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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Saved! A century of art for everyone celebrates the work of the National Art Collections Fund (the Art Fund) during its first one hundred years. Since1903, the Art Fund has helped museums and galleries in he United Kingdom acquire more than half a million works of art. Ten of the greatest artworks bought with NACF help, among them Velasquez's 'Rokeby Venus' and the Beckett Casket, are celebrated by curators and guests including author Ben Okri, broadcasters...
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Distributed by Macmillian Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
Provides a close-up view of more than three-dozen Fabergé eggs with such themes as Orange Tree, Rosebud, and Lilies-of-the-Valley; Trans-Siberian Railway, Uspensky Cathedral, and Coronation; Cuckoo, Pelican, and Pinecone. Also revelaed are the hidden surprises that the eggs contain -- hidden portraits, miniature replicas of ships, little wind-up toys, and singing birds. An authoritative commentary describes each egg in detail, and provides details...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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A fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history. This landmark publication presents Native American art within the broader context of American art history, through an examination of notable works from a major private collection. The insightful texts provide a new evaluation of the art, culture, and daily life of numerous North American tribes, including Acoma, Apache, Cheyenne,...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The passionate, true story of one man's quest to reclaim what the Nazis stole from his family--their beloved art collection--and to restore their legacy. Simon Goodman's grandparents came from German Jewish banking dynasties and perished in concentration camps. And that's almost all he knew--his father rarely spoke of their family history or heritage. But when he passed away, and Simon received his father's papers, a story began to emerge. The Gutmanns,...
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Publisher
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In the decades around 1900, postcards were Twitter, email, Flickr and Facebook, all wrapped into one. A postcard craze swept the world, and billions of cards were bought, mailed and pasted into albums. Many famous artists turned to the new medium, but one of the great pleasures and enigmas of postcards is how some of the most beautiful and interesting examples were made by artists whose names we barely know. Drawing on the riches of the Leonard A....
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