Summary: Contemporary art reflects the ideas of our time, and artists are the creative role models grappling with today's most timely questions. What is the nature of reality? How do we respond to a world in flux? Why do some historical events shape the way we think today, and why have some been forgotten? Explore these ideas and many more in Season Six of Art in the Twenty-First Century. Spotlights...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2012

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Inmann, Christiane.

Summary: Chronologically arranged, explores civilizations from ancient times to medieval and Renaissance Europe and to modern England and America, examining the depiction of women and the books they read in art.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2009

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Contents: From distant shores -- This other Eden -- Liberty more than life -- Ever westward -- Hand to the plow -- Brother against brother -- The rise of industry -- An eye for beauty -- Seeing the city -- The Harlem renaissance -- South by southwest -- The Great Depression -- Folk traditions -- Americans at midcentury -- The abstract impulse -- Toward the millennium -- Catalogue.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2006

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Summary: Discover the stories, ideas, and methods behind today's most compelling artists; features sixteen artists from North America (Chicago, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Vancouver).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: An anthology exploring the history of the pop art movement, drawn from art magazines, art historical journals, newspapers, and news magazines.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 1997

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Summary: An illustrated history of world art from its earliest beginnings through the end of the twentieth century, grouped by era, and discussing all the major movements in art, architecture, and design.

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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1998

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1998

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Augustin, Marion

Summary: "In this informative graphic novel sequel, two kids and their grandpa continue their adventurous guided exploration of art and civilization beginning with the Renaissance and moving forward into modern art"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Buchwald, Art.

Summary: The humorist shares his reflections on life, death, and laughter as he describes his decision to forgo dialysis treatments, offering insights into the art of living each day to the fullest and reminiscences about his life and career.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006

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Griffin, Jonathan

Summary: A complement to the landmark The Art Book, The 21st-Century Art Book is an accessible guide to best contemporary art made since 2000. Showcasing over 280 artists in alphabetical order, it place established figures like Jeff Wall, Marlene Dumas and Maurizio Cattelan alongside the rising stars of the next generation such as Camille Henrot and Haroon Mirza. International in outlook, it draws...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2014

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Jobin-Leeds, Greg

Summary: "Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the Dream Act, the People's Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street--these are just a few of the initiatives that have taken flight in the past decade, the most fertile and productive era of activism and reform this country has seen since the 1960s. Now, in a visually rich and deeply inspiring book, movement leaders and activists distill...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2016

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Summary: Profiles twelve contemporary artists from three urban centers: Berlin, Johannesburg, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018

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Tatum, Art

Summary: Documents the career of jazz pianist Art Tatum through interviews, rare footage, and photographs.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MVD Visual 2008

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Horn, Art

Contents: The people in your (work) neighborhood: The worrier; The controller; The fake; The attention-seeker; The victim; The prisoner -- Hell is not just other people: The transcendence model; Here comes the judge; Our shaky foundations; How we judge -- Moving from fear to freedom: What's your operating strategy?; A case of disidentification; There goes the judge; A way of being; A better way.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: American Management Association 2004

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Charney, Noah

Summary: Interested in art but feel under-informed? Curious but afraid you might not "get" it? Already a fan and wishing to immerse yourself in a fun, engaging, informative and informed read that will refresh your Art HIstory 101 and Introduction to Art courses from college? The 12-hour Art Expert: Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces avoids the common approach of throwing...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022

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Boericke, Art.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scrimshaw Press 1973

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Hook, Philip

Summary: Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed, and daring of its practitioners. In a richly anecdotal chronological narrative he describes the rise and occasional fall of the extraordinary men and women who over the centuries have made it their business to sell art to kings, merchants, nobles, entrepreneurs, and museums. From its beginnings in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Experiment 2017

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Meister, Cari

Summary: Colorful pictures and simple text describe the kinds of things you might see and do at an art museum.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jump!, Inc. 2016

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Butler, Isaac

Summary: "From the co-author of The World Only Spins Forward comes the first cultural history of Method acting-an ebullient account of creative discovery and the birth of classic Hollywood. On stage and screen, we know a great performance when we see it. But how do actors draw from their bodies and minds to turn their selves into art? What is the craft of being an authentic fake? More than a century...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2022

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Hodge, Susie

Summary: Examines the art of ancient Rome, including painting, mosaic, sculpture, and architecture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Interactive Library 1998

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Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005

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Hodge, Susie

Summary: Examines the art of ancient Egypt, including wall painting, reliefs, buildings, and sculpture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Interactive Library 1998

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Clunas, Craig.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1997

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