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Chicago Cubs

Tinker to Evers to Chance

By: Art Ahrens

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It has been a long time. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance--that "trio of bear cubs" immortalized in poem and enshrined as a unit in Cooperstown--formed the core of a ball club that brought Chicago baseball fans backtoback World Series championships 100 years ago. And fans are still waiting for victory number three. Chicago Cubs: Tinker to Evers to Chance brings the reader back to the notsohalcyon days of spitball pitchers, insidethepark home runs, and an era when raucous fans lined the foul lines, often a little too close for comfort for the visiting ballplayers. Beginning in 1898 with the acquisition of a green Frank Chance and following the team's exploits through the 1916 season, the last for Joe Tinker in a Cubs uniform, this is the story of Wrigleyville's favorite tenants, before there was a Wrigleyville.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738551309

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9780738551302

Chicago Cubs, 1926-1940

By: Art Ahrens

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Chicago Cubs, 1926-1940

By: Art Ahrens

The Chicago Cubs of the mid-1920s through 1940 were one of the most talented and exciting ball clubs the city ever produced. The Northsiders enjoyed 14 consecutive winning seasons and claimed the National League pennant four times (1929, 1932, 1935, and 1938), but fell to a dominant American League club in each World Series appearance. Four legendary baseball names led these Cub teams during this amazing stretch. Three eventually landed in Cooperstown (McCarthy, Hornsby, Hartnett), and many believe the fourth (Grimm) should have joined them. This was also the era when Cubs Park was transformed into Wrigley Field, under the guidance of Bill Veeck Jr., with its trademark bricks and ivy, hand-operated scoreboard, and outfield bleachers.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738539813

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9780738539812

Beyond Babylon

Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Beyond Babylon

Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

This important volume describes the art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588392953

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9781588392954

How New York Became American, 1890–1924

By: Art M. Blake

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How New York Became American, 1890–1924

By: Art M. Blake

Originally published in 2006. For many Americans at the turn of the twentieth century and into the 1920s, the city of New York conjured dark images of crime, poverty, and the desperation of crowded immigrants. In How New York Became American, 1890–1924, Art M. Blake explores how advertising professionals and savvy business leaders "reinvented" the city, creating a brand image of New York that capitalized on the trend toward pleasure travel. Blake examines the ways in which these early boosters built on the attention drawn to the city and its exotic populations to craft an image of New York City as America writ urban—a place where the arts flourished, diverse peoples lived together boisterously but peacefully, and where one could enjoy a visit. Drawing on a wide range of textual and visual primary sources, Blake guides the reader through New York's many civic identities, from the first generation of New York skyscrapers and their role in "Americanizing" the city to the promotion of Midtown as the city's definitive public face. His study ranges from the late 1890s into the early twentieth century, when the United States suddenly emerged as an imperial power, and the nation's industry, commerce, and culture stood poised to challenge Europe's global dominance. New York, the nation's largest city, became the de facto capital of American culture. Social reformers and tourism boosters, keen to see America's cities rival those of France or Britain, jockeyed for financial and popular support. Blake weaves a compelling story of a city's struggle for metropolitan and national status and its place in the national imagination.

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JHU Press

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1421439239

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9781421439235

German Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350-1600

By: Maryan W. Ainsworth,Joshua P. Waterman,Dorothy Mahon,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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German Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350-1600

By: Maryan W. Ainsworth,Joshua P. Waterman,Dorothy Mahon,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Paintings by Renaissance masters Lucas Cranach the Elder, Albrecht Durer, and Hans Holbein the Younger are among the works featured in this lavish volume, the first to comprehensively study the largest collection of early German paintings in America. These works, created in the 14th through 16th centuries in the region that comprises present-day Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, include religious images - such as "Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" by Durer and the double-sided altarpiece "The Dormition of the Virgin" by Hans Schaufelein - as well as remarkable portraits by Holbein and the iconic "Judgment of Paris" by Cranach. In all, more than 70 works are thoroughly discussed and analyzed, making this volume an incomparable resource for the study of this rich artistic period.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588394875

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9781588394873

Sigmar Polke

Works on Paper 1963-1974

By: Margit Rowell,Sigmar Polke,Michael Semff,Bice Curiger,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Sigmar Polke

Works on Paper 1963-1974

By: Margit Rowell,Sigmar Polke,Michael Semff,Bice Curiger,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Sigmar Polke's thirty-five-year career, during which he has produced a vast range of work in all mediums, has earned him a reputation as one of the most significant artists of his generation. Born in 1941, he began his creative output around 1963 in Dusseldorf during a time of enormous social, cultural, and artistic changes in Germany and elsewhere. Few of his works demonstrate more vividly his imagination, sardonic wit, and subversive approach than the drawings, watercolors, and gouaches produced during the 1960s and early 1970s. Embedded in these images are incisive and parodic commentaries on consumer society, the postwar political scene in Germany, and classic artistic conventions.

