Art As Ambassador

Author : Henry A. Crumpton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101572221

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The Art of Intelligence by Henry A. Crumpton Pdf

“A lively account . . . combines the derring-do of old-fashioned spycraft with thoughtful meditations on the future of warfare and intelligence work. It deserves to be read.” —The Washington Post “Offer[s] an exceptionally deep glimpse into the CIA’s counterterrorism operations in the last decade of the twentieth century.” —Harper’s A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career Revelatory and groundbreaking, The Art of Intelligence will change the way people view the CIA, domestic and foreign intelligence, and international terrorism. Henry A. “Hank” Crumpton, a twenty-four-year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service, offers a thrilling account that delivers profound lessons about what it means to serve as an honorable spy. From CIA recruiting missions in Africa to pioneering new programs like the UAV Predator, from running post–9/11 missions in Afghanistan to heading up all clandestine CIA operations in the United States, Crumpton chronicles his role—in the battlefield and in the Oval Office—in transforming the way America wages war and sheds light on issues of domestic espionage.

Author : Bruce Heyman,Vicki Heyman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781982102692

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The Art of Diplomacy by Bruce Heyman,Vicki Heyman Pdf

A personal and insightful call to action and a much-needed book about one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world—the relationship between Canada and the US—and why diplomacy matters now more than ever before. All over the world, diplomacy is under threat. Diplomats used to handle sensitive international negotiations, but increasingly, incendiary Tweets and bombastic public statements are posing a threat to foreign relations. In The Art of Diplomacy, the former US ambassador to Canada, Bruce Heyman, and his partner, Vicki Heyman, spell out why diplomacy and diplomats matter, especially in today’s turbulent times. This dynamic power couple arrived in Canada intent on representing American interests, but they quickly learned that to do so meant representing the shared interests of all citizens—no matter what side of the 49th parallel they happened to live on. Bruce and Vicki narrate their three years in Canada spent journeying across the country and meeting Canadians from all walks of life—including Supreme Court justices, prime ministers, fishermen, farmers, artists, and entrepreneurs. They tell the behind-the-scenes stories of how their team helped bring Obama to Canada and Trudeau to the US. They also reveal the importance of creating cultural and artistic exchange between Canada and the US, of promoting economic and trade interests, and overall, of making a lasting positive impact on one of the most important relationships in the free world today. This politically poignant and heartfelt memoir is a call to action, a reminder that only by working together to protect our shared values—the environment, social justice and human rights—can nations build a better world for all. As their long-time friend and colleague President Obama once said, “The world needs more Canada.” At this key moment in history, when opposing nationalist and populist agendas threaten to divide us, The Art of Diplomacy reminds us to keep calm, to work together and to carry on.

Author : Alan Scott Pate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692674713

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Art As Ambassador by Alan Scott Pate Pdf

Historical survey of the history of the Japanese Friendship Doll exchange of 1927, with photographic documentation of the dolls in both history and as they appear today. Details the origins of the exchange, the initial gift or 12,739 American dolls of goodwill sent in early 1927 and the Japanese response in the sending of 58 large-scale traditional ichimatsu dolls each complete with lacquer trousseau. Discusses events surrounding their production in Japan, transit to the US, tours of the US as well as final placement in American institutions. Chronicles their fates during the war years and their re-habilitation, as well as their on-going activities and mission as Ambassadors of Goodwill.

Author : Ann Temkin,Claire Lehmann,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Museum of Modern Art
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 0870708961

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Ileana Sonnabend by Ann Temkin,Claire Lehmann,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

During a career spanning half a century, Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007) helped shape the course of postwar art in Europe and America. Both a gallerist and a noted collector, Sonnabend championed some of the most significant art movements of her time. Artists as varied as Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Jeff Koons, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol worked with Sonnabend, whose support for difficult avant-garde work was legendary. Among the many important works that Sonnabend owned is Rauschenberg's Combine painting Canyon (1959), which the Sonnabend family generously donated to The Museum of Modern Art in 2012. In celebration of this extraordinary gift, Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New accompanies an exhibition exploring her legendary eye through approximately 30 works presented in her eponymous galleries in Paris and New York from the early 1960s through the late 1980s. A biographical essay by Leslie Camhi, artists' recollections and individual entries on the selected works provide further reflection on Sonnabend's taste and lasting influence.

