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An illustrated biography celebrating the life and legacy of a renowned Italian artist

In this illustrated biography of the late Italian artist, Livio Orazio Valentini: An Artist's Spiri…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534742/The-Batik-Art-of-Mary-Edna-Fraser
A lavishly illustrated guide to the work and technique of the internationally renowned artist

Mary Edna Fraser has taken the art of batik to otherworldly heights. An internationally ren…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534730/A-View-from-the-South
A celebration of the prolific artist's heartfelt devotion to the people and places of the American South

A View from the South: The Narrative Art of Boyd Saunders is the first comprehen…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534726/A-Dream-and-a-Chisel
A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture in Paris, recounted in her own words

Angela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a n…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534700/Central-to-Their-Lives
Scholarly essays on the achievements of female artists working in and inspired by the American South

Looking back at her lengthy career just four years before her death, modernist paint…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534698/Selling-Andrew-Jackson
A thorough examination of the portrait painter who helped shape the image and reputation of an American president

Selling Andrew Jackson is the first book-length study of the American p…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534581/Focus-on-Playwrights
A photographer's intimate view of writers' personal and creative journeys

In 1989 Susan Johann was hired to photograph Christopher Durang for a magazine article about his play Naomi in…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534540/Scenic-Impressions
The radical changes wrought by the rise of the salon system in nineteenth-century Europe provoked an interesting response from painters in the American South. Painterly trends emanating from B…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534548/What-Is-a-Garden
Poet and environmentalist W. S. Merwin moved to Hawaii in 1976 and has spent the last forty years planting nineteen acres with more than eight hundred species of palm, creating a lush garden o…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534757/A-True-Likeness
Extraordinary photos that reveal the social, economic, and cultural realities of the Black South

A True Likeness showcases the extraordinary photography of Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700