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ashley longshore now turns her eye toward badass women throughout history with Roar! A Collection of Mighty Women. longshore’s pop art paintings are never shy of daring; her art makes noise, and her singular portraits of legendary stateswomen, artists, and notable women from all walks of life include Marie Curie, Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa, Peggy Guggenheim, First Lady Michelle Obama, Greta Thunberg, Queen Elizabeth II, Cleopatra, Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo, Josephine Baker, Amanda Gorman, and even Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman! many of these striking and vibrant portraits were previously exhibited at Diane von Furstenberg’s flagship store in New York.
accompanied by descriptions about what makes these women such significant and meaningful icons, Roar! is sure to be the perfect gift for women of all ages.
“[a] gorgeous anthology of fashion images … leibovitz is nothing less than america’s greatest living photographic portraitist … she has changed fashion photography forever.” – anna wintour
legendary photographer annie leibovitz’s surprising account of her encounters with fashion over five decades
‘looking back at my work, i see that fashion has always been there,’ annie leibovitz observes in the preface to wonderland. ‘fashion plays a part in the scheme of everything, but photography always comes first for me. the photograph is the most important part. and photography is so big that it can encompass journalism, portraiture, reportage, family photographs, fashion ... my work for vogue fueled the fire for a kind of photography that i might not otherwise have explored.’
includes 350 extraordinary images (many of them previously unpublished) featuring a wide and diverse range of subjects: nicole kidman, serena williams, pina bausch, rupaul, cate blanchett, lady gaga, matthew barney, kate moss, natalia vodianova, rihanna, chimamanda ngozi adichie, karl lagerfeld, nancy pelosi. foreword by anna wintour.
introducing art: the definitive visual guide – an invaluable reference book that spans 30,000 years of global art history, from cave paintings to contemporary art, and showcases the works of over 700 artists in striking detail to truly bring the artwork to life. each artistic movement, from the Italian Renaissance to Impressionism to Graffiti Art, is explained in clear detail with descriptions of their origins and influences, characteristic styles and techniques, and typical subjects.
a visual timeline of key works gives an overview of the scope of each major movement, while graphics, overlays, and detailed close-ups, show readers how to “read” composition and subject matter, and explain the specifics of the techniques and methods the artist used to create their masterpieces.
explore the pages of this awe-inspiring art history book to discover:
- pver 2500 of the world’s most influential paintings and sculptures
- features stunning artwork from more than 700 artists
- ‘closer look’ sections offer a detailed analysis of key paintings
the 6 core chapters are structured chronologically, starting with prehistoric art and ancient civilizations, right the way up until modern-day artwork, so there’s something for everyone to explore, learn and love. from Romanticism in the 19th Century to Realism in the 20th Century, whether it’s Pop Art or Expressionism, Minimalism and so much more – the beautiful full-color illustrations and striking imagery, make this art book the perfect gift for the art and history lover in your life, as well as an ideal coffee table book.
doubling up as a riveting reference book for anyone with an interest in art history who wants to gain a broader knowledge of the subject, as well as the perfect classroom companion in schools, libraries and more. created in collaboration with Bridgeman, the biggest art library in the world, art: the definitive visual guide is a must-have for your bookshelf.
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“it’s as if the poet herself has sidled beside the reader and pointed us to the poems she considers most worthy of deep consideration.” —chicago tribune
pulitzer prize-winning poet mary oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
throughout her celebrated career, mary oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. identified as "far and away, this country's best selling poet" by dwight garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years.
carefully curated, these 200 plus poems feature oliver's work from her very first book of poetry, no voyage and other poems, published in 1963 at the age of 28, through her most recent collection, felicity, published in 2015. this timeless volume, arranged by oliver herself, showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. within these pages, she provides us with an extraordinary and invaluable collection of her passionate, perceptive, and much-treasured observations of the natural world.
from crook to cook: platinum recipes from tha boss dogg's kitchen
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unit price perthe first cookbook and recipe book from snoop dogg, from crook to cook: platinum recipes from tha boss dogg's kitchen. you've seen Snoop Dogg work his culinary magic on VH1's emmy-nominated martha and snoop's potluck dinner party, and now tha dogg's up in your kitchen ... with his first cookbook.
