Art of War

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Publisher : Friedman-Fairfax
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Art of War by : H. Avery Chenoweth

Download or read book Art of War written by H. Avery Chenoweth and published by Friedman-Fairfax. This book was released on 2002 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history of American combat art from precolonial America to the end of the twentieth century.

The Two Thousand Yard Stare

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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781603440080
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis The Two Thousand Yard Stare by : Brendan M. Greeley

Download or read book The Two Thousand Yard Stare written by Brendan M. Greeley and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "El Paso artist Tom Lea was commissioned by Life Magazine to paint the war as it was being experienced by U.S. and Allied soldiers, sailors, and airmen. Along with his sketchbook, Lea carried on these assignments his "record of work", a notebook in which he recorded observations and details on the images he hoped to create from the events he had seen." "Brendan M. Greeley, Jr. has collected virtually all of Tom Lea's firsthand accounts of his assignments for Life, along with his powerful sketches and unforgettable paintings, and placed them in context, along with photographs and research focusing on the people, places, and wartime events encountered by Tom Lea. Drawing on previously unpublished sources - the artist's diary, letters to the Texas historian J. Frank. Dobie, oral interviews, and archival materials from Texas and national collections - Greeley presents in The Two Thousand Yard Stare a uniquely comprehensive and sustained treatment of Lea's creative accomplishments during World War II." "This well-documented and astonishingly illustrated volume will fascinate those interested in the realistic depiction of war, in both images and words. Also a must-read for students, scholars, and collectors of the artist's work, The Two Thousand Yard Stare: Tom Lea's World War II is a brilliant compendium of the work and thought of one of America's most compelling painters and writers."--BOOK JACKET.

The Brave Bulls

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Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292747333
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Brave Bulls written by Tom Lea and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2002-05-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Texas's true renaissance men, Tom Lea (1907-2001) was already a noted artist, muralist, and book illustrator when he published his first novel, The Brave Bulls, in 1949. This suspenseful story of bullfighting in Mexico, elegantly illustrated by the author, spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was hailed by Time magazine as the best first novel of the year. It also won the Carr P. Collins Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, went through numerous reprints and translations, and became a 1951 movie starring Mel Ferrer and Anthony Quinn.

The King Ranch

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Download or read book The King Ranch written by Tom Lea and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tom Lea, Life Magazine, and World War II

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ISBN 13 : 9780692719688
Total Pages : 96 pages
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Book Synopsis Tom Lea, Life Magazine, and World War II by : Adair Margo

Download or read book Tom Lea, Life Magazine, and World War II written by Adair Margo and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Tom Lea, Life Magazine, and World War II" (organized by the Tom Lea Institute with the National Museum of the Pacific War and The National World War II Museum), this catalogue features eyewitness reporting, in pictures and words, by the American painter and writer Tom Lea (1907-2001). With scholarly essays by Adair Margo and Melissa Renn, the book traces Lea's journey from El Paso, Texas, to various theatres of war from 1941 to 1945. Lea traveled over 100,000 miles for Life, embedded with soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, whose experiences he depicted. Lea was the most celebrated of Life's World War II artist-correspondents, and his paintings appeared in more than ten issues, recording in full-color spreads the convoys in the North Atlantic; life aboard the aircraft carrier Hornet; Stilwell's command in China; the marine landing on Peleliu in the Pacific; and military heroes of World War II. The exhibition highlights twenty-six of the eighty-three paintings Lea completed for Life, now housed in the US Army Center of Military History at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

The Art of Tom Lea

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Publisher : Joe & Betty Moore Texas Art (H
ISBN 13 : 9781585442829
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Tom Lea written by Tom Lea and published by Joe & Betty Moore Texas Art (H. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the life and work of Southwestern painter, muralist, book illustrator, World War II artist-correspondent, historian, and novelist Tom Lea.

Tom Lea

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tom Lea written by Tom Lea and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Born in 1907 in El Paso, Texas, Lea says he can't remember when he didn't like to draw pictures. Recognizing his talent, his parents and teachers encouraged him to attend the Art Institute of Chicago. After high school graduation in 1924, he boarded a train for Chicago, where for ten years he studied and worked with his mentor, the muralist John Norton. Drawn back to the Southwest in 1934, Lea lived in Santa Fe for two years and then returned to El Paso, which has been his home ever since." "During World War II, Lea was a war correspondent for Life magazine, and he witnessed action in the North Atlantic, the South Pacific, Europe and North Africa. As a portraitist, he came in personal contact with men who changed the course of history, including Jimmy Doolittle, Claire Chennault, and Chiang Kai-Shek. After the war, an assignment with Life took him to Mexico where his interest was stimulated in bullfighting. That experience led to the writing of his first novel, The Brave Bulls, published in 1949. It became a bestseller and a successful film. In the 1950s and 1960s Lea wrote and illustrated three more novels, an autobiography, and the notable two-volume history, The King Ranch."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

King Ranch

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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623499534
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Book Synopsis King Ranch by : Noe Perez

Download or read book King Ranch written by Noe Perez and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering 825,000 acres in the Coastal Plain and Brush Country of South Texas, King Ranch, established in 1853, looms large in Texas and American history. Since its founding by the energetic and visionary Richard King, it has indelibly captured for generations the essence of the American West. As Tom Lea asserted in his epic 1953 history, the spirit of the place “is alive in the land itself, in the far quietness of growing grass and grazing herds.” In King Ranch: A Legacy in Art, editors Bob Kinnan, William E. Reaves, and Linda J. Reaves have assembled a team of collaborators to present a beautiful, informative account of the ranch and its place in the artistic heritage of the region. Pairing original paintings by artist Noe Perez with insightful essays from curators Bruce Shackelford and Ron Tyler, this book celebrates the many ways “King Ranch culture” has enriched appreciation for the decorative, practical, and fine arts in Texas and the greater American West. Opening with a foreword by Jamey Clement, former chair of the board for King Ranch, Inc., and continuing with a brief introduction to the ranch’s history by Bob Kinnan, King Ranch: A Legacy in Art will heighten appreciation of the natural beauty and artistic influence of this legendary place.

Peleliu Landing

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
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Download or read book Peleliu Landing written by Tom Lea and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's journalistic narrative of battle experience during the Battle of Pelelíu.

Leo + Lea

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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338874691
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (388 download)

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Book Synopsis Leo + Lea by : Monica Wesolowska

Download or read book Leo + Lea written by Monica Wesolowska and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful celebration of friendship, math, and art that honors different ways of seeing and being in the world. "The mathematical wonder is creatively incorporated." - Kirkus Reviews "It all adds up to an inventive, affecting story." - Publishers Weekly One boy loves numbers. Everywhere he looks he sees things to count. His classmates don't understand counting as he does. A new girl loves patterns. Could she be a friend for Leo? This beautiful friendship story, inspired by the Fibonacci sequence and cleverly constructed using its mathematical pattern, celebrates our differences, as well as how math connects us to one another. Young readers will love counting the number of words per page and discovering how they echo the Fibonacci Sequence, a mathematical series in which each number is the sum of the previous two: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on to infinity! Text and art are masterfully conceived and constructed to reflect Leo's love of numbers. Even the color scheme in the striking illustrations follows a mathematical progression, bringing an underlying order and tranquility to the story. The mesmerizing symmetry of this fascinating and compulsively playable game of addition can also be found in the natural world and is an intriguing metaphor for the interconnectedness of all things.

The Texas Post Office Murals

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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781623494889
Total Pages : 200 pages
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Book Synopsis The Texas Post Office Murals by : Philip Parisi

Download or read book The Texas Post Office Murals written by Philip Parisi and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk into any of sixty post offices or federal buildings in the state of Texas and you may be greeted by a surprising sight: magnificent mural art on the lobby walls. In the midst of the Great Depression, a program was born that would not only give work to artists but also create beauty and optimism for a people worn down by hardship and discouragement. This New Deal program commissioned artists to create post office murals—the people’s art—to celebrate the lives, history, hopes, and dreams of ordinary Americans. In Texas alone, artists painted ninety-seven artworks for sixty-nine post offices and federal buildings around the state. Painted by some of the best-known artists of the day, these murals sparkled with scenes of Texas history, folklore, heroes, common people, wildlife, and landscapes. Murals were created from San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas to Big Spring, Baytown, and Hamilton. The artists included Tom Lea, Jerry Bywaters, Peter Hurd, Otis Dozier, Alexandre Hogue, and Xavier Gonzalez. The images showed people at work and featured industries specific to the region, often coupled with symbols of progress such as machinery and modern transportation. Murals depicted cowboys and stampedes, folk heroes from Sam Bass to Davy Crockett, revered Indian chief Quanah Parker, and community symbols such as Eastland’s lizard mascot, Ol’ Rip. In this beautiful volume Philip Parisi has gathered 115 photographs of these stunning and historic works of art—36 in full color. He tells the story of how they came to be, how the communities influenced and accepted them, and what efforts have been made to restore and preserve them. Enjoy this beautiful book in the comfort of your living room, or take it with you on the road as a guide to the people’s art in the Lone Star State.

