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|  | Barnett Newman by Ann Temkin, Armin Zweite, Barnett Newman, Richard Shiff
In his 1948 essay The Sublime is Now, Barnett Newman proposed his idea of the sublime picture that neither illustrates, represents, nor symbolizes anything, but exists instead as an autonomous experience. Newman was able to make manifest this radical philosophy and conception of art throughout his productive and illustrious career -- as this important new volume on his works amply illustrates. This book considers the artist's ideas as integral to his output, and author Armin Zweite traces and analyzes both the key works themselves and the origins of Newman's search for the pure realm of art. The result is an indispensable volume on one of the true titans of post-war art, whose cool lucidity and understated abstraction provided vehicles for a radical aesthetic consciousness both cool and sensuous. AUTHOR: Ann Temkin, Armin Zweite, Barnett Newman, Richard Shiff
PUBLISHER: Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH & Co KG
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Mother of the Bride by Ilene Beckerman
Description not available.In a poignant memoir of the motherdaughter relationship, a woman who has seen three daughters marry shares her insights into the entire bittersweet process, from engagement rings to here comes the bride. BOMC. 50,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Ilene Beckerman
PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Artists' Communities by Tricia Snell, Alliance of Artists' Communities Staff
Updated and expanded, this widely praised directory lists more than eighty retreats available to visual and performing artists, composers, and writers. Each entry includes complete information on contacting the community, the art disciplines it serves, facilities, housing, meals season and length of residency, number of artists accommodated, admission deadlines and tees, the selection process, stipends and expends, duties, programs, institutional history and mission statement, and a list of well-known artists who have been in residence. Wide-ranging disciplines include painting, design, sculpture, ceramics, dance, drama, writing, and other arts/crafts/humanities programs. AUTHOR: Tricia Snell, Alliance of Artists' Communities Staff
PUBLISHER: Allworth Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Dada & Surrealism by Matthew Gale
Dada and Surrealism were two revolutionary art movements which emerged in response to the events and ideas of the early twentieth century. Dada, characterized by found objects and works made according to the laws of chance, was anarchic and anti-art. In part a reaction to the senseless destruction of the First World War, it questioned all accepted values. Surrealism, in contrast, was a more defined movement which evolved in the 1920s as artists and writers took up Freud's concept of the unconscious to undermine traditional conventions. By use of such techniques as automatism, artists sought to represent in concrete terms the imagery of dream and fantasy. In this clear and lively account, Matthew Gale explores the work of a wide range of artists -- from Marcel Duchamp and Raoul Hansmann to Max Ernst, Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali -- and uses paintings, collages, sculptures, assemblages, photographs, photomontages, film stills and graphics to illustrate the rich variety of Dada and Surrealist art. This essential introductory book is the first to reproduce many of these works in colour. AUTHOR: Matthew Gale
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | A Visual Dictionary of Architecture by Francis D. K. Ching
This compendium uses a combination of textual definitions and hundreds of superb line drawings to illuminate a comprehensive body of essential architecture terms, including important interrelationships between building and components. Grouped by themes, all terms have their visual complement and can be readily accessed in a number of different ways. AUTHOR: Francis D. K. Ching
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Great Martial Arts Movies by Richard Meyers
Meyers offers an up-to-date, authoritative kick-butt book detailing the best movies and where to find them. Color photos. AUTHOR: Richard Meyers
PUBLISHER: Kensington Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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