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Just Like Me: Stories and Self-Portraits by Fourteen Artists - Paperback

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by Harriet Rohmer (Editor), Fourteen Artists (Illustrator)Through stories, paintings, and childhood photographs, these fourteen artists open their hearts and invite us to enter into their worlds. With honesty and encouragement, they offer hope for aspiring young people who dream of becoming artists- just like them.In this original and remarkable collection, Children's Book Press highlights the art and inspirational paths of fourteen outstanding artists who, over the course of twenty years, ha...

My Colors, My World / MIS Colores, Mi Mundo - Paperback

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by Maya Gonzalez (Author), Maya Gonzalez (Illustrator)Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Best Children's and YA Books, Criticas Magazine International Latino Book Award, Latino Literacy NowBilingual English/Spanish. An instant favorite, this beautiful bilingual board book follows Maya as she discovers all the colors in her world.Maya longs to find brilliant, beautiful color in her world. But when the wind blows, desert sand covers everythin...

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Vinnie Ream: An American Sculptor - Paperback

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by Edward S. Cooper (Author)She was able, through clever maneuvering and dogged determination, to achieve a commission from the Congress for a life-sized statue of the assassinated president--this despite the very real animus against women artists at that time, which is apparent in the heated arguments against granting her the Lincoln commission--arguments spearheaded in the Senate by Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. Steeped in the history of her time, Vinnie Ream was involved with dozens of ...

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Jugtown Pottery 1917-2017: A Century of Art & Craft in Clay - Hardcover

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by Stephen C. Compton (Author), Ray Owen (Author)This richly illustrated book tells the story of the successful collaboration of Jacques and Juliana Royster Busbee in the creation of a remarkable folkcraft enterprise called Jugtown. This improbable venture, founded in a most unlikely setting, has left its indelible mark on a remote Southern community. Fully illustrated with numerous black-and-white and color photographs of the place, the people who made pottery there, and the pottery produced...

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by Alex Grey (Author)Ten years of visionary artwork from a rare artist embraced by critics, spiritual leaders, and the general public during his lifetime. * Includes essays on Grey's work by the renowned art critic Donald Kuspit and by Stephen Larsen, author of Fire in the Mind: The Authorized Biography of Joseph Campbell. * The long-awaited follow-up to Sacred Mirrors. Every once in a great while an artist emerges who does more than simply reflect the social trends of the time. These artists...

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The World of Spirits and Ancestors: In the Art of Western Sub-Saharan Africa - Hardcover

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by Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser (Author)A magnificent full-color book introducing a collection of traditional western Sub-Saharan African art.Back JacketThe World of Spirits and Ancestors in the Art of Western Sub-Saharan Africa illustrates for the first time a collection of African Sculpture at the Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The masks and figurative carvings from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century are from two sources: Ambassador and Mrs. Julius Wal...

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The Vaastu Workbook: Using the Subtle Energies of the Indian Art of Placement to Enhance Health, Prosperity, and Happiness in Your Home - Paperback

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by Talavane Krishna (Author)- Detailed instructions for creating a home that harmonizes with the natural and spiritual energies of its environment - Unlike feng shui, which favors adding "cures" to cover existing problems, vaastu (like holistic medicine) focuses on fixing underlying problems for the health of the entire system - By the director of the foremost vaastu center in India - Includes 100 line drawings to make all the complexities of vaastu understandable to a beginner Feng shui prac...

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by A. Isabelle Howe (Author), Eldon Cunningham (Introduction by), Gary Edson (Foreword by)Lynwood Kreneck's screenprints are recognized throughout the world for their imaginative, often humor-filled content, vivid colors, and always superb technical execution. His print series, such as Space Probes, Earth's Mysteries Solved, Great Moments in Domestic Mishaps, and Clownz, show wit combined with care and passion for the screenprinting form. This personal, casual, and straightforward story follo...

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by Kamrooz Aram (Artist), Lauren O'Neill-Butler (Text by (Art/Photo Books))A gorgeously produced monograph on Aram's exquisite conflations of abstraction and decorationThis volume brings together a group of new paintings, collages and sculptural works by Iranian-born, Brooklyn-based artist Kamrooz Aram (born 1978) that continue his exploration of the relationship between painting and ornament and his renegotiation of hierarchies that place the so-called decorative arts beneath the fine arts. ...

Arts Administration and Management: A Guide for Administrators and Their Staffs - Hardcover

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by Harvey Shore (Author)The book takes general management concepts and proves that they are applicable to all forms of the arts be they visual or performing. It gives life to the often vague and abstract writings in management by the use of art organization examples. This is a good introductory text on the management of the arts and puts the entire management process into perspective. James E. Suelflow, Professor and Director, Arts Administration Program, Indiana University The primary functi...

Art of West Texas Women: A Celebration - Paperback

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by Kippra D. Hopper (Author), Laurie Churchill (Author), Pamela Brink (Introduction by)Representing at once a diversity of style, medium, and scale and an intersection of inspiration and response, Art of West Texas Women celebrates twenty women visual artists living and working in an expansive, rugged landscape--the vast western half of Texas, far from the dynamics of urban art communities and large national markets. Without attempting to serve as a comprehensive catalog--impossible consideri...

