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Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art(Updated)
Revised Edition (Icon Editions)
by James Hall, Kenneth . Clark
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1979 by Harper & Row
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-430100-8, ISBN: 0-06-430100-1

"The understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist’s execution of it. But what were once biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today. This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based.Here in a single volume are combined religious, classical, and historical themes, the figures ..."

Off the Chart(Updated)
(Paperback)
by James Hall
Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2004 by Harpercollins Publishers Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-711277-7, ISBN: 0-00-711277-7

Firefighter(Updated)
by Herman Williams Jr., James Hall
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2003 by Hay House Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58825-007-0, ISBN: 1-58825-007-5

"Herman Williams is the father of Montel Williams. As a boy, he and his family fled Harlem to escape the infamous riots. Growing up in Baltimore, Williams encountered racism and ignorance on a continual basis, especially as one of the first black streetcar operators in the city, when he was subjected to humiliating verbal and physical abuse by members of the public. Yet, he eventually became the first African-American fire chief of a maj ..."

Blackwater Sound(Updated)
by James Hall, Alistair Maclean
Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2002 by Harper Collins
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ISBN-13: 978-0-00-711275-3, ISBN: 0-00-711275-0

"The Braswell family had everything people would kill for: money, looks, power. But their eldest son, the family's shining light, died in a bizarre fishing accident. And when he disappeared - hauled into the depths by the giant marlin he had been fighting - he took with him a secret so corrupt that it could destroy the Braswells."

Ciao! 1 - Copymasters(Updated)
by Michael Buckby, Giosi Vincentini, Marisa Minelle Katis, James Hall, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Stephen Glover
Paperback, 1 Pages, Published 2001 by Nelson Thornes Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-17-439229-3, ISBN: 0-17-439229-X

"Ciao! is a lively course that uses authentic texts and situations to motivate your students to develop their Italian and become more independent. It is suitable for students of a wide ability range and can be used in a variety of teaching situations."

Michelangelo(Updated)
And the Reinvention of the Human Body
by James Hall
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by Chatto & Windus
ISBN-13: 978-0-7011-7270-1, ISBN: 0-7011-7270-3

"HardCover Pub Date: 2005 Pages: 336 Publisher: Chatto & Windus' [Michelangelo] was constantly flaying dead bodies.. In order to study the secrets of anatomy. thus beginning to give perfection to the great knowledge of the design that he afterwards acquired. 'Giorgio Vasari. Life of Michelangelo. 1568. Michelangeo's art is exhilarating. but also bewildering. What is the source of its incomparable power In this imaginative and detailed st ..."

The World as Sculpture(Updated)
Changing Status of Sculpture from the Renaissance to the Present Day
by James Hall
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2000 by Pimlico
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7126-6442-4, ISBN: 0-7126-6442-4

"It's one of the oldest conundrums in art history: which is the greater art, painting or sculpture? As James Hall points out in his highly controversial cultural history, The World as Sculpture, learned opinion from the Renaissance onward has invariably come down in favour of painting. Tracing a 500-year tradition of prejudice against sculpture, Hall argues that the three-dimensional art has been persistently downgraded since the emergen ..."

Broché - Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art(Updated)
by James A. Hall, Kenneth Clark, Kenneth Clark Hall, Peter E. Dawson, K. Clark
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1985 by Richard D Irwin
ISBN-13: 978-0-7195-4147-6, ISBN: 0-7195-4147-6

MAKEBA(Updated)
MY STORY.
by James Hall, Miriam Makeba
Print On Demand, 264 Pages, Published 1988 by New American Library
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-0250-0, ISBN: 0-7475-0250-1

"Miriam Makeba's life began in poverty in South Africa, amid the cruelties of the apartheid system."

Buzz Cut(Updated)
by James W. Hall
Paperback, 373 Pages, Published 1997 by Mandarin
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7493-2372-1, ISBN: 0-7493-2372-8

Hard Aground(Updated)
by James Wilson Hall
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1994 by Mandarin
ISBN-13: 978-0-7493-1325-8, ISBN: 0-7493-1325-0

Squall Line(Updated)
by James Wilson Hall
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1991 by Mandarin
ISBN-13: 978-0-7493-0249-8, ISBN: 0-7493-0249-6