Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+6603+4294967200&No=70 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637403 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=573222 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637407 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=530189 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1236554 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=547179 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=554555 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=566936 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=568606 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=517582 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=573119 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=546345 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=568092 This book - the first retrospective publication of Flavins art since 1969 - features the artists most significant light works, beginning with a pivotal series of constructed boxes with attached incandescent or fluorescent lights, called icons, made from 1961 to 1963. These icons demonstrate the influence of painters such as Barnett Newman as well as object makers such as Marcel Duchamp. Works spanning Flavins career are discussed in depth, including examples that integrate light with the surrounding space and show the particular characteristics of blended fluorescent light, large-scale installations, and constructed corridors. The book also features reproductions of Flavins drawings, which reveal his thought processes, working methods, and the wider range of his interests. Three critical essays offer overviews and new interpretations of Flavins work, while an extensive chronology, comprehensive bibliography, and exhibition history present scholarly data never before available. In addition, this book includes Flavins seminal text ...in daylight or cool white. an autobiographical sketch, originally published in Artforum in 1965, and two interviews with the artist - one from 1972 and the other from 1982. With many new color reproductions, Dan Flavin: A Retrospective captures the artists challenging contribution to twentieth-century art and will be the authoritative volume on Flavin for years to come.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=822417 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=602220 The renowned American impressionist Childe Hassam built his reputation on light-filled images depicting the streets of New York and New Englands coastal resorts. During his sojourns in the West, he painted at least sixty images ranging from portraits and still lifes to landscapes and seascapes in oil, watercolor, and pastel. Childe Hassam: Impressionist in the West explores this significant, but little known, body of work in the context of the artists entire oeuvre and larger developments in modern art at the turn of the century. This richly illustrated catalogue investigates how Hassams images of the West mirror a number of his personal and professional concerns; provides insights into technical aspects of his work, which he tended to adapt to the subject and circumstances at hand; and looks at how the West appealed to the artists broader interests and concerns, such as his desire to create an art that was purely American in both content and style.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=673005 This illustrated and long-awaited book will introduce you to the revolutionary work in glass by artist Tom Patti. Evocative photographs of Pattis sculptures offer tantalizing glimpses of a hidden world. They reveal interior landscapes pulsing with energy, and sensuous shapes frozen in glass. Insightful essays by noted authors and critics William Warmus and Donald Kuspit explore Pattis innovative career.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=553363 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=571155 Renowned ceramist Adelaide Alsop Robineau (1869-1929) is considered one of the greatest ceramic artists of the twentieth century. Principally known for her porcelain Arts and Crafts Era pieces, Robineau was a pioneering artist and educator. Only an Artist offers a look at Robineaus art with a special focus on her later artwork, pieces that reveal an innovative ceramic design that does not become common until twenty years after her death. Only an Artist guest curator and essayist Thomas Piche Jr. has brought to light the seldom discussed last decade of Robineaus life. Prominent Art Pottery scholar Ellen Paul Denker offers an analysis of the artists influence and legacy, while exploring her role as an educator. Dr. Elizabeth Fowler, a professor at Syracuse University, places Robineau and her work among historic ceramics and the international art movements of early twentieth-century design.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=517812 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657474 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=672847 Currents of Change was written in conjunction with an exhibition of fine and decorative arts - assembled from public and private collections - representing the Mississippi Valley during a time of unprecedented economic and technological change. This fully illustrated catalogue contains 150 colored illustrations and 44 black-and-white photographs.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637418 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=566686 Cold wars. Hot babes. Cool spies. Warm flesh. Good vibes. VideoHounds Groovy Movies is an enlightening, entertaining, eye-opening excursion to more than 200 of the most intriguing and extreme works in cinematic history -- films so weird, so wacky, so cool, theyre guaranteed to make jaws drop even today. More was in the air than complicated espionage and arresting cleavage. These celluloid time capsules from the Age of Aquarius are mind-blowing in their diversity. To this labor of love, Irv Slifkin brings years of movie-reviewing expertise as co-editor of the massive Movies Unlimited Video Catalog. Groovy Movies includes 125 extremely cool photos and a foreword from legendary filmmaker Roger Corman. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=479666 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=572883 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=675344 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=613946 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=461814 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=512212 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=461815 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=501429 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=546654 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=466948 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=573228 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=550349 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=581356 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=613944 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=492943 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=477912 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817223 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=450316 Kara Walker: Narratives of a Negress presents a comprehensive overview of Walkers work, beginning with her first cut-paper wall installation, Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it Occurred between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart, 1994, through new multimedia installations that feature layers of colored projections. The 1996 series of twenty-four watercolors, Brown Follies, is reproduced in full, as are many views of Walkers past exhibitions. Throughout the book is a selection of Walkers writings printed as they appear typed on index cards. These writings reveal a rarely seen side of the artist, whose words are as provocative as her installations and drawings. Also included are four essays that discuss Walkers place in art history, formal and narrative dimensions of her work, her relation to culture at large, and issues of race, sexuality, and representation addressed in her art.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=479753 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=501428 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637406 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=461302 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=482348 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=472123 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=566937 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=470265 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=442486 Japanese prints have enthralled collectors in the West since the middle of the nineteenth century, when woodblock prints of landscapes, courtesans, kabuki actors, and warriors introduced the floating world of Edo period (1615-1868) Japan to an international audience. Masterful Illusions presents the collection of Anne van Biema, who began acquiring prints in the early 1960s. In contrast to collectors who have set out to form comprehensive representations of the varied artistic schools and subjects of Japanese prints, Anne van Biema has collected prints that interest her aesthetically and subjects that appeal to her imagination. The 332 prints included in this book reflect her fascination with dynamic and imaginative themes drawn from kabuki theater, history, and legend. In Masterful Illusions, scholars discuss major themes of the prints as they elucidate the historic, economic, and cultural environment of the Edo period. Essays by Donald Keene and Andrew Gerstle describe kabuki in Edo and Osaka, two major centers for theaters and print publishing. Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton writes on the history of warrior prints in the Edo period. Joshua Mostow discusses poetry and classical literature as the inspiration for many of the most evocative prints in the collection. Detailed commentary on 138 prints includes new translations of texts and interpretative analysis that sheds light on the prints and their meaning in a world that has long since disappeared. Masterful Illusions will appeal to those interested in Japanese art, history, theater, and literature.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=454050 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=453718 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=431036 This volume examines the American re-emergence of tempera painting in the mid-20th century, when the medium experienced a renaissance in the work of a large number of American artists, including Thomas Hart Benton, Paul Cadmus, Jacob Lawrence, and Andrew Wyeth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=422222 Best known for recasting familiar objects in unfamiliar textures, media, and dimensions, Claes Oldenburg has long challenged his audience to rethink the everyday with works such as French Fries and Ketchup (1963) and Soft Toilet (1966). Oldenburgs masterful drawings reveal another facet of this pioneering artist, inviting viewers to enter his fantasy as they explore Oldenburgs relationship with the medium, from sensitive early explorations to veteran campaigns as a refined and accomplished draftsman. Drawing is crucial to Oldenburgs art: drawings note the beginning of an idea; they develop the thought; they give birth to his sculptures. The medium offers a flexibility particularly suited to the artists extraordinary visions, enhancing the effectiveness of his manipulations of scale and perspective in sculpture. Pieces such as Proposed Colossal Monument for Central Park North, N.Y.C.- Teddy Bear (1965); Various Positions of a Giant Lipstick to Replace the Fountain of Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London (1966); Proposal for a Cathedral in the Form of a Colossal Faucet, Lake Union, Seattle (1972); and Blueberry Pie a la Mode, Sliding down a Hill (1996) usher viewers into a chimerical world of the mundane made significant.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=427101 From the publisher of Old Cars Weekly.-- In-depth coverage of collector cars from 1946 through 1975-- More than 2,800 photos including 16 full-color pages to illustrate and identify favorite marques, models, and styles http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=433043 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=442303 This work covers over 300 syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired through 1962. To be included in the book, a series must have included one or more characters who regularly appeared in occupations or avocations that fought against espionage, theft, murder, and other criminal activities. Each entry includes the name of the series, air dates (stations and times are noted), the sponsor, number of known extant episodes, cast information (such as the directors, writers, composers, announcers, lead actors and supporting actors), and a brief synopsis.