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by Jasper Johns (Artist), Ann Temkin (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Christophe Cherix (Text by (Art/Photo Books))In June 2012, Jasper Johns encountered a photograph of the painter Lucian Freud reproduced in a Christie's auction catalogue. Inspired not only by the image, but by the physical qualities of the photograph itself, Johns took this motif through a succession of cross-medium permutations. He also incorporated into his art the text of a rubber stamp he had had made several years earlier ...

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by Maira Kalman (Author), Daniel Handler (Author), Sarah Hermanson Meister (Afterword by)You're supposed to stop and smell the roses but truth be told it doesn't take that long to smell them. You hardly have to stop. You can smell the roses and still have time to run all those errands before the sun goes down and it's dinner time.Hurry Up and Wait is the second volume in a new series of collaborations between renowned artist and bestselling author Maira Kalman, New York Times bestsellin...

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by Bjork (Artist), Klaus Biesenbach (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Alex Ross (Text by (Art/Photo Books))A celebration of the magical world of Icelandic icon BjörkBjörk is a contemporary icon whose contributions to music, video, film, fashion and art have influenced a generation worldwide. Designed by top graphic design agency M/M as a slipcased world of wonders, this publication--which accompanies The Museum of Modern Art's spring 2015 exhibition on Björk--is composed of six parts: four booklet...

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by Marcel Broodthaers (Artist), Christophe Cherix (Editor), Christophe Cherix (Contribution by)The catalog for the Museum of Modern Art's acclaimed Broodthaer's exhibitionMarcel Broodthaers' extraordinary artistic output placed him at the center of international activity during the transformative decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout his career, from early objects variously made of mussel shells, eggshells and books of his own poetry, to his most ambitious project, the Mus e d'Art Modern...

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Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971 - Hardcover

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by Yoko Ono (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Klaus Biesenbach (Editor), Christophe Cherix (Editor)Yoko Ono's early years: between New York, Tokyo and LondonYoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971 examines the beginnings of Ono's career, demonstrating her pioneering role in visual art, performance and music during the 1960s and early 1970s. It begins in New York in December 1960, where Ono initiated a performance series with La Monte Young in her Chambers Street loft. Over the course of the decade, On...

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by Walid Raad (Artist), Eva Respini (Editor), Finbarr Flood (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Lebanese artist Walid Raad is an influential voice in art from the Middle East. Published for his first comprehensive exhibition in the US, this catalogue surveys three decades of Raad's practice in photography, video and performance. Beginning with his groundbreaking project The Atlas Group (1989-2004), to his recent work on the history of art in the Arab world (2007-ongoing), it offers an overview of Raad...

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Joaqu�n Torres-Garc�a: The Arcadian Modern - Hardcover

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by Joaquin Torres-Garcia (Artist), Luis P�rez-Oramas (Editor), Alexander Alberro (Text by (Art/Photo Books))"Joaqu�n Torres-Garc�a is one of the most complex and emblematic modern masters from the first half of the 20th century, whose work determined transformational paths for modern art on both sides of the Atlantic. Drawn toward both the avant-garde and the primitive, the schematic and the utopian, he participated in some of the most crucial intellectual and artistic discussions of the past...

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Information: 50th Anniversary Edition - Paperback

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by Kynaston McShine (Author), Lucy R. Lippard (Text by (Art/Photo Books))The 50th anniversary edition of MoMA's trendsetting book on conceptual artIn the summer of 1970, the Museum of Modern Art in New York mounted the now legendary exhibition Information, one of the first surveys of conceptual art. Conceived by MoMA's celebrated curator Kynaston McShine as an "international report" on contemporary trends, the show and attendant catalog together assembled the work of more than 150 artists fro...

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Shock Treatment: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition - Paperback

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by Karen Finley (Author)"If you haven't read this book yet--buy it, take it home, and read it now! This is the work that made me get off my ass and actually do something, and it will inspire you, too."--Kathleen Hanna, singer, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin"I believe Karen Finley's un-careful rage was threatening because it is filled with grief, humor, and a profound passion for this life. Rereading it, I feel refreshed, as if I've been self-policing for years by tolerating boring, ...

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Doc/Undoc: Documentado/Undocumented Ars Shamánica Performática - Paperback

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by Guillermo Gómez-Peña (Author), Felicia Rice (Artist), Jennifer González (Contribution by)What does it mean to be documented or undocumented? How do these terms work across borders and boundaries, languages and nations? These are the questions fueling the experimental artwork-in-a-box, Documentado/Undocumented, a book art piece that explores the intersection of printmaking, typography, performance, video, sound art, and installation. In its traveling exhibition, a finely crafted aluminum tr...

