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The Indigenous Right of Reply to Archives: Working towards Indigenous Sovereignty, Healing, and Justice in Archival Practice

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Report copyright infringementby The Indigenous Archives Collective (Editor)This volume offers a blueprint for decolonising archives and centring Indigenous agency, illuminating the innovative strategies being implemented across institutional and community settings. It is essential reading for archivists, curators, scholars, and anyone committed to transforming GLAM practice.Author BiographyThe Indigenous Archives Collective is an international network of Indigenous and allied archivists, scho...

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Report copyright infringementby Roman de la Campa (Author), E. Ann Kaplan (Author), Michael Sprinker (Editor)Spanning time and space from late Victorian Britain and Ireland to postwar America and Latin America, Late Imperial Culture maps crucial regions in the terrain of imperial cultural practices including theater, film, photography, fiction, autobiography, and body art. The forms reviewed in this lively collection range from those which accept and reproduce empire's dominant self-images to...

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Report copyright infringementby Ted Hiebert (Author)Photographing Ambiguity examines photography as a metaphor for technological culture, arguing that a relational exploration of the medium can shed light on the dominant ideological tendencies of our time. The book advocates for photographic practices that emphasize ambiguity, suggesting that this approach fosters more conscientious, ecological, and creative relationships within the technological ecosystem of contemporary life. Ted Hiebert cr...

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Report copyright infringementby Slobodanka Graham (Author)For a brief period in early 2019, the author sat in Library corridors and sketched little known artefacts and objects. She captured reading room patrons and staff going about their Library business."This little book of illustrations is not a definitive guide to the Library. It is simply my idiosynratic attempt to showcase the spaces - some, like the book stacks, only accessible to staff members. But I've also tried to capture the quali...

Stones from Other Mountains: Chinese Painting Studies in Postwar America

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Report copyright infringementby Jason C. Kuo (Editor)This volume addresses questions of canon, value, historiographical interest, and large-scale historical structures as they apply to Chinese art history in the context of post-colonial studies. As the field of Chinese art history moves into postcolonial studies, institutional critique, and economic and social contextualization, it is especially important that questions of canon, value, historiographical interest, and large-scale historical s...

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Report copyright infringementby Nick Padalino (Author)The BLACK LIGHT and FLUORESCENT ART - the Social Stigma of "Fluorophobia" - Introduction: "Color and Art" - The First Discoveries of Fluorescence and Luminescence: "1500 B.C. - 1750: From China to Benjamin Franklin" - The First Fluorescent Paint: "Robert Switzer - "Day-Glo" Paint - 1933" - The Miracle of Fluorescence: "1930s - 1950s" - The Social Phenomenon of Fluorescence: "The 1960s Movement" - The Greying of the Miraculous Fluorescent R...

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Report copyright infringementby Sibusiso Tshabangu (Author)So much you can find a way on how to be, although there are things which you may suffer from. When life calls for you to always focus on what you know how to do, you could end up suffering the consequences of being an innovative person. Alone most of your time, and sadden by the situation you find yourself in. Whereas what's important to understand is that there could be a need to focus on what you love about the world around you. Sti...

Praying with Sacred Art: Pondering the Mystery of Redemption Through VISIO Divina

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Report copyright infringementby Derek Amiel Rotty (Author)One of the most powerful ways of encountering God is through our senses, especially through our perception of beauty. The good, the true, and the beautiful are inseparable, and beauty, rightly considered, always leads to the Creator.In this rich journey through sacred art, author Derek Rotty accompanies readers through the mysteries of salvation history, highlighting some of the Church's most moving and celebrated works of visual art. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Insight Editions (Author)Capture the magic of your own writing with this Wicked collection of three softcover notebooks. Inspired by memorable characters from the land of Oz, this beautiful collection of notebooks gives you plenty of room to jot down notes, thoughts, and ideas. 3 UNIQUE NOTEBOOKS: The set includes a trio of 64-page ruled notebooks, each with a different design. CONVENIENT 6 x 8.5-INCH SIZE: These notebooks are large enough to comfortably write...

26 Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné of Lithographs, Etchings, and Engravings by Leo Katz

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Report copyright infringementby Leo Katz (Author)This chronological description of prints highlights the innovative career of Leo Katz the artist, author, educator, and philosopher. 26 Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné of Lithographs, Etchings, and Engravings by Leo Katz documents the broad range of Katz's skills, from landscape to portraits to murals all captured in the form of prints pulled by Katz himself. His personal descriptions of the inspiration and crafting of each piece accompany each wo...

