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

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 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

A handsomely illustrated tribute to the Library of Congress building, published to coincide with its one hundredth anniversary. The Library of Congress is today the world's largest library and research institution. Its collection of more than 115 million items are comprehensive in scope, including maps, manuscripts, music, photographs, motion pictures and research materials in more than 450 languages. Thomas Jefferson Building, the first Library of Congress building, is a unique and dazzling expression of American Art, architecture, and self-confidence

В монографии представлены материалы по истории архитектуры Китая, на примере которых рассмотрены основные закономерности развития этой важнейшей сферы традиционной культуры. Выявлены принципы планировки и конструктивные особенности зданий, их связь с использованием новых строительных материалов, а также взаимовлияние архитектурных традиций Китая и сопредельных стран

Modern Women explores how history might account for the women missing from the familar narrative of modernism; how women variously fit into, redefine or upend the usual categories of art and art-making; and the role of the Museum of Modern Art as a site of both patronage and protest. This book offers a lively discourse around gender and the production of meaning in art, one absolutely necessary for a more complex understanding of the art of our time