Product Description: Vienna in 1900 was home to a thriving arts and intellectual culture that included many important thinkers and a substantial group of prominent artists, including the founder of the Secession Gustav Klimt. A common thread throughout music and the fine and decorative arts was the redefining of individual identity for the modern age, as the search for a specifically modern Viennese sense of self prompted a dialogue about ornamentation and inner truth in the arts of the age...read more

Product Description: Legendary abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock (1912–56) is most famous for the frenetic, highly textured works created through his trademark “drip” technique in which he poured paint from its can directly onto the canvas...read more

A close-up look at twenty-five previously unknown paintings by the American artist examines the works, as well as additional unknown gouache and enamel drawings, in light of Jackson Pollock's entire artistic career, shedding new light on Pollock's art, his relationships with his wife, painter Lee Krasner, and with artist Mercedes Matter and photographer/designer Herbert Matter.

Product Description: This interpretative study of Kikiscka's Expressionist work critically examines the claims for "truth" often made on behalf of Kokoschka's portraits, as well as the fundamental assumptions underlying his portraiture: the interchangeability of the physical and psychological, the psychological veracity of mythical narratives, and the ability of style to convey ethical and epistemological truth...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This work is an attempt to bring the latest findings of cognitive psychology to bear on the interpretation of Abstract Expressionism. The heuristic models developed by contemporary cognitive scientists to describe human perception and cognition_particularly the claim that our physical experience of the world both creates and is filtered by image schemata and that even our interpretive and intellectual constructs originate in metaphorical projections from such physical experiences_are used to articulate a new interpretive framework to address the interpretation of New York School abstraction...read more

The all-time bestseller that has prepared millions of police officers!This classic guide--the number-one bestseller in its field for more than three decades--offers unsurpassed, up-to-the-minute coverage of police officer qualifying tests all across America. Trusted and relied upon by millions of officer candidates, it's the recognized leader in providing everything test-takers need for top scores. This new edition - revised, updated, and packed with valuable special features--includes:- Five full-length sample written exams--including two actual recent major-city tests--with explanations- Three sample police officer physical exams- Detailed coverage of the officer candidate screening process, including the medical exam, the background check, and the psychological evaluation- Plus: What to expect at the Police AcademyHugh O'Neill is a former senior officer in the New York City Police Department. Hy Hammer is the former chief of the Examining Division of the New York City Department of Personnel. E.P. Steinberg is the author of many ARCO civil service test-preparation guides.

Product Description: Perhaps no aspect of Jackson Pollock's oeuvre—one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century—has been more misunderstood than the drawings Pollock created during Jungian psychoanalysis sessions from 1939–40...read more