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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verses; Selected from the Best Writers

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Report copyright infringementby Lindley Murray (Author), Montgomery Robert Bartlett (Author)This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally ...

The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (787)

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Price (Author)Two volume set The Second Council of Nicaea (787) decreed that religious images were to set up in churches and venerated. It thereby established the cult of icons as a central element in the piety of the Orthodox churches, as it has remained ever since. In the West its decrees received a new emphasis in the Counter-Reformation, in the defence of the role of art in religion. It is a text of prime importance for the iconoclast controversy of...

Hand-Wrought Ironwork - A Book Of Projects

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Report copyright infringementby Edward F. Krom (Author)This antique text contains a collection of hand-wrought ironwork projects. The wrought iron projects in this book are presented in a clear, concise, and understandable manner, and should be a welcome addition to any school or home shop. Drawings and an information sheet for each project outline the most difficult steps, making this course perfect for the novice or those with little experience in iron-working. The chapters of this text inc...

Art and Eskimo Power: The Life and Times of Alaskan Howard Rock

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Report copyright infringementby Lael Morgan (Author)At Howard Rock's birth, a shaman predicted that he would become a great man. Born in 1911 in a sod igloo in Point Hope, an ancient Eskimo village, Howard became an accomplished artist and crusading newspaper editor who helped to defend his people from a controversial Atomic Energy Commission proposal to excavate a harbor near his native village with an atomic blast. Art and Eskimo Power chronicles the life of this influential and artist, edi...

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Report copyright infringementby R. G. Collingwood (Author)"The Principles of Art" is a 1937 treatise by R. G. Collingwood that explores the nature of art and its relationship with history and philosophy in particular. Robin George Collingwood, FBA (1889 - 1943) was an English historian, philosopher, and archaeologist most famous for his philosophical works including "Outlines of a Philosophy of Art " (1925) and the posthumously-published "The Idea of History" (1946). One of his more well-know...

Smart Sketch Book 9: Oogie Art's step-by-step guide to rendering hair in charcoal and pastel

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Report copyright infringementby Wook Choi (Director), Clara Lu (Co-Producer)Oogie Art's Smart Sketchbook is filled with step-by-step exercises and expert tips proven to help you improve your drawing skills in less than a month. Learn to draw complex objects, build strong foundational skills, diversify your drawing techniques, and pick the right drawing supplies. Number of Pages: 44 Dimensions: 0.12 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: December 01, 2015 ...

Ecce Monstrum: Georges Bataille and the Sacrifice of Form

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Report copyright infringementby Jeremy Biles (Author)In the 1930s, Georges Bataille proclaimed a "ferociously religious" sensibility characterized by simultaneous ecstasy and horror. Ecce Monstrum investigates the content and implications of this religious sensibility by examining Bataille's insistent linking of monstrosity and the sacred.Extending and sometimes challenging major interpretations of Bataille by thinkers like Denis Hollier and Rosalind Krauss the book reveals how his writings b...

Old School Argyle: Adult Coloring Book Patterns Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Coloring Bandit (Author)De-stress with this coloring book. Patterns and colors are a powerful combination that alters the mood and resets the brain. You need to color complex patterns when you feel like you've been boxed in the same concern for hours. Untangle your brain and relieve yourself of stress by coloring this book today! Number of Pages: 62 Dimensions: 0.13 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: September 05, 2017 ...

Machines for Living: Modernism and Domestic Life

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Rosner (Author)Changes in the routines of domestic life were among the most striking social phenomena of the period between the two World Wars, when the home came into focus as a problem to be solved: re-imagined, streamlined, electrified, and generally cleaned up. Modernist writers understood themselves to be living in an epochal moment when the design and meaning of home life were reconceived. Moving among literature, architecture, design, science, a...

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Lucie-Smith (Author)Edward Lucie-Smith's examination of sexuality in Western art from prehistory to the present first treats the tradition chronologically, then considers its characteristic themes and symbols. Number of Pages: 290 Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN Publication Date: September 17, 1991

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Sutton (Author)Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums details how to go green at every level of your organization. From one of the leading experts in the sustainability practices in museums, this book explains how engaging in sustainable practices will benefit not only the planet, but also the people you serve, your programs and even your profits. To demonstrate this, Sutton provides case studies from museums at the forefront of the gr...

