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Willem De Kooning: Reflections in the Studio
Edvard Lieber Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0810945606 |
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In the 1980s, composer and pianist Edvard Lieber became the friend and confidant of Willem and Elaine de Kooning. Now, drawing on the stories they shared with him, Lieber has created an intimate anecdotal portrait of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) over the decades.From the rise of Action Painting in New York City to raucous parties in East Hampton, Long Island, this lively chronicle is packed with telling details that shed new light on Abstract Expressionism-and debunk many de Kooning myths. We get a fresh look at Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, and other celebrated de Kooning friends. And we get a firsthand portrait of Willem near the end of his life-and see a still vital artist working with undiminished power.
Illustrated throughout with Lieber's candid photographs, this book offers a unique look at an enigmatic artist.
98 illustrations, 71 in full color, 9 x 9"
EDVARD LIEBER, a composer, concert pianist, painter, and filmmaker, teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He was Willem de Kooning's secretary and curator from 1987 to 1989, and the co-executor of Elaine de Kooning's estate.
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Gentle Giant.......2006-04-07
Best On de Kooning.......2005-02-27
Timeless and Enthralling!.......2001-05-08
A Classic.......2000-11-07
From the opening lines, the reader is irresistibly drawn into de Kooning's life as he hides in a ship and steals away from Holland to America, befriends numerous artists in New York such as Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, and John Cage, struggles to evolve his own style of painting, and ultimately contributes to the evolution of abstract expressionism as one of its major figures. In addition, vivid footnotes offer thumbnails on the Cedar Bar, WPA, New York cafeterias, the Club, Black Mountain College, de Kooning's family, floor plans of de Kooning's East Hampton studio, and numerous other subjects. Astonishingly, nearly all of the information is new - untainted by historical interpretation - with hundreds of facts corrected in the artist's own words and substantiated by the author's meticulous research. The result is an encounter with de Kooning himself.
While the book's title refers to the de Koonings reminiscing, it also alludes to the nearly one hundred photographs taken by the author in de Kooning's studio. Brilliantly composed, each of the images is a surprise, and the chemistry between Lieber and de Kooning is immediate, complex, and richly-hued. There are deeply-moving portraits, charming vignettes, discerning studio views, studies of the artist at work, and - remarkably - nearly two dozen of de Kooning's last paintings in a bold, new, complex style, previously hidden from the world.
A MUST READ!.......2000-06-04
The text spans DeKooning's lifetime and is chock full of new information. Having read this book I now understand and know more about DeKooning, his art, his friends, and his milieu.
The photographs are equally enthralling. Portraits of the artist, photographs of him working, photographs of the studio, and photographs of the finished paintings all reveal an individual in his artistic prime. Most extraordinary are the ravishing color photographs of the late 1980's paintings-paintings that have been dismissed by many art historians and critics as the work of an "ailing artist". Anyone who sees these photographs (reproduced here for the first time) surely will be as moved by their beauty and intensity as I was.
On the whole, this exemplary achievement deserves a place in the library of all who appreciate art.
