Stars

People have a profound need to see stars. They believe in them, in their unwavering truth. Through them they orient themselves with the unchanging depths of the universe; without them, could anything be really important? Country people, able to see stars everyday, never face this dilemma. But now, with blankets of smog and glaring city streets and signs, whole civilizations are being denied this most worldly wisdom. It is we - we city-dewellers, we visually challenged - who experience the problem actutely. This book is a cautionary reminder of the beauty hovering over and above the obstacles.

This classic companion to THE DOW articulates the remarkable unity underlying all the great artistic traditions.

LG WILLIAMS is the Emma Hennings Distinguished Professor of Visual Art and Art History at D(D).DDDD University in Honolulu, Hawaii. He received his M.F.A from the University of California, Davis and B.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute. Williams also holds an honorary Ph.D. from ISSA, Cedar Rapids, IA. Williams has taught art, art history and art appreciation courses at the University of California-Davis, University of Southern California, California College of the Arts, and the University of Hawaii, to name a few. Author of many books and publications on art, art criticism, and poetry, Williams has appeared in Modern Painters, Juxtapoz, Artweek, Art Papers, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, Honolulu Bulletin, Sacramento Bee, LA Weekly, Maui Weekly, SF Weekly, and The Bay Guardian. Williams’s recent curatorial projects include Wally Hedrick’s, War Room, at the San Francisco International Art Fair. His most recent book, Drawing Upon Art: A Workbook for Gardner's Art Through the Ages (Cengage Publishing), was published January 2009.

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