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Park Life.(Book Review)
In 1863, at the peak of the Civil War, a package turned up on President Lincoln's desk containing stereoscopic images of the municipal wonder taking shape up in New York: Central Park. These high-tech photographic scenes were intended to soothe the President's nerves, just as the Park has calmed New Yorkers for generations. This summer is the hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the state's wise decision--influenced by the preeminent nineteenth-century landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing--to set aside a giant chunk of swampy Manhattan ground for the creation of the first major landscaped public park in the United States. Central Park, An American Masterpiece (Abrams), by Sara Cedar Miller, the Park's official historian, is itself a welcoming oasis, teeming with photographs of lush meadows, rustic pergolas, whimsical bridges, and Catskills-inspired ravines. ...
- Reading American Gothic.(American Gothic: The Biography of Grant Wood's...
- Magazine article from: Art in America Taylor, Sue January 1, 2006 700+ words
...of Grant Wood's American Masterpiece, by Thomas Hoving...of Grant Wood's American Masterpiece, Thomas Hoving...brilliantly Gordon Parks exposed the exclusions...Washington, D.C., Parks photographed a thin...
- Central Park: An American Masterpiece. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review July 1, 2003 700+ words
Central Park: An American Masterpiece. Sara Cedar Miller. Harry N. Abrams...3946-0. New York City's great park, which may be said to date from 1853...as the photographer for the Central Park Conservancy since 1984 and has been...
- Whistler and His Mother: Secrets of an American Masterpiece. An Unexpected...
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review November 1, 2003 700+ words
Whistler and His Mother: Secrets of an American Masterpiece. An Unexpected Relationship. Sarah Walden. Gibson Square Books. [pounds sterling]15.99. 242 pages. ISBN 1-903933...
- American masterpiece - PBS series' novel production of Langston Hughes' 'Cora'...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Guthrie, Marisa October 25, 2000 700+ words
"Cora Unashamed" (PBS) Tonight at 9 on WGBH (Ch. 2) Three stars PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" has become synonomous with veddy, veddy British productions. But the dramatic anthology series breaks with tradition, and perception, to mark its 30th anniversary. From Langston Hughes and Willa Cather to
- At The Women's Museum April 26: Fay Jean Hooker's Contemporary Wooden Paintings...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 26, 2007 700+ words
These Quilts Are Not for Snuggling DALLAS, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A series of vibrant contemporary wooden installations with traditional inspiration will be shown at The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future in FairPark, Dallas, when artist Fay Jean Hooker opens "American Pattern Paintings:
- VSC TAKES REVERENTIAL CARE OF ``DESIRE''.(DAILY BREAK)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot November 8, 2001 700+ words
...careful and reverential. A faithful re-creation of this American masterpiece is preferable to some of the outlandish distortions that...careful and reverential. A faithful re-creation of this American masterpiece is preferable to some of the outlandish distortions that...
- THE BIG STAGES
- Newspaper article from: Isthmus Kepecs, Susan September 18, 2009 700+ words
...originally choreographed in 1995 for Dance Theater of Harlem and recently honored as a National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece. LINES dancers are dazzling, and King's a revolutionary choreographer. Here's a hint: "When you see classical...
- Smith, Anna Deavere 1950–
- Reference information from: Contemporary Black Biography Glickman, Simon January 1, 1994 700+ words
...theater right now ” and called her one-woman performance Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 “ an American masterpiece. ” Smith ’ s unique approach to her performances combines theatrical portrayal with scrupulous...
