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This work replaces Harold Osborne's Oxford Companion to Art (1970), which has been continuously in print for thirty years. Though originally commissioned as a new edition of Osborne's book, it is effectively a completely new work, planned and written afresh for new generations of art lovers. Apart from a handful of classic articles by Harold Osborne mainly on aesthetics, and a few others which needed only minor change, the text is entirely new. Unlike Osborne, it focuses on Western art rather than the whole of world art, concentrating primarily on painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts, leaving architecture to be covered separately. With not only a tighter focus but also a greater extent than Osborne's, the new Companion offers far deeper coverage of the subject than previously; it includes many more artists and their works, and also pays proper attention to new topics of interest focused on patronage, taste, theory and criticism, materials and techniques, and the new art history. There are over 2600 entries, alphabetically arranged. Almost half of them cover artists, from classical times to the twentieth century. Other entries discuss art styles and movements, art forms (such as battle painting, landscape, caricature, or stained glass), specialist terms, and materials and techniques in all media. There is strong emphasis on location as a focus for art: not only are there regional and cultural surveys, but also entries on specific places of importance such as Paris or Urbino; and, in addition, entries on museums and galleries are arranged under the their city headword so that the reader can easily survey the major sites within a particular locality, such as New York, Boston, or Madrid. Patronage receives imaginative treatment: here, rather than focusing on a limited number of individual patrons, the Companion has entries on towns and cities as centres of patronage and collecting - such as Nuremberg, Dresden, or Prague. In addition, there is a novel series of entries on the critical fortunes of the art of the major European countries, covering, for example, patronage and collecting of Italian art in France, Spain, Britain, Germany and Central Europe, the USA, and in Italy itself. A further category of entry covers topics in the theory of art, such as iconography, perspective, and synaesthesia; and there is wide-ranging coverage too of art scholarship and criticism from Aristotle and Pausanius to Sartre, Panofsky, and Michel Foucault. All this is supplemented by entries on general topics as varied as reproduction, anatomy, guilds and confraternities, frames, and the conservation and restoration of paintings and sculpture. This is a work for everyone who loves art, whether actively engaged in the subject professionally or as one of the countless amateurs visting sites and cities, galleries, and exhibitions, churches, libraries, country houses, and palaces in pursuit of beauty and cultural enrichment.

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Everything You've Wanted to Know about Jean de Marville.......2006-03-11

This is a huge, wonderful reference book on almost every aspect of art you can think of. Beware, though, this is not a "picture" book nor is it a narrative history of art. Though it does contain about 50 color paintings between its covers, it is basically an art encyclopedia with entries laid out in alphabetical order.

Besides containing biographical information on just about every artist who ever took brush in hand it has entries on major museums, schools of art, and various other feature length articles on:

Classicism
Casting
Conservation and Restoration
Illuminated Manuscripts
Gilding
Funerary Monuments
Gothic Art
Arts of Countries
Portraiture
Proportion
Impressionism
Perspective.

That's just a sampling of the many interesting topics discussed in a book of over 800 pages. Each page has three columns so there is an immense amount of material covered here. Another interesting group of feature articles pertains to Art as Objects of Patronage and Collecting. These are listed by country, e.g. England, Italy, Spain.

This is a serious art book, and probably would not be of interest to anyone with a very casual interest in the subject. The long article on Perspective, for instance, requires some focusing of the mind. If you've spent some time studying the basics of art, and think that the best way to spend a Sunday afternoon is to tour the local art gallery, then this is the book for you.

extremely helpful companion.......2003-11-25

this is one of the most comprehensive companion guides i've found. most art texts only cover the basics but this includes more obscure info and provides excellent definitions. one of the best features is that it includes themes and topics in art. gray boxed info covers such things as patronage, the tradition of the nude model, comparisons of southern and northern renaissance and portraiture. terrific book, cannot recommend it enough!!!!

The Western Art Lovers Set: Consisting of the Oxford History of Western Art and the Oxford Companion to Western Art

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The Western Art Lovers Set: Consisting of the Oxford History of Western Art and the Oxford Companion to Western Art

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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The Oxford Companion to Western Art
Hugh Brigstocke
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The Western Art Lovers Set (the Oxford History of Western Art and the Oxford Companion to Western Art)

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The Western Art Lovers Set (the Oxford History of Western Art and the Oxford Companion to Western Art)
Hugh Brigstocke (ed) Martin Kemp (ed)
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Jessie Tarbox Beals: First Woman News Photographer
Alexander Alland
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Over 100 cartoons. Zahn's irreverent depiction of the sport of fly-fishing will appeal to almost anyone.

