Contemporary glass sculptures and panels

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[compiled by] Brooks Johnson

Photography Speaks II provides a thoughtful introduction to photography through the words and images of artists who have shaped the medium over the last 150 years. Designed in an accessible format that provides a brief biography, an artist's statement, and a representative image, this book offers a personalized history of photography through amusing anecdotes, introspective musings, conversations, war stories, and even verse. Intended as a companion volume to Photography Speaks, which was published to wide acclaim in 1989, Photography Speaks II features seventy nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists selected to augment the first volume of sixty-six artists. Together, these two volumes provide a wide-ranging and engaging history of photography.

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Gianni Braghieri

Aldo Rossi (Milan, 1931-97) is one of the architects who combines a serious contribution to architectural theory as well as a large number of built projects. This book presents, with illustrations, close to 60 projects chronologically ordered, including a catalogue of Rossiis buildings and a biographical profile.

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Peter Held

Presents a series of essays about the life and accomplishments of the Japanese American artitst, describing her work as a potter, her incorporation of Eastern and Western techniques, and her transition into abstract sculpture and installation art.

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Margaret Ellen Mayo

Selected from the collections of Egyptian, Near Eastern, Aegean, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the thirty-six objects featured in this book represent the richness and variety of ancient art and provide a wonderful introduction to the museum's collection. Each chapter presents an overview of a culture, followed by detailed commentaries about individual objects, each illustrated by photographs.