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The Secret Painter
Reporting about outsider art is usually told from a third-person perspective, often ending up clinical, cold, and distant. This book’s first-person narrative skillfully avoids this, as the author’s discoveries about himself go hand-in-hand with discoveries about his uncle.
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The Pathfinder and the President: John C. Frémont, Abraham Lincoln, and the Battle for Emancipation
Knee-deep in sources, Bicknell never pulls punches as he describes the divisiveness and drama going on behind the scenes. A good addition to the Lincoln canon due to the author’s clear-eyed examination of the political relationships Lincoln had to maintain during the Civil War.
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Beauty Is in the Street: Protest and Counterculture in Post-War Europe
A wide though not deep telling, this refreshing book is valuable for collections if considered as an encyclopedic resource. Häberlen’s research is rock-solid, and his conviction--that the past struggles he illuminates have become part and parcel of our contemporary reality--is well argued and written.
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The Rescuers: The Remarkable People Who Saved World Heritage
Well written, a little short, and sparsely illustrated, this is nevertheless a singular volume about an intriguing subject, narrated by an insider. Readers will feel markedly better after reading about archaeologists’, preservationists’, and the general public’s care and responsibility for preserving world heritage.
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The Twilight of Bohemia: Westbeth and the Last Artists of New York
With skillful writing and a fascinating story, this book is a great example of using local history as a preview of what the world can be. A welcome addition to most libraries.
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Don Drysdale: Up and In; The Life of a Dodgers Legend
This is definitely a book for readers familiar with Drysdale and fans of baseball. It’s a good story about a time gone by.
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The Coit Tower Murals: New Deal Art and Political Controversy in San Francisco
More a history than an art history, this concise and well-written book smoothly follows the murals from conception to completion to their subsequent evolution into a beloved San Francisco landmark, highlighting their treatment by art critics and historians over the years. It’s beautifully illustrated with photographs of the artists and the murals in various stages of completion.
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Rogues and Scholars: A History of the London Art World: 1945–2000
While Stourton steers dangerously close to overfilling the book with names and anecdotes, his brisk writing style and honest approach will win over readers. Ultimately this is a remarkable story about a bygone world, well told by an insider.
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Caspar David Friedrich: Art for a New Age
This is what art history books should be like. The well-written essays are crisp and laser-focused on subjects both esoteric and concrete. The illustrations and paintings are used skillfully. The scholarship has a modern perspective but carefully respects the historical time period when the artwork was created. Given the scale and scope of the Kunsthalle show, it’s possible that exhibitions like this, and books like this, will find the necessary cultural cohesion and financial means scarce in the future.
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