Best of
Art

1973

Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction


David Macaulay - 1973
    This critically acclaimed book has been translated into a dozen languages and remains a classic of children's literature and a touchstone for budding architects. Cathedral's numerous awards include a prestigious Caldecott Honor and designation as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year for Macaulay's intricate pen-and-ink illustrations.Journey back to centuries long ago and visit the fictional people of twelfth-, thirteenth-, and fourteenth-century Europe whose dreams, like Cathedral, stand the test of time.This title has been selected as a Common Core text exemplar (Grades 6–8, Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics, and Technical Studies).

Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting


John F. Carlson - 1973
    It provides a wealth of advice on the choice of subject; it tells what to look for and aim for, and explains the mysteries of color, atmospheric conditions, and other phenomena to be found in nature. Through his profound understanding of the physical nature of landscapes and his highly developed artistic sense, John Carlson is able to explain both the whys and the hows of the various aspects of landscape painting. Among the subjects covered are angles and consequent values (an insightful concept necessary for strong overall unity of design), aerial and linear perspective, the painting of trees, the emotional properties of line and mass in composition, light, unity of tone, choice of subject, and memory work. In the beginning chapters, the author tells how to make the best of canvas, palette, colors, brushes, and other materials and gives valuable advice about texture, glazing, varnishing, bleaching, retouching, and framing. Thirty-four reproductions of Mr. Carlson's own work and 58 of his explanatory diagrams are shown on pages adjoining the text. As Howard Simon says in the introduction: "Crammed into its pages are the thoughts and experiences of a lifetime of painting and teaching. Undoubtedly it is a good book for the beginner, but the old hand at art will appreciate its honesty and broadness of viewpoint. It confines itself to the mechanics of landscape painting but, philosophically, it roams far and wide. . . . This is a book to keep, to read at leisure, and to look into for the solution of problems as they arise, when the need for an experienced hand is felt."

Art & the Bible


Francis A. Schaeffer - 1973
    "A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God." Many Christians, wary of creating graven images, have steered clear of artistic creativity. But the Bible offers a robust affirmation of the arts. The human impulse to create reflects our being created in the image of a creator God. Art and the Bible has been a foundational work for generations of Christians in the arts. In this book's classic essays, Francis Schaeffer first examines the scriptural record of the use of various art forms, and then establishes a Christian perspective on art. With clarity and vigor, Schaeffer explains why "the Christian is the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars.

Les Diners de Gala


Salvador Dalí - 1973
    He is now sixty eight and his ambition is fulfilled in the shape of a book: Les Dîners de Gala. Published by Felicie Inc., this latest Dali book consists of twelve chapters to which Dali has given the following titles.1 Les caprices pincés princiers2 Les cannibalismes de l’automne3 Les suprêmes de malaises lilliputiens4 Les entre-plats sodomisés5 Les spoutniks astiqués d’asticots statistiques6 Les panaches panachés7 Les chairs monarchiques8 Les montres molles ½ sommeil9 L’atavisme désoxyribonucléique10 Les “je mange GALA”11 Les pios nonoches12 Les délices petits martyrs12 “Hors-Texte” specially designed and signed by the Artist.55 recipes illustrated in color, 21 of which were prepared by the leaders of French gastronomy:Lasserre, La Tour d’Argent, Maxim’s and Le Buffet de la Gare de Lyon.

Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art


John Szarkowski - 1973
    In concise analyses, John Szarkowski investigates the aesthetic, formal, social and historical issues of 100 photographs selected from the Modern's collections. This archive of pictures contains a vast range of works from familiar and not-so-familiar photographers. Included are some the of most recognizable pictures of the past 150 years by acknowledged masters of their field such as Adamson, Cameron, Stieglitz, Weston, Cartier-Bresson, Cunningham, Arbus and Frank.

