To stroll the streets of Cubato hear the rumbling engines of its 1950s automobiles, the jazz, and the rumbais to travel back in time, to see jaw-dropping natural beauty and the artists, musicians, and folklore of legends.
A collection of sixty-four black-and-white photographs and sixty-two poems, Unfolding in Light offers a vision of hands as images, symbols, and archetypes, allowing the numinous to shine through the mundane.
Headline: A peak behind the Hollywood mask by one of its foremost makeup artistsIn Hollywood's heyday, almost every major studio had a Westmore heading up the makeup department.
Stories of Remarkable People and Enduring Love in the Time of WoodstockIn the 1960s and '70s, Frank Yandolino rode the hippie counterculture movement alongside visionaries like Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang, and he helped put together the Woodstock Festival of 1969, the eras emblem of love and peace.
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardThe first comprehensive biography of Weegee photographer, "e;psychic,"e; ultimate New Yorker from Christopher Bonanos, author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid.
A TOUCHING MEMOIR OF ART AND MARRIAGE IN BOSTON'S VIBRANT SOUTH END In Love Made Visible, Jean Gibran portrays her role as spouse of a gifted artist and their often stormy family life together in Boston's diverse South End.
As seen on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper and in the Emmy-award-winning New York Times documentary, the gripping true story of a Jewish teenager who became The Forger of Paris for the French Resistance.
Headline: A peak behind the Hollywood mask by one of its foremost makeup artistsIn Hollywood's heyday, almost every major studio had a Westmore heading up the makeup department.
Violet Oakley: An Artists Life is the first full-length biography of Violet Oakley (18741961), the only major female artist of the beaux-arts mural movement in the United States, as well as an illustrator, stained glass artist, portraitist and author.
Artist Mark Menjivar was in an antique bookshop in Fort Wayne, Indiana, when he found 4 four-leaf clovers pressed between the yellowed pages of an aged copy of 1000 Facts Worth Knowing.
This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot.
A major reevaluation of Caravaggio from one of today's leading art historiansThis is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most important artists in the Western tradition by one of the leading art historians and critics of the past half-century.
Like most young men during the rebellious sixties, author Paul Polson lived through the societal changes and music of the time as well as the effects of the Vietnam War.
Cecil Beaton was one of Britain's greatest cultural icons - not just as a photographer capturing some of the most celebrated portraits of the 20th century but also as designer of the iconic sets and costumes for the films My Fair Lady and Gigi.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids'Magical' GUARDIAN'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith's signature poetic flair' VOGUE'Extraordinary .
These writings are long focuses on intuitive and real events which is time, according to this female author, to make the writings in a line up publishing after many years studying, writing and polishing prose.
You'll love Photography: An Intimate Approach, not merely for the wonderful presentation of Gloria's images but because they will grasp your attention.
The motivation for this volume arose from a desire to bridge the gap between artists and their audience, facilitating a deeper understanding of the artists purpose and process.
Bryans lifelong passion to create extraordinary photographs has become an inner journey leading him to adventures in exotic places and allowing him to cross paths with fascinating people who teach him significant lessons along the way.
An intimate depiction of the visionary who revolutionized the art worldA man who created portraits of the rich and powerful, Andy Warhol was one of the most incendiary figures in American culture, a celebrity whose star shone as brightly as those of the Marilyns and Jackies whose likenesses brought him renown.