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This tome leaves no stone unturned, showcasing in-depth looks at the characters, settings, and stories from each exciting installment!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDark Horse Books and SEGA present the \u003ci\u003eSonic the Hedgehog Encyclo-Speed-ia\u003c\/i\u003e--a must-have volume for any fan of Sonic, young or old!","brand":"Flynn, Ian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337121165586,"sku":"9781506719276","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/12300803482724.jpg?v=1780433274"},{"product_id":"polaroids-from-the-middle-kingdom-hardcover","title":"Polaroids from the Middle Kingdom (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRepresents a true photographic pioneer; Birk's medium is inventive and predates the contrived nostalgia of contemporary apps and filters. This innovative collection of images is a standout in the travel photography genre Upon relocating to Beijing, photographer Lukas Birk attempts to escape the sense of stagnation that plagued him in his central European home. He encounters a group of like-minded young creatives who share his sentiment of \"nostalgia teetering on the edge of melancholy.\" Hoping to express that feeling, Birk discovers his father's collection of expired Polaroid film. With Birk's medium acting as a metaphor for the transformation of modern China - its rapid development and the void of nostalgia left behind - this book presents a sense of something from the past interrupted by modern motives, a collision of old and new world visions. In her insightful foreword, art advisor Katherine Don details Birk's contribution to contemporary art in China and comments on his pioneering innovation. 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Picking up from their breakthrough book on the subject, \u003ci\u003eWild Art, \u003c\/i\u003e David Carrier and Joachim Pissarro here delve into the ideas driving these forms of art, inquire how it came to be marginalized, and advocate for a definition of \"taste,\" one in which each expression is acknowledged as being different while deserving equal merit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguing that both the \"art world\" and \"wild art\" have the same capacity to produce aesthetic joy, Carrier and Pissarro contend that watching skateboarders perform Christ Air, for example, produces the same sublime experience in one audience that another enjoys while taking in a ballet; therefore, both mediums deserve careful reconsideration. 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As a result, the United States can boast extraordinary holdings of Dutch paintings. Celebrated masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and Frans Hals are exceptionally well represented, but many fine paintings by their contemporaries can be found as well. In this groundbreaking volume, fourteen noted American and Dutch scholars examine the allure of seventeenth-century Dutch painting to Americans over the past centuries. The authors of Holland’s Golden Age in America explain in lively detail why and how American collectors as well as museums turned to the Dutch masters to enrich their collections. 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