Nothing If Not Critical by Robert Hughes @ Art & Architecture book

Nothing If Not Critical by Robert Hughes
The most controversial art critic in America--author of the bestselling The Fatal Shore and The Shock of the New--looks with love and loathing, wit and authority, at art and artists from the past to the present. Hughes evokes and defines the essences, works and worlds of a wide range of artists.

AUTHOR: Robert Hughes
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Marcel Duchamp by David Hopkins, Dawn Ades, Neil Cox
Since 1914 Marcel Duchamp has been called all of these. No artist of the twentieth century has aroused more passion and controversy, nor exerted a greater influence on art -- the very essence of which Duchamp challenged and redefined as concept rather than product by questioning its traditionally privileged optical nature. At the same time, he never ceased to be engaged, openly or secretly, in provocative and enigmatic activities and works that transformed traditional art-making procedures. This definitive monograph, written with the enthusiastic support of Duchamp's widow, challenges received ideas, misunderstandings, and misinformation.

AUTHOR: David Hopkins, Dawn Ades, Neil Cox
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Abuse Your Illusions by Russ Kick
Abuse Your Illusions: The Disinformation Guide to Media Mirages and Establishment Lies edited by Russ Kick ISBN 0-9713942-4-5 Following up on bestsellers `You Are Being Lied To` and `Everything You Know Is Wrong`, editor Russ Kick has again assembled a line-up of leading investigative journalists, academics, activists, commentators, and independent researchers, covering CIA assassinations, fluoride in water, child protective services, Watergate, forgotten uprisings, the government`s missing trillions, even more revelations about 9/11, and much more. Contributors include Greg Palast, Daniel Ellsberg, Howard Zinn, Gary Webb, Jim Hougan, Howard Bloom, Paul Krassner and over 40 more well-known writers. Just some of their revelations: * Juries have ruled in recent trials that Watergate was really about a Democratic Party prostitution ring. * Ignored in the U.S. and distorted elsewhere, the Milosevic tribunal hasn`t gone the way authorities were anticipating. (We present exclusive first-hand reporting from the trial). * Most theologians don`t believe in the physical Resurrection of Jesus. * In 2001, the U.S. uncovered the biggest spy ring in the country since WW2, yet most people never heard about it. The US is engaging in bioweapons research that violates international treaties and federal law. (The New York Times knows about this but refuses to report it). * Teddy Roosevelt and Wall Street created Panama for profit. The Disinformation Company Ltd. 207 West 25th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 1001. Tel 1.212.691.1605, Fax 1.212.473.8096. http:///www.disinfo.com.

AUTHOR: Russ Kick
PUBLISHER: Disinformation Company Limited, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

C F A Voysey by Wendy Hitchmough
From the 1890s until the outbreak of the First World War, C F A Voysey was one of the most successful and renowned British architects. His elegant, white-rendered houses with stone window dressings and sweeping green-slate roofs combined clarity with a sensual appreciation of natural materials. A designer of all things domestic, as well as an architect, he was often involved in every aspect of a house's interior from wallpaper, curtains and furniture to fire grates. Moreover, the fluid curves of his decorative designs and the elongated simplicity of his furniture prove him to be a vital historical link between the Arts and Crafts and the Modern movements. As the first definitive account of Voysey's architectural career, this book combines contemporary sources -- photographs, quotations, original wallpaper designs and watercolour perspectives -- with specially commissioned photography of his houses.

AUTHOR: Wendy Hitchmough
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

The Happy Prince by Charles Robinson, Ed Young, Oscar Wilde, Robin Muller
The beautiful gilded statue of the happy prince overlooks the town, but the poverty and misery he sees make him very sad. He asks a swallow to gradually pluck the jewels and gold from him to aid those who are suffering. This is a classic story by Oscar Wilde, dramatically illustrated.

AUTHOR: Charles Robinson, Ed Young, Oscar Wilde, Robin Muller
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Here Is My Kingdom by Charles Sullivan, Luis R. Cancel
Here Is My Kingdom: Hispanic-American Literature and Art for Young People is a vital and colorful anthology - the first of its kind - that illuminates the many facets of the Hispanic-American experience. To capture the spirit, vitality, and diversity of the Hispanic heritage, Here Is My Kingdom covers a broad spectrum of cultures and origins and spans history from Columbus and Cortes to Cesar Chavez. Through the poems, texts, and illustrations the reader can explore many kingdoms: Spain and Portugal; the Mayas and Aztecs; the kingdom of God; the mythical kingdom of Aztlan, said by some to have existed where New Mexico and Arizona are today. The text and art - by classic, well-known, and even relatively new writers and artists - are brilliantly selected from a vast and rich literary and historical tradition. The art and literature work together here to convey remarkable images of beauty and endurance and feelings of strength and pride. Frida Kahlo's painting Roots accompanies words from the poem The Roots by Hugo Salazar Tamariz. A traditional folk rhyme is paired with colorful Mexican folk art. Wifredo Lam's The Jungle appears with Give Me Back My World by Rita Geada. The elegant, accessible design and beautifully reproduced illustrations of Here Is My Kingdom let the reader enjoy paintings, folk art, murals, wood-block prints, cave drawing, ancient and contemporary sculpture, and photographs that enhance songs, poems, and proverbs, and excerpts from short stories, essays, novels, and speeches. Biographical notes give background information on all the artists and writers, including places where more of their work can be found. The book's foreword is by Luis R. Cancel, Commissionerof Cultural Affairs in New York City and former Executive Director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts. He gives insight into the complex question of Hispanic-American identity and tells the reader to remember that the oral and literary traditions of your family, neighbors, and community c

AUTHOR: Charles Sullivan, Luis R. Cancel
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture