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Book Against the Grain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edward R. Broida
  • Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780870700903
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book Against the Grain written by Edward R. Broida and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanies an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints from Edward R Broida's gift to the Museum of 175 works from his collection. Dating from the 1960s, the works represent a total of thirty-eight European and American artists, whose work is reproduced here.

Book The Sculpture of William Tucker

Download or read book The Sculpture of William Tucker written by Joy Sleeman and published by Lund Humphries Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Tucker (born 1935) is a British-born sculptor who moved to North America in 1976 and became an American citizen in 1986. Tucker began making sculpture in the late 1950s and came to public prominence in the New Generation 1965 exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London. Moving to the US, Tucker established his reputation in a newly expressive and increasingly bodily sculptural form. This is the first major monograph on his work and includes a complete catalogue of his sculpture to date. It will be essential reading for artists, art historians, curators, dealers and all those with an interest in the recent history and current practice of sculpture.

Book Early Modern Sculpture

Download or read book Early Modern Sculpture written by William Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Language of Sculpture

Download or read book The Language of Sculpture written by William Tucker and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an artist's view of what really happened when, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, sculpture re-emerged from decades of semi-eclipse. An analysis of the achievements of Rodin, Degas, Brancusi, Picasso and Gonzalez is provided.

Book William Tucker

Download or read book William Tucker written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Miracles Made Possible

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Thomas Tucker
  • Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing Company
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9781571743893
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Miracles Made Possible written by William Thomas Tucker and published by Hampton Roads Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a young age, William Thomas Tucker witnessed a drunk driver run down a playmate. Not understanding how an all-loving God could allow such unfair cruelty, Tucker lost his faith and elected to become an atheist. Over the ensuing three decades, Tucker built a successful business and family life without, he presumed, God's help. Then his world turned upside down as he lost not only his wife, but his business career and personal fortune--and almost lost his children to social services. In his pain and frustration, he turned to what he perceived to be an uncaring and unloving God and demanded an explanation. He was instantly rewarded with a series of larger-than-life miracles sent, unmistakably, from God. Thus began a 20-year experience of asking for and receiving miracles in his life for himself, his family, and his friends. Miracles Made Possible shares not only the amazing stories of how these miracles came to pass but also the techniques Tucker used in asking God to perform them. He shares the 3-step process he's followed countless times to obtain miracles both great and small just when he needed them most. Tucker insists that it doesn't take a saint to receive miracles, just someone with the courage to ask for and the faith to believe in extraordinary outcomes.

Book Marriage and Civilization

Download or read book Marriage and Civilization written by William Tucker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his stunning new book, Marriage and Civilization, author William Tucker looks at the evidence from biology, evolution, anthropology, history, and culture to come to a remarkable conclusion: it was the monogamous pairing of male and female - unusual among mammals - that led to human evolution. Moreover, it is monogamous marriage that has shaped Western Civilization, giving us our sense of justice, undergirded Western democracy, and is the greatest institution we have for perpetuating human freedom and happiness. Yet marriage is now under threat - and perhaps not in ways that people suspect. We could actually see the de facto abolition of marriage, with the state taking many of the responsibilities formerly assumed by the nuclear family. Among Tucker's many eye-opening observations: How primitive polygamy was a retrogression from the original monogamous structure of the human family Why monogamy was essential to the development of ancient Greek democracy Why it was the Catholic Church, not the Bible or Christianity in general, that was the great defender of monogamous marriage in Western Civilization Why polygamous societies - from primitive farming communities, to the Mongols, to the Muslim world, to the early Mormons - are internally violent and have bloody borders Why same-sex marriage - utterly irrelevant, in evolutionary terms - is a distraction from the real marriage debate we should be having The prospects for monogamous marriage - and the dangers if it collapses Marriage and Civilization might be the most important, provocative, and talked-about book of the year.

Book The Paintings of Tucker Smith

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tucker Smith
  • Publisher : Graphic Arts Center Publishing
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9781558688490
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Paintings of Tucker Smith written by Tucker Smith and published by Graphic Arts Center Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning collection of images includes more than ninety high quality prints of his work. Smith believes that in nature "one discovers there is color everywhere, including the apparent voids of light trailing off of wildlife or mountains."

Book This Bridge Will Not Be Gray

Download or read book This Bridge Will Not Be Gray written by Dave Eggers and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “witty [and] compelling” true story for kids about San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge—and why it’s orange—by the New York Times–bestselling author! (Fast Company). In this delightfully original nonfiction book, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers tackles one of the most famous architectural monuments in the world: the Golden Gate Bridge—and all the arguments and debates about building it and what it should look like. Cut-paper illustrations by Tucker Nichols enliven the tale, and this revised edition also includes real-life letters from local constituents making the case for keeping the bridge orange. With sly humor and lots of fascinating historical facts, this is an accessible, enjoyable read for kids (or adults), transporting readers to the glorious Golden Gate no matter where they live. “Eggers’s featherlight humor provides laughs throughout.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review). “A love letter to infrastructure.” —The New York Times “A story compelling enough to keep adults interested as they read it (and re-read it and re-read it) each night at bedtime.” —Fast Company

Book The Elements of Sculpture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Herbert George
  • Publisher : Phaidon Press
  • Release : 2014-10-13
  • ISBN : 9780714867410
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Elements of Sculpture written by Herbert George and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate viewer’s guide to experiencing art in three dimensions, featuring classical Greek sculpture and Baroque marble carvings alongside works by Rodin, Duchamp, and Felix Gonzalez‐Torres. In The Elements of Sculpture, author Herbert George – a sculptor, renowned educator, and Getty Museum fellow – provides readers with a new vocabulary for viewing and discussing this versatile art form.

