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1) The Obama portraits

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

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"This is the first study of the portraits Barack Obama (2018) and Michelle Obama (2018), their reception, and their significance. The book includes essays by historians examining the influence of the paintings and what they reveal about contemporary portraiture, particularly in relation to American and African American history and culture. The book also features interviews with the artists, transcripts of the remarks made by the Obamas at the unveiling,...

2) Quantum criminals: ramblers, wild gamblers, and other sole survivors from the songs of Steely Dan

Author

Pappademas, Alex

Series

American music

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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"Steely Dan was a somewhat unusual band that still inspires unusually strong devotion in its fans. Formed in the late '60s in New York, they released seven albums between 1971 and 1981, two of which were nominated for a Grammy. Part of what's unusual about them is that each of those albums was made by a different group of musicians--founding members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen had no issues swapping players from record to record in order to get...

3) Renoir: a retrospective

Author

Renoir, Auguste

Pub. Date

1989.

Language

English

4) Renoir : his life and works in 500 Images: a study of the artist, his life and context with 500 images and a gallery showing 300 of his most iconic paintings

Author

Hodge, Susie

Pub. Date

[2011]

Language

English

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A reference book on the life and works of the influential impressionist artist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It includes an exploration of the artist's personal life, education, artistic influences and historical context at a time when the Impressonist style was still developing. It also features a gallery of Renoir's work in 300 pictures.

5) Meryl Streep

Author

Longworth, Karina

Series

Anatomy of an actor

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

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One of the most talented actresses of her generation, Meryl Streep provides a high benchmark by which others are measured. In films as diverse as The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Mamma Mia (2008) and her Oscar-winning turn as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2010), Streep has never failed to astound audiences with her ability to fully inhabit her characters. Streep has received 17 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and 27...