Horse Mandalas/Mandala Horses: Coloring and Design Book - Paperback

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by Miriam Nieuwe Weme (Illustrator)As the author writes in the introduction, "Horses are inspiration on four legs. If you have ever seen a horse galloping towards freedom with his head held high and his nostrils wide open, you know that you will never forget that image." Meanwhile, designing and coloring mandalas is an activity that has been around for centuries. The 46 original designs in this charming coloring book bring together the inspiration of horses -- their beautiful lines, thrilling...

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by Gene Franks (Author)Pencil Drawing includes comprehensive instructions for drawing a variety of subjects in pencil. A renowned master in the field, Gene Franks explains how to develop your drawings from start to finish, teaching specific techniques for shading, contrast, texture, detail, and more. You will learn all aspects of pencil drawing as you follow the easy-to-follow instructions for drawing everything from animals and people to household items in no time at all. All you need is thi...

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by William F. Powell (Author)Whether you specialize in drawing - even cartooning and animation - or prefer media such as acrylic, oil, pastel, or watercolor, a good knowledge of perspective is invaluable. It is the foundation of all great paintings and drawings, no matter what medium. Perspective shows you everything you need to know to make objects look three dimensional. Practice the methods of measuring and dividing areas proportionately; then learn how we perceive depth and distance, and ...

Modern & Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Hardcover

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by John B. Ravenal (Author), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Prepared by)Containing 114 reproductions of works ranging from Jackson Pollock's dynamic 1948 drip painting to Kehinde Wiley's 2006 hip-hop-meets-Old-Master portrait, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a handsome collection that offers art enthusiasts a chance to recall old favorites and discover hidden treasures and new acquisitions. Taken from the nationally recognized collection of the same name at t...

A Noble Pursuit: English Silver from the Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Volume 2 - Paperback

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by Christopher Hartop (Author), Ellenor Alcorn (Preface by), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Prepared by)In 1997 Rita Gans generously gave the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts an outstanding array of English silver from the collection she and her late husband, Jerome, had amassed over some thirty years. Thanks to the munificent gift in 2010 of more stunning silver collected by her during the past thirteen years, the museum is home to one of the most important collections of English silver in the Un...

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American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Hardcover

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by Elizabeth O'Leary (Author), Sylvia Yount (Author), Susan J. Rawles (Author)With this publication, produced in conjunction with the largest expansion in the history of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the full scope of the museum's outstanding American art collection is represented for the first time.Following an introduction tracing the history of American art at this encyclopedic museum--a state-supported, privately endowed institution--readers will discover lively and generously illustr...

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Private Passion, Public Promise: The James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Collection of American Art - Hardcover

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by Sylvia Yount (Author), Alex Nyerges (Introduction by), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Prepared by)"We have spent the last decade immersed in the world of American art, never suspecting early on that our desire to learn and appreciate this legacy could result in so meaningful a commitment to Virginia."--James W. McGlothlinPrivate Passion, Public Promise: The James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Collection of American Art commemorates the McGlothlins' plan to bequeath their splendid collection ...

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by Natasha Brandstatter (Contribution by), Meredith M. Evans (Contribution by), Peter H. Hassrick (Contribution by)With its vast prairies and impressive mountains, Colorado has been a mecca for painters since the beginning of the nineteenth century. This latest volume in the Denver Art Museum's Western Passages series celebrates a diverse group of painters who found special allegiance to the Rockies and to the human history of Colorado.Many who ventured into Colorado in the 1800s sought inspi...

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New England / New Spain: Portraiture in the Colonial Americas, 1492-1850 - Paperback

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by Donna Pierce (Editor)In 2014 the Denver Art Museum held a symposium hosted by the Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art and co-organized by Donna Pierce and Emily Ballew Neff, Director of the Brooks Museum, Memphis. They assembled an international group of scholars to present recent research on portraiture in the Spanish colony of New Spain (Mexico) and the British colonies of North America. This volume presents revised and expanded versions of papers pr...

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Elevating Western American Art: Developing an Institute in the Cultural Capital of the Rockies - Hardcover

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by Thomas Brent Smith (Editor), Marlene Chambers (Introduction by)Unprecedented in size and scope, this special issue of Western Passages celebrates the full range of the western American art holdings at the Denver Art Museum. Published to mark the tenth anniversary of the museum's Petrie Institute of Western American Art, Elevating Western American Art: Developing an Institute in the Cultural Capital of the Rockies includes thirty essays by art historians from across the United States and Ca...

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Companion to Glitterati: Portraits and Jewelry from Colonial Latin America at the Denver Art Museum - Paperback

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by Donna Pierce (Author), Julie Wilson Frick (Author)During the Spanish Colonial period in Latin America (1521-1850), precious gold and silver were crafted into elegant jewelry, then embellished with emeralds from Colombia, coral from Mexico, and pearls from Venezuela. To demonstrate their wealth and status, people were painted wearing their finest dress and elaborate jewelry. Selecting from its permanent collection, the Denver Art Museum installed the long-running exhibition Glitterati: Port...

