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A stone found along the Shenandoah Riverーweathered, marked, and half-buriedーunveils a quiet mystery. Through photographs and digital renderings, its surface reveals a cosmogramーa symbolic map of ……続きを見る

Nee Nee The Sea Lion (Nee Nee De Zeeleeuw) is the new creation by Nathan Pizano. This book is written in English and Dutch. Gemaakt Door Nathan D. Pizano (Created by Nathan D. Pizano 続きを見る

This work introduces readers to an Indigenous worldview that offers fresh and novel ways of engaging with reality. Drawing on the author's own symbolic experiences and years of study, it explores ke……続きを見る

Analyzing the confluence between coloniality and activist art, Art Activism for an Anticolonial Future argues that there is much to gain from approaching contemporary politically committed art pract……続きを見る

Neorrealismo y cine en Cuba: Historia y discurso entorno a la primera polémica de la Revolución, 1951-1962 examina la historia estética y las relaciones entre la producción cinematográfica cubana y ……続きを見る

In the late nineteenth century in Europe and to some extent in the United States, the Jewish upper middle classーparticularly the more affluent familiesーbegan to enter the cultural spheres of publi……続きを見る

Focusing on the Anglophone Caribbean, The Making of a Caribbean Avant-Garde describes the rise and gradual consolidation of the visual arts avant-garde, which came to local and international attenti……続きを見る

This compelling anthology, 'English Painters, with a Chapter on American Painters,' serves as a panoramic exploration of the rich and varied landscape of painting from both sides of the Atlantic. It……続きを見る

In "Art in America: A Critical and Historical Sketch," S. G. W. Benjamin artfully navigates the intricate landscape of American art from colonial times to the late 19th century. Employing a blend of……続きを見る

In "Thomas Hart Benton," Theodore Roosevelt embarks on a vivid exploration of the life and legacy of the celebrated American artist and politician. Roosevelt employs a compelling narrative style tha……続きを見る

The markings on a Mystery Stone from the Shenandoah Valley is overlaid with plant forms. Such juxtaopositionings reveal the mandala-like nature of the Mystery Stone, offering meaning and beauty. Com……続きを見る

This work features animal forms depicted on a quartz cobblestone found in a clearance cairn near the Lower Shenandoah River. Possible associations to Eastern Woodland cosmology are related in Haikus……続きを見る

Enter The Universe According to Peter Max. A true Pop Art iconーone of the world’s most well-loved visual artistsーPeter Max now offers us an intimate, unprecedented look at the inner workings of hi……続きを見る

It passes for an unassailable truth that the slave past provides an explanatory prism for understanding the black political present. In None Like Us Stephen Best reappraises what he calls “melanchol……続きを見る

In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted to the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angle……続きを見る

A retrospective of numerous modern oil paintings, with portraits, landscapes, seascapes and commentary by the artist. 続きを見る

THE COMPLETE LEATHERSTOCKING TALES features the five novels of James Fenimore Cooper's beloved Leatherstocking series, which follow the adventures of Natty Bumppo. Set largely on the frontier of New……続きを見る

The Generation of Life: Imagery, Ritual, and Experience in Deep Caves This study reexamines Paleolithic cave art as a living synthesis of creativity, ritual, and transformation. Drawing on evidence ……続きを見る

Tradition and Transformation in Christian Art approaches tradition and transculturality in religious art from an Orthodox perspective that defines tradition as a dynamic field of exchanges and syner……続きを見る

A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the ve……続きを見る

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Novels Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane: Emma Balzac, Ho……続きを見る

Christopher Dunn’s history of authoritarian Brazil exposes the inventive cultural production and intense social transformations that emerged during the rule of an iron-fisted military regime during ……続きを見る

Modernism in Havana reached its climax during the turbulent years of the 1950s as a generation of artists took up abstraction as a means to advance artistic and political goals in the name of Cuba L……続きを見る

Winner: Ralph Emerson Twitchell Award Winner: New Mexico Book Award In works of silver and wool, the Navajos have established a unique brand of American craft. And when their artisans were integrate……続きを見る

This book contains several tables of HTML content to make reading easier. The novels are sorted alphabetically by the authors. Content: The Log of a Cowboy by Andy Adams The Bridge of the Gods by Fr……続きを見る

Critics hailed previous editions of Visionary Film as the most complete work written on the exciting, often puzzling, and always controversial genre of American avant-garde film. This book has remai……続きを見る

Norman Rockwell's best-loved works, collected in a handsome clothbound volume Norman Rockwell gave us a picture of America that was familiarーastonishingly soーand at the same time unique, because o……続きを見る

Over the years, Kobena Mercer has critically illuminated the visual innovations of African American and black British artists. In Travel & See he presents a diasporic model of criticism that gives c……続きを見る

Justice Koolhaas's Essays on Modern Art are reproduced alongside at least one of each artist's works that she owned. Unusually, these works were discards; even more unusually, she obtained them on c……続きを見る

The Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 1800–1865 analyzes how American painters, sculptors, and writers, active between 1800 and 1865, depicted their response to a democratic societ……続きを見る