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What Is Cinema
by Andre Bazin

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Univ California Press
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Vol 001 (November 1989)
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André Bazin is a great film critic and essayist, arguably the best France ever produced. His impact on the international cinema was monumental and continues to be felt today. He popularized the auteurtheory, the idea that directors were the authors of their films. He was one of the first to... Read more
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2. American Art History and Culture
by Wayne Craven

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Brown & Benchmark Pub
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(February 1994)
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3. The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths
by Rosalind E. Krauss

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MIT Press
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Reprint edition (September 1986)
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nice effort but problems in execution ... and belief (although probably unconscious) in transcendental/idealist aesthetics. Although if you like Hal Foster this would be right up your alley. Read more

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The Shock of the New
by Robert Hughes

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McGraw Hill College Div
Paperback
2nd edition (December 1991)
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ElizAndra TakeA+ ...dern art and an updated discussion of the European and American art movements in the 70s and 80s including minimalist and public art, 70s American... Read more

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The Art of Art History A Critical Anthology (Oxford History of Art)
by Donald Preziosi(Editor)

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 608 pages
(April 1998)
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ElizAndra TakeC+ ...e past two centuries. More than 30 readings from a diverse collection of writers focus on key issues such as aesthetics, style, history as an art,... Read more

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The Art of Ancient Egypt
by Gay Robins

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Harvard Univ Pr
Hardcover
(October 1997)
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The most comprehensive book on Egyptian art ... society, I learned about their culture that spanned for thousands of years. This book will definitely give you a deep understanding on Egyptian art. Read more

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Art in Theory 1900-1990 An Anthology of Changing Ideas
by Charles Harrison(Editor), Paul Wood (Editor)

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Blackwell Pub
Paperback - 1216 pages
(December 1993)
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Blackwell Publishers ... and teacher with the necessary materials for an up-to-date understanding of twentieth-century art at a time when current debates about the status... Read more

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Robert Smithson The Collected Writings (Documents of Twentieth Century Art)
by Robert Smithson, Jack Flam (Editor)

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Univ California Press
Paperback - 389 pages
Reprint edition (May 1996)
Click here for more info ...Smithson built into Great Salt Lake, Utah, the piece is a tribute to the movement's scale and engineering as well as to its visionary union of art... Read more
 

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John Singer Sargent The Early Portraits (The Complete Paintings , Vol 1)
by Richard Ormond, et al

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Yale Univ Pr
Hardcover - 256 pages
(June 1998)
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ElizAndra TakeA+ ...nger Sargent. This volume catalogues portraits by Sargent from 1874, when he began his training in Paris, and covers pictures painted while he was... Read more

11. Picture Theory Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation
by W. J. T. Mitchell, W. J. T. Mitchell

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University of Chicago Press
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(August 1995)
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12. Techniques of the Observer On Vision and Modernity in the 19th Century (<i>October</i> Books)
by Jonathan Crary

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MIT Press
Paperback - 183 pages
Reprint edition (February 25, 1992)
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Art Fundamentals Theory & Practice
by Otto G. Ocvirk(Editor), et al

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McGraw Hill College Div
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8th edition (August 1997)
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ElizAndra TakeA ...ntal elements of art and to the rich and varied history of their uses. Art Fundamentals offers a wealth of full color and black-and-white fine art... Read more

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Painting With Light
by John Alton

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Univ California Press
Paperback - 191 pages
(April 1995)
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ElizAndra Take: A ...ne of the best and most unusual books in the field. Written with good humor and full of helpful diagrams and photographs, it is certainly the most... Read more

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Art in China (Oxford History of Art Series)
by Craig Clunas

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 224 pages
(May 1997)
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Synopsis ...and calligraphy. Art in China offers a novel look and comprehensive examination of all aspects of Chinese art, including art found in tombs to the... Read more

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Critical Terms for Art History
by Robert S. Nelson(Editor), Richard Shiff (Editor)

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University of Chicago Press
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(July 1996)
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Archaic and Classical Greek Art (Oxford History of Art)
by Robin Osborne

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 288 pages
(November 1998)
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19. Impressionism Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society
by Robert L. Herbert

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Yale Univ Pr
Paperback
(August 1991)
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A Short Guide to Writing About Art (The Short Guide Series)
by Sylvan Barnet

