Glubok, Shirley.
Summary: A survey of American art from 1940 to the present which includes "white writing," action painting, abstract expressionism, op art, pop art, stabiles, and kinetic sculpture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1976
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 709 GLUPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Contents: Essays. Collecting the image of America : Charles Willson Peale's The artist in his museum and Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre / Judith Russi Kirshner -- Painting the image of America : portraiture and genre in the 19th century / Elizabeth Milroy -- Americans in the landscape / D. Scott Atkinson -- American impressionism / Elizabeth Milroy -- America and the modernist spirit / D....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Museum of American Art 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.73 PROHopkins, David
Summary: "A beautifully illustrated, new edition of this pioneering study of art since 1945. Focussing mainly on the relationship between American and European Art, this book offers an up-to-date introduction to the major artists and movements of recent years."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.04 HOPSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
Pincus, Julie
Summary: Detroit's unique and partly abandoned cityscape has scarred its image around the world for decades. But in the last several years journalists have begun to view the city through a different lens, focusing on the wide range of contemporary artists finding inspiration amid the emptiness and adding a more complex chapter to the story of a city long labeled as a haunting symbol of U.S. economic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Painted Turtle Book 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 DETKovel, Ralph M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.1 KOVFig, Joe
Summary: Twenty-four painters, video, mixed- media artists, sculptors, photographers reveal highly idiosyncratic production tools, techniques, quotidian habits, strategies for getting work done: music they listen to; hours they keep; relationships with gallerists, curators, friends, family, fellow artists that sustain them outside the studio.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.2 FIGSummary: 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).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ARTZellman, Michael David, comp.
Contents: v. 1. 1688-1842 -- v. 2. 1842-1874 -- v. 3. 1874-1930.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers in association with American Art Analog 1986
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 759.13 AMEZellman, Michael David, comp.
Contents: v. 1. 1688-1842 -- v. 2. 1842-1874 -- v. 3. 1874-1930.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers in association with American Art Analog 1986
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 759.13 AMESummary: 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 MANSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV KEIZellman, Michael David, comp.
Contents: v. 1. 1688-1842 -- v. 2. 1842-1874 -- v. 3. 1874-1930.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers in association with American Art Analog 1986
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 759.13 AMEKane, Brian M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flesk Publications 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BAMA KANLindey, Christine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1980
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 LINAdes, Dawn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 AdesSummary: "Illustrated with 70 color images of visually powerful historical and contemporary works, this book--which accompanies an exhibition of the same title opening in August 2013 at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York--reveals how Anishinaabe (also known in the United States as Ojibwe or Chippewa) artists have expressed the deeply rooted spiritual and social dimensions of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian 2013
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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 SLOThomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abradale Press 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 758.9978 HASJohnson, Jay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 1983
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.22 JOHBritton, Crystal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1996