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=407064 Nearly 600 films have used Nevada as a backdrop, ranking it in the top five states used as locations. From the lights of Las Vegas to the barren Black Rock Desert, filmmakers have made good use of the states varied settings and spectacular scenery. Here is the complete reference to films made in the Silver State. Alphabetically arranged entries provide technical information such as production company and release date, credits for cast and crew, and notes on the location. Interesting on-the-set anecdotes enliven the text, along with a generous assortment of photos. Special features include six useful appendices: Awards and Nominations; Alternative Titles; Nevada Themed Films (movies set but not filmed in Nevada); Film Chronology; Films by Location; and Films Available on Videocassette. A bibliography and exhaustive index round out this comprehensive reference.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=765816 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=493160 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=493167 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=426937 The culmination of Henry Francis du Ponts lifelong vision and passion for collecting, the Winterthur Museum houses the premier collection dedicated to American decorative arts. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Winterthur, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, presents an incomparable selection of masterpieces chosen according to the very principles espoused by du Pont himself: rarity, beauty, historical association and provenance. The result, An American Vision, offers an array of the vast riches of this remarkable museum.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=456883 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=424143 The definitive guide to the most significant independent and foreign films on both video and DVD. In addition to a list of must-see films in a variety of genres, the guide includes hundreds of listings with commentary and details, including release date and cast, and special DVD features. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=433321 Fifty graphic masterpieces representing the American artistic tradition from the 1880s to the 1980s are showcased in this volume, including the work of such renowned artists as Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper, Stuart Davis, Jacob Lawrence, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein. Life portraits of well-known Americans, from politicians and inventors to writers, artists, and musicians are represented. Theodore Roosevelt, W. C. Fields, Alice B. Toklas, Igor Stravinsky, Stokely Carmichael, Truman Capote, and Robert F. Kennedy number among them. In her introductory essay for Eye Contact, Wendy Wick Reaves analyzes the history of twentieth-century portraiture in America and the changing role of drawing within it. Bernard F. Reilly Jr. follows with an essay about the intellectual developments that influenced artists conceptualization of the figure. The volume also contains in-depth essays by Reaves and twelve other art historians on each of the highlighted National Portrait Gallery treasures. What emerges are rich, wonderful stories: Gaston Lachaise capturing an exuberant Hart Crane dancing nude with his hands clapping over his head; William Zorach drawing Edna St. Vincent Millay for Century magazine just after the young poet won the Pulitzer Prize; Beauford Delaney remembering James Baldwin after an intense, decades-long, mentoring friendship; Andy Warhol and Jamie Wyeth portraying each other, relishing their supposedly antithetical roles as the Patriarch of Pop and the Prince of Realism.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=463249 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=436823 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=430321 Published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition of Blasss career at the Indiana University Art Museum, this lavish presentation presents more than 250 of his most important ensembles, beginning with his earliest work for Anna Miller and Maurice Rentner in the 1950s and 60s, continuing through the creation of his own label in 1970, and closing with pieces from his final collection for spring 2000. From early in his career, Blass became known for creating simple, uncontrived, yet luxurious clothing. He combined flawless tailoring and a fascination with mens-wear fabrics with an instinctive understanding of what his loyal customers wanted. The result was a very modern, American chic, characterized by casual sophistication and self-confident, even defiant, personal style.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=436820 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=443006 Calligraphy is often regarded as the purest manifestation of an artists inner character and level of cultivation, as well as the expression of his soul, thoughts, and feelings. This publication presents some fifty-eight Japanese works, almost all calligraphy, from the remarkable collection formed over the last forty years by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, literary scholars who became enraptured by the Japanese art of the brush. Their holdings, virtually unique outside Japan, not only embody a fundamental aspect of Japanese culture but also testify to the growing sophistication of Americans engagement with other cultures. Spanning more than a thousand years from the Nara period (710-784) through the nineteenth century, the material includes sublime early sutras, or transcriptions of the Buddhas discourses; an extraordinary mandala that is perhaps the finest example of its kind in the West; seminal works by such renowned figures as Myoe, Koetsu, Muso, Konoe, and Daishin; engaging letters and poems that illuminate courtly life; and powerful graphic statements by Zen monk-artists.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=441659 The author presents a rich history of the crayon manufacturers Binney and Smith Company, a chronology of changes made in crayon colors and packaging through the years, descriptions and current values, and other interesting facts and trivia about Crayola crayons. 380 color photos. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=417908 Joan Mitchell was one of the preeminent painters of the Abstract Expressionist episode in American art. During the prime decades of her career, the 1950s through the 1980s, she produced a body of ambitious, lyrical, and often bravura oil paintings which rank with those achieved by her mentors, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. It is the ambition of The Paintings of Joan Mitchell to introduce Mitchells life and work to a far wider audience than has ever been exposed to her contribution. The Paintings of Joan Mitchell is published on the occasion of a major exhibition of Mitchells work at the Whitney Museum of American Art, mounted ten years after her death. It is perhaps only now that we are able to tell her story both as an artist and as a brilliant, complex, and sometimes turbulent woman. Many aspects of Mitchells career that have been virtually unknown to the American audience are revealed here from different perspectives by authors Jane Livingston, Linda Nochlin, and Yvette Y. Lee. These texts, together with many previously unpublished images, offer a riveting narrative and a powerful visual experience.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=406597 A celebration of Americas romance with baseball, this is the official companion volume to the National Baseball Hall of Fames unprecedented national traveling exhibition. Over 200 archival photos. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=433046 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=443169 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=433040 Featuring over 500 illustrations and numerous drawings and sketches, this beautifully illustrated edition appraises Frank Lloyd Wrights distinctive leaded glass windows and accompanies a traveling exhibition opening at the American Craft Museum in New York, May 2001. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=395259 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743068 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=408151 For the past two decades, African-American vernacular art of the South - noted for its powerful imagery and colorful palette - has attracted growing art-world interest. This book and its accompanying exhibition, organized by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Exhibitions International, present an extraordinary collection of contemporary work that serves as testimony to the continuing struggle for social justice, cultural identity, and spiritual and personal fulfillment experienced by Southern African Americans. Drawn from the collection of Ronald and June Shelp, more than 100 paintings, drawings, and sculptures by twenty-seven self-taught black artists are represented. They range from the most celebrated practitioners - such as Thornton Dial Sr., Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Mose Tolliver, and Purvis Young - to less known but no less fascinating figures such as Archie Byron, J. B. Murray, Lorenzo Scott, and Georgia and Henry Speller. The largest group of works are by Dial and by members of his extended family - Arthur Dial, Richard Dial, Thornton Dial Jr., and Ronald Lockett - permitting a survey of the inter-connections within this Alabama dynasty of artists.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=401375 The preeminent private collection of American folk art now becomes public, and the event is cause for rejoicing among art lovers. Showcasing more than 400 outstanding works that comprise the Ralph Esmerian gift to the American Folk Art Museum in New York, this sumptuous volume celebrates traditional American folk art in all its vibrant diversity. Combining new research, never-before-published color photographs, and detailed entries on each artwork, American Radiance is indispensable for students and collectors, yet broadly appealing to the folk art market. The book celebrates the opening of the Museums new building, where the Esmerian Collection is the widely publicized inaugural exhibition.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=481343 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=431706 These Native American works were selected by Kay WalkingStick (art, Cornell U.), a Cherokee painter who can boast being the first Native American included in Jansons History of Art. The Heard has collected 3,600 pieces by 20th-century Native artists and 47 are displayed here, works by such artists as Fred Kabotie, Helen Hardin, Norman Akers, Andrew Van Tsinajinnie, Patrick Robert Desjarlait, George Morrison, Carl Sweezy, Faye Heavyshield, and Truman Lowe. The exhibit runs from November 2, 2002-March 9, 2003. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=433332 The comprehensive survey begins with colonial portraiture and then traces the emergence and development of a national fine arts tradition. There are masterpieces of painting, sculpture, and drawing as well as exquisite examples of American furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and textiles. Architectural presentations include the magnificent marble facade of the Branch Bank of the United States and the living room of a Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie-style house. Visitors to the Museum and all lovers of American art will treasure this volume, a record of the artistic achievement of the United States through the centuries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=366836 Folk art has been part of the American idiom for nearly as long as America has been a nation. Today it remains one of the best-loved and most fervently collected forms of American art, a diverse and authentic vernacular expression. American Folk presents over sixty remarkable objects from one of the countrys most prominent collections of folk art, many of them never before published. Included are paintings, carvings, textiles, prints, frakturs, furniture, and utilitarian objects, dating from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. They range from such masterpieces as Erastus Salisbury Fields lush The Garden of Eden, E. L. Georges surrealistic Child in a Rocking Chair, a complex, monumental quilt by the former slave Harriet Powers, and Wilhelm Schimmels extraordinary carved animals, to a remarkable assortment of whirligigs, windmills, decorated chests, figurines, and even carousel dogs. The introductory essay by Gerald W. R. Ward discusses the elusive notion of folk art itself and presents the history of the collections acquisition by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lavishly illustrated in full color, American Folk is a vibrant and engaging introduction to one of our proudest cultural traditions.