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First in-depth study of the technical aspects of Navaho weaving, plus history of the loom and its prototypes in the prehistoric Southwest, analysis and description of weaves, dyes, and more. Over 230 illustrations, including more than 100 excellent photographs of authentically dated blankets. Indispensable resource for collectors, weavers, ethnologists, more. Foreword by F. W. Hodge. Bibliography.
2) Artful
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Presents a meditative collection of writings on the nature of art and storytelling and incorporates tribute elements to iconic writers and artists throughout history.
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In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
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Introduces Capoeira, a combination of play, martial arts and dance, as practiced in the United States and Brazil, as well as its colorful roots in the African slave culture of Brazil and its history.
10) Italian design
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159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
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"The story of Italian design, told through works selected from the collection of the museum of modern art, New York."--BOOK JACKET.
12) Mujeres artistas
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"Un excelente estudio dedicad a artistas internacionales decisivas. Estas esenciales figuras femeninas deberían formar parte de nuestra historia del arte, y este libro es parte de esa importante revisión."--Back cover.
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Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit. Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Michele Wood to convey the rich meaning behind thirteen of these powerful songs.
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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...
17) Esto es arte
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95 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Descubre 15 obras de arte que cambiaron el mundo, ¡y entiende por fin por qué son famosas! En este libro vas a encontrar un recorrido por la historia del arte, explicada en 15 grandes obras maestras, y descubrirás también las razones por las que son tan famosas y por qué han sobrevivido al paso del tiempo.
Examines fifteen notable works of art from ancient Greece to the early twentieth century, chiefly European paintings but including architecture...
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512 : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
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This is a comprehensive encyclopedia of the Incas and other ancient people of South America with more than 1000 photographs. It provides an exploration of the political and social history, art, architecture and mythology of the lost cultures of the Andes including the Paracas, Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Wari, Lambayeque-Sipan, Tiwanaku, Chimu and Inca.
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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....
20) Rembrandt's Jews
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xii, 250 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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