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Book Synopsis A Brush with History by : Morgan Weistling
Download or read book A Brush with History written by Morgan Weistling and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: the collected works of famed western artist, Morgan Weistling, painter of early American pioneer life
Book Synopsis Brush with Death by : Christian Warren
Download or read book Brush with Death written by Christian Warren and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Arthur Viseltear Award for Outstanding Book in the History of Public Health from the American Public Health AssociationSelected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title During the twentieth century, lead poisoning killed thousands of workers and children in the United States. Thousands who survived lead poisoning were left physically crippled or were robbed of mental faculties and years of life. In Brush with Death, social historian Christian Warren offers the first comprehensive history of lead poisoning in the United States. Focusing on lead paint and leaded gasoline, Warren distinguishes three primary modes of exposure—occupational, pediatric, and environmental. This threefold perspective permits a nuanced exploration of the regulatory mechanisms, medical technologies, and epidemiological tools that arose in response to lead poisoning. Today, many children undergo aggressive "deleading" treatments when their blood-lead levels are well below the average blood-lead levels found in urban children in the 1950s. Warren links the repeated redefinition of lead poisoning to changing attitudes toward health, safety, and risk. The same changes that transformed the social construction of lead poisoning also transformed medicine and health care, giving rise to modern environmentalism and fundamentally altered jurisprudence.
Download or read book Robert Bailey written by Robert Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Brush With Napolean by : Laban Carrick Hill
Download or read book A Brush With Napolean written by Laban Carrick Hill and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scarred by his battlefield experiences in Napoleon's army, Jean, a young soldier, finds salvation in his pursuit of art in the studio of the most renowned painter of late eighteenth-early nineteenth-century France, Jacques-Louis David. Includes a brief b
Book Synopsis A Brush with History by : National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Download or read book A Brush with History written by National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portraiture is a unique genre that is common ground both for American art history and history. Offering seventy-six wide-ranging examples from the National Portrait Gallery's incomparable collection, A Brush with History showscases the American portrait tradition from the country's beginnings to the present. The book contains essays by Carolyn Kinder Carr, the Gallery's deputy director and chief curator, and Ellen G. Miles, the curator of painting and sculpture. The full-page color reproductions display such works as John Singleton Copley's self-portrait, Henry Inman's Sequuoyah, Edgar Degas's Mary Cassatt, and Andy Warhol's Michael Jackson. This handsomely designed volume also includes a foreword by Marc Pachter, director of the National Portrait Gallery, and an essay by the museum's research historian, Margaret C. S. Christman, on the Gallery's history. -- from dust jacket.
Book Synopsis The Woman with the Artistic Brush by : Kim Marie Vaz
Download or read book The Woman with the Artistic Brush written by Kim Marie Vaz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nike Davies is one of the few African women known internationally in contemporary art circles. The Woman with the Artistic Brush traces her life history and illustrates the strategies developed by women to mitigate male rule. Presenting a critique of the woman's place in contemporary Yoruba society from the perspective of a woman who lived it, this book covers Nike's life from the time of her mother's death when Nike was six to the culmination of her dream in the creation, against severe societal odds, of a center for arts and culture that has over 120 members. Along the way, The Woman with the Artistic Brush details how Nike ran away from home and joined a traveling theater group after her father tried to arrange her marriage, subsequently married and joined in the polygynous household of a noted artist from the popular Osogbo school, and finally broke clear of that situation after suffering sixteen years of domestic violence. The Woman with the Artistic Brush is another superb contribution to the Foremother Legacies series.
Book Synopsis Borders and Scrolls by : Margaret Coffin
Download or read book Borders and Scrolls written by Margaret Coffin and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borders and Scrolls provides a fascinating glimpse of domestic wall painting in the historic Northeast. It looks in detail at how and why Americans in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut decorated the walls of their houses in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Wallpaper was just too expensive for even well-to-do merchants and farmers, who turned to craftsmen to stencil and freehand paint the walls around them. Much of this exquisite domestic art does not survive today: houses were remodeled, some torn down; walls have been repainted, papered over, or removed. Striking examples of those that remain are found in this richly illustrated volume, which reveals intricate technical processes, schools of design, similar designs and techniques on other objects and media, and engrossing histories and stories surrounding the houses, families, and craft painters. Margaret Coffin is the author of Death in Early America: The History and Folklore of Customs and Superstitions of Early Medicine, Funerals, Burials, and Mourning and The History and Folklore of American Country Tinware, 1700–1900.
Book Synopsis A Brush Full of Colour by : Margriet Ruurs
Download or read book A Brush Full of Colour written by Margriet Ruurs and published by Pajama Press Inc.. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life and work of Ted Harrison, who is best known for his colorful paintings depicting everyday life in the Yukon.
