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The
Family of Man
Edward Steichen,
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This
now classic book is the permanent embodiment of Edward Steichen's
masterpiece - a creation that has been hailed as the most successful
and inspiring exhibition of photography ever assembled. The Family
of Man opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in January
1955 and thereafter traveled throughout the United States and
much of the world. In the pages of this book are reproduced all
of the 503 images that Steichen described as "photographs, made
in all parts of the world, of the gamut of life from birth to
death with emphasis on... daily relationships.... Photographs
of lovers and marriage and child-bearing, of the family unit with
its joys, trials and tribulations.... Photographs concerned with
man's dreams and aspirations and photographs of the flaming creative
forces of love and truth and the corrosive evil inherent in the
lie."
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To
capture the multitude of diverse styles and voices that defined
20th century American poetry - emphasizing its most influential
masters while acknowledging its nascent trends and poets - would
be a daunting, if not near impossible, task. While no book undertaking
the task might be recognized as "definitive," if this
book falls short, it doesn't do so by much. From Robert Frost
to Joel Sloman, editor Hayden Carruth evenly anthologizes the
most electrifying period of American poetry. Virtually every major
poet of the century - and quite a few minor or lesser-known ones,
as well - is represented: Pound, Eliot, Williams, Cummings, Lowell,
Bishop, Roethke, Hughes, Ginsburg, Plath, Merton, Sexton and dozens
more are all represented. A great read, and a valuable reference.
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A
beautifully illustrated hundred year history of modern art, spanning
from cubism to pop and avant-guard, from Time magazine's art critic.
In more than 250 color photos, the book expands on Hughes' PBS
series on modern art and presents a comprehensive and indispensible
history of Modern Art in eight sections: 1. The Mechanical Paradise.
2. The Abiding Violence. 3. The Landscape of Pleasure. 4. Trouble
in Utopia. 5. The Threshold of Liberty. 6. The View from the Edge.
7. Culture as Nature. 8. The Future That Was. Often used as college-level
text for Modern Art coursework, and highly recommended.
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