Art Models 6The Female Figure in Shadow and Light

Whether trying a new technique, getting in some practice time, or working on a finished piece, this figure study enables artists to work when and where they want with their choice of model and pose. This book in the series will help artists become proficient in incorporating chiaroscuro or light and dark lighting—a technique used by the great masters to produce drama and depth in their painti…

Il figlio del venditore di stracci

In questo libro Kirk Douglas ripercorre la sua vita e insieme la sua strabiliante carriera cinematografica. Figlio di un immigrato ebreo russo, venditore di stracci, è costretto a pagarsi gli studi di recitazione svolgendo più di quaranta lavori, tra cui il pugile. Quello che Douglas ci offre è il racconto appassionato e onesto di uno dei più celebri protagonisti di Hollywood. Dall'esordio …

American CoalRussell Lee Portraits

More than 100 powerful images by noted photographer Russell Lee that document the working conditions and lives of coal mining communities in the postwar United States; publication coincides with an exhibition at the National Archives in Washington, DC. In 1946 the Truman administration made a promise to striking coal miners: as part of a deal to resume work, the government would sponsor a nati…

Venus en la cocinaLibro de recetas para el amor

UNA DELICIOSA, EXCÉNTRICA Y DECADENTE COLECCIÓN DE AFRODISIACAS RECETAS LITERARIAS.Aquí hay platos y bebidas para seducir y para dejarse seducir: aceitunas de ostra, buñuelos de flor de saúco, tortilla de caviar, caracoles al Cinquecento, mermelada de claveles, un reparador cóctel para después del amor… Los más apetitosos reclamos del recetario inglés, francés e italiano conviven co…

OrixásHistórias dos nossos ancestrais

A antologia "Orixás: histórias dos nossos ancestrais" é uma coletânea de contos organizada por Janaina Storfe. O livro conta com histórias tendo como temática os doze Orixás representados no Dique do Tororó, em Salvador: Oxum, Xangô, Oxalá, Oxossi, Ogum, Nanã, Iansã, Iemanjá, Oxumaré, Ossain, Logun-Edé e Ewá.

Zapantera NegraAn Artistic Encounter Between Black Panthers and Zapatistas (N…

A powerful elixir of hope and determination, Zapantera Negra provides a galvanizing presentation of interviews, militant artwork, and original documents from two movements’ struggle for dignity and liberation. When Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party, accepted an invitation from the art collective EDELO and Rigo 23 to meet with autonomous Indigenous and Za…

William SimmondsThe Silent Heart of the Arts and Crafts Movement

This book uncovers the work of sculptor William Simmonds, one of the forgotten originals of the Arts and Crafts movement. Inspired by his pastoral surroundings in the Cotswolds, he played a particularly vital role in the movement between the two world wars. After the First World War Simmonds emerged as a master of woodcarving, known for his exquisite oak, pine, ebony and ivory carvings of wild …

Stan Douglas: Abbott and Cordova, 7 August 1971

This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot. The book, which features essays by Alexander Alberro, Serge Guilbaut, and others, addresses various issues raised by Douglas' work, including the s…

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Hog and HominySoul Food from Africa to America

"Opie delves into the history books to find true soul in the food of the South, including its place in the politics of black America."—NPR.org   Frederick Douglass Opie deconstructs and compares the foodways of people of African descent throughout the Americas, interprets the health legacies of black culinary traditions, and explains the concept of soul itself, revealing soul food to be an a…