The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms


Christopher Finch - 1973
    0-8109-4964-4$60.00 / Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

The Writings of Marcel Duchamp


Marcel Duchamp - 1973
    Nowhere is this more apparent than in the writings of Marcel Duchamp, who fashioned some of the more joyous and ingenious couplings and uncouplings in modern art. This collection beings together two essential interviews and two statements about his art that underscore the serious side of Duchamp. But most of the book is made up of his experimental writings, which he called ”Texticles,” the long and extraordinary notes he wrote for The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Eben (also known as The Large Glass), and the outrageous puns and alter-ego he constructed for his female self, Rrose Sélavy (”Eros, c’est la vie” or “arouser la vie”—“drink it up”; “celebrate life”). Wacky, perverse, deliberately frustrating, these entertaining notes are basic for understanding one of the twentieth century’s most provocative artists, a figure whose influence on the contemporary scene has never been stronger.

Man Ray: Masters of Photography Series


Man Ray - 1973
    Schooled as a painter and designer in New York, Man Ray turned to photography after discovering the 291 Gallery and its charismatic founder, Alfred Stieglitz. As a young expatriate in Paris during the twenties and thirties, Man Ray embraced Surrealism and Dadaism, creeds that emphasized chance effects, disjunction and surprise. Tireless experimentation with technique led him to employ solarization, grain enlargement, mixed media and cameraless prints (photograms)--which he called "Rayographs." These successful manipulations for which he was dubbed "the poet of the darkroom" by Jean Cocteau, were a major contribution to twentieth-century photography. Man Ray presents 43 of the greatest images from the artist's career. The essay by Jed Perl describes the influences on Man Ray's career and his enduring contribution to photography.

Maxfield Parrish


Coy Ludwig - 1973
    A compendium of the life and work of Maxfield Parrish, it is an essential part of a Parrish library. For the collector, the publisher has included a value guide to some of the products that bear Parrish images. Examples of Parrish's most famous book illustrations are shown, including selections from Mother Goose in Prose and the Arabian Nights. Also included are his famous magazine covers-from Life, Collier's, Harper's Weekly, etc., as well as all the landscapes that he painted for Brown and Bigelow, who reproduced them as calendars every year from 1936 to 1963. One of the highlights of the book is the chapter on Parrish's technique, examining in depth his materials, favorite methods, and unique way of painting. In addition, there is a lengthy excerpt from an unpublished manuscript by Maxfield Parrish, Jr., explaining step-by-step his father's glazing technique and use of photography in his work. This definitive study also contains numerous revealing excerpts from Parrish's unpublished correspondence with family, friends, and clients.

The Daybooks of Edward Weston


Edward Weston - 1973
    His journal has become a classic of photographic literature. Weston was a towering figure in twentieth-century photography, whose restless quest for beauty and the mystical presence behind it resulted in a body of work unrivaled in the medium. John Szarkowski observes that "It was as though the things of everyday experience had been transformed... into organic sculptures, the forms of which were both the expression and the justification of the life within... He had freed his eyes of conventional expectation, and had taught them to see the statement of intent that resides in natural form."

The Complete Printmaker


John Ross - 1973
    Written by internationally recognized artists and teachers John Ross, Clare Romano, and Tim Ross, this book takes the reader, step by step, through the history and techniques of over 45 printmaking methods: from the traditional etching, engraving, lithography, and relief print processes to today's computer prints, Mylar lithography, copier prints, water-based screen printing, helio-reliefs, and monotypes.With a survey of issues and contemporary concerns in the printmaker's world — a chapter on the burgeoning business of printmaking offering professional insights into copyright laws for artists, cooperative workshops, evolving relationships between dealers and galleries, and the newest trends in print publishing — The Complete Printmaker is indeed what American Artist magazine termed: "an encyclopedia of printmaking ... all you do is add your own talent, effort and love."

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art


James Hall - 1973
    But what were once biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today. This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based. Combined here in a single volume are religious, classical, and historical themes, figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that appeared throughout paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance. More than just a dictionary, this text places these subjects in their narrative, historical, or mythological context and uses extensive cross-referencing to enhance and clarify the meanings of these themes for the reader.The definitive work by which others are compared, this volume has become an indispensable handbook for students and general appreciators alike. This wholly redesigned second edition includes a new insert of images chosen by the author, as well as a new preface and index to highlight the ideas, beliefs, and social and religious customs that form the background of much of this subject matter.

