Product Description
Explores the complex relationship between American art and the new medium of film. This book is issued in conjunction with the exhibition "Traditions of America with Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film, 1880-1910" Williams College Museum of Art, July 16, 2005 - December 11, 2005. Comes with a DVD.
Customer Reviews:
revealing relationship between early film and American art.......2006-02-07
The book of essays by art historians and critics is a companion to an exhibition which recently ended at Williams College and will be at galleries or museums in Winston-Salem, NC, and New York City, and Washington, D.C. at different times through the middle of 2007. One of the noted scholars in the field of film the general editor and contributing author Mathews involved is Charles Muser. The content has a somewhat sprawling approach to this topic of the interplay between art and film now well over a century old that despite this length of time has not gotten much attention beyond general observations of some parallels and some obvious mutual influence. But this work with 14 essays closely following the development of the two art fields in rough chronological, historical, order goes beyond patent comparisons which are usually little more than happenstance. It's a systematic study--despite being somewhat sprawling--dealing with technical and technological matters of art, usually by analysis of specific works of art or frames of film or its predecessor photography. For example, Frederic Remington's paintings of horses are compared with the horse as pictured in early photographs of Eadweard Muybridge. Similarly, paintings of persons and city scenes are compared with photographs of these subjects down to respective poses and perspectives. The role of the great inventor Thomas Edison in the development of film is "explored here for the first time." But this is only one of the many reasons for interest in this work illuminating characteristic aspects of modern art.
A truly stunning art history .......2005-12-05
Moving Pictures: American Art And Early Film 1880-1910 is a fantastic artbook about the intersection between American art and the new medium of moving pictures during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A medley of essays written by a variety of authors explore the complex interplay of both genres and how they impacted one another, while color illustrations and photography (black-and-white in the cases when the original film or artwork is black-and-white) reveal the evolution of images and the portrayal of motion. Chapters especially focus upon American artistic traditions, and how artists and filmmakers of the era captures both the body in motion and the city in motion. Moving Pictures: American Art And Early Film 1880-1910 is a truly stunning art history that places as much emphasis on the written insights concerning the transformation of genres as it does on upon its vivid and vibrant images. A companion DVD-ROM, which is compatible with PC Internet Explorer/Firefox or Macintosh Safari/Firefoxm, complements this impressive volume.
Book Description
make your photographs of women look better than their best
As every professional photographer knows, there is work to be done after the shoot wraps. Photographer and digital magician Kevin Ames takes you behind the scenes of his fashion work to reveal his thinking behind the camera as well as in front of the computer. Using full-color examples, he shows you step by step how to use Photoshop to digitally refine beauty and fashion photos, from correcting color and smoothing skin to sculpting bodies and removing blemishes, and much more. Whether you're shooting high fashion, portraits, lingerie, or swimsuits, in the studio or on location, Photoshop CS: The Art of Photographing Women is your secret assistant.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent and clear.......2007-05-22
This book is beautifully presented and laid out and printed on quality paper. Most of the chapters have exercises with step-by-step instructions which are clearly presented and illustrated. The actual image files used in the book are available for download on the author's website and are used in the exercises. What you'll learn isn't just applicable to photographing women, but very useful for editing photos in general and for getting to grips with Photoshop. The next best thing to having a live teacher.
A must have.......2007-03-23
This book is a must have for professional and who want to edit in Photoshop like one. I can say that this is the best book.
Good Photoshop book.......2006-08-11
A possibly better title would be "The Art of Retouching Women" as this book concentrates on the use of Photoshop to fix photographs that need drastic correction rather than the actual photography of women. Even so, it's Kelby's usual entertaining beginner Photoshop book with lots of cool graphics and tips that work, even if they are sometimes convoluted. If the photographs you take of women could use some repair and retouching, this book offers lots of good advice.
Very amusing.........2006-08-08
Well, this book is worth owning for amusement value. While there are some overly complex methods of achieving a result that works, most of the information is simply beginner jargon. How to make a girl into a barbie chapter is simply a must see for laughs.
Excellant Book.......2006-02-25
A great learning tool. Easy to follow directions, well illustrated and clearly written.
Advice about taking your best image and tweaking it to make it even better.
Book Description
An Acknowledged Classic returns gorgeously re-designed.
In his first graphic novel, It’s a Good Life, if You Don’t Weaken--a best-selling D & Q titles ever--Seth pays homage to the wit and sophistication of the old-fashioned magazine cartoon. While trying to understand his dissatisfaction with the present, Seth discovers the life and work of Kalo, a forgotten New Yorker cartoonist from the 1940s. But his obsession blinds him to the needs of his lover and the quiet desperation of his family. Wry self-reflection and moody colours characterize Seth’s style in this tale about learning lessons from nostalgia. His playful and sophisticated experiment with memoir provoked a furious debate among cartoon historians and archivists about the existence of Kalo, and prompted a Details feature about Seth's "hoax".
Customer Reviews:
Obsessed With Nothing.......2006-02-12
I checked out this book from my local library, after hearing it mentioned as a very well written graphic novel. I was hoping for something along the lines of 'Blankets' or 'BOPoison', but was very disappointed with a story that was never about much and never really went anywhere. It's a fictional story about a man [the author] who can't handle life, obsesses about minutia in the past, and nearly spends all of his time constantly moping about his depressing childhood and depressing life, over and over. Though he had some nice little observations, the author's character was so limp and self-obsessed about nothing that it was a frustrating read. I don't know how anyone could spend money on this, or give it a glowing review, but don't read it if you'd prefer characters who can face and struggle against life's challenges and disappointments. (ps. Go read Blankets or Pedro And Me again.)
'A little misery is good for the soul'.......2005-03-22
To those who feel Seth's narratives are 'mundane': I feel sorry for you. You're missing a lot, including the entire point. The essence is in the details, and the prevalent theme that these details are so easily lost in the increasingly sped-up passage of time is certainly a significant and admirable lamentation. This book is packed with insight and genuine affection towards the idea of remembrance, which is quite different from mere nostalgia. Far from a 'rant' against modernity, it is a deftly understated meditation on what makes things worth being remembered, and appreciating what makes life, and lives, worthwhile. Also check out 'Clyde Fans', which is an even more poignant and subtle variation on these themes.
A moving, understated short novel.......2004-01-14
In the 1990s, many non-superhero comics were autobiographical. Cartoonists told their own stories, revealing the details of their mundane habits, obsessions, love lives, and their work. Seth did it, too, in the second half of the decade, and his story is one of the most elegant and honest.
Taking his obsession with gag cartoons and newspaper strips as a jumping-off point, Seth tells his story about looking for meaning in a rapidly changing world. You get the sense that he's worried about being pretentious (or boring), so he spices things up with conversations with his friend Chester, dating a cute brunette, visiting his mother and brother, ice skating, and smoking lots of cigarettes. There's some travel and a little detective work, too.
The images are not always tied to Seth's thoughtful narration. At times, he gives you landscapes to look at while he writes about his life. This could be disorienting, but it works very well. The words and images create an emotional effect that wouldn't exist if he narrated what you were looking at. His style is a personal variation on gag cartoons from the middle of the century, which turns out to be the perfect style for Canadian cities and suburbs.
If you're looking for something special --- maybe you want to read non-superhero comics, or you want a short novel with a twist to it --- try this book. It's perfectly suited for adults who feel a little out of place in the world.
Travelogue with excellent strokes.......2002-06-11
If you have read Joe Matt's incredible confession "Peep Show", you might remember his friend Seth's words "I'm working on an autobiographical comic book, but it's not finished yet...". Now here comes the comic, but in a very different style from Joe's (so Joe had no need to feel like part of some insidious TREND).
The story traces the life of an old cartoonist Kalo, and it wraps over Seth's own life. The drawing touch of the cartoons in good old era also wrap over Seth's style. We can see the trace of Kalo and old cartoonists not only in the story, but on Seth's joyful drawing touch on rain, trains, trees, hairs, wires, a kite, a bog roll, and even the smoke of cigarette. This comic is about how our thoughts move when we draw lines. Don't stick at a single frame or single sentiment in the depressed monologue. Feel how the sequence of frames and lines are traveling with the sentiment traveling, and you can notice here is a new way of travelogue.
Deeply involving.......2001-10-03
Seth is one of my favorite comic artists today. He manages to combine a distinctly personal drawing style with an involving and timely storyline, in this series about a man (based on himself, presumably) who loathes the post-modern and seeks out the past through a 1950s New Yorker cartoon artist, whose work is an inspiration and source of joy. That's the basic plotline, but the story also involves the reader in the main character's personal thoughts and his relationships, how they sometimes lead to a life lived by his convictions, but often alone.
Book Description
A delightful collection of funny stories, inspirational quotes and suggestions for improving your laugh life. Designed to touch the heart and lift the spirit. Over 25,000 copies sold.
Customer Reviews:
Positive energy for all who are healing or healers........1999-02-25
As a healer and clown for over 15 years, I have seen humor heal where other methods failed. The next time you visit a person who is in need of healing, BRING THEM THIS BOOK.I have passed out dozens to patients and friends and have always been thanked for it...It works better than flowers.
Book Description
The Newmarket Shooting Script® Sets offer a value-priced opportunity for screenplay lovers to build their collection. Each book within the set includes a facsimile of the film's actual shooting script, as chosen by the writer and/or director, notes on the film's production and history, selected movie stills, and complete cast and crew credits.
This boxed set includes: Magnolia: Academy Award® and Writers Guild nominee for Best Original Screenplay Punch-Drunk Love: Winner of the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Includes multi-color script representing revisions over four months in the film's production.
Book Description
I've Been Everywhere is a comprehensive guide to the life and work of Johnny Cash. A complete chronological diary of all known concerts, TV appearances, record releases, recording sessions and other milestones in the career of this country music legend. From his early days with Sam Phillips in Memphis, the early tours of the southern states, the wilderness years of the mid-sixties, his legendary prison concerts and his recent creative resurgence.
Fully illustrated with many rare photos and other memorabilia, this is a complete account of his public life, including many rare and forgotten moments, all captured with the vibrant immediacy of diary entries.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent book .......2007-10-01
This book chronicles the career of Johnny Cash. It lists his tour-dates, record releases and career highlites in chonological order. I love this book as it is easy to identify events in his like in relation to other events in his personal life. I would love a book like this that also would list events in his personal life, and changes to his touring bands.
Finally, a good Johnny Cash Book!.......2004-01-31
I purchased this book at the famed music book store, Helter Skelter in London May 2003. It is now available in the US. Very essential book if you really want to verify the cities and dates that Mr Cash performed over the course of his active touring career that ended in 1997. It is interesting to note the different type venues he performed in as his career went thru various stages of commercial appeal. There are also occaisional notations about particular shows. Finally, there are some very nice photos and reproductions of concert posters.
Book Description
In the mid-1970s, Ian Andersen wrote Turning the Tables on Las Vegas, the classic book on casino comportment. As the first book to broach the all-important consideration of how to get away with getting the money, Turning was the book that launched a thousand blackjack careers. After its publication, however, Andersen disappeared from the scene. Where did he go? The answer is spelled out in this long-awaited sequel, Burning the Tables in Las Vegas--Keys to Success in Blackjack and in Life.
Since 1976, Andersen has been perfecting his personal program for success in blackjack, poker, and other of life's games. His technique combines elements of mathematics, psychology, and mental and physical well-being to create a never-before-disclosed approach to winning.
Burning the Tables in Las Vegas addresses virtually every aspect of blackjack advantage play: game selection, longevity, tipping, employee relations, guises, disguises, false identification, credit, comps, risk, heat, dress, demeanor, and diet. Andersen also explains how emotions, such as guilt and anger, and skills, such as discipline and interpersonal competence, can affect your prospects for profit.
Peppered with fascinating anecdotes and stories from Andersen's forays into the great casinos of the world, Burning the Tables in Las Vegas takes you on a vicarious journey into the rarefied realm of the high-stakes blackjack pro--and shows you what it takes to be one.
Customer Reviews:
ONE GREAT BOOK.......2006-04-01
HE'S A GREAT PLAYER AND A GREAT WRITER! HE'S TRULY A WORLD CLASS PLAYER. A GREAT BOOK TO READ AND TO OWN!
Should You Buy the Second Edition?.......2003-12-20
What's new in this second edition of Burning the Tables in Las Vegas? Mostly Chapter 9 on Green Chip Play. If you have a copy already, it's probably not worth it to buy the new edition, but you might want to borrow a copy to read this short new chapter on low-roller betting. In a nutshell, Andersen tells you how to win with $25-$50 bets, but don't expect to make a living at it.
Andersen spends about half the book talking about the mechanics of blackjack, and only the first few pages cover the basics. The rest is strategy and tactics, and he brings Stanford Wong along to add his expertise. The other half of the book covers topics that are not specific to blackjack, but are just as important: history, psychology, money management, risk management, health, demeanor. It is difficult to say exactly how much of a professional gambler's success is due to playing well and how much is due to people skills, being alert, reading a room, and staying healthy.
This is an up-to-date book that takes into account the way casinos operate today, not twenty years ago. Andersen adds a lot of what should be common sense to the nuts and bolts of playing winning blackjack. You probably don't need someone to tell you not to piss off the dealer (or even shoot them a disgusted look when you're losing), but it doesn't hurt to be reminded. Especially by a proven winner.
Ian Andersen is the best!.......2002-09-17
There are simply no other players quite as experienced as Ian Andersen. Even if you are not interested in counting cards, his experiences make for great stories and wonderful anecdotes. If you are serious about card-counting, then this book will pay for itself with the Ultimate Gambit. This book is perfect for your first trip to a casino as well as the experienced card-counter.
High-roller fact and fantasy.......2002-09-13
Ian Andersen is an entertaining writer as well as a longtime high-stakes professional blackjack player. With his latest offering, "Burning the Tables in Las Vegas," Andersen has attempted to update his classic from the '70s, "Turning the Tables on Las Vegas," and make it relevant to today's game. The results are mixed. "Burning" is a good read for sure, with many fascinating vignettes about life in the high-roller fast lane, as well as quite a bit of useful information for pros on how to survive and prosper in an age of high-tech casino surveillance. But, all that aside, it still left me wanting. Andersen may write about blackjack with the entertaining talent of, say, a Bryce Carlson, but he lacks the solid mathematical knowledge of a Carlson, or a Wong, or a Schlesinger to back it up. For example, with his so-called "Ultimate Gambit," he is all too happy in the name of camouflage to reduce his edge to not much more than half a percent, and then throw even more ev out the window with fairly large bets at craps and other negative-expectation games. His whole approach smacks of a certain lack of appreciation for the harsh realities of variance and standard deviation. Don't get me wrong, "Burning" is a very good book, and I think serious bj players will find it enjoyable and useful, but in the real world of professional play--high stakes or otherwise--it laces in a little too much fantasy with the facts to rate five stars.
Excellent book for the aspiring counter.......2002-05-29
I am new to card counting and after reading this book - I feel like I have a whole new perspective on playing blackjack as a business. There is so much good information here. I would recommend this book a a must-read for anyone interested in counting as a business or just for fun!!
Customer Reviews:
What I expected.......2007-08-29
It helps to see budgets in black and white and be reminded how simple it is supposed to be for us.
A Must Read!.......2007-05-15
Dave Ramsey hits it on the head - I wish I had read it at 18 years old. Personal money management can be tough, but this book (as well as all the Dave Ramsey books) gives very clear, concise instruction on how to manage your life's fortune (or how to create a life's fortune).
He is hysterical and animated - It's easy, fun reading.
Helping me control my spending.......2007-05-08
The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it is a little dated. I bought this book along with Financial Peace Revisited, and I found this one to be more helpful. It is just the basics/outline of the book, but he actually gives examples so you can build your budget worksheets, which i found really helpful.
Having said all that, I highly recommend the books to anyone that doesn't have a written budget. I thought I had one, albeit in my head, but it turned out that I had no idea where our money was going. I was in shock when I really started tracking our spending and found that we were overspending in areas we didn't need to. Now we use cash and our debit card, instead of our credit card and I feel I'm in much more control of our money. One of these days we'll be out of debt...
The Workbook that Works.......2007-05-07
You can not go wrong with Dave Ramsey's advice. With this Step by Step guide, as a companion to the Total Money Makeover, Dave puts you in control of your finances to achieve total freedom from Debt and build wealth. A must have if you want to be free - as Dave Says "Replace your BMW with a Paid Off Mortgage".(and all debts)!
The Financial Peace Planner: A step-by step guide to restoring your family's financial health.......2007-01-04
This is a must have tool for anyone wishing to better their financial position.
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