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LC Class. PZ7.M1197 Bl 1990. Black and White is a 1990 postmodern children's picture book by David Macaulay. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, it received mixed reviews upon its release, but it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1991. The book tells four overlapping stories, each drawn with a distinct visual style.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella -length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. [ 1][ 2] The novel-length version was published in April 1891. The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil ...
The Book of Kells ( Latin: Codex Cenannensis; Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. [58], sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, [ 1] containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.
Robert Mapplethorpe. Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( / ˈmeɪpəlˌθɔːrp / MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images.
Byzantine Iconoclasm. The Byzantine Iconoclasm ( Ancient Greek: Εἰκονομαχία, romanized : Eikonomachía, lit. 'image struggle', 'war on icons') were two periods in the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial authorities within the Ecumenical Patriarchate (at the ...
Russian icons. Russian icons represent a form of religious art that developed in Eastern Orthodox Christianity after Kievan Rus' adopted the faith from the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in AD 988. [ 1] Initially following Byzantine artistic standards, these icons were integral to religious practices and cultural traditions in Russia.
Each of the five women – Stephanie Seymour, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz and Naomi Campbell – was a noted muse, friend, and frequent subject of the photographer's fashion and fine art work. [2] The photograph is one of the original images that ushered in the 1990s pop-cultural phenomenon of the supermodel.
Computing. In computing terminology, black-and-white is sometimes used to refer to a binary image consisting solely of pure black pixels and pure white ones; what would normally be called a black-and-white image, that is, an image containing shades of gray, is referred to in this context as grayscale. [ 2]