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A unique collection of brilliant quotations from the legendary Pop artistOne of the most influential artists of his time and ours, Andy Warhol is nearly as renowned for what he said as for what he did. Indeed, he is so quotable that things he never said...

"There's an inspiring and wacky solemnity in these organizations-high values reinforced through pageantry and performance in an ecumenical social setting-which deep down must also have been a whole lot of fun. Now it's as if that foundational Other...

The first publication of the unknown poetry of a major twentieth-century sculptorIn 1955, long before he became famous for his abstract metal sculptures, John Chamberlain lived at Black Mountain College, writing poetry alongside Robert Creeley, Robert...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788897640004Author Andrea NelliFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Wholetrain PressPublisher Wholetrain PressWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 173mm...

Elizabeth Catlett, born in Washington, DC, in 1915, is widely acknowledged as a major presence in African American art, and her work is celebrated as a visually eloquent expression of African American identity and pride in cultural heritage. But this is...

Human beings engage works of the arts in many different ways: they sing songs while working, they kiss icons, they create and dedicate memorials. Yet almost all philosophers of art of the modern period have ignored this variety and focused entirely on...

An introduction to the refined, spiritually significant, and often dazzling arts produced by the varied cultures of a cradle of world civilization The ancient cultures of the Americas comprise a vast array of societies, whose peoples spoke thousands of...

In collaboration with Miami's Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, a rediscovery of a lost figure of American modernism - the early-twentieth-century American painter born into the Astor family, whose imagination and patrician clientele provide a fascinating...

This book explores the place of art in Latter-day Saint society during the first 50 years of the Utah settlement, beginning in 1847. Nathan Rees uncovers the critical role that images played in nineteenth-century Mormon religion, politics, and social...

Art and entertainment constitute America's second-largest export. Most Americans-96%, to be exact-are somehow involved in the arts, whether as audience participants, hobbyists, or via broadcast, recording, video, or the Internet. The contribution of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674282834Author Henry W FooteFormat HardbackPage Count 242Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 708g

A major new textbook for students of contemporary American art and media, and modern American history. American Visual Cultures analyses the role of painting, photography, film, television, advertising, journalism and other visual media in the historical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500296899Author Frances K PohlFormat PaperbackPage Count 644Imprint Thames & HudsonPublisher Thames & HudsonWeight(grams) 2082g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814253335Author Wendy Jean KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams) 422g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615554464Author Nadia RussFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Neopoprealism PressPublisher Neopoprealism PressWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692456453Author Dave CoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Criscola DesignPublisher Criscola DesignWeight(grams) 303g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578955452Author Phil HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 788Imprint Phil in the CirclePublisher Phil in the CircleWeight(grams) 503g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615562223Author Nadia RussFormat PaperbackImprint Neopoprealism PressPublisher Neopoprealism PressWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809511228Author Michael BetancourtFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 233g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615470085Author Nadia RussFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Neopoprealism PressPublisher Neopoprealism PressWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578306193Author Patricia SweedenFormat HardbackPage Count 66Imprint Patrick SweedenPublisher Patrick SweedenWeight(grams) 395g

Making American Art presents a thematic, interdisciplinary examination of art in the United States from the seventeenth century to the present day. The themes and issues explored in Making American Art pull together documentary material, art works and...

Carl Hall, born in 1921 in Detroit, was an accomplished Magic Realist painter on the brink of a major career in American art when World War II intervened. As a young Army recruit, he was assigned to Camp Adair near Corvallis, Oregon, in 1942. For Hall,...

There is a common perception in the arts today that overtly activist art-often seen to sacrifice an aesthetic pleasure for a subversive one-is no longer in fashion. In bringing together sixteen of the most important essays on activist and community-based...

Georgia O'Keeffe was a major figure in American art for seven decades. This comprehensive and illuminating new book surveys the complete drawings, watercolours and paintings from all periods - and explains her life in the context of her artistic output...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798890180803Author James DrakeFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Radius BooksPublisher Radius Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798215312537Author David BruceFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint David BrucePublisher David BruceWeight(grams) 141g

A vivid and engaging exploration of California's debt to the ancient world. Discussing the influence of the classics on America is nothing new; indeed, classical antiquity could be considered second only to Christianity as a force in modeling America's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879636187Author Lisa Tremper HanoverFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987929339Author Amy ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint University of Washington PressPublisher University of Washington Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734587258Author Frank DaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Dale's StudioPublisher Dale's StudioWeight(grams) 152g

As the people and economy of the United States struggled to recover following the Great Depression, 42 towns in North Carolina would benefit directly from the more than $83 million that the federal government would allocate for public art as part of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889557180Author Dale ChamplinFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Just a Lark BooksPublisher Just a Lark BooksWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934695807Author Dixie Denman JuniusFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Anhinga PressPublisher Anhinga Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781963050493Author Carmen BartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Prime Seven MediaPublisher Prime Seven MediaWeight(grams) 136g

Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume,...

Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987228203Author June LacombeFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Artist Book FoundationPublisher Artist Book Foundation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087985251Author Marigold Z BurenFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Art WorldPublisher Art WorldWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781312603837Author NorthFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 558g