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|  | The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain by Han Shan, John Blofeld, Red Pine, Steve Johnson
The Chinese Tang Dynasty hermit poet Han Shan, translated as Cold Mountain in English, took his name from the mountain on which he lived. This collection presents all the extant work attributed to this major figure in Zen poetry. This edition includes notes by the translator, and is illustrated by black-and-white photographs. AUTHOR: Han Shan, John Blofeld, Red Pine, Steve Johnson
PUBLISHER: Copper Canyon Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | Vertigo Visions by Alisa Kwitney
Adult comic book enthusiasts and lovers of cutting-edge artwork will applaud the ground-breaking masterpieces in this collection of fantasy, crime, mystery, and surreal illustrations. The book spotlights outstanding artwork that has appeared under the famed Vertigo imprint since it was hunched by DC Comics in 1993. Always pushing boundaries, this art can be baroque or minimalist, haunting or fantastical, painted or computer generated -- and, as this volume amply proves -- it is always unforgettable. A wide range of acclaimed artists and designers includes Dave McKean, Marshall Arisman, Rick Berry, the Starn Twins, Michael W. Kaluta, Sue Coe, Greg Spalenka, Barron Stacey, and Brian Bolland. AUTHOR: Alisa Kwitney
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | The Book of Wizard Craft by Deborah Morgenthal, Janice Eaton Kilby, Lindy Burnett, Terry B. Taylor
Description not available.A wizard's book of crafts and recipes includes instructions for making clothes, tools, potions, decorations, and games related to the realm of the wizard, and includes tales and legends of wizards of the past. AUTHOR: Deborah Morgenthal, Janice Eaton Kilby, Lindy Burnett, Terry B. Taylor
PUBLISHER: Lark Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Brilliant Origami by David Brill
He is David Brill, and he has evolved a unique, multi-cultural approach to origami, blending the analytical, highly detailed and engineered approach of the West with the minimal and artistic sensibilities of the East. In this profusely illustrated workbook of his designs, David Brill shares his remarkable esthetic as well as his personal philosophy on origami. You'll be inspired by the rich cross-section of his designs. What's more, you need no special tools; detailed, easy-to-follow diagrams provide clear instruction on creating Toys and Models such as: Book, Walking Man and Spectacles; Boxes and Containers including Gift Boxes, a Transparent Bottle, a Money Box and more. Wet-Folding techniques are covered for animals (Lion, Lion Cub and Horse). With his innovative approach to creativity, David Brill will inspire you to seek ideas in all aspects of life and nature and he will help you to cultivate a sensitive touch. AUTHOR: David Brill
PUBLISHER: Japan Publications (U. S. A.), Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Shiela Metzner
In Sheila Metzner's photographs, beauty is truly more than skin deep. She is known for creating rich and refined images for the fashion and television industries, and her textural surfaces and attention to aesthetics have made her work popular since the 1970s with clients as diverse as Fendi, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, and Victoria's Secret. Recasting history for her own demands, Metzner hovers between the pictorialist aesthetic of Alfred Stieglitz or Edward Steichen and the modernist edge of such photographers as Man Ray and Charles Sheeler. The end results, while paying homage, are uniquely Metzner's own and have left a major impression on the history of photography....FORM AND FASHION presents a generous commingling of Metzner's fashion work with her sensual and erotic nudes and formalist still lifes created between 1980 and 2000. The effect of this retrospective juxtaposition suggests a heady romanticism balanced by her precisionist style and sense of detail. For the very first time, FORM AND FASHION present the singularity of a creative mind, showcasing images that resound on their own terms with elegance and distinction.
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Artificial of The Real by Anton Josef Trcka, Carsten Ahrens, Michael Stoeber, Rudolf Kicken
Nature: In the works of Anton Josef Trcka nature is picturesque, an embellishment atmospherically enhancing his portraits. In Edward Weston's work it appears in its most basic, purest forms, as both reality and its metaphor. And for Helmut Newton nature is the hyper-real backdrop against which he stages the pictorial worlds which accompany and pursue us today. Body: Trcka uses the body as a vehicle for a new expressiveness, a new gesture, a new image of mankind, which at the turn of this century could only be created by means of a photography both so close to, yet so remote from reality. For Weston the body is pure form, one of the world's primordial forms, an abstract representation of human, physical existence. And Newton: here bodies are creations invented by the director behind the camera, manifestly rooted in reality, but nevertheless vigorously detached from it for the sake of art and artificiality. The Artificial of the Real is about the art of perceiving reality and representing it. Three photographers show how human beings have experienced themselves in their world at different moments during this century. For this, photography is how the artificiality of the real is rendered perceptible. AUTHOR: Anton Josef Trcka, Carsten Ahrens, Michael Stoeber, Rudolf Kicken
PUBLISHER: Scalo Verlag
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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