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0870700820

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9780870700828

The Mask of Socrates

The Image of the Intellectual in Antiquity

By: Paul Zanker,Professor of Ancient Art History Paul Zanker

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The Mask of Socrates

The Image of the Intellectual in Antiquity

By: Paul Zanker,Professor of Ancient Art History Paul Zanker

In this richly illustrated work, Paul Zanker offers the first comprehensive history of the visual representation of Greek and Roman intellectuals. Zanker draws on a variety of source materials such as Graeco-Roman literature, historiography, and philosophy, in addition to artistic renderings; his work takes the reader from the earliest visual images of Socrates and Plato to the figures of Christ, the Apostles, and contemporaneous pagan and civic dignitaries.

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Univ of California Press

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0520201051

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9780520201057

Prague

The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Prague

The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

This catalogue accompanies the Fall 2005 exhibition that celebrates the flowering of art in medieval Prague, when the city became not only an imperial but also an intellectual and artistic capital of Europe. Scholars trace the distinctly Bohemian art that developed during the reigns of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and his sons; the artistic achievements of master craftsmen; and the rebuilding of Prague Castle and of Saint Vitus' Cathedral. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588391612

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9781588391612

From Attila to Charlemagne

Arts of the Early Medieval Period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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From Attila to Charlemagne

Arts of the Early Medieval Period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

This well-illustrated (mainly in bandw) volume was produced in conjunction with the opening of the newly refurbished galleries in the museum. The initial chapters discuss the history of collecting of early medieval objects, with two chapters on J.P. Morgan. The remaining scholarly studies discuss the small luxury and everyday metal objects that make up the exceptional collection at the Met; consideration of the archaeological context is prominent. Individual papers discuss jewelry from various locations, the Vermand treasure, the Domagnano treasure, the Vrap treasure, and an analysis of the Lindau book cover. The contributors are affiliated with academic and museum institutions in the US and Europe. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0870999680

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9780870999680

Art Directors Annual: 90

By: Art Directors Club

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Art Directors Annual: 90

By: Art Directors Club

Continuously published since 1920, the Art Directors Annual is the world's most widely distributed creative awards reference book and source of inspiration, honoring the year's best work in design and advertising around the globe. Every winning entry (including all Cube and Merit winners) is reproduced in full-color with complete credits. The 90th edition includes the NEW ADC Designism (which explores the responsibilities of creatives to drive social and political change through their work), ADC Hybrid, the 2011 ADC Hall of Fame Laureates and the ADC Black Cube for best in show.

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The Art Directors Club

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2940411883

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9782940411887

Drawing from the Modern

1945-1975

By: Jodi Hauptman,Gary Garrels,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Drawing from the Modern

1945-1975

By: Jodi Hauptman,Gary Garrels,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mar. 30-Aug. 29, 2005.

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The Museum of Modern Art

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0870706640

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9780870706646

Contemporary Voices

Works from the UBS Art Collection

By: Ann Temkin,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Contemporary Voices

Works from the UBS Art Collection

By: Ann Temkin,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Catalog of an exhibition held Feb. 4-Apt. 25, 2005.

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0870700871

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Book's by Art Ahrens

Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs, 1926-1940

Chicago Cubs, 1926-1940

Beyond Babylon

Beyond Babylon

How New York Became American, 1890–1924

How New York Became American, 1890–1924

German Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350-1600

German Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350-1600

Sigmar Polke

Sigmar Polke

The Mask of Socrates

The Mask of Socrates

Prague

Prague

From Attila to Charlemagne

From Attila to Charlemagne

Art Directors Annual: 90

Art Directors Annual: 90

Drawing from the Modern

Drawing from the Modern

Contemporary Voices

Contemporary Voices

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