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"A biography of African American sculptor Augusta Savage, who overcame many obstacles as a young woman to become a premier female sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes an afterword about Savage's adult life and works, plus photographs"--Provided by publisher.
62) Shadow haven
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Newly widowed Gabriella Deveaux left Boston with her young daughter for an open-ended stay at Shadow Haven, her family's Louisiana bayou home. But the comfort she sought by returning to her Creole roots is absent from the start. The estate is in ruins. Her late husband's wealthy family is aggressively pursuing custody of her child. Her gift for contacting the spirit world, the Deveaux women's trait that has always guided her, seems to have vanished....
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Louise Bourgeois was a world-famous artist who told stories of her life through her art until she was 98 years old. She drew, wove, and sculpted pieces inspired by her experiences, often using everyday objects that reminded her of her family and her past. Her famous giant spiders fascinate - and sometimes terrify - art-lovers to this day, but the truth behind the inspiration for these towering sculptors is not as scary as it may seem.
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"Desde el arte popular hasta la fotografía, desde la arquitectura hasta la pintura, desde la escultura hasta la música, las artistas cubanas han pasado desapercibidas a escala mundial durante mucho tiempo. Esta colección de poesía destaca las vidas y legados de ocho mujeres cubanas que han redefinido el arte en sus comunidades."--Translated.
From folk art to photography, architecture to painting, sculpture to music, female Cuban artists have...
68) Luisa Roldán
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This initial book in the groundbreaking new series Illuminating Women Artists is the first English-language monograph on the extraordinary Spanish Baroque sculptor Luisa Rold̀n. Luisa Rold̀n (1652-1706), also known as La Roldana, was an accomplished Spanish Baroque artist, much admired during her lifetime for her exquisitely crafted and painted wood and terracotta sculptures. Rold̀n trained under her father and worked in Seville, C̀diz, and Madrid....
69) Count down
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Orphaned at an early age, Jane grew up the hard way, but she was given a new life, a loving family, and a chance to pursue her interest in one of the greatest archaeological finds ever unearthed. Now someone was trying to destroy that new life before it could even get started. The past is returning with the kind of vengeance that knows no mercy. The countdown has already begun, and it's approaching zero faster than anyone thinks.
72) Jugar a matar
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Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 2
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Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan of Atlanta hunts for a man who claims he, not the man executed, killed her daughter. The girl's body was never found and this man has intimate knowledge of the girl. By the author of The Face of Deception.
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"Explores mid-nineteenth-century American women sculptors who developed successful professional careers in Rome. Draws from feminist theory, cultural geography, and expatriate and postcolonial studies to investigate the gendered nature of creativity and expatriation"--Provided by publisher.
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