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Carved from the heart: Stan Marsden lost his son to a cocaine overdose and decided to create a totem pole in his son's memory, inviting the town of Craig, Alaska to help. "Intertwines the process of carving the Healing Heart Totem pole with participants' stories of involvement and healing ... death and dying, suicide, family relationships and parenting, substance abuse, family violence and the impact of the Vietnam War on veterans and their families ... shows the importance of ceremony and culture [in] facing tragedy and how communities can provide support to [their] members ... also acknowledges the intergenerational grief that grows out of rapid changes in lifestyle and interruptions [in] the passage of tradition and knowledge within Alaska Native and American Indian communities."

Few inventions have had as powerful an influence as the camera, and few modes of expression have enjoyed the enduring artistic, scientific, and popular appeal of photography. We are so focused on the products of the camera, the indelible images marking our lives and times, that it's easy to forget the instrument itself has a history. Now that history has been comprehensively traced for photography buffs and amateurs alike by Todd Gustavson, Curator of Technology at George Eastman House. In this stunning volume, hundreds of new and archival images from George Eastman House bring the story to life and provide an unmatched reference source. Vast in its scope, this groundbreaking book is an in-depth visual and narrative look at the camera, and consequently photography itself, as never before seen.

"Illuminating one thousand years of history, The Pilgrim Art explores the remarkable cultural influence of Chinese porcelain around the globe. Cobalt ore was shipped from Persia to China in the fourteenth century, where it was used to decorate porcelain for Muslims in Southeast Asia, India, Persia, and Iraq. Spanish galleons delivered porcelain to Peru and Mexico while aristocrats in Europe ordered tableware from Canton. The book tells the fascinating story of how porcelain became a vehicle for the transmission and assimilation of artistic symbols, themes, and designs across vast distances - from Japan and Java to Egypt and England. It not only illustrates how porcelain influenced local artistic traditions but also shows how it became deeply intertwined with religion, economics, politics, and social identity. Bringing together many strands of history in an engaging narrative studded with fascinating vignettes, this is a history of cross-cultural exchange focused on an exceptional commodity that illuminates the emergence of what is arguably the first genuinely global culture."

Reinterpreting the past never goes out of fashion. Learn how past designs can be updates to suit the needs of today.

Graffiti artist Banksy decorates streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cities throughout the world. His identity remains unknown but his work is witty, subversive and prolific. And now, he's put together the best of his work in a fully illustrated color volume.