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The art of forgery: the minds, motives and methods of master forgers

By Charney, Noah

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: 700

Call Number: 702.874 CHA

The art of forgery: Case Studies in Deception' explores the stories, dramas and human intrigues surrounding the world's most famous forgeries - investigating the motivations of the artists and criminals who have faked great works of art, and in doing so conned the public and the art establishment alike.

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Stepping-stones: a journey through the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne

By Desdemaines-Hugon, Christine

Publishing Date: c2010

Classification: 700

Call Number: 709.01 DES

Over more than twenty-five years of teaching and research, Christine Desdemaines-Hugon has become an unrivaled expert in the cave art and artists of the Dordogne region. In her new book she combines her expertise in both art and archaeology to convey an intimate understanding of the "cave experience." Her keen insights communicate not only the incomparable artistic value of these works but also the near-spiritual impact of viewing them for oneself.-publisher description.

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Louise Nevelson: atmospheres and environments

By Nevelson, Louise

Publishing Date: 1980

Classification: 700

Call Number: 709.24 NEV

A tribute to the acclaimed American sculptor on her eightieth birthday presents the five major "environments" mounted by the Whitney Museum in her honor - (Baker & Taylor) Includes introduction by Edward Albee.

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Creation's journey: Native American identity and belief

Publishing Date: c1994

Classification: 700

Call Number: 745.089

Drawing on the vast collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, Creation's Journey retells the story of native life from the Arctic to the Tierra del Fuego, and from childhood to old age. Using objects, historical photographs, and the voices of Native Americans past and present, the book reawakens our senses to values and traditions that once prevailed. 220 color and 120 duotone photos.

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The feisty stitcher: sewing projects with attitude

By Wasinger, Susan

Publishing Date: c2009

Classification: 700

Call Number: 746 WAS

Offers sewing machine based projects for the adventurous crafter, including directions to sew heavy paper without thread to make a decorative lampshade and repurpose old shirts to make grocery bags.

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All new homespun handknit: 25 small projects to knit with handspun yarn

By Moore, Amy Clarke

Publishing Date: c2009

Classification: 700

Call Number: 746.432 MOO

Knitters will find ideal projects for small amounts of very special yarn, ranging from simple items to knit in an afternoon to spectacular lace wraps to treasure.

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Van Gogh: an appreciation of his art

By Gruitrooy, Gerhard

Publishing Date: c2006

Classification: 700

Call Number: 759.9492 GRU

Tracing the Dutch artist's development in Arles and Saint-Râemy in particular, this volume presents the work of a prolific career marked by a pioneering use of color and perspective. - (Baker & Taylor)

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Ghost towns of the American West

By Steinhilber, Berthold

Publishing Date: 2003

Classification: 700

Call Number: 779.9978 STE

German photographer Steinhilber was commissioned by Smithsonian magazine to photograph some of the West's best-known ghost towns. His images, 80 of which are collected here, show these beautiful empty places at dusk, illuminated by powerful stage lighting. In this lighting process, these old mining towns take on a new life, with decaying structures glowing, floating into the deep blue sky of the desert. Steinhilber has made the towns of Bodie, CA; Rhyolite, NV; Widtsoe Junction, UT; and others seem almost futuristic in their brightness. Film director Wenders (Paris Texas, etc.) contributes a foreword, and brief essays by Mario Kaiser and Hans-Michael Koetzle (editor, Leica World) complete the book. Like the great photographic artist O. Winston Link, who flooded steam locomotives with light as they sped through the night, Steinhilber has altered places, moods, and notions of ghost towns forever with these dazzling photographs. Recommended for photography sections or large collections on the American West.-David Bryant, New Canaan P.L., CT Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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The Gesualdo hex: music, myth, and memory

By Watkins, Glenn

Publishing Date: c2010

Classification: 700

Call Number: 780.2 WAT

Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), from 1591 prince of Venosa, led a life filled with mysticism, intrigue, scandal, fanaticism, and religion. As a wealthy nobleman, he indulged in playing and writing mostly vocal music set to religious texts, pioneering intricate canonic forms and paying great attention to the harmonic structures and tonalities present in the contrapuntal lines. In the twentieth century, many composers, notably Schoenberg and Stravinsky, turned to Gesualdo's late motets for inspiration, and the Italian's exploration of chromaticism strongly influenced the development of serialism. Gesualdo influenced art, theater, and opera, too, through the stories of his turbulent life. As coeditor of Gesualdo's complete works, Watkins exposed contemporary musicians to his late motets, and the unique perspective that work afforded him facilitates his demonstration of how cultural and musical aspects of the Renaissance are woven into the art, drama, and music of modern times. Focused on the late twentieth century, this concise essay in musical and general art history links Renaissance canonical chromaticism and contemporary music. Copyright 2010 Booklist Reviews.

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How music works

By Byrne, David

Publishing Date: c2012

Classification: 700

Call Number: 780.9 BYR

The Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame inductee and co-founder of Talking Heads presents a celebration of music that offers insight into the roles of time, place and recording technology, discussing how evolutionary patterns of adaptations and responses to cultural and physical contexts have influenced music expression throughout history and culminated in the 20th century's transformative practices.

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Singing out: an oral history of America's folk music revivals

By Dunaway, David King

Publishing Date: 2010

Classification: 700

Call Number: 781.62 DUN

An oral history of North American folk music revivals that draws on more than 150 interviews to explore the musical, political, and social aspects of the folk revival movement.

