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| − | A place where nobody dared to go
| + | '''Shelley Esaak''' is an American portrait [[artist]], freelance illustrator and graphic designer, writer and educator. Her ongoing art historic education has been obtained through autodidactic study of an ever-expanding personal library of exhibition catalogues, monographs and catalogue raisonnés. |
| − | The love that we came to know
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| − | They call it Xanadu
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| + | ::''"[[Art]] [[History]] is hugely important because it's the visual record of our [[human]] history. No other discipline offers us the ability to see our ancestors - as they looked, where and how they lived and, most importantly, what they saw - both in and outside their own heads. Few other disciplines stretch globally from the Late Paleolithic Age until five seconds ago, which keeps our subject endlessly plastic and exciting.'' |
| − | Open your eyes and see
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| − | What we have made is real
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| − | We are in Xanadu
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| − | A million lights are dancing
| + | ::''Art History is also, regrettably, a discipline that's proved itself wildly capable of intimidating people with its lofty reputation as a Terribly Serious Subject, employing often incomprehensible language. This is a true pity, as learning about art and artists can - and should - be a great deal of fun."'' Shelley Esaak. |
| − | And there you are
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| − | A shooting star
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| − | An everlasting world
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| − | And you're here with me
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| − | Eternally
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| − | Xanadu, Xanadu,
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| − | (now we are here)
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| − | In Xanadu
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| − | Xanadu, Xanadu,
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| − | (now we are here)
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| − | In Xanadu
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| − | Xanadu, your neon lights will shine
| + | *[http://arthistory.about.com/mbiopage.htm Shelley Esaak] |
| − | For you, Xanadu
| + | *[http://drawsketch.about.com/b/2005/02/02/hows-your-art-history.htm How's your Art History?] |
| | + | *[http://www.besthistorysites.net/ArtHistory.shtml General Art History Resources] Best of History Web Sites. |
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| − | The love
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| − | The echoes of long ago
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| − | You needed the world to know
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| − | They are in Xanadu
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| − | The dream
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| − | That came through a million years
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| − | That lived on through all the tears
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| − | It came to Xanadu
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| − | A million lights are dancing
| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Esaak, Shelley}} |
| − | And there you are
| + | [[Category:American Painters]] |
| − | A shooting star
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| − | An everlasting world
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| − | And you're here with me
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| − | Eternally
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| − | Xanadu, Xanadu,
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| − | (now we are here)
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| − | In Xanadu
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| − | Xanadu, Xanadu,
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| − | (now we are here)
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| − | In Xanadu
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| − | Now that I'm here
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| − | Now that you're near in Xanadu
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| − | Now that I'm here
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| − | Now that you're near in Xanadu
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| − | Xanadu...
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