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24) Superstar
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1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Documentary about painter, Andy Warhol traces his life from Pittsburgh schoolboy to pop art legend, from advertising illustrator to chronicler of the haunt monde of New York City. The film includes behind-the-scenes looks at "Factory" life and several enigmatic interviews given by Warhol over the years, as well as a dazzling array of images from Warhol's art and films.
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English
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Fans of Chuck Norris may see him as an action hero in the John Wayne mold, but his autobiography presents a different image of the "Walker, Texas Ranger" star. Norris describes himself as a shy youth who finally blossomed while studying martial arts as a soldier in South Korea. His self-deprecating humor shows through anecdotes about karate defeats, white-knuckled speaking engagements, and his failure to become a Los Angeles policeman, which led to...
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English
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"A self-taught artist's odyssey from Jim Crow era Georgia to the Yale Art Gallery -- a stunningly vivid, full-color memoir in prose and painted leather, with a foreword by Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson. Winfred Rembert grew up as a field hand on a Georgia plantation. He embraced the Civil Rights Movement, endured political violence, survived a lynching, and spent seven years in prison on a chain gang. Years later, seeking a fresh...
28) Heart of a dog
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Criterion collection volume 846
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1 videodisc (76 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (1 folded sheet : illustrations ; 19 cm) + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm).
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English
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In this film essay, multimedia artist Laurie Anderson presents a monologue touching upon her relationship with her rat terrier Lolabelle, the death of her mother, the heightening of surveillance following 9/11, and other topics.
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550 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"In this compelling biography, William R. Cross chronicles the life story of the great painter and illustrator Winslow Homer (1836-1910), who captured America in the crucible of the Civil War and contributed to shaping American identity to this day"--
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xxii, 429 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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English
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The American West was the subject of Thomas Moran's greatest artistic triumphs - Yosemite, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Zion Canyon, the Virgin River, Colorado's Mountain of the Holy Cross, and the Grand Tetons - but his travels with Ferdinand V. Hayden's geological surveys of the Upper Yellowstone were matched by trips to his native Britain and to Venice, Florida, the Spanish Southwest, and Old Mexico. These scenes inspired memorable landscapes...
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x, 370 pages. 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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Part of the 1960s Pop Art movement along with Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Rosenquist's dramatic, surreally juxtaposed images revolutionized 20th-century painting. His candid memoir offers a unique look inside the contemporary art world.
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x, 420 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Bestselling biographer Fred Lawrence Guiles details the famed life, work, and enduring impact of the late Andy Warhol. From his internationally recognized modern art to his factories that drew New York's most rich and famous, to narrowly surviving after being shot by a disappointed actress--this is Warhol as never seen before."--
37) Man Ray
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"A definitive biography accompanied by spectacular images of the artist's greatest work."--Cover.
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