Art & Photography Books
Tuttle Publishing Borobudur Masterpiece in Stone Revised Third
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£20.48
Tuttle Publishing Origami Kaleidoscope Paper Pack Book
£5.70
Tuttle Publishing Origami Paper 500 Sheets Kaleidoscope Patterns 6 15 CM
£6.65
Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. Bee People and the Bugs They Love
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£12.59
Kensington Publishing Corporation Matisse at War
£23.92
Louisiana State University Press The Other 1980s
Book SynopsisFans and scholars have long regarded the 1980s as a significant turning point in the history of comics in the United States, but most critical discussions of the period still focus on books from prominent creators. This volume offers a more complicated and multivalent picture of this robust era of ambitious comics publishing.
£76.50
Southern Illinois University Press Gettysburg
Book SynopsisGettysburg is a paradox: Today it is beautiful, still, and filled with visitors, yet this national military park serves as a powerful reminder of the clash of armies and the great loss of life that took place here. Gettysburg: This Hallowed Ground explores this Civil War battleground through contemporary photographs and poems.
£23.70
Northwestern University Press On Weight and the Will
Book SynopsisCharts a modern history of form as emergent from force. Offering a provocative alternative to the imagery of crisis and estrangement that has preoccupied scholarship on modernism, Malika Maskarinec shows that German modernism conceives of human bodies and aesthetic objects as shaped by a contest of conflicting and reciprocally-intensifying forces.
£102.60
Northwestern University Press Walls of Prophecy and Protest
Book SynopsisFeaturing thirty-five colour images of William Bill Walker's work, this edition reveals the artist who was the primary figure behind Chicago's famed Wall of Respect and who created numerous murals that depicted African American historical figures; protested social injustice; and centered imagination, love, respect, and community accountability.
£33.20
New Directions Publishing Corporation Spontaneous Particulars
Book SynopsisOriginally a cloth coedition with the Christine Burgin Gallery, this rapturous hymn to discoveries and archives is now a paperbackTrade Review"Memorably fierce: with her long career in view today, her comment on Dickinson, in 1985, applies to Howe herself: ‘A great poet, carrying the antique imagination of her fathers, requires of each reader to leap from a place of certain signification, to a new situation, undiscovered and sovereign. She carries intelligence of the past into future of our thought by reverence and revolt." -- Langdon Hammer - The New York Review of Books"Susan Howe has often referred to herself as a ‘library cormorant’ but her extraordinary telepathy of archives is the very opposite of passive absorption: each page constructs its own ghostly skein to be woven into what becomes an increasingly mysterious figure in the carpet What begins as an archival study becomes nothing less than mesmerism." -- Marjorie Perloff
£12.34
Stackpole Books Brush Pen Calligraphy
Book SynopsisStep-by-step instructions show you how to use brush pens to make professional-looking letters and numbers. Five styles of modern calligraphy, plus ways to personalize your designs. Try more advanced techniques combining lettering and illustrations, and the many project suggestions for cards, invitations, signs, and more.
£17.09
Chronicle Books Porn for Women
Book SynopsisPrepare to enter a fantasy world. A world where clothes get folded just so, delicious dinners await, and flatulence is just not that funny. Give the fairer sex what they really wantbeautiful PG photos of hunky men cooking, listening, asking for directions, accompanied by steamy captions: I love a clean house! or As long as I have two legs to walk on, you''ll never take out the trash. Now this is porn that will leave women begging for more!