Book Sculptures

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1977
  • ISBN : 9780728701335
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Sculptures written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Necessity of Sculpture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eric Gibson
  • Publisher : Encounter Books
  • Release : 2020-04-07
  • ISBN : 1641771097
  • Pages : 179 pages

Download or read book The Necessity of Sculpture written by Eric Gibson and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Necessity of Sculpture brings together a selection of articles on sculpture and sculptors from Eric Gibson’s nearly four-decade career as an art critic. It covers subjects as diverse as Mesopotamian cylinder seals, war memorials, and the art of the American West; stylistic periods such as the Hellenistic in Ancient Greece and Kamakura in medieval Japan; Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and other historical figures; modernists like Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, and Alberto Giacometti; and contemporary artists including Richard Serra, Rachel Whiteread, and Jeff Koons. Organized chronologically by artist and period, this collection is as much a synoptic history of sculpture as it is an art chronicle. At the same time, it is an illuminating introduction to the subject for anyone coming to it for the first time.

Book The 1619 Project  Born on the Water

Download or read book The 1619 Project Born on the Water written by Nikole Hannah-Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson. A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders. But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived. And the people planted dreams and hope, willed themselves to keep living, living. And the people learned new words for love for friend for family for joy for grow for home. With powerful verse and striking illustrations by Nikkolas Smith, Born on the Water provides a pathway for readers of all ages to reflect on the origins of American identity.

Book Blackstone s Commentaries

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Blackstone
  • Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
  • Release : 2019-08-03
  • ISBN : 9781406964134
  • Pages : 578 pages

Download or read book Blackstone s Commentaries written by William Blackstone and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Book Bob Thompson

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thelma Golden
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1998-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780520212602
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book Bob Thompson written by Thelma Golden and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob Thompson (1937-1966) was a figurative expressionist painter active in literary, musical, and artistic circles in New York and Europe from the late 1950s until his death in 1966. In the first book devoted solely to Thompson, the life and work of this pivotal figure in modern American art history and African American culture receive the attention they deserve. Judith Wilson situates Bob Thompson within the context of both contemporary artistic production and cultural trends of the fifties and sixties. She uses interviews, Thompson's diary entries and letters to his family, and his work to give a thoughtful and thorough interpretation of his art and persona. She traces Thompson's development--psychologically, socially, and artistically--effectively portraying his first encounters with art and bohemian culture and his intensely active period in Europe shortly before his death in Rome at the age of 29. Bob Thompson's life intersects several important currents in recent American culture, and his work reveals an unfinished quest for communal identity, says Wilson. His use of postmodern techniques of appropriation and pastiche embraced both the Western tradition and cultural resources specific to the African American experience. The publication of Bob Thompson recognizes the important role of the artist in the vanguard of twentieth-century American art. Bob Thompson (1937-1966) was a figurative expressionist painter active in literary, musical, and artistic circles in New York and Europe from the late 1950s until his death in 1966. In the first book devoted solely to Thompson, the life and work of this pivotal figure in modern American art history and African American culture receive the attention they deserve. Judith Wilson situates Bob Thompson within the context of both contemporary artistic production and cultural trends of the fifties and sixties. She uses interviews, Thompson's diary entries and letters to his family, and his work to give a thoughtful and thorough interpretation of his art and persona. She traces Thompson's development--psychologically, socially, and artistically--effectively portraying his first encounters with art and bohemian culture and his intensely active period in Europe shortly before his death in Rome at the age of 29. Bob Thompson's life intersects several important currents in recent American culture, and his work reveals an unfinished quest for communal identity, says Wilson. His use of postmodern techniques of appropriation and pastiche embraced both the Western tradition and cultural resources specific to the African American experience. The publication of Bob Thompson recognizes the important role of the artist in the vanguard of twentieth-century American art.

Book Origins of Modern Sculpture  Pioneers and Premises

Download or read book Origins of Modern Sculpture Pioneers and Premises written by Albert E. Elsen and published by New York : G. Braziller. This book was released on 1974 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of revolutionary sculptors and pieces of sculpture that emerged between 1890 and 1918.

Book John Panting

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sam Cornish
  • Publisher : Redcliffe Press Limited
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9781908326218
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book John Panting written by Sam Cornish and published by Redcliffe Press Limited. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: