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|  | Le Corbusier by William J. Curtis
Le Corbusier (1887 -- 1965) has been one of the dominant forces in twentieth-century architecture, and many of the forms he created have become archetypes of Modernism. He was also a social visionary and a writer of polemics, whose ideas have generated intense and partisan controversy. This highly acclaimed book provides a comprehensive and objective survey that puts Le Corbusier's career in a more balanced perspective. Making full use of the Le Corbusier archive, the author documents individual projects in detail while linking the imaginative activities of the artist to his philosophy of life, to his urban visions, to his art and to the cultural predicaments of his times. AUTHOR: William J. Curtis
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | The Most Beautiful House in the World by Nadia May, Witold Rybczynski
A book about architecture: what architects do, how they get it right, what an architectural genius can see, and what distinguishes architecture from other arts. Illustrated. AUTHOR: Nadia May, Witold Rybczynski
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Battle of Brazil by Jack Mathews
In 1985, Director Terry Gilliam submitted the completed version of his groundbreaking film Brazil to Universal Pictures for their approval. Universal Pictures, in the person of President Sidney J. Sheinberg, reported back to Mr. Gilliam that his movie required major reworking before it could go into American release. That's when Terry Gilliam turned from writer-director to writer-director-guerrilla fighter. He and his producer Arnon Milchan proceeded to give Universal Pictures the professional battle of their lives, the most dramatic, wild, elaborate and flat-out entertaining war of creative differences that Hollywood has ever witnessed. Gilliam yelled, screamed, threatened. He stone-walled. And when none of that worked, except to get Brazil indefinitely shelved by Universal, he took to the streets. He arranged clandestine screenings for influential people in the film world. He even planned for a while to fly critics screenings of his cut of Brazil in Mexico. Meanwhile, Universal and Sheinberg were cutting the film without Gilliam's knowledge -- to make it more commercial . Suddenly, it was a race as well as a battle. Which version would American audiences get to see? Gilliam's or Sheinberg's? If you'd like to find out the answer, it's all colorfully and meticulously reported by Newsday Senior Film Critic Jack Mathews in his new Applause Book, The Battle of Brazil. AUTHOR: Jack Mathews
PUBLISHER: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon
Neil Simon's play about growing up in Brooklyn in the late 1930s. AUTHOR: Neil Simon
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | In the Company of Stone by Dan Snow, Peter Mauss
This beautiful book is a testament by stonemason Dan Snow to the joy of working with stone, and to the sturdy and elegant products of his work, which include walls, small buildings, steps, and even a fanciful folly. AUTHOR: Dan Snow, Peter Mauss
PUBLISHER: Artisan
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism by Dore Ashton, Susan Landauer
In this history of modern art, expert Susan Landauer asserts that San Franciso`s Beat poets and Dixieland jazz musicians helped New York artists pioneer abstract expressionism. Over 96 color reproductions are included. AUTHOR: Dore Ashton, Susan Landauer
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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