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The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi / by Odutola, Toyin,1985-artist,author,interviewee.(CARDINAL)856394; Bellorado-Samuels, Joeonna,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)678318; Hockley, Rujeko,contributor.(CARDINAL)852990; Lang, Melinda,contributor.(CARDINAL)856393; Lockner, Logan,contributor.(CARDINAL)858306; Musser, Amber Jamilla,contributor.(CARDINAL)855503; Raiford, Leigh,contributor.(CARDINAL)280653; Smith, Zadie,contributor.(CARDINAL)351675; Yerebakan, Osman Can,interviewer.(CARDINAL)858308; Rizzoli International Publications.Electa,publisher.(CARDINAL)853915;
Includes bibliographical references (page 247).This extraordinary illustrated story--Toyin Ojih Odutola's best-known body of work--chronicles the private lives of two fictional aristocratic Nigerian families, the UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi, if colonialist and slave-trade interventions had never disrupted the country. Rendered life-size in charcoal, pastel, and pencil, Ojih Odutola's figures appear enigmatic and mysterious, set against the artist's larger conceived narrative, highlighting the malleability of identity and assumptions about race, wealth, and class. The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi presents the story of these families in four chapters illustrated and authored by Ojih Odutola, accompanied by the artist's sketches and notes. Also included are several insightful essays on the artist herself by noted writers and critics Zadie Smith, Leigh Raiford, and others. An introduction to the artist's vivid fictionalized world, as well as a reflection on the role of this body of work within her broader practice, this remarkable volume serves as the essential guide to Ojih Odutola's unique form of storytelling.
Subjects: Interviews.; Portraits.; Odutola, Toyin, 1985-; Odutola, Toyin, 1985-; African American women artists; Art, Modern.; Art, Modern; Drawing, American; Figurative art, American; Homosexuality in art.; Nigerians; Nigerians; Upper class in art.; Wealth.;
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Florine Stettheimer : painting poetry / by Stettheimer, Florine,1871-1944,artist.(CARDINAL)199542; Stettheimer, Florine,1871-1944.Works.Selections.; Brown, Stephen,1955-writer of added commentary.(CARDINAL)335207; Uhlyarik, Georgiana,writer of added commentary.(CARDINAL)353430; Brown, Cecily,1969-contributor.(CARDINAL)223364; Hoffmann, Jens,1974-interviewer.(CARDINAL)353429; Art Gallery of Ontario,host institution.(CARDINAL)159580; Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.),host institution.(CARDINAL)156362;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-162) and index.A new look at the art of one of the most charming and idiosyncratic personalities of early 20th-century New York, Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944). Stettheimer was a New York original: a society lady who hosted an avant-garde salon in her Manhattan home, a bohemian and a flapper, a poet, a theater designer, and above all an influential painter with a sharp satirical wit. Stettheimer collaborated with Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson, befriended (and took French lessons from) Marcel Duchamp, and was a member of Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe's artistic and intellectual circle. Beautifully illustrated with 150 color images, including the majority of the artist's extant paintings, as well as drawings, theater designs, and ephemera, this volume also highlights Stettheimer's poetry and gives her a long overdue critical reassessment.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Illustrated works.; Stettheimer, Florine, 1871-1944; Stettheimer, Florine, 1871-1944; Jewish women artists; Jewish art; Portrait painting; Costume design; Upper class in art;
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Giovanni Boldini and society portraiture, 1880-1920 / by Reynolds, Gary A.(CARDINAL)167487; Boldini, Giovanni,1842-1931.(CARDINAL)281006; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center.(CARDINAL)142593;
Includes bibliographical references (page 56).
Subjects: Catalogs.; Boldini, Giovanni, 1842-1931; Upper class;
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The unfinished palazzo : life, love and art in Venice : the stories of Luisa Casati, Doris Castlerosse and Peggy Guggenheim / by Mackrell, Judith,author.(CARDINAL)435649;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-397) and index.Luisa Casati: the living work of art -- Doris Castlerosse: the salonnière -- Peggy Guggenheim: the collector.Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power and wealth of a great Venetian family, but the fortunes of the Venier family waned and the project was abandoned with only one storey complete. Empty, unfinished, and in a gradual state of decay, the building was considered an eyesore. Yet in the early 20th century the Unfinished Palazzo's quality of fairytale abandonment, and its potential for transformation, were to attract and inspire three fascinating women at key moments in their lives: Luisa Casati, Doris Castlerosse and Peggy Guggenheim. Each chose the Palazzo Venier as the stage on which to build her own world of art and imagination, surrounded by an amazing supporting cast, from d'Annunzio and Nijinsky, via Noel Coward and Cecil Beaton, to Yoko Ono.
Subjects: Biographies.; Casati Stampa, Luisa, 1881-1957; Delevingne, Doris, 1900-1942; Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979; Palazzo Venier dei Leoni (Venice, Italy); Upper class women; Palaces;
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Private lives in Renaissance Venice : art, architecture, and the family / by Brown, Patricia Fortini,1936-(CARDINAL)187881;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index.
Subjects: Architecture; Art, Italy; Art, Renaissance; Decoration and ornament, Renaissance; Decoration and ornament; Interior decoration; Interior decoration; Upper class families;
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A room with a view [videorecording] / by Ivory, James,film director.(CARDINAL)728590; Merchant, Ismail,film producer.(CARDINAL)755029; Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer,1927-2013,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)129895; Smith, Maggie,1934-actor.(CARDINAL)681366; Bonham Carter, Helena,1966-actor.(CARDINAL)376729; Elliott, Denholm,actor.(CARDINAL)348279; Sands, Julian,actor.; Callow, Simon,1949-actor.(CARDINAL)352621; Godfrey, Patrick,1933-actor.; Dench, Judi,1934-actor.(CARDINAL)764821; Drake, Fabia,actor.; Henley, Joan,1904-1986,actor.; Walker, Amanda,actor.(CARDINAL)555538; Day-Lewis, Daniel,actor.(CARDINAL)390230; Britneva, Maria,1921-1994,actor.; Leach, Rosemary,1935-2017actor.(CARDINAL)347953; Graves, Rupert,1963-actor.(CARDINAL)348243; Cellier, Peter,actor.; Aldridge, Kitty,1962-actor.; Gibbs, Matyelok,actor.; Sewell, Phillida,1910-1998,actor.; Pierce-Roberts, Tony,director of photography.(CARDINAL)848362; Robbins, Richard,1940-2012,composer (expression); Dixon, Humphrey,editor of moving image work.; Quaranta, Gianni,production designer.; Ackland-Snow, Brian,production designer.; Beavan, Jenny,1950-costume designer.(CARDINAL)845300; Bright, John,1940-costume designer.; Shaw, Francis,1942-composer (expression),conductor.; Guard, Barrie,composer (expression),conductor.; Puccini, Giacomo,1858-1924,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)146858; Te Kanawa, Kiri,singer.(CARDINAL)525136; Pritchard, John,1921-1989,conductor.; Herbert, Victor,1859-1924,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)145892; Forster, E. M.(Edward Morgan),1879-1970.Room with a view.; Pym, John,writer of supplementary textual content.; London Philharmonic Orchestra,performer.(CARDINAL)517656; Eastman School of Music.Dryden Orchestra,performer.; Janus Films,production company.; Goldcrest Films International,production company.; National Film Finance Corporation (Great Britain),production company.; Curzon Film Distributors,production company.; Film Four International,production company.; Merchant Ivory Productions,production company.(CARDINAL)728671; Criterion Collection (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)348269;
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1), Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham-Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Patrick Godfrey, Judi Dench, Fabia Drake, Joan Henley, Amanda Walker, Daniel Day-Lewis, Maria Britneva, Rosemary Leach, Rupert Graves, Peter Cellier, Mia Fothergill, Kitty Aldridge, Brigid Erin Bates, Isabella Celani, Luigi di Fiori, Matyelock Gibbs, Mirio Guidelli, Freddy Korner, Patty Lawrence, Elizabeth Marangoni, Peter Munt, Lucca Rossi, Stefano Serboli, Phillida Sewell, Margaret Ward.Photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; music, Richard Robbins ; edited by Humphrey Dixon ; production design, Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow ; costume design, Jenny Beavan, John Bright ; music orchestrated and conducted by Francis Shaw and Barrie Guard ; "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, "Chi il bel sogno di doretta" from La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini, performed by Kiri Te Kanawa with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Pritchard ; "Mademoiselle Modiste" composed by Victor Herbert, performed by The Dryden Orchestra of the Eastman School of Music.Based on E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman who is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back in the more corseted Surrey. Funny, sexy, and sophisticated, this gargantuan art-house hit.
Subjects: Feature films.; Romantic comedy films.; Film adaptations.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970; Young women; Mate selection; Vacations;
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Tell me no lies a Lady Dunbridge mystery / by Noble, Shelley.(CARDINAL)347116;
Miss Fisher meets Downton Abbey in Tell Me No Lies, part of the critically acclaimed Lady Dunbridge Mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble. Rise and shine, Countess, you’re about to have a visitor. Lady Dunbridge was not about to let a little thing like the death of her husband ruin her social life. She’s come to New York City, ready to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm. The social events of the summer have been amusing but Lady Phil is searching for more excitement—-and she finds it, when an early morning visitor arrives, begging for her help. After all, Lady Phil has been known to be useful in a crisis. Especially when the crisis involves the untimely death of a handsome young business tycoon. His death could send another financial panic through Wall Street and beyond. With the elegant Plaza Hotel, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the opulent mansions of Long Island’s Gold Coast as the backdrop, romance, murder, and scandals abound. Someone simply must do something. And Lady Dunbridge is happy to oblige.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Plaza Hotel (New York, N.Y.); Murder; Rich people; Upper class families; Upper class women; Upper class; Upper class; Widows; Women detectives; Women detectives; Women detectives; Women detectives;
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Akame ga kill! [manga] by Takahiro,1981-author.(CARDINAL)620055; Tashiro, Tetsuya,artist.(CARDINAL)412028; Dashiell, Christine,1984-translator.(CARDINAL)563927; Dashiell, James,letterer.(CARDINAL)599433;
"Teenage country bumpkin Tatsumi dreams of earning enough money for his impoverished village by working in the Capital-- but his short-lived plans go awry when he's robbed by a buxom beauty upon arrival! Penniless, Tatusmi is taken in by the lovely Miss Aria, but just when his Capital dreams seem in reach yet again, Miss Aria's mansion is besieged by Night Raid-- a team of ruthless assassins who target high-ranking members of the upper class! As Tatsumi is quick to learn, appearances can be deceiving in the Capital, and this team of assassins just might be... the good guys?!"--Page 4 of cover.Rated: OT, older teen, LVSN.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Fantasy comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Teenagers; Upper class; Assassins; Swordsmen; Imaginary wars and battles; Graphic novels;
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Victorian housecats to knit / by Kellner, Sara Elizabeth,author.(CARDINAL)860073;
Family tree -- Introduction -- Pattern notes -- Abbreviations -- Patterns. The parlour cat -- M'lady's marmalade -- Cook's cat -- The porch cat -- Miss Trudy's tortie -- The garden cat -- The carriage house cat -- Miss Morgan's Manx -- The window cat -- The library cat -- Master Timmy's tuxedo -- The potting shed cat and kittens -- Aunt Pru's Persian -- Tiny parlour cat -- The gentleman's ginger -- The nursery kittens -- Grandad's silver tabby -- The scullery cat -- Tiny window cat -- The fireplace cat -- Acknowledgments -- About the author.Welcome to the home of the Morgans, a perfectly normal upper-class British family in the late nineteenth century, except perhaps for one small detail--they're a little obsessive about their cats. This book will take you on a personal tour of their home and garden, introduce you to each resident, and practically pour you a cup of tea. Of course, it also includes knitting patterns along the way. From Aunt Pru's Persian to the Scullery Cat, there are 20 cat patterns in all for the enjoyment of the proper hand knitter and lover of felines the world over.
Subjects: Patterns (Instructional works); Knitting; Soft toys.; Cats in art.;
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Tumbling blocks / A Benni Harper Mystery / by Fowler, Earlene.(CARDINAL)378881;
With the imminent arrival of her mother-in-law, unfinished Christmas shopping and unexpected dog-sitting responsibilities, Benni Harper, amateur sleuth and folk art museum curator in San Celina, Calif., has enough on her hands even before she looks into a suspicious death. When Constance Sinclair, Benni's boss, can't get help from Benni's police chief husband, Gabe, the art patroness demands that Benni investigate the death of her friend Arva "Pinky" Edmondson. Pinky apparently died of a heart attack in her sleep, but Constance is convinced she was murdered by one of the local socialites vying for admittance to the exclusive 49 Club.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Harper, Benni (Fictitious character); Women museum curators; Women; Upper class; Quiltmakers; Quilting; Quilts; Women.; Womyn.;
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