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This book is the first art-historical study of Lawren Harris that explores his life and career. It is based on extensive work in archives, libraries, public art galleries and private collections in Canada, as well as research in Germany and interviews with members of Harris' family and many of his friends, acquaintances, colleagues and critics.
44) Rukmini Devi Arundale, 1904-1986: a visionary architect of Indian culture and the performing arts
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"The world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely. Scipio Africanus, surely the greatest general that Rome produced, suffered both these fates. He should be heralded and celebrated today; but he is not. So who is Scipio Africanus?" "He is the man who defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama and won the Second Punic War. He is the man who revolutionized Roman military tactics. He is the man who set Rome on her imperial...
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"As a young boy, Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) set about passionately recording his life in photographs, first documenting his domestic circle and later capturing the auto races, air shows, and fashionable watering holes of the Belle Epoque." "In Jacques Henri Lartigue: The Invention of an Artist, Kevin Moore puts to rest the long-held myth of Lartigue as a naive boy genius whose creations were based on instinct alone. Moore begins by exploring...
51) Pavel Florensky: a quiet genius : the tragic and extraordinary life of Russia's unknown Da Vinci
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This is a biography in English of an extraordinary polymath whose genius was stifled and finally extinguished by the Soviet Union. Today Pavel Florensky is often referred to as the Russian da Vinci.
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"Ulysses S. Grant: An Album offers fresh insights, both visual and written, into one of American History's most important generals and presidents. Here, McFeely uses newspapers, portraits, photographs, paintings, sketches, and cartoons to examine and illuminate Grant, both the private man and the public figure."
"What emerges is not only a narratively engaging text but also a portrait as full and detailed as the many photographs taken over the course...
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