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Addison-Wesley Pub Co
Textbook Binding
6th edition (August 1999)
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ElizAndra TakeA ...es of the sixth edition are new guidelines for using the World Wide Web and the Internet for art-historical research, five new checklists (e.g., a... Read more

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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style
by Michael Baxandall

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 183 pages
2nd edition (August 1988)
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The Coming of the Book The Impact of Printing 1450-1800 (Verso Classics, 10)
by Lucien Febvre, et al

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Verso Books
Paperback - 384 pages
Reprint edition (January 1997)
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ElizAndra TakeA+ ... process of immense historical importance and heralded the dawning of the epoch of modernity. In this much praised history of that process, Lucien... Read more

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The Italian Renaissance
by Peter Burke

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Princeton Univ Pr
Paperback - 312 pages
2nd edition (April 26, 1999)
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Art and Illusion
by Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich

Princeton Univ Pr
Paperback - 466 pages
2nd edition (March 1, 1969)
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Book Description ...tionally the shifting styles of art, from antiquity to the present, employing modern concepts of visual perception, information theory, and learning. Read more

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Theories of Modern Art A Source Book by Artists
by Herschel B. Chipp

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Univ California Press
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Reprint edition (November 1989)
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Modern Art 1851-1929 Capitalism and Representation (Oxford History of Art)
by Richard R. Brettell

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 272 pages
(June 1999)
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Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (California Studies in the History of Art ; 35)
by Kristine Stiles(Editor), et al

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Univ California Press
Paperback - 1003 pages
(May 1996)
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Book Description ...essays, interviews, and critical and theoretical comments provide bold and fertile insights into the construction of visual knowledge. Featuring a... Read more

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Six Years The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 A Cross-Reference Book of Information on Some Esthetic Boundaries consisting
by Lucy R. Lippard

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Univ California Press
Paperback - 295 pages
Reprint edition (April 1997)
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ElizAndra TakeA+ ...marvelous book. . . . Nothing short of a reading of the whole can provide even a faint suggestion of its liveliness or the range of ideas it covers." Read more

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The Notebooks of Leonardo De Vinci (Oxford World's Classics)
by Leonardo, et al

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 430 pages
(December 1998)
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A+ ...do thought, then these are the books to get. The book is set up with the text in two columns; the left in the original Italian, and the right side... Read more

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Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting (The Culture & Civilization of China)
by Richard M. Barnhart(Editor), et al

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Yale Univ Pr
Hardcover - 432 pages
(November 1997)
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ElizAndra Take: A ...e last three millenniaas much a delight for the amateur lover of art as it is indispensable for the student of the field. Written by three eminent... Read more
 

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Writing About Art
by Henry M. Sayre

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Prentice Hall
Paperback - 134 pages
3 edition (November 5, 1998)
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ElizAndra TakeA ...and period texts, this book is a step-by-step process from choosing your piece to preparing the final essay for beginners as well as more advanced... Read more
 

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Twentieth Century Design (Oxford History of Art)
by Jonathan M. Woodham

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 224 pages
(May 1997)
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ElizAndra TakeA ...rld over and may tell more about our culture than a narrowly defined canon of classics. This book takes a fresh look at the wider issues of design... Read more

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Art Fundamentals Theory & Practice
by Otto G. Ocvirk(Editor), et al

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McGraw Hill College Div
Paperback
8th edition (August 1997)
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Book Description ...ntal elements of art and to the rich and varied history of their uses. Art Fundamentals offers a wealth of full color and black-and-white fine art... Read more

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Native North American Art (Oxford History of Art)
by Janet Catherine Berlo, Ruth Phillips

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 304 pages
(January 1999)
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ElizAndra TakeA ...onceptual and iconographic continuities over five centuries and across an immensely diverse range of regions. 53 color photos. 104 halftones. 8 maps. Read more

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Art and Innovation The Xerox PARC Artist-In-Residence Program
by Craig Harris(Preface), John Seely Brown (Introduction)

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MIT Press
Hardcover - 293 pages
(June 1999)
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The Return of the Real The Avant-Garde at the End of the Century
by Hal Foster

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MIT Press
Paperback
(November 1996)
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ElizAndra TakeA ...depth survey. Black and white reproductions of works by various artists pepper a survey which consider the controversies and issues of avant garde... Read more
 

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African-American Art (Oxford History of Art)
by Sharon F. Patton

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 320 pages
(May 1998)
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39. Signs & Symbols in Christian Art
by George Wells Ferguson

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback
Reissue edition (May 1989)
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A+ ...ence to chocolate "mouse" in the film "Rosemary's Baby"), "Signs and Symbols in Christain Art" will deepen your enjoyment of contemporary artforms... Read more

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Art and Society in Italy 1350-1500 (Oxford History of Art)
by Evelyn S. Welch

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
Paperback - 352 pages
(May 1997)
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Synopsis ... Welch examines the issues of materials, workshop practices, and artist-patron relationships and explores the ways in which visual imagery related... Read more

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Art and Visual Perception A Psychology of the Creative Eye
by Rudolf Arnheim

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Univ California Press
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2nd Rev&en edition (July 1983)
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Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
The clear, direct, flexible writing is powerfully reinforced by the numerous illustrations . . . not one of which is superfluous. Read more
 

42. Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (Post-Contemporary Interventions Series)
by Fredric Jameson

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Duke Univ Pr (Trd)
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Reprint edition (February 1992)
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mind stretching ...the ways you are not very used to. Nevertheless, this is a good exercise in the broadest sense of the word for everybody. It should be so actively... Read more

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Art and Innovation The Xerox PARC Artist-In-Residence Program
by Craig Harris(Preface), John Seely Brown (Introduction)

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MIT Press
Hardcover - 293 pages
(June 1999)
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Ways of Seeing
by John Berger

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Viking Pr
Paperback - 166 pages
Reprint edition (January 1995)
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Yes, it's becoming dated, but...
After reading Berger's book, you should be able to fill in the blanks yourself.

Berger, of course, didn't forsee the internet- and the "democritiziationn of bandwidth," but, if you've read this book, you'd be well prepared to anticipate the suppression of "pirate broadcasting."

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The Shape of Content
by Ben Shahn

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Harvard Univ Pr
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(January 1972)
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A+ ...rn american painting and art. It is an enormously human and genuine dialogue on art of the fifties. Few books so clearly establish how and why one... Read more

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Ingres in Fashion Representations of Dress and Appearance in Ingres's Images of Women
by Aileen Ribeiro

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Yale Univ Pr
Hardcover - 224 pages
illustrate edition (April 1999)
Click here for more info ... painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in a wealth of richly detailed studies. For the fashion historian, Ingres's works offer visual insight into... Read more

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Exhibiting Cultures The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display
by Ivan Karp(Editor), Steven D. Lavine (Editor)

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Smithsonian Institution Press
Paperback - 480 pages
(June 1991)
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exhibiting cultures ...article 'locating authenticity fragments of a dialogue' can be repetitive, it makes excellent points in the section 'some locations of authenticity'. Read more

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Art and Science of Smalltalk, The
by Simon Lewis

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Prentice Hall
Textbook Binding - 250 pages
1 edition (May 11, 1995)
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ElizAndra Take: A+ ... of the language. Step-by-step instructions take the reader through the basics via object-oriented programming with the Smalltalk language and its... Read more

49. Shape of Time Remarks on the History of Things
by George Kubler

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Yale Univ Pr
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(January 1990)
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Farewell to an Idea Episodes from a History of Modernism
by T. J. Clark

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Yale Univ Pr
Hardcover - 464 pages
(April 1999)
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Joseph Rykwert, Los Angeles Times Book Review ...of Clark's, it is clearly, almost seductively, written. What is more, it is shot through with his passion for the pictures he has chosen to consider. Read more

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Alphonse Mucha The Spirit of Art Nouveau
by Victor Arwas, et al

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Yale Univ Pr
Hardcover - 400 pages
(April 1998)
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Book Description ...al designs, jewelry, sculpture, photographs, books, and interiors. The authors discuss Mucha`s years in Paris, his iconography of Sarah Bernhardt,... Read more

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Body Art/Performing the Subject
by Amelia Jones

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Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd)
Paperback - 352 pages
(March 1998)
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Synopsis ...the theoretical terrain of postmoderism. The result is a wonderful and permissive space in which the viewer...can wander"...-Moira Roth, Trefethen... Read more

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Displays of Power Memory and Amnesia in the American Museum
by Steven C. Dubin

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New York Univ Pr
Hardcover - 304 pages
(June 1999)
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ElizAndra TakeC+ ...attleground for the control of expression where elitist and populist camps clash over politically sensitive art. . . . Dubin cogently demonstrates... Read more
 

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