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Book From the Author s Private Collection

Download or read book From the Author s Private Collection written by Eric Amling and published by Birds. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Art. "'I'm dressed like a Jamestown cannibal / In a city of mistake babies with e-cash, ' writes Amling in an astute and challenging debut collection that's both deeply poignant and darkly humorous. Like a deadpan oracle or font of offbeat wisdom you didn't know you needed to know, Amling acts as a guide through the ersatz Epicureanism of contemporary America, where 'freedom still remains monetary.' He opens with a brief series of poems that are composed of cuts and outtakes 'Like a polygraph of a satellite' that serves as a junkyard ars poetica. A visual artist adept in the medium of collage, he expresses these poems as social critique delivered through a signal scrambler. But his critique often extends to the practice of making art itself: 'I know many people living lives of artistic practice / that cannot take care of themselves, / and not out of paraplegic circumstance. // Art has not refined them.' Reading through 'Ill Estates, ' 'Rare and Special Interests, ' and 'Liquid Assets, ' one encounters characteristically playful statements such as 'It is not so hard / To accept meaninglessness / Acceptance is very meaningful.' Amling has designed a gallery installation of poetry that one returns to for the pleasure of its unsolvable mysteries, 'A collection of space / That I curate / Where I forgive myself.'" Publishers Weekly "'Poetry, like cat urine, can ruin the integrity of a room, ' writes Eric Amling, but 'it can also be a stealthy dominatrix.' It is and does both in these startled, subversive poems, which churn up a disordered glee. But it's reassuring to know that 'All of these works will be filed in a custom matrix / Approved by third-tier analysts / In a hall of dueling national anthems.'" John Ashbery"

Book Private Collection

    Book Details:
  • Author : Danny Moynihan
  • Publisher : Other Criteria
  • Release : 2008-05-01
  • ISBN : 9781904212188
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Private Collection written by Danny Moynihan and published by Other Criteria. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private Collection is a unique and fascinating publication of over 250 pornographic photographs from Danny Moynihan’s personal collection, including images made by some of the earliest erotic photographers, right up to the 1940s. This publication visually documents attitudes about sex and pornography, and by so doing shows how they were developed alongside a 'correct’ social and cultural behavioural code of restraint, particularly with regard to sexual intercourse and role-play. By providing a historical overview of nudity and sex in photography, the book offers an intriguing insight into the way pornography was made alongside the development of photography. Private Collection includes an extremely readable and informative essay by Cressida Connolly which discusses pornography from an historical perspective, the way the sex industry was used in the 19th century, and how this affected the production, function and availability of pornography: "There were no rules. It is the revolutionary newness of these images which makes them as exciting as their subjects.”

Book Private Collection

Download or read book Private Collection written by Bonnie Stewart Mickelson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Use of Private Collection Agencies to Improve IRS Debt Collection

Download or read book Use of Private Collection Agencies to Improve IRS Debt Collection written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Kinsey Collection

Download or read book The Kinsey Collection written by Khalil B. Kinsey ($e writer of added commentary) and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Garbo

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  • Author : Scott Reisfield
  • Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Garbo written by Scott Reisfield and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Book The Personal Librarian

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  • Author : Marie Benedict
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2021-06-29
  • ISBN : 0593101553
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book The Personal Librarian written by Marie Benedict and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! “Historical fiction at its best!”* A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white—her complexion is dark because she is African American. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.

Book A Private Passion

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  • Author : Stephan Wolohojian
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 1588390764
  • Pages : 561 pages

Download or read book A Private Passion written by Stephan Wolohojian and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2003 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the Winthrop collection's 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 creator's oeuvre as Jacques-Louis David's sketchbooks for The Coronation of Napoleon and the Crowning of Josephine, Theodore Gericault's Mutiny on the Raft of the Medusa, Vincent van Gogh's The Blue Cart, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's Odalisque with the Slave, William Blake's illustrations for the Divine Comedy, Dante Gabriel Rosetti's Blessed Damozel, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler's 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.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Book XO The Private Collection 2005

Download or read book XO The Private Collection 2005 written by and published by Quattro Services bvba. This book was released on with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogues of Sales  Chiefly of Private Collections

Download or read book Catalogues of Sales Chiefly of Private Collections written by American Art Association and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 40 Years of Queen

Download or read book 40 Years of Queen written by Harry Doherty and published by Crows Nest. This book was released on 2011 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating 40 years of one of the world's best-loved bands, an 'access all areas' biography for all the fans, chock full of facsimile memorabilia including some never before seen setlists, handwritten lyrics, unpublished album art, ultra-rare posters. Queen: one of the biggest bands ever. Sell-out tours, chart-topping records and stunning success for 40 years. Hundreds of millions of albums, singles and videos sold all over the world. They have broken records constantly: biggest ever paying crowd, longest number of weeks in the charts, headliners at the biggest festival ever and more. They have received accolades too numerous to list in full, but suffice to say 'Best Band', 'Best Album', 'Best Single, 'Best Video' and 'Best Live Act' feature again and again. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 and given their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. 40 YEARS OF QUEEN is an official publication, and has been approved at every stage by the band. It shows and tells the story of a fantastically talented and popular group of musicians who have retained an enormous fan base throughout their entire history. The book showcases the band, its members, recordings and concerts through images and the written word, as well as through unique pieces of memorabilia from Queen's private collection.

Book Making the Mummies Dance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas Hoving
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 0671880756
  • Pages : 472 pages

Download or read book Making the Mummies Dance written by Thomas Hoving and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1993 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former director of the famed New York museum recounts his activities at the art world's pinnacle, from wooing important patrons to battling for acquisitions.

Book The Secret Art of Dr  Seuss

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  • Author : Audrey Geisel
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 1995-10-03
  • ISBN : 0679434488
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book The Secret Art of Dr Seuss written by Audrey Geisel and published by Random House. This book was released on 1995-10-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These fabulous, whimsical paintings, created for his own pleasure and never shown to the public, show Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) in a whole new light. Depicting outlandish creatures in otherworldly settings, the paintings use a dazzling rainbow of hues not seen in the primary-color palette of his books for children, and exhibit a sophisticated and often quite unrestrained side of the artist. 65 color illustrations.

Book David Hamilton s Private Collection

Download or read book David Hamilton s Private Collection written by David Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Private Libraries in Renaissance England

Download or read book Private Libraries in Renaissance England written by Robert J. Fehrenbach and published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS). This book was released on 1992 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Twentieth century Egyptian Art

Download or read book Twentieth century Egyptian Art written by Mona Abaza and published by Amer Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The private collection of a prominent Egyptian art gallery owner. Egypt's modern art scene has been marked by many influential local and foreign painters. Mona Abaza retraces the highlights of the country's twentieth-century art world through the private collection of one of Cairo's most reputable private gallery owners, Sherwet Shafei. The 200 color reproductions of paintings from Sherwet Shafei's collection represent works from very early pioneers such as Mahmoud Sa�d and Ragheb Ayad to later figures such as Hamed Nada and Youssef Sida. In a comprehensive introduction that examines the life and career of Sherwet Shafei and her pivotal role in promoting and creating a market for modern Egyptian art, the author also addresses the tendencies of emerging art collectors in Egypt's "blossoming" market, the burdens of forgery, and the impact of globalization on the art industry. This book serves as a repository of Egyptian cultural heritage by offering a rare viewing of a valuable collection that has yet to be displayed in its entirety.