtleties of meaning into the simplest of actions. The Book of Tea is something of a curiosity: written in English by a Japanese scholar (and issued here in bilingual form), it was first published in 1906, in the wake of the naval victory over Russia with which Japan asserted its rapidly acquired status as a world-class military power. It was a peak moment of Westernization within Japan. Clearly, behind the publication was an agenda, or at least a mission to explain. Around its account of the ceremony, The Book of Tea folds an explication of the philosophy, first Taoist, later Zen Buddhist, that informs its oblique celebration of simplicity and directness--what Okakura calls, in a telling phrase, "moral geometry." And the ceremony itself? Its greatest practitioners have always been philosophers, but also artists, connoisseurs, collectors, gardeners, calligraphers, gourmets, flower arrangers. The greatest of them, Sen Rikyu, left a teasingly, maddeningly simple set of rules:
Make a delicious bowl of tea; lay the charcoal so that it heats the water; arrange the flowers as they are in the field; in summer suggest coolness; in winter, warmth; do everything ahead of time; prepare for rain; and give those with whom you find yourself every consideration.
A disciple remarked that this seemed elementary. Rikyu replied, "Then if you can host a tea gathering without deviating from any of the rules I have just stated, I will become your disciple." A Zen reply. Fascinating. --Robin Davidson, Amazon.co.uk [via] -
The Book of Tea : The Illustrated Classic Editionby Okakura Kakuzo, Liza DalbyISBN 0804832196 (0-8048-3219-6)
Softcover, Tuttle Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Tea : The Illustrated Classic Edition'Book summary:That a nation should construct one of its most resonant national ceremonies round a cup of tea will surely strike a chord of sympathy with at least some readers of this review. To many foreigners, nothing is so quintessentially Japanese as the tea ceremony--more properly, "the way of tea"--with its austerity, its extravagantly minimalist stylization, and its concentration of extreme subtleties of meaning into the simplest of actions. The Book of Tea is something of a curiosity: written in English by a Japanese scholar (and issued here in bilingual form), it was first published in 1906, in the wake of the naval victory over Russia with which Japan asserted its rapidly acquired status as a world-class military power. It was a peak moment of Westernization within Japan. Clearly, behind the publication was an agenda, or at least a mission to explain. Around its account of the ceremony, The Book of Tea folds an explication of the philosophy, first Taoist, later Zen Buddhist, that informs its oblique celebration of simplicity and directness--what Okakura calls, in a telling phrase, "moral geometry." And the ceremony itself? Its greatest practitioners have always been philosophers, but also artists, connoisseurs, collectors, gardeners, calligraphers, gourmets, flower arrangers. The greatest of them, Sen Rikyu, left a teasingly, maddeningly simple set of rules:
Make a delicious bowl of tea; lay the charcoal so that it heats the water; arrange the flowers as they are in the field; in summer suggest coolness; in winter, warmth; do everything ahead of time; prepare for rain; and give those with whom you find yourself every consideration.
A disciple remarked that this seemed elementary. Rikyu replied, "Then if you can host a tea gathering without deviating from any of the rules I have just stated, I will become your disciple." A Zen reply. Fascinating. --Robin Davidson, Amazon.co.uk [via]More editions of The Book of Tea : The Illustrated Classic Edition:
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Boring Postcardsby Martin ParrISBN 0714843903 (0-7148-4390-3)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boring Postcards'Book summary:As the title of this little book suggests, each of the postcards that fill its pages is, in a sense, quite boring. Stale, often dully composed images of corporate headquarters, roadways, bus-station parking lots, convalescent-home dayrooms, hospital cafeterias, and undistinguished motels. But look carefully, and the cards--culled from the collection of artist Martin Parr--are filled with fascinating little details. As a group, they offer readers the interesting opportunity to puzzle over the collective psyche of the people of the 1950s and '60s (the approximate vintage of the images) who were inclined to create, buy, and send these cards. What, one can't help but wonder, could be so scintillating about a room at the Fortes Excelsior Motor Lodge near Pontefract, Yorkshire? The singular force of the orange bedspreads, carpet, drapes, and walls punctuated by the inexplicably white leather upholstered panel attached to the wall unit behind each of the room's beds. The exterior of the Mirfield Modern School, shot at a distance and unimaginatively placed dead in the center of the gray sky and green playing field? The building's Bauhaus-like lines. The tarmac of Luton Airport in London? The pink jumbo jet being towed into the frame from the left. The uniformly shaped trailers parked at the Freshwater Caravan Camp? The handwritten X that presumably marks the sender's location. The Chalets at Llandanwg? Arguably, not much. The few hundred images here, unfettered by any explanatory text, offer a far from dull diversion for any readers interested in mid-century design or the mundane details of daily life. --Jordana Moskowitz [via]
A Brief History Of Paintingby Roy Bolton, Matthew CollingsISBN 0786713887 (0-7867-1388-7)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Calligrapher's Bible: 100 Complete Alphabets and How to Draw Themby David Harris, Janet MehiganISBN 0764156152 (0-7641-5615-2)
Hardcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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The Cult of Elizabeth: Elizabethan Portraiture and Pageantryby Roy StrongISBN 0712664815 (0-7126-6481-5)
Softcover, Random House Uk Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cult of Elizabeth: Elizabethan Portraiture and Pageantry'Book summary:[via]No other woman in world history has been of such compulsive interest as Elizabeth Tudor. While the rest of the 16th-century Europe was subject to the bloodshed of religious war, Tudor peace brought England its great flowering of the arts. Central to that flowering was the enigmatic legend of the Queen herself, a myth deliberately created and sustained over four decades by public spectacle and courtly chivalry, by private sonnet and official oration.More editions of The Cult of Elizabeth: Elizabethan Portraiture and Pageantry:
Dark Knights & Holy Fools: The Art and Films of Terry Gilliamby Bob McCabeISBN 078930290X (0-7893-0290-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Softcover, Diane Pub Co - Dark Knights and Holy Fools : The Art and Films of Terry Gilliam: ISBN 0789302659 (0-7893-0265-9)
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David Hockneyby David HockneyISBN 0810910586 (0-8109-1058-6)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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David Hockney: A Retrospectiveby David Hockney, Stephanie Barron, Maurice Tuchman, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Tate Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Geldzahler KitajISBN 0810911671 (0-8109-1167-1)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'David Hockney: A Retrospective'Book summary:The English artist David Hockney is known world-wide for his colorful and classically composed images of sunshine, swimming pools, and the good life in California, for his prolific and innovative theater designs, and for his frank depictions of homosexual life and domesticity in which, long before the era of gay liberation, he unabashedly proclaimed his own sexual identity. Kenneth Silver, Professor of Art History at New York University, charts Hockney's multifaceted career from his early work of the 1960s, poised between abstraction and pop art's revival of figuration, to his most recent excursions into the high-tech world of computers and new print technologies.
Also available in the Rizzoli Art Series:
Willem de Kooning by David Cateforis
Edward Hopper by Karal Ann Marling
Jasper Johns by Roberta Bernstein
Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
Roy Lichtenstein by Diane Waldman
Henri Matisse by Roger Benjamin
Joan Miró by Elizabeth Higdon
Georgia O'Keeffe by Barbara Buhler Lynes
Pablo Picasso by Josephine Withers
Andy Warhol by Jonathan Katz
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Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragonsby Dugald Steer, Ernest Drake, Dugald A. SteerISBN 0763623296 (0-7636-2329-6)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons'Book summary:For true believers only, a lavishly illustrated reproduction of a legendary volume by the worlds most distinguished dragonologist. Dont let it fall into the wrong hands!
