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Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Alphabet Cats in art Decoration and ornament Animal forms Dogs in art Grammar, Comparative and general Word formation Museum of Broken Relationships (Los Angeles, Calif.) Exhibitions Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) National parks and reserves United States Plays on wordsSummary: "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 AFRFriis-Hansen, Dana
Summary: "At the invitation of the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), in 2013, Alexis Rockman began research for the Great Lakes Cycle, an ambitious suite of paintings and works on paper that the artist created over the course of four years. It will debut in Grand Rapids in 2018 and tour throughout the Great Lakes region"--introduction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 FRIHagens, Gunther von.
Summary: Catalog of Gunther von Hagen's exhibition of human bodies preserved by "plastination"and presented as "natural art" (p. 13). Work also includes a short history of anatomy and essays on ethical perspectives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Institute für Plastination 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Complementing the British Library exhibit, provides an overview of the Hogwarts curriculum, covering thousands of years of magic history and displaying artifacts released from the Library's archives, previously-unseen materials, and items from throughout the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 823 HARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 823 ROWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J823 HARHabsburg, Géza von.
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Publisher / Publication Date: State Hermitage Museum 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 739.2 HABRaúl the Third
Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAUEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 EDSAnderson, Martha G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center for African Art 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 PattonOtoshi, Kathryn
Summary: Little hands can do so many wonderful things: plant ideas; lift spirits; stretch imaginations. This colorful concept book rouses children to use their hands for the good and reach for their dreams.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Dot Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OTOSummary: "The exposure of the body through representations of the nude was one of the most controversial issues in Victorian art. In an era that witnessed a broader audience for art and the development of new reproductive technologies, the nude was implicated in a variety of debates concerning public health and morals, which meant it could not be comfortably contained within the confines of high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 704.9 EXPVis̆tica, Olinka
Summary: The tiny museum that has become an international phenomenon offers a crowdsourced book that celebrates the objects that outlast love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 VISKinchin, Juliet
Summary: Drawing on the wealth of automobile-related design, art and architecture in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Automania takes an in-depth look at an industrial object that changed the world. From its first appearance as a plaything for the rich in the 1890s to its establishment as a utilitarian necessity of modern life, the car has transformed the ways in which we live, work and enjoy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Museum of Modern Art 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704.9 KINSummary: "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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 BeforeEscoffier, Michaël
Summary: What happens when you subtract just one letter from a word? Beginning with "without the A the beast is the best" a pack of silly creatures work their way through the alphabet, subtracting each letter from a different word to alter its meaning and tell a story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ESCLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASChaich, John
Summary: Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community showcases twenty-nine artists who are moving through the narrow space that is gay or straight, biological or social, craft and fine art and doing so explicitly through their work in fiber and textile. Loaded with gender connotations and power hierarchies, fiber-based handicrafts such as crochet, embroidery, knitting, macrame, quilting, and sewing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ammo 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746 CHASummary: This film traces the relationship between the aristocratic painter and the avant-garde culture of the Montmartre neighborhood, using works of art by Lautrec and his colleagues, rare archival footage, and sound recordings and interviews.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOUAnthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTKaplan, Wendy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 KaplanStaub, Michelle
Summary: ""A guide to thread painting pets which consists of a series of tutorials and projects that can be utilized in different ways to create any breed or color of cat or dog"-- Provided by publisher"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stash Books, An Imprint of C&T Publishing 2021
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 746.44 STAContents: Introduction : women envision the West, 1890-1945 / Virginia Scharff -- Searching for selfhood : women artists of Northern California / Susan Landauer -- "Islands on the land" : women traditionalists of Southern California / Patricia Trenton -- The adventuresome, the eccentrics, and the dreamers : women modernists of Southern California / Ilene Susan Fort -- Northwestern exposure / Vicki Halper...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Autry Museum of Western Heritage in association with the University of California Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.18 INDRussell, H. Diane
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Gallery of Art 1990