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|  | Moorish Style by Miles Danby
In the nineteenth century a fascination with the Orient spread across Europe. The landscapes, townscapes and costumes of the Ottoman, Arab and Mogul worlds provided inspiration for painters from Delacroix to Matisse. When expressed in architecture and design, this phenomenon became known as the Moorish Style. In this magnificently illustrated survey, Miles Danby examines the roots of the style in art and architecture throughout the Islamic world, discussing the factors of space, pattern, structure and decoration. Of all the buildings that exemplify this style, the Alhambra in Granada is perhaps the most important. Expertly recorded by the great nineteenth-century designer Owen Jones, its features became part of the exotic dreams of aesthetes and have continued to inspire architects in the twentieth century. This book, now available in paperback, is the first to examine the style from its origins to its contemporary manifestation. AUTHOR: Miles Danby
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | The Floating World by Howard A. Link, James A. Michener
James Michener's scholarly work on the art of Japanese prints. AUTHOR: Howard A. Link, James A. Michener
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Mister Roberts by David P. Smith, Jack Sweetman, Thomas Heggen
The successful World War II novel about the crew of the Reluctant, an imaginary cargo ship in the back waters of the Pacific. AUTHOR: David P. Smith, Jack Sweetman, Thomas Heggen
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Talking to Faith Ringgold by Faith Ringgold, Linda Freeman, Nancy Roucher
In a uniquely interactive, conversational manner, the award-winning author of Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky comments on her achievements, how she developed her style, and what some of her best-known works mean to her. AUTHOR: Faith Ringgold, Linda Freeman, Nancy Roucher
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn
Description not available.Three comedies, each taking place at the same time and in the same house but in different rooms center on the same character, Norman, who is the cause of considerable confusion to his family AUTHOR: Alan Ayckbourn
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Modern Times, Modern Places
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Modern Times, Modern Places: How Life and Art Were Transformed in a Century of Revolution, Innovation, and Radical Change
Peter Conrad
Hardcover, 752 pages
ISBN 037540113X
Knopf
1998
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CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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