Philadelphia Museum of Art
Author
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The first publication to explore Philadelphia Museum of Art's wide-ranging collection of Chinese art, offering an introduction to general readers and serving as a valuable resource for future research and scholarship. This catalogue of one hundred highlights, drawn from a collection of more than seven thousand objects spanning more than four thousand years, will be both a sumptuous visual record of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's most notable Chinese...
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Series
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"What do knights in shining armor have to do with turtles, fish, and porcupines? A lot, actually! Find out what helmets, shields, and swords have in common with shells, scales, and spikes in this colorful and imaginative look at how different creatures keep themselves safe"-- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The fascinating story of the transformation of American watercolor practice between 1866 and 1925 The formation of the American Watercolor Society in 1866 by a small, dedicated group of painters transformed the perception of what had long been considered a marginal medium. Artists of all ages, styles, and backgrounds took up watercolor in the 1870s, inspiring younger generations of impressionists and modernists. By the 1920s many would claim it as...
16) All American
Author
Publisher
St. David's Books in association with Aperture
Pub. Date
1984
Language
English
Description
The words "Love me" are painted on a boy's cheek; his face is otherwise inscrutable ... A staircase, lined with ornamental, but empty, picture frames, winds upward to nowhere ... On New Year's Day in Philadelphia, the Mummers take over Broad Street, their faces under the silver, sequins and glitter spelling out the past and foreshadowing the future ... A biker dressed in what must be the chains of freedom. Other Americans (and these could only be...
