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Women Artists

The National Museum of Women in the Arts

By: National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.),Susan Fisher Sterling

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Women Artists

The National Museum of Women in the Arts

By: National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.),Susan Fisher Sterling

The first museum in the world to focus exclusively on art created by women, the National Museum of Women in the Arts opened to the public in Washington, D.C., in 1987. Its treasures include paintings, sculpture, photographs, and crafts by renowned women artists from the Renaissance through this century and from four continents. Full-color illustrations.

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1558598901

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9781558598904

Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925

By: David Bernard Dearinger,National Academy of Design (U.S.)

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Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925

By: David Bernard Dearinger,National Academy of Design (U.S.)

This is the first installment of a fully illustrated catalogue of the Academy's priceless collection of paintings and sculptures.

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Hudson Hills

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1555950299

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9781555950293

Claude Raguet Hirst

Transforming the American Still Life

By: Claude Raguet Hirst,Martha M. Evans,National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.),Columbus Museum of Art

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Claude Raguet Hirst

Transforming the American Still Life

By: Claude Raguet Hirst,Martha M. Evans,National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.),Columbus Museum of Art

This is the first publication devoted to Hirst's oils and watercolors and her transformation of the still life painting through the creation of works that appeal to both men and women, contrasting with her male contemporaries who painted primarily for a male audience. 72 colour& 29 b/w illustrations

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152

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Hudson Hills

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0918881544

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9780918881540

Winslow Homer

By: Nicolai Cikovsky,Franklin Kelly,Judith Walsh,Winslow Homer,National Gallery of Art (U.S.),Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Winslow Homer

By: Nicolai Cikovsky,Franklin Kelly,Judith Walsh,Winslow Homer,National Gallery of Art (U.S.),Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This work examines Homer's artistic accomplishments. It focuses not only on his use of various media, but also on the suites of works on the same subject that reflect the artist's modern practice of thinking and working serially and thematically.

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436

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Yale University Press

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0300065558

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9780300065558

First Ladies of the United States

By: National Portrait Gallery

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First Ladies of the United States

By: National Portrait Gallery

A gorgeous publication that reveals the historical importance of first ladies through portraiture. Each first lady has brought her own priorities and flair to the position that has never been officially defined. They have served as hostesses, trendsetters, activists, and political players. First Ladies of the United States features 84 portraits of the nation's first ladies, as varied in style and representation as the individual women they depict. From watercolors and oil paintings to engravings and photographs, this book celebrates the legacy of first ladies throughout history. First ladies are some of the most scrutinized public figures in the country, praised or criticized on everything from their fashion to their level of political involvement. There's no better way to explore their visibility and lasting impact than with First Ladies of the United States, which places remarkable portraits alongside an insightful essay and lively entries that illuminate the history of the women who have shaped the White House.

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182

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Smithsonian Institution

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1588346943

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9781588346940

Faking it

Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop

By: Mia Fineman,National Gallery of Art (U.S.),Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Faking it

Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop

By: Mia Fineman,National Gallery of Art (U.S.),Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

It is a long-held truism that 'the camera does not lie'. Yet, as Mia Fineman argues in this illuminating volume, that statement contains its own share of untruth. While modern technological innovations, such as Adobe's Photoshop software, have accustomed viewers to more obvious levels of image manipulation, the practice of "doctoring" photographs has in fact existed since the medium was invented. In "Faking It", Fineman demonstrates that today's digitally manipulated images are part of a continuum that begins with the earliest years of photography, encompassing methods as diverse as overpainting, multiple exposure, negative retouching, combination printing, and photomontage. Among the book's revelations are previously unknown and never before published images that document the acts of manipulation behind two canonical works of modern photography: one blatantly fantastical (Yves Klein's "Leap into the Void" of 1960); the other a purportedly unadulterated record of a real place in time (Paul Strand's "City Hall Park" of 1915). Featuring 160 captivating pictures created between the 1840s and 1990s in the service of art, politics, news, entertainment, and commerce, "Faking It" provides an essential counterhistory of photography as an inspired blend of fabricated truths and artful falsehoods."--Publisher's website.

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298

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588394735

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9781588394736

Thomas Moran

By: REV Nancy K Anderson, Acpe Supervisor,Nancy K. Anderson,Thomas Moran,Thomas P. Bruhn,Joni Kinsey,Anne Morand,National Gallery of Art (U.S.),Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art,Seattle Art Museum

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Thomas Moran

Describes an exhibit at the National Gallery, the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, and the Seattle Art Museum

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412

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Yale University Press

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0300073259

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9780300073256

America's National Gallery of Art

By: Philip Kopper,National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

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America's National Gallery of Art

By: Philip Kopper,National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

America's National Gallery of Art, a 75th-anniversary history of the nation's art museum, founded by Andrew W. Mellon and opened to the public on March 17, 1941. Presenting an overview of the Gallery's first fifty years and a thematic look at the transformation the museum has undergone since 1992, the book offers extensive photographic essays that highlight the West Building, newly renovated East Building, and Sculpture Garden as well as the magnificent art collection and selected special exhibitions. The book includes accounts of the founding benefactors and four directors--David Finley, John Walker, J. Carter Brown, and now Earl A. Powell III--and discusses the Gallery's historic 2014 agreement to accept custody of the collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

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Princeton University Press

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0691172889

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9780691172880

What Is a Museum?

Perspectives from National and International Museum Leaders

By: The United States National Committee of the International Council of Museums

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What Is a Museum?

Perspectives from National and International Museum Leaders

By: The United States National Committee of the International Council of Museums

What makes a museum, a museum in the 21st century? This is a transformative moment in the history of museums. Traditionally, the museums have been defined by the functions of collecting, preserving, documenting, researching, exhibiting and in other ways, communicating and interpreting evidence of human culture and history for the benefit of everyone. But what is the future of museums in a fast-changing world of economic uncertainty, social disruption, health challenges and climate change? Can museums reflect the accountability and transparency under which they are expected to acquire and use their material, financial, social, and intellectual resources? What Is a Museum? Perspectives from National and International Museum Leaders shares perspectives from dedicated professionals investigating how museums can meet their ethical, political, social, cultural, and environmental responsibilities in the years to come. In a series of essays, well-known leaders in the museum sector and related fields contribute to our understanding of the current and future challenges facing museums around the world. ICOM-US Co-Chair and Secretary of the Smithsonian, Lonnie G. Bunch III, summarizes the issues and provides guidance for the future of museums. Questions explored include: What lessons have we learned from the needs of the communities we claim to serve and how can we better adapt to shift our priorities in a faster and more efficient way? How can museums not only chronicle the past, but depict the present and become touchstones for the future of their communities? In a world aimed towards political correctness, how do we address collections resulting from power and colonization? This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in why museums matter today, what their future holds, and how to change them

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538167816

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9781538167816

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Women Artists

Women Artists

Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925

Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925

Claude Raguet Hirst

Claude Raguet Hirst

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer

First Ladies of the United States

First Ladies of the United States

Faking it

Faking it

Thomas Moran

Thomas Moran

America's National Gallery of Art

America's National Gallery of Art

What Is a Museum?

What Is a Museum?

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