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Elevating western American art : developing an institute in the cultural capital of the Rockies
edited by Thomas Brent Smith
"Unprecedented in size and scope, this special issue of Western Passages celebrates the full range of the western American art holdings at the Denver Art Museum. Published to mark the tenth anniversary of the museum's Petrie Institute of western American Art, the volume includes thirty essays by art historiasn from across the Unives States and Canada on topis in western American art and on more than twenty of the mseum's undisputed masterworks. ... Special attention is paid, as well, to contemporary works of western American art and to objects that relate to western American art but are displayed an cared for in other museum departments."--book jacket.
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Techniques of traditional icon painting
Gilles Weissmann

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Kakiemon porcelain : a handbook
Menno Fitski
The book provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese and European sources and collections, giving a fresh perspective on Kakiemon to anyone interested in studying pieces in collections worldwide. The book contains over 300 colour images, many from the extensive collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and offers a wealth of detail to illustrate stylistic points. 'Kakiemon porcelain. A handbook' presents all the practical tools necessary for the attribution and dating of Kakiemon porcelain. The Kakiemon style and characteristics are exhaustively analyzed against the background of trade and reception developments.0A must for Kakiemon collectors, professionals and enthusiasts alike, and for anyone interested in Japanese ceramics.
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Mirrors : reflections of style
Paula Phipps.
Presents a history of the mirror, discussing the different forms it has taken and its various uses a decorative detail throughout history, from the artifacts of the ancient world, to the refinements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to the modern innovations of the twenty and twenty-first centuries.
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