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Chairs

A History

by Dampierre, Florence de

Book - 2006

In Chairs: A History, furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a wonderfully readable and visually stunning exploration of chairs and their place in culture through the ages. In Chairs: A History, furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a wonderfully readable and visually stunning exploration of chairs and their place in culture through the ages. Show less

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Wayne Thiebaud

A Paintings Retrospective

by Nash, Steven A.

Book - 2000

Thiebaud is part of the grand tradition of representational art from Chardin and Manet to the American Realist masters such as Eakins and Hopper. Best-kno...Show more Thiebaud is part of the grand tradition of representational art from Chardin and Manet to the American Realist masters such as Eakins and Hopper. Best-known for his deadpan still-life paintings of cakes, pies, delicatessen counters, and other consumer goods, Thiebaud has also explored such themes as figure studies, the topography of Northern California, and cityscapes exaggerating the vertiginous roadways and geometric high-rises of San Francisco. Show less

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The World of Charles and Ray Eames

Book - 2015

This definitive monograph explores the era-defining work of the Eames Office, a laboratory active for over four decades, where the Eameses and their coll...Show more This definitive monograph explores the era-defining work of the Eames Office, a laboratory active for over four decades, where the Eameses and their collaborators produced a vast array of pioneering and influential projects from architecture, furniture and product design to film, photography, multi-media installation and exhibitions, as well as new models for arts education. Show less

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Edouard Vuillard

by Preston, Stuart

Book - 1985

Traces the life and career of the modern French painter, shows a variety of his work, and discusses Vuillard's style, influences, and place in modern art Traces the life and career of the modern French painter, shows a variety of his work, and discusses Vuillard's style, influences, and place in modern art Show less

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Sarah Sze

by Buchloh, B. H. D.

Book - 2016

Known for her unexpected and carefully arranged combinations of materials, from cotton buds and tea bags to water bottles and ladders, light bulbs and ele...Show more Known for her unexpected and carefully arranged combinations of materials, from cotton buds and tea bags to water bottles and ladders, light bulbs and electric fans, Sze has presented ephemeral installations that penetrate walls, suspend from ceilings and burrow into the ground. Show less

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The Pop Object : the Still Life Tradition in Pop Art

by Wilmerding, John

Book - 2013

The Pop Object is the most comprehensive survey of Pop Art to be organized by theme and historical precedents, with such classic works as Andy Warhol’s B...Show more The Pop Object is the most comprehensive survey of Pop Art to be organized by theme and historical precedents, with such classic works as Andy Warhol’s Brillo Soap Pads, Robert Arneson’s Oreo Cookie Jar, Claes Oldenburg’s Pie à la Mode, Roy Lichtenstein’s Black Flowers, and Wayne Thiebaud’s Gumball Machine. Show less

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Plant Style

How to Greenify your Space

by Langan, Alana

Book - 2018

Indoor plants are the ultimate indoor accessory. Softening interiors and readily available, they are a stylist’s best friend. However, it’s their power to...Show more Indoor plants are the ultimate indoor accessory. Softening interiors and readily available, they are a stylist’s best friend. However, it’s their power to transform a sterile space into an urban sanctuary that makes them more than just an inanimate prop –all you need to know is how to use them. Show less

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Judy Pfaff

by Sandler, Irving

Book - 2003

For the past thirty years Judy Pfaff's challenging and imaginative installations have set the pace during a dynamic and changing period in contemporary ar...Show more For the past thirty years Judy Pfaff's challenging and imaginative installations have set the pace during a dynamic and changing period in contemporary art. This richly illustrated book offers the first thorough look at the career of this influential artist who helped bring the revolutionary liveliness of the late 20th century to the walls and spaces of galleries and museums. Show less

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Interpreting Bonnard

Color and Light

by Watkins, Nicholas

Book - 1998

Author Nicholas Watkins presents the artist not as a sentimental survivor of Impressionism, as he was often labeled, but as a highly demanding formal arti...Show more Author Nicholas Watkins presents the artist not as a sentimental survivor of Impressionism, as he was often labeled, but as a highly demanding formal artist who transformed light into an emotional atmosphere enveloping the surface within which objects exist. Show less

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20th Century Design

The Definitive Illustrated Sourcebook

by Miller, Judith

Book - 2009

From the birth of modern design, through modernism, art deco, mid-century modern, and the post-modern and contemporary years, 20th CENTURY takes a close l...Show more From the birth of modern design, through modernism, art deco, mid-century modern, and the post-modern and contemporary years, 20th CENTURY takes a close look all the most important design and collectible categories, including ceramics, glass, furniture, lamps and lighting, clocks, silver and metalwares, sculpture, textiles, jewelry, domestic wares and posters. Show less

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Georgia O'Keeffe

The Poetry of Things

by Turner, Elizabeth Hutton

Book - 1999

Explores O'Keeffe's unmatched accomplishments in still-life painting in two essays accompanied by reproductions of her work and photographs of her studios. Explores O'Keeffe's unmatched accomplishments in still-life painting in two essays accompanied by reproductions of her work and photographs of her studios. Show less

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Eames

The Architect and the Painter

Downloadable Video - 2011

Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work. Show less

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The Chair

Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design

by Cranz, Galen

Book - 1998

A fascinating look at one of our most common cultural artifacts, explaining the history, physiology, and politics of how and why we sit the way we do. Per...Show more A fascinating look at one of our most common cultural artifacts, explaining the history, physiology, and politics of how and why we sit the way we do. Perhaps no other artifact of our living habitat has had the enduring cultural significance of the ever-present chair, unconsciously yet forcefully shaping the social and physical dimensions of our lives. Show less

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Pierre Bonnard, the Late Still Lifes and Interiors

by Bonnard, Pierre

Book - 2009

The 75 paintings, drawings, and watercolors in this volume, some rarely seen treasures from private collections, all made between 1923 and 1947, are central to the ongoing reappraisal of Bonnard as a leading figure of French modernism. The 75 paintings, drawings, and watercolors in this volume, some rarely seen treasures from private collections, all made between 1923 and 1947, are central to the ongoing reappraisal of Bonnard as a leading figure of French modernism. Show less

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