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This study of Hopper's work is part of the Writers on Art series from Ecco Press. Mark Strand, whose poems move through a terrain similar to that portrayed by Hopper, approaches the painter's work with a fresh eye and presents a unique and powerful understanding of what makes the paintings so memorable and moving. AUTHOR: Mark Strand
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Visiting Art Museums by Laurene Krasny Brown
As a family wanders through an art museum, they see examples of various art styles from primitive through twentieth-century pop art. AUTHOR: Laurene Krasny Brown
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Richard III by Richard Eyre
In this final play of the tetralogy describing the War of the Roses and the restoration (despite Richard III's efforts) of the Tudor Dynasty, is there nothing Richard will not do to save his crown? Bloodthirsty, spiteful, ambitious, and deformed, but gifted with wit, charm, and acumen, Richard III is Shakespeare's first major character and his second most substantial, after Hamlet, in terms of sheer lines. Shakespeare drew on several portraits of Richard by Tudor historians, none of which was sympathetic to him. In portraying a charismatic villain-hero, Shakespeare was borrowing the technique Marlowe mastered in TAMBURLAINE, which was immensely popular in its day. RICHARD III was probably written in 1591, and published in 1597, appearing later in the more reliable First Folio, 1623. AUTHOR: Richard Eyre
PUBLISHER: Overlook Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | I, Claudius by David Case, Robert Graves
The subject of this renowned historical novel is the emperor Tiberius Claudius. Claudius has, essentially, seen it all between the years 44 B.C. and 54 A.D. Growing up in the house of Augustus, Claudius has a limp and a stammer, and is thought to be mentally deficient. In Graves's hands, Claudius's defects are precisely what enable him to survive the intrigue, murder, betrayal, and backstabbing of the members of the courts of Augustus, the vicious Tiberius, and the crazed and decadent Caligula. The novel was made into a BBC miniseries and broadcast to much acclaim in the U.S. as well. It was also the winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize in 1935. AUTHOR: David Case, Robert Graves
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Watercolor Class by Michael Crespo
Bringing together the best lessons from his two popular watercolor books, Crespo presents 40 exercises that explore a range of watercolor techniques and challenge the artist's imagination. AUTHOR: Michael Crespo
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Ernie
ERNIE: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S MEMOIR was first published by a small Santa Barbara press in 1985. By all accounts, ERNIE was a phenomenon, selling an estimated 100,000 copies. Photographer Tony Mendoza had captured the mercurial character of that irascible, self possessed, utterly lovable cat, telling the curiously moving story of their relationship in the voices of both himself and Ernie. Our beautifully produced hardcover edition of this classic tale is poised to charm legions of new readers. Featuring never before published pictures, and a few more private thoughts from Ernie himself, ERNIE is sure to steal hearts all over again.
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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