£10.44
University of Pennsylvania Press Islamic Gardens and Landscapes
Book SynopsisWestern admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and diversity of the art form. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes immerses the reader in the world of the architects of the great gardens of the Islamic world, from medieval Morocco to contemporary India.Just as Islamic culture is historically dense, sophisticated, and complex, so too is the history of its built landscapes. Islamic gardens began from the practical need to organize the surrounding space of human civilization, tame nature, enhance the earth''s yield, and create a legible map on which to distribute natural resources. Ruggles follows the evolution of these early farming efforts to their aristocratic apex in famous formal gardens of the Alhambra in Spain and the Taj Mahal in Agra.Whether in a humble city home or a royal courtyard, the garden has several defining chaTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: The Islamic Landscape Place and Memory Chapter 2: Making the Desert Bloom Transforming an Inhospitable Earth Chapter 3: The Science of Gardening Agricultural and Botanical Manuals Chapter 4: Organizing the Earth Cross-axial Gardens and the Chahar Bagh Chapter 5: Trees and Plants Botanical Evidence from Texts and Archaeology Chapter 6: Representations of Gardens and Landscape Imagery in Manuscript Paintings, Textiles, and Other Media Chapter 7: Imaginary Gardens Gardens in Fantasy and Literature Chapter 8: The Garden as Paradise The Historical Beginnings of Paradisiac Iconography Chapter 9: The Here and Hereafter Mausolea and Tomb Gardens Chapter 10: A Garden in Landscape The Taj Mahal and Its Precursors Chapter 11: Religion and Culture The Adoption of Islamic Garden Culture by Non-Muslims List of Gardens and SitesSpain Sicily Morocco Algeria Tunisia Egypt Turkey Syria and Region Oman Iraq Iran Central Asia Pakistan India United States Glossary Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£25.19
The University Press of Kentucky Athens on the Frontier
Book SynopsisExamination of the material culture of Grecian-style buildings in antebellum America.Table of ContentsIntroduction Myths of the Land Names on the Land Grecian-Style Buildings on the Land Views of the Land Temples for Governing Temples for Learning Temples for Dwelling Temples for Worship Temples for Commerce Conclusion
£14.40
Basic Books Timeless Cities
Book SynopsisFor Italian city builders over the course of a thousand years, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the place where society said the most substantial things about who they were and what they longed for. In Timeless Cities , architect David Mayernik reveals how Venice, Rome, Florence, Siena, and Pienza emerged from the cultural ideas of humanism that characterized Italian society from late antiquity to the eighteenth century. Cities were literally designed to be models of the mind and images of heaven. Mayernik takes the reader on an architect''s tour of these five cities and describes the cultural beliefs and ideas behind the buildings. Not only a journey into the past, Timeless Cities also explains why these city-building ideas are relevant today. Whether travelling on holiday or appreciating the art and architecture of Italy from home, Mayernik helps bring the wonder and beauty of the Italian mind and its great cities a little closer.Trade Review"A thoughtful, passionate, learned and unexpected examination of cities past, present and ideal, written with conviction and humour." Ingrid Rowland "Erudite travelers will enjoy [Mayernik's] thoughtful meditations." Chicago Tribune "A thoughtful, passionate, learned, and unexpected examination of cities past, present, and ideal, written with conviction and humor." Ingrid Rowland"
£18.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
Book SynopsisThe understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist''s execution of it. But what were once biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today. This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based. Combined here in a single volume are religious, classical, and historical themes, figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that appeared throughout paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance. More than just a dictionary, this text places these subjects in their narrative, historical, or mythological context and uses extensive cross-referencing to enhance and clarify the meanings of these themes for the reader.The definitive work by which others are compared, this volume has become an indispensable handbook for students and general appreciators alike. This wholly redesigned second ediTrade Review"It is clearly written, well arranged, and can be read for its own sake as a compendium of the image-making faculty of Western man. I would recommend it strongly to anyone who wishes to increase his interest and pleasure in visiting a picture gallery or turning over the illustrations of a book of art." -Kenneth Clark "Of the several comparable dictionaries on the iconography of Western art ... this one is by far the most satisfactory. ...This much richer fund of material as well as the tightly packed and well-written entries convey much information. In all, an impressively erudite yet thoroughly useable dictionary for which students and faculty alike should be grateful." -Choice "The volume is comprehensive to interested laymen, and should be quite useful for students and scholars. Entries pertain to persons, titles and pictures, and objects as attributes and symbols. Recurrent mythological, historical and religious themes are explored and allegorical, poetic, and saintly characters are also covered. Cross references and appropriate line drawings enhance the book's value. And because the entries are succinct and really absorbing, it's fun simply to browse through this dictionary. Highly recommended." -Library JournalTable of ContentsThe understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist's execution of it. But what were once biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today. This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based. Combined here in a single volume are religious, classical, and historical themes, figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that appeared throughout paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance.