Download or read book Brush With Death written by Hailey Lind and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since she went straight, Annie Kincaid’s been applying her genius for fine art forgery to her own faux finishing business in San Francisco. She hasn’t seen the inside of a jail cell since she was seventeen, although sometimes it takes all of her arts—fine or otherwise—to keep it that way… Annie knows that art security can be inadequate, but it’s crazy to think that an Old Master painting could be hanging unguarded in the local columbarium where she’s doing restoration work. Still, when she gets a tip that the chapel’s copy of Raphael’s exquisite La Fornarina might be the real thing, Annie has to take a look. And when she runs into a certain sexy art thief on the premises, alarm bells go off in her head as well as her heart. Tired of being an art world pariah, Annie hopes that if she can help return the masterpiece to Italy, she’ll finally be redeemed. But when murder enters the picture, Annie realizes that it won’t be so easy to put things at the cemetery to rest… INCLUDES ART TIPS!
Book Synopsis History of Physics by : Stephen G. Brush
Download or read book History of Physics written by Stephen G. Brush and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Spirit and the Brush by : Thomas Kegler
Download or read book The Spirit and the Brush written by Thomas Kegler and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Limited Collector's Edition - 150) This is an art book: oil paintings with accompanying scripture verses presented as a 365 daily devotional.The Spirit and the Brush is a collection of 124 paintings, along with several drawings, created over the past decade. They are arranged to guide the reader through a year of contemplation that echoes nature's life cycles: Spring's revival, birth, and joy; Summer's celebration and whimsy; Autumn's color, abundance, and bounty; and Winter's sleepy embrace encouraging rest and solace in the stark and beautiful landscape.Each image pairs with three scriptures (one per calendar day, leap year excluded). Guided by my daily contemplations and prayers, the scriptures are determined once a piece is completed. The selected passages embody the emotional and thematic direction of the work with the intention of bringing a deeper meaning of context and contemplation to the visual experience. Selected works meet three criteria: an intimate connection with a place I've been and an experience I had; an aesthetic level that I am at peace with; and a strong emotional context. Landscapes are interspersed with still lifes-often created during the cold of winter-that have a direct correlation to the bounty of the scene. I encourage you to find a quiet place of respite each day and ponder the images, consider the passages, and find your own connection to God's Word and His creations.Whether artist, lover of art, lover of the landscape, person of prayer or curious seeker, I hope you find peace and love when opening the book. I pray my efforts humbly point to God.... with Humility comes Wisdom.Proverbs 11:2
Download or read book VC written by Tom Nicholas and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From nineteenth-century whaling to a multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today, venture finance reflects a deep-seated tradition in the deployment of risk capital in the United States. Tom Nicholas’s history of the venture capital industry offers a roller coaster ride through America’s ongoing pursuit of financial gain.
Book Synopsis The History of Modern Science by : Stephen G. Brush
Download or read book The History of Modern Science written by Stephen G. Brush and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1988 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis George de Forest Brush by : Nancy K. Anderson
Download or read book George de Forest Brush written by Nancy K. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Sept. 14, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009, and at the Seattle Art Museum, Feb. 26-May 24, 2009.
Book Synopsis The Image of Christ by : Morgan Weistling
Download or read book The Image of Christ written by Morgan Weistling and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the exquisite artwork of Morgan Weistling paired with timeless poetry and literary selections, the glorious image of Christ is reflected in a way guaranteed to inspire readers.
Book Synopsis American Catholics by : Leslie Woodcock Tentler
Download or read book American Catholics written by Leslie Woodcock Tentler and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of American Catholicism from the arrival of the first Spanish missionaries to the present This comprehensive survey of Catholic history in what became the United States spans nearly five hundred years, from the arrival of the first Spanish missionaries to the present. Distinguished historian Leslie Tentler explores lay religious practice and the impact of clergy on Catholic life and culture as she seeks to answer the question, What did it mean to be a “good Catholic” at particular times and in particular places? In its focus on Catholics' participation in American politics and Catholic intellectual life, this book includes in-depth discussions of Catholics, race, and the Civil War; Catholics and public life in the twentieth century; and Catholic education and intellectual life. Shedding light on topics of recent interest such as the role of Catholic women in parish and community life, Catholic reproductive ethics regarding birth control, and the Catholic church sex abuse crisis, this engaging history provides an up-to-date account of the history of American Catholicism.
Book Synopsis The Pen and the Brush by : Anka Muhlstein
Download or read book The Pen and the Brush written by Anka Muhlstein and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scintillating glimpse into the lives of acclaimed writers and artists and their inspiring, often surprising convergences, from the author of Monsieur Proust's Library With the wit and penetration well known to readers of Anka Muhlstein’s previous books, The Pen and the Brush revisits the delights of the French novel. This time she focuses on late 19th- and 20th-century writers--Balzac, Zola, Proust, Huysmans, and Maupassant--through the lens of their passionate involvement with the fine arts. She delves into the crucial role that painters play as characters in their novels, which she pairs with an exploration of the profound influence that painting exercised on the novelists' techniques, offering an intimate view of the intertwined worlds of painters and writers at the time. Muhlstein's deftly chosen vignettes bring to life a portrait of the nineteenth century's tight-knit artistic community, where Cézanne and Zola befriended each other as boys and Balzac yearned for the approval of Delacroix. She leads the reader on a journey of spontaneous discovery as she explores how a great painting can open a mind and spark creative fire.