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Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
"Art+ NYC" is anart-lover s guide to New York City that combines a
crash course in 20th- and 21st-centuryarthistory with in-depth bios
of nine celebrated New York City artists: Jackson Pollock, Andy
Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Yoko Ono, Mark Rothko, Jeff Koons, Donald
Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg. Each segment is
written by a leading art writer from publications such as "Art in
America," "Flaunt," and the "New York Times." Filled with useful
information for both locals and tourists, "Art + NYC" includes
comprehensive neighborhood-by-neighborhood gallery and museum
listings, along with studios and other artsy places of interest. In
addition, sidebars include the hotels and restaurants that are
steeped with history artist hangouts, residences, and events of
infamy. Also included is an extensive index of paintings,
sculptures, and public art by New York City artists; detailed maps
for 13 neighborhoods; a Q&A with a curator, gallerist, or
artist for each NYC neighborhood; and a museum, gallery, and studio
directory."
A Survey of Megaliths and Mark Stones - Past and Present: This
guide to old stones in the Cotswolds and Forest of Dean is designed
for the curious, the megalith hunter, walker and antiquary alike.
It shows the stones' locations, history, folklore and legend.
Stop Line Green (SLG) was a continuous linear defensive position
some 100 mile long running in rough semi circle east of Bristol
from Highbridge on the Bristol Channel in the south to Upper
Framilode on the River Severn in the north. This book gives a guide
to the walk of SLG
Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in
Britain and has occupied its site in central Oxford since 1621.
Conceived as a place to grow medicinal plants, born in the turmoil
of civil war and nurtured during the restoration of the monarchy,
the garden has, unsurprisingly, a curious past. By tracing the work
and priorities of each of the garden's keepers, this book explores
its importance as one of the world's oldest scientific plant
collections. It tells the story of the planting of the garden by
its first keeper, Jacob Bobart, and his son, together with how they
changed the garden to suit their own needs. The story develops
during the eighteenth century as the garden grew exotic plants
under glass and acquired a fine succulent collection but then
experienced a downturn under the stewardship of the eccentric
Professor Humphrey Sibthorp (famous for giving just one lecture in
thirty-seven years). Finally, the narrative throws light on the
partnership of gardener William Baxter and academic Charles Daubeny
in the early nineteenth century, which gave the garden its
glasshouses and ponds and contributed to its survival to the
present day. This generously illustrated book is the first history
of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides an
essential introduction to one of Oxford's much-loved haunts.
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