Trademarks & Symbols (volume 1: Alphabetical Designs)


Yasaburo Kuwayama - 1973
    Index of names of companies represented.2. Index of type of industry, business, product, or service.3. Index of designers.Among the categories included are:Advertising / Agriculture / Airlines / Automotive Industry / Banking / Brewing / Building Materials / Business Services / Chemical Industry / Coal Mining / Communications / Construction / Cosmetic Industry / Design / Electrical / Electronic Engineering / Entertainment / Exhibitions / Fiber Manufacturing / Film Production / Food Industry / Government / Hardware Manufacturing / Hotels / Industry, General / Insurance / Interior Design / Investment / Jewels / Laundry / Medicine / Music / News / Paper Manufacturing / Power / Printing / Publishing / Restaurants / Schools / Shops / Tobacco / Travel.

The Art of Andrew Wyeth


Wanda M. Corn - 1973
    This was the first book to explore the depth, richness and diversity of Andrew Wyeth's art. 174pp.

Milton Glaser: Graphic Design


Milton Glaser - 1973
    Glaser’s work ranges from the psychedelic Bob Dylan poster to book and record covers; from store and restaurant design to toy creations; and magazine formats including New York magazine and logotypes, all of which define the look of our time. Here Glaser undertakes not only a remarkably wide-ranging representation of his oeuvre from the incredibly fertile early years, but, in a new preface, speaks of the influences on his work, the responsibilities of the artist, the hierarchies of the traditional art world, and the role of graphic design in the area of his creative growth. First published in 1973, Milton Glaser: Graphic Design is an extraordinary achievement and indisputably a classic in the field.

The Prisons [Le Carceri]: The Complete First and Second States)


Giovanni Battista Piranesi - 1973
    All create a system of visual frustration beyond ordinary perception and understanding.

The Operas of Verdi: From Oberto to Rigoletto


Julian Budden - 1973
    In writing the first edition of this classic work--which appeared to great acclaim in 1973--Julian Budden mined the vast resources of European archives to provide a groundbreaking interpretation of Verdi's work, and along the way discovered much new material, including an unpublished additional aria for I Due Foscari. Now available in a revised edition, The Operas of Verdi is now brought up to date in light of the most recent scholarship, making it more useful and entertaining than ever. Volume 1 traces the organic growth and development of the composer's style from 1839 to 1851--from Oberto to Rigoletto--and examines each opera in detail, offering a full account of its dramatic and historical origins as well as a brief critical evaluation. More than 350 musical examples make the significance of these early operas to Verdi's developing style especially clear. In the second volume, Budden covers those operas written during the decadence of the post-Rossini period. During this time Verdi, having exhausted the simple lyricism found in such works as Il Trovatore and La Traviata, found new life as he directly confronted the masters of the Paris opera with his Les V�pres Siciliennes. The new scale and variety of musical thought that can be sensed in the Italian operas which followed is shown here to culminate in La Forza del Destino. The third and final volume of the study covers the quarter century which saw grand opera on the Parisian model established throughout Italy, and the spread of cosmopolitan influences that convinced many that Italian music was losing its identity. Verdi produced his four last and greatest operas during this time--Don Carlos, Aida, Otello, and Falstaff--operas which helped inaugurate versimo, in which a new, recognizably Italian idiom was realized. These three volumes cover every aspect of Verdi's rich and varied operatic achievement. Every lover of opera in particular and music in general will want a set in their library.

The Last of the Nuba


Leni Riefenstahl - 1973
    First published in 1973 and long since out of print, a classic photo essay about life among Africa's Nuba tribe, by one of the century's foremost film directors, is presented in an impressive full-color gift edition.

Photographs for the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1938


Walker Evans - 1973
    It is the oldest and largest community of spiritualists in the world. Twenty thousand visitors a year travel to this Victorian village in upstate New York to consult mediums in order to communicate with dead relatives and peer into their own futures.