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As the title indicates, Essays in Honor of James A. Graaskamp: Ten Years After, is a collection of essays written to honor Graaskamp's major contributions to the field of real estate education and practice over the course of three decades. Upon his death in 1988, the industry lost a major influence for advancing the real estate discipline, both as an academic field and a professional field. The authors in this volume seek to extend Graaskamp's contributions and move the real estate discipline forward. The papers address the challenges posed by the market to return our attention to real estate fundamentals, and to strike a proper balance between Main Street and Wall Street. The authors and editors hope that this book will influence the industry to incorporate many of Grasskamp's ideas into mainstream real estate education and practice.
Over the course of his career, Graaskamp made many noteworthy contributions to real estate theory and practice, ideas that if resurrected could offset some of the pressure in the industry to move away from market fundamentals. The authors try to capture the essence of Graaskamp's messages, and intend that the papers serve as a point of departure for discussing the future role and nature of real estate education.
Part I focuses on the major contributions to the real estate discipline made by Graaskamp and the Wisconsin Real Estate Program. Part II contains some personal recollections and photos of Graaskamp, and also a summary of the groups that make up the Wisconsin Real Estate Program, a major co-sponsor of this volume. The rest of the book's three main parts are structured around major topics that reflect the multidisciplinary nature of real estate as espoused by Graaskamp. Part III treats real estate feasibility and development, Part IV concentrates on real estate valuation, and Part V discusses institutional economics.

ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JAMES A. GRAASKAMP: TEN YEARS AFTER.(Review) (book review): An article from: Real Estate Issues

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ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JAMES A. GRAASKAMP: TEN YEARS AFTER.(Review) (book review): An article from: Real Estate Issues
D. Richard Wincott
Manufacturer: The Counselors of Real Estate
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This digital document is an article from Real Estate Issues, published by The Counselors of Real Estate on March 22, 2001. The length of the article is 720 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JAMES A. GRAASKAMP: TEN YEARS AFTER.(Review) (book review)
Author: D. Richard Wincott
Publication: Real Estate Issues (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2001
Publisher: The Counselors of Real Estate
Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Page: 65

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This is a masterful presentation of the modern crisis between church and home by a man who wears the three hats of father, pastor, and theologian. Thompson addresses eight problems — wrong philosophies of: 1.) church growth; 2.) how to meet the needs of a congregation; 3.) outreach; 4.) loyalty; 5.) shepherding families; 6.) socialization; 7.) ministry; and 8.) Scripture. In each case, Thompson shows us that the Bible is the best antidote to the problem. This is a life-changing tape. By John Thompson. Compact Disc. 60 mins.

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The first American pilot shot down over Iraq during the Gulf War, Lt. Cmdr. Scott Speicher was originally listed as killed in action. But evidence has surfaced indicating that not only might he have survived the crash, he may still be alive today...

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Story needs to be told & what are we going to do about it?.......2007-01-15

Every soldier has heard "No one left behind", but Lt. Commander Michael Scott Speicher was left behind and the story needs to get out. Our government should be held accountable and no effort should be spared to find out the truth once and for all. Sightings of this soldier by reputable witnesses, murders of those who helped him, this sounds like an incredible movie plot. But, it's all true and the family and fellow soldiers need to get the truth and recover him or his remains.

Where is the accountability?.......2006-06-21

There have been several articles and reports in recent years about Michael Scott Speicher; the Navy F-18 pilot who was shot down over Iraq during the first night of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Over the last fourteen years, there have been many mistakes and missed opportunities in relation to Scott Speicher's case. Many people believe that Speicher may have been alive up to a decade after the 1991 Gulf War and there is still hope that he is alive today. There have been multiple pieces of credible evidence and even sightings of Speicher since he was lost and there is simply no evidence that suggests that he was killed in action. There is also strong evidence that we had a chance to rescue Speicher in 1994 but the Clinton Administration for fear of the political fallout abandoned him at that time. My question is where is the accountability? Why hasn't anyone taken a beating over this miserable failure and possible abandonment of one of our nation's finest?

Amy Waters Yarsinske has written a thorough account of the Speicher case: No One Left Behind: The Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story. In her book, Yarsinske describes how Scott Speicher took off from the aircraft carrier Saratoga in the early morning hours of January 17, 1991 and did not return. For some reason the officials aboard the Saratoga neglected to get the news out about Speicher to Naval Forces Central Command for several hours after Speicher did not return. This mistake was critical because the first four to five hours after a shootdown are when combat search and rescue (CSAR) is most successful. Another mistake, which occurred in the early stages of the war, was when Dick Cheney, then Secretary of Defense, stated to reporters that an F-18 pilot was lost on the first night of operations and was killed in the incident. He made the statement based on some bad information that was given to him from Vice Admiral Jeremy "Mike" Boorda, then chief of naval personnel. Boorda had gotten the information from his chain of command that "Scotts Hornet had been blown out of the sky--with no chance of survival, no ejection". The truth to a high degree of certainty is that Scott Speicher was not killed in the incident. When Speicher's crash site was discovered, the plane was in relatively good shape. It certainly was not completely destroyed. The engines were intact, the canopy was missing, and the ejection seat was missing. This of course suggests that Speicher ejected. Scott's flight recorder was found later, which confirmed that Speicher's plane went down due to fuel being cut off from the engines. An air-to-air missile detonating beneath the aircraft probably caused the failure of fuel to the engines. It is known that a pilot ejecting from an F-18 Hornet, has more than an eighty percent chance of survival.

Another disturbing bit of information about the 1991 Gulf War is the lack of combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions for downed pilots during the war. According to Yarsinske, there were thirty-seven fixed wing aircraft that went down during the conflict and search teams were launched for just seven of them. According to Timothy G. Connolly, a former Army Ranger and principle undersecretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict said "We did virtually no SAR for anyone. Jesse Johnson, head of special operations for Central Command, was responsible for combat SAR forces. His rule was, we're not launching unless there's somebody on the ground waving their arms for us. He didn't want to risk casualties." No search and rescue team was launched for Michael Scott Speicher.

Perhaps the most shocking information about the Speicher case is that the U.S. could have rescued Scott in 1994 but decided to abandon him. The CIA discovered that pieces of an American jet were being sold on the black market by a source named the Falcon Hunter. The Falcon Hunter was a Member of the Qatari royal family with strong ties to the Iraqis. In December 1993, the Falcon Hunter was in the western Iraqi desert hunting with his falcons as he commonly did and came upon some locals trading parts. He discovered that a local tribe of Bedouins found the wreckage of a U.S. warplane. The Falcon Hunter told them that he wished to see the crash site for himself. They took him to the crash site and he immediately recognized that it was a Navy jet from the USS Saratoga, downed in the Persian Gulf War. According to Yarsinske, after some time, the Bedouins were communicating with the U.S. through the Falcon Hunter and indicated that they wanted to turn Scott over to the U.S. authorities. They made the attempts for two or three years with no affirmative response from the Clinton Administration or U.S. Intelligence in the region. This information is corroborated by two Joint Chiefs of Staff sources in Navy Intelligence and the CIA. The Falcon Hunter's statements were further corroborated by a Saudi prince who new the Bedouin tribes in Western Iraq. The prince made frequent trips across the border and even offered to get Scott Speicher out if the U.S. wanted him to do so. He was waiting for instructions when the Joint Chiefs of Staff was told by their Chairman, General John M. Shalikashvili to stand down. Why would he do that? According to Yarsinske "The Clinton administration had apparently made the decision that bringing Scott Speicher home at that time would reveal that they had known he was in trouble since taking office" and since there would be witnesses including Scott himself who knew the timing of the events, "The embarrassment was a political bombshell, a hit the administration was unwilling to take."

With all of the evidence of missed opportunities and even blatant abandonment of Speicher after he was reported alive, why hasn't there been a congressional investigation? I think the officials in the government who chose to abandon Michael Scott Speicher ought to be held accountable. They need to answer under oath in congressional hearings. They should know that their actions in this matter would cost them more than just political capital or shame. They need to be punished.

Straight forward interesting account.......2005-02-27

This is good solid reporting about a very interesting subject. I read the book before the second war in Iraq and would love to read an updated version with later discoveries.

Thought provoking.......2004-05-26

Would the United States knowingly leave one of their own behind during the First Gulf Conflict? Amy Waters Yarsinke, the author, seems to think yes, they would.

We start with the facts; Michael Scott Speicher was flying a plave that was shot down over Iraq during the early stages of the Gulf War Conflict. After that, we are presented with evidence (from Iraqis )backing up the theory that he was killed and a whole slew of evidence he survived and, indeed, was still alive in the late 1990's.

Perhaps now that Saddam Hussein's regime has fallen and Abu Graib prison in in the hands of the Allies, Warsinke's claims may not be so readily believable however there is strong circumstancial evidence that Speicher survived the crash and fell into the hands of the Iraqis.

