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For the Postsecret project, which was started in October 2004, Warren asked people to write a secret they had never told anyone on a handmade postcard and mail it to him. This compilation is astonishing in its honesty and creativity."The project that captured a nation's imagination." The instruction... More

American folk art and decorative arts from the early years of the Republic are telling indicators of family traditions, aesthetic values, and household customs of the young nation. Showing us how creative and consumer cultures from the old world were transformed in the new, "Expressions of Innocence... More

Buying art can be daunting to the average collector. Whether one buys art to decorate home and office or for investment, this book will be a valuable tool. Written by a gallery owner, "Art Collecting 101" leads readers through the maze of information they need to make informed decisions. (Antiques/C... More

Written by one of the greatest poets of all time, "My Secret Book," now in its first English translation, is a profound and deeply personal account of inner suffering and mental anguish. Deeply troubled by his struggle--and failure--to achieve spiritual perfection, Petrarch, considered the forefathe... More

Intimate Worlds is one of the world's finest private collections of Indian "miniature" paintings, a promised bequest to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and is represented by some 90 works of art created in workshops across India over the course of four centu... More

New Page 1 Kalighat Painting emerged from the changing world of nineteenth century Calcutta, with old and new images seemingly layered one upon another on a transparent plane. Traditionally inherited techniques, iconography, and artistic practices co-mingled with revivalist Mughal court cul... More

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