Tokusatsu: A Guide to Kaiju, Sentai, and Japanese Special Effects from Their Origins to the Present Day

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Report copyright infringementby Marvin Ringard (Author), Romain Taszek (Illustrator)Explore the rich, decades-long history of all your favorite kaiju, super sentai, and more in this illustrated guide to the technical innovations, iconic aesthetics, and pop culture legacy of tokusatsu! Tokusatsu (which translates literally as "special filming") is one of Japan's most beloved art forms. From kaiju such as Godzilla and Mothra to super sentai including the Power Rangers and Ultraman, tokusatsu h...

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Report copyright infringementby Alex Raynham (Author)'What does the world look like from the moon?' 'How do our bodies work?' 'Is it possible for people to fly?' 'Can I make a horse of bronze that is 8 metres tall?' 'How can we have cleaner cities?' All his life, Leonardo da Vinci asked questions. We know him as a great artist, but he was one of the great thinkers of all time, and even today, doctors and scientists are still learning from his ideas. Meet the man who made a robot lion, wrote b...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Wong (Author), Tamio Wakayama (Photographer), Eva Respini (Contribution by)The first publication devoted to Tamio Wakayama's remarkable photographic career, Enemy Alien shares unpublished photos and a memoir by the artist about his life working alongside activist movements and in vibrant communities, from the civil rights-era American South to the Powell Street Festival in Vancouver. Wakayama was born in New Westminster, British Columbia mere months before...

Getting Dressed in the Dark: An Artist's Way Home

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Report copyright infringementby Gabriella D'Italia (Author)While the story will forever be fiercely hers, Getting Dressed in the Dark opens a mirror or portal between D'Italia and her reader, inviting in all those attempting vulnerable journeys of discovery and creative birthings of their own. In each faceted chapter, D'Italia varyingly weaves or unweaves tendrils of her life's attempts at unbound meaning making. She writes from a commitment to bearing witness to our memorial identities house...

Art as Unlearning: Towards a Mannerist Pedagogy

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Report copyright infringementby John Baldacchino (Author)Art as Unlearning makes an argument for art's unlearning as a mannerist pedagogy. Art's pedagogy facilitates a form of forgetfulness by extending what happens in the practice of the arts in their visual, auditory and performative forms. The concept of learning has become predominantly hijacked by foundational paradigms such as developmental narratives whose positivistic approach has limited the field of education to a narrow practice wi...

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Report copyright infringementby Rebecca Head Trautmann (Author), Cynthia Chavez Lamar (Foreword by), Jo Ortel (Contribution by)Celebrate Native American artist Truman Lowe in this career retrospective featuring 100+ images and intimate insights on his one-of-a-kind sculptures. Published in conjunction with a Smithsonian exhibition--a must-see for fans of contemporary art and Indigenous art Nationally acclaimed artist Truman Lowe (Hoocąk [Ho-Chunk], 1944-2019) was best known for his sculptures...

Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection

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Report copyright infringementby Amanda T. Zehnder (Editor), Amanda Zehnder (Editor), David M. Brinley (Editor)Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection features artwork by pioneering artists from over 160 years of published works of science fiction and fantasy. The illustrations in the collection appeared on the covers of timeless novels such as the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and classic pulp magazines from the 1930s through 1960s, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Hajo Düchting (Author)Georges Seurat (1859-1891) was only 31 when he died, but during his short life he created hundreds of drawings, oil sketches, and paintings on canvas that introduced a fresh perspective in European painting.As a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he carefullly observed the work of Delacroix and became fascinated with the interplay between light and color. In doing so, he developed Divisionism, using small dabs of paint from the ...

A Wealth of Thought: Franz Boas on Native American Art

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Report copyright infringementby Franz Boas (Author), Aldona Jonaitis (Editor)Although Franz Boas--one of the most influential anthropologists of the twentieth century--is best known for his voluminous writings on cultural, physical, and linguistic anthropology, he is also recognized for breaking new ground in the study of so-called primitive art. His writings on art have major historical value because they embody a profound change in art history.Nineteenth-century scholars assumed that all ar...

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Report copyright infringementby Partners & Spade (Author)These whimsical collections of photos appeal to the voyeur in all of us. Each book is inspired by a single, deceptively simple concept-bags in trees, looking upward, items that say "thank you"-and the resulting photo essays are surprisingly illuminating. I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN looks at the possibilities in seemingly impossible situation through images of plants growing through cracks in concrete and other difficult places. The...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Taylor (Author), Matyás Namai (Illustrator)The 14th Dalai Lama, renowned as a moral leader and spiritual teacher worldwide, is famous as a peacemaker yet stands as an unwavering fighter for the freedom of the Tibetan people, and above all, for their spiritual and physical culture.This new original biography in graphic novel form, sensitively researched and written by Tom Taylor (Tomás Krejí) and stunningly illustrated by Matyás Namai, with the approval of t...