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Surrealism: Inside the Magnetic Fields - Paperback

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by Penelope Rosemont (Author)A series of personal and historical encounters with surrealism from one of its foremost practitioners in the United States.Penelope Rosemont has given us, better than anyone else in the English language, a marvelous, meticulous exploration of the surrealist experience, in all its infinite variety.--Gerome Kamrowski, American Surrealist PainterOne of the hallmarks of Surrealism is the encounter, often by chance, with a key person, place, or object through a trajec...

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by Elizabeth Rusch (Author), Chad Cameron (Illustrator)When Liza's mother takes away her beloved crayons, her world suddenly goes gray. How does the budding artist repond? She squirts her toothpaste angrily and stomps through mud puddles. Through these acts, Liza inadvertently creates art-and eventually discovers color in the world around her.Liza loved her crayons. She treasured turquoise, adored apricot, and flipped over fuchsia. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.44 x ...

Dynamic Economic Systems: A Post Keynesian Approach - Paperback

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by John M. Blatt (Author)The bicentenary of The Wealth of Nations has passed, and so has the centenary of the neoclassical revolution in economics. Yet the present state of dynamic economic theory leaves very much to be desired and appears to show little sign of significant improvement in the near future. Structured into 5 main topics, the main purpose of 'Dynamic Economics Systems 'is to present arguments for this contention and to start developing the tools which are needed to make progress...

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Is It Morning for You Yet? 58th Carnegie International - Paperback

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by Sohrab Mohebbi (Editor), Talia Heiman (Editor), Ryan Inouye (Editor)An expansive dialogue between old and new forms of emancipatory artThe 58th Carnegie International traces the geopolitical footprint of the US since 1945 to suggest a historical ground for the images, ideas, objects and people that shape and desire emancipatory expressions and artworks, contextualizing conversations around migration, representation, appropriation and decolonization. This 424-page publication features two d...

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Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths - Paperback

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by Heikki Seppa (Author)Redefines the vocabulary of metalsmithing. In print for more than three decades. A master artist and teacher of metalwork presents a bold new approach to creative expression in metal. Believing that the time has come for the artist to free himself from the functional forms that have dominated the metal smith's craft--the cup, the box, the pitcher, etc.--Heikki Seppa urges the craftsman to create in terms of pure form, and in this book he shows him how. Two Things are e...

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To Be an Artist: Musicians, Visual Artists, Writers, and Dancers Speak by Camille Colatosti with a Foreword by Pat Pattison - Paperback

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by Camille Colatosti (Author)(Berklee Guide). Learn what it means to be an artist today. Musicians, writers, visual artists, and creators from a variety of other disciplines discuss their lives and work how they perceive their craft and their world, and the role of art in society. These are citizen artists, who discuss their responsibility to communicate their vision, to help us better understand our world and live together in community. Through learning about these artistic journeys, you wil...

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by Larry Millett (Author)"An impressive sampling of the vanished buildings of the Twin Cities, tracing their history and including information on who the owners and architects were, how these structures were used, why they were torn down, and what occupies each site today. Highly recommended." --Library JournalLost Twin Cities is an architectural and social history of the downtowns of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The richly illustrated text emphasizes the growth and development of the two downto...

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by Alphonse Muhca (Author) Dimensions: 0.41 x 4.84 x 6.93 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 01, 2000

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by Pomegranate Communications Inc (Manufactured by) Number of Pages: 30 Dimensions: 0.42 x 4.81 x 6.93 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: August 27, 2010

Architecture of Oblivion: Ruins and Historical Consciousness in Modern Russia - Hardcover

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by Andreas Schönle (Author)Despite attempts to promote the aesthetics of ruins in Russia--from Catherine the Great's construction of fake ruins in imperial parks to Josef Brodsky's elegiac meditations--ruins have never achieved the status they enjoy in Western Europe. While the Soviet Union was notorious for leveling churches, post-Soviet Russia has only intensified the practice of massive destruction and reconstruction. Architecture of Oblivion examines the role of ruins in the development o...

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Conservation: Mfa Highlights - Paperback

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by Richard Newman (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Though conservation plays a decisive role in the public's experience of artworks in museums, visitors are often unaware of what it takes to keep them vibrant, intact and in some cases existent, and until now there has never been a comprehensive, accessible volume that explains this science to the layperson. Here, the respected conservation scholar Richard Newman recounts tales of uncovered forgeries and unknown masterpieces from more than 130 years...

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Arts of Japan: Mfa Highlights - Paperback

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by Anne Morse (Editor)The MFA's holdings of Japanese art make up the finest and most comprehensive collection outside of Japan. This stunning overview features many of the collection's best-known and most beloved works, including such rare paintings as the eighth-century Buddhist panel "Shaka, the Historical Buddha, Preaching on Vulture Peak" and the thirteenth-century narrative hand-scroll "Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace" (the most exciting section of the celebrated Heiji monogatari scroll...

