Visiting With the Ancestors

In 2010, five magnificent Blackfoot shirts, now owned by the University of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, were brought to Alberta to be exhibited at the Glenbow Museum, in Calgary, and the Galt Museum, in Lethbridge. The shirts had not returned to Blackfoot territory since 1841, when officers of the Hudson's Bay Company acquired them. The shirts were later transported to England, where they had r…

Investigating SexSurrealist Discussions

Are women's orgasms more intense than men's? What did Andr? Breton think of homosexuality? Can love be separated from physical desire? In 1928 a group of surrealist writers and artists held twelve round table discussions to address these questions. Calling them "researches into sexuality," their bizarre and humorous conversations are now made available in this new edition in all their surreal a…

The Antiques MagpieA compendium of absorbing history, stories and facts from …

From the mythical artefacts of the ancient world to saucy seaside postcards, The Antiques Magpie explores the wonderful world of antiques and collectables.With Antiques Roadshow regular Marc Allum as your guide, go in search of stolen masterpieces, explore the first museums, learn the secrets of the forgers and brush up on your auction technique.Meet the garden gnome insured for £1 million, tr…

Why Calories CountFrom Science to Politics

Calories—too few or too many—are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In Why Calories Count, Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim explain in clear and accessible language what calories are and how they work, b…

Eating Mud Crabs in KandaharStories of Food during Wartime by the World's Lea…

These sometimes harrowing, frequently funny, and always riveting stories about food and eating under extreme conditions feature the diverse voices of journalists who have reported from dangerous conflict zones around the world during the past twenty years. A profile of the former chef to Kim Jong Il of North Korea describes Kim's exacting standards for gourmet fare, which he gorges himself on w…

The Future of Art in a Digital AgeFrom Hellenistic to Hebraic Consciousness

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Frederick Law OlmsteadThe Passion of a Public Artist

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We Are IraqisAesthetics and Politics in a Time of War

While the occupation of Iraq and its aftermath has received media and political attention, we know very little about the everyday lives of Iraqis. Iraqi men, women, and children are not merely passive victims of violence, vulnerable recipients of repressive regimes, or bystanders of their country's destruction. In the face of danger and trauma, Iraqis continue to cope, preparing food, sending t…

Abstraction in Art and Nature

In this stimulating, thought-provoking guide, a noted sculptor and teacher demonstrates how to discover a rich new design source in the abstractions inherent in natural forms. Through systematic study of such properties as line, form, shape, mass, pattern, light and dark, space, proportion, scale, perspective, and color as they appear in nature, students can learn to utilize the infinite variet…

Paradis du monde

Ce livre offre un regard sérieux et souvent humoristique sur un important mouvement artistique québécois et sur les personnes qui collectionnent l'art populaire. Toutes les œuvres qui y figurent proviennent des collections du Musée canadien des civilisations. Le livre examine les tendances, les styles et l'originalité des œuvres, les sources d'inspiration des artistes et la façon dont s…