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Willem De Kooning. Reflections In The Studio
Edvard Lieber Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NUMQWC |
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How to Start a Home-Based Photography Business, 4th
Kenn Oberrecht Manufacturer: Globe Pequot ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0762724838 |
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business photography.......2007-08-31
Starting a Photo Business.......2007-02-09
Interesting, but not that helpful.......2006-01-04
Present for my photographer son.......2005-10-01
getting started.......2005-09-29
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Space Usagi
Stan Sakai Manufacturer: Dark Horse ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1569712905 |
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Unimaginable future technology alongside an ancient samurai code. A universe populated with bizarre lifeforms divided into warring clans. Space Usagi is the descendent of the 17th-century samurai, Miyamoto Usagi, and is the hero of his clan. Space Usagi collects all three miniseries previously published by Dark Horse and Mirage. Death and Honor tells of the fall of the Shiroshi star sytem, White Star Rising chronicles a band of samurai as they attempt to retake their system, and Warrior has Usagi on the trail of the abductor of his lord. Also featured are two short stories, including an encounter with the original Usagi Yojimbo.Customer Reviews:
This book is awesome!.......2000-04-09
Another excellent collection of Stan Sakai's work.......1999-12-21
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Shakespeare and Classical Comedy: The Influence of Plautus and Terence
Robert S. Miola Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0198182694 |
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This book surveys Shakespeare's comedies, charting the influence upon them of the ancient playwrights, Plautus and Terence. Robert Miola analyses these sources, and places the comedies in their Renaissance context, as well as in the larger context of European theatre. Discovering new indebtedness, and discerning new patterns in previously attested borrowings, Shakespeare and Classical Comedy presents an integrated and comprehensive assessment of the complex interactions of the Classical, Shakesparian, and other Renaissance theatres. Robert Miola re-evaluates Plautus and Terence in the light of the Greek antecedents, and gives special attention to Renaissance translations and commentaries, Italian theorists, and playwrights, as well as contemporary dramtist such as Middleton, Joson, Heywood, and Chapman. Four broad catergories organize the discussion - New Comedic errors, intrigue, alazoneia, and romance - and each is illustrated by illuminating readings of individual Shakespearian plays. The author keeps in view Shakespeare's eclecticism, his habit of combining disparate sources and traditions, as well as the rich history of literary criticism and theatrical interpretation. The book concludes by discussing the presence of New Comedy in tragedy, in Hamlet and King Lear. Robert Miola's thoroughly researched book ranges over a vast amount of European drama, from Aristophanes to Beckett and Ionesco. It makes an important contribution to our understanding not only of Shakespeare and of his foremost antecedents, but also of his artistry and achievement.
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Shakespeare and Classical Comedy: The Influence of Plautus and Terence.: An article from: Renaissance Quarterly
Craig Kallendorf Manufacturer: Renaissance Society of America ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00097L9FE Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on March 22, 1997. The length of the article is 692 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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Identity And Memory: The Films of Chantal Akerman
Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Manufacturer: Southern Illinois University ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0809325136 |
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Schenker's Argument and the Claims of Music Theory (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis)
Leslie David Blasius Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0521550858 |
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Heinrich Schenker's theoretical and analytical method occupies a central (and often troubling) position in modern Anglo-American musical studies. His writings claim to resubstantiate the unique artistic presence of the canonic work, and reject those disciplines, such as psychoacoustics and systematic musicology, which derive from the natural sciences. This book rereads Schenker's project as an attempt to reconstruct music theory as a discipline against the background of the new empirical musical sciences of the later nineteenth century, such as the psychological and historical investigations of music.
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Easy French Word Games & Puzzles
Taylor Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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The Power to Predict: How Real Time Businesses Anticipate Customer Needs, Create Opportunities, and Beat the Competition
Vivek Ranadive Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0071450149 |
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Over the past two decades, business innovator Vivek Ranadive has become globally renowned for pioneering "real-time" business. TIBCO, the company Ranadive founded in 1985, has worked with more than 2,000 organizations to improve their agility and increase enterprise-wide performance.
Now, in The Power to Predict, Ranadivé forecasts the next step in achieving breakthrough business success--predictive business. The Power to Predict branches off from overexposed Silicon Valley high-tech names to show the impact of predictive business on mainstream companies from Procter & Gamble to Harrah's, Gallo, and others. Staggering in its implications, this transformative book reveals how entities can break new ground--and gain fresh competitive advantage--in the ongoing quest to:
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Well written overview of automated business.......2007-08-29
Shameless marketing.......2006-08-08
A great read.......2006-03-04
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Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys
Peter Evans Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0060580542 Release Date: 2005-04-26 |
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A longtime investigative journalist uncovers one of the great untold stories of twentieth–century international intrigue, and the secrets it has held 㟵ntil now.
Shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis and Bobby Kennedy, two of the world's richest and most powerful men, disliked one another from the moment they first met. Over several decades, their intense mutual hatred only grew, as did their desire to compete for the affections of Jackie, the keeper of the Camelot flame.
Now, this shocking work by seasoned investigative journalist Peter Evans reveals the culmination of the Kennedy–Onassis–Kennedy love triangle: Onassis was at the heart of the plot to kill Bobby Kennedy. Nemesis meticulously traces Onassis's trail – his connections, the way that he financed the assassination – and includes a confession kept secret for three decades. With its deeply nuanced portraits of the major figures and events that shaped an era, Nemesis is a work that will not soon be forgotten.
