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Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888 Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965 Eliot, Vivienne 1888-1947 Fuller, Arthur B. (Arthur Buckminster) 1822-1862 Gogh, Vincent van 1820-1888 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 Pelham, John 1838-1863 Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973 Whitman, Walt 1819-1892Filter By Subjects
Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888 Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965 Eliot, Vivienne 1888-1947 Fuller, Arthur B. (Arthur Buckminster) 1822-1862 Gogh, Vincent van 1820-1888 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 Pelham, John 1838-1863 Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973 Whitman, Walt 1819-1892Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Adams, John
Summary: A powerful polemicist, insightful political theorist, and tireless diplomat, John Adams (1735–1826) was a vital and controversial figure during the early years of the American republic. Once overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson, Adams has become the subject of renewed interest, with a best-selling biography and acclaimed television series reintroducing him to millions. Now, this final...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 ADAHolub, Joan
Summary: Learn all about artists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for creators-in-training!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HOLBrahms, Johannes
Contents: No. 1 for piano, violin, and cello in B major, op. 8 : original version (1854) -- No. 1 for piano, violin, and cello in B major, op. 8 : revised version (1891) -- No. 2 for piano, violin, and cello in C major, op. 87 : (1883) -- No. 3 for piano, violin, and cello in C minor, op. 101 : (1887) -- For piano, violin, and natural horn (Waldhorn) or cello, or viola in E♭ major, op. 40 : (1868) -- For...
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 784 BRAAckerman, Kenneth D.
Summary: In this book Kenneth Ackerman re-creates an American political landscape where fierce battles for power unfolded against a chivalrous code of honor in a country struggling to emerge from the long shadow of recent war. He casts familiar Civil War figures like Ulysses S. Grant and Winfield Scott Hancock in unfamiliar roles as politicos alongside feuding machine bosses like senators Roscoe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GARMillard, Candice.
Summary: A narrative account of the twentieth president's political career offers insight into his background as a scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bell's failed attempt to save him from an assassin'sbullet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Pres MillardMatteson, John
Summary: "Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their ineradicable legacy for America. In December 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and threatened to break apart Abraham Lincoln's government. Five extraordinary individuals experienced Fredericksburg's cataclysmic repercussions - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Walt...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 MATHollis, Matthew
Summary: Renowned as one of the world's greatest poems, The Waste Land has been said to describe the moral decay of a world after war and the search for meaning in a meaningless era. It has been labeled the most truthful poem of its time; it has been branded a masterful fake. A century after its publication in 1922, T. S. Eliot's enigmatic masterpiece remains one of the most influential works ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2023