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Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was one of the founders of abstract painting, perhaps the most revolutionary development in 20th-century art. In this book, 40 of his major works are reproduced in full-page colorplates, each with an accompanying commentary.Author Thomas M. Messer has selected important paintings from every period of Kandinsky's long and varied career. The early Riding Couple is followed by such masterpieces as the apocalyptic Composition VI and Composition VII, which date from the years before World War I that witnessed Kandinsky's radical breakthrough into a richly colored abstraction. Other colorplates include the complete set of four decorative panels executed in 1914 for the American collector Edwin R. Campbell and Several Circles, perhaps the finest geometric work from Kandinsky's years at the Bauhaus school in Germany. The artist's final decade, spent in Paris, is represented by such works as the valedictory Tempered Elan.The introduction includes discussion of Kandinsky's highly original contributions to aesthetic theory, developed in the famous Blue Rider Almanac and his influential treatises On the Spiritual in Art and Point and Line to Plane. Photographs of the artist, his family, and his associates are also featured.Thomas M. Messer is director emeritus of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, which possesses one of the most comprehensive collections of Kandinsky's art.
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Wright Style by Carla Lind
Description not available.A celebration of Wright's contributions to interior design presents 250 color and fifteen black-and-white photographs of the interiors of Wright's many houses and explores the work of his apprentices. 17,500 first printing. AUTHOR: Carla Lind
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn
A time-travel play, which begins in the year 2014. Poopay, an S&M dominatrix, goes on assignment to a hotel, but finds herself in 1994, and then 1974. AUTHOR: Alan Ayckbourn
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Passive Solar House by James Kachadorian
Finally there is a contemporary book that demonstrates the potential for heating and cooling a home with free energy. This new volume is a welcome addition to the canon of indispensable solar construction books, bringing fully up to date for the 1990s the legendary promise of 1970s-era solar pioneers: the promise of a home that heats and cools itself with minimal use of a back-up furnace. Whether you are adopting the model developed by Jim Kachadorian or using another designer's layout and plan, The Passive Solar House will provide you with pragmatic, immediately applicable solar design advice that is usable in any region or climate. Information includes: -- Proper siting and strategic window selection and placement -- Energy and money-saving construction tips -- Ideal air-exchange rates, and ways to avoid overheating -- Methods for gauging and maximizing thermal mass -- Criteria for sizing of back-up heating systems -- Interior design for year-round comfort This book is brimful of worthwhile, constructive how-to advice, and gives readers the basis for understanding the hows and whys of solar design, including a succinct presentation of ten key solar-design principles that have defined and guided solar architecture for thousands of years. AUTHOR: James Kachadorian
PUBLISHER: Chelsea Green Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | An Enemy of the People by Arthur Miller, Christopher Hampton, Flo Gibson, Henrik Ibsen, William-Alan Landes
Description not available.Dr. Stockman is pilloried by townsmen who are unable to accept his discovery that the town's water supply is toxic AUTHOR: Arthur Miller, Christopher Hampton, Flo Gibson, Henrik Ibsen, William-Alan Landes
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Mr. Fluxus by Ann Noel, Emmett Williams
This compilation of recollections from Maciunas`s friends illuminate the development of the artist`s life. A native of Lithuania, Maciunas studied art, graphics, and architecture in the U.S. In the 1960s, he organized the Fluxus, a Dada-like artistic movement, and assisted in providing affordable cooperatives for artists living in New York City`s SoHo. AUTHOR: Ann Noel, Emmett Williams
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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