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Dreaming Red

Creating ArtPace

by Linda Pace, Jan Jarboe Russell, Eleanor Heartney
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014

Since its founding in 1993 by the late Pace Foods heiress Linda Pace, Artpace has become one of the premiere foundations for contemporary art. An artist residency program based in San Antonio, Texas, Artpace's goal is to give artists time and space in which to imagine new ways to work. Each year, nine...
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Firearms Illustrated

A Visual Representation of Revolvers

by Richard Hammerfell
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014

The ultimate reference book that identifies and documents over 1,000 different types of revolvers.  Accompanied by thousands of photos and illustrations, this book is sure to help you understand and classify any revolver in the world today. To go along with these amazing illustrations,...
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by Mounir Fatmi
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018

I haven’t changed nationalities. I still travel with my Moroccan passport, which is a work of art in itself. That passport is filled with visas from several countries where I’ve shown my work these last few years. Traveling with a Moroccan passport is an adventure. I’m never sure I’ll get...
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Legacies

Collecting America's History at the Smithsonian

by Steven Lubar, Kathleen M. Kendrick
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014

The Smithsonian Institution has been America's museum since 1846. What do its vast collections -- from the ruby slippers to a piece of Plymouth Rock, first ladies' gowns to patchwork quilts, a Model T Ford to a customized Ford LTD low rider -- tell Americans about themselves? In this lavishly illustrated...
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American Art Deco

An Illustrated Survey

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Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013

One of the most popular forms of twentieth-century design, the Art Deco style dominated the decorative arts in the 1920s and '30s. Championed by progressive architects and inspired by such diverse influences as the industrial age and Native American art, it became a form of artistic self-expression...
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by Michael David
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017

This book is an exclusive collection of Michael David Art. Pieces from the Explorations in Humanity have been featured in over 15 different forums, appreciated internationally. The compositions have been the subject of fashion collections in several ecommerce platforms. Meant as a connection to humanity,...
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The Unfinished Exhibition

Visualizing Myth, Memory, and the Shadow of the Civil War in Centennial America

by Susanna W. Gold
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016

The Centennial decade was an era of ambivalence, the United States still unresolved about the incomprehensible damage it had wrought over four years of Civil War, and why. Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exhibition -- a spectacular international event celebrating one hundred years of American strength,...
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Modern Quilts

Designs of the New Century

by Modern Quilt Guild
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017

Admire large, color photographs of the best modern quilting has to offer—more than 200 quilts curated by the Modern Quilt Guild. From the Amish and Gee’s Bend to the first use of the word "modern” in quilting, trace the history of modern quilts and learn about hallmarks of the genre in a concise...
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by John Howard Reid
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011

Wonderful movies for every taste are now available on DVD. This book examines a rich selection from "As Good As It Gets" through "You'll Never Get Rich". Musicals include "The Dolly Sisters" and "Wonder Bar", noir thrills take in "Out of the Past"...
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by Gertrude Stein
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013

Portraits and Prayers is a collection of early essays and word portraits by the American writer Gertrude Stein. Her subjects often provide a description of what she observed in her Saturday salons.
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Metaphors Be With You

An A to Z Dictionary of History's Greatest Metaphorical Quotations

by Dr. Mardy Grothe
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016

Respected quotation anthologist and author of Oxymoronica and Viva la Repartee Dr. Mardy Grothe is at his best in Metaphors Be with You, an A to Z dictionary of 2,750 of history’s greatest metaphorical quotations, meticulously curated for writers, readers, and quotation lovers everywhere. In...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012

At the turn of the twentieth century, the demand for magazine and book illustrations was at an all-time high, offering women artists an unprecedented number of professional opportunities. This unique anthology features 120 color and black-and-white artworks by the Golden Age of Illustration's finest...
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by William Blake
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013

In 1809 the little-known artist William Blake held an exhibition of 16 paintings in a private house in Soho in the west end of London. Works inspired by Chaucer's “Canterbury Tales” and John Milton's “Paradise Lost” sat alongside biblical scenes and Arthurian legend. The exhibition was not...
Cover of Guide to Naturalization Records in the United States
by Christina K. Schaefer
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997

State by state, county by county, city by city, the Guide to Naturalization Records identifies all repositories of naturalization records, systematically indicating the types of records held, their dates of coverage, and the location of original and microfilm records. The Guide also pinpoints the whereabouts...
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