World War II in American Art

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786409853
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis World War II in American Art by : Robert Henkes

Download or read book World War II in American Art written by Robert Henkes and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes American painting depicting various aspects of World War II, including battle, prisoners, the homefront, recreation, and victory.

The Nightingale's Sonata

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643131621
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Nightingale's Sonata written by Thomas Wolf and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Winner of the Sophie Brody Medal* A moving and uplifting history set to music that reveals the rich life of one of the first internationally renowned female violinists. Spanning generations, from the shores of the Black Sea to the glittering concert halls of New York, The Nightingale's Sonata is a richly woven tapestry centered around violin virtuoso Lea Luboshutz. Like many poor Jews, music offered an escape from the predjudices that dominated society in the last years of the Russian Empire. But Lea’s dramatic rise as an artist was further accentuated by her scandalous relationship with the revolutionary Onissim Goldovsky. As the world around them descends in to chaos, between revolution and war, we follow Lea and her family from Russia to Europe and eventually, America. We cross paths with Pablo Casals, Isadora Duncan, Emile Zola and even Leo Tolstoy. The little girl from Odessa will eventually end up as one of the founding faculty of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, but along the way she will lose her true love, her father, and watch a son die young. The Iron Curtain would rise, but through it all, she plays on. Woven throughout this luminous odyssey is the story is Cesar Franck’s “Sonata for Violin and Piano.” As Lea was one of the first-ever internationally recognized female violinists, it is fitting that this pioneer was one of the strongest advocates for this young boundary-pushing composer and his masterwork.

The Hands of Cantú

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Total Pages : 308 pages
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Download or read book The Hands of Cantú written by Tom Lea and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The hands of Cantu" are the gifted hands of the best horseman ever seen in New Spain.

Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393867749
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History written by Lea Ypi and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the 2021 Costa Biography Award The Sunday Times Best Book of the Year in Biography and Memoir A Financial Times Best Book of 2021 (Critics' Picks) The New Yorker, Best Books We Read in 2021 Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2021 A Guardian Best Book of the Year A reflection on "freedom" in a dramatic, beautifully written memoir of the end of Communism in the Balkans. For precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi, Albania’s Soviet-style socialism held the promise of a preordained future, a guarantee of security among enthusiastic comrades. That is, until she found herself clinging to a stone statue of Joseph Stalin, newly beheaded by student protests. Communism had failed to deliver the promised utopia. One’s “biography”—class status and other associations long in the past—put strict boundaries around one’s individual future. When Lea’s parents spoke of relatives going to “university” or “graduating,” they were speaking of grave secrets Lea struggled to unveil. And when the early ’90s saw Albania and other Balkan countries exuberantly begin a transition to the “free market,” Western ideals of freedom delivered chaos: a dystopia of pyramid schemes, organized crime, and sex trafficking. With her elegant, intellectual, French-speaking grandmother; her radical-chic father; and her staunchly anti-socialist, Thatcherite mother to guide her through these disorienting times, Lea had a political education of the most colorful sort—here recounted with outstanding literary talent. Now one of the world’s most dynamic young political thinkers and a prominent leftist voice in the United Kingdom, Lea offers a fresh and invigorating perspective on the relation between the personal and the political, between values and identity, posing urgent questions about the cost of freedom.

Gustave Baumann and Friends

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ISBN 13 : 9780890135983
Total Pages : 0 pages
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In the Crucible of the Sun

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Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book In the Crucible of the Sun written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: