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Description not available.Showcases variations of four classic optical illusions--the tri-bar, the endless staircase, the space fork, and the crazy crate--explaining how to create hybrid impossible objects by combining and altering the classic shapes.
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Renaissance by London Gallery Staff
Description not available.Provides background information on major works of Renaissance art, the artists who produced them, and the times in which they were created. AUTHOR: London Gallery Staff
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Under the Sun by Stewart Udall, Suzi Moore, Terrence Moore
Now in paperback, Under the Sun features the architectural traditions of desert living around the world, from ancient adobe structures to innovative contemporary houses. Beginning with a survey of the age-old desert architecture of North African, Spanish, and Native American cultures, the book profiles ecologically sound homes in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Northern Mexico. AUTHOR: Stewart Udall, Suzi Moore, Terrence Moore
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Library of Congress by Anne Day, Brendan Gill, Daniel Joseph Boorstin, Henrey H. Reed, John Cole
The Library of Congress, established in 1800, is one of the world's premier research facilities as well as one of the U.S.'s most treasured monuments and institutions. Essays by distinguished contributors and scholars, historical commentary, and numerous full-color photographs focus on the Library's original building. The Thomas Jefferson Building, the one in question and one of three structures that make up the Library of Congress, underwent an $80 million restoration in 1997. AUTHOR: Anne Day, Brendan Gill, Daniel Joseph Boorstin, Henrey H. Reed, John Cole
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Narrative Design by Madison Smartt Bell
With clarity, verve, and the sure instincts of a good teacher, Madison Smartt Bell illuminates the process of narrative design. In essays and analyses of 12 stories by established writers and students, Bell emphasizes the primary importance of form as the backdrop against which all other elements of a story must work. AUTHOR: Madison Smartt Bell
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | My Name Is Georgia by Jeanette Winter
While other girls played with toys and braided their hair, Georgia practiced her drawing and let her hair fly free. As an adult, Georgia followed her love of art from the steel canyons of New York City to the vast plains of New Mexico. Throughout her life, Georgia O'Keeffe followed her heart--and so found her way to become a great American artist. Full color. AUTHOR: Jeanette Winter
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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