Elvis 1956
By Alfred Wertheimer
Elvis 1956 serves as the catalogue for a nationally traveling exhibition developed collaboratively by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, and the Govinda Gallery to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the legendary rock star’s birthday. Lavishly illustrated with 72 photographs, introduction by curator Chris Murray and historian Amy Henderson. 128 pages.
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Fabergé Revealed
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For the first time all items by or attributed to Fabergé in VMFA's collection are documented along with the museum's significant holdings of other Russian decorative arts.
Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris
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American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Elizabeth L. O’Leary, Sylvia Yount, Susan J. Rawles, and David Park Curry
432 pages | 352 color, 18 b&w illustrations
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Published by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in association with the University of Virginia Press
By Anne B. Barriault with Kay M. Davidson.
Spanning more than five thousand years and representing a significant array of world cultures, this extensively updated, beautifully reproduced volume showcases masterworks of ancient Mediterranean and American art; Asian, African, and European paintings, as well as Byzantine and Western Medieval Sculpture and the Decorative Arts are also characterized.
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by Tosha Grantham. Preface by Deborah Willis.
Winner of the Gold Medal − Multicultural Non-Fiction Adult category of the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards
Essays by Isolde Brielmaier and Tumelo Mosaka. 160 p; 110 images (half-tones and four-color subjects).
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Recall old favorites and visually encounter new acquisitions in this handsome updated compilation of postwar art (1945-1960). Chronologically presented in three sections - paintings; sculpture and video art; and prints, drawings, photographs, and collage - these intriquing reproductions include Jackson Pollack's dynamic 1948 drip painting and Ansel Adams' silver print of Bridal Veil Falls, ca. 1952.
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By Joseph M. Dye III.
Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this evocative survey of Indian Art and culture is resourcefully presented in four significant areas: sculpture, painting, decorative arts, and textiles; the development of major religions and the dominant role of religion in art and life are emphasized. Many beautiful and historically important objects are published here for the first time. 599 pp., 300 color, 175 b&w illustrations.
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This is the most comprehensive collection of sporting art in nearly two decades. Combining, for the first time, the Mellon Collection of British, American and French works, retired Curator Malcolm Cormack not only addressed the definition of sporting art, but challenged the myths of patronage for this most regal national tradition.
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