Do you believe in dragons? Now, for the first time, the long-lost research of renowned nineteenth century dragonologist Dr. Ernest Drake is presented in all its eccentric glory, happily bridging the gap between dragon legend and fact. The meticulous Dr. Drake assigns Latin names to various dragon species, ruminates on why dragons are able to speak, speculates on how they could fly, and explains the true purpose of their notorious hoarding habits. Here are just a few of DRAGONOLOGY'S fascinating features:
Novelty item on every spread, including tactile samples of dragon wings, dragon scales, and dragon skin
Booklet of dragon riddles (indispensable to the burgeoning dragonologist)
Sealed envelope containing a powerful dragon-calling spell
Embossed faux leather cover with silver foil, encrusted with three dragon gems
In his afterword, Dr. Drake reveals that one of the crucial goals of dragonologists is to preserve the magnificent creatures of their study wherever possible - a goal this tongue-in-cheek volume most affectionately achieves. An incomparable gift for secret dragonologists everywhere! [via]More editions of Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons:
Drawingby Smithmark StaffISBN 0765197251 (0-7651-9725-1)
Hardcover, Smithmark Publishers, Incorporated
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Durerby Martin BaileyISBN 0714833347 (0-7148-3334-7)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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Egon Schieleby Erwin MitschISBN 0714828629 (0-7148-2862-9)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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Ernst: Colour Libraryby Ian TurpinISBN 0714828661 (0-7148-2866-1)
Softcover, Phaidon Press
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Fra Angelico: San Marco, Florenceby William HoodISBN 0807613932 (0-8076-1393-2)
Hardcover, Braziller Incorporated, George
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Gombrich on the Renaissance: The Heritage of Apellesby E. H. GombrichISBN 0714820113 (0-7148-2011-3)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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The Great Art ScandalISBN 0753455870 (0-7534-5587-0)
Hardcover, Kingfisher Books
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Gustav Klimtby Alessandra CominiISBN 0807608068 (0-8076-0806-8)
Softcover, Braziller Incorporated, George
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Hellby Steve Ellis, Alighieri DanteISBN 0701161272 (0-7011-6127-2)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Heritage of Apellesby E. H. GombrichISBN 0714817082 (0-7148-1708-2)
Hardcover, Phaidon
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The Heritage of Apelles: Studies in the Art of the Renaissanceby Ernst Hans Josef GombrichISBN 0801410126 (0-8014-1012-6)
Hardcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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A History of Western Artby Laurie AdamsISBN 0697131823 (0-697-13182-3)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Western Art'Book summary:This beautifully presented book puts the story of Western art within its historical and cultural context. By focusing in depth on a selection of works, this book provides readers with a richer understanding of important historical developments in art. This new edition offers even more color plates than before plus new sections on Renaissance painting in Venice, women as artists and patrons, the Harlem Renaissance, and the work of Frida Kahlo. [via]
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Holbeinby Helen LangdonISBN 071482867X (0-7148-2867-X)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Holbein'Book summary:The series has always been highly regarded for its insight and authority, providing an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each volume contains an introductory essay, forty-eight full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white. [via]
Holbeinby Hans Holbein, Helen LangdonISBN 0714817481 (0-7148-1748-1)
Hardcover, Phaidon
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How to Draw Celtic Knotwork: A Practical Handbookby Andy SlossISBN 0713724927 (0-7137-2492-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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I Never Saw Another Butterflyby Hana VolavkovaISBN 0805210156 (0-8052-1015-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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I Never Saw Another Butterfly : Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp 1942-1944by Hana Volavkova, Jeanne Nemcova, Karel Panek, Jiri WeilISBN 0805205985 (0-8052-0598-5)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Never Saw Another Butterfly : Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp 1942-1944'Book summary:The drawings and poems by the children of Terezin are among the most poignant documents of the Holocaust. This expanded edition of the unforgettable collection I Never Saw Another Butterfly was occasioned by the loan of the children's art by the State Jewish Museum in Prague to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., for exhibition and for this book.
The ghetto of Terezin (Theresienstadt), located in the hills outside Prague, was an unusual concentration camp in that it was created to cover up the Nazi genocide of the Jews. Billed as the "Fuhrer's gift to the Jews," this "model ghetto" was the site of a Red Cross inspection visit in 1944 and of a propaganda film produced by the Nazis. Some elderly Jews even paid to enter its protective ghetto walls. With its high proportion of artists and intellectuals, culture flourished in the ghetto -- alongside starvation, disease, and constant dread of the continuous transports to the death camps of the east. Every one of its inhabitants was condemned in advance to die.
A total of 15,000 children under the age of fifteen passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp between the years 1942 and 1944; less than 100 survived. In these poems and pictures drawn by the young inmates of Terezin, we see the daily misery of these uprooted children, as well as their courage and optimism, their hopes and fears.
The drawings and poems are all that is left of these children. About those who signed their names to their work, it has been possible to find out a few facts: the year and place of their birth, the date of their transport to Terezin and to Auschwitz, and the date of their death. For most of them that last date was 1944, a year before the end of the war.
These innocent and honest depictions allow us to see through the eyes of the children what life was like in the ghetto. Birds and butterflies flutter with the looming red roofs of Terezin in the background; a luminous moonlit room betrays the stark interior of the barracks. Pencil line drawings depict the threatening guards, work brigades, and deportations they witnessed. Side by side with the realities are images of hope -- a sailboat guided by a candle, a lighted menorah, children playing in a garden that resembles Eden, figures scaling mountain peaks to liberation.
The children's poems and drawings, revealing a maturity beyond their years, are haunting reminders of what no child should ever have to see. Each piece of art gives the overwhelming tragedy of genocide a human and individual face.
This new, expanded edition of I Never Saw Another Butterfly includes many additional drawings and poems chosen from the archives of the State Jewish Museum in Prague by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. [via]More editions of I Never Saw Another Butterfly : Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp 1942-1944:
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The Illusion of Life: Disney Animationby Frank Thomas, Ollie JohnstonISBN 0786860707 (0-7868-6070-7)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation'Book summary:The most complete book ever written on the subject, this is the fascinating inside story, told by two long-term Disney animators, of the gradual perfection of a relatively young and particularly American art form--which no other movie studio has been able to equal. [via]
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The Infernoby Alighieri Dante, Allen MandelbaumISBN 0808509578 (0-8085-0957-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inferno'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An informative introduction and commentary accompany this classic translation of Dante's epic poem about a spiritual pilgrim being led by Virgil through the nine circles of hell, available in a dual-language edition. [via]
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The Infernoby Dante Alighieri, Charles Southward SingletonISBN 0710069960 (0-7100-6996-0)
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James Joyce's a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0791045668 (0-7910-4566-8)
Softcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Joyce's a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:James Joyce envisioned A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as an autobiographical look at the epiphanies of his life. This text compiles some of the most noteworthy critical examinations of the novel. Subjects covered include language as structure in the novel, the motif of hands, Joyce as a symbolist, and more.
This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby Harold BloomISBN 0791045706 (0-7910-4570-6)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Julia Margaret Cameronby Joanne LukitshISBN 071484618X (0-7148-4618-X)
Hardcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julia Margaret Cameron'Book summary:Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79) had an immense influence on nineteenth-century photography. Her portraits and tableaux-vivants (many posed to illustrate poetry or represent literary figures) were produced in the 1860s and 1870s within the most important artistic circles in Victorian England and have enjoyed almost continuous popularity for over a century. Cameron favoured an imaginative use of lighting and focus - something that placed her work within the realm of high art and helped to transform the medium of artistic photography. Closely connected with the Pre-Raphaelite group, her work shares their nostalgia and love of literary and mythological subject matter. Her portrait subjects included such illustrious figures as William Holman Hunt, Alfred Tennyson, George Frederick Watts, Thomas Carlyle and Charles Darwin. In addition her work encompassed tender portraits of children and wistful, poetic homages to female beauty. Born in Calcutta, she was educated in France and England before returning to India. After moving to England in 1846, Cameron began important friendships with the poets Henry Taylor and Alfred Tennyson while her younger sister introduced her to the many cultural and artistic figures who frequented her home in London. She began taking photographs in earnest in 1864 after moving to the Isle of Wight. Cameron's artistic context for her photographs was her vital social circle of painters, writers, critics and intellectuals. She photographed only people, not the still lives or landscapes so popular in photography at the time. She was ambitious and energetic in her work, transforming a chicken coop into a photographic studio and then processing and printing all the photographs herself. Almost completely self-taught, she became a technical master in the medium, constantly experimenting with developing techniques and working in a delicate and challenging life-size negative format. Cameron had three one-person shows in London between 1865 and 1873 - her work was extremely successful, receiving critical acclaim and touring throughout Europe. She died in Ceylon in 1879. [via]