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You won't be disappointed...........2007-06-25
Confusing.......2007-06-09
Rumors and Questions Answered.......2007-03-24
Whoa!.......2006-05-04
Review for Seller.......2006-01-15
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The Gray Threat: Assessing the Next-Generation European Fighters
M. A. Lorell Manufacturer: RAND Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0833023071 |
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Three new European fighters will probably be highly competitive with existing U.S. fighters and be developed, procured, and sold outside of Europe. The gray threats should be considered real.
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One Nation, After All : What Americans Really Think About God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, The Right, The Left and Each Other
Alan Wolfe Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 014027572X |
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Few academics write as crisply as the sociologist Alan Wolfe, and even fewer are capable of making the penetrating insights that sprinkle the pages of this engaging study of suburban psychology. Based on 200 extensive interviews with middle-class Americans, Wolfe's study uncovers a striking tolerance. Americans, according to the author, can be quite harsh when judging their own behavior, but they exhibit a hands-off approach with others. (Wolfe also cites an exception to this rule: homosexuality.) Americans are not torn apart by any kind of cultural war, contrary to the claims of intellectuals on both the right and left. Instead, writes Wolfe, they are a practical people willing to accept social change. Forget the shallow opinion polls that appear every few days in the news. One Nation, After All comes closer to the real pulse of the American people than just about any other you will find.Book Description
The subject of great critical acclaim and extensive review attention, One Nation, After All concludes that the reports of cultural divides are highly exaggerated, and Americans agree about much more--on religion, family, race, and morality--than politicians and media pundits would have us believe. These are among the surprising findings reached by renowned sociologist Alan Wolfe after two years of listening to middle-class citizens in eight communities around the nation.In frank and often moving language, middle-class Americans, "left" and "right," express their views about immigrants of all races--whom they welcome but insist should learn English and work hard--and about giving a second chance to the deserving poor but not to the undeserving. They are remarkably tolerant on questions of religion, affirmative action, and family issues--but not about homosexuality.
Wolfe's study, which has already had an impact on the way we discuss domestic politics, disproves thought cliches that have wrongly polarized Americans, and shows the many values that hold our nation together.
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Alternative alternative views.......2006-03-07
Thorough insight into middle class america.......2001-10-23
Hard to Read? Yes...but worth it.......2001-06-06
Nonetheless, in a world where TV commentators routinely portray Americans as "us and them" based on, say, their presidential vote, it is refreshing to read of alternative views. We are more similar than dissimilar - it just won't make for an electrifying show on "Crossfire" or "Hardball".
Professor Wolfe does have some unifying themese throughout the book, which does raise this from 3 to 4 stars in my view. Without them, it's not an easy read.
In fact, I'd recommend printing a condensed version of this. Say, a NY Times Sunday Magazine-length story or even a Reader's Digest one. The story it tells is that important.
Comforting Piece of Social Research.......2000-01-25
The study and subsequent analysis is a well thought out, detailed work packed with citations and comparisons.
As an added plus, the study shows that overall, the American Middle Class is basically a tolerant, reasonable group of people who prefer NOT to tell others how to live their lives.
For the uninitiated, research papers are writtin in the passive voice! This may require some adjustment on the part of the reader.
