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Autore |
Theisen Ollie Jensen |
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Titolo |
A life on paper [[electronic resource] ] : the drawings and lithographs of John Thomas Biggers / / Olive Jensen Theisen |
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Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-13305-1 |
9786611133054 |
1-57441-394-5 |
1-4337-1115-X |
1-4356-2316-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (161 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BiggersJohn Thomas <1924-2001.> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African American artists |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-143) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: An Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Early Years and Education, 1924-1949; CHAPTER THREE: Building in Houston and Texas Southern University, 1949-1957; CHAPTER FOUR: Africa and Post-Africa, 1957-1974; CHAPTER FIVE: Developing and Integrating the Iconography, 1974-1983; CHAPTER SIX: Mature Years, 1984-2001; Afterword; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001) was a major African American artist who inspired countless others through his teaching, murals, paintings, and drawings. Based on interviewes during the last thirteen years of his life, this title features selected representative works of John. |
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