The Light of New York, a stunning photographic essay by Jean-Michel Berts, features black-and-white photographs taken before sunrise and after sundown. 128 pages, 70 images

The book provides insight into the development of collections of western american art, the representation of western american art themes and subjects in popular culture, photography as a vital theme in western art, and the image of the American West in western art

This book is for children to exploring the city New York with fun pictures. Becky, a young New Yorker, takes the reader and a friend on a tour of her favorite places in the city

Portraits of America features 165 of Allard’s finest photographs. Presented in chronological order, with incisive introductions to each section written by Allard himself, these photographs show the creative development of a remarkably gifted artist

David C. Driskell: Artist and Scholar traces its subject's personal, artistic, and scholarly journeys, lending context to his participation in and influence on pivotal movements in twentieth-century American art and society, Nearly two hundred images - reproductions of artworks, photographs of Driskell and his family, friends, and associates - support Julie McGee's knowledgeable and engaging text. The first biography and comprehensive monograph of one of our most respected artists and scholars, David C. Driskell: Artist and Scholar is a long-overdue tribute to a great American

American Art Deco features descriptions - and over 450 color photographs - of 75 lavish and innovative buildings across the country. The buildings herein represent those that have maximum architectural integrity, thereby giving us the full scope of this much admired and exciting style

This is a wonderful collection of quality photographs taken over the years by Carl Fleishhauer, and enhanced with some brief, but appropriate commentary from Mr. Rosenberg. The book covers the years 1966-86 only, with emphasis on the late 60s and the 1970s, and it’s great to see a good visual documentation of an exciting time when Bluegrass was both struggling and thriving and such a part of some people’s lives. In this well-presented, well printed book Fleishhauer really captures the essence & excitement of a unique period

This resource book for teachers of young students contains a bank of motivating activities to supplement course material. The eight sections are full of useful ideas for fun activities in a variety of teaching situations. Activities range from 'getting to know you' activities to games that practise the alphabet, numbers and spelling as well as activities that focus on vocabulary, writing, grammar and longer projects. Each activity is explained using step-by-step instructions with photocopiable material on facing pages

This catalogue is published to coincide with an exhibition in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The five sections cover: early America, high style rococo, East meets West, Pennsylvania German and classical style. Approximately 300 examples of decorative arts made or used in America between 1640 and 1840 - including furniture, textiles, paintings, ceramics, glass and metalwork - form the collection at the museum

More than a hundred wonderful and sensitive duotone portraits of American major novelists, poets, and playwrights. Paired with the photographs are fascinating texts from each writer on writing-thoughts on the craft, recollections of significant moments from their personal history, meditations on the civic importance of writing, and so forth. Some of the photographs in this treasure trove are already well known - Bellow, Mailer, Cheever, Wolfe, Singer, and Capote, to name a few. Others have never before been published