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| − | '''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.
| + | A place where nobody dared to go |
| | + | The love that we came to know |
| | + | 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.''
| + | And now |
| | + | Open your eyes and see |
| | + | What we have made is real |
| | + | We are in Xanadu |
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| − | ::''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.
| + | A million lights are dancing |
| | + | And there you are |
| | + | A shooting star |
| | + | An everlasting world |
| | + | And you're here with me |
| | + | Eternally |
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| − | == External links ==
| + | Xanadu, Xanadu, |
| | + | (now we are here) |
| | + | In Xanadu |
| | + | Xanadu, Xanadu, |
| | + | (now we are here) |
| | + | In Xanadu |
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| − | *[http://arthistory.about.com/mbiopage.htm Shelley Esaak]
| + | Xanadu, your neon lights will shine |
| − | *[http://drawsketch.about.com/b/2005/02/02/hows-your-art-history.htm How's your Art History?]
| + | For you, Xanadu |
| − | *[http://www.besthistorysites.net/ArtHistory.shtml General Art History Resources] Best of History Web Sites.
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| | + | The love |
| | + | The echoes of long ago |
| | + | You needed the world to know |
| | + | They are in Xanadu |
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| | + | The dream |
| | + | That came through a million years |
| | + | That lived on through all the tears |
| | + | It came to Xanadu |
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| + | A million lights are dancing |
| − | [[Category:American Painters]]
| + | And there you are |
| | + | A shooting star |
| | + | An everlasting world |
| | + | And you're here with me |
| | + | Eternally |
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| | + | Xanadu, Xanadu, |
| | + | (now we are here) |
| | + | In Xanadu |
| | + | Xanadu, Xanadu, |
| | + | (now we are here) |
| | + | In Xanadu |
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| | + | Now that I'm here |
| | + | Now that you're near in Xanadu |
| | + | Now that I'm here |
| | + | Now that you're near in Xanadu |
| | + | Xanadu... |