Biographical and Descriptive Sketches of the Distinguished Characters Which Compose the Unrivalled Exhibition and Historical Gallery of Madame Tussaud and Sons (Classic Reprint)

Biographical and Descriptive Sketches of the Distinguished Characters Which Compose the Unrivalled Exhibition and Historical Gallery of Madame Tussaud and Sons (Classic Reprint)
Author: Madame Tussaud and Sons' Exhibition
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2017-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780331755473

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American Photography

American Photography
Author: Vicki Goldberg
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1999
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0811826228

This beautiful and informative photographic history includes images from 1900 to 1999. Many are often seen (bullet piercing the apple, splashing crown of milk, Sophia Loren looking askance at Jayne Mansfield's plunging decollete, and Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother); but most are probably unknown, because the photos were selected not only for their visual and cognitive qualities but also for their importance to the history and development of photographic technique and usage. The century is divided into thirds for explanation's sake, and there is at least one photograph for every year. While this is a picture book, the accompanying text provides informative introductions to the uses and abuses of perhaps the century's most important medium. The book is companion to the PBS series. Oversize: 12.5x9.5". Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

The Female Thermometer

The Female Thermometer
Author: Terry Castle
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1995
Genre: English literature
ISBN: 019508098X

A collection of the author's essays on the history and development of female identity from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. Throughout the book are woven themes which are constant in Castle's work: fantasy, hallucination, travesty, transgression and sexual ambiguity.