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Companion to Spanish Colonial Art at the Denver Art Museum - Paperback

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by Donna Pierce (Author)The Denver Art Museum counts among its greatest resources a world-renowned Spanish Colonial collection rich in art from all over Latin America. Initiated in 1936, the Spanish Colonial collection has grown dramatically over the years to include more than 3,000 objects. It is the best collection of its type in the United States, and in many areas, it is the most comprehensive collection outside the country of origin. The museum's Spanish Colonial galleries include signif...

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Pre-Columbian Art & Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Frederick R. Mayer: Papers from the 2002 & 2007 Mayer Center Symposia at the Denver Art Museum - Paperback

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by Margaret Young-Sánchez (Editor)Symposia presented at the Denver Art Museum in 2002 and 2007 focused, respectively, on pre-Columbian art in the museum collection and the art and archaeology of ancient Costa Rica. Edited by Denver Art Museum curator Margaret Young-S nchez, this lavishly illustrated volume brings together newly revised and expanded symposium papers from pre-Columbian scholars, while paying tribute to the legacy of Denver philanthropist Frederick R. Mayer--a generous supporter...

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Festivals & Daily Life in the Arts of Colonial Latin America, 1492-1850: Papers from the 2012 Mayer Center Symposium at the Denver Art Museum - Paperback

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by Donna Pierce (Editor)The Denver Art Museum held a symposium in 2012 hosted by the Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art. The museum assembled an international group of scholars specializing in the arts and history of colonial Latin America to present recent research with topics ranging from ephemeral architecture, painting, and sculpture to engravings, decorative arts, costumes and clothing of the period. This volume presents revised and expanded version...

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Art, Love, Friendship: Marina Abramovic and Ulay Together & Apart - Hardcover

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by Thomas McEvilley (Author)In 1975 Marina Abramovic and Uwe Laysiepen met in Amsterdam, fell in love, and began to collaborate as performance artists. By the time their personal relationship ended twelve years later they had become two of the most famous performance artists in the world. Thomas McEvilley met them in 1983; they became close friends, and ever since he has been able to follow the development of their career together, and their careers apart, over the past twenty-seven years. Ar...

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Marta Minujín: Menesunda Reloaded - Paperback

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by Marta Minujín (Artist), Massimiliano Gioni (Editor), Helga Christoffersen (Editor)Menesunda Reloaded marks the first-ever presentation outside of Argentina of the legendary work, La Menesunda, first envisioned by Marta Minuj n and Rub n Santanton n in 1965. Over the past 60 years, Minujin (born 1943), a pioneering Argentinian artist, has developed happenings, performances, installations and video works that have greatly influenced generations of contemporary artists in Latin America and be...

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by Trevor Schoonmaker (Editor)Spirit in the Land, which accompanies the art exhibition of the same name, examines today's urgent ecological concerns from a fresh perspective. Through their artwork and writing, the artists show how cultural identity and traditions are deeply rooted in our relationship with the land, illustrate the restorative need to return to nature, and exemplify how biodiversity and cultural diversity are essential to our survival. The exhibition and catalogue center the vo...

Nebraska's Post Office Murals: Born of the Depression, Fostered by the New Deal - Hardcover

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by L. Robert Puschendorf (Author)As a part of the New Deal that offered hope during the Great Depression, scores of public art projects were commissioned around the country. Now they are among the most enduring visual legacies of that era. Twelve Nebraska post offices were chosen to receive individualized murals from the program. Nebraska's Post Office Murals presents the story of these valuable historical pieces.Richly illustrated with color fold-outs and never-before-published artists' sket...

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by Sheila McGraw (Author) Step-by-step, easy instructions show how to make pigs, cats, masks, monsters and more. Eight great projects in all Everyone has the basic ingredients for papier-m ch around the house - newspaper, flour and water - and everyone can do this creative, satisfying craft that allows you to build big, small, crazy and decorative sculpture. More than 150 color pictures guide you through the steps and show lots of variations on the results. Try it - it's fun Author Biogra...

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Mastering Manga Art with the Pros: Tips, Techniques, and Projects for Creating Compelling Manga Art - Paperback

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by Ilya Kuvshinov (Author), Bobby Chiu (Author), Ross Tran (Author)Start creating your own manga art and masterpieces with the help of this insightful and inspirational artist's workshop guide! A workshop-based resource to everything you need to know about manga art, this book is filled with tons of awesome information every manga fan will love! Opening with a stunning artist gallery showcase, also included are detailed articles on anime, Astro Boy, and his transformation to life in 3D on the...

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Glamour Is Theft: A User's Guide to General Idea: 1969-1978 - Hardcover

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by General Idea (Artist), Philip Monk (Text by (Art/Photo Books))From its origins in the mail art movement through to its "destruction" of The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion in 1977, the Canadian collective General Idea constructed a comprehensive body of work as a performative fiction. Glamour Is Theft examines this "pageantry of camp parody" through the logic of its mythic system. The book reconstructs this system from statements that were dispersed and disguised within General Idea's wor...