The Transformation of the Avant-Garde: The New York Art World, 1940-1985

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With the rise of Abstract Expressionism, New York City became the acknowledged center of the avant-garde. Diana Crane documents the transformation of the New York art world between 1940 and 1985, both in the artistic styles that emerged during this period and the expansion of the number and types of institutions that purchased and displayed various works.

Crane's account is built around discussions of seven styles: Abstract Expressionism in the forties; Pop art and Minimalism in the sixties; Figurative painting, Photorealism, and Pattern painting in the early seventies; and Neo-Expressionism in the early eighties. Demonstrating that the New York art world moved toward increasing acceptance of dominant American cultural trends, Crane offers a fascinating look not only at the intricacies of New York's artistic inner circle but also at the sociology of work and professions, the economics of culture markets such as "dealing art," and the sociology of culture.

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To celebrate Easter, Strawberry Shortcake and her friends decide to have a parade—an Easter bonnet parade! Each friend decorates his or her hat with beautiful Eastery accents. But Honey Pie Pony doesn't wear a hat; what will she do? Looks like it's time to get creative!

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I Love a Parade.......2007-02-16

"The Easter Bonnet Parade" is a "Strawberry Shortcake" Level 1 Station Stop book, designed to help younger readers learn to read. It's a pleasing Strawberry Shortcake story that can be enjoyed by any fan of the show.

Strawberry and her friends are celebrating Easter. They decide to put on an Easter parade --- an Easter bonnet parade to be exact. They all have hats they can decorate to make into fun bonnets, well, all except one. It turns out that Honey Pie Pony doesn't have a hat, so she's worried she won't be able to join in. But Strawberry and her friends work together to help Honey Pie.

Vintage Hats & Bonnets 1770-1970: Identification & Values

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Beautiful Book
Great for Research
pics pics pics
vintage hats and bonnets
Lots of pretty color photographs but...

Vintage Hats & Bonnets 1770-1970: Identification & Values
Susan Langley
Manufacturer: Collector Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1574320289

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For centuries the hat has reflected the mood of its wearer and the spirit of its time. Hats are the crowning glory, the pinnacle, the grand finale of an outfit. Through history, when times were good, a joyous hat was a triumphant banner - when times were desperate, a brave hat could raise spirits. Vintage Hats Bonnets is a time machine that follows the evolution of fashion from 1770 to 1970. The chapters are organized by decades and each has an historical overview, fashion overview, and hat descriptions, including information on materials, milliners, and designers of the day. Plus there's information on care, repair, and proper storage of hats. Just a few of the famous designers portrayed are Fortuny, Pengat, Patou, Olanvin, Paquin, Lelong, Schiaperelli, and Mary McFadden. 2004 values. REVIEW: This book, published in 1998, has been well received by vintage clothing collectors. Presented in a unique way, the book chronicles the history of hats and bonnets, accompanied by vintage photographs of women wearing the items. A must-have for collectors of vintage hats and clothing.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Book.......2007-05-02

I bought this as a gift for my sister who collects Victorian type items. I was very pleased with the quality of the book, it is beautiful, and the price was great. Would recommend to anyone who is looking for a little history.

Great for Research.......2006-09-29

Very detailed, lots of images. Values a bit on the wishful side. Great for collectors, costumers, dealers as the research possibilities can be as simple as using photos, to actually reading the informative text.
An excellent addition to your library.

pics pics pics.......2006-01-20

if it is tons of pics of hats you want this is it!

vintage hats and bonnets.......2005-10-08

a realy beautiful book .full of hundreds of illustrations and a good source for a budding milliner

Lots of pretty color photographs but..........2005-03-07

The book is a good buy for the price with a lot of color photographs and text but I was really more looking for something to compare my vintage hat collection to as a price guide. I have over 110 vintage hats, and I still don't have any idea about the history or value of any of them.

Hats and Bonnets: From Snowshill, one of the World's Leading Collections of Costume and Accessories of the 18th and 19th Centuries

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Beautiful collection...

Hats and Bonnets: From Snowshill, one of the World's Leading Collections of Costume and Accessories of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Althea Mackenzie
Manufacturer: National Trust, The
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1905400098

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Beautiful collection..........2005-08-17

Wonderful photos of the collection. After devouring all the information as well as the photos... you just have purchase the other books from the series to complete the set! Interesting background on the collector himself, in the book's introduction. A good source of information and ideas for anyone interested in 18th and 19th century headwear.

Hello Kitty's Easter Bonnet Surprise (Hello Kitty)

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Hello Kitty's Easter Bonnet Surprise (Hello Kitty)
Higashi/Glaser Design Inc.
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
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ASIN: 0810948192

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Perfect for Easter baskets!

Includes a sheet of springtime stickers

When Hello Kitty can't find her Easter bonnet, she retraces her steps to see where she could have left it. How can she possibly be in the Easter parade if she can't find her hat? And what would Easter be if she didn't march in the parade?

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Spring is here and Eloise needs a new bonnet. Follow her around The Plaza as she tries to find the perfect one.

Walt Disney's Minnie Follow That Easter Bonnet! (Golden Super Shape Book)

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Ann Braybrooks
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The Mini-Hatters Manual of Miniature Bonnets and Hats

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The Mini-Hatters Manual of Miniature Bonnets and Hats

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Bunny's Easter Bonnet (Sparkle 'n' Twinkle)

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Bunny's Easter Bonnet (Sparkle 'n' Twinkle)
Eleanor Hudson
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Bunny is making lots of Easter bonnets.
Which one is the best?

