Learn what the Earth is made of - and how its rocks were formed, how early humans made the first flint tools and how diamonds and precious stones are cut, polished, and made into jewelry. Discover how prehistoric animals are preserved today as fossils, how volcanoes work, how rocks are formed from molten lava, how minerals and metals are mined and ...
The National Museum of Forest Service History presents a charming cookbook that celebrates decades of camp cooking by countless Forest Service agents in the field. Featuring legendary recipes for Dutch oven meals, open-fire dishes, and other tasty outdoor specialties used daily in the early days of the Forest Service, Camp Cooking has dozens of ...
If you've ever wondered about where Native Americans came from, whether they really used smoke signals, or if they wore socks, this book has the answers. From clothing, food, origins, ceremonies, and language to love, marriage, art, music, and casinos, DO ALL INDIANS LIVE IN TIPIS? debunks widespread stereotypes and answers all of the most common ...
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Pierre Auguste Renoir, Colin B. Bailey, John B. Collins, Linda Nochlin, Anne Distel, National Gallery of Canada, Art Institute of Chicago, Kimbell Art Museum
One hundred of the greatest works of the so-called Ashcan School, including: George Bellow, William Glackens, Robert Henri, George Luks, Everett Shinn, and John Sloane. These artists ignored the romantic and lofty themes pursued by many of their contemporaries, and chose instead to depict the dramatic changes and conflicting social mores among ...
A collection of poems written by young Native Americans, inspired by or matched with photographs of artifacts and people from the National Museum of the American Indian.
Artists who brought a new sophistication into American art in the three decades before World War I are featured, including John Singer Sargent, Cecilia Beaux, John La Farge, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Mary Cassatt, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and Winslow Homer. 60 color illustrations.
Made with Passion establishes Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., as a key taste-makers of the twentieth century. Curator Lynda Roscoe Hartigan traces Hempbell's evolution as a collector of assesses the impact of Hemphill's collection on our contemporary understanding of American art. Illustrated.
Written for a museum exhibition, this book includes over 400 photographs of objects as well as scholarly essays on many aspects of time--including calendars, the way people experience time, and whether time is ''real" in the philosophical sense.
The complete history, mysterious curse, and probable origin in India is explored in this book that also traces the gem stone's roster of owners. 24 illustrations, 4 in color.
This evocative blend of first-person narratives, stunning illustrations, and historic photographs celebrates American Indian cultures and their perseverance in the contemporary landscape. The book accompanies an exhibition of the same name scheduled for the October 1994 opening of the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. 151 illustrations, ...
These paintings and sculptures by artists who traveled west in the decades following the Lewis and Clark explorations portray the expanding frontier from an array of compelling viewpoints. Artists include Emanuel Leutze, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, Charles Bird King, and George Catlin. 60 color illustrations.
Features treasures from the National Museum of American Art, which houses the largest collection of American art anywhere in the world. Each page focuses on a different artist, and the book is designed and formatted for easy browsing and accessibility to a general audience. Over 290 artists are represented from nearly four centuries of American ...
What can senior pharmacy faculty do to help their junior colleagues succeed? The Handbook for Pharmacy Educators: Getting Adjusted as a New Pharmacy Faculty Member gives voice to junior pharmacy faculty members who present their personal accounts of their experiences on the job. These six junior faculty, representing the basic, administrative, and ...
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Marguerite Northrup, [from old catalog], New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. [from old catalog], United States. National Gallery of Art. [from old catalog]
From the Middle Ages through the glorious defeat of the Armada, the triumphs of Nelson, and the battles of the First and Second World Wars, this gripping history tells how the Royal Navy turned this country into the world's greatest sea power. Based around previously unpublished material from the archives of the National Maritime Museum, including ...
"Vietnam: Reflexes and Reflections" is a collection of artwork by American and Vietnamese artists who were involved in the Vietnam War: soldiers, nurses, doctors, former POWs, and other military personnel. The art objects, all of which can be seen in the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, Illinois, all reflect in one way or another ...
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