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Keith Haring: The Authorized Biographyby John GruenISBN 0756779901 (0-7567-7990-1)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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Klimtby Gustav Klimt, Catherine DeanISBN 0714833770 (0-7148-3377-0)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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The Life And Art of Albrecht Durerby Erwin Panofsky, Jeffrey Chipps SmithISBN 0691122768 (0-691-12276-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Magritteby Abraham Marie HammacherISBN 0810914190 (0-8109-1419-0)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Massive Changeby Bruce Mau, Jennifer LeonardISBN 0714844012 (0-7148-4401-2)
Hardcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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Matisse Storiesby A. S. ByattISBN 0701160888 (0-7011-6088-8)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Max Ernstby Ian TurpinISBN 0714819956 (0-7148-1995-6)
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The Medieval Art of Love: Objects and Subjects of Desireby Michael CamilleISBN 0810915448 (0-8109-1544-8)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Metropolitan Catsby John P. O'NeillISBN 0810913372 (0-8109-1337-2)
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Mondrianby John MilnerISBN 0714831670 (0-7148-3167-0)
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Monetby Frank MilnerISBN 0792455061 (0-7924-5506-1)
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One Thousand Years of Painting: An Atlas of Western Painting from 1000 to 2000 A.Dby Stefano ZuffiISBN 0785816615 (0-7858-1661-5)
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The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essaysby Charles Baudelaire, Jonathan MayneISBN 0714833657 (0-7148-3365-7)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays'Book summary:Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) was a leading poet and novelist in nineteenth who also devoted a considerable amount of his time to criticism. Indeed it was with a Salon review that he made his literary debut: and it is significant that even at this early stage - in 1845 - he was already articulating the need for a painter who could depict the heroism of modern life. This he was to find in Constantin Guys, whom he later celebrated in the famous essay which provides the title-piece for this collection. Other material in this volume includes important and extended studies of three of Baudelaire's contemporary heroes - Delacroix, Poe and Wagner - and some more general articles, such as those on the theory and practice of caricature, and on what Baudelaire, with intentional scorn, called philosophic art. This last article develops views only touched on in Baudelaire's other writings. This volume is extensively illustrated with reproductions of works referred to in the text and otherwise relevant to it. It provides a survey of some of the most important ideas and individuals in the critical world of the great poet who has been called the father of modern art criticism. [via]
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Passion by Design: The Art and Times of Tamara De Lempickaby Charles Phillips, Baroness Kizette De Lempicka-FoxhallISBN 0789205033 (0-7892-0503-3)
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Piero Della Francesca: San Francesco, Arezzoby Marilyn Aronberg Lavin, PieroISBN 0807613177 (0-8076-1317-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0809438372 (0-8094-3837-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:Autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by many the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus, who later reappeared as one of the main characters in Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Each of the novel's five sections is written in a third-person voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, from the first childhood memories written in simple, childlike language to Stephen's final decision to leave Dublin for Paris to devote his life to art, written in abstruse, Latin-sprinkled, stream-of-consciousness prose. The novel's rich, symbolic language and brilliant use of stream-of-consciousness foreshadowed Joyce's later work. The work is a drastic revision of an earlier version entitled Stephen Hero and is the second part of Joyce's cycle of works chronicling the spiritual history of humans from Adam's Fall through the Redemption. The cycle began with the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and continued with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (1939). [via]
