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Great Barrington, MA: North River Press, 1981. Edwin Whitefield (1816-92) was a widely published landscape artist who is best remembered for his lithographed views of American cities and for a number of illustrated books on colonial homes in New England. His sketches are appreciated today for their pleasantly naive though accurate depictions. This volume is a reproduction of his sketchbook from 1850-52, which brings to light important visual documentation for numerous Hudson River villas and cottages that h... more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1991. Lord Snowdon is undoubtedly the outstanding portrait photographer of his generation. 'Public Appearances' presents not only photographs breathtaking in their apparent simplicity, but also photographs full of visual jokes - sitters occasionally in impossible positions, sometimes bearing improbable props. His subjects are drawn from a wide cross-section of the arts and public life: dancers, pop-stars, actors, writers, politicians, painters and designers. Snowdon's lens has... more information

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982. The format of this book - placing side by side two or three photographs that have some special visual relationship - evolved from Alfred Stieglitz's fondness for making comparisons among the works of the artists and photographers who were his friends. The purpose here is to expand Stieglitz's principle of equivalency to encompass compared photographs that become formal and emotional equivalents. The essays examine the underlying ideas and interprets the language o... more information

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Rochester, New York: Visual Studies Workshop, 1974. A technical discussion of using heliographic processes to reproduce mechanical drawings, etc., by means of chemicals and light based on the author's practical experiences. Ernst Lietze provides formulas and methods of each of the contemporary patents. A facsimile reprint of the 1888 original printing including the 32 drawings and several charts. viii, 143 pages with index. Size: 7-1/8" wide X 10-1/2" tall. A very good condition magenta-colored cloth-covere... more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. A historical account of all major arts, from prehistory to the present day, in nine illustrated volumes. In each volume separate chapters are devoted to the significant arts of the period, e.g. literature, music, the visual arts, crafts, and architecture. A key section is the opening survey of the social and cultural scene, which describes and analyses major artistic achievements and lines of strength. Additional chapters look in detail at a typical town and hou... more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. A historical account of all major arts, from prehistory to the present day, in nine illustrated volumes. In each volume separate chapters are devoted to the significant arts of the period, e.g. literature, music, the visual arts, crafts, and architecture. A key section is the opening survey of the social and cultural scene, which describes and analyses major artistic achievements and lines of strength. Additional chapters look in detail at a typical town and hou... more information

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