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Art Can Help

By: Robert Adams

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A collection of inspiring essays by the photographer Robert Adams, who advocates the meaningfulness of art in a disillusioned society In Art Can Help, the internationally acclaimed American photographer Robert Adams offers over two dozen meditations on the purpose of art and the responsibility of the artist. In particular, Adams advocates art that evokes beauty without irony or sentimentality, art that "encourages us to gratitude and engagement, and is of both personal and civic consequence." Following an introduction, the book begins with two short essays on the works of the American painter Edward Hopper, an artist venerated by Adams. The rest of this compilation contains texts--more than half of which have never before been published--that contemplate one or two works by an individual artist. The pictures discussed are by noted photographers such as Julia Margaret Cameron, Emmet Gowin, Dorothea Lange, Abelardo Morell, Edward Ranney, Judith Joy Ross, John Szarkowski, and Garry Winogrand. Several essays summon the words of literary figures, including Virginia Woolf and Czeslaw Milosz. Adams's voice is at once intimate and accessible, and is imbued with the accumulated wisdom of a long career devoted to making and viewing art. This eloquent and moving book champions art that fights against disillusionment and despair.

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Yale University Press

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0300229240

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9780300229240

The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive

A Critical Edition

By: Robert Adams

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The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive

A Critical Edition

By: Robert Adams

First published in London in 1816, The Narrative of Robert Adams is an account of the adventures of Robert Adams, an African American seaman who survives shipwreck, slavery, and brutal efforts to convert him to Islam, before being ransomed to the British consul. In London, Adams is discovered by the Company of Merchants Trading which publishes his story, into which Adams inserts a fantastical account of a trip to Timbuctoo. Adams's story is accompanied by contemporary essays and notes that place his experience in the context of European exploration of Africa at the time, and weigh his credibility against other contemporary accounts. Professor Adams's introduction examines Adams's credibility in light of modern knowledge of Africa and discusses the significance of his story in relation to the early nineteenth century interest in Timbuctoo, and to the literary genres of the slave narrative and the Barbary Captivity narrative.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521842840

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9780521842846

Robert Adams: The making of a photographer

By: Robert Adams

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Robert Adams: The making of a photographer

By: Robert Adams

Photographer Robert Adams (b. 1937) is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential chroniclers of the American West, renowned for his austere views of a landscape profoundly changed by human development. This stunning three-volume set--printed with an unprecedented fidelity to the photographer's master prints--accompanies a major traveling exhibition and is the first publication to comprehensively survey Adams's 45-year career. Presenting an epic sequence of nearly 400 tritone plates, this volume features selections from all of Adams's major projects, including his seminal work in the suburbs of Colorado Springs and Denver and his most recent, elegiac portrayals of trees in the Pacific Northwest. Also included is an anthology of texts by the photographer, a series of critical essays on Adams's life and work, and an illustrated bibliography and chronology that will shed new light on one of the central American artists of our time."--Publisher.

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159

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0300141378

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9780300141375

Robert Adams: Los Angeles spring

By: Robert Adams

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By: Robert Adams

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0300141378

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The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive

A Critical Edition

By: Robert Adams

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By: Robert Adams

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Close at Hand

By: Robert Adams

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Close at Hand

By: Robert Adams

A series of beautiful photography books of previously unpublished work by leading and emerging contemporary photographers. Each book in the series contains from 10 to 18 photographs and includes a statement by the photographer. This series belongs in the library of all lovers of fine photography books. The book features previously unknown aspect of Adams' life and work.

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1888899476

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Classical Sociological Theory

By: Bert N. Adams,R A Sydie

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Classical Sociological Theory

By: Bert N. Adams,R A Sydie

A concise, yet surprisingly comprehensive theory text, given the range of ideas, historical context, and theorists discussed. Unlike other books of the type, Classical Sociological Theory focuses on how the pivotal theories contributed not only to the development of the field, but also to the evolution of ideas concerning social life.

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Pine Forge Press

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0761987800

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9780761987802

Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1688-1800, with Other Genealogical and Historical Items

By: Blanche Adams Chapman

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Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1688-1800, with Other Genealogical and Historical Items

By: Blanche Adams Chapman

Owing to an unfortunate error in Clayton Torrence's Virginia Wills and Administrations it is widely believed that the early probate records of Elizabeth City County do not exist. This present volume is in large part a correction of that error, and indeed the bulk of it is devoted to abstracts of the county's wills and administrations for the period 1688 to 1800. As an aid to research in the county (now the independent city of Hampton), this work further includes such items as an index to land patents, the quit rent rolls for 1704, tithables of 1782, soldiers of 1776, marriage records, and lists of burgesses, justices, sheriffs, clerks, surveyors, and much else besides.

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0806309091

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9780806309095

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Art Can Help

Art Can Help

The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive

The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive

Robert Adams: The making of a photographer

Robert Adams: The making of a photographer

Robert Adams: Los Angeles spring

Robert Adams: Los Angeles spring

The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive

The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive

Close at Hand

Close at Hand

Classical Sociological Theory

Classical Sociological Theory

Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1688-1800, with Other Genealogical and Historical Items

Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1688-1800, with Other Genealogical and Historical Items

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