Drawings of Mucha

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70 large-size illustrations trace Mucha's skills as a draftsman over more than 40 years. Among the more famous examples are original plans and drawings for "The Seasons," sketches for the Sarah Bernhardt poster, studies from Mucha's stunning and innovative stylebooks, and a sketch for the St. Louis World’s Fair poster.

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Inside the mind of the artist.......2007-01-11

I appreciated this book as it gives a different perspective on Mucha's works. Being mostly a collection of pencil drawn sketches, it lets you enter the creative process of the artist, while other books I own just present the finished work.

Really useful for who'd like to understand his approach to drawing.

A Brief but Decent Introduction to Brilliance.......2006-10-30

This affordable and brief work to the works of Alphonse Mucha offers an introduction to the artist. Includes some early works, preliminary drafts, and finished products. Useful for those who are studying technique--you can see how he drew (pencil--a few in ink). About 60 illustrations in all, 8 of these in color. I remain fascinated with Mucha's perspectives on beauty. Very inspirational!

What a joy to behold!.......2005-09-10

What charm & grace does the man bring forth! Its things like this that make life worth living and makes us all just that much better.

The master at work.......2000-04-07

The pencil drawings in this book are fascinating. You can really see how he worked on each design, and occasionally the original sketch has some interesting variations from the final product. I particularly enjoyed some of the less popular works that are to be found here.

Very Interesting.......1999-06-24

Nice to see some of Mucha's preliminary drawings, which are softer and simpler by nature, often (in my opinion) more beautiful than the finished pieces. Not all his best work, and the black-and-whites are a bit greyish, but highly recommended nonetheless.

Kids Have All the Answers... And All the Drawings, Too!

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A Must Have For The Classroom

Kids Have All the Answers... And All the Drawings, Too!

Manufacturer: The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1588220184

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This book shares treasures that elementary and middle school students sent in response to questions posed in the "Kids' Talk" column of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Each chapter poses a lively question, and the answers and drawings range from smart to heart-warming to LOL (laugh out loud) funny. The book can be enjoyed by people of all ages, and it offers parents the opportunity to get their children talking about what they see in the book.

Find out how 1,001 students answered questions ranging from silly to serious. Browse more than 150 drawings they drew.

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A Must Have For The Classroom.......2005-01-13

This book is awesome to use in the classroom. My students enjoyed reading the different answers and then they were inspired to add their own. I like how this book covers so many ages and so many different questions. There's something for kids of any age to enjoy.

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Figures decoratives - 4.5
Not enough

Mucha's Figures Decoratives
Alphonse Mucha
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 048624234X

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Comprised of 40 full-page, two-color plates of finished drawings in several media, this new volume reproduces Mucha's extraordinary 1905 style book, Figures Décoratives, a summation of Art Nouveau art and design. New introduction.

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Figures decoratives - 4.5.......2005-09-09

This book is a reproduction of Alphonse Mucha's second commissioned portfolio that was published in 1905. It's main use was and continues to be to help artists with composing the body within unusual and interesting shapes. The bulk of the drawings are, as would be expected with Mucha, of women in various dress or in the nude. There are also a few examples of younger children. I found this book to be useful for practice as copying the various figures has helped me gain a better grasp of anatomy. My only complaint would be that there are no studies of men in the plates.

Not enough.......2001-01-16

Mucha I love. His art is still very unique even today. It never seems old. This book is a good Dover book to see 40 plates by Mucha. They are presented in their original color. But I wouldn't recommend buying it because Dover has another book on Mucha which has 70 plates in original color. The 70 plates book is excellent and I recommend highly on getting it before it goes out of print.

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Great Collection.......2007-08-20

I actually don't own this book, the cost is preventative for me. But I studied with this book for all of the years I had access to it at the art school I attended. It is a beautiful, fairly comprehensive book that I am determined to purchase as soon as I can squeeze out the money from my student budget- it is well worth it! There are notes about each plate and in some cases other variations formerly in circulation. A must have for any art nouveau or Mucha lover!

