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|  | The Complete Guide to Watercolor by Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, Ray Smith
Description not available.Lavishly illustrated in full color, this detailed artist's handbook offers a complete course in the art of watercolor painting, from mixing colors and applying washes to tonal studies and pattern in landscapes, providing step-by-step instructions and photographic sequences and furnishing a variety of projects to help budding artists master specific techniques. Original. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, Ray Smith
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Embroidered Textiles by Sheila Paine
One of the first books to examine in detail the symbolism of the motifs and designs that give life to marvelous embroidered textiles features a dazzling array of embroideries from all over the world. Lively and informative text explores the relation of designs to different religions, traditions, and cults. Includes a comprehensive regional guide. 279 illus. 171 in color. AUTHOR: Sheila Paine
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Four Plays by William Inge
'Inge has presented with astounding veracity the oppressive banality of the lives of his characters: the events of their lives have the nerve-lightening regularity of a dripping faucet. His female characters especially are engulfed by the bathos of their lives, and Inge capitalizes on this fact in order to heighten dramatically the moment of personal crisis which comes to each of them. In his four major successes--Come Back, Little Sheba; Picnic; Bus Stop; and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs--the play carries the audience through the moment of crisis; and the final curtain falls upon a note of hope and fulfillment.'--R. Baird Shuman AUTHOR: William Inge
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Molyneux by Juan-Pablo Molyneux, Michael Frank
Known internationally for his polished interiors, Juan Pablo Molyneux is a designer who combines aesthetically strict modernism with the comfort and richness of neoclassicism. His attention to detail, his insistence on the finest materials, and his use of elements of fantasy and opulence together create a subtle balance between the different parts of a Molyneux room or the pieces within it, inspiring a sense of calm. This volume, the first devoted to the New York-based designer`s work, presents more than a dozen of his most recent projects, from a Beaux-Arts mansion in the heart of Buenos Aires to a Park Avenue penthouse. Color photographs illustrate these varied homes, providing a personally guided tour replete with insights into Molyneux`s structural strategies and furniture selections. While the residences seen here are clearly the properties of an exclusive clientele, Molyneux`s fresh, direct, and pragmatic voice turns them into an essential source of inspiration for aspiring home decorators and professional designers. AUTHOR: Juan-Pablo Molyneux, Michael Frank
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Italian Baroque Sculpture by Bruce Boucher
This book highlights the sculpture associated with the Baroque style of art and architecture, which flourished in Europe from around 1550 to 1700. These works are characterized by elaborate ornamentation and intense emotion on a large scale. Boucher includes examples of works by Stefano Maderno, Francesco Mochi, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini for their compositional originality. AUTHOR: Bruce Boucher
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Sound Bite Society by Jeffrey Scheuer
In this scholarly analysis, Scheuer argues that television inherently preserves conservative values by serving up information in easily digestible, vacuous chunks. By avoiding complex issues, pacified viewers accept an alternate, sanitized reality as their own. He also believes that Republicans more effectively leverage the power of both television and the Internet to achieve their political goals than Democrats. AUTHOR: Jeffrey Scheuer
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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