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Commonthought (Fall 2005), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

You Must Withstand The Wind : Transformation Of The Urban Landscape By Mark Anthony Mulligan, Albertus Gorman, Adrian Swain

Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs

2005 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog of artist Mark Anthony Mulligan.

Pierre Daura, Catalan-American Modernist: People, Places, And Things, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

Pierre Daura, Catalan-American Modernist: People, Places, and Things

September 28 to December 11, 2005

Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and Print Study Center

Introduction

Pierre Daura (American, born Spain, 1896 - 1976) was a member of a radical generation of artists who shaped the development of European modernism from the 1910s to the 1930s. The richness of his art reflects the diverse experiences of his life - growing up in Catalonia, Spain, maturing as an artist in Paris, moving to the small French village of Saint Cirq-Lapopie, participating in the Spanish Civil War, and finally relocating to Rockbridge …

Edgar Degas: Six Friends At Dieppe, Maureen C. O'Brien, Linda Catano, Anna Gruetzner Robins

Books

The lives of the six men depicted in Edgar Degas' Six Friends at Dieppe - as well as Degas himself - are explored. The history of the painting's placement in the RISD Museum's collection is traced back to Degas' relationship with one of the men featured in the painting. The narrative is interspersed with paintings, photographs, and excerpts from various memoirs, autobiographies and correspondences.