Engravings by Hogarth


William Hogarth - 1973
    Sean Shesgreen, a foremost authority on Hogarth, has consistently selected the best states of the plates to be used in this edition and has carefully introduced them, commenting upon the artist's milieu and the importance of plot, character, time, setting, and other dimensions. A most important aspect of this book, found in no other Hogarth edition, is the positioning of the editor's commentary on each plate on a facing page. With the incredible and sometimes overwhelming amount of detail and action going on in these engravings, this is a most helpful feature.

The Complete Drawings of Hieronymous Bosch


Hieronymus Bosch - 1973
    

The Unspeakable Confessions Of Salvador Dali


Salvador Dalí - 1973
    These inspired tracts, covering art, love, sex, money, death, fame, science, his famous friends and enemies and his extraordinary creative genius, reveal the intricate workings of Dali's mind to create not only an unparallelled autobiography but also one of the key Surrealist texts yet published.Illustrated with drawings by Dali and with rare photographs.

The Best of LIFE


David E. Scherman - 1973
    Luce set for LIFE in the original prospectus. For the next 36 years the editors kept that promise faithfully, reporting on life, the world, and great events with skill, dedication and imagination. Just how well they did their job the reader will see in the 304 pages - 100 of them in color - and 680 photographs (including 77 LIFE covers) that make up this splendid anthology. -- from the book jacket.

The Romantic Rebellion: Romantic Versus Classic Art


Kenneth Clark - 1973
    Rivalry arose between two schools of painting, the Romantic and the Classic. The doctrine of Classic art aspired to the ideal found in Greco-Roman antiquities; subjects were drawn from episodes in antique history or poetry that pointed a moral - acts of self-sacrifice or patriotism. Romantic art appealed to the emotions, in particular the fear and exhilaration aroused by storm, bloodshed and ferocity, so prevalent at the time. The emotional effect of a picture was heightened by color, violent light and shade and exaggerated movement, made shockingly natural - far removed from the tranquility and sculptural forms of classicism. In practice, however, the two schools overlapped. Both attached importance to subject matter and looked to the past for it. "Every great classical artist was a romantic at heart and vice versa; the distinction between them is more convenient than real," writes Kenneth Clark.To trace this "rebellion" Kenneth Clark brings into focus the artistic creativity of thirteen artists: David, Goya, Piranesi, Fuseli, Blake, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Turner, Constable, Millet, Degas and Rodin - all but one successful and influential, all part of the European movement.

The Symbolists


Philippe Jullian - 1973
    Subjects; Symbolism in art. Graphic arts — History. Art, Modern — 19th century.

The Inspector


Saul Steinberg - 1973
    

New York in the Thirties


Berenice Abbott - 1973
    Nearly 100 classic images by noted photographer: Rockefeller Center on the rise, Bowery restaurants, dramatic views of the City's bridges, Washington Square, old movie houses, rows of old tenements laced with laundry, Wall Street, Flatiron Building, waterfront, and many other landmarks.

Grandma Moses


Otto Kallir - 1973
    Spine and cover stamped in gilt. Previous owners bookplate on front free endpaper. Profusely illustrated throughout in black and white and color.

The Prisons / Le Carceri


Giovanni Battista Piranesi - 1973
    Combining the influences of Tiepolo, Bibiena, and Rembrandt, these works of architectural fantasy challenge the boundaries of perception, creating a vast system of visual provocation. Innumerable staircases, immense vaults, and other ambiguous structures are compounded with projecting beams, pulleys, rickety catwalks and gangways, dangling ropes and chains, and the occasional shadowy human figure.This full reproduction in book form of The Prisons, made directly from mint copies of original prints, presents both editions of Piranesi's work, with prints on facing pages for convenient comparison. The first edition (circa 1745) ranks among the most rare and valuable print collections in existence and abounds in a multiplicity of perspectives—an innovation that predates Cubism by two centuries. For the second (1761) edition, Piranesi reworked the plates, adding elaborate details that alter some of them almost beyond recognition. It is in the second, more emotionally challenging renditions that his masterful management of light and shadow is most evident. This edition features an informative Introduction by Philip Hofer, in addition to a Preface by John Howe, a conceptual designer on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Geometrical Design Coloring Book


Spyros Horemis - 1973
    Beautifully rendered, these imaginative geometrical designs do not have any built-in color associations, so children and adults can play with an unlimited combination of colors.

