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These photography books illuminate the downtown NYC art scene of the ’70s, an innovator in color photography, peripatetic contemporary street photographers, and Black American studio photographers from the 1850s to the present.

Go deep into punk history with John Malkin’s oral history about the roots of activism in punk rock and Marie Arleth Skov’s art-historical look at the incendiary artworks created by a “no future” punk art movement.

Balanced craft collections should include materials that meet the needs of a variety of crafters. It is essential to weed craft collections regularly, as styles change, rendering older books unappealing. References should be updated as new editions are released.

Dig in for music history, trailblazing animators, and incisive critiques of film and TV. The best arts titles published in 2019.

An examination of New York's postwar art scene, a philosophical take on the meaning and impact of art, and a look at 20th century history through protest songs top the list of best-selling books on music and art, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

Ask most people what photography is, and they would probably describe a medium unlike any other in its ability to convey true accounts of events, people, and the world around us. But there has always been another side of photography, one that creates deliberate fictions, using costumes, props, lighting, and other effects to restage scenes from literature or history or invent new narratives.

If Legacy leaves readers wanting more, then Complete Paintings will supply it. Both will help students of studio art, art history, sociology, political science, and STEM, as well as professors and interested readers who wish to learn more about the Renaissance.

This collection equips readers with fresh approaches to see beyond the face—for both scholars and general enthusiasts of the art genre; art scholars and artists will benefit from the carefully curated selection of art representing multiple facets of the human face

This informative and exquisitely designed volume isn’t mainstream, but it's a solid reference for art history collections; masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art serve as a strong base for further research