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Beyond Bling

Author : Matthew McLendon
Publisher : Scala Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Bling written by Matthew McLendon and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explosion of rap music and the street culture from which it sprang have had an indelible influence on our lifestyle today. We see it in our language, fashion, advertising, role models, and most notably, our contemporary art. Beyond Bling: Voices of Hip-Hop in Art examines this phenomenon as seen through the art of ten of the most exciting, innovative and diverse contemporary artists working in the 21st Century. Featuring a painting of an African-American male as the new art historical icon by Kehinde Wiley, a sequined, baroque image of the African-American woman by Mickalene Thomas, the Asian-influenced graffiti art of Gajin Fujita, and neighborhood women from a mural featured in New York's Times Square by Sofia Maldonado, among many other outstanding works, this fascinating book highlights how the new art of this Century reflects the influence of hip-hop culture and its undeniable mark on society at large. Contents: Matthew McLendon - Come as You Are; Interview with Michael Anderson; Interview with Vince Fraser; Interview with Gajin Fujita; Interview with Luis Gispert; Interview with Sofia Maldonado; Interview with Mickalene Thomas. AUTHOR: Matthew McLendon is the Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 75 colour illustrations

Beyond Bling

Author : Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher : Prestel
ISBN 13 : 9783791355627
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Bling written by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and published by Prestel. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (October 2, 2016 -February 5, 2017)"--

Stoned Beyond Belief

Author : Action Bronson
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683354907
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Stoned Beyond Belief written by Action Bronson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate love letter to the world’s most magical plant—weed—from the rapper, chef, TV star, and bestselling author of F*ck, That’s Delicious. This is an exploration of every corner of the pot galaxy, from highly scientific botanical analyses and the study of pot’s medicinal benefits to a guide to the wild world of weed paraphernalia. It’s also a very personal tribute to a substance Bronson refers to as life changing, horizon-expanding, a conduit for happiness, a connector. Weed is to Action Bronson what the madeleine was to Proust: the door to true consciousness. Organized loosely as 100 entries, including thirty-five recipes, and packed with illustrations and photos, Stoned Beyond Belief is a trippy and munchie-filled experience as well as an entertainingly valuable resource for weed enthusiasts and scholars. Stoned Beyond Belief will delight Action Bronson fans and pot aficionados all across the universe.

Beyond Fabergé

Author : Marie Betteley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764360435
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Fabergé written by Marie Betteley and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare look at the exquisite world of Russian treasures that lies beyond Fabergé. Imperial Russia evokes images of a vanished courts unparalleled splendor: magnificent tiaras, gem-encrusted necklaces, snuff boxes and other diamond-studded baubles of the tsars and tsarinas. During that time, jewelry symbolized power and wealth, and no one knew this better than the Romanovs. The era marked the high point of the Russian jewelers' art. Beginning with Catherine I's reign in 1725, in the century when women ruled Russia, until the Russian Revolution of 1917, the imperial capital's goldsmiths perfected their craft, and soon the quality of Russias jewelry equaled, if not surpassed, the best that Europes capitals could offer. Who created these jewels that helped make the Russian Court the richest in Europe? Hint: it wasn't Carl Fabergé. This is the first systematic survey in any language of all the leading jewelers and silver masters of Imperial Russia. The authors skillfully unfold for us the lives, histories, creations, and makers marks of the artisans whose jewels and silver masterworks bedazzled the tsars. The previously unheralded names include Pauzié, Bolin, Hahn, Koechli, Seftigen, Marshak, Morozov, Nicholls & Plincke, Grachev, Sazikov, and many others. The market for these exquisite masterworks is also explored, from its beginnings to today's auction world and collector demand. More than 600 stunning photos reacquaint the world with the master artisans and their creations.

Shine

Author : Krista A. Thompson
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822375982
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Shine written by Krista A. Thompson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-09 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Jamaican dancehalls competition for the video camera's light is stiff, so much so that dancers sometimes bleach their skin to enhance their visibility. In the Bahamas, tuxedoed students roll into prom in tricked-out sedans, staging grand red-carpet entrances that are designed to ensure they are seen being photographed. Throughout the United States and Jamaica friends pose in front of hand-painted backgrounds of Tupac, flashy cars, or brand-name products popularized in hip-hop culture in countless makeshift roadside photography studios. And visual artists such as Kehinde Wiley remix the aesthetic of Western artists with hip-hop culture in their portraiture. In Shine, Krista Thompson examines these and other photographic practices in the Caribbean and United States, arguing that performing for the camera is more important than the final image itself. For the members of these African diasporic communities, seeking out the camera's light—whether from a cell phone, Polaroid, or video camera—provides a means with which to represent themselves in the public sphere. The resulting images, Thompson argues, become their own forms of memory, modernity, value, and social status that allow for cultural formation within and between African diasporic communities.

The Big Book of Bling

Author : Rose Davidson
Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1426335318
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Bling written by Rose Davidson and published by National Geographic Children's Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Information about gems, rocks, and other shiny objects on the planet, for children"--

Thin Space

Author : Jody Casella
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442468149
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Thin Space written by Jody Casella and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s a fine line between the living and the dead, and Marshall is determined to cross it in this gut-wrenching debut novel. Ever since the car accident that killed his identical twin brother, Marshall Windsor has been consumed with guilt and crippled by the secrets of that fateful night. He has only one chance to make amends and set things right. He must find a thin space—a mythical point where the barrier between this world and the next is thin enough for a person to step through to the other side. But when a new girl moves into the neighborhood, into the exact same house Marsh is sure holds a thin space, she may be the key—or the unraveling of all his secrets. As they get closer to finding a thin space—and closer to each other—March must decide once and for all how far he’s willing to go to right the wrongs of the living…and the dead.

The Bling Dynasty

Author : Erwan Rambourg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118950291
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book The Bling Dynasty written by Erwan Rambourg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why the luxury market's fate rests in Chinese wallets The media has negatively focused on the Chinese political administration clamping down on gifting. Observers have come to doubt the strength of Chinese consumption as the key driver for luxury. The Bling Dynasty illustrates how doubts about Chinese consumption are ill-founded and Chinese luxury demand is on the cusp of becoming dominant. This book contains the research and expert views companies need to understand and address the new challenges posed by this dominance. Each chapter brings a different perspective, covering complex aspects of luxury consumption, with illustrations and real-world examples that support the research. Readers will gain insights through interviews with brand executives, retailers, experts, and consumers. As an economic heavyweight, China is fast realizing its role in the luxury market. Chinese consumers should be accounting for more than a third of the global luxury market today, and half, if not more, in ten year's time. The Bling Dynasty runs counter to the conventional wisdom that expanding sectors become more global. Luxury is actually becoming over-dependent on Chinese sales. Readers will: Understand how Western brands developed in Asia and the challenges they are met with, notably ubiquity Learn why Chinese are purchasing luxury items abroad and what it means for the future of the sector Gain insights on why there are no Chinese luxury brands challenging Western models Realize that Chinese consumers are becoming similar to their American peers and that luxury competition goes way beyond pre-conceptions China's big spenders are increasingly mobile and this is affecting key markets. The Bling Dynasty provides new research and a comprehensive look at the booming business of luxury and the Chinese wallet.

Beyond Extravagance

Author : Vivienne Becker
Publisher : Editions Assouline
ISBN 13 : 9781614281290
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Extravagance written by Vivienne Becker and published by Editions Assouline. This book was released on 2013 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spectacular volume reveals for the first time an exceptional private collection of the most beautiful royal Indian jewels from the Mughal Empire to the British Raj to today. Written by renowned jewelry experts and featuring magnificent original photography by Laziz Hamani, Beyond Extravagance explores the centuries-long tradition of fine jewelry and art objects in India, to contemporary interpretations that continue to evolve today.

Rethinking America

Author : Jeff Maskovsky
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317252861
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking America written by Jeff Maskovsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has domestic life been reorganised to accommodate the new U.S. imperial ambitions? What are the consequences of empire for the people living here "at home"? This new collection of essays answers these questions by exploring the cultural, political, and economic shifts that are now under way in the United States. Encouraging a radical rethinking of what the country is today, this book highlights the connection of U.S. imperial strategies to the production of insecurity, uncertainty, and deepening inequality at home. Rethinking America also explores the instabilities and contradictions of the new imperialism from the unique vantage point of the newly emerging U.S. "homeland." Comprised of work from leading figures in the field of U.S. ethnography, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the changes taking place in the United States in the early years of the twenty-first century.

Metal Clay Beyond the Basics

Author : Carol Babineau
Publisher : Kalmbach Books
ISBN 13 : 087116468X
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Metal Clay Beyond the Basics written by Carol Babineau and published by Kalmbach Books. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metal clay artisans who love a challenge will love this book. Master instructor Carol A. Babineau presents 25 original projects that reach far beyond the expected to expand your technical abilities and imagination. Integrate sterling silver, ceramics, and enamel; use armatures, molds, tube rivets, and cold connections to make earrings, bracelets, pendants, pins, toggles, and more.

Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment

Author : Ricarda Wagner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110645440
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment written by Ricarda Wagner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can stories of magical engraved rings or prophetic inscriptions on walls tell us about how writing was perceived before print transformed the world? Writing beyond Pen and Parchment introduces readers to a Middle Ages where writing is not confined to manuscripts but is inscribed in the broader material world, in textiles and tombs, on weapons or human skin. Drawing on the work done at the Collaborative Research Centre “Material Text Cultures,” (SFB 933) this volume presents a comparative overview of how and where text-bearing artefacts appear in medieval German, Old Norse, British, French, Italian and Iberian literary traditions, and also traces the paths inscribed objects chart across multiple linguistic and cultural traditions. The volume’s focus on the raw materials and practices that shaped artefacts both mundane or fantastical in medieval narratives offers a fresh perspective on the medieval world that takes seriously the vibrancy of matter as a vital aspect of textual culture often overlooked.

Delicate Crochet

Author : Sharon Hernes Silverman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0811768198
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Delicate Crochet written by Sharon Hernes Silverman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light, airy pieces crocheted in fine yarns show off the beauty of your crochet stitches and are a dream to wear! The shawls, cardigans, tops, and other designs in this collection are light as a feather, super soft, and made to drape beautifully across your body. These lacy pieces are fun to crochet and very versatile. Change up the yarns to create looks for day or night, work or play, city or suburbs. Pattern contributors include Kristin Omdahl, Robyn Chachula, Marty Miller, Amy Solovay, Vashti Braha, and others known for their innovative, gorgeous crochet designs. Each of the 23 patterns includes full written instructions and charts as needed. All special stitches are fully explained and skill levels range from easy to advanced.

A Love Beyond Time

Author : Judie Aitken
Publisher : Jove Books
ISBN 13 : 9780515127447
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (274 download)

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Download or read book A Love Beyond Time written by Judie Aitken and published by Jove Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A female anthropologist joins a dig at the site of Little Big Horn, only to run up against an Indian affairs lawyer named Dillon Wolf who wants to shut the project down. She journeys into the past and strikes up a passionate affair with a Lakota warrior named Wolf.

Beyond Global Warming

Author : Syukuro Manabe
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691058865
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Global Warming written by Syukuro Manabe and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syukuro Manabe is perhaps the leading pioneer of modern climate modeling. Beyond Global Warming is his compelling firsthand account of how the scientific community came to understand the human causes of climate change, and how numerical models using the world's most powerful computers have been instrumental to these vital discoveries. Joined here by atmospheric scientist Anthony Broccoli, Manabe shows how climate models have been used as virtual laboratories for examining the complex planetary interactions of atmosphere, ocean, and land. Manabe and Broccoli use these studies as the basis for a broader discussion of human-induced global warming--and what the future may hold for a warming planet. They tell the stories of early trailblazers such as Svante Arrhenius, the legendary Swedish scientist who created the first climate model of Earth more than a century ago, and provide rare insights into Manabe's own groundbreaking work over the past five decades. Expertly walking readers through key breakthroughs, they explain why increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide has caused temperatures to rise in the troposphere yet fall in the stratosphere, why the warming of the planet's surface differs by hemisphere, why drought is becoming more frequent in arid regions despite the global increase in precipitation, and much more.

Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises

Author : Miles Marshall Lewis
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781888451719
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises written by Miles Marshall Lewis and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays is a confessional, stylistic account (in the Joan Didion tradition) of coming of age in the Bronx alongside the birth and evolution of hip-hop culture. This collection presents a mosaic of seminal figures in hip-hop, documentary essays exploring the social decay of hip-hop, and a substantial element of memoir, as well as observations on the generational issues of urban America. With a foreword by acclaimed poet Saul Williams, Scars exposes the motivations and aspirations of a culture whose spiritual centre was the Bronx.

Bling

Author : Reggie Osse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1582345589
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Bling written by Reggie Osse and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of the wild and outlandish jewels associated with hip-hop music showcases the cultural phenomenon of bling with an assortment of gold-and-diamond-studded pistols, platinum teeth, jewel-encrusted goblets, and more, accompanied by entertaining sidebars and facts.