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Book Bulletin   The Museum of Fine Arts  Houston

Download or read book Bulletin The Museum of Fine Arts Houston written by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some volumes include annual reports.

Book Bulletin   The Museum of Fine Arts  Houston

Download or read book Bulletin The Museum of Fine Arts Houston written by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some volumes include annual reports.

Book Inverted Utopias

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  • Author : Héctor Olea Galaviz
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2004-01-01
  • ISBN : 0300102690
  • Pages : 618 pages

Download or read book Inverted Utopias written by Héctor Olea Galaviz and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twentieth century, avant-garde artists from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean created extraordinary and highly innovative paintings, sculptures, assemblages, mixed-media works, and installations. This innovative book presents more than 250 works by some seventy of these artists (including Gego, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Xul Solar, and Jose Clemente Orozco) and artists' groups, along with interpretive essays by leading authorities and newly translated manifestoes and other theoretical documents written by the artists. Together the images and texts showcase the astonishing artistic achievements of the Latin American avant-garde. The book focuses on two decisive periods: the return from Europe in the 1920s of Latin American avant-garde pioneers; and the expansion of avant-garde activities throughout Latin America after World War II as artists expressed their independence from developments in Europe and the United States. As the authors explain, during these periods Latin American art was fueled by the belief that artistic creations could present a form of utopia - an inversion of the original premise that drove the European avant-garde - and serve as a model for

Book For a New World to Come

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  • Author : Yasufumi Nakamori
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9780300207828
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book For a New World to Come written by Yasufumi Nakamori and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 18 contributed articles interspersed with 21 short studies (one page of text and 3 pages of pictures) of particular artists/photographers.

Book The Obama Portraits

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  • Author : Taína Caragol
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2020-02-11
  • ISBN : 0691203288
  • Pages : 152 pages

Download or read book The Obama Portraits written by Taína Caragol and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unveiling the unconventional : Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama / Taína Caragol -- "Radical empathy" : Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama / Dorothy Moss -- The Obama portraits, in art history and beyond / Richard J. Powell -- The Obama portraits and the National Portrait Gallery as a site of secular pilgrimage / Kim Sajet -- The presentation of the Obama portraits : a transcript of the unveiling ceremony.

Book Art in California

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  • Author : Jenni Sorkin
  • Publisher : Thames & Hudson
  • Release : 2021-09-16
  • ISBN : 050077613X
  • Pages : 475 pages

Download or read book Art in California written by Jenni Sorkin and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the rich and diverse art of California, this book highlights its distinctive role in the history of American art, from early-20th-century photography to Chicanx mural painting, the Fiber Art Movement and beyond. Shaped by a compelling network of geopolitical influences including waves of migration and exchange from the Pacific Rim and Mexico, the influx of African Americans immediately after World War II, and global immigration after quotas were lifted in the 1960s, California is a centre of artistic activity whose influence extends far beyond its physical boundaries. Furthermore, California was at the forefront of radical developments in artistic culture, most notably conceptual art and feminism, and its education system continues to nurture and encourage avant-garde creativity. Organized chronologically and thematically with illustrations throughout, this attractive study stands as an important reassessment of Californias contribution to modern and contemporary art in the United States and globally.

Book Czech Modernism  1900 1945

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  • Author : Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • Publisher : Bulfinch Press
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN : 9780821217634
  • Pages : 263 pages

Download or read book Czech Modernism 1900 1945 written by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documentation of the Czech contribution to European modernism, bringing together essays by leading scholars, and exploring such art forms as painting, sculpture, writing, photography and film.

Book Beyond the Fantastic

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  • Author : Gerardo Mosquera
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 366 pages

Download or read book Beyond the Fantastic written by Gerardo Mosquera and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copublished with the Institute of International Visual Arts, London. This anthology, edited by Cuban art historian and critic Gerardo Mosquera, offers a wide selection of writings by some of the most important cultural theoreticians of contemporary Latin America. Together they comprise a distinctive corpus of new theoretical discourses, critical of modernity and solidly and pragmatically anti-utopian. The collection balances traditional and popular aesthetic-symbolic production as well as Afro- and Indo-American presences in the visual arts, and covers the whole of the Americans, including the Caribbean and the United States.Contributors: Mó(R)(c)£a Amor. Pierre E. Bocquet. Gustavo Buntinx. Luis Camnitzer. Né3 ́or Garcí¡ Canclini. Ticio Escobar. Andrea Giunta. Guillermo Gó- °-Peñ¡(R) Paulo Herkenhoff. Mirko Lauer. Celeste Olalquiaga. Gabriel Peluffo Linari. Carolina Ponce de Leó(R)(R) Mari Carmen Ramí2 z. Nelly Richard. Tomá3 Ybarra-Frausto. George Y?.

Book Library Catalog

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  • Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1960
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 978 pages

Download or read book Library Catalog written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gateways to Art Journal for Museum and Gallery Projects

Download or read book Gateways to Art Journal for Museum and Gallery Projects written by Debra J. DeWitte and published by . This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many art appreciation instructors base their final grades not only on the quizzes and exams they give, but also on the report students make during a visit to their local museum.