recipe book that delivers 50 recipes straight from snoop's own collection: snoop's cookbook features OG soul food cookbook staples like baked mac & cheese, fried bologna sandwiches with chips, and shrimp po’ boys.
these recipes are snoop's personal hits, straight outta his kitchen and never before shared.
in morrison’s acclaimed first novel, pecola breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an america whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. this is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
here, morrison’s writing is “so precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry” (the new york times).
spectacularly colorful and packed with joie de vivre, this romp through 50 of the most colorful places on earth—from Greece to Japan, Indonesia to Italy—delivers a jolt of optimism and enthusiasm.fFrom the Zhangye Danxia landform in Gansu, China, to the rainbow mountain in the Peruvian Andes, stunning photographs are paired with inspirational quotes from mikati, whose enthusiasm for travel is intoxicating. driven by her unabashedly optimistic spirit, mikati has travelled the globe to gather—in her first book—a plethora of visual wonders: ancient monoliths, scenic islands, stunning artwork, electric cityscapes, white-sand seashores, ancient cobbled streets, and both classic and innovative architecture. the infectious, whimsical spirit that carries throughout these pages is reflective of mikati’s own ultra-upbeat outlook on life.
the life eclectic: highly unique interior designs from around the world
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unit price perfeaturing homes of the world's most well-respected creatives, including Studio MacLean, Manfredi della Gherardesca, and Martin Brudnizki, the life eclectic is a celebration of individuality, and embracing the joy that fluidity in taste can bring.
how often have you leafed through an interiors book and wondered how you might be able to recreate the eclectic, joyful, and chic style of famed designers, when your mis-match belongings seem to juxtapose in all the wrong ways? the life eclectic is an interiors book that through carefully selected case studies of homes from the UK, US, Australia, France, and Denmark, shows how highly regarded designers, artists, gallerists and writers curate their treasured (and varied) possessions to glorious effect.
angela lomenzo combines stunning photography and powerful real stories documented from interviews with a diverse group of accomplished women that encourages us to dig deep into our own creative lives!
this beautifully designed clothbound book brings together the 'Palabrarmas' series by the chilean-born artist, poet and activist cecilia vicuña (born 1948).
images of these works―each a powerful juxtaposition of color, poetry and politics―appear alongside new essays and historical references chosen with the artist. palabrarmas, a neologism that translates to "word weapons" or "word arms," imagine new ways of seeing language. taking the form of collages, silkscreens, drawings, poems, fabric banners, cutouts, mixed-media installations and street actions, vicuña’s palabarmas bring together her work in poetry, activism and visual art. each one unpacks and deconstructs single words to reveal other words hiding within them, allowing new meanings to emerge.
the artist began making these visual anagrams while in exile in london and bogotá after the pinochet-led coup of 1973 in chile, and has always seen them as a form of liberation―as a way to "open up minds by opening up words," as she puts it. the palabarmas have taken on new relevance in today’s political climate, and appeared on the streets during chile’s 2019 revolution as protest signs. this book presents a range of palabrarmas in color for the first time, with new essays by mónica de la torre, carla macchiavello, cecilia vicuña and jeanne gerrity, and reprinted texts by rené daumal, robert randall and simón rodríguez.
an exploration of the visual corollary to didion’s life and work and the feeling that each generates in her admirers, detractors and critics―including artists from helen lundeberg to diane arbus, betye saar to maren hassinger, vija celmins and andy warhol.
arranged chronologically, the book highlights didion's fascination with the two coasts that made her. as a Westerner transplanted to new york, didion was able to look at her native land, its mores and fixed rules of behavior, with the loving and critical eyes of a daughter who got out and went back. and from her new york perch, didion was able to observe the political scene more closely, writing trenchant pieces about clinton, el salvador and most searingly the central park five.
carrie mae weems has often confronted the uncomfortable truths of racism and race relations over the course of her nearly 40-year career. in The Shape of Things, she focuses her unflinching gaze at what she describes as the circus-like quality of contemporary american political life. for this new work, weems created a seven-part film projected onto a cyclorama―a panoramic-style cylindrical screen that dates to the 19th century―where she addresses the turmoil of current events in the United States and the “long march forward.”