Degas' Drawings


H.G.E. Degas - 1973
    In his drawings, Degas' working methods can be seen and studied, and his always-human figures can be enjoyed as much as in the finished works — if not more. Reproduced in this book are 100 of Degas' drawings, including eight in full color. They range from early studies to portraits of Manet, Madame Hertel, Madame Camus, Durnaty, and others to sketches of dancers and nudes, race track scenes, travel scenes, and other works from 1856 to 1900. The drawings reflect Degas' outstanding way of capturing scenes and his development of the careful casualness that was to make him foremost among the Realist-Romantic artists. The images also reveal his new uses of space and artistic focus, qualities he received from other artists in the Impressionist group. There are works in varied media — pencil, crayon, pastel, charcoal, and many others — and there are studies for paintings and sculptures that show his working methods. Most of these drawings cannot be seen anywhere else in published form. The edition from which these drawings were taken now commands high prices on the rare book market, when it can be found. Art students, collectors, and others who want to see the many styles of Degas will find that this collection contains many of his finest works.

A Pageant of Pattern for Needlepoint Canvas


Sherlee Lantz - 1973
    History of needlework.

Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric


Mildred Constantine - 1973
    Although the development of Art Fabrics is so recent and so varied that they defy classification into the accepted disciplines, it can be claimed with assurance that these are works of art. The artists who create with fiber have united creativity and intuition, principles and skills to form an aesthetic entity. They have molded and extended the meaning of their medium and transcended technique and materials: they have liberated their work from tradition and thus heightened their recognition by critics and public. The great works that have been produced in the fiber medium during the last decade have validated the whole movement. These achievements by a relatively small group of women and men of genius and talent have changed our visual concepts and comprehension.

The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning


Dore Ashton - 1973
    Dore Ashton captures the vitality of the cultural milieu in which the New York School artists worked and argued and critiqued each other's work from the 1930s to the 1950s. Working from unsifted archives, from contemporary newspapers and books, and from extensive conversations with the men and women who participated in the rise of the New York School, Ashton provides a rich cultural and intellectual history of this period. In examining the complex sources of this important movement—from the WPA program of the 1930s and the influx of European ideas to the recognition in the 1950s of American painting on an international scale—she conveys the concerns of an extraordinary group of artists including Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Philip Guston, Barnett Newman, Arshile Gorky, and many others. Rare documentary photographs illustrate Ashton's classic appraisal of the New York School scene.

Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design


J. Bourgoin - 1973
    European abounds with perspective renderings of figures and landscapes, while Islamic translates artistic impulse into elaborate geometric patterns and linear designs. Through centuries of practicing this purely abstract art, Muslim artists have perfected it to an incomparable elegance.This book contains 190 examples exhibiting the wide range of Islamic geometrical art: hexagon designs, octagon designs, dodecagon designs, combinations of stars and rosettes (of many variations), combinations of squares and octagons, heptagon designs, and pentagon designs. These fundamental shapes give rise to hundreds of different designs, and merely altering an angle or curving a straight line can create an entirely new pattern. When transferred to metal, wood, stucco, mosaic, and paint, these patterns make up the elaborate ornamentation for which Arabic architecture is noted, and twenty-eight examples of actual applications from Cairo and Damascus are included: sanctuary doors, openwork windows, inlaid marble pavements, and ceilings. The reader may wish to try his own hand at drawing patterns, to which purpose dotted construction lines are given for sections of the plates. Artists and designers will appreciate this book as a valuable source for Islamic art and design, which they may use directly or vary at will, and with the added use of color they will find that striking and beautiful results can often be achieved.

Paul Klee Notebooks Volume 2 The Nature of Nature


Paul Klee - 1973
    

Brion Gysin Let the Mice In


Brion Gysin - 1973
    

In This Proud Land: America, 1935-1943, as Seen in the FSA Photographs


Roy Emerson Stryker - 1973
    In This Proud Land: America 1935-1943 As Seen In the FSA Photographs. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, [1973]. First edition, first printing. Quarto. 199 pages.