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Portraitsby Steve McCurryISBN 071483839X (0-7148-3839-X)
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Portraits Postcardsby Steve McCurryISBN 0714838853 (0-7148-3885-3)
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The Pre-Raphaelitesby Andrea RoseISBN 0714829072 (0-7148-2907-2)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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The Secondary Colors: Three Essaysby Alexander TherouxISBN 0805053263 (0-8050-5326-3)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers & Moreby Linda O'KeeffeISBN 0761101144 (0-7611-0114-4)
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The Spirit of Britain: A Narrative History of the Artsby Roy StrongISBN 0712664955 (0-7126-6495-5)
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Surreal Lives: The Surrealists 1917-1945by Ruth BrandonISBN 080213727X (0-8021-3727-X)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Surrealism: Desire Unboundby Dawn Ades, Jennifer Mundy, Vincent GilleISBN 0691123365 (0-691-12336-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Surrealism: Desire Unboundby Jennifer Mundy, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Tate Modern (Gallery), Dawn Ades, Vincent GilleISBN 0691090645 (0-691-09064-5)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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That's All Folks: The Art of Warner Bros. Animationby Steve SchneiderISBN 0805014853 (0-8050-1485-3)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal As a Path to Placeby Hannah HinchmanISBN 0756750075 (0-7567-5007-5)
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Treasures of the Musee D'Orsayby Francoise Cachin, Xavier CarrereISBN 0789204088 (0-7892-0408-8)
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The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berryby Jean Longnon, Raymond Cazelles, Musee Conde ChantillyISBN 0807612200 (0-8076-1220-0)
Softcover, George Braziller
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Victorian Paintingby Lionel LambourneISBN 0714843598 (0-7148-4359-8)
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Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanenceby Andrew JuniperISBN 0804834822 (0-8048-3482-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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What I Lovedby Siri HustvedtISBN 0805071709 (0-8050-7170-9)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the artist, Bill Wechsler; and the two men embark on a life-long friendship.
Leo's story, which spans twenty-five years, follows the evolution of the growing involvement between his family and Bill's-an intricate constellation of attachments that includes the two men; their wives, Erica and Violet; and their children, Matthew and Mark. The families live in the same building in New York, share a house in Vermont during the summer, keep up a lively exchange of thoughts and ideas, and find themselves permanently altered by one another. Over the years, they not only enjoy love but endure loss-in one case sudden, incapacitating loss; in another, a different kind, one that is hidden and slow-growing, and which insidiously erodes the fabric of their lives.
Intimate in tone and seductive in its complexity, the novel moves seamlessly from inner worlds to outer worlds, from the deeply private to the public, from physical infirmity to cultural illness. Part family novel, part psychological thriller, What I Loved is a beautifully written exploration of love, loss, and betrayal-and of a man's attempt to make sense of the world and go on living.More editions of What I Loved:
What's Bred in the Boneby Robertson DaviesISBN 0771596847 (0-7715-9684-7)
Hardcover, Macmillan of Canada
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William Morris by Himself: Designs and Writingsby Gillian NaylorISBN 078581275X (0-7858-1275-X)
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World of Watteauby Pierre SchneiderISBN 0809402092 (0-8094-0209-2)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Futureby Brian Horrigan, Corn, Joseph & Horrigan, Brian, Katherine ChambersISBN 0801853990 (0-8018-5399-0)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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In Yesterday's Tomorrows Joseph J. Corn and Brian Horrigan explore the future as Americans earlier in the last century expected it to happen. Filled with vivid color images and lively text, the book is eloquent testimony to the confidenceand, at times, the naive faithAmericans have had in science and technology. The future that emerges here, the authors conclude, is one in which technology changes, but society and politics usually do not.
The authors draw on a wide variety of sourcespopular-science magazines, science fiction, world fair exhibits, films, advertisements, and plans for things only dreamed of. From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.
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Oh, Cuan Lejos Llegaras! / Oh, the Places You'll Go!by Seuss, Aida E. MarcuseISBN 0785718168 (0-7857-1816-8)
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