Arts, Design & Photography

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“Engaging, gorgeous, and thought provoking, this massive tome is a truly landmark example of the synergy between military history and the visual arts.”

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One of our era’s most popular artists and a leading art critic take us on a tour from cave paintings  to computer drawings.

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There have been two excellent, lengthy biographies of director-choreographer Jerome Robbins: Deborah Jowitt’s Jerome Robbins and Amanda Vaill’s Somewhere: A Life of Jerome Robbins

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“it is projects like Rembrandt: Painter as Printmaker that will continue to add to the collective intrigue.”

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“Playing to the Gods is a useful entry into the careers and lives of these two extraordinary artists.”

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“The Grand Medieval Bestiary feels magical, valuable, and important.”

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“Even within its self-imposed limitations this book could have done much more justice to its allegedly dangerous subject matter.”

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As a reviewer and reader there are issues that need to be considered before one attempts to read When Études Become Form, chief among them would be that no fashionphile that was asked abou

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"Some stories are better than the books written about them and, sadly, this is one of them."

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The first thing that the prospective reader must not do is be taken in by this book’s title since many of those included within this list of personalities are either quite the opposite, es

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Don’t be taken in by the title.

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Any reader of the magazine Vanity Fair particularly in the 80’s will be familiar with the glittering cast of celebrities, including celebrity villains, parading the pages of The Vanity

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On Sunday, May 21, 2017, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus gave their final “Greatest Show on Earth” performance in Uniondale, NY.

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Alexander Calder: From the Stony River to the Sky is the catalog publication that accompanies an art exhibit by the same name, staged in rural Great Britain, 150 miles west of L

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If ever there was or is a book that presents a conundrum for a reviewer, this is it; Stephanie Pfriender Stylander: The Untamed Eye is a mystery in so many ways. 

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If you are a fan of Marc Jacobs and his body of work as a designer then it would behoove you to run, not walk, to buy this book.

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Do not be misled by the title of the book as most prospective readers will be expecting a large monograph filled with a plethora of glossy images using clothes from the Chanel archive.

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“If you love animals and are inspired by fine art, this book is a gem. This collection is elegant, simple, and rich with emotion.”

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The Still Life Sketchbook is essentially a blank sketchbook with outstanding illustrations designed to inspire and stimulate productivity in the budding artist.

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“To Survive on This Shore radically widens the range of visible trans experiences.

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“this book is an excellent companion to a survey of photography course, or as an introduction to the evolution of modern visions in photography.”

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“Bill Cunningham was a New York institution, part of what made NYC the fashion capitol of the world.”

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Every major sport in every country has at least one iconic venue associated with it.

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This account of the rise of punk in East Germany is openly the work of a devoted fan of that scene. Tim Mohr is upfront about his emotional investment in the topic.

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There really aren’t enough superlatives to describe this book; Jewelry for Gentlemen is so much more than what one should expect from a book with such a simple title.

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