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Thirty-Six Years an Ice Cream MakerReceipts and Pointers
All we know of Val Miller is that for thirty-six years he worked as a skilled ice cream maker for commercial businesses, or he ran his own. His book is filled with advice for operating such a business, from running the front office, to employee relations, to manufacturing and marketing, including many recipes for a wide variety of ice creams. The recipes are compiled for large quantities suit…
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Feminism and Folk ArtCase Studies in Mexico, New Zealand, Japan, and Brazil
This book is a mosaic or quilt of folk art around the world, from polychrome clay figures made in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla (Mexico) to the baskets Maori women create in New Zealand, from Japanese lacquer work and decorated paddles to black dolls in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The creative impulse found in three continents, four countries, and four geographical regions are juxtaposed to make up …
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Dairying ExemplifiedOr, The Business of Cheesemaking
The American edition of Twamley's book was reprinted from the second British printing, described as "corrected and improved." The author had the advantage of his own thirty-years' experience in cheese making, but he also apparently consulted with dairywomen from several countries in compiling the most successful procedures for making excellent cheeses. Covering everything from grazing land to…
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Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture
Romanticism is multifaceted, and a wide range of nostalgic, emotional, and exotic concerns were expressed in such styles and movements as the Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, Orientalism, and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Some movements were regional and subject-specific, such as the Hudson River School of landscape painting in the United States and the German Nazarene movement, which focus…
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Fifteen Cent Dinners for Families of Six
Self published by the founder of the New York Cooking School, this forty-page leaflet was designed to educate new immigrant families with low incomes about preparing good, healthy meals. As the industrial revolution gathered steam and reformers focused on living conditions of the poor and disadvantaged, economical themes began to appear in cookbooks, and Corson's pamphlet was extremely popula…
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Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists
Just because the art is beautiful doesn't mean the artist was a saint . . . Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists examines the lives of nine great artists who were less than exemplary human beings in their lives outside of their art. It explores the question, "Why do we like magnificent art from artists who were awful human beings?" For example, the great Baroque painter, Caravaggio, who …
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The House Servant's DirectoryA Monitor for Private Families
"In order to get through your work in proper time, you should make it your chief study to rise early in the morning; for an hour before the family rises is worth more to you than two after they are up." These are Robert Roberts's first words to his readers in this classic resource for those employed as domestic servants. More household-management manual than cookbook, the book does contain reci…
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Proximate Difference in AestheticsJacques Derrida and Institutional Critique
Proximate Difference in Aesthetics: Jacques Derrida and Institutional Critique examines interconnections between the texts of Jacques Derrida and works related to Institutional Critique in art. At a juncture between philosophy and art, texts by Derrida such as "Différance," "Parergon," "Economimesis," and "Force of Law," and works by Marcel Broodthaers, Michael Asher, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, F…
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Making of an Icon
When Jean-Michel Basquiat died in 1988 at the age of twenty-seven, major critics called his work a flash in the pan and the meteoric rise in the prices of his paintings started to fall back. Almost thirty years later Basquiat joined Picasso, Modigliani and Munch when one of his paintings sold for over {dollar}100 million. Nearly four decades after his untimely death, he remains one of the most …
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Engagement in the CityHow Arts and Culture Impact Development in Urban Areas
Engagement in the City: How Arts and Culture Impact Development in Urban Areas provides readers with numerous examples of ways that the arts can contribute to community development. Through the diverse backgrounds of its contributing authors - representing artists, art educators, and public administration scholars – the role of arts is explored as a contributing factor in strengthening commun…
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