Artistic Migration: Reframing Post-WarItalianArt, Architecture, andDesign i...Artistic Migration: Reframing Post-War Italian Art, Architecture, and Design in Brazil investigates a selection of works by Italian artists and architects, and an art critic and dealer, who immigrated to Brazil after World War II, and wermore
Though it ended more than thirty years ago, the ColdWar still casts a long sh...Though it ended more than thirty years ago, the Cold War still casts a long shadow over American society. Red Reckoning examines how the great ideological conflict of the twentieth century transformed the nation and forced Americans to remore
The film critic's sweeping analysis ofAmerican cinema in the ColdWar era is ...The film critic's sweeping analysis of American cinema in the Cold War era is both "utterly compulsive reading [and] majestic" in its "breadth and rigor" (Film Comment).An Army of Phantoms is a major workmore
This book presents a novel analysis of how US grand strategy has evolved from ...This book presents a novel analysis of how US grand strategy has evolved from the end of the Cold War to the present, offering an integrated analysis of both continuity and change. The post-Cold War American grand strategy has continued to be oriemore
Country music maintains a special, decades-long relationship to American milit...Country music maintains a special, decades-long relationship to American military life, but these ties didn't just happen. This readable history reveals how country music's Nashville-based business leaders on Music Row created partnerships with thmore
This book examines the history ofAmericanexhibitionsof Russian art in the t...This book examines the history of American exhibitions of Russian art in the twentieth century in the context of the Cold War.Because this history reflects changes in museological theory and the role of governments in facilitating or prevemore
Music, Artand Diplomacy shows how a vibrant field of cultural exchange betwee...Music, Art and Diplomacy shows how a vibrant field of cultural exchange between East and West was taking place during the Cold War, which contrasts with the orthodox understanding of two divided and antithetical blocs. The series of case studies omore
A survey of high and low art, official and unofficial, in the Soviet Union and...A survey of high and low art, official and unofficial, in the Soviet Union and the West in the Cold War years, 1945-62, this book examines the paradox that the Soviet Union, a nation born of revolution, should have encouraged "official" art which was...more
Two volume set bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the and fron t cover...Two volume set bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the and fron t covers. A VG+ set. Volume One has a 3" x 2" book plate affixed to th e front endpaper's upper edge. Two name stamps at the title page's upp er right corner. The second front fly...more
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Folding exhibition catalog-brochure for this event; 8 printed sides, alphabeti...Folding exhibition catalog-brochure for this event; 8 printed sides, alphabetical listing of artists, pricing of their entries; over 120 participated in this show, from Peter Averill to Cullen Yates. Approx. 3" x 8 1/4" folded size; light wear; in very...more
The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850 to the Present: Journal 32, 20...The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850 to the Present: Journal 32, 2008: Design and the Decorative Arts in Post-War Britain. Articles include 'Post-War Scottish Furniture Design', 'The Lettercarving of Ralph Beyer' and 'The Fulham Pottery...more