Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+6603+6634+4294963622 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1112558 9th edition of the International Art Biennale titled Spaces - Identity - Times dedicated to the conceptual understanding of how the constructed, physical and material globalized cities have displaced the urban, cultural and social anthropological places constructed through social interactions and how these urban centers can be preserved. Numerous individual and collective of artists worked in situ in 20 simultaneous venues all over Cuenca that included artworks presented through interventions, digital photography, installations, objects, video art, video-performance, assemblages, and other contemporary media along the traditional artistic expressions that included painting, sculpture and graphic arts. A massive event that includes artists from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=765740 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817216 Global Feminism features more than eight contemporary women artists, working in a wide variety of media, from fifty countries, each offering new perspectives on womens artistic expression in different regions of the world. This book moves the discourse of feminism art toward a new internationalism that emphasizes not only the cultural differences among women but also the ever changing perceptions of feminism.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=822475 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743355 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=822467 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=891316 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743371 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=765742 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=765743 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=765747 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743352 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=765746 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=765778 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637569 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657470 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817196 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743334 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817197 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637415 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657519 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657484 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=672962 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=571183 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=771101 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=603466 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637446 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637434 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=672959 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=602174 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=573224 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657433 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637494 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657431 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637349 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=502176 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=519560 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657459 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=512290 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657460 This guide to the Neue Pinakothek provides an overview of the history of the gallery, as well as the art-historical importance of its collection. It contains 150 coloured plates, each with a short explanatory text.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637352 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=472221 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=594002 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=594000 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=512264 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=593938 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=501415 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=493988 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657515 For the Winthrop collections international debut exhibition, curators at the Fogg Art Museum of the Harvard University Art Museums, headed by Stephan Wolohojian, organized the selection and invited more than sixty specialists to write on artworks in their particular area of expertise. Works include such highlights in their creators oeuvre as Jacques-Louis Davids sketchbooks for The Coronation of Napoleon and the Crowning of Josephine, Theodore Gericaults Mutiny on the Raft of the Medusa, Vincent van Goghs The Blue Cart, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingress Odalisque with the Slave, William Blakes illustrations for the Divine Comedy, Dante Gabriel Rosettis Blessed Damozel, and James Abbott McNeill Whistlers Nocturne in Blue and Silver. In addition, an essay by Wolohojian provides a fascinating and informative description of Winthrop and the growth of his collection.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=493105 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=433326 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=436499 Extensively illustrated, The Catalogue contains an essays and texts written by invited authors from different fields, such as art history, philosophy, or theory. All the artists are represented with illustrations of representative works, selected artists projects and writings chosen to give insight into the processes of creative thought. Artists selected for Documenta include Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Chantal Ackerman, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Frederic Bruly Bouabre, Louise Bourgeois, Stan Douglas, Maria Eichhorn, William Eggleston, Meschac Gaba, Giuseppe Gabellone, David Goldblatt, Thomas Hirschhorn, Pierre Hugyhe, Alfredo Jaar, Bodys Isek Kinglez, , Ryuji Miyamoto, Shirin Neshat, Adrian Piper, Doris Salcedo, Fiona Tan and Nari Ward amongst many others. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657449 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=593998 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=439399 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=454048 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=443166 The Tigers Eye was a journal of art and literature published in nine quarterly issues from 1947 to 1949.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=436820 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=454080 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=452562 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=510359 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=492731 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637488 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=443167 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=456327 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=452563 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=594066 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=713225 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=442939 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=447094 This volume reveals one of the worlds finest private collections of early twentieth-century art. Long known to experts and scholars, the Werner and Gabrielle Merzbacher Collection contains many masterpieces linked by a vivid use of colour. Outstanding works by Cezanne, van Gogh, Picasso, Derain, Matisse, Braque, Nolde, Kirchner, Kandinsky, Klee, Leger, Beckmann and Calder, among many others, and displayed here in all their vibrancy. The eminent colour theorist John Gage examines the works in the collection in the context of colour theory and colour practice in early twentieth-century art, while Stephanie Rachum discusses the genesis and development of the Merzbacher Collection. A series of scholarly catalogue entries by numerous authorities completes this beautiful publication.