Frederick Remington


Peter Hassrick - 1973
    He was a noted painter of western scenes capturing cow-boys, Native Americans and especially the horse. Well written text accompanies this volume.

William Morris: Ornamentation & Illustrations from The Kelmscott Chaucer


William Morris - 1973
    A magnificent capsulation of fine printing beauty for browsing or for use by commercial artists.

Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company and the Making of a Play


Richard Avedon - 1973
    

Sculpture: Principles and Practice


Louis Slobodkin - 1973
    Unlike other instructional guides by people who have never had their fingers wet with clay, this book is the accumulation of many years of practical knowledge and experience by a noted American sculptor and art instructor.Mr. Slobodkin starts with the very basics of the art and leaves no area uncovered. He advises the novice what type of material is best to work with, and in a step-by-step process shows how to begin with elementary forms and proceed to the more complex, used for creating human figures, portrait heads, bas reliefs, and other forms of sculpture. Helpful instruction and diagrams of the proper procedure for constructing armatures and the proper methods for the use of tools are passed on to the reader along the way.When the use of clay and plasteline are well in hand, Mr. Slobodkin moves to the handling of more difficult materials. Plaster casting, wood carving, stone carving, terra cotta, metal sculpture, and architectural sculpture are all covered with hundreds of drawings and progressive photographs to add clarity. A most welcome aspect of this book is the author's witty and readable style. Technical passages never become oppressive, and words of encouragement and inspiration are offered frequently. One is well aware that the author was once a novice and facing the same difficulties himself. For the beginner this book is invaluable, but even those who have been sculpting for years will find the latter chapters full of helpful hints and useful information.

Heraldry of the World


Carl-Alexander Von Volborth - 1973
    

The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion


Lewis Thorpe - 1973
    The Historical Background.2. The Authorities.3. William of Poitiers.4. The Bayeux Tapestry: Description of the tapestry The history of the tapestry The importance of the tapestry The plates5. The Plates (in colour)6. Select Bibliography.Set in 13 point Poliphilus leaded 1 point with Libra type for display.Text printed letterpress by W&J Mackay Ltd, transparancies by Michael Holford printed in four colours by photo-litho by Jarrold & Sons Ltd using Wintex cloth and Opal Tyvek paper.

Ed Emberley's Little Drawing Book of Birds


Ed Emberley - 1973
    

Paul Delvaux: Odyssey of a Dream


Paul Delvaux - 1973
    Sometimes these haunting muses wander through space accompanied by a skeletons; other times, they sit silently in long and sombre Puritanical dresses, as if serving out a penance.

Akhenaten and Nefertiti


Cyril Aldred - 1973
    These publications established him as an Egyptologist & art historian. He also contributed essays on Egyptian woodwork & furniture as a part of the Oxford History of Technology in '54 & '56. In '55, he worked as an associate curator in the dep't of Egyptian art in the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the curator, Wm C. Hayes. During his time at the Met, he improved the presentation of the exhibitions & helped identify & catalog a number of previously overlooked artifacts in storage. In '56, he returned to the Royal Scottish Museum to enhance the Egyptology team. In '61 he was promoted to keeper of art & archeology, a post he held until his '74 retirement. During his time at the RSM, he not only gave lectures but also made purchases & helped the museum vastly improve not only the Egyptology displays but also the W. African & S. Seas sections.ForewordPrefaceIntroduction: The Armana RevolutionThe historical outlineThe monuments of Akhenaten & NefertitiThe development of the Armarna style The early period The development of the Armarna styleThe later phasesIconographyThe character of Armarna artNotesCatalogueBibliographyConcordance IConcordance II

Making Things: The Handbook of Creative Discovery


Ann Sayre Wiseman - 1973
    The activities featured emphasize learning by doing and encourage readers to use everyday objects in new ways. Simple instructions, clear diagrams, an appealing illustrations make these projects accessible to people of all ages who enjoy making things.

The New York times book of needlepoint


Elaine Slater - 1973
    Lots of examples and instructions for beautiful needlepoint

Singing for Power: The Song Magic of the Papago Indians of Southern Arizona


Ruth M. Underhill - 1973
    Ruth Underhill published the songs she heard sung by Tohono O'odham [Papago] elders more than half a century ago, and Singing for Power has since become a classic of Native American literature.