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Report copyright infringementby James Elkins (Author)In the domain of visual images, those of fine art form a tiny minority. This original and brilliant book calls upon art historians to look beyond their traditional subjects--painting, drawing, photography, and printmaking--to the vast array of "nonart" images, including those from science, technology, commerce, medicine, music, and archaeology. Such images, James Elkins asserts, can be as rich and expressive as any canonical painting. Using...

Robert Qualters: Autobiographical Mythologies

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Report copyright infringementby Vicky Clark (Author)Teeming with convulsive energy, raw brush strokes, and Fauvist colors, the paintings of Robert Qualters reflect the multifaceted and kinetic spirit of the artist himself. In these pages, the art historian Vicky A. Clark presents the first in-depth study of the art and life of this iconic Pittsburgh artist. Complemented by over eighty color images, Clark follows Qualters's development from early childhood sketches through his recent autobiogr...

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Report copyright infringementby Louis Menashe (Author)A captivating lifetime of personal and professional experiences by an American historian, film specialist and documentary filmmaker in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia. The author's experiences as a radical in the turbulent 1960s, and his eventual disenchantment offer some precedents and perspectives to all those on the Left, Center or Right interested in the fluctuations of American politics. The vivid log of hopes and disillusions...

Desert Boats: Predynastic and Pharaonic Era Rock-Art in Egypt's Central Eastern Desert: Distribution, dating and interpretation

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Report copyright infringementby Francis Lankester (Author)The aim of this study is to explore the rock-art of the Central Eastern Desert and has three objectives: to outline the petroglyphs' distribution, to date them, and to explain who created them and for what purpose. It focuses in detail on the animal, human and boat images within the geographical and chronological context in which they were created; the landscape of what is now the Central Eastern Desert, and the Naqada, Pharaonic and G...

A Boy Named Patience: Collectors Edition: The Collected Artworks of René Capone 1997 - 2018

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Report copyright infringementby René Capone (Author), Dave Russo (Author)A Boy Named Patience is a culmination of the best works of art from internationally renowned queer figure artist René Capone from 1997-2018. This collection features the most emotionally evocative paintings and drawings from the artist's twenty-year career, highlighting his most beloved works of art collected around the globe. Well-known for his mystical depictions of young boys looking for their place in the world, Capo...

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Report copyright infringementby Kara Kelley Hallmark (Author)Painters, photographers, sculptors, and installation artists are among the seventy-five artists represented in this guide to Asian American artists. Within each entry, Kara Hallmark describes the artists' early life, education and training, and impact on the art world both in their country of heritage as well as the U.S. While some artists dismiss any notion of their heritage influencing their work, others describe how assimilation ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sherwin Nuland (Author)The life and work of the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) have proved endlessly fascinating for generations. In Leonardo da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland completes his twenty-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was a painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. What was it that propelled Leonardo's insatiable curiosity? Nuland finds clues in his subject's art, rela...

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Report copyright infringementby Alastair Duncan (Author)With its fluid organic forms and its devotion to beauty in design, art nouveau has enjoyed great popularity, both at its inception and during the modern resurgence of interest and enthusiasm. Alastair Duncan tells the story of its meteoric rise from its origins as a reaction by young artists and designers to the traditionalism and revivalism of the mid-19th-century fine and decorative arts. The new art first made itself felt around 1895,...

Contemporary Exhibition-Making and Management: Curating IMT Gallery as a Hybrid Space

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Rohtmaa-Jackson (Author)This book provides a unique insight into contemporary curation and management in an innovative London-based gallery. Using a critical in-depth case study exploration of IMT art gallery's 'successes' and 'failures', it illustrates and evaluates contemporary issues and challenges in curatorial initiatives and exhibition-making strategies. IMT operates as a 'hybrid space', combining characteristics of both the commercial gallery sector...

Horizontal Together: Art, Dance, and Queer Embodiment in 1960s New York

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Report copyright infringementby Paisid Aramphongphan (Author)Horizontal together is an up-close look at the cultural and political power of the langourous queer body, combining historical research, queer theory and the analysis of bodily gestures. The book presents a dancerly story of 1960s art focusing on Andy Warhol, underground filmmaker Jack Smith and experimental dance star Fred Herko.Back JacketHorizontal together tells a dancerly story of 1960s art and queer culture in New York through...

