This is a great book for fans of the art of Winslow Homer; the book contains reproductions of many of his great watercolors related to the theme of fishing - and fishing was one of Homer's passions. Anyone with a slight familiarity with Homer's work who would like to see a more in-depth analysis of this paintings that relate to a single theme - fishing - will likely enjoy this book. It accompanies an exhibition of splendid paintings.... kaleidoscopic views of trout ponds, brilliantly colored trophy fish, and evocative transcriptions of a sportsman`s days on teeming rivers and lazy creeks

This book offers a fascinating pyscho-social biography of Winslow Homer. More than a biography, it offers much discussion of his art and his artistic motivations, along with outstanding quality reproductions

This book is about great Pop Art painter Roy Lichtenstein. Author evocatively explores Roy Lichtenstein's work and life and his groundbreaking influence on the art world. In Roy's long career as a teacher, artist, and innovator, he changed the way that people thought about art and how artists thought about their subjects, challenging people to see familiar sights with new eyes

Accompanying the much-publicized travelling exhibition African American Masters, this book highlights influential and important African American 20th-century artists, from those of the early part of the century to important participants in the Harlem Renaissance, from self-taught and folk artists to urbane modernists, right up to the vigorous contemporary art scene. The text also includes sidebars highlighting individual pictures and creators, completing a wonderful chapter in the history of American art and in African American life and achievement

Meant to explore the mane being black in Amtrica

Mathematics often seems incomprehensible, a melee of strange symbols thrown down on a page. But while formulae, theorems, and proofs can involve highly complex concepts, the math becomes transparent when viewed as part of a bigger picture. What Is a Number? provides that picture

This book is a tour de force for baseball lovers of all ages

The book discusses some important aspects in the traditional Korean architecture; various shapes of windows, lattices and doors, among others

The book presents the history of fine art from ancient times to the present

Wit and Humour in Colonial North India: In today's world, cartooning is becoming a contentious issue, unfortunately perceived as a deliberate attempt at demonising the "other". This was not so in late 19th-century colonial India, when a fine cartoonist could summarise a welter of perspectives