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of Ancient World, the arts of Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and the Americas, Aboriginal art, architecture, the decorative arts and design, fiber arts, collectibles, Scottish life and lore and numismatics.

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TREASURE OF WATCHDOG MOUNTAIN
SAVE THE DATES -- October 7 and October 14, at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum. Our Lives and the Mountain Through Storytelling and Art... an afternoon of oral histories with youngsters interpreting what they hear on the spot. Hear stories of sledding to school, riding horseback up Overlook, the local racetrack, learning in a one-room schoolhouse. Time: 1-5 p.m. October 14... Opening of Childrens' Art Exhibition based on these stories -- featuring a special performance by the Hudson Valley Playback Theater. 3 p.m. WAAM is located at 28 Tinker Street in the heart of Woodstock. $7 donation suggested. These programs are inspired by Treasure of Watchdog Mountain. Our Lives is funded, in part, by the Dutchess Council Arts Council Administrator of Public Funds through the New York State Council on the Arts' Decentralization Department.

The Last Ruskinians
Charles Eliot Norton, Charles Herbert Moore, and Their Circle ---Although John Ruskin, the 19th-century British writer and watercolorist, never came to the United States, he had a great influence on a group of artists who considered themselves American Pre-Raphaelites. This book examines the second flowering of the Ruskinian style in the U.S. Ruskin’s influence here was largely disseminated by the legendary Charles Eliot Norton, the nation’s first professor of art history, who taught at Harvard from 1874 to 1898

Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period
The Meiji "Restoration" which began in 1868 was to change every aspect of Japanese life and start Japan on its path to modernization. A new sense of a single nation rather than regional loyalties was promulgated. The innovations of Japanese craftsmanship of the time are shown here, as its artisans worked in metals and ceramics, introducing among other decorative art forms, cloissonne enamel.

Picasso
This publication celebrates Picasso’s work across different media, ceramics, jewelry and metalwork, and includes intimate glimpses of the artist and his personal relationships through photographs, paintings and quotes. The time period is 1947-1961, at Vallauris and Cannes in southern France.

MOUNTAINS AND STREAMS
The theme is to examine the philosophical and aesthetic aspects of China's landscape painting with images on scrolls, porcelains, jade carvings and other surfaces.

Cinema India The Art of Bollywood -- The history of posters and of Bollywood, posters from the collection of the Victoria and Albert and National Gallery of Victoria. A ‘lesson’ in typography for the design and film aficionado. Also features “Fearless Nadia,” once a star of Indian films (Australian-born).

The Cutting Edge
Scotland’s Contemporary Crafts ---The Cutting Edge demonstrates how the time-honored tradition of Scottish craftwork – in the quest for perfection, in design innovation and materials -- has been carried forward. Showcased are crafts done in multi-media, in ceramics, clay, glass, metal, textiles, wood, paper, leather and baskets employing glass cutters, cut stencils, lasers, engraver’s tools, computers, and light optics to make jewelry, textiles, furniture, vessels, wall hangings, two- and three-dimensional art objects.

Pilgrimage
This publication explores the role of pilgrimage in Christianity, Islam, Judaism and the religions practiced in South Asia that developed in India. Regardless of religious affiliation, common themes emerge with any pilgrimage -- the departure from daily life, the journey past sacred landscapes as well as lesser shrines, the visit to the central shrine, and the cumulative intensity of the spiritual experience. Reliquaries and souvenirs may help to transfer the power of what has occurred back into everyday life. Pilgrimage includes two accounts of individual pilgrimages, one historical, the other contemporary.

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
Potter Gywnn Hanssen Pigott has earned acclaim for her wood-fired porcelains and the craftsmanship of her ceramics and minimalist forms. She is central to the development of 20th century studio pottery not only in her native Australia but around the world.

The history of posters and of Bollywood, posters from the collection of the Victoria and Albert and National Gallery of Victoria. A ‘lesson’ in typography for the design and film aficionado. Also features “Fearless Nadia,” once a star of Indian films (Australian-born).

Arundel and Pomfret Marbles in Oxford
The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles have fascinated the cognoscenti over the generations and their dramatic story is told here. Among these gems of classical antquity is a Metrological Relief showing parts of the human body used as a standard unit of measure.

Check this space often for books new to our list in the categories of Ancient World, the arts of Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and the Americas, Aboriginal art, architecture, the decorative arts and design, fiber arts, collectibles, Scottish life and lore and numismatics.

Check this space often for books new to our list in the categories
of Ancient World, the arts of Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and the Americas, Aboriginal art, architecture, the decorative arts and design, fiber arts, collectibles, Scottish life and lore and numismatics.