Fasanella's City: The painting of Ralph Fasanella with the story of his life and art


Patrick Watson - 1973
    

Metamorphosis of a Death Symbol: The Transi Tomb in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance


Kathleen Cohen - 1973
    Cohen challenges the modern view that the transi image was a mere memento mori for the living. Drawing upon 200 examples of tombs with, as well as without transi images, and upon poetry, church hymns, prayers, sermons, ceremonial texts, and wills, she demonstrates that in the course of the 15th & 16th centuries the meaning of the transi evolved, reflecting changes in religious, social and intellectual life during this period.

Alexander Dovzhenko: The Poet As Filmmaker


Alexander Dovzhenko - 1973
    Because of political problems, however, he was able to complete only seven feature-length films; these include his major works, "Zvenihora, Arsenal, " and "Earth." "The films that I did complete," he says, "I made with love and sincerity. In those films lies the primary meaning of my life. They are meant to be poetic films, and contemporary life, with the common man at its center, is their chief subject."This book is a translation of the following portions of Dovzhenko's writings: His "Autobiography, " which appears here for the first time in English and in which he writes, "My parents had many children--fourteen in all, a variable group of whom two survived, myself and my sister Polina, who is now a doctor. The other children died at different times, hardly any of them reaching working age. Now, when I think of my childhood and of my home, whenever I remember them, in my mind I see crying and funerals.... I still cannot bear to look at funerals, and yet they pass through all my scripts and all my pictures, for the question of life and death affected my imagination when I was still a child and left its imprint on all my work."Dovzhenko's "Notebooks" combine a diary, a war journal (he was a correspondent in World War II), and sketches for films, stories, plays, and novels. They reveal him to be a gifted writer who incorporated his experience into powerfully visual images that often took epigraphical shape--"hanged men slip from their nooses and shatter like marble statues." "Random shooting. Death without a pose: he fell prone and hiccuped.""The Enchanted Desna" is the first part of a planned autobiographical film tale. It is about Dovzhenko's real and imagined childhood: "We had a grandad who was very much like God. When I said my prayers, I would always look up at the corner where the icons hung to see the picture of Grandad in a robe of old silver foil, while Grandad himself lay on the edge of the stove coughing quietly and listening to my prayers...."He was our good spirit of the meadow and the fish. He could pick more mushrooms and berries than even we children, and he talked to the horses and the calves, to the grass, to the old pear tree and the oak tree--to everything that lived, grew, and moved around us."Filling out this rich portrait of the poet as filmmaker is an introduction by Marco Carynnyk, a bibliography of materials about Dovzhenko, a listing of all his published writings, a filmography that includes all his film projects whether realized or not, and a chronology of his life.

Shooting Stars: The Rolling Stone Book of Portraits


Annie Leibovitz - 1973
    

Edvard Munch (Masters of Art)


Edvard Munch - 1973
    Messer, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York, traces Munch's growth as an artist, placing him in the context of his times. He introduces the reader to the family scenes & familiar places that haunt Munch's art, & to the wider relationships-with writers, poets & patrons that nurtured Munch & sustained him in difficult times.

Kama and Kala: Materials for the Study of Shadow Theatre in Bali


Christiaan Hooykaas - 1973
    

Visual Illusions Coloring Book (Dover Design Coloring Books)


Spyros Horemis - 1973
    But beware, the designs herein may boggle your mind, and confound your eyes; they are all visual illusions. Does the cube go in or out, is the line straight or curved? You'll have fun deciding which while coloring them at the same time. 32 designs.Book Details: Format: Paperback Publication Date: 6/1/1973 Pages: 32 Reading Level: Age 9 and Up

Chippendale And His Contemporaries


John Kenworthy-Browne - 1973
    

The complete graphic works of Ben Shahn


Kenneth Wade Prescott - 1973
    

Art And The Future: A History Prophecy Of The Collaboration Between Science, Technology And Art


Douglas M. Davis - 1973
    

Journal of the Identical Lunch


Alison Knowles - 1973