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Report copyright infringementby David Conte Imbert (Editor), Alba Gómez García (Editor), Alejandra María Aventín Fontana (Editor)Los age studies ofrecen una perspectiva singular en las problemáticas de la inclusión y la diversidad, donde intersecan cuestiones como el género, la raza y la propia diversidad funcional. Los imaginarios vigentes se sustentan en ideales de juventud que parecen ignorar que los países occidentales o "desarrollados" son hoy sociedades envejecidas, donde la idea del en...

Voluptuous Terrors, Volume 1: 120 Horror & Science Fiction Film Posters From Italy

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Report copyright infringementby G. H. Janus (Editor)Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery - not least in the science fiction and horror genres, for which compositions almost invariably included curvaceous female figures in jeopardy, juxtaposed with the iconography of fantasy and ...

C. J. Strong's Book of Designs: A Stunning Collection of Decorative Designs & Colour Typography

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Jay Strong (Author), Lawrence Stewart Strong (Joint Author), George French (Introduction by)This antiquated compendium showcases a stunning collection of decorative designs and colour typography with meticulous attention to detail. First published in 1917, this volume presents a diverse range of visually striking and intricately crafted typographical designs. From elaborate patterns to vibrant typographic compositions, each page invites readers into a w...

Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Hegenbart (Editor), Mara-Johanna K?lmel (Editor)What is the relevance of Dada and its artistic strategies in our current moment, one marked by post-truth politics, information floods and big data? How can contemporary art highlight the neglected nuances of cultural representation in the present day? While it may feel like we are living in a period of anomaly with the rise of the alt-right, this book shows how the Dada movement's artistic response to the a...

Gender Violence, Art, and the Viewer: An Intervention

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Report copyright infringementby Ellen C. Caldwell (Editor), Cynthia S. Colburn (Editor), Ella J. Gonzalez (Editor)The works covered in college art history classes frequently depict violence against women. Traditional survey textbooks highlight the impressive formal qualities of artworks depicting rape, murder, and other violence but often fail to address the violent content and context. Gender Violence, Art, and the Viewer investigates the role that the art history field has played in the pas...

Color your Calling: A Christian Resource for Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurs: Coloring, Reflection, and Faith in Action

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Report copyright infringementby Annie Reyes (Author)Entrepreneurship is a brave decision. It takes vision, effort, and consistency... but above all, it requires divine direction. In a world full of strategies and models, we often forget what truly matters: purpose-the one that originates in God's heart and takes shape when we respond to His call. This is not your average business guide. It's a space where faith meets entrepreneurship. A creative and devotional tool designed to accompany you ...

Watercolor Fellowship: Pondering, Painting, Prayer - Off The Fence On The Narrow Road

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Report copyright infringementby Kathleen Kilgore McElwaine (Author) Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.12 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: April 18, 2025

Niv, Beautiful Word Bible, Updated Edition, Peel/Stick Bible Tabs, Leathersoft, Pink, Red Letter, Comfort Print: 600+ Full-Color Illustrated Verses

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Report copyright infringementby Zondervan (Author)Be drawn into God's Word through a fresh, creative expression of Scripture.Featuring over 600 illustrated verses, the NIV Beautiful Word(TM) Bible, Updated Edition offers a unique visual treatment of Scripture for a more beautiful quiet time. Take a moment each day to breathe, reset, and engage with the hope and encouragement found in God's Word. The full-color artwork brings God's message to life, while the wide margins allow you room to expr...

Memories of Antigua Girls' High School: 50's, 60's, 70's

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Report copyright infringementby Several Aghs Alumni (Author), Innes Howe (Editor), Carmen Carr Downes (Editor)This book will take you down memory lane, with "a-ha" moments of recollection if you attended the Antigua Girls' High School in the '50s, '60s or '70s. For those of you who did not, you will get insights into various aspects of school and home life in bygone years in the nation of Antigua and Barbuda that will keep you on the edge of your seat wanting to learn more. Numb...

Picture Framing; Modern Methods of Making and Finishing Picture Frames

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Report copyright infringementby Edward August 1911- Landon (Author), American Artists Group (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars beli...

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Report copyright infringementby Justina Sister Knapp (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is i...