Carol Elizabeth: Peonies II

The Souls of Your Feet is a comprensive guide to the art and language of tap dance. Complete with basic technique and creative variations, this guidebook shows the beginning dancer how to build a strong foundation in this wonderful American artform as well as expand the experienced dancer's choreographic and ...more

"Bulldogs in Bloom" reveals for the first time the exquisite aesthetic sensibility of this widely misunderstood breed, whose representatives are here portrayed in the midst of their secret gardens. Every soft petal and tender frond is the fruit of their own horticultural labors. This beautiful book proves that, in the ...more

Reverent memorial for the dead was the inspiration for the production of a significant category of artworks during the Middle Ages - artworks aimed as much at the laity as at the clergy, and intended to maintain, symbolically, the presence of the dead. Memoria, the term that describes the formal, ...more

This handsome catalogue presents 267 European drawings and watercolours dating from the 16th through the early 20th centuries. Colour reproductions of 73 of the Ackland's most important Italian, Netherlandish, French, British, and German drawings are accompanied by 194 black-and-white reproductions and 35 supplemental images. Many of the works are quite ...more

This series is a vehicle for texts generated through the experiences of writers, scholars, and artists who have been residents at the Getty Research Institute or involved in its programs. ...more

This handsome hardcover 96-page catalogue with twenty-six color illustrations includes twelve scholarly essays by leading American art historians and extensive documentation on twelve important and rare works of art. The contents consist of an introduction by William H. Gerdts, and essay by Ellwood C. Parry III on Thomas Cole's Sunset ...more

In-depth articles by leading Canadians and glorious colour photography by Malak and more capture Canada in the 21st century, in an impressive new book from Carol-Canada. Canada - The New Millennium Series: highlights our nation’s accomplishments through highly-informative original articles by leading Canadians. Among them are historian Desmond Morton’s engrossing ...more