Chase-Riboud, Barbara
Summary: "American artist, poet, and novelist Barbara Chase-Riboud (b. 1939), has had an unusually varied and highly successful career across genres and media. As a poet, her work was edited by Toni Morrison and she is a recipient of the Carl Sandburg Prize. As a fiction writer, she was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and her first historical novel, Sally Hemings (1979) was a bestseller. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHASE-RIBOUD, BARBARA CHASummary: The documentary takes an in-depth look at the life and works of Andy Warhol, seeking to discover the real man behind the art and to understand what spawned his creativity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ANDBenke, Britta.
Summary: The art of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is resplendent with color and laden with hidden sensuality. O'Keeffe's reputation rests mainly on the large-format flower pictures that have assured her an unusual place in the annals of art, between realism and abstraction. This book traces O’Keeffe's idiosyncratic career, while the numerous full-color illustrations document the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 BENDavis, Lynn
Summary: Presents the story of how an eccentric young artist became the inventor of the first telegraph system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MORSummary: In this film essay, multimedia artist Laurie Anderson presents a monologue touching upon her relationship with her rat terrier Lolabelle, the death of her mother, the heightening of surveillance following 9/11, and other topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HEASummary: International art sensation Keith Haring blazed a trail through the legendary art scene of '80s New York and revolutionized the worlds of pop culture and fine art. Haring's message targeted the underlying threat of violence, sexual exploitation, and political oppression. His art was shown in over one hundred group and solo exhibitions during his lifetime and he continues to be celebrated today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV KEISummary: At 88-years-old, Audrey Flack holds a unique place in the history of contemporary art in America. Feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor, and teacher, Audrey's often controversial 40-year career evolved from abstract expressionism in the '50s to photorealism in the '70s. One of the first women ever included in the famed Janson's History of Art, Audrey continues to create, explore, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC QUESummary: John James Audubon's story is dramatic and surprising. He was not born in America, but saw more of the North American continent than virtually anyone alive. His growing apprehension about the destruction of nature became his prophecy. As an artist and naturalist his achievements were monumental. John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature creates a meaningful portrait of Art and Science in the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOHSummary: Profiles pioneering artist and chef Jim Denevan, founder of Outstanding in the Field, a radical alternative to the conventional dining experience. The documentary intimately reveals Denevan's artistic and culinary gifts with land art in epic geometric formations alongside grand dinners in beautiful natural settings. Instead of bringing the food to the restaurant, Outstanding in the Field has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MANPerl, Jed
Summary: Alexander Calder is one of the most beloved and widely admired artists of the twentieth century. Anybody who has ever set foot in a museum knows him as the inventor of the mobile, America's unique contribution to modern art. But only now, forty years after the artist's death, is the full story of his life being told in this biography,which is based on unprecedented access to Calder's letters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017