Alabama Creates: 200 Years of Art and Artists, Hardcover - Elliot A. Knight

A visually rich survey of two hundred years of Alabama fine arts and artists Alabama artists have been an integral part of the story of the state, ...

This stunningly illustrated book examines the history of poster design and its relation to the arts and broader culture.

From Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Artist of the Beautiful" and Albert Camus's "The Artist at Work" to Bernard Malamud's "Rembrandt's Hat" and Aimee B...

Why exactly did Van Gogh cut off his ear? Was Warhol an original or just a copyist? This title provides answers to all this. It includes entries th...

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50 of the world's most exciting designers and visionary artists have devised simple objects that anyone can make at home. Do It Yourself collects 5...

A charming look at the many forms a happy family can take--whether she's with Mommy at her house, or with Daddy and his partner Harry at their apar...

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Since 1853, Solomon Northup has been credited as being the author of the autobiographical slave narrative, Twelve Years A Slave. His name became a ...

well-known poems such as Keats's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' and Auden's 'Musee de Beaux-Arts', Homer's immortal account of the forging of the Shield of...

These highly original essays illuminate Virginia Woolf and a selection of other twentieth-century writers and artists. Based on detailed research a...

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The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution--the product of compromises and an artifact of its time--and mad...

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This is the first book-length exploration of presbyterians and presbyterianism in London during the crisis period of the mid-seventeenth century. I...

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As one of Britain's leading newspapers for more than 200 years The Times has covered every major world events as they happened. This book profiles ...

Since its inception in Manchester in 1821 as a response to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, the Guardian has been a key institution in the definition an...

Unbuttoned: The Art and Artists of Theatrical Costume Design documents the creative journey of costume creation from concept to performance. Each c...

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Brings to life Gertrude Stein's surrealist sensibilities and personal values borne from her WWII anxieties, not least of which originated in a drea...

DescriptionThe Livre des faits de Jacques de Lalaing (Book of the Deeds of Jacques de Lalaing), a famous Flemish illuminated manuscript, relays the...

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Reducere. N.O. Lit: 200 Years of New Orleans Literature is, quite simply, the most comprehensive collection of the literature of New Orleans ever. Designed a...

DescriptionThe Hyborian Age meets the Marvel Age in this stunning gallery of classic Conan comic art The Cimmerian warrior made his comics mark at ...

Contributor(s): Author: Ying YiWith: Xiaobing TangIn this lavishly illustrated study, the scholar and critic Yi Ying brings a distinctly Chinese pe...

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An in-depth political study of Alabama's government during the Civil War Alabama's military forces were fierce and dedicated combatants for the Con...

Description40 artists, filmmakers, illustrators and fans produce original art for a tribute to the sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien to commemorate t...

From 1819 to COVID-19, 200 Years of American Financial Panics offers a comprehensive historical account of financial panics in America. Through a m...

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Art Making with MoMA, from the educators at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents 20 interactive activities that encourage kids (and adults ...

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In Life After Growth, leading City analyst Tim Morgan sets out a ground-breaking analysis of how the economy really works. Economists are mistaken,...

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In 1819, Daniel Drake founded the Medical College of Ohio, which later became the University of Cincinnati (UC), College of Medicine. Thus began tw...

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