books about: 1890-1964

books about: 1890-1964

books:

1890-1964

Giorgio Morandi 1890-1964: Nothing Is More Abstract Than Reality

Skira, 2008

Much more than just a still-life
This is the catalogue for the current Morandi exhibition at the Met in NYC. It basically follows a strict chronology after two introductory essays, one attempting a reassessment of the artist's oeuvre in the light of the many studies that have been carried out in ...

Boston Confronts Jim Crow, 1890-1920
Mark Robert Schneider

Northeastern, 1997

"An adept, well-written illumination of this crucial time in an extraordinary city . . . The text in engrossing and written in a conversational tone, but it is most impressive for the intelligible way it fits the pieces of the political puzzle together to form a complete, multidimensional picture of Beantown racialists." -- Publishers Weekly

Giorgio Morandi: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, Etchings (Art & Design)

Giorgio Morandi, Franz A. Morat

Prestel Publishing, 1999

The best Morandi title under $200.00
The great strength of this book is its inclusive nature and the quality of printing. Morandi, like many painters, worked out in drawing what would he would find later in the paintings, his best known medium. There are enough water-colors and etchings to enhance the ...

Giorgio Morandi: The Art of Silence

Janet Abramowicz

Yale University Press, 2005

Not silent anymore
I found the book to be very revealing about the misconceptions of the artist Morandi. It gives the political and cultural backgrounds of the artist's life in Italy. It traces the hopes of fascism and its ultimate disappointments. While revealing much about the life ...

Giorgio Morandi: Works, Writings, Interviews (Ediciones Poligrafa)
Karen Wilkin, Giorgio Morandi

Poligrafa, 2007

Giorgio Morandi's steady pursuit of a poetic vision in still-life and landscape painting (as well as engravings and etchings) has secured him a singular and revered position in the history of Modern art. While drawing on the achievements of Giotto, Cezanne, the metaphysical painters and the Cubists, Morandi's work finally resembles no one else's ...

Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

Deborah Hopkinson

Aladdin, 2006

A Wonderful Book for Girls and Boys
My daughter began playing ball in third grade. She loves this book. The illustrations are fun yet convey a sense of the time period. And the story is great for reading aloud. The best part is seeing a photograph of the real Alta Weiss, the Girl Wonder, on the back ...

Giorgio Morandi (Twentieth-Century Masters Series)

Karen Wilkin

Rizzoli International Publications, 1998

My oldest possession.
It's true, this book is my oldest possession, from an earlier printing, I've had this book since the early 70's. If you are a painter and want to learn how to put space and light into your work then this book is your greatest resource and greatest challenge. For those ...

Biography - Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley (1890-1964): An article from: Contemporary Authors
Gale Reference Team

Thomson Gale, 2003

This digital document, covering the life and work of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, is an entry from Contemporary Authors , a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 545 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical ...