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Andy Warhol Art of Spain Icons of twentieth century design Let's-read-and-find-out science book Lorsque le monde parlait arabe Marvel cinematic universe Masterworks of western art Penguin twentieth-century classics Politics and society in twentieth-century America This is civilizationSummary: This elaborately produced documentary series made up of six episodes plunges into Parisian life at the beginning of the twentieth century, a hotbed of artistic creation with the blossoming of Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism. Through illustrations, animation and stunning original archival footage, the films trace the highs and lows, scandals and celebrations, tragedies, and the triumphs...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ADVBarnitz, Jacqueline.
Summary: "The twentieth-century art of Latin America is art in the western tradition, and its leading figures--Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, to name only a few--have achieved international stature. Yet much of the writing about this art has offered either a victimized view of an art tradition dominated by foreign models or a romanticized view of what Latin American art...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Texas Press 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.8 BARButler, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.02 BUTDolnick, Edward
Summary: As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter, Han van Meegeren, who dared to impersonate Vermeer centuries later. The con man's mark was Hermann Goering, one of the most reviled leaders of Nazi Germany and a fanatic collector of art.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 DOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 759.94 DOLLovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
Summary: Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Phillips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the twentieth century, discarding ghosts and witches and envisioning instead mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. Love craft's preeminent interpreter S. T. Joshi presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOVMundy, Jennifer
Summary: Damaged, attacked, rejected, destroyed, transient - there are many ways that art can become lost. With work by Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Frida Kahlo, Joseph Beuys, John Baldessari, Rachel Whiteread and Lucian Freud, this is a lively look at a often little considered aspect of contemporary art.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 MUNPatton, Sharon F.
Summary: Discusses African American folk art, decorative art, photography, and fine arts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 709 PATSummary: Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon continues his travels from southern to northern Spain, revealing a stunning and informative array of artworks. In this program, he journeys to the provinces surrounding Madrid-where, during the 16th and 17th centuries, many of the world's great artists flourished against a backdrop of imperialism and fervent Catholicism. In Toledo, El Greco's mystical style is...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Hamilton, Shane
Contents: Food and power in the New Deal, 1933-42 -- Chaos, control, and country trucking, 1933-42 -- Food fights in war and peace, 1942-52 -- Trucking culture and politics in the agribusiness era, 1953-61 -- Beef trusts and asphalt cowboys -- The milkman and the milk hauler -- Agrarian trucking culture and deregulatory capitalism, 1960-80.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 HAMSummary: Section one of this program examines the prodigious volume of products created by Tapio Wirkkala, including the 1963 cutlery set called Composition-a testimonial to the artist's love of nature, knowledge of ergonomics, and refined sense of taste. In section two, the sensational Swatch-a pop culture phenomenon-is featured, showing how its styling has helped the Swiss watch industry fight...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Instead of offering an idealized or ennobled vision of humankind, modern art-an instrument of the tumultuous 20th century-communicates chaos, anxiety, and above all, uncertainty. In this program, Matthew Collings contrasts the works of Pablo Picasso with the abstracts of Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian and the architecture of Le Corbusier; tells how the Nazis tried to eradicate modern art's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Dorros, Arthur.
Summary: Explains how ants live and work together to build and maintain their cities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 DORNéret, Gilles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 NERSummary: As life among the aristocracy in Damascus and Baghdad attained its zenith of refinement, another important cultural center was developing in Islamic Cordoba. This program focuses on the remarkable cultural contributions of Ziryab, a talented young musician who fled the East for Andalusia and became the era's preeminent arbiter of style and taste. After creating a popular new form of music and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Judt, Tony
Summary: Offers a narrative of the United States' intellectual history of the past one hundred years by discussing the ideas and thinkers that helped shape the century.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.092 JUDInmann, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 INMStevens, Dana
Summary: "As one of the most famous faces of silent cinema, Buster Keaton was and continues to be revered for his stoic expressions, clever visual gags, and acrobatic physicality in classics such as Sherlock Jr., The General, and The Cameraman. In this spirited biography, every aspect of Buster Keaton's astonishing life is explored, from his humble beginnings in vaudeville with his parents to his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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Summary: A behind-the-scenes examination of the Iran Hostage Crisis paints a portrait of the events leading up to the ordeal as a means for understanding it, drawing parallels to the current war on terrorism. A timely and revealing history of America's first engagement with terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 955.054 FARRosenak, Chuck.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press 1990
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 709.2 ROSSummary: Influenced by the works of Cezanne, African tribal art, and the art of the Iberian peninsula, Cubism-the most influential style of the early 20th century-offered European artists unfamiliar, nonclassical ways to represent form and space. This program examines: Juan Gris' The Breakfast Table
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Alphabetical listing fo 500 artists from Picasso and Warhol to the most innovative contemporary artists. A full-page colour plate of key work from each artist is given, accompanied by a short text.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.04 PHAIrvine, Alexander (Alexander C.)
Summary: "Armed with a super-suit with the amazing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, Scott Lang and his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC IRVSummary: Each section features a lavish double-page image of an influential painting that defines each artistic style. Seminal works of genius are portrayed in their historical context, with attention paid to the culture of the time and the lives of their creators.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 709 ARTSummary: Part 1 of the documentary Andy Warhol delves deep into his impoverished upbringing in Pittsburgh, taking a rare look behind the façade of one of the most famous pop art celebrities in history. An often riveting and deeply moving portrayal, the film examines his early career as a commercial artist in the 1940s, where he produced his renowned silkscreen pop paintings (including the famous...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006