Portraits of TROY

Portraits of TROY
Author: Gary Krohe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2013-04-05
Genre: High schools
ISBN: 9780615729138

Portraits of TROY is a visual journey through the architectural history Topeka High School. From the first photograph from the 1870s through the 21st century images, Portraits of TROY is an engaging visual study of a stunning piece of architecture. Planned in the late 1920s, built in the first years of the Great Depression, Topeka High School was one of the first multimillion dollar high schools ever built. A Topeka landmark, THS is on the National Register of Historic Places, and Portraits of TROY shows why with intricate detail images and sweeping panoramas. Fifty-eight pairs of matching shots show both the school when new in 1931 and now 81 years later. From the top of the 155 foot bell tower, to the 2500-seat auditorium, to the 4000-seat gymnasium, to Constitution Plaza, home to a spar from the USS Constitution “Old Ironsides,” the 342 photos in 272 pages are an intimate look at this Kansas landmark.

The Dragon of Cripple Creek

The Dragon of Cripple Creek
Author: Troy Howell
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1613121318

When Kat and her father and brother visit the Mollie Kathleen, an old gold mine now open for tours by the busload, Kat gets lost from the group and falls down a shaft, where she discovers an awe-inspiring world of fantasy come to life. She meets an ancient dragon—the last of his kind—and discovers a secret about the gold that litters the creature's den and why dragons throughout time have hoarded the sparkling treasure. The dragon helps Kat escape the endless caverns, but not before Kat greedily takes a piece of gold for herself. Feeling guilty, Kat decides to return it, but before she can do this she drops it in front of a group of visitors, and a media frenzy ensues. Soon the mining town is filled with gold seekers. In order to save the dragon and his gold, Kat and her brother must venture back into the mine to warn him. But will they get there in time? This fast-paced, beautifully told modern fantasy tale by children's book illustrator Troy Howell will keep readers spellbound. Praise for The Dragon of Cripple Creek “Writing in Kat’s first-person narrative, which is wry and funny, clipped and eloquent, Howell, best known as an illustrator, mixes fantasy adventure with a moving conservation story in a debut that blends sadness, secrecy, and pure fun.” –Booklist

Nall at Troy

Nall at Troy
Author:
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781588384386

From his own crucifixion to a colorful tribute to Rosa Parks, the artist known only as Nall has quite a diverse body of work. Nall's art--including large-scale mixed-media collages, etchings, and paintings--encapsulates the human experience, from death and religion to sexuality and gender. Collecting his pieces, some for the very first time in print, Nall at Troy traces the life of this internationally respected artist to his humble hometown of Troy, Alabama, and the university there to which he has made a large permanent bequest of his work. Troy, Alabama, is not the first place that comes to mind as a source of great art. It's probably not even the thousandth place. But it is the birthplace of Fred Nall Hollis, an internationally acclaimed and celebrated artist who works under the moniker Nall. In his large-scale mixed media collages and paintings, often featuring his own print work, Nall tackles the most difficult topics in art: death, religion, politics, sexuality, gender, and more. Truly an artist with a multicultural focus, the subject matter of Nall's work originates in his own story, shared in Nall at Troy. After attending the University of Alabama during the turbulent 1960s, Nall boldly ventured to Europe and developed relationships with some of the West's most influential figures, including Salvador Dali, James Baldwin, Prince Albert of Monaco, and Ringo Starr. His career blossomed in Europe, but Nall began to feel a longing for his hometown of Troy and artists with which he might find a close kinship. Nall at Troy is an exploration of the artist's homecoming, his promotion of Alabama artists, and his establishing of unique relationships with students and faculty at Troy University. Nall's contributions to the town, such as the creation of an international art center and the Nall Museum, have caused the community to have a great affinity for the artist. Nall at Troy is an opportunity for the city of Troy and its excellent university to share one of Alabama's best-kept secrets with the world.

Drank Myself Straight

Drank Myself Straight
Author: Troy Broussard
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2018-05-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781986815802

Though his best friend Jubal and his brother Gray are notorious womanizers, Bradley Benoit keeps his sexuality a guarded secret. But when a series of misadventures leads to his outing, he still remains a catch for at least one lady. Gay men and straight women have been confidants for millennia; but some boundaries are not to be crossed, no matter how inebriated. While Drank Myself Straight is loaded with salacious circumstances and comical anecdotes, it also includes poignant observations about acceptance and homosexuality in the Deep South.

Portraits and Poses

Portraits and Poses
Author: Beatrijs Vanacker
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2022-04-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9462703302

Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural view on authority construction among early modern female intellectuals The complex relation between gender and the representation of intellectual authority has deep roots in European history. Portraits and Poses adopts a historical approach to shed new light on this topical subject. It addresses various modes and strategies by which learned women (authors, scientists, jurists, midwifes, painters, and others) sought to negotiate and legitimise their authority at the dawn of modern science in Early Modern and Enlightenment Europe (1600–1800). This volume explores the transnational dimensions of intellectual networks in France, Italy, Britain, the German states and the Low Countries, among others. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from different spheres of professionalisation, it examines both individual and collective constructions of female intellectual authority through word and image. In its innovative combination of an interdisciplinary and transnational approach, this volume contributes to the growing literature on women and intellectual authority in the Early Modern Era and outlines contours for future research.

A Court in Exile

A Court in Exile
Author: Edward T. Corp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780521584623

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Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art

Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art
Author: Jennifer D. Milam
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-04-18
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0810879522

Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art covers all aspects of Rococo art history through a chronology, an introductory essay, a review of the literature, an extensive bibliography, and over 350 cross-referenced dictionary entries on prominent Rococo painters, sculptors, decorative artists, architects, patrons, theorists, and critics, as well as major centers of artistic production. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Rococo art.

The Way It Was

The Way It Was
Author: Mimi Flood
Publisher: Dreamy Morning Publishing
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2020-03-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1775353931

Step back in time with The Way it Was, a poignant second chance romance by Mimi Flood. In this tale of enduring love, Samantha learns that true love never disappears; it merely hides beneath layers of regret. Two decades have passed since the eventful summer of 1988, when Sam, now a teacher and single mother, had to painstakingly mend her shattered heart, piece by delicate piece. But life has a way of unraveling even the most carefully constructed happiness. Sam is compelled to confront the ghosts of her past, forcing her back to the place where it all began. As Sam navigates the intricacies of trust, forgiveness, and the possibility of a second chance, The Way it Was reminds us that sometimes the greatest acts of courage come from opening our hearts again, even when the risks are high.