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2) The Sassoons
Author
Publisher
Jewish Museum
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Sassoons traces the global history of the Sassoon family, entrepreneurs and patrons of remarkable art and architecture, from Baghdad to Mumbai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and London"--
"The Sassoons were prosperous as bankers and treasurers to the Ottoman sultans in nineteenth-century Bagdad, until they were driven out by religious persecution. Assuming the precarious status of stateless Jews, the family dispersed, establishing businesses in Mumbai,...
Publisher
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From the dawn of the medium onward, Black filmmakers have helped define American cinema. Black performers, producers and directors; Bert Williams, Oscar Micheaux, Herb Jeffries, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Ruby Dee and William Greaves, to name just a few, had a vast and resounding impact. Black film artists not only developed an enduring independent tradition but also transformed mainstream Hollywood, fueled and reflected sociopolitical movements,...
Publisher
Aperture
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Aperture is proud to bring this best-selling and indispensable title back into print, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Diane Arbus's groundbreaking solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Diane Arbus: Revelations explores the origins, scope, and aspirations of this wholly original force in photography. The book reproduces two hundred full-page duotones of Diane Arbus photographs spanning her entire career"--
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