An interesting book firmly pushing the 'He's alive' theory. Maybe he is.

Still good, but a little sensationalized.......2003-11-01

Amy Waters Yarsinske must first be commended for her six-part series in The Virginian-Pilot that lead to the reclassification of Michael Scott Speicher, the Persian Gulf War's first casualty, as "Missing-Captured." Those articles eventually formed the basis for the astonishing "No One Left Behind," a chronicle of a military tragedy and an unbroken chain of mistakes.

"No One Left Behind" works on many levels. The beginning of the book is a detailed look at the opening stages of the first Persian Gulf War. The middle of the book deals with the fascinating forensics that went into investigating and re-constructing what really happened to Capt. Speicher when he was shot down. The final portion of the book dives into the murky world of military intelligence.

Mrs. Yarsinske has crafted a very detailed account of every false step in the Speicher mystery, which makes for an engaging story as readers associate with the people who fought the military bureaucracy and continued investigating the Speicher mystery.

This story's achillies heel lies in its deviation from the accepted facts regarding the mystery. Mrs. Yarsinske tries so hard to establish an element of coverup and conspiracy that some of her unconventional theories end up clashing with each other. For instance, she actually tells two different versions of her "friendly fire" theory in the opening chapters, and eventually refutes one of them during the middle third.

Overall, "No One Left Behind" is a gripping and detailed story about an aviator left behind enemy lines, and still a book that reads as if its a novel. It's a commendable piece of journalism, but readers should balance the author's account with alternate press accounts of what really happened to Capt. Michael Scott Speicher on January 16, 1991.

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The definitive account of the last pitched battle fought on English soil, when the attempt by James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and bastard son of Charles II, to seize the throne was crushed by the Royalist army under Lord Feversham. Three hundred of his followers were sentenced to death during the infamous Judge Jeffrey's Bloody Assizes and Monmouth was subsequently beheaded on Tower Hill.

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A nice pocket guide

Great fun

Great for kids

Birds Of Ohio Field Guide

Color me Happy!

Birds of Ohio Field Guide, Second Edition
Stan Tekiela
Manufacturer: Adventure Publications
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ASIN: 159193060X

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Learn about and identify birds using Stan Tekiela's state-by-state field guides. The full-page, color photos are incomparable and include insets of winter plumage, color morphs and more. Plus, with the easy-to-use format, you don't need to know a bird's name or classification in order to easily find it in the book. Using this field guide is a real pleasure. It's a great way for anyone to learn about the birds in your state.

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A nice pocket guide.......2007-05-26

I have the one with the Audio CD as well which works well and sounds a lot better than some other audio books (and sounds a lot better than those cute stuff birds you can buy). It narrows down the bird choices and makes a fine guide for beginners. Not something to write a report on since it is short information but enough to get you started if looking for more.

Great fun.......2006-12-01

I have had this book for 2 years and I am always looking in it every time I see a different bird in my yard. We have woods behind our home so I am always seeing something new! This book tells it all.

Great for kids.......2004-05-26

My 3 1/2 year old loves to "consult" this book while watching for birds at the feeder. The beautiful photos allow even children to easily identify birds. It's not only a beautiful guide but a great learning tool.

Birds Of Ohio Field Guide.......2003-06-06

Must have read thru 2 dozen or more books ordered thru local library recommended for Birds for our area..and THIS ONE..was the the NUMBER ONE favorite of ours..as we are now buying one to keep. Birds of Ohio..is VERY well organized for easy locating of the birds in our area - NICE photos with smaller photos on same page for most showing female of that species. Handy size. Great information. We are luring Orioles and bluebirds to home site and love watching all the other birds here. My husband is pressing me for last week..to get online and order this charming informative book. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Color me Happy!.......2001-11-13

This book has been perfect for me, a beginner bird watcher, because instead of listing by the latin or even common names, which would have been no help to me, it organizes the birds by color. So as long as you're not color blind, it's easy to find the different specimens you're looking for. My only complaint is that I would like to see a bit more description. Otherwise, it's perfect for beginners!

A Birder's Guide to the Cincinnati Tristate, Second Edition

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A Birder's Guide to the Cincinnati Tristate, Second Edition
Robert Folzenlogen
Manufacturer: Willow Press
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This guide to the birds and birding areas of the Cincinnati Tristate updates, expands, revises and reorganizes the ori- ginal edition. Emphasis is placed on the natural habitats of the Tristate and on the seasonal fluctuation of regional bird populations. The guide is designed primarily for be- ginning birdwatchers and for those visiting the Cincinnati area.

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