Art History

Image of Dali's Moustaches: An Act of Homage
Author(s):
Boris Friedewald
Genre(s):
Arts, Artists & Photographers, Art History

Dali's Moustaches: An Act of Homage

January 25, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Cindy Helms

“a remarkable job of taming a wealth of loony and preposterous Dalian information into a fun, well presented, and entirely manageable package.”

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Image of Van Gogh in Provence: Modernizing Tradition
Editor(s):
Sjaar Heuglen
Genre(s):
Art History, Individual Artists, Painting

Van Gogh in Provence: Modernizing Tradition

October 10, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Cindy Helms

Vincent Van Gogh was one of those artists who brought the fullness of his unique character to his lifestyle, his relationships, and his artwork.

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Image of Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art
Author(s):
Judith E. Stein
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Arts, Artists & Photographers, Arts, Design & Photography, Art History

Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art

July 12, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Lew Whittington

Richard Bellamy was the 60s visionary who championed the new wave of American abstract expressionists and who had the first eye for pop-art, minimalism, and performance happenings in the fabled Gre

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Image of Splat!: The Most Exciting Artists of All Time (The Discovery Series, 3)
Author(s):
Mary Richards
Genre(s):
Arts, Design & Photography, Art History

Splat!: The Most Exciting Artists of All Time

June 5, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Rhonda Goldberg Sturtz

Children learn to navigate technology early on these days and have the ability to access information online. Book learning is less common and encyclopedias are extinct.

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Image of Vogue: Like a Painting
Author(s):
Lucy Davies
Genre(s):
Fashion Photography, Art History

Vogue: Like a Painting

January 25, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

Vogue Like a Painting is a love letter to fashion, photography and Vogue itself.

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Image of Art of Steampunk, The: Extraordinary Devices and Ingenious Contraptions from the Leading Artists of the Steampunk Movement
Author(s):
Art Donovan
Genre(s):
Pop Culture, Art History

Art of Steampunk, The: Extraordinary Devices and Ingenious Contraptions from the Leading Artists of the Steampunk Movement

July 28, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Carma Spence

Once upon a time, in a Victorian era that never existed, the world was full of marvelous contraptions that were both functional and beautiful.

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Image of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Author(s):
Stephen Greenblatt PhD
Genre(s):
Art History, History, World, Philosophy

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

July 15, 2011
Reviewed by: 
John F. McDonald

“The composition is precise, learned and detailed, with beautifully crafted prose and a meandering style that keeps the eye fixed on the page.”

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Image of EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art
Author(s):
Kellie Jones
Genre(s):
Art History

EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art

May 5, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Liana Giorgi

Two sides of an equation: the personal and the social; the musical and the social; the visual and the social; the body and the social.

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