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|  | Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West by Kathryn Smith
Taliesin and Taliesin West are world renowned not only as two of the most important landmarks of 20th-century architecture, but also as home to their creator, Frank Lloyd Wright. With limited finances, Wright conceived, built, and furnished two residential compounds that rival the great estates and retreats of royalty and industrial barons. Taliesin, a house, studio, and farm built in 1911 in rural Wisconsin, embodied both Wright's frontier spirit and his cosmopolitan tastes. Taliesin West, constructed just over 25 years later in the Arizona desert, was the culmination of Wright's ideas on the integration of architecture and landscape.This lavishly illustrated volume provides an introduction to the architecture, interiors, art collection, gardens, decorative arts, furniture, and graphic design of the two studio-residences. Texts offer historical background on Wright and the evolution of the two properties, and each building is illustrated, on the exterior and room by room, in specially commissioned color photographs. Also featured are archival images of Wright; drawings and plans; and a chapter on Oak Park Home and Studio, which preceded Taliesin as Wright's first home. A highlight is the chapter on Wright's Asian art collection, at one time reputed to be among the largest and finest in the United States.Kathryn Smith, the author of several books on Wright, taught architectural history at Southern California Institute of Architecture, Santa Monica. Judith Bromley is an architectural photographer whose work appears frequently in Architectural Record, Architecture, and Historic Preservation. AUTHOR: Kathryn Smith
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Skyscrapers by Elaine Landau
Description not available.Looks at the history, design, and construction of skyskrapers. AUTHOR: Elaine Landau
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Jacqueline Kennedy by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Hamish Bowles, Rachael Lambert Mellon
This overview of Jackie Kennedy's years as First Lady includes contributions from Caroline Kennedy, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and Jackie's friend Rachel Lambert Mellon, who designed the Rose Garden at the White House according to the Kennedys' tastes. Also included are photographs of the First Lady's clothes, including items from Chanel, Givenchy, and Oleg Cassini. AUTHOR: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Hamish Bowles, Rachael Lambert Mellon
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Cats by Amanda O'Neill
Description not available.Double-page, full-color photographs, lifelike drawings, and extraordinary details about a variety of cats come together to form a comprehensive source of information on everything feline, from the history of cats, to behavior, adaptations, socialization, and much more. Reprint. AUTHOR: Amanda O'Neill
PUBLISHER: Kingfisher Publications, plc
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Simpatico by Sam Shepard
Carter owns a thoroughbred business in Kentucky. But instead of managing it, he finds himself in Cucamonga, trying to keep a man named Vinnie on his side. Vinnie is the one man who could destroy Carter, and in this play Shepard explores the space where high society meets the low life. AUTHOR: Sam Shepard
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Paper Tangos by J. M. Taylor
A former ballet dancer theorizes that the rhythms and movements of the tango reflect elements of Argentine identity and history. The tango, which developed in the barrios of Buenos Aires, involves a series of contradictions: the macho pose of the male masks inner feelings of sadness; the romance of the dance contrasts with the solitude of the individual dancers; and the tango`s passion expresses the violence between man and woman, or the military over the people. AUTHOR: J. M. Taylor
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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