Author: Adrian Frutiger Publisher: ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 372
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Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art Publisher: Lucia Marquand ISBN: 9781555953614 Category : Painting Languages : en Pages : 0
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This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.
Author: Barbara Kingsolver Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061804819 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 578
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New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • An Oprah's Book Club Selection “Powerful . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review The Poisonwood Bible, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, established Barbara Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, it is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in Africa. The story is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it—from garden seeds to Scripture—is calamitously transformed on African soil. The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy. Against this backdrop, Orleanna Price reconstructs the story of her evangelist husband's part in the Western assault on Africa, a tale indelibly darkened by her own losses and unanswerable questions about her own culpability. Also narrating the story, by turns, are her four daughters—the teenaged Rachel; adolescent twins Leah and Adah; and Ruth May, a prescient five-year-old. These sharply observant girls, who arrive in the Congo with racial preconceptions forged in 1950s Georgia, will be marked in surprisingly different ways by their father's intractable mission, and by Africa itself. Ultimately each must strike her own separate path to salvation. Their passionately intertwined stories become a compelling exploration of moral risk and personal responsibility.
Author: Riva Castleman Publisher: ABRAMS ISBN: 9780810961814 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Published to accompany the 1994 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this book constitutes the most extensive survey of modern illustrated books to be offered in many years. Work by artists from Pierre Bonnard to Barbara Kruger and writers from Guillaume Apollinarie to Susan Sontag. An importnt reference for collectors and connoisseurs. Includes notable works by Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.
Author: Inspirationzstore Personalize Notebooks Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781792014604 Category : Languages : en Pages : 122
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J Monogrammed Nautical Floral Notebook Features: Size: 6" x 9" inch Paper: Lined, College-ruled (aka medium ruled) Pages: 120 pages (60 double-sided sheets) Cover: Soft cover, Glossy Please Note: Although the cover is glossy, the gold elements in this design are printed in normal ink and not in special shiny gold ink. - - - More About This Product: Letter J Monogram, Floral Black and White Stripe Pattern Notebook This beautiful, stylish 6 x 9 inch soft cover paperback monogram journal features a letter J monogram for those whose surname or first name starts with the initial J. A pretty, contemporary, trendy, fashionable, modern, cute and professional monogrammed journal featuring a black and white stripe pattern in a classic design with a classy, elegant and bold capital letter monogram, decorated with delicate, arty watercolor-look pink flowers, with some small blue flowery elements too. This nautical, floral diary is inspired by vintage, retro, sea and beach themed designs. The interior of this gorgeous, feminine, striped composition notebook contains lined / Medium Ruled / College-ruled paper, with 120 pages (60 sheets), and the pages are perfect bound. A sea, beach & ocean sailing inspired, girly, glamor, sophisticated, chic, elegant journal or notepad for use at work, at the office, school, university, college, home, on your travels, as a field book or anywhere you desire. The perfect piece of pretty stationery to complete your glamorous collection of fashionable paper writing pads, school supplies, or office supplies. A custom notebook, customised with your own personal name initial. Great for a woman, girl or lady looking for a custom journal, that's personalised with a letter from your name. A customized notebook, for you to enjoy and a personalized journal for your personalised needs! With its flowery design this stripey note book may be particularly popular with women, ladies, girls or anyone who likes this style! Great for writing, planning, doodling, journaling, note taking and keeping track of your ideas, plans, doodles, notes and thoughts.
Author: Carol Strickland Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 9780740768729 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 220
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Like music, art is a universal language. Although looking at works of art is a pleasurable enough experience, to appreciate them fully requires certain skills and knowledge." --Carol Strickland, from the introduction to The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern * This heavily illustrated crash course in art history is revised and updated. This second edition of Carol Strickland's The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern offers an illustrated tutorial of prehistoric to post-modern art from cave paintings to video art installations to digital and Internet media. * Featuring succinct page-length essays, instructive sidebars, and more than 300 photographs, The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern takes art history out of the realm of dreary textbooks, demystifies jargon and theory, and makes art accessible-even at a cursory reading. * From Stonehenge to the Guggenheim and from Holbein to Warhol, more than 25,000 years of art is distilled into five sections covering a little more than 200 pages.
Author: Adrian Sassoon Publisher: Getty Publications ISBN: 0892361735 Category : Decorative arts Languages : en Pages : 221
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This volume documents the Getty Museum's important holdings of Vincennes and Sèvres porcelain. Entries are arranged in chronological order and include descriptions, commentary, and a complete bibliography and exhibition list. Every object is illustrated in color and all incised and painted marks are reproduced. The volume also includes an index of painters, gilders, and previous owners.
Author: Adrian Frutiger
Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Author: Riva Castleman
Author: Inspirationzstore Personalize Notebooks
Author: Great Britain. Yellow Fever Commission (West Africa)
Author: Carol Strickland
Author: J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Austen Henry Layard
Author: Adrian Sassoon