Art Biography

‘Breath Made Visible’: A film biography of pioneering dancer Anna Halprin
A review of “Breath Made Visible,” a documentary about pioneering dancer and choreographer Anna Halprin.

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100 Cats Who Changed Civilization $14.95 Every generation brings a few elite cats who rise above their species. Cats who make a difference. Cats who inspire us with their bravery. Cats who broaden the world’s understanding of science, history, art, and religion. These are the subjects of 100 Cats Who Changed Civilization, and this book documents the extraordinary true tales of their contributions. Readers will learn of: Tibbles, the cat who single-handedly wiped out an entire species Felix, the first cat to explore outer space. Snowball, the cat who helped to convict dozens of murderers Ahmedabad, a Siamese kitten who sparked riots through Pakistan and many more. Packaged in a classy hardcover with black-and-white illustrations, 100 Cats Who Changed Civilization is the biography these fine felines deserve. It’s essential reading for pet lovers and history buffs of all ages.

50 Women Artists You Should Know $19.95 This beautifully produced, richly detailed and comprehensive survey of fifty influential women artists from the Renaissance to the Post-Modern era details their vast contributions to the art world. From the Early Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi and the seventeenth-century illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian to Impressionists Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, and to modern icons such as Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe and Louise Bourgeois, the most important female artists are profiled in this book in chronologically arranged double-page spreads. For each artist there is a timeline highlighting significant events in her life; a succinct biography and information outlining her accomplishments and influence; additional resources to further study of the artist and, best of all, brilliant full-color reproductions of the artist’s works. Packed with information, here is a stunning and absorbing book that clearly illustrates the remarkable artistic contributions of women throughout history.

A Biased Biography: Mine $15.95 Come on in and share in the full history of a displaced, but not misplaced, rebel. David Martin Davis was born and reared in North Carolina, migrated to Ohio after World War II and lives peaceably among the Yankees of Springfield. He enjoyed, and you can enjoy, five professions–visual communication engineer, artist, writer, editor and publisher–and three careers, practicing in the United States Air Force (secrets and all); the Springfield, Ohio Art Center, curator and publicist; and Graphic Paper Products Corporation, producer of study aids for high school and college.This is mainly a book for children–his. And for you and yours also, if you share in the idea of the main true story, that hard work and dedication are their own reward. Also included are vignettes of people important in his life and memories that have persisted. Ups and downs are part of everyone’’s life, as well as spans of time that are neither, but the ordinary tenor of things. In the bad parts there is only one way to survive–keep your head down and keep digging. Simply, the absence of the bad boosts most of the rest of life to a pleasant plateau.