£45.99
Taylor & Francis Inc Titian And Venetian Painting 14501590
Book SynopsisThis up-to-date, well-illustrated, and thoughtful introduction to the life and works of one of the giants of Western Painting also surveys the golden age of Venetian Painting from Giovanni Bellini to Veronese and its place in the history of Western art. Bruce Cole, Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University and author of numerous books on Italian Renaissance art, begins with the life and work of Giovanni Bellini, the principal founder of Venetian Renaissance painting. He continues with the paintings of Giorgione and the young Titian whose work embodied the new Venetian style. Cole discusses and explains all of Titian''s major works--portraits, religious paintings, and nudes--from various points of view and shows how Venetian painting of this period differed from painting in Florence and elsewhere in Italy and became a distinct and fully-developed style of its own.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments -- Venice, 1510 -- Precursors -- Giorgione, Sebastiano, and the Young Titian to c. 1510 -- Titian: Early Success, 1516–1530 -- Titian -- Titian -- Titian -- Titian -- Titian’s Heirs
£52.24
Basic Books Matisse and Picasso
Book SynopsisMatisse and Picasso achieved extraordinary prominence during their lifetimes. They have become cultural icons, standing not only for different kinds of art but also for different ways of living. Matisse, known for his restraint and intense sense of privacy, for his decorum and discretion, created an art that transcended daily life and conveyed a sensuality that inhabited an abstract and ethereal realm of being. In contrast, Picasso became the exemplar of intense emotionality, of theatricality, of art as a kind of autobiographical confession that was often charged with violence and explosive eroticism. In Matisse and Picasso , Jack Flam explores the compelling, competitive, parallel lives of these two artists and their very different attitudes toward the idea of artistic greatness, toward the women they loved, and ultimately toward their confrontations with death.
£999.99
Rutgers University Press Women Artists on the Leading Edge Visual Arts of
Book SynopsisThis book explores the achievements of a group of young women artists who learned about the New Art through an extraordinary faculty of innovators at Douglass College. New Art rejected the dominance of Abstract Expressionism, advocating that art should be based on everyday life and that “anything can be art.”Trade Review"Joan Marter’s Women Artists on the Leading Edge: Visual Arts at Douglass College is a significant account from an actual participant of the pioneering art program for women students developed at Rutgers after WW II. Inspired in part by the inventive curriculum initiated at Black Mountain College, as well as the avant-garde course taught by composer John Cage at the New School from 1956 to 1961, the multi-media agenda advanced at Douglass College (where many faculty were associated with Pop and Fluxus), was further underscored by an impressive roster of activist campus guests. Marter’s handsome book, including a set of outstanding interviews with notable Douglass alumnae such as Alice Aycock and Mimi Smith, appropriately redresses this historical imbalance, both detailing and celebrating the decisive role Douglass played as an incubator for artistic innovation by women." -- Ellen G. Landau * author of Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné, Reading Abstract Expressionism: Context and Critique, *"Even before second-wave feminism became a recognized social and political movement in the early 1960s, professors at New Jersey's Douglass College for women recognized the need for art students to become acquainted with some of the most cutting-edge ideas of the time. At long last, the extraordinary history of how this college fostered the growth of such celebrated artists as Alice Aycock, Jackie Winsor, and Joan Snyder is being thoroughly recounted by esteemed art historian Joan Marter, who analyzes Douglass's important contributions to the arts at Rutgers University, where she taught from 1977 to 2016." -- Robert Hobbs * author of Alice Aycock, Sculpture and Projects *"In Women Artists on the Leading Edge, Joan Marter tells the fascinating account of how Douglass College's visual artists' receptivity to the explosive spirit of experimentation in the 1950s and 1960s had a profound impact both on students and contemporary art. Inviting renowned artistic pioneers to teach, visit, or perform galvanized students' artistic ambitions. Dr. Marter's narrative about Douglass College, to which she made many contributions, is engrossing as cultural history. This book's recollections of creative growth by former students forms an institutional history of the confluence of interdisciplinary arts, feminist values, and innovative pedagogy in stimulating achievements by women" -- Suzaan Boettger * author of Earthworks, Art and the Landscape of the Sixties *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 Visual Arts Faculty at Douglas College Interview with Geoffrey Hendricks Interview with Roy Lichtenstein Part 2 Alice Aycock Loretta Dunkelman Kirsten Kraa Frances Tannenbaum Kuehn Linda Lindroth Marion Munk Rita Myers Mimi Smith Joan Snyder Ann Tsubota Jackie Winsor Interview with Alice Aycock Interview with Letty Lou Eisenhauer Interview with Mimi Smith Part 3 The Women Artists Series at Douglass College Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series at 21 Years Exhibitions at the Walters Hall Art Gallery, Douglass College Conclusion Bibliography Acknowledgments About the Author Index
