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Albinus on Anatomy
This beautiful, enthralling book represents the rarest of human achievements: a work of great scientific merit that is a magnificent work of art as well. Bernard Siegfried Albinus was the greatest descriptive anatomist of the eighteenth century. Over a period of twenty years, he produced two volumes of drawings, Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body and Tables of the Human Bones,…
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- 9780486318868
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- 1 online resource (208 pages)
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Working SouthPaintings and Sketches by Mary Whyte
Dynamic artistry celebrating the diverse lives and labors of hardscrabble Southerners In Working South, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures in exquisite detail the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from across ten states in the American South with sensitivity and reverence for her subjects. From the textile mill worker and tobacco farmer to the sponge diver and elevator opera…
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- 9781611172010
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- 1 online resource (128 pages)
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New York in the Thirties
Nearly 100 classic images by noted photographer: Rockefeller Center on the rise, Bowery restaurants, dramatic views of the City's bridges, Washington Square, old movie houses, rows of old tenements laced with laundry, Wall Street, Flatiron Building, waterfront, and many other landmarks.
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- 9780486318806
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- 1 online resource (102 pages)
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Scenic ImpressionsSouthern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection
Evocative works in Tonalism, Impressionism, and Naturalism that offer relief from the urban world The radical changes wrought by the rise of the salon system in nineteenth-century Europe provoked an interesting response from painters in the American South. Painterly trends emanating from Barbizon and Giverny emphasized the subtle textures of nature through warm color and broken brush stroke. A…
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- 9781611177176
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- 1 online resource (224 pages)
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Animal DrawingAnatomy and Action for Artists
This book was written and illustrated by Charles R. Knight (18741953), the acknowledged master of animal drawing and the man who American Biographies agrees "was generally recognized as the most distinguished painter of animal life." Those who have seen his murals, paintings, and bronzes of both prehistoric and modern animals in the New York Museum of Natural History or any one of a dozen other…
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- 9780486318738
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Focus on PlaywrightsPortraits and Interviews
A photographer's intimate view of writers' personal and creative journeys In 1989 Susan Johann was hired to photograph Christopher Durang for a magazine article about his play Naomi in Her Living Room. The playwright was known for his outrageous comedy, so Johann anticipated a session with a rather wild, young eccentric. To her surprise, the man who came to her studio was mild mannered and but…
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- 9781611177169
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- 1 online resource (184 pages)
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The Complete Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints of Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Drer's 96 engravings, six etchings, and three dynamic drypoints are counted among his finest and best-known works. By the very nature of the medium, each fine line of an engraving is controlled by the artist and is dependent upon the pressure of the burin in his hand. In the engravings, Drer was therefore able to achieve an unprecedented intricacy of detail, subtlety of line, and three…
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- 9780486318783
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The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home
A celebration of paintings and images exploring the beauty and strength of South Carolina's state tree With its fanlike evergreen fronds, soft trunk, and strong root system, the palmetto is a wind-adapted palm that can bend with strong sea breezes without breaking or being uprooted. Emblematic of survival against opposition, the palmetto tree has captured the imaginations of South Carolinians …
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- 9781611171952
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- 1 online resource (88 pages)
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100 Drawings
Gustav Glck, director of Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, wrote as early as 1922 of Gustav Klimt (18621918) that his drawings were perhaps his ultimate artistic achievement. This founder of Secessionsstil and leader of the revolt against the Viennese academies was able to achieve greater freedom in his drawings than in his more laboriously executed paintings. While there are only about two hu…
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- 9780486318776
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From New York to NeboThe Artistic Journey of Eugene Thomason
"Art lovers will enjoy reading about and admiring the paintings of this talented regional southern artist." — Lowcountry Companion A product of the industrialized New South, Eugene Healan Thomason (1895–1972) made the obligatory pilgrimage to New York to advance his art education and launch his career. Like so many other aspiring American artists, he understood that the city offered unparal…
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- 9781611175110
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