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Mfa Highlights: Arts of the Ancient Americas - Paperback

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by Dorie Reents-Budet (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Dennis Carr (Text by (Art/Photo Books))The territory stretching from northern Mexico to Chile is one of six world regions where ancient civilizations arose--joining Egypt, the Near East and Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, North China and Southeast Asia. The intellectual and artistic accomplishments of the ancient American peoples rival those of the others, including fully developed writing systems, the tallest structures in the western hemisph...

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Arts of Korea: Mfa Highlights - Paperback

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by Jane Portal (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Suhyung Kim (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Arts of Korea celebrates historical Korean art through 100 works from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The MFA has one of the finest collections of Korean art outside of East Asia, with particularly superb holdings of high-quality stoneware and lacquerware of the Koryo and Yi dynasties, Bronze Age funerary objects and Buddhist paintings and sculptures. Many of the objects in this book were ori...

John Singer Sargent: Watercolors - Hardcover

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by John Sargent (Artist), Erica Hirshler (Author), Teresa Carbone (Author)Nearly 100 watercolors by John Singer Sargent from two major museum collectionsJohn Singer Sargent's approach to watercolor was unconventional. Going beyond turn-of-the-century standards for carefully delineated and composed landscapes filled with transparent washes, his confidently bold, dense strokes and loosely defined forms startled critics and fellow practitioners alike. One reviewer of an exhibition in London proc...

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Ink, Silk & Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Hardcover

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by Laura Weinstein (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Emine Fetvaci (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Marcus Fraser (Text by (Art/Photo Books))A celebration of the vibrant materiality of Islamic art, as expressed through 115 works of art spanning 13 centuriesInk, Silk & Gold explores the dynamic and complex traditions of Islamic art through more than 115 works of art drawn from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Works in a range of media are reproduced in full color and exquisite det...

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Paul Gauguin: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? - Paperback

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by Paul Gauguin (Artist), George Shackelford (Text by (Art/Photo Books))The life of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) is one of the richest and most mythic in the history of Western art. Abandoning a career in banking, a family and his homeland, in the last decade of the nineteenth century he sailed from France to the South Seas to seek a life "in ecstasy, in peace and for art." During his years in Tahiti, Gauguin brought forth a wealth of astonishing paintings, culminating in this monumental meditati...

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by Yvonne Markowitz (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Denise Doxey (Text by (Art/Photo Books))An authoritative history on the exquisite jewelry of ancient NubiaLocated at the intersection of trade routes from central Africa, the ancient Near East and the Classical world, ancient Nubia ruled the entire Nile Valley at the height of its power in the eighth century B.C. Its neighbor and frequent rival Egypt called it "the gold lands" because its territories held such an abundance of the precious metal...

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John Singer Sargent: Murals in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Paperback

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by John Sargent (Artist), Carol Troyen (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Pamela Hatchfield (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Born in Italy, trained in Paris and a resident of London, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) became Boston's favorite painter in the 1880s. His commissions from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to decorate its new building's grand staircase and rotunda resulted in one of Sargent's last and most ambitious works. Sargent regarded the entire space as a giant canvas and brought together a...

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Childe Hassam: At Dusk: Boston Common at Twilight - Paperback

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by Childe Hassam (Artist), Erica Hirshler (Author)In this vivid account of one of Boston's best-loved paintings, leading American art specialist Erica E. Hirshler illuminates the context of Childe Hassam's 1880s city scene. With its rosy rust tones, intimate familial vignette and quiet expanse of snow-laden park, today "At Dusk (Boston Common at Twilight)" seems to encourage reflection and represent a decidedly old-fashioned city. Yet Hirshler reveals the ways in which the painting visually s...

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Thomas Sully: George Washington and the Passage of the Delaware - Paperback

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by Thomas Sully (Artist), Elliot Bostwick Davis (Contribution by)On the night of December 25, 1776, George Washington led his ragged Continental Army through a snowstorm across the Delaware River, on the way to a surprise attack in New Jersey that would turn the tide of the American Revolution. More than 40 years later, the ambitious young painter Thomas Sully chose this dramatic moment as the subject of a portrait of the founding father commissioned for the North Carolina State House. He com...

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Paul Revere: Sons of Liberty Bowl - Paperback

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by Gerald W. R. Ward (Author)American patriot Paul Revere is wrapped in the swirling mixture of myth and poetry through which history often descends, but as a craftsman and artist, he left behind more tangible traces as well. In this volume, esteemed art historian Gerald W.R. Ward tells the true story of Revere's most iconic creation, the Sons of Liberty bowl, bravely made and marked by the rebel and silversmith on the threshold of the Revolutionary War. John Singleton Copley's portrait of Re...