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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The MoMA in New York is the first choice for aficionados of modern and contemporary art. Art collectors Abby Rockefeller, Lillie Bliss and Mary Sullivan laid the foundations for the museum, which opened its doors under the directorship of Alfred Barr on Nov. 7, 1929. Presented here is the MoMA's astonishing range of modern art, including key works such as Jasper John's 'Flag'. Features the work of Boccioni, Miró, Johns, Lindner and Wyeth.
7) El punto
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32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 x 22 cm
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Español
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Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.
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English
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Murder-a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves?
Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, prose and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of the modern era, murder entered the popular psyche, and...
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247 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm
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English
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"For generations, the visual drama of the Rocky Mountains has seduced artists. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, painters, photographers, and sculptors who visited or settled in northern New Mexico created evocative visions that came to represent the West for audiences across America. During the 1920s and 1930s, Santa Fe and Taos were recognized as two of the nation's--and world's--most important art communities. The cosmopolitan denizens...
14) Winslow Homer
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420 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
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English
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English
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"Picasso & Matisse. Manet & Degas. Pollack & de Kooning. Lucian Freud & Francis Bacon. This is the story of four pairs of artists-- each linked by friendship and a spirit of competitiveness. Taken together, they form an impressive lineage stretching across more than 150 years. But in each case, these relationships had a flashpoint, a damaging psychological event that seemed to mark both an end and a new beginning, a break that led onto new creative...
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"A singular man in the history of modern art, betrayed by Vichy, is the subject of this riveting family memoir On September 20, 1940, one of the most famous European art dealers disembarked in New York, one of hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing Vichy France. Leaving behind his beloved Paris gallery, Paul Rosenberg had managed to save his family, but his paintings--modern masterpieces by Cézanne, Monet, Sisley, and others--were not so fortunate....
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"The saga of the Superior Spider-Man continues as Doc Ock takes Peter Parker's body for a joyride through the Marvel Universe, taking on heavy hitters from both sides of the coin! Russian assassins infiltrate a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier on a contract for the Cameleon's head, but when he escapes custody, Superior Spider-Man fights alongside Nick Fury and his Secret Avengers to put the shady shape-shifter back behind bars. Then, Spider-Man and the Punisher...
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