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Futuristic novel of "schizophrenic worm's-eye omniscience." Society gets its chattels hipped on sakhar, a crystal-meth-like confection available in every candy store. Mystics possess the higher truth of Inner Peace. Soren, the protagonist, puts his trust in a syringe, and a switchblade.
This is a collection of poetry by Eric Zeidler. Going from poem to poem, the reader can trace the artist's growth and development over time (1981-2009), beginning with ornately rhymed and metered creations inspired by Milton, Blake and the Romantics, progressing to Free verse experimentation inspired by Baudelaire and Rimbaud, and culminating in crafted poems inspired by the Russian Acmeists (Mandelstam and Akhmatova) in which as William Carlos Williams famously phrased it, the poem becomes a machine of words.
A strange world in which carnivores rule the roost, sheep and ruminants form the working class, rats and weasels make up the paparazzi, and a weird cult teaches that all animals are created equal forms the backdrop for a confused schoolgirl's journey of self-realisation.
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"Since 2004, the Dallas Museum of Art has been the repository of the renowned collection of eighteenth-century French art assembled by the late Michael Rosenberg. The long-term loan of these masterpieces greatly enhances the collection of European art at the Museum, and the series of scholarly lectures funded by the Foundation, the Michael L. Rosenberg Lecture Series, gives a powerful boost to its European art program. Those lectures, presented by top scholars in the field of European art history, are re-presented in this volume"--
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Art and Nature in the Middle Ages, organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, in cooperation with the Musaee de Cluny in Paris, and presented in Dallas from December 4, 2016, to March 19, 2017."
Contains photographs of sculptures created by Henri Matisse.
This beautifully illustrated book showcases 110 objects from the Dallas Museum of Art's world-renowned African collection. In contrast to Western "art for art's sake," tradition-based African art served as an agent of religion, social stability, or social control. Chosen both for their visual appeal and their compelling histories and cultural significance, the works of art are presented under the themes of leadership and status; the cycle of life; decorative arts; and influences (imported and exported). Also included are many fascinating photographs that show the context in which these objects were originally used. Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) viewed wheat as a central metaphor of the cycle of life and the creative process. As such, it was a theme that he consistently explored throughout his career. This book examines the artist's personal and visual fascination with wheat, analyzing the significance that the motif--and by extension, the peasant at work in nature--played within the social and cultural framework of 19th-century France and in the works of other artists of the time. Focusing on his Sheaves of Wheat at the Dallas Museum of Art--one of thirteen canvases completed in the last month of his life--this beautiful book features illustrations of Van Gogh's works as well as personal correspondence and letters. Related images by such prominent contemporary artists as Emile Bernard, Jules Breton, Charles F. Daubigny, Paul Gauguin, Jean-François Millet, Claude Monet, and Camille Pissarro are also included. Together these works reveal the larger social and political trends of 19th-century France. Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: Dallas Museum of Art (October 22, 2006 - January 7, 2007)