Almost impossible to read.......1999-11-11
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Early Bird Kindergarten Mathematics 1A - Textbook
Manufacturer: Marshall Cavendish Education ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FFPY42 |
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Detailed Description EarlyBird Kindergarten Mathematics is a series of four books specially prepared for a two-year kindergarten program for children starting at age 4. Two books (A & B) have been planned for each year. Each book contains a wide range of activities which introduce young children to basic math concepts of color, shape, size, number, length, weight, capacity, time, money, and graphs. The objectives and vocabulary or phrases covered in each lesson are listed in the contents page for teachers' easy reference. While there are simple and easy-to-follow instructions at the top of each lesson page for children, there are short notes on how to introduce lessons at the bottom of the page for parents and teachers. With simple and colorful illustrations to hold their attention, young children will find learning math both fun and easy. [Please note that Earlybird Kindergarten is the same series/levels as Earlybird Preschool. The title of the series has been changed from Earlybird Pre-school Mathematics to Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics to better reflect the level for which it is appropriate.] Author: Singaporemath.com Inc. Grade: Kindergarten Format: PaperbackCustomer Reviews:
Most useful little book!.......2007-08-16
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Birds: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Birds of Singapore (Suntree Notebooks)
Lim Kim Seng Manufacturer: Sun Tree Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9813066008 |
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This comprehensive sourcebook and field guide is designed for expert and amateur birdwatchers alike, as well as students and nature lovers. Presented is scientific and field information based on years of bird-watching experience and conscientious study of birds and their behavior, all lavishly illustrated. Also discussed are issues such as climate, habitat, and conservation, which are essential to the discussion of birds in an urban environment like Singapore.
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U.S. Edition Early Bird Kindergarten Mathematics 2B Textbook
Manufacturer: Marshall Cavendish Education ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FFQ1B2 |
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Detailed Description EarlyBird Kindergarten Mathematics is a series of four books specially prepared for a two-year kindergarten program for children starting at age 4. Two books (A & B) have been planned for each year. Each book contains a wide range of activities which introduce young children to basic math concepts of color, shape, size, number, length, weight, capacity, time, money, and graphs. The objectives and vocabulary or phrases covered in each lesson are listed in the contents page for teachers' easy reference. While there are simple and easy-to-follow instructions at the top of each lesson page for children, there are short notes on how to introduce lessons at the bottom of the page for parents and teachers. With simple and colorful illustrations to hold their attention, young children will find learning math both fun and easy. [Please note that Earlybird Kindergarten is the same series/levels as Earlybird Preschool. The title of the series has been changed from Earlybird Pre-school Mathematics to Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics to better reflect the level for which it is appropriate.] Author: Singaporemath.com Inc. Grade: Kindergarten Format: Paperback
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The Birds of Singapore (Images of Asia)
Clive Briffett Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0195886062 |
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Despite the islands' relentless urbanization, Singapore still retains the forests, mangrove swamps, and freshwater reservoirs that play host to some 326 species of resident and migratory birds. Complete with 120 full-colour illustrations and concise details of the features, habits, and calls of 184 species, this handy introduction also contains a wealth of practical information for the visiting bird-watcher.Customer Reviews:
it widen my knowledge.......2000-04-10
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Early Bird Kindergarten Mathematics 2A Textbook
Manufacturer: Marshall Cavendish Education ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FFRW9C |
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Detailed Description EarlyBird Kindergarten Mathematics is a series of four books specially prepared for a two-year kindergarten program for children starting at age 4. Two books (A & B) have been planned for each year. Each book contains a wide range of activities which introduce young children to basic math concepts of color, shape, size, number, length, weight, capacity, time, money, and graphs. The objectives and vocabulary or phrases covered in each lesson are listed in the contents page for teachers' easy reference. While there are simple and easy-to-follow instructions at the top of each lesson page for children, there are short notes on how to introduce lessons at the bottom of the page for parents and teachers. With simple and colorful illustrations to hold their attention, young children will find learning math both fun and easy. [Please note that Earlybird Kindergarten is the same series/levels as Earlybird Preschool. The title of the series has been changed from Earlybird Pre-school Mathematics to Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics to better reflect the level for which it is appropriate.] Author: Singaporemath.com Inc. Grade: Kindergarten Format: Paperback
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A bird's eye view of Singapore
Macaw Manufacturer: Times Books International ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9971652404 |
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Birds of Peninsular Malaysis and Singapore (Photographic Guide To...)
G.W.H. Davison Manufacturer: New Holland Publishers Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1845378032 |
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Birds of Singapore
John A S Bucknill Manufacturer: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000SO1VE2 |
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Birds of Singapore
Christopher Hails Manufacturer: Times Editions ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 9971400995 |
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Birds of Singapore and South-East Asia
John Bucknill , and F.N. Chasen Manufacturer: Tynron Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1871948630 |
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