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John O'Brian
Raw, personal and political, John Scott: Firestorm presents an artist's searing critique of modernity's capacity for industrial warfare and the machines that enable it.
John Scott (19492022) produced paintings, drawings…
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J. O'Brian
This study argues that Henri Matisse’s sober presentations of himself were calculated to fit with the social constraints and ideological demands of the times. It shows how the way Matisse’s…
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The legacy of the Group of Seven and the reinvention of Canadian landscape art since the 1960s.
What can photography tell us about a world transformed by nuclear catastrophe?
Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the…
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John O'Brian,Jeremy Borsos
Includes the facsimile postcards and handwritten messages that date from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the end of the Cold War. This book investigates the part played by…
Clement Greenberg
The third volume in the series of Greenberg’s writings covers the period between 1950 and 1956, while Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance, gathers essays and criticism of the years…
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John Lord O'Brian
Civil liberty in war time This book, Civil liberty in war time, by John Lord O'Brian, is a replication of a book originally published before 1919. It has been restored…
Civil Liberty in War Time is a groundbreaking analysis of the legal and ethical issues raised by the United States' involvement in World War I. Written by John Lord O'Brian…
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David Milne,Katherine A. Lochnan,John O'Brian
David Milne (1882 - 1953) has been recognized as one of the world’s most innovative painters. This illustrated book, featuring essays and an annotated chronology by seven Milne experts, accompanies…
Francois-Marc Gagnon,Michele Grandbois,John O'Brian
An illustrated study of the lives and work of two early 20th-century Canadian artists who were influenced by their meetings with the French master Henri Matisse.
John Lord O'Brian,Algernon Sidney Crapsey
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
A unique and engaging exploration of how the camera lens has shaped public perceptions of the atomic age and its legacy of anxiety. The images featured are extremely vivid and…
