Lee Krasner

Lee KrasnerLee Krasner never took the easy way outnot in life, not in art. Brought up in a poor Brooklyn neighborhood and originally named Lena Krasner by her immigrant parents, she decided early on to create a new name and a new identity for herself. Later, as one of the few female painters in the aggressively male circle of Abstract Expressionists, she had to contend not only with the critics' skepticism about their new way of making art but also with the

1926) is now in the midst of his seventh decade at the cutting edge of contemporary art

In Fine Bonsai: Art and Nature

this book will soon have you reaching for the corkscrew

As readers travel from the the Maya heartland of Guatemala and the Yucatan to the Aztec stronghold of the Valley of Mexico

and contemporary art

revolting folk remedies

Learn about his personality

and her husband

he provides both a historical overview and case studies of noteworthy structures

attractive address book is the perfect addition to any desk or telephone table

and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

watercolor labored in the shadow of oil painting