Art from Cape Cod

Art from Cape Cod
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Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0764351346
ISBN-13 : 9780764351341
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Art from Cape Cod by : Deborah Forman

The Cape Cod Museum of Art's 2,000-piece collection of the works of more than 500 artists tells a fascinating story. This book highlights 122 artists and their works, which are included in this fine collection that has been built over three decades. Artists have had a rich tradition on Cape Cod, including the long-standing art colony in Provincetown that has drawn thousands of artists to this grand land. On the occasion of its 35th anniversary, the museum celebrates these artists who created pristine realism, impressionistic landscapes, insightful portraits, luminous still lifes, modernist paintings and sculptures, abstract adventures, and dramatic photographs, drawings, and prints. Along with the images, biographies of the artists, who represent the major art movements of the last 150 years, give insight into their remarkable talents and accomplishments, and a perspective on the creative culture on Cape Cod.

Coming to My Senses

Coming to My Senses
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Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9781101906651
ISBN-13 : 1101906650
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Coming to My Senses by : Alice Waters

The New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America's most influential restaurant. When Alice Waters opened the doors of her "little French restaurant" in Berkeley, California in 1971 at the age of 27, no one ever anticipated the indelible mark it would leave on the culinary landscape—Alice least of all. Fueled in equal parts by naiveté and a relentless pursuit of beauty and pure flavor, she turned her passion project into an iconic institution that redefined American cuisine for generations of chefs and food lovers. In Coming to My Senses Alice retraces the events that led her to 1517 Shattuck Avenue and the tumultuous times that emboldened her to find her own voice as a cook when the prevailing food culture was embracing convenience and uniformity. Moving from a repressive suburban upbringing to Berkeley in 1964 at the height of the Free Speech Movement and campus unrest, she was drawn into a bohemian circle of charismatic figures whose views on design, politics, film, and food would ultimately inform the unique culture on which Chez Panisse was founded. Dotted with stories, recipes, photographs, and letters, Coming to My Senses is at once deeply personal and modestly understated, a quietly revealing look at one woman's evolution from a rebellious yet impressionable follower to a respected activist who effects social and political change on a global level through the common bond of food.

50 Artists: Highlights of the Broad Collection

50 Artists: Highlights of the Broad Collection
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Publisher : Delmonico Books
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 1942884729
ISBN-13 : 9781942884729
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis 50 Artists: Highlights of the Broad Collection by : Joanne Heyler

Assembling the voices of cultural leaders and curators, this book shares their insights on some of The Broad collection's most celebrated artists and works For decades, art patrons and philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad have sought to foster public appreciation of postwar and contemporary art. Before founding The Broad museum in Los Angeles, their collection was made accessible by loaning artworks to institutions around the world through The Broad Art Foundation. Since 1984, more than 8,600 loans from The Broad collection have been made to over 500 museums and galleries. In 2015, The Broad collection found a permanent home when The Broad museum opened on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles in a now iconic building designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The Broad's permanent collection boasts works from artists such as John Baldessari, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Barbara Kruger, Roy Lichtenstein, Julie Mehretu, Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol, among others. In this book, writers and curators give an overview of the very best of The Broad's vast collection, including in-depth essays on five works that have come to define the experience of visiting the museum. This book enriches our understanding of The Broad's art and architecture while also provoking, inspiring and fostering appreciation of art of our time.

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART.

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART.
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Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1073978918
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. by : Patterson Sims

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 0300063415
ISBN-13 : 9780300063417
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by : Boston, Mass. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

"This book takes you through the collection gallery by gallery, illuminating the art and installations in each room"--From preface.

Annual Report

Annual Report
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 510
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105019655401
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Annual Report by : National Endowment for the Arts

Reports for 1980-19 also include the Annual report of the National Council on the Arts.

Citizen 13660

Citizen 13660
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0295959894
ISBN-13 : 9780295959894
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Citizen 13660 by :

Mine Okubo was one of 110,000 people of Japanese descent--nearly two-thirds of them American citizens -- who were rounded up into "protective custody" shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660, her memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, was first published in 1946, then reissued by University of Washington Press in 1983 with a new Preface by the author. With 197 pen-and-ink illustrations, and poignantly written text, the book has been a perennial bestseller, and is used in college and university courses across the country. "[Mine Okubo] took her months of life in the concentration camp and made it the material for this amusing, heart-breaking book. . . . The moral is never expressed, but the wry pictures and the scanty words make the reader laugh -- and if he is an American too -- blush." -- Pearl Buck Read more about Mine Okubo in the 2008 UW Press book, Mine Okubo: Following Her Own Road, edited by Greg Robinson and Elena Tajima Creef. http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/ROBMIN.html