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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
Celebrating a "golden age" of travel, this new book retraces the
steps of a Grand Tour of South East Asia from the turn of the 20th
century to the present day. The Romance of the Grand Tour explores
the living heritage of 12 exotic port cities: from Rangoon
(Yangon), through the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca and
Singapore and the old Dutch East Indies cities of Batavia (Jakarta)
and Surabaya, via Bangkok to former Indochina at Saigon (Ho Chi
Minh City), Phnom Penh and Hanoi, through Manila to Hong Kong.
Drawing on archival images and accounts as well as present-day
photographs and illustrations, the book captures the romance and
excitement of these early Grand Tourists, while presenting
contemporary scenes and experiences for 21st-century travellers
determined to seek out the legacy of a bygone era.
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