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1	Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties more books like this by John Kobal (Editor) add to wishlist See Betty Grable, John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, 106 great stars in 163 fascinating photographs. Innovations in pose, angle, and composition are still major influences on modern Hollywood professionals. see all copies from $4.89! new only from $10.22! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Portraits of the Presidents: The National Portrait Gallery more books like this by Frederick S Voss add to wishlist The most visited part of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery displays the nation's collection of portraits of presidents of the United States. Created to accompany a countrywide tour, "Portraits of the Presidents" is authoritative and engaging, offering a concise history of each president and telling how each portrait came to be made. 65 ... see all copies from $4.44! new only from $21.38! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Face Value more books like this by Donna De Salvo add to wishlist "What is a portrait today?" is the defining question of this volume. Essays by such leading scholars and critics as Maurice Berger, Kenneth E. Silver, Max Kozloff, and Michele Wallace propose fascinating answers, framing portraiture through its age-old kinship with status and wealth; its employ in fashion, politics, and advertising; and its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions
4	George Washington: A National Treasure more books like this by Richard Brookhiser, Margaret C S Christman, Ellen Gross Miles add to wishlist "George Washington: A National Treasure" celebrates our nation's permanent acquisition of Gilbert Stuart's magnificent 'Landsdowne' portrait of George Washington. Commissioned for the Marquis of Lansdowne, a British supporter of American independence, the painting shows Washington in the last year of his presidency, 1796. Here is a George ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions
5	William Beckman more books like this by Carl Belz, William Beckman add to wishlist William Beckman (b. 1942) paints himself, loved ones, and the land he has lived upon, creating edgy portraits and landscapes. His subjects, whether mother or lover, are delivered to the viewer with gripping details, without embellishment. He creates his figurative art using a unique method. He applies paint, then shaves off layer after layer from ... see all copies from $3.21! new only from $4.00! \| first editions
6	The Founders: Portraits of Persons Born Abroad Who Came to the Colonies in North America Before 1701 V2 more books like this by Charles Knowles Bolton add to wishlist In Three Volumes. With An Introduction, Biographical Outlines And Comments On The Portraits. see all copies from $21.45! new only from $21.74! \| SVS
7	Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century more books like this by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Emily K Shubert (Contributions by) add to wishlist Recently, a number of cutting edge African American artists have investigated issues of race and American identity in their work, relying on the use of historical source material and the subversion of archaic media. This scrutiny of little known, yet uncannily familiar, racialized imagery by contemporary artists has created a renewed interest in ... see all copies from $13.95! new only from $27.48!
8	Portraits of Famous American Women: An Analysis of Various Artists' Renderings of 13 Admired Figures more books like this by Robert Henkes add to wishlist The portrait is one of the most pure collaborative efforts in the art world. The artist is the creator, but she or he is wholly dependent on the sitter for inspiration and stimulus. When the subject is famous, the artist must often compromise true expression for the vanity of the person being painted. Though that would seemingly make the portrait ... see all copies from $3.22! new only from $19.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Portraits of Jews more books like this by Hannah Ruth London, Julie London add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
10	Dictionary of American Portraits more books like this by Hayward Cirker (Editor), Blanche Cirker (Editor), R Hutchinson (Designer) add to wishlist 4000 important Americans, earliest times to 1905, in authentic contemporary likenesses. Politicians, writers, soldiers, scientists, inventors, industrialists, Indians, Blacks, women, educators, etc. 8000-item classified index. see all copies from $8.35! new only from $166.57! \| SVS
11	American portraiture in the grand manner, 1720-1920 more books like this by Michael Quick, Marvin S. Sadik, William H. Gerdts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	Democratic Principles: Portraits and Essays by Elizabeth McClancy (Commentaries by), John Kerry (Foreword by), Eleanor Heartney (Commentaries by) add to wishlist A rare achievement in portrait painting, McClancy amplifies intense facial expression of some of America's most formidable legislators. The power of the paintings paired with a compelling written 'rendering' elevates the purpose and nobility of each subject. see all copies from $5.62! new only from $31.44! \| SVS
13	Fifty American Faces from the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery more books like this by Margaret C S Christman add to wishlist see all copies from $3.95! new only from $155.94! \| first editions
14	Artists by themselves : artists' portraits from the National Academy of Design. more books like this by National Academy of Design (U.S.), Michael Quick add to wishlist see all copies from $4.55! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	American Characters: Selections from the National Portrait Gallery, Accompanied by Literary Portraits more books like this by Professor R W B Lewis add to wishlist This volume brings together 160 famous American figures from Pocahontas to Louis Armstrong, providing visual and verbal portraits of their place in American life. The portraiture is paired with literary images taken from eyewitness accounts, memoirs, poems, letters and biographies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Colonial American Portraiture more books like this by Wayne Craven add to wishlist In this new and provocative study, the renowned art scholar Wayne Craven examines early American portraiture not just in terms of the genius of particular artists, but as a complex expression of society and the individual. Historians of American art have long identified the evolution of styles in early portraits; Professor Craven asks why those ... see all copies from $5.80! first editions
17	Index of Pacific Northwest Portraits more books like this by Marion B Appleton add to wishlist see all copies from $5.77! first editions
18	Portraits from the Americans, the Democratic Experience: An Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery Based on Daniel J. Boorstin's Pulitzer Prize Winning Book more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	American Portraits, 1800-1850: A Catalogue of Early Portraits in the Collections of Union College more books like this by Rita Feigenbaum, Union College add to wishlist Using a method similar for that of standard floras, this book provides for identification through keys in which the matching of plant characteristics leads to family, genus, species and common name. The manual also indicates habitat, flowering dates and degree of rarity. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
20	The face of poetry : 101 poets in two significant decades--the 60's & the 70's : photographic portraits more books like this by LaVerne Harrell Clark, Mary MacArthur add to wishlist see all copies from $3.71! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21	American Folk Portraits: Paintings & Drawings from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center more books like this by Beatrix T. Rumford (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! first editions \| SVS
22	Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves: February 4 Through May 26, 1996 more books like this by Andy Warhol add to wishlist The charm & deceptions of the mythic Narcissus are investigated through the work of thirty-two contemporary artists as they examine themselves & others. Artists include Janine Antoni, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Dennis Oppenheim, Charles Ray, Cindy Sherman & Andy Warhol. Essay by John Welchman, 64 pages, 51 illustrations. see all copies from $3.20! new only from $340.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraits in the Twentieth Century more books like this by Wendy Wick Reaves add to wishlist In Reflections/Refractions, some of the greatest modern artists use sinuous line and gorgeous color to trace the intricacies of their personalities, whether dark and gloomy or bright and fanciful. It catalogs twentieth-century self-portraits in the Smithsonian, National Portrait Gallery, and explores how modern artists view themselves and the ... see all copies from $49.95! new only from $49.95! \| SVS
24	Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842; portrait painter of Pennsylvania more books like this by Rebecca J. Beal add to wishlist see all copies from $40.00! signed copies \| first editions
25	A portrait of Livingston Manor, 1686-1850 more books like this by Ruth Piwonka, Friends of Clermont add to wishlist see all copies from $11.50! first editions

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