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Alphonse Mucha Pastels Posters Drawings
Sarah Mucha
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Drawings of Mucha 70 Works by Alphonse Maria Mucha Including 9 in Full Color

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Drawings of Mucha 70 Works by Alphonse Maria Mucha Including 9 in Full Color
Much Alphonse Maria
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Santa Barbara collects: A community exhibition celebrating the reopening of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1985

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Rue Obscure: Vague Regret
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In a remarkably poignant and topical story, Navee is pressed into service against a group of terrorists bombing at random throughout Wake! The group is an oppressed neglected people whose anger is beyond cooling but the victims they make are innocent... Morvan's conceptual and thematic sophistication is astonishing, the equal of, say, Alistair Reynolds's, and his talents are felicitously matched by Buchet's intricate, dense and amazingly harmonious and astonishing drawings. This series is a winner. --Asimov's

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Some women believe their lives are all but over when they reach middle age. But those who believe that ?as we get older, we gals get hotter? are having the time of their lives?well past their so-called primes. They go out and set the world on fire.Red Hot Mamas serves up irreverent ?truths? on women?s favorite topics: beauty salons, shopping, men (of course), cosmetic surgery, singles? bars, reproduction, and much more. Loaded with funny footnotes and tongue-in-cheek quizzes, this surefire hit answers the burning question ?Am I completely nuts, or do all women act this way?? Women everywhere will breathe sighs of relief when they realize that they?re perfectly normal after all.

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Organized chiefly around music themes and music in culture rather than the basic style periods of Western art music, CROSSOADS IN MUSIC provides a basic introduction to music that integrates and explores the similarities among Classical music, popular music, and world music. A user-friendly book, it is comprised of 37 brief, topical chapters that keep readers interested in and focused on specific ideas. The package (text and audio CD set) is one of the most inexpensive on the market.

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Gods in the Sky uses the remarkable story of early astronomy to reveal mysteries of early civilizationfrom the Ancient Egyptians through the Mayan civilization of Meso-America to Medieval Europe. Gods in the Sky reinterprets the meaning and significance of the buildings, art and inscriptions of the ancients, in the light of what historians have recently discovered about early astronomy.

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It can't be right!.......2003-01-16

Hello,
...we read from the Author De Lacy O'Leary, D.D. in his book titled "How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs"
How through the many schools the "Nestorians" (Assyrian Church of the East) founded, including the Schools at Edessa, Nisibis, and Jundi-Shapur, the Greek works were translated into Syriac for use in the curriculums. These works included Theophania, Martyrs of Palestine, and Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius, and many others

In the first place Hibha [a Nestorian-Assyrian] had introduced the Aristotelian logic to illustrate and explain the theological teaching of Theodore, of Mopseustia, and that logic remained permanently the necessary introduction to the theological study in all Nestorian education. Ultimately it was the Aristotelian logic which, with the Greek medical, astronomical, and mathematical writers, was passed on to the Arabs

So the point is that it was through those Assyrian Christian Schools that Greek sciences was passed to the Arabs, and the truly inheritors of the science mace in Middle East should have been mentioned as the Assyrians and not the Arabs.

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The World's Best Teacher.......2002-09-27

From a student who studied under Dr. Allan Chapman, this book does equal justice to the lectures he gave while studying at Oxford University. His writing pulls into a deep emotional state which makes it hard to put the book down.

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Now you can make the very most of your precious time with your child. The editors of Parents Magazine, America's #1 family magazine since 1926, have collected over 300 activities that promote your child's learning and growth-from zany things to do with paper boxes to silly sentences to help your child remember sounds. Best of all, they allow you to become your child's number one teacher, deeply involved in every aspect of her development and able to guide and shape her mind and body, social skills, and wonder at the world around her. This essential playtime resource includes:* Arts and crafts from inexpensive household items.* Physical games and gentle sports* Learning and creative play* Outdoor games and nature activities* Excursions and travel outside the neighborhoodApple picking.... snow angels......a puppet show....a United States-shaped pizza--these smart, safe alternatives to computer and video games help make childhood the time of innocence and exploration it was meant to be....and create memories you and your child will cherish forever.

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This comprehensive discussion of airborne early warning (AEW) system concepts encompasses a wide range of issues, including capabilities and limitations, developmental trends, and opportunities for improvement. With sections suited for both the specialist and the generalist, it provides broad coverage of AEW system concepts and enabling technologies. The book is supported by 202 equations and 170 illustrations.

