Chuck Close: Life
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Having known Chuck Close since the late 1960s when the artist was creating his first 'portrait' masterpieces in an unheated Soho loft, Finch chronicles Close's childhood battles with illness and dyslexia and his rise to the pinnacle ofthe art world. At the age of 48 he was struck down by an occluded spinal artery that left him a partial quadriplegic. With extraordinary determination, Close overcame this potentially career-ending disability, not only learning to paint again but producing work of extraordinary richness that equals or surpasses his previous achievements. Illus., 75 in color. 352p.
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Chuck Close: Work
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Chuck Close reinvented portraiture almost four decades ago with a series of nine-foot-tall, black-and-white likenesses of himself and fellow artists, which astonished an art world dominated by minimalism and conceptualism. Close has since explored the possibilities implicit in his original breakthrough in an array of mediums. This lavish, large-format volume is the first to deal with all aspects of Close's carreer and to place them in a biographical context. Finch provides an engaging, in-depth analysis of Close's portraits on canvas, from the continuous-tone airbrushed heads of the 1960s & 1970s, to the painterly 'prismatic grids' of the past two decades, plus images from his photographic oeuvre.
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Gone Hollywood
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The movie colony in the golden age: about Hollywood, agents, camermen, cars, children, coaches, coast to coast, commissaries, contracts and billing, costume, crime, discoveries, domestics, dressing rooms, extras and stand-ins, extravagance, false starts, fan magazines, fights, gambling, gifts, good guys, gossips, homes, hotels, investments, keeping fit, love, marriage, and divorce, makeovers, management, mothers and others, new names, nicknames, nightlife, offices, parental professions, parties, pets, phobias, politics, publicity, racing, recreation, relatives, resorts, restaurants, salaries, San Simeon, screen tests, shopping, sneak previews, spy systems, superstitions and the occult, temperament, the trades, trendsetting, a week in the life of a Hollywood bachelor.
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Nineteenth-Century Watercolors
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Beyond doubt, one of the greatest contributions of the 19thcentury to the history of painting was the explosion of watercolor, one of the most demanding mediums for the artist, yet one yielding unparalleled rewards in color andform. This masterful history explores the broad range of styles and approaches of the century's great artists, from the romanticism of Delacroix to the compelling realism of Eakins. 364 illus., 260 in color.
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Norman Rockwell 332 Magazine Covers
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Presents a selection of the famous illustrator's magazine covers that portrayed America and its citizens in his classic style.
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Norman Rockwell's America
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A nostalgic collection of Norman Rockwell's scenes of twentieth century American life includes all of the Saturday Evening Post covers plus paintings, drawings, and graphics from every period of the artist's career--with many foldout pages.
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Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers
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This full-sized album of Saturday Evening Post covers captures everyday events and historic moments in American history in the inimitable Rockwell style of folksy realism. These covers were eagerly awaited by millions of readers, and today they endure as familiar images of American myths the artist recorded, reflecting the decent, hardworking citizens from his hometown of Stockkbridge, Massachusetts. 332 full-color illus. 400p.
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The Art of the Lion King (Disney Miniature)
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The lush array of artwork contained in these pages shows the evolution of the Disney animation film, including character development, animation, and final art. With a Foreword by James Earl Jones. Color/b&w illus. 191p.
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The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom
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New concise edition.
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First published in 1973, The Art of Walt Disney is one of the most successful and influential illustrated art books on American popular culture ever published. This book was the first to reveal the wealth of concept art, animation drawings, and archival material created in the course of animating films. In this newly revised edition, author Christopher Finch has thoroughly reworked every chapter to incorporate the vast achievements of The Walt Disney Company in filmmaking, theater, and theme parks, from Walt's day to the present, including all-new exciting chapters on Pixar Animation Studio and Walt Disney Animation along with extensive interviews with their chief creative officer, John Lasseter, and president, Ed Catmull. Offering hundreds of new images and unparalleled access to leading filmmakers and artists at The Walt Disney Company, The Art of Walt Disney will once again capture the imaginations of animation fans young and old.Praise for The Art of Walt Disney: “Every student of art should own and study this book.” —Georgia Times-Union
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The Art of Walt Disney: Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms
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This account is the first to benefit from free access to the Walt Disney archives, the book details Disney's career and the history of the Disney Studio while providing a critical commentary on his major films and other enterprises. 763 illus., 351 plates in full color. 458p.
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Twentieth Century Watercolors
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Gathers watercolors by Chagall, Picasso, Matisse, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, George Grosz, Otto Dix, Paul Islee, Joan Miro, and Piet Mondrian
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