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After the Civil War the upper middle class in America expanded and became increasingly style-conscious. Visiting European royalty as well as American women returning from the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867 stimulated fashion awareness--and it was in this climate that the magazine Harper's Baz ...Show more
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Photographer Moshe Brakha s acidly crisp, other- worldly photographs evoke a certain stylistic sensibility and a knack for innovative and sensual photography that engages the viewer. L.A. Babe collects the photographer s most compelling subjects from the late 70s and early 80s: the various women he enco ...Show more
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H.R. Giger's multi-faceted career: From surrealistic dream landscapes to album cover designs and sculpturesFor decades H.R. Giger (1940--2014) reigned as one of the leading exponents of fantastic art. After he studied interior and industrial design for eight years at the School of Commercial Art in Zuri ...Show more
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Good Selfie contains simple strategies to help kids and teens build self-confidence, get through hard times and go after massive goals. It's real, straight-talking and funny (if I do say so myself!). I can't wait for you to get stuck in! Turia xx
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In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard explores the life and work of Edvard Munch. Setting out to understand the enduring power of Munch?s painting, Knausgaard reflects on the essence of creativity, on choosing to be an artist, experiencing the world through art and its influence on ...Show more
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How does classical music intersect legitimately with other musical genres? Where are the dividing lines, and what is it that defines collaborations between orchestras and ensembles with artists from jazz, pop and rock as classical, rather than crossover?Feature- The Bauhaus was the most influential mode ...Show more
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Through intimate personal portrayals using photography and honest and poignant storytelling, Earshot takes us into the world of deafness, and brings to light a myriad of experiences and issues surrounding this complex theme - everything from the daily reality of hearing aids, cochlear implants, lip read ...Show more
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Glasgow Museums has the finest and most comprehensive collection of Italian paintings of any civic museums service in the United Kingdom.
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"I am completely an elitist, in the cultural but emphatically not the social sense. I prefer the good to the bad, the articulate to the mumbling, the aesthetically developed to the merely primitive, and full to partial consciousness. I love the spectacle of skill, whether it's an expert gardener at work ...Show more
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From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel--a memoir (of sorts)- artful, moving, lyrical; the making of a musician; the evolution of a man, a portrait of a life-long friendship and collaboration that became one of the most successful singing duos of their time. Art Garfunkel writ ...Show more
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This deluxe puzzle book will whisk you away on a stunning journey through the intrigues of the Arthurian court, taking in the characters that have enchanted audiences for nearly a thousand years. All the rich, dramatic stories of the Round Table are interwoven to create 120 of the best puzzles ever, in ...Show more
Category: Design
"Contemporary Follies" showcases outstanding examples of contemporary design that address our place in nature. Emerging from the Enlightenment spirit of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson, the English picturesque folly, and the forest retreats of Scandinavian modernists, these projects inspire c ...Show more
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