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Rock Art Of The Lower Pecos
Carolyn E. Boyd
Texas A&M University Press
Drawer C, College Station, TX 77843
1585442593 $45.00 1-800-826-8911
Rock Art Of The Lower Pecos by Carolyn E. Boyd (Executive Director of the
archaeological research and educational nonprofit Shumla School) offers an
expert and in-depth analysis of the rock art created four thousand years ago in
what is now southwest Texas and northern Mexico. New interpretations and
hypothesis concerning these mysterious yet evocative images left behind by
hunter-gatherers of millennia ago fill the pages of this fascinating guide,
which packed from cover to cover with the latest up-to-date findings, as well
as an anthropological wealth of insightful ideas from a wide variety of experts
and schools of thought concerning the uses of the art and the intentions of the
ancient artists. Black-and-white as well as full color illustrations embellish
this thoughtful and strongly recommended study.
The Prints Of Isoda Koryusai
Allen Hockley
University of Washington Press
Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096
0295983019 $60.00 1-206-543-4050
Isoda Koryusai produced thousands of designs between 1769 and 1781, a crucial
period in the Japanese print tradition era, and though he was honored in Japan
for his works, he's been largely neglected by western art scholars. Allen
Hockley's The Prints Of Isoda Koryusai deftly analyzes over 2,000 of Koryusai's
designs, surveying his influence as a minor Edo-period artist and arguing that
Koryusai excelled in his output and his creation of popular commodities. The
Prints Of Isoda Koryusai is essential reading for any student of Japanese
printmaking history and artists.
Gwen Raverat: Wood Engraver
Joanna Selborne & Lindsay Newman
Oak Knoll Press
310 Delaware St., New Castle, DE 19720
158456105X $55.00 www.oakknoll.com
Co-written by Joanna Selborne and Lindsay Newman, Gwen Raverat: Wood Engraver
informatively examines the life and work of Gwen Raverat (1885-1957), the only
woman to become a founder-member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Gwen
Raverat's prolific carvings, her overtones of impressionism, her memorable
children's book illustrations, and so much more, are all displayed in
black-and-white and knowledgeably discussed at great length. A remarkable and
unique in-depth artbook, Gwen Raverat: Wood Engraver is a unique and seminally
important addition to academic and community library History of Art reference
collections.
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