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Architectural drawing Standards Ballet dancers in art Exhibitions Building Details Drawings Standards Degas, Edgar 1834-1917 Criticism and interpretation Degas, Edgar 1834-1917 Exhibitions Painting, American 19th century Exhibitions Schilderijen Standards, Engineering United States Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903 Influence ExhibitionsSummary: "Afro-Atlantic Histories" brings together a selection of more than 400 works and documents by more than 200 artists from the 16th to the 21st centuries that express and analyze the ebbs and flows between Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. The book is motivated by the desire and need to draw parallels, frictions, and dialogues around the visual cultures of Afro-Atlantic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DelMonico Books, ARTBOOK/D.A.P. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704.03 AFRAmerican Institute of Architects
Summary: A reference for building design and construction professionals. The twelfth edition features: up-to-date codes and standards, with over 300 new drawings, tables, and diagrams; new coverage of building resiliency, emphasizing the building envelope; material properties and performance analyses, with expanded materials selection; environmental factors including climate, thermal comfort,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2016
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 720.28 ARCSummary: Dream A World Anew is the stunning gift book accompanying the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. It combines informative narratives from leading scholars, curators, and authors with objects from the museum's collection to present a thorough exploration of African American history and culture. The first half of the book bridges a major gap in our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 DRESummary: "An incisive and illuminating analysis of the enduring legacy of the post-Civil War period known as Reconstruction--a comprehensive story of Black Americans' struggle for human rights and dignity and the failure of the nation to fulfill its promises of freedom, citizenship, and justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 MAKDetroit Institute of Arts
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.09 AFRArt Institute of Chicago
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Institute 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 748.84 CASNational Museum of American History (U.S.)
Summary: "U.S. history gets the star treatment with this essential guide to the Smithsonian's first permanent exhibition on pop culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 ENTContents: Principles and themes -- Introduction: landscape and symbol / Richard F. Townsend -- Pre-Columbian images of time / Anthony F. Aveni -- The persistence of Maya tradition in Zinacantan / Evon Z. Vogt -- Mankind and the earth in America and Europe / Vincent Scully -- The Southwest -- Mimbres art: form and imagery / J.J. Brody -- The architecture of the ancient Southwest / Stephen H. Lekson --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Art Institute of Chicago 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 AncientNorell, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pi Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.909 NORSummary: In 2016, a new exhibit on the work of visionary director Guillermo del Toro will begin at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), before moving on to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and the Minneapolis Museum of Art (MIA). This book will be the perfect accompaniment to the exhibition, which focuses on del Toro’s creative process, including the well-defined themes that he obsessively...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 GUIWolf, Sylvia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Art Institute of Chicago 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770.92 WOLLubar, Steven D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the National Museum of American History, Behring Center 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973 LUBBareau, Juliet Wilson.
Summary: "Surveys the small-scale works painted by Goya throughout his career. It includes all surviving sketches for his tapestry cartoons ... Sketches for his major altarpieces ... The little cabinet pictures of 1793-4 ... The book also discusses and reproduces Goya's tragicomic paintings of witchcraft, the more sombre scenes of violence and resistance ... his celebrated small portraits, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Museo del Prado 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.6 GOYDeVonyar, Jill.
Summary: Seeks to illuminate the themes present in the artist's works, presenting new material about Degas's highly informed relationship with the ballet of the nineteenth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the American Federation of Arts 2002