What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture

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Designed for easy identification of buildings, this picture and prose handbook offers a unique overview of U.S. architectural styles. Individual chapters on 22 of the most important styles including Gothic Revival, Art Deco, Richardsonian Romanesque and Prairie School provide a concise look at the history and appearance of each.... More >>

What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture

Reality Through the Arts

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Reality Through the Arts provides a comprehensive introduction that covers both arts history and aesthetic perception in western and non-western cultures by covering all the artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture, theatre, music, dance, cinema, and literature.   Reality Through the Arts is a brief text ideal for the one-semester introduction to humanities course.  This is a successful text because of its uni... More >>

Reality Through the Arts

Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy - A Lost Generation Love Story

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The real-life models for F. Scott Fitzgerald's characters Nicole and Dick Diver in Tender is the Night, Gerald and Sara Murphy were at the center of social and artistic life for the likes of Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, and other famous names during the 1920s. Everybody Was so Young is both a portrait of two extraordinary people and a biography of a glamorous era that can never be recaptured. Amazon.com Review
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Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy - A Lost Generation Love Story

The French Impressionists

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Illustrated with many unique illustrations of Impressionist paintings.

I. THE PRECURSORS OF IMPRESSIONISM--THE
BEGINNING OF THIS MOVEMENT, THE
ORIGIN OF ITS NAME

II. THE THEORY OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS--THE
DIVISION OF TONES, COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS,
THE STUDY OF ATMOSPHERE--THE IDEAS OF THE
IMPRESSIONISTS ON SUBJECT-PICTURES, ON
THE BEAUTY OF CHARACTER, ON MODERNITY,
AND ON STYLE

III. EDOUAR... More >>

The French Impressionists

The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

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"Deliciously dramatic... The Beautiful Fall crackles with excitement."-New York Times Book Review

In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Amid sequins and longing, celebrities and aspirants flocked to the heart of chic, and Paris became a hothouse of revelry, intrigue, and searing ambition. At the center of it all were fashion's most beloved luminaries - Yves Saint Laurent, the reclusive enfant terrible, and Karl Lage... More >>

The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400-1600

• ISBN13: 9780520257740
• Condition: New
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In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the city's great architectural and artistic achievements in their political, intellectual, and religious contexts. This essential and accessible text, the only up-to-date volume on Renaissance Florence currently available, incorporates insights from recent scholarship, including gende... More >>

Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400-1600

The Fantastic Art of Beksinski

• ISBN13: 9781883398385
• Condition: New
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This art book captures 30 years in the career of Polish artist Zdzislaw Beksinski. The subject matter ranges from apocalyptic landscapes with towering edifices and zombie-like figures, to scenes of ghostly calm. His haunting, surreal works convey a sense of mystery and are often disturbingly dark.... More >>

The Fantastic Art of Beksinski