19th century bonnets and hats for dolls
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19th century bonnets and hats for dolls
Albina Bailey
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Bernat Handicrafter Straw Book (Book No. 158)
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Bernat Handicrafter Straw Book (Book No. 158)

Manufacturer: Emil Bernat & Sons Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000VI3PF8

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Straw, cool as a mountain stream, crisp as a lettuce leaf, light s a summer breeze, Straw-on you...around you...makes light of summer heat. This vintage 1952 pamphlet includes instructions for a variety of straw hats and bags, belts and other knitted items using Belastraw and Tinso-straw.

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They say that age brings wisdom--or resignedness, at least--but every time you see Fran Leibowitz, she's just as hangdog as ever. Hey, Fran, how about writing a few more humor columns? That'll cheer you up! Or maybe not, but until she writes more columns, we'll have to make do with The Fran Leibowitz Reader. This paperback collects her two bestsellers of the 1970s into one volume, Metropolitan Life and Social Studies. Back then, her books defined knowing, urban cool. Guess what? They still do. If you were a mite too young to appreciate Leibowitz's take on that libertine decade the first time around ("Notes on Trick," anyone?), now is an excellent time to make her acquaintance. The pieces still hold up as good writing and deliver plenty of sharp laughs. Would that we had her jaundiced take on the '90s, which could use some Leibowitz-style deflating. Come back, Fran! Come back!

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Modern Wit.......2005-08-04

I first read Fran Lebowitz's delightful essays back in the late 70s and early 80s when they were fresh, new, and exciting. Recently in a mood for just her insightful, ironic take on the world again, I dug out my dog-eared copies of METROPOLITAN LIFE and SOCIAL STUDIES only to find ... that they're just as fresh, new, and exciting today as they were then.

Fran Lebowitz falls both into the tradition of great humorist essayists like H.L. Mencken and Dorothy Parker and of social satirists like Juvenal and Horace. She doesn't suffer fools gladly but, despite what other reviewers have said below, she doesn't suffer them unkindly either. In fact, I came across the current book as I was searching this web site desperately hoping that she had published another book after her two great earlier triumphs, and I was stunned to see the bile and venom emitted by some of the reviewers. Fran Lebowitz is FUNNY. (I mean, laugh-out-loud funny.) She's SATIRICAL. There is absolutely nothing in her works at which to be offended (seriously).

Her take on the world is that of a slightly world-weary urban sophisticate. It probably doesn't hurt that this is a style I particularly admire or that so many of her views reflect my own. (She had me at "The outdoors is what you have to go through to get from the apartment into the taxi.")

The essays in this book are terrifically written, models of wit and good style, admirably concise, and still pertinent today.

A successor to Dorothy Parker?.......2005-01-02

Fran Lebowitz is sometimes referred to as the successor to Dorothy Parker. A few similarities are apparent. Both are sharp-witted, female New Yorkers famous for their often stinging one-liners. Yet, if Parker could be considered a painter of the urban American landscape in the 1920s through 1950s, Lebowitz should be considered a sketch artist from the 1970s. I don't think she has Parker's depth or sense of structure. Her essays are playful but often amount to mere list making or an assemblage of loosely connected observations that could just as well belong on a greeting card or cocktail napkin. And she often relies way too heavily on puns. Several pieces in this collection fall flat for me. Yet others - such as her advice to heiresses, "At Home with Pope Ron," and "The Last Laugh" - were quite clever. I think she's worth reading as perhaps one of the leading humorists of her generation. Comparisons with the more versatile and compelling Parker are a bit of a stretch, though.

hatefest.......2004-11-14

When people wonder why the urbane 'compassionate caring souls' are detested by, well virtually everyone else, just look to the elistist superficial hatemongers like Lebowitz. Thanks biatch, for causing a backlash against ALL those who want a more fair world, by giving them a giant target of elitist cancer.
Those people, who, whatever their level of awareness may be, are certainly better human beings than a thousand of you.

Hate is not humor. Selfishness is not sophistication. 'Street' is not more real, it is so much less so. I've lived in New York for too many years, and can say it is the most provincial place I've been. Full of neurotic hatas like Fran.

What a simplistic one-note act. She loathes your existence unless you fit into her microscopic selfish self-righteous world. If you don't you are a disgusting rube who should go kill yourself now. heh. that's funny stuff. What, you don't get it? didn't think so. kill yourself.

No connect whatsoever!!.......2004-10-22

This book is a feeble attempt to promote a philosophy that is contradictory to conventional judaeo-Christian values and tenets upon which this country was founded. The author has the brazen supremist attitude that her beliefs must be imposed upon other more rational Gof-feaing Americans. If she is unhappy with the progress and direction the country is taking she should buy a one way ticket back to he homeland. This country was built upon the idea that we are blessed compared to all other countries. The measures she is promoting we introduce into our society are in opposition to the views and ideals shared by the majority of the citizens of this country. She argues that we abandon our values and replace them with her heretical beliefs and standards. What a self-centered, empty person who is bereft of any sense of values. This book wreaks of a disconnect with the sensibilties of what made our country a model for all others.

LANDLORDS, URBAN OLYMPICS, er, CB RADIOS, MOOD RINGS, etc.......2002-12-31

Look, anyone who can proclaim that their idea of exercise is having to light their own cigarette has got my vote.

There are some brilliant pieces in here, but there is no question that they were of a time. The selections from Metropolitan Life work best for me; they are, as one would've said in '70s Manhattan, "a stitch". Still, I can't imagine even a modern new yorker not being able to identify greatly with some of these insights and witticisms. Kind of like the movie Arthur, it evokes a different time but you'll still be able to recognize all the people and feelings. And it's damn, damn funny.

As another reviewer begged, come back Fran, we need to read what you have to say about today's anti-smoking, anti-dancing, anti-livable, post-Giuliani town.

The Fran Lebowitz Reader
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The Fran Lebowitz Reader
Fran Lebowitz
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RAU5X0

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