Farley's San Francisco Chronicles by Phil Frank. Foreword by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.Cartoonist Phil Frank's daily cartoon strip, Farley, has been keeping a finger on the pulse of the Bay Area for more than ten years. "I'm Ink, Therefore I Am!" gathers a collection of about 300 strips, orig..
At first glance, Amish quilts may appear curiously similar to works by the great abstract artists of the twentieth century. With their vibrant colors and bold geometric forms, the handcrafted designs seem reminiscent of paintings by Joseph Albers, Mark Rothko, and Frank Stella, among others. This vi..
To the ancients, all things in nature had sacred or spiritual meaning. The world was inhabited by the higher beings, who took the form of fantastical creatures that were part animal, part human, and exceedingly powerful. These beings are the spirit guides who lead the departed to the next life, heal..
Photographs highlight the traditional doorways into the houses and other old buildings of the historic Mexican city Author: Robert de Gast Publisher: Pomegranate Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0764913417 ISBN-13: 9780764913419..
The exhibition Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin premiered in 1944 at the Smithsonian Institution and subsequently toured the United States for ten years. The purpose of the show, as conceived by its patron, New York's Harmon Foundation, was to recognize and promote the significant ..
Never before published drawings and letters by Frank Lloyd WrightOn April 11, 1943, in the desert hills of Phoenix, Arizona, Frank Lloyd Wright's Pauson House burned to the ground. The fire had erupted just one year after the building's completion. But the complete obliteration of this remarkable st..
Presents Kliban's distinctive feline in paintings from a series of calendars for the years 1977 through 1986 and other sources Author: B. Kliban Publisher: Pomegranate Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0764903632 ISBN-13: 9780764903632..
In 1838, British artist David Roberts (1796-1864) embarked on a journey that would shape Europe's perception of the Middle East. Nurtured on Bible stories and tales of the exotic Orient, Roberts had always dreamed of exploring the Holy Land, though travel there was an arduous, dangerous undertaking...
Edward Hopper, one of the most important American painters of the twentieth century, spent nearly every summer of his prolific career in New England-a region with coastal views, mansardroofed houses, and a still light that served as the inspiration of many of Hopper's greatest works. This comprehens..
Illustrated by over 50 of Edward Hopper's most powerful evocations of New York, Avis Berman's essay explores how Hopper and his work illuminate each other by analyzing what his New York is - and is not. Ever the contrarian, he offers an alternative to what other American artists seized on - the new,..
Frank Lloyd Wright exerted perhaps the greatest influence on twentieth century design. In a volume that continues to resonate more than seventy years after its initial publication, Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography contains the master architect's own account of his work, his philosophy, and his p..
Frank Lloyd Wright's mammoth contribution to architecture is universally acknowledged, but his graphic work has been largely overlooked in the existing literature about this seminal architect. His designs for typography, books, posters, murals, and magazines have remained relatively obscure, even th..
Forty-eight goddesses from Greek, Roman, Celtic, Native American, Egyptian, Middle Eastern, and Scandinavian mythologies-among others-are gathered in this deck of Knowledge Cards to enhance our understanding of the role of the feminine deity from ancient history to the present day. In learning about..
Product DescriptionHieroglyphs from A to Z is the first book published by PomegranateKids™, an imprint of Pomegranate Communications, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Originally published in 1991, this popular best-seller has been out of print for many years. With bold graphics..
Practicing architect Schaefer whimsically combines the mobile home with the history of architecture, presenting 29 drawings from Egyptian obilisks being toted by bearers (the "mobilisk") to a version of Frank Gehry's most famous building on wheels ("Guggenheim Cruise-Seum"). Accompanying text combin..
This book presents the compositions of Christopher Marley: assemblages of real insect bodies that display brilliant color and otherworldly form. The colors are entirely natural, and to render the reproductions as accurate as possible some have been reproduced with fifth-color metallic inks and highl..
'A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!' 'This above all: to thine own self be true.' 'If you prick us, do we not bleed ' These lines have become a familiar part of our shared cultural vocabulary, but can we name the Shakespearean plays in which they originated, or who said them and why In this ..
Susan Seddon Boulet uses subtle colors and a unique fusion of forms to reflect the magical and spiritual powers of shamans. In native cultures around the world, shamans are healers who traverse the boundaries between the everyday world and the spirit realm.Boulet's paintings delicately interweave im..
Title: Shin Hanga( The New Print Movement in Japan) Binding: Hardcover Author: BarryTill Publisher: PomegranateCommunications Author: Till, Barry Publisher: Pomegranate Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0764940392 ISBN-13: 9780764940392..
Book by Green, Jonathan Author: Jonathan Green Publisher: Pomegranate Binding: card_book Language: English ISBN-10: 0764900250 ISBN-13: 9780764900259..
Ortenzia Caviglia is an undiscovered opera understudy whose lucky break results from the mysterious murder of the reigning diva. Upon hearing her sing, Jasper Ankle becomes her deepest admirer, undaunted by perilous weather and abject poverty in his quest to hear her sing. As Ortenzia's star rises, ..
Edward Gorey's trademark sense of impending doom is nowhere more darkly humorous than in this, his version of a tarot card deck. Each of the 20 cards forecasts a list of outcomes for the user ranging from the merely unpleasant (loss of hair, breakage, thwarted ambitions) to the downright horrible (c..
The medieval Book of Hours was a richly decorated manual of private devotion comprised of a calendar of saints days and eight short services in honor of the Virgin Mary. The Hastings Hours is one of the finest of these to have survived. Intimate in scale and richly decorated with miniatures from the..
David C. Driskells easy-to-read and thorough critique of the African American art experiencethe other side of colorbreaks new ground in presenting almost one hundred selections from a unique art collection that provides the context for this book.First is an overview of the history of African America..