Book The Hogg Family and Houston

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  • Author : Kate Sayen Kirkland
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2012-09-21
  • ISBN : 0292748469
  • Pages : 403 pages

Download or read book The Hogg Family and Houston written by Kate Sayen Kirkland and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progressive former governor James Stephen Hogg moved his business headquarters to Houston in 1905. For seven decades, his children Will, Ima, and Mike Hogg used their political ties, social position, and family fortune to improve the lives of fellow Houstonians. As civic activists, they espoused contested causes like city planning and mental health care. As volunteers, they inspired others to support social service, educational, and cultural programs. As philanthropic entrepreneurs, they built institutions that have long outlived them: the Houston Symphony, the Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Park, and the Hogg Foundation. The Hoggs had a vision of Houston as a great city—a place that supports access to parklands, music, and art; nurtures knowledge of the "American heritage which unites us"; and provides social service and mental health care assistance. This vision links them to generations of American idealists who advanced a moral response to change. Based on extensive archival sources, The Hogg Family and Houston explains the impact of Hogg family philanthropy for the first time. This study explores how individual ideals and actions influence community development and nurture humanitarian values. It examines how philanthropists and volunteers mold Houston's traditions and mobilize allies to meet civic goals. It argues that Houston's generous citizens have long believed that innovative cultural achievement must balance aggressive economic expansion.

Book Teaching in the Art Museum

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  • Author : Rika Burnham
  • Publisher : Getty Publications
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 1606060589
  • Pages : 182 pages

Download or read book Teaching in the Art Museum written by Rika Burnham and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching in the Art Museum investigates the mission, history, theory, practice, and future prospects of museum education. In this book Rika Burnham and Elliott Kai-Kee define and articulate a new approach to gallery teaching, one that offers groups of visitors deep and meaningful experiences of interpreting art works through a process of intense, sustained looking and thoughtfully facilitated dialogue.--[book cover].

Book Dictionary of Bibliographic Abbreviations Found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines

Download or read book Dictionary of Bibliographic Abbreviations Found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines written by Jean S. Wellington and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-08-30 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to identify abbreviated titles of journals and standard bibliographic works is a major difficulty facing researchers and librarians in the field of Classical Studies. This revised edition has been greatly expanded, with nearly twice the abbreviations (17,000) and bibliographic entries (12,400) as the first edition. Also, the Greek and Cyrillic abbreviations have increased by seven and four fold respectively. Abbreviations for internet sites are now included, as are those for associations in the broad area of Classical Studies. There are also more entries for Eastern European and regional archaeological publications. This revised volume is divided into two parts. Part One consists of an alphabetical listing of bibliographic abbreviations found in the scholarship of classical studies and related disciplines. Meanwhile, Part Two is an alphabetically arranged bibliographic descriptions for the works published in classical studies and related disciplines. Special efforts were made to increase the coverage in peripheral areas, making this new edition a useful reference tool for scholars in all subjects of study in the ancient and medieval world.

Book Making Houston Modern

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  • Author : Barrie Scardino Bradley
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2023-11-15
  • ISBN : 1477329978
  • Pages : 401 pages

Download or read book Making Houston Modern written by Barrie Scardino Bradley and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complex, controversial, and prolific, Howard Barnstone was a central figure in the world of twentieth-century modern architecture. Recognized as Houston’s foremost modern architect in the 1950s, Barnstone came to prominence for his designs with partner Preston M. Bolton, which transposed the rigorous and austere architectural practices of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to the hot, steamy coastal plain of Texas. Barnstone was a man of contradictions—charming and witty but also self-centered, caustic, and abusive—who shaped new settings that were imbued, at once, with spatial calm and emotional intensity. Making Houston Modern explores the provocative architect’s life and work, not only through the lens of his architectural practice but also by delving into his personal life, class identity, and connections to the artists, critics, collectors, and museum directors who forged Houston’s distinctive culture in the postwar era. Edited by three renowned voices in the architecture world, this volume situates Barnstone within the contexts of American architecture, modernism, and Jewish culture to unravel the legacy of a charismatic personality whose imaginative work as an architect, author, teacher, and civic commentator helped redefine architecture in Texas.

Book Roman Vishniac Rediscovered

Download or read book Roman Vishniac Rediscovered written by Maya Benton and published by Prestel. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from the International Center of Photography's vast holdings of work by Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), this illustrated and expansive volume offers a new and profound consideration of this key modernist photographer. In addition to featuring Vishniac's best-known work - the iconic images of Jewish life in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust - this publication also introduces many previously unpublished photographs spanning more than six decades of Vishniac's work.

Book ABM

    ABM

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 502 pages

Download or read book ABM written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews. The scope of ARTbibliographies Modern extends from artists and movements beginning with Impressionism in the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends in the late 20th century. Photography is covered from its invention in 1839 to the present. A particular emphasis is placed upon adding new and lesser-known artists and on the coverage of foreign-language literature. Approximately 13,000 new entries are added each year. Published with title LOMA from 1969-1971.

Book Partisan Canons

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anna Brzyski
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2007-10-08
  • ISBN : 0822340852
  • Pages : 377 pages

Download or read book Partisan Canons written by Anna Brzyski and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-08 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case studies that counter the idea of a transcendent art canon by demonstrating that the content of any and every canon is historically and culturally specific.