Arts!

A selection of our new and noteworthy materials on the Performing Arts as well as other Fine Arts

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sanctified Landscape: Writers, Artists, and the Hudson River Valley, 1820-1909

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In Sanctified Landscape, David Schuyler recounts the story of America's idealization of the Hudson Valley in art and literature during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Breakthrough!: Proven Strategies to Overcome Creative Block and Spark Your Imagination

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Breakthrough! is a lively compilation of strategies for combating creative block offered by a who's who of leading graphic designers, typographers, cartoonists, photographers, illustrators, musicians, writers, and other creative professionals. Because every block is different, they offer a wide variety of solutions-from cleaning the house and eating spicy food to making a plaster cast of your hands and feet-that are surprising, amusing, at times weird, but always inspiring. Breakthrough! is rocket fuel for any creative individual in need of a catalyst to get ideas flowing again.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Banksy.: You Are an Acceptable Level of Threat

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The single best collection of photographs of Banksy's street work. Period. It concentrates on this singular artist's iconic imagery, spanning the late '90s up until the end of 2011. The locations are from around the world, and many images have never been seen before.