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Report copyright infringementby Marguerite Duras (Author), Olivia Baes (Translator), Emma Ramadan (Translator)The English-language debut of a beautiful and beguiling cycle of experimental texts by the legendary Marguerite Duras. In the late 1970s, Marguerite Duras embarked on an experimental journey to expand the boundaries of writing and film. For Duras, writing need not be text on a page nor cinema merely images on a screen. Six Films is the result of her efforts to redefine the two arts in...

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Report copyright infringementby Alexander Adams (Author)This accessible and beautifully produced volume honors the extraordinary legacy of Leonardo da Vinci, whose genius shaped the Renaissance and continues to inspire the modern world. Through stunning reproductions of his most iconic works, including The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, and The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, readers can experience the depth and brilliance of Leonardo's artistry. These masterpieces, alongside his intricate sketches...

From Canada With Love: Adult Coloring Book Love Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Coloring Bandit (Author)This coloring book is filled with images from Canada and coloring them will transport you to the Maple Country. If you color, you can relax and get away from the world. This will definitely hep you to relax and unwind - like actually going on a vacation but without leaving your comfort zone. Go ahead and begin coloring today! Number of Pages: 62 Dimensions: 0.13 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: Septe...

The Coloring Book of African Art Through the Ages

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Report copyright infringementby Ernestine White-Mifetu (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Yekaterina Barbash (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Paula Kinsel (Illustrator) The Coloring Book of African Art Through the Ages showcasesa remarkable selection of Ancient Egyptian art and the arts of Africa from thebreathtaking collections of the Brooklyn Museum. The Museum's celebrated collections cover a wide range thematically, geographically, andchronologically. The complete collection includes stone a...

Cozycore Christmas Coloring Book: Celebrate the Season with Everything Cute and Cozy!

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Report copyright infringementby Editors of Chartwell Books (Author)Step into the cozy and festive spirit of the holidays with Cozycore Christmas Coloring Book. Grab a cup of cocoa, curl up with a blanket, and celebrate the magic of the Christmas season with the Cozycore Christmas Coloring Book. From snow-dusted windows and cozy fireplaces to ice skating and decorating the tree, enjoy over 100 cute and simple winter-themed scenes that are sure to fill your holidays with cheerful colors and fes...

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Barringer (Author), Nicholas Robbins (Contribution by)A captivating celebration of one of the most important painters of the nineteenth century and the continuing relevance of his work John Constable (1776-1837) is considered one of England's greatest landscape painters. Underappreciated in his lifetime, Constable achieved international acclaim following his death and was a major inspiration for Eugène Delacroix, the Barbizon School painters, the Impressio...

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Report copyright infringementby Olivia Meehan (Author), Alice Vincent (Contribution by), Lizzie Marx (Contribution by) Slow Looking: The Art of Nature is a unique celebration of the relationship between art and nature across millennia. Eschewing a linear narrative of art, this inspirational collection of artworks allows readers to make connections between the nature that surrounds them and the vision of a dazzling wide range of artists. Art historian Olivia Meehan has mixed paintings, drawing...

Mughal Painting: (Oxford India Short Introductions)

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Report copyright infringementby Som Prakash Verma (Author)In Mughal Painting, the author provides a detailed survey of the sixteenth-seventeenth century painting under the Mughal Emperors of India, and uses the renowned collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Habibganj Collection, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, to bring to fruition a book of both scholarship and beauty. Using diverse sources - Persian, Central Asian, European, and Indian - this work presents a rigor...

Manga Muscles: An Artist's Guide to Drawing Powerful Male Bodies [With Over 500 Color and B&w Illustrations]

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Report copyright infringementby Syu Itadori (Author), Ueno Atsushi (Author), Kiki (Author)A must-have guide to drawing muscular physiques--from professional manga illustrators! Manga Muscles teaches you how to draw powerful male bodies in dynamic styles--from athletic to bodybuilder to fantasy superhero--in hundreds of different situations and from all possible angles. Plus, you'll learn to adjust the physical attributes of each character so they don't all look the same, and how to drape clot...

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Report copyright infringementby Makoto Fujimura (Author), N. T. Wright (Foreword by)From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity's quintessential--and often overlooked--role in the spiritual life "Makoto Fujimura's art and writings have been a true inspiration to me. In this luminous book, he addresses the question of art and faith and their reconciliation with a quiet and moving eloquence."--Martin Scorsese "[An] elegant treatise. . . . Fujimura's sensitive, evocative theology...

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Report copyright infringementby Massimiliano Capella (Author), Antony Shugaar (Translator)One of the world's most lovable sidekicks returns in an essential volume for collectors, pop culture enthusiasts, and anyone fascinated by the enduring charm of Barbie's iconic counterpart. This is the very first book dedicated entirely to Ken, tracing his evolution from his debut in 1961 to Ryan Gosling's unforgettable portrayal in the 2023 blockbuster movie. This official and comprehensive book offers...