drawing on news and tv footage from the civil rights era to today, elements of previous films such as the madding crowd (2017) and new film projects that bring us into our tumultuous present, the films in The Shape of Things combine documentary directness with poetic rhythm to create an enveloping experience.
carrie mae weems (born 1953) has received numerous awards, grants and fellowships, and is represented in public and private collections around the world, including the metropolitan museum of art, new york; the museum of fine arts, houston; and the museum of modern art and the museum of contemporary art, los angeles. weems lives in brooklyn and syracuse, new york.
the offbeat sari celebrates these innovations in sari design, with photography of pieces by leading contemporary designers. commissioned essays by notable indian writers such as pragya agarwal and sonia faleiro explore ideas such as gender fluidity, politics, sustainability, female empowerment and the self-image of india, alongside interviews with the designers whose work illustrates each theme.
can crochet explain the complexities of non-euclidean geometry? how does the 1804 jacquard loom relate to modern computing? radical fiber celebrates the overlap between art, science, interdisciplinary creativity and collaborative learning.
for centuries, fiber arts have influenced sciences as diverse as digital technology, mathematics, neuroscience, medicine and more. radical fiber explores this relationship through contemporary art and historical artifacts that address five key themes: shape, machine, body, brain and community. how did the accidental discovery of synthetic mauveine dye in 1856 pave the way for modern pharmaceuticals while also generating toxic waste? why do we respond differently to a woven photograph than a printed one? these and other questions reframe the fiber/science intersection and ask how the medium can be used to improve our world for the future.
theorists and artists from jack halberstam to peter rehberg consider the fruitful cross-pollination of video, punk, queerness and gender politics
since the 1970s, the medium of video has been closely associated with subcultural and countercultural movements. art and music videos in particular have showed great subversive potential, as artists and musicians use the medium to explore and transgress social norms and gender stereotypes. the essays in this publication consider artistic strategies in the context of the history of punk and its offshoots, combining scholarly opinions from the fields of art history, queer theory, media studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies and cultural studies alongside field reports from the practice of alternative archives and visual essays.
authors include: kathrin dreckmann, marina grzinic, jack halberstam, josefine hetterich, angela mcrobbie, jennifer ramme, peter rehberg, marion schulze, elfi vomberg and katharina wiedlack.
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souls grown deep like the rivers: black artists from the american south
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unit price perby emma yau, raina lampkins-fielder, rebecca bray
a wide-ranging survey of black art in the american south, from thornton dial and nellie mae rowe to the quilters of gee's bend
for generations, black artists from the american south have forged a unique art tradition. working in near isolation from established practices, they have created masterpieces in clay, driftwood, roots, soil, and recycled and cast-off objects that articulate america's painful past--the inhuman practice of enslavement, the cruel segregationist policies of the jim crow era and institutionalized racism. their works respond to issues ranging from economic inequality, oppression and social marginalization to sexuality, the influence of place and ancestral memory.
among the sculptures, paintings, reliefs and drawings included here--the majority from the souls grown deep foundation in atlanta--are works by thornton dial, lonnie holley, ronald lockett, hawkins bolden, bessie harvey, charles williams, mary t. smith, purvis young, mose tolliver, nellie nae rowe, mary lee bendolph, marlene bennett jones, martha jane pettway, loretta pettway and henry and georgia speller. also featured are the celebrated quiltmakers of gee's bend, alabama, and work from the neighboring communities of rehoboth and alberta.
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by: taylor bruce
wildsam field guides: american south leads travelers into the most authentic experience of this american region, working closely with an eclectic team of trusted locals. contributors include social justice activist bryan stevenson, pitmaster flora payne, poet beth ann fennely, jazz band leader ben jaffe, fishing guide moe newman and writer daniel wallace, among others. topics in the handsome volume include bourbon, literature, civil rights history, alabama folk art, barbecue icons, tabasco, florida springs, herschel walker, recording studios and more.
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by: jennifer justus (author), taylor elliott bruce (editor)
journey into the heart of alabama with travel, cultural and historical guidance from locals and experts. wildsam's field guide to alabama includes a special section focused on the state's extraordinary musical heritage, and also delves into football, folk art, food and drink and the best destinations for modern travelers.
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