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=593941 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=428571 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=822398 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=406944 Installations, the Mattress Factorys second retrospective catalog, includes artists statements, photographs, and verbal descriptions of the eighty-seven site-specific works presented during the 1990s. Featuring works by such world-renowned artists as Kiki Smith, John Cage, Ann Hamilton, Greer Lankton, and many others, Installations provides an examination of the philosophical and historical context of installation art, the psychological effect of installations on both artists and viewers, and the role the museum has played in fostering the creative process. A foreword by Sheena Wagstaff and essays by Robert Hobbs, Rita Carter, and Buzz Spector add depth to this remarkable collection.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=452561 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=395598 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=381271 Revised, expanded, and completely redesigned, this new edition of the Guggenheim Museums popular guide to its New York collection is a beautifully produced volume, not only a handy overview of the museums holdings but a concise, engaging primer on 20th-century art. Organized alphabetically the book consists of entries on more than 250 of the most important paintings, sculptures, and other artworks in the collection by artists from Marina Abramovic to Gilberto Zorio. Also included are definitions of key terms and concepts of Modern art, from Action to Non-Objective and beyond. The Guggenheim Museum Collection is beloved for its wealth of masterpieces by leading Modern artists, such as Marc Chagall, Vasily Kandinsky, and Pablo Picasso. Reflecting the recent growth in the collection, this 2001 edition includes new entries on such artists as Matthew Barney, Robert Gober, Ann Hamilton, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Cindy Sherman, among others. The text is by the museums curators as well as prominent authors and scholars, including Dore Ashton, Gary Garrels, and Rosalind Krauss.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=405442 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=713172 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=386547 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=432963 Like some benign infestation, bubbles (and related forms) seem to be springing up everywhere lately in contemporary art. Thin Skin brings together some of the most interesting work involving malleable, inflatable materials, including pieces by James Lee Byars, Charles and Ray Eames, Olafur Eliasson, Tom Friedman, Piero Manzoni, Pipilotti Rist, and Andy Warhol. Thin Skin identifies their current popularity as a function of our new awareness of in-between spaces and of our own bodies as permeable sensors in constant osmotic exchange. An original and thought-provoking accumulation of inflatables. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=479718 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=426378 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=386991 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=395248 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=410421 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=410552 Taking its title and cue from the Wordsworth poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, The Inward Eye assembles together a visceral and enigmatic array of contemporary work that involves looking and seeing on different, and often quite meaningful and personal, levels. From James Lee Byars perfect Slit Moon and Vija Clemins engraving of the ocean surface, to Katharina Fritschs vanitas and Howard Hodgkins painterly memory of a dinner in Italy, the paintings, collages, drawings, sculptures, and installations included herein provide the viewer the opportunity to take pleasure in their beauty and meaning from their profundity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=442934 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=391412 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=327914 Accompanying an international traveling exhibition, this book profiles six key women of the Russian avant-garde. Richly illustrated with documentary photographs and color reproductions of more than 80 artworks, many of which have never before been seen in the West, Amazons of the Avant-Garde brings to life the disparate aesthetic visions of these revolutionary artists, all of whom were seeking, in the words of Olga Rozanova, wholly new bases of artistic creation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=370797 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=351459 This volume will give the reader a notion of the broad range and superb quality of the collection of the Chicago Art Institute. The text consists of a short history of the museum and brief introductory essays that precede the selected catalog of each area of the collection. The main purpose of the book is to showcase the high- quality color reproductions, displayed on oversize (10x12) pages, of the highlights from the collection Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=371336 Featuring pivotal works of 20th-century painting and sculpture, this book handsomely illustrates a selection of the Philadelphia Museum of Arts outstanding modern art collection, accompanied by lively descriptive notes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=386592 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=316965 The period from the 1870s through the 1920s saw the creation of works inspired by romantic literature, Middle Eastern cultures, and masculine landscapes, by artists like John Singer Sargent, Cecilia Beaux, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and Winslow Homer, among others. Fifty-two color plates display paintings (and a few sculptures) on facing pages with descriptive commentary by Prelinger (art history, Georgetown U.). This book represents one of eight exhibitions in Treasures to Go, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, touring the nation through 2002. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=426521 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=376016 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=406943 Modern Contemporary is the first publication to address the extensive holdings of contemporary art in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The book covers an international spectrum of art in a variety of mediums all made within the final two decades of the twentieth century. Organized chronologically and encompassing a prime selection of the Museums recent acquisitions of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, design, prints, film, and video, this rich and varied array of art from 1980 until now offers a virtual compendium of the visual culture of our own time. This lively panorama of stimulating juxtapositions, sequences, and cross references provides more than 550 works of art, the vast majority in full color, demonstrating just how actively the Museum, celebrated worldwide for its incomparable early modern collection, has been acquiring works from the present and the immediate past.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=315103 This companion volume to a major international exhibition views with a fresh eye the crossroads of art: works by realists Homer, Whistler, and Sergent; Impressionists Cezanne, Degas, Gauguin, and Rodin; and revolutionaries Picasso, Matisse, and Mondrian. 500 illustrations, 300+ in full color. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=367073 Caught between the Theatricality of the Baroque and the acute sensibility of Romanticism, art in Rome in the eighteenth century has long been a neglected area of study. The grand scale and spectacular diversity of the period are comprehensively captured for the first time in this definitive history of the period, produced to accompany a major U.S. exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and documenting the work of over 150 artists. With over 450 illustrations, and texts by an outstanding array of experts from around the world, Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century provides a massively authoritative survey of a fascinating era.--BOOK JACKET.