The book is inspirational in its many varied designs. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, the book has wide appeal to both the layperson and those interested in the finer aspects of design.
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Its work belongs to an emerging young expression of modern architecture in Mexico, their primary place of practice, and recent commissions abroad have expanded its scope and reach.

Mauricio, Arturo and Jorge have lectured widely throughout Mexico, the United States and Latin America, and their work has appeared in a number of books and periodicals. Arditti + RDT/Architects is dedicated to architectural research through thoughtful practice.
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A study of the firm which has changed the urban landscape of Brazil, including the highest office building in South America.
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Brenda Levin's work covers the whole gamut of building design and this book will act as a source of inspiration to architects everywhere, particularly innovative architecture with a feminine touch.
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Beginning with the first truly home-grown talent-John Singleton Copley-in the eighteenth century to the social realism of John Sloan in the early twentieth, the volume presents an encyclopedic view of American painting.Thomas Cole, considered the father of American landscapes; Winslow Homer, chronicler of American life during and after the Civil War; portraitists Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent; American impressionists Mary Cassatt and Childe Hassam; and the tonalists George Inness and Thomas Wilmer Dewing are among the artists represented. Sculpture from Hiram Powers's classical Greek Slave to Frederic Remington's The Mountaineer round out this survey of the outstanding American holdings in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Graham W. J. Beale is director of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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With full-color photography of the many displays - including detailed treatment of the new Rose Center for Earth and Space, the fossil halls, and the Hall of Biodiversity - this guide offers an essential introduction to the wonders of nature, brought vividly to life by the unforgettable experience of a walk through one of the world's most beloved and renowned museums.
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Paintings and sculpture by artists such as van Goyen, Gainsborough, Chardin, Corot, Delacroix, Rodin, and Degas, feature alongside rare Greek terracottas, antique lace, Indo-European rugs, Italian Renaissance maiolica, and the Salon Doré, a gilded French eighteenth-century room permanently installed at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Dare Myers Hartwell looks at Clark's life in relation to other philanthropists of his time, while Laura Coyle documents the reception of Clark's grand gift in the 1920s.

Laura Coyle is co-Curator of the Clark Anniversary Exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. She recently organized the successful exhibition At the Edge, featuring the work of Portuguese modernist Amadeo de Souza.

Dare Myers Hartwell is Conservator at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and co-Curator of the Clark Anniversary Exhibition. She is the author of a book on the restoration of the famous Salon Doré.
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Arnold Odermatt was a photographing policeman from Nidwalden, Switzerland; it was a novelty when he used a camera to document traffic accidents. When in uniform, he was an untiring writer of protocols, dogmatic and known as an old fusspot. In plainclothes, he was an alert chronicler, social anthropologist and documenter whose pictures represented the photographer's world with moral commitment and irony.

Odermatt's photographic creed was incorruptibility and authenticity. His pictures are a clear-sighted chronicle of unfolding events, without any retouching or glorification of the facts.

The book contains 140 of Arnold Odermatt's best photographs selected by his son, Urs Odermatt.
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From the 16th century until well into the 18th century, the commedia dell'arte, a type of popular comic theatricals in Italy, cast its spell on a large and diverse audience. Here an exuberant joy of living was reflected in a portrayal of all aspects of life exaggerated with pomposity and humor.

No medium was better suited than preecious porcelain to immortalize the vivacious performance of the comedians on the stage. No other subject produced a similar symbiotic relationship between the downright expressionist sculptures executed by the porcelain modelers and the brilliant colors used by the porcelain painters in their astounding depictions of the costumes.

This publication, marking the 50th anniversary of the Gesellschaft der Keramikfreunde e.V., is the first comprehensive survey of the commedia dell'arte as a subject of the ceramic arts. Almost 400 objects from more than 45 European manufacturers cover the period from the 18th to the 20th century. Commedia dell'arte figurines were every workshop's most highly prized items.
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Ages 5-10
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This is the first story about Cedric The Seahorse, conceived by the authors while lying on a beach soon after the birth of their first grandchild. The stories about Cedric are in a simple rhyming form that is easy for children to read as it has a natural momentum. The illustrations are colorful, amusing and full of detail to entertain young children when the story is being read to them. Cedric has some very human failings that make him an endearing and 'real' character. He and his friend Polly have a series of adventures that highlight the differences between their two lives. This first story ends with an open invitation to the next, which takes place in and around a castle.
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A delightful story for very young children, with amusing illustrations of Ellie's imaginary adventures. Ages 3-6
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This is an engrossing story of courage and self-sacrifice in a time of great adversity, illustrated with photographs from the Leica archives, and from Elsie's own family collection. It is accompanied by an introduction from the great photographer, Henri Cartier Bresson, who was a personal friend of Elsie and her family.

A follow-up to Frank Dabba Smith's My Secret Camera - Life in the Lodz Ghetto, this is another photographic testimony of courage in the face of the Holocaust - a book to inspire children of the 21st century.

Ages 7-11
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This is one of the classic works on English clockmaking and remains the best account of the development of the main types of clocks since the middle of the 17th century.
Price: $69.50