Author : Susan Foister,Ashok Roy,Martin Wyld,National Gallery (Great Britain)
Publisher : National Gallery Publications Limited
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300073267

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Holbein's Ambassadors by Susan Foister,Ashok Roy,Martin Wyld,National Gallery (Great Britain) Pdf

Holbein's famous life-size double portrait 'The Ambassadors' is one of the best known of his surviving works. Yet the subject matter has always presented intriguing problems. Who precisely were the two ambassadors of the title? Why did they choose to be painted together - with an array of globes, astronomical and musical instruments, books and other objects placed on shelves between them, a skull concealed in the foreground of the painting, and a crucifix partially hidden behind a curtain? The recent careful cleaning and restoration of 'The Ambassadors' has enabled an art historian, conservator, and scientist at the National Gallery in London to collaborate on a thorough study of the making and meaning of this painting.

Author : Suna ve İnan Kıraç Vakfı
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Ambassadors
ISBN : 6054642391

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Intersecting Worlds - Ambassadors and Painters by Suna ve İnan Kıraç Vakfı Pdf

Art patronage and ambassadors' portraits from the 17th to the 19th centuries, with works selected from the Suna and ?nan K?raç Foundation Orientalist Painting Collection.0Since its earlier periods, The Ottoman Empire has established intense relations with European states. Urged by curiosity and a certain degree of fear at times, the West's efforts, on the other hand, to be acquainted with and understand this government of immense military power and source of political authority, emerged as a political exigency. Undoubtedly, the encounter of markedly different cultures bore the most enduring fruit within the realm of arts. 0Exhibition: Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (01.01.2012-31.12.2017).

Author : Olga Nefedova,Orientalist Museum (Doha),Museum of Islamic Art (Dawḥah, Qatar)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art, European
ISBN : 8857218414

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Heritage of Art Diplomacy by Olga Nefedova,Orientalist Museum (Doha),Museum of Islamic Art (Dawḥah, Qatar) Pdf

Author : Robert C. Harvey,Gus Arriola
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 157806161X

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Accidental Ambassador Gordo by Robert C. Harvey,Gus Arriola Pdf

A collection of comic strips by Robert Harvey that feature Gordo.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:637120664

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A Practical Guide to Working with Arts Ambassadors by Anonim Pdf

Author : Olga Nefedova,Orientalist Museum (Dawḥah, Qatar),Museum of Islamic Art (Dawḥah, Qatar)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Art, European
ISBN : 8857218430

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Heritage of Art Diplomacy by Olga Nefedova,Orientalist Museum (Dawḥah, Qatar),Museum of Islamic Art (Dawḥah, Qatar) Pdf

Author : Alan Scott Pate
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781462907076

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Japanese Dolls by Alan Scott Pate Pdf

Japanese Dolls: The Fascinating World of Ningyo, is a wealth of information for Japanese art collectors, Asian doll collectors and doll enthusiasts of all levels and interests. Full of beautiful photographs, the book details 18 kinds of widely collected, obtainable and affordable, antique and vintage dolls and figurines (ningyo). Author Alan Scott Pate—the leading American expert on Japanese dolls—writes in illuminating detail about the traditions of each type of doll and shares practical tips on how to collect this amazing Japanese art form. Included in this guide to Japanese ningyo are: Festival dolls: hina-ningyo, musha-ningyo, tableau dolls Display dolls: saga-ningyo, gosho-ningyo, isho-ningyo, iki-ningyo Wood dolls: kamo-ningyo, nara-ningyo, kokeshi-ningyo Clay dolls: fushimi-ningyo, hakata-ningyo Mechanical dolls: karakuri-ningyo, kobe-ningyo Theatrical dolls: bunraku-ningyo, takeda-ningyo Play dolls: ichimatsu-ningyo, keue saiko

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780062266828

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Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman Pdf

In May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength. He encouraged the fledgling painters, musicians, writers, and dreamers to break rules and think outside the box. Most of all, he encouraged them to make good art. The book Make Good Art, designed by renowned graphic artist Chip Kidd, contains the full text of Gaiman’s inspiring speech.

Author : Signe Bergstrom
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780062692948

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Wonder Woman by Signe Bergstrom Pdf

A gorgeous, authorized celebration of one of the most popular and enduring Super Heroes of all time—Wonder Woman—that chronicles the life and times of this pop-culture phenomenon and image of women’s strength and power, from her origins and role as a founding member of the Justice League to her evolution in television and film. "As lovely as Aphrodite—as wise as Athena—with the speed of Mercury and the strength of Hercules—she is known only as Wonder Woman, but who she is, or whence she came, nobody knows!"—All-Star Comics #8 (December 1941-January 1942) Created by William Moulton Marston and introduced at the beginning of America’s involvement in World War II, Wonder Woman—the fierce warrior and diplomat armed with bulletproof Bracelets of Victory, a golden tiara, and a Lasso of Truth—has been a pop-culture icon and one of the most enduring symbols of feminism for more than seventy-five years. Wonder Woman: Ambassador of Truth now tells the complete illustrated story of this iconic character’s creative journey. Signe Bergstrom examines Wonder Woman’s diverse media representations from her wartime comic book origins to today’s feature films, and explores the impact she has had on women’s rights and empowerment and the fight for peace, justice, and equality across the globe. Wonder Woman: Ambassador of Truth brings together a breathtaking collage of images—from the DC comic books, the 1970s-era television show starring Lynda Carter, her numerous animated appearances, the June 2017 Wonder Woman feature film called "the best DC universe film yet", and the November 2017 film Justice League. Fully authorized by Warner Bros. Consumer Products, this lush full-color compendium features inserts and exclusive interactives, and illuminating interviews and anecdotes from key artists, writers, and personalities involved in bringing Wonder Woman to life across the years. WONDER WOMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. (s17)

Author : Alan Scott Pate
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781462907205

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Ningyo by Alan Scott Pate Pdf

Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll features over 250 unique photographs as well as extensive commentary and background history. Japanese dolls (ningyo) have played an important role in Japanese art and culture since its earliest stages of development, as talismanic figures, centerpieces, in elaborate festivals, medical study tools, theater distractions, decorative objects, and avidly collected art forms, as well as childhood playthings. Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll is the most comprehensive book on antique Japanese dolls and figurines published in English. The book focuses on the many types of Japanese dolls: gosho: palace dolls hina: Girl's Day dolls musha: warrior dolls for the Boy's Day Festival isho: fashion dolls The principle forms of the dolls and their history, stylistic development, cultural context, and economic imperatives are discussed against the backdrop of Edo-period society and popular culture. Beautifully detailed color photographs of ningyo drawn from private collections, many of which are published here for the first time, as well as images of related materials selected from celebrated museums and temple collections, such as folding screens, woodblock prints, sculpture, painting ceramics, and textiles, help place the dolls in context. Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll is a fascinating book for anyone interested in Asian doll art and doll collecting.

Author : Alex Hillkurtz
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781631599248

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Sketching Techniques for Artists by Alex Hillkurtz Pdf

Learn dynamic sketching and watercolor techniques for creating cityscapes, landscapes, figures and faces, still lifes, and more, enhancing the story you want to tell with form, line, and color. Discover incredible methods and tips for creating dramatic street scenes and vivid landscapes, and capturing dynamic figures and graphic architectural details. Artist Alex Hillkurtz—a top Hollywood storyboard artist, international workshop instructor, and Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society—presents fundamental concepts of sketching with pencil and pen for a number of popular genres. Discover simple ways to jot down spontaneous ideas in pencil, capture rough details in ink, and add watercolor for extra depth and interest. Make sketching more enjoyable by adopting innovative techniques that will make a difference in your practice, and your artwork. No matter your experience or skill level, you’ll benefit from learning: Compositions that draw the eye How to avoid common sketching mistakes Ways to create light and shadow to define shapes and add interest Successful ways to use negative space The importance of perspective in creating depth Easy color washes that create drama Get started today, and fill your sketchbooks with unique drawings and paintings you will be proud of. The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art.