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=479763 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=376022 Winslow Homers luminous watercolor seascapes and highly spirited portraits of children and outdoorsmen are some of the most recognizable and cherished works in the history of American art. This catalogue, published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition, examines his pictures from the 1870s, the least-studied period of this perennially popular American artist. Debunking the common myth that Homer worked in isolation, Margaret Conrads reveals him as a controversial artist who was an integral part of the dizzying New York art scene of the 1870s. Indeed, Homer was the American artist most frequently discussed by the press at this time - often with simultaneous commendation and vilification. By viewing Homers works of the 1870s through the lens of contemporaneous criticism, the author explains how and why the painter embodied the critics high hopes for an art that expressed national values. She finds reflected in his vivid images an ongoing struggle to meet these expectations, even as he challenged and helped to redefine the artistic conventions governing American aesthetics. This handsome volume is a remarkable record of an important period not only in Winslow Homers career but also in the fascinating art world of late-nineteenth-century America.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=422215 This book accompanies the first-ever exhibition in the UK of the work of American artist Dale Chihuly. Chihulys glass is richly coloured, extravagantly formed, and enormously varied, ranging from Chandeliers to Reeds, Seaforms to Macchias. Both the exhibition and the book reveal Chihulys development over the last thirty years. Chihulys glass is technically and sculpturally ambitious and often on a scale unmatched by any other artist. Drawing on the museums historic Renaissance collections and expertise, the book also explores the development of the Venetian glass workshop and Chihulys enormous influence in introducing it and Venetian glassmakers to the United States. It also includes a brief resume of his career and an assessment of his art and its significance.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=358122 This illustrated book celebrates the fortieth anniversary of Jacqueline Kennedys emergence as Americas first lady and explores her enduring global influence on style and fashion. An in-depth look at the clothes and the era demonstrates how Jacqueline Kennedy became the beacon of style, whose legacy is still with us today. This book presents a selection of gowns, suits, dresses, and accessories from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum against a backdrop of personal notes, artifacts, and anecdotes provided by such White House insiders as historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and horticulturist and friend of the first lady, Rachel Lambert Mellon. Combining original and new photography, the volume presents images of the first lady that have rarely been seen, as well as photographs that have become a part of the national consciousness. This unique perspective on the Kennedy White House years reveals the impact Jacqueline Kennedy had on the world, on Americas vision of itself, and on the role played by the first lady in the life of the nation.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=493766 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=405445 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=380533 Showcases the artists who captured the crises and triumphs of a changing America. Includes lavish color reproductions of Thomas Hart Bentons Midwest, Jacob Lawrences Harlem, Paul Cadmuss hilarious satires of American life, and more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=395256 The color-drenched gardens and sun-dappled nudes by Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) have long been loved by admirers of American Impressionism, and his paintings are treasured in museum collections across the country. This volume - with more than one hundred color and almost eighty black-and-white plates - is the first ever devoted to his work. It is being published in conjunction with the artists first retrospective. A biographical overview and a detailed chronology by the artists grandson, including vintage photographs, provide much new information and correct several misconceptions about Friesekes life and career. Three essays by leading scholars discuss the diverse stages of his work and place it in art historical context, detailing his experience as a student at Whistlers atelier in Paris and as a central member of the group of American expatriates who settled in Giverny, France, near the French master Monet. The book casts new light on Frieseke, American Impressionism, and the art world at the turn of the last century.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=436598 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=380531 A diverse presentation of outstanding 20th-century art. Superbly reproduced, it includes the work of esteemed modernists Joseph Stella, Georgia OKeefe, Max Weber, Jan Matulka, and others. Absoring text brings the art to life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=366025 Georgia OKeeffe was one of America s pre-eminent artists, and the first to experiment with abstraction, though she never abandoned her deep response to and observation of nature. Enormously popular, she became identified and respected as an independent spirit for both her art and her life. This book explores the significance of OKeeffes collection of her own work. Approximately 75 seminal works, dating from about 1910 to the end of the 1960s document the range and quality of the art that OKeeffe either chose to retain in her estate or consciously distributed in her lifetime as bequests. It provides a unique perspective from which to understand OKeeffe as artist and collector.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=433310 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=386552 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=414847 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=414821 Published in conjunction with an exhibit of works by engraver Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) and sculptor Willem Danielsz van Tetrode, probably born in Delft around 1525, that showed at various museums in the US between October 2001 and May 2002. There is no index. Distributed in the US by Yale University Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=410519