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Moving to higher ground: how jazz can change your life

By Marsalis, Wynton

Publishing Date: c2008

Classification: 700

Call Number: 781.65 MAR

The Pulitzer Prize-winning musician offers his own take on jazz music as he discusses the secrets of listening to jazz, the different styles of various jazz musicians, its improvisational principles, and its influence on modern life and on one's view of the world around. - (Baker & Taylor)

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Finishing the hat: collected lyrics (1954-1981) with attendant comments, principles, heresies, grudges, whines and anecdotes

By Sondheim, Stephen

Publishing Date: 2010

Classification: 700

Call Number: 782.1 SON

Here Sondheim has not only collected his lyrics for the first time, he is giving readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkable productions. He also treats us to never-before-published songs cut or discarded from each show.--From publisher description.

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Brother Ray: Ray Charles' own story

By Charles, Ray

Publishing Date: 2004

Classification: 700

Call Number: 782.42 CHA

The world-famous musician talks about his childhood, his blindness, the years on the road developing and perfecting his musical style, and his attitudes toward women, drugs, religion, and death.

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Choral masterworks: a listener's guide

By Steinberg, Michael

Publishing Date: 2005

Classification: 700

Call Number: 782.5 STE

Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides - "The Symphony" and "The Concerto" - have been universally praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now Steinberg follows these two greatly admired volumes with "Choral Masterworks: A Listener's Guide", the only such guide available to this most popular of musical forms. Here are more than fifty illuminating essays on the classic choral masterworks, ranging from Handel's "Messiah", Bach's "Mass in B Minor", and Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis", to works by Haydn, Brahms, Mendelssohn, and many others. Steinberg spans the entire history of classical music, from such giants of the Romantic era as Verdi and Berlioz, to leading modern composers such as Elgar, Rachmaninoff, Vaughan Williams, and Stravinsky, to contemporary masters such as John Adams and Charles Wuorinen. For each piece, Steinberg includes a fascinating biographical account of the work's genesis, often spiced with wonderful asides, such as the true story of Mozart's "Requiem" - Salieri had nothing to do with the composition of it, nor did he poison Mozart, who most likely died of rheumatic fever.; The author also includes an astute musical analysis of each piece, one that casual music lovers can easily appreciate and that musicians and more serious fans will find invaluable. The book also includes basic information such as the various movements of the work, the organization of the chorus and orchestra, and brief historical notes on early performances. More than twenty million Americans perform regularly in choirs or choruses. "Choral Masterworks" will appeal not only to concert goers and CD collectors, but also to this vast multitude of choral performers, an especially engaged and active community.

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Pauline Kael: a life in the dark

By Kellow, Brian

Publishing Date: 2011

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.43 KEL

In her nearly quarter-century (1968-1991) reviewing films at The New Yorker, Pauline Kael became the most widely read, the most influential, the most powerful, and, often enough, the most provocative critic in America. Her passionate engagement with the work of a new generation of artists--and her ability to share her enthusiasm with a fresh, vernacular, and confrontational style--changed the face of film criticism. On the tenth anniversary of her death comes the first full-scale biography: author Brian Kellow has interviewed family members, friends, colleagues, and adversaries and written a detailed portrait of this remarkable, often relentlessly driven woman. Kellow examines the controversy Kael generated by overstepping what many considered the boundaries of critical propriety. He follows her successes as well as her battles. For anyone who loves film or is concerned about the role of criticism in the arts, this book is a revelatory biography of one of the most influential women of the past half century.--From publisher description.

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Screwball: Hollywood's madcap romantic comedies

By Sikov, Ed

Publishing Date: c1989

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.43 SIK

Includes forward by Molly Haskell.

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Strike the baby and kill the blonde: an insider's guide to film slang

By Knox, Dave

Publishing Date: c2005

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.4303 KNO

Everything You Need to Know to Become a Film-Industry Insider Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a gaffer and a grip? Or what makes the best boy so great? In "Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde," * Dave Knox, a top camera operator and longtime veteran of the film industry, gives you the inside story on the lingo and slang heard on the set. This is an A-to-Z guide to making a movie: the equipment, the crew, and the sometimes hilarious terminology--everything you need to know to sound like a seasoned pro. * Remove the small spotlight from the set and switch off the two-kilowatt quartz light.

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Chess for dummies

By Eade, James

Publishing Date: c2011

Classification: 700

Call Number: 794.12 EAD

Your quick and easy guide to the rules, strategies, and etiquette of chess. Offers easily understood explanations of the game and its components, to provide a one-stop resource for improving your chess skills.

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Shooting for Tiger: how golf's obsessed new generation is transforming a country club sport

By Echikson, William

Publishing Date: c2009

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.352 ECH

Who will be the next Tiger Woods? Echikson profiles the lives of many promising teenage golfers. The behind-the-scenes look at these young people, with their dedicated instructors, overzealous parents, and elite golf academies, provides a glimpse into the psyche of each of the players. To be a part of this select group, many parents are either wealthy or put second mortgages on their homes to provide their son or daughter with the chance of being named Player of the Year by the American Junior Golf Association, becoming a professional golfer, or at the very least earning an athletic college scholarship. Besides time and sacrifice, parents spend tens of thousands of dollars on tournament fees, golf academies, travel, and the latest equipment. Echikson also compares the American junior golf program with those of other countries. Most notably, Sweden has taken the sport as a family event. With the AJGA's approval, the author examines the strategies and determination of many of the finest junior golfers at various tournaments. This excellent book will appeal to golfers, sports enthusiasts, and teenagers who enjoyed H. G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights (Da Capo, 2000), Larry Colton's Counting Coup (Grand Central, 2000), or Michael D'Orso's Eagle Blue (Bloomsbury, 2006).—Gregory Lum, Jesuit High School, Portland, OR

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