£33.00
Ohio State University Press The Real Life of the Parthenon
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£15.26
Ohio State University Press A Theology of Sense
Book SynopsisScott Dill''s A Theology of Sense: John Updike, Embodiment, and Late Twentieth-Century American Literature brings together theology, aesthetics, and the body, arguing that Updike, a central figure in post-1945 American literature, deeply embeds in his work questions of the body and the senses with questions of theology. Dill offers new understandings not only of the work of Updike-which is importantly being revisited since the author''s death in 2009-but also new understandings of the relationship between aesthetics, religion, and physical experience.Dill explores Updike''s unique literary legacy in order to argue for a genuinely postsecular theory of aesthetic experience. Each chapter takes up one of the five senses and its relation to broader theoretical concerns: affect, subjectivity, ontology, ethics, and theology. While placing Updike''s work in relation to other late twentieth-century American writers, Dill explains their notions
£24.65
Taylor & Francis Inc A Working Costume Designers Guide to Fit
Book SynopsisA Working Costume Designerâs Guide to Fit explores the concept of fit in theatrical costumes â what it is, how to assess it, and how to achieve it.Being able to assess whether a costume fits or not is a learned skill, which takes practice as well as information about what the fit standards are for different types of garments. Filled with detailed step-by-step illustrations, this book provides all the knowledge readers will need in order to achieve the perfect fit for their costumes, including: How costumes can support actors onstage when they fit correctly How to take measurements and how to assess them How to conduct a fitting and what materials are needed How to resolve a number of issues that may arise during a fitting How to fit a mockup test garment in preparation for building a costume from scratch How to adjust a garment or mockup to fit better Chapters 8-14 also explore different categories of garments and discuss how to check them against the wearerâs measurements before trying them on, what the standards of fit are for each category, and how to fit an existing garment.This is an essential guide for students of Costume Design courses and professional costume designers of any experience level.Table of Contents1. "Fit" and Why It Matters 2. Measurements 3. Obtaining Garments for Costume Use 4. Preparing to Conduct a Fitting 5. Standards of Good Fit 6. General Method for a Fitting 7. Interpreting What You See 8. Bodices 9. Sleeves 10. Tailored Shirts and Blouses 11. Suit Jackets, Sports Coats, Blazers, and Period Indoor Coats 12. Fitted Garments without a Waistline Seam 13. Skirts 14. Trousers and Jeans
£27.51
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Rudolf Laban Routledge Performance Practitioners
Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Rudolf Laban was one of the leading dance theorists of the twentieth century. His work on dance analysis and notation raised the status of dance as both an art form and a scholarly discipline.
£36.99
Taylor & Francis Design and Nature
Book SynopsisOrganised as a dialogue between nature and design, this book explores design ideas, opportunities, visions and practices through relating and uncovering experience of the natural world.Presented as an edited collection of 25 wide-ranging short chapters, the book explores the possibility of new relations between design and nature, beyond human mastery and understandings of nature as resource and by calling into question the longstanding role for design as agent of capitalism. The book puts forward ways in which design can form partnerships with living species and examines designers' capacities for direct experience, awe, integrated relationships and new ways of knowing. It covers: New design ethics of care Indigenous perspectives Prototyping with nature Methods for new design and nature relations A history of design and nature Animist beliefs De-centering human-centered design Understanding nature has power and agencyTable of ContentsIntro SECTION I: Lying: Lying down to receive A Shift of Attention "Towards…. Something More Liveable" A Moth Journey. An Unexpected Rapport: Mushrooms, a Designer + Everyone Else Sitting in Trees Co-creating with a Tick SECTION II: Sitting: Sitting to open dialogue Hybrids. Others/Selfies Poem: ‘Zoology’ Narrating the Impression. Thick Description Through Visualisations – Towards New Representations of Nature Learning from Harakeke — Towards a Network for Textile Design in Aotearoa New Zealand Becoming-with Vegetal: Sympoietic Design Practice with Plant Partