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Dance
A Short History of Classic Theatrical Dancing (Hardcover)
by Lincoln Kirstein
Hardcover, 428 Pages, Published 2019 by Literary Licensing, Llc
ISBN-13: 978-1-258-78909-1, ISBN: 1-258-78909-4






Walker Evans
American Photographs: Books on Books No. 2
by Lincoln Kirstein, John T. Hill, Walker Evans, Dean Koontz, Jeffrey Ladd, Kerry William Purcell
Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2011 by Errata Editions
Facsimile
ISBN-13: 978-1-935004-24-0, ISBN: 1-935004-24-7

"Walker Evans' "American Photographs" is widely deemed the most important photobook ever published. Originally conceived to be a catalogue to accompany his one-man show at The Museum of Modern Art in 1938 (the first solo show MoMA had given to a photographer), it quickly became a document so definitive of its era that curator John Szarkowski wrote that "it was difficult to know now whether Walker Evans recorded the America of his youth, ..."






Walker Evans
American Photographs: Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Edition
by Lincoln Kirstein, Walker Evans, Sarah Meister, Sarah Hermanson Meister
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2012 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York
ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-835-0, ISBN: 0-87070-835-X

"More than any other artist, Walker Evans invented the images of essential America that we have long since accepted as fact, and his work has influenced not only modern photography but also literature, film and visual arts in other mediums. The original edition of "American Photographs" was a carefully prepared letterpress production, published by The Museum of Modern Art in 1938 to accompany an exhibition of photographs by Evans that ca ..."






The Classic Ballet(Updated)
Basic Technique and Terminology
by Muriel Stuart, Lincoln Kirstein, Carlus Stuart Dyer, Preface-George Balanchine
Paperback, 243 Pages, Published 1998 by Univ Pr Of Florida
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-1617-7, ISBN: 0-8130-1617-7

"A warm welcome back to this beloved classic! For decades the standard text for ballet technique, this book--first published in 1952--presents a beginner's guide to basic movements, steps, and terminology. Written by the staff of the School of American Ballet, it builds on the Russian tradition of Anna Pavlova and reflects the dance style of George Balanchine. The 800 masterful drawings by Carlus Dyer demonstrate proper body position, b ..."






Lincoln Kirstein's Modern(1st Edition)
by Samantha Friedman, Lincoln Kirstein, Kevin Moore, Lynn Garafola, Michelle Greet, Michelle Harvey, Jodi Hauptman, Richard Meyer
Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2019 by The Museum Of Modern Art
ISBN-13: 978-1-63345-082-0, ISBN: 1-63345-082-1

"Kirstein was cofounder of the New York City Ballet and a key figure in MoMA’s history, shaping American culture in the 1930s and ‘40sLincoln Kirstein was a polymathic writer, critic, curator and impresario: a key connector and an indefatigable catalyst whose sweeping contributions to American cultural life in the 1930s and ‘40s shaped artists and institutions. Best known for cofounding the New York City Ballet, he is also a crucial figu ..."






An American Vision(Reprint)
Three Generations of Wyeth Art: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth
by James H. Duff, Andrew Wyeth, Lincoln Kirstein, Thomas Hoving, N. C. Wyeth, Brandywine River Museum., James Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, Et Al Duff, Kirsten Lincoln
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1987 by Bulfinch
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-0-8212-1656-9, ISBN: 0-8212-1656-2

"First edition. Published in association with the Brandywine River Museum in connection with the exhibition shown there and in other museums, 1987-1988. With essays by James Duff, Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Hoving, and Lincoln Kirstein. Illustrated with 118 full-page color plates, plus details, that offer a broad view of each artist's work, including recently created paintings and some never before published. Page 69-70 loose, page 20-21 tippe ..."






LINCOLN KIRSTEIN
Program Notes 1934-1991
by Randall Bourscheidt, Lincoln Kirstein
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2009 by Eakins Press Foundation, Ny
ISBN-13: 978-0-87130-066-9, ISBN: 0-87130-066-4

"In the hands of a dance enthusiast like Lincoln Kirstein, the mundaneform of the program note became a short essay providing usefulinformation for the audience and beating a drum for the value ofclassical dance and the intimacy achieved by the greatestchoreographers and their living or historical musical collaborators. Thisdelightful collection of notes from the School of American Ballet, fromthe man who brought Balanchine to America, s ..."






Dance
A Short History of Classic Theatrical Dancing
by Lincoln Kirstein
Paperback, 428 Pages, Published 2013 by Literary Licensing, Llc
ISBN-13: 978-1-258-79311-1, ISBN: 1-258-79311-3






An American Vision Three Generations of Wyeth Art(Reprint)
by Lincoln Kirstein, James H. Duff, Thomas Hoving, Andrew Wyeth James, Brandywine River Museum
Hardcover, 209 Pages, Published 2007 by Borders
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-02537-9, ISBN: 0-316-02537-2

"2007 edition of the beautiful book originally published in connection with the exhibition by the Brandywine River Museum and exhibited around the world. Art from Andrew Wyeth, N.C. Wyeth and James Wyeth. Essays by Andrew Wyeth, James Duff, Thomas Hoving and Lincoln Kirstein. Hadcover. 209 pages. Published by Bullfinch Press and Borders."






Dance(Reprint)
A Short History of Classic Theatrical Dancing/Anniversary Edition
by Lincoln Kirstein, Nicholas Jenkins
Paperback, 398 Pages, Published 1994 by Princeton Book Co Pub
ISBN-13: 978-0-87127-019-1, ISBN: 0-87127-019-6

"Chronicles the development of Western ballet focusing on the social and cultural forces which influenced the dancer's art."






Memorial to a Marriage(Illustrated)
by Lincoln Kirstein, Henry. Thompson, Jerry L.. Kirstein, Jerry L. Thomson, Marian Hooper Adams
Hardcover, 98 Pages, Published 1989 by Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-3600-3, ISBN: 0-8109-3600-3

"Cloth. As New, still in its unbroken shrink wrap."






Fifty Ballet Masterworks
From the 16th Century to the 20th Century
by Lincoln Kirstein
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1984 by Dover Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-486-24631-4, ISBN: 0-486-24631-0

"Debussy calls for complete listening, not a compromise in fused hearing and seeing, which music when servant-inspirer of dancing permits. Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840—93), composer of three of the chief surviving nineteenth- century ballets, is also responsible for much other music not originally intended for dancers, which has subsequently served them. Swan Lake (1877) was, after its first failure, revived posthumously as only a ..."






Walker Evans(Updated)
American Photographs: Books on Books No. 2
by John T. Hill, Lincoln Kirstein, Walker Evans, Jeffrey Ladd
Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2009 by Errata Editions
ISBN-13: 978-1-935004-02-8, ISBN: 1-935004-02-6

"Errata Editions' Books on Books series is an ongoing publishing project dedicated to making rare and out-of-print photography books accessible to students and photobook enthusiasts. These are not reprints or facsimiles but complete studies of the original books. Each volume in the series presents the entire content, page for page, of an original master bookwork which, up until now, has been too rare or expensive for most to experience. ..."






Flesh is Heir
(Lost American Fiction Series)
by Lincoln Kirstein
Paperback, 255 Pages, Published 1977 by Popular Library
ISBN-13: 978-0-445-08548-0, ISBN: 0-445-08548-7






Ballet and modern dance;(1st Edition)
by Kenneth : Macmillan, Marcia B. Siegel, Clement Crisp, Lincoln Kirstein, Octopus Books Ltd, John. Percival, Craig Dodd, Octopus Publishing Group, No Stated
Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1974 by Octopus Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7064-0322-0, ISBN: 0-7064-0322-3

"This book provides a unique commentary and guide to the world of dance as it is today. Here the distinguished choreographers Rudi van Dantzig and Maurice Bejart describe why and how they create their ballets. Lincoln Kirstein, Director of the New York City Ballet, has written about the achievements and the aims of the company, while Nadia Nerina tells of her exciting visit to Russia to dance with the Bolshoi Ballet. There are profess ..."






Movement and Metaphor
Four Centuries of Ballet
by Lincoln Kirstein
Hardcover, 290 Pages, Published 1971 by Pitman
ISBN-13: 978-0-273-36033-9, ISBN: 0-273-36033-7

"The dancers, Ballon and Prevot, seem to have adapted their action to musical dynamics. "These two artists, full of warmth and ... Francoise Prevot was one of the first performers famous for her elevation. A renowned teacher, she trained the  ..."






The Classic Ballet(Reprint)
Basic Technique and Terminology
by Muriel Stuart, Lincoln Kirstein, George Balanchine, Carlus Dyer, Stuart Kirstein
Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2004 by Knopf
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-71077-3, ISBN: 0-375-71077-9

"“For soundness, for clarity, for succinctness, this manual of basic ballet is the best there is anywhere.” –Edwin Denby, The NationWith a precision unparalleled in any other book of its kind, The Classic Ballet presents a lucid text, and nearly six hundred drawings describe and illustrate in minute detail the proper body position, balance point, movement, and attitude of each position and step in the basic classical repertory.As George ..."






Paul Cadmus(Updated)
by Lincoln Kirstein, Paul Cadmus
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2002 by Chameleon Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-915829-68-2, ISBN: 0-915829-68-1

"The text by the late Lincoln Kirstein is enhanced by excerpts from contemporaneous reviews, articles and comments by the artist about his methods and point of view."






Pavel Tchelitchev(1st Edition)
by Lincoln Kirstein, Pavel Tchelitchew
Hardcover, 178 Pages, Published 1994 by Twelvetrees Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-942642-40-7, ISBN: 0-942642-40-6

"Book by Kirstein, Lincoln"






Paul Cadmus(Updated)
by Lincoln Kirstein, Paul Cadmus
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1992 by Pomegranate
ISBN-13: 978-0-87654-941-4, ISBN: 0-87654-941-5

"1960 New York Art Directors Club, 39th Annual National Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial ... MA Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT SELECTED ..."



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