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Paintings in the Musee D'Orsay
by Serge Lemoine  Publisher Comments Situated in the heart of Paris, the Musie d'Orsay boasts the greatest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world, unparalleled in its diversity and quality. Since its opening in 1986 in a spectacularly renovated train station...
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Black Velvet Masterpieces: Highlights from the Collection of the Velveteria Museum
by Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin Publisher Comments Though beloved by millions around the world, black velvet paintings have too long been relegated to the shadowy backrooms of art history. Black Velvet Masterpieces celebrates the best and worst of this kitschy yet sought-after artform, showcasing the...
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Good Faeries/Bad Faeries
by Brian Froud Publisher Comments "Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon my life as vibrant, luminous beings, permeating my art and my everyday existence, causing glorious havoc...." In the long-awaited...
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Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
by Frank Warren 
Powells.com Staff Pick In the movie, In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung whispers his most secret thoughts into a hole in the ruined temple of Angkor Wat. In Bethlehem, pilgrims write out their prayers and wishes and stuff them into tiny cracks between the bricks at the Western...
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The Revolution Continues: New Art from China
by Saatchi Gallery (edt) Synopsis The Revolution Continues is published to coincide with one of the openings of the new Saatchi Gallery in London's Chelsea. It is the seminal catalogue of the Western world's premiere collection of contemporary art from China and appeals to anyone...
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Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage
by James Cuno Publisher Comments Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted museums, private collectors, and dealers against source countries, archaeologists...
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Paintings in the Louvre
by Lawrence Gowing Synopsis 120 essays by a distinguished art historian represent a guided tour of more than eight hundred European masterpieces from the art collection of the world-famous Louvre....
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The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia
by Milbry Polk Publisher Comments In April of 2003, the world reacted in shock at the news of the looting of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. Priceless antiquities, spanning ten thousand years of human history, were smashed into pieces or stolen, and one of the most important storehouses of...
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The Secret Lives of Men and Women (A Postsecret Book)
by Warren Publisher Comments THE SECRET LIVES OF MEN AND WOMEN reveals through never-before-seen, anonymously submitted postcards the shocking, inspirational, and at times hilarious confessions of men and women everywhere. For this exciting new collection, Frank Warren has...
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The Marvel Vault: A Museum-In-A-Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel
by Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson Publisher Comments The Marvel Vault brings the Universe to you, sharing the insider's story of Marvel Comics from 1939 to the present. Chock-full of historic and never-before-seen memorabilia (think: early sketches of Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch, Bullpen birthday cards,...
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Red Eye
by Mark (edt) Coetzee Publisher Comments The inspiration for this book began at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art with Paul Schimmel's seminal 1992 exhibition Helter Skelter, which introduced to the world the wide-ranging, dissident influence of Los Angeles art. Upon seeing that show...
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Identity By Design : Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses (07 Edition)
by National Museum Of The American Indian Publisher Comments This beautiful book presents a fascinating array of complete women's and girls' outfits dating from the 1830s to the present, including dresses, shawls, shoes, belts, bags, fans, and hair accessories. Also included is historical and contemporary...
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Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators
by Konstanze Bachmann Synopsis In 22 essays, contributors discuss collection care and conservation for a variety of materials and media. Focusing on proper storage techniques and environmental control, the book offers information on emergency planning, disaster management, and...
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Art Brands: Wenn Hunde Beuys Fressen/When Dogs Eat Beuys
by Michael Klant Publisher Comments Vermeer chippers, Fontana juice, Giotto candies, Goya noodles, Lichtenstein medicine, Rembrandt toothpaste, Richter spicy fish rolls and Beuys dog food In this amusing volume, published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum fur Neue Kunst...
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Carroll Dunham Prints: Catalogue Raisonne, 1984-2006
by Allison N. Kremmerer Publisher Comments Widely known for his vibrant paintings that employ a variety of styles--including abstraction, figuration, pop, and cartoon--Carroll Dunham (b. 1949) is also one of the most prolific printmakers of his generation. An integral part of his artistic process,...
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24 Full-Color Postcards of Great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings (Card Books)
by Art Institute Of Chicago Publisher Comments 24 full-color picture postcards of masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, Degas, and other artists. Painstakingly reproduced from originals in one of the world's great collections....
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Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch
by Philip Conisbee Publisher Comments Published to accompany an international exhibition, this is a study of the portraits by the French painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. They were created over the first seven decades of the 19th century and were described by a critic in 1855 as "the...
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The Painting of Modern Life
by Ralph Rugoff Publisher Comments Andy Warhol's silkscreens, Gerhard Richter's blurred images, Vija Celmins' hyperrealism: some of the most influential developments in the history of contemporary art hinge on the use of photographs as source material. Beginning in the early 60s, with...
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100 Treasures of Buckingham Palace
by Tom Parsons Publisher Comments A unique selection of one hundred of the most important works of art from the Royal Collection, owned by the Queen of England, from paintings and drawings to furniture, porcelain, silver, sculpture, jewelry and more. Most are on public display or in use...
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Guyton, Price, Smith, Walker
by Beatrix Ruf Publisher Comments Wade Guyton (b. 1972, Indiana), Seth Price (b. 1973, Jerusalem), Josh Smith (b. 1976, Tennessee) and Kelley Walker (b. 1969, Georgia) work both together and apart in New York. They are not a formal artists group but the heart of a scene, ever changing...
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