Savage Art

Savage Art
Author: Robert Polito
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 562
Release: 1996-10-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0679733523

Robert Polito recounts Thompson's relationship with his father, a disgraced Oklahoma sheriff, with the women he adored in life and murdered on the page, with alcohol, would-be censors, and Hollywood auteurs. Unrelenting and empathetic, casting light into the darker caverns of our collective psyche, Savage Art is an exemplary homage to an American original. A National Book Critics Circle Award winner. 57 photos.

Savage Art

Savage Art
Author: Tim Underwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Adventure stories, American
ISBN: 9781599290560

This is the first time most of these cover paintings have been collected and reproduced in their original form. Uncensored genre art that splashed the covers of American news stand pulp magazines in the 1930s and 40s frequently expressed male violence. "Savage Art" showcases this popular period illustration - that prefigured and helped create the violent visual language in much of today's aboveground cinema ("Pulp Fiction", "Kill Bill"), comic books ("The Dark Knight Returns", "Sin City") and ultra-violent multi-million copy video games ("Grand Theft Auto", and "Metal Gear Solid"). Featuring the original disturbing paintings by Walter Baumhofer, Rafael de Soto, Jerome Rozen and other pulp illustrators, many shown here for the first time, this lavishly-produced full colour collection documents Depression era masculine aggression as depicted on the covers of popular literature.

Savage Art

Savage Art
Author: Danielle Girard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2019-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781733140454

Death was his art. She would be his masterpiece. They called him Leonardo-a master skilled in the art of murder. One year ago, Cincinnati was his canvas. A scalpel was his tool. And women were his works-in-progress. FBI profiler Casey McKinley was one of them. She has the scars-and the nightmares-to prove it.

Our Savage Art

Our Savage Art
Author: William Logan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0231147333

'Our Savage Art' features the corrosive wit and substantial critiques that are the trademarks of William Logan's style. Opening with a defence of the critical eye, this collection features essays on Robert Lowell's correspondence, Elizabeth Bishop's unfinished poems, and the inflated reputation of Hart Crane.

In Her Hands

In Her Hands
Author: Alan Schroeder
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: African American sculptors
ISBN: 9781600603327

A recreation of events from the childhood and early career of Augusta Savage, a pioneering female sculptor and major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.

Vampironica Vol. 1

Vampironica Vol. 1
Author: Greg Smallwood
Publisher: Archie Comic Publications (Trade)
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1682558320

When Veronica is bitten by a centuries-old vampire, her thirst for blood threatens to turn Riverdale into a haven for the undead. Will she put an end to the vampire threat or give in to her blood lust? Archie Horror's latest series paints Riverdale red in the vampiric first collection by siblings Greg & Megan Smallwood!

The Savage Mirror

The Savage Mirror
Author: Steven Heller
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1992
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

Augusta Savage

Augusta Savage
Author: Jeffreen M. Hayes
Publisher: Giles
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781913875176

A visual exploration of the lasting legacy of sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

The Savage Art of Bob Larkin, Volume One

The Savage Art of Bob Larkin, Volume One
Author: Bob Larkin
Publisher: SQP
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780865621756

There are innovators who blaze trails to show the way forward, and creative genius Bob Larkin is certainly one of them. His magazine and paperback covers are both legendary and iconic. From Conan to Star Wars, Doc Savage to The Hulk, there are few pop culture touchstones that artist Bob Larkin hasn't brought his unique and powerful style of illustration to. This full colour retrospective of over 100 paintings also includes an introduction by Joe Jusko and an afterword by Alex Ross.