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The artistic masterpieces of Chinese civilizations from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century -- encompassing sculpture, paintings, drawings, and pottery -- are detailed in this illuminating volume, illustrated with 105 magnificent museum-quality reproductions.
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Certain artists stand out among their contemporaries; they were prodigies, master artists. Biographical and critical details on sixty master artists, along with over one hundred color reproductions of great works, illuminate the pages of this beautiful, informative volume.
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What is a masterpiece? At the most basic level, a masterpiece is a quintessential work by a great artist. This magnificent volume details the development of art from the beginning of recorded civilization into the twentieth century, presenting essential works of art from across the world, both East and West, in more then 110 full-color reproductions.
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Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations. Since the time of the earliest settlers, Americans have been expressing their individuality through the embellishment of everyday objects. Such classics as whirligigs, ship models, and carousel animals fill these pages.
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"The Sackler name has adorned the walls of many storied institutions -- Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller, OxyContin, that was the catalyst for the opioid...
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High school student Maron Kusakabe has a secret: she's Phantom Thief Jeanne, the reincarnation of Joan of Arc. She sneaks into private art collections to steal paintings in which demons reside. Jeanne's task is to seal the demons before they can devour human hearts. So far she's been able to evade the police on her midnight outings, but now another thief has come onto the scene--Phantom Thief Sinbad--and he's trying to take the paintings before she...
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High school student Maron Kusakabe has a secret: she's Phantom Thief Jeanne. She sneaks into private art collections to steal paintings in which demons reside. Jeanne's task is to seal the demons before they can devour human hearts. So far she's been able to evade the police on her midnight outings, but now another thief has come onto the scene--Phantom Thief Sinbad--and he's trying to take the paintings before she does!.