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"Buy it, read it, act on it. Our future depends on the knowledge this collection of suppressed stories allows us."-San Diego Review

"Devastating evidence of the dumbing down of mainstream news in America . . . required reading for broadcasters, journalists, and well-informed citizens."-Los Angeles Times

"A terrific resource."-Library Journal

"A distant early warning system for society's problems."-American Journalism Review

The best-selling Censored series highlights the year's 25 most important underreported news stories, alerting readers to deficiencies in corporate media and the resurgence of alternative media. In addition to the top censored stories of the year, this year's edition includes an investigative report on untold and unfinished 9/11-related stories.

Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored, is an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his op-ed pieces in the alternative press and independent newspapers nationwide, such as Z Magazine and Social Policy.

Project Censored, founded in 1976 by Carl Jensen, has as its principal objective the advocacy for and protection of First Amendment rights and the freedom of information in the United States.

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Read this book!.......2007-06-12

A great read. If you have the accasional thought that runs along the lines of "well, maybe it's not too bad" - then you need to read this. Freedom of speech, huh! Nice concept.

free media at stake.......2006-11-10

Since the right-wing owned corporate mainstream media sides with corporations (who own them) and their agenda, we must turn to alternative source of information in order to learn what is going on around us.
Censorship is apprently immense and many people do not realize it, hence they remained uninformed what affects them on a daily basis.
Spend less time watching football games or American Idol-type of shallow and useless shows, and read books instead. You will be surprised how little you know. Thank you.

More of the Same..........2006-03-13

...from the corporate media, and from Project Censored. The team has delivered another volume of the most important stories of the year, which have been ignored or covered up by the mainstream media. In an insult to American traditions of a free press and an informed citizenry, the corporate news industry continues to suppress important stories about corporate hegemony; the errors and crimes of elected leaders (from the dominant party, that is); and most importantly, any story about the modern assault on participatory democracy from the wealthy elite. Uncovering these stories and describing their importance to regular citizens already makes the work of Project Censored incredibly important. However, I have been diligently reading these annual guides for nearly a decade, and this year's edition continues the tendency of the books to undermine the importance of the uncovered news stories.

The main problem is the large portion of this book that follows the year's top stories, in which the team attempts analyses of media behavior. With the exception of strong reports from FAIR and PR Watch, the media analyses here are at worst amateurish, or at best summaries of the type of work done by far stronger experts in the field of mass communications and political economy (such as Ben Bagdikian or Robert McChesney, as just two examples). Here we get only slight introductions to a rich field of knowledge that would be much better explored in books by the experts, rather than the term papers by students that are predominant here. (The more intricately researched, though sarcastic and hyperbolic, submissions from writers like Greg Palast aren't helping much either.)

This running weakness is compounded by absolutely atrocious technical editing. This book is damaged by severe typos on nearly every page – for example, "to reminder us all," "Depart of Defense," or "February 29, 2005." This volume is dedicated to the late investigative journalist Gary Webb, and they even misprinted his date of birth in the large introduction on the first page (he wasn't born in 1995). What we have here is an unprofessional lack of the most basic proofreading, evidenced by the fact that essays by some of the writers contain very few typos, but others are so poorly typed that entire sentences border on incomprehensibility. This is especially a problem in the section that follows up the top censored stories from previous years, with updates written by various students and interns in the project. Sure, typing is a chore and it's not contingent on the believability of one's writing. However, a project that has a few hundred people working on it should have at least one or two technical editors on staff. To avoid the perennial weaknesses of editing and analysis that might forever damage the annual books, it might be a good idea to just stick with the Project Censored website for what's really important – the censored stories themselves. [~doomsdayer520~]

The book seems to never end but it is full of good stuff .......2005-12-15

In this book Dahr Jamail records witnesses to the assault on Fallujah in late 2004 who describe U.S. troops killing civilians trying to swim across the Euphrates to escape the fighting, rolling tanks over wounded bodies, killing people waving white flags and invading homes and killing people when they didn't respond to commands in English. At the Fallujah General hospital and a hospital ten miles away, U.S. forces engaged in a quite blatant violation of the Geneva Convention by invading the hospitals and making doctors and patients lie on the ground shackled, shooting out lights, firing at ambulances killing one drivers, shooting out doors, blocking access roads and access out of the hospital for ambulances and so on. Jamail records the feeling of people in the Al Dura region outside Baghdad who report U.S destruction of their wells and fields and records witnesses to the civilian deaths of U.S. bombs dropped on civilian areas. It is explained in the book that according to the Lancet/John Hopkins study which estimated 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed in the year after the March 2003 invasion as a result of that invasion, died for the most part not by direct killing by U.S. soldiers, but by rocket and missile attacks, unexploded cluster bombs, etc. He notes that while violent crimes against women averaged about once every several months under Saddam, this increased to several per week by July 2003 under the blessings of American occupation.

The Iraqi government commission on the media set up by Bremer has banned and threatened news outlets, which don't toe its line. The book has a section surveying abuses of freedom of speech and press in the world. In U.S. allies like Egypt and Morrocco, excuses are still found to jail journalists and send out masked men to beat them up. In Tunisia, the country's press association was expelled by the International Federation of Journalists after the former gave an award for press freedom to the country's virtual dictator President Ben Ali, a notorious persecutor of opposition journalists. In Afghanistan, journalists report that they heavily exercise self-censorship for fear of facing retaliation from the warlords, the real rulers of the country.

The book points out the deception behind the Oil for Food scandal uproar. It notes that it was not the demonized UN leadership but the U.S. and UK dominated the UN sanctions committee which approved all the Oil For Food Deals. U.S. allies Turkey and Jordan gained U.S. acquiescence in the billion dollar smuggling of Iraqi oil that went on over their borders. 80 percent of Iraqi oil during the sanctions period ended up in the hands of U.S. companies.

Another section deals with the situation in Haiti. The old barbaric military and police have regained power on behalf of the U.S. installed Latortue government and gone around beating up judges who try to prosecute them. Thousands are in jail w/o charge.. Rape has been a particular tool used by this regime.. Amnesty International has reported on the extreme violence of the new regime but the Bush administration, the Martin Government in Canada and the UN have engaged in lies and obfuscation about it. The leading Haitian human rights organization, like the rest of the groups in the "democratic uprising" was heavily subsidized by the U.S. prior to Aristide's overthrow, now refuses to go into the slums and villages where most Haitians live, to investigate abuses. Meanwhile in May 2005, the government of the Dominican Republic, began arbitrarily picking up Haitian migrant workers and refugees in the country and dumping them across the border into Haiti. More than a few of these tens of thousands dumped over the border appear to be poor dark skinned Dominicans arbitrarily classified as Haitians by the Dominican police.

Domestic related matters in this book include a report on how Gale Norton's Interior Department has been blocking inquiry into the royalty accounts of revenues gained from resource extraction by corporations on Native American land since 1887. An investigator appointed by a federal judge estimated that, while many Native Americans live in third world style poverty, the Government had robbed Native Americans of over 137 billion in revenues since 1887. The Bush administration successfully pressured that this investigator resign. Another article deals with the proposals for dealing with illegal immigrants and it points out that recent proposals such as those by Senators Kennedy and McCain, at best resemble the previous "guest worker" program, the Bracero program that lasted from 1942 to 1964. During the latter, the government often withheld money from workers on the ground that it wanted to ensure completion of work contract, but that money was never released to the workers.

An interesting article describes how the army of Ethiopia, ruled by virtual dictator Melas Zenawi, has engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing complete with the usual village burning, mass rapes, executions, etc. against the Anuak people in Ethiopia's Gambella region, in part by supporting the violence of other ethnic groups against the Anuak. The region is a major source of oil and other natural resources for U.S. corporations. The Ethiopian Government receives major military aid and training from the Bush administration. The author of the "update" section of this article makes a few questionable assertions but his overall point is fair enough.

Other interesting items discussed include: Video and Audio propaganda produced by the White House and corporations that pass as real news on TV and radio stations and lack of safety against terror attacks at chemical plants. Two articles seem to be centerpieces of the book. The first laboriously tries to prove that the Republicans stole the White House in 2004. The second points out problems with the official story about 9-11 and implies some conclusions that I think are unwarranted at this point.. Greg Palast in the last article discusses the Bush draft dodging/Dan Rather buffoonery.

If The Majority Are Unaware Of A Crime, Then ....Did It Really Happen?.......2005-11-25

"They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality...and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening." ~ Orwell, 1984

You are being to lied to at every turn. Truth is dismissed as propaganda, while propaganda is presented as truth. It's been this way for so long that most people aren't capable or willing to examine it. It's too alien, unfamiliar. Project Censored helps by serving as a counterbalance.

How could so many be part of what would have to be a broad, intricate "conspiracy" to lie to the public? ..people ask. It's complex, not always black and white, and largely has taken root through the individual's internalization of self-serving, illusory truths and facts as doing so is seen as benefitial for advancement, wealth and social status. "That's just how it is," is the resounding collective concession, not willing, of course, to likewise concede that dire problems long ignored invariably courts disaster. Regulated media through corporate consolidation, and Orwellian "de-regulation" policies = the demise of democracy.

Naturally, if, from birth, a person is indoctrinated into a system of beliefs and values, that is, a 'worldview,' via mass media, that reinforces highly deceptive perceptions of self, society, and state, than to address those views with fact-based skepticism is akin to pulling a rug out from underneath those whose propagandized perceptions constitute the very fabric of their consciousness ...so, it's little wonder why many won't or don't want to face the magnitude of the truth, and instead attack the messenger.

People will always take mental shortcuts, and if the encouraged daily round of living, through example, doesn't permit or condone critical thinking, reading, research, ability and confidence to voice views beyond that which they have been strategically 'instructed' to abide, you end up with this bizarre experiment that we have in the U.S.: constitutional strongholds that permit many rights and liberties for all, yet, a majority that take those rights for granted to the extent that when broad, unprecedented measures are taken to eliminate and subvert those rights and march us toward a closed, totalitarian society, they fail to acknowledge that it's actually happening ...because they're unable to see it.

They can't see it because the all-reaching media apparatus assures them it isn't so. And if their disbelief persists, they'll have to take on some thick skin as they'll be personally attacked and shouted-down. And once someone becomes a somewhat established dissident, the facts and views she/he brings are routinely ignored, because the personal attacks brought against them only misdirect away from those views and facts for so long.

If you're skeptical of the lies being sold, you're largely considered an enemy, a malcontent, and within establishment rhetoric and policy[Patriot Act], are on par with "the terrorists." One doesn't have to look too far back into history to understand the strategy of that level of social engineering.

It's clear as to why the Powers That Be strategically implemented the never-ending 24/7 "news" cycle vis a vis cable "news;" incessently repeat the propaganda, thus ensuring a stranglehold on perceptions of "reality." From there, the herd polices itself. Like Chomsky says, the more you frighten the populace over tweaked crime stats, welfare mothers and drug addicts, the more you control everybody.

The Project Censored group realize this all too well. Try asking some of those you know if they've ever even heard of them ...."huh, were they on Star Search last night?" Exactly. Yet, year after year, they diligently release volume upon volume of collected information that *should* serve as a clear, loud WARNING. There are some aspects of existence that we may never have definitive answers for, but the facts, the reality, of how a supposedly open democracy runs itself, and the instruments used to inform its citizenry in ways of ensuring properly informed, healthy civic interaction, is so crucial, so plain to see, that it is disheartening, if not unnerving, to see all the power in the wrong hands, and scores of people who, like many others less fortunate yet more wary, are the literal victims of those in power, vehemently supporting the degredation.

I hope more people will read this book, including the entire long running series, for a clearer understanding of how "reality" is meticulously managed within our illusory "democracy." Kudos to Project Censored!
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Top 25 censored stories: more marginalized stories of 2005-2006.: An article from: St. Louis Journalism Review

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Top 25 censored stories: more marginalized stories of 2005-2006.: An article from: St. Louis Journalism Review
Charles L. Klotzer
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Title: Top 25 censored stories: more marginalized stories of 2005-2006.
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Birds of Missouri Review.......2001-02-28

Excellent source of information. The authors have obviously put an incredible amount of time and effort into research for this book. The writing style follows what I would call a "typical" scientific format: In other words the book is not one for casual reading. The amature as well as professional ornithologist can obtain very precise information about state records for every bird to ever enter (or think about entering) Missouri. This book is definiiely "solid" science with very little, if any, speculation about distrubution or abundance of each species of bird to grace the state with its presence. I feel this book would make a respectable addition to any collection of literature dedicated to ornithology.

BIRDS OF MISSOURI. THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE [14C]

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BIRDS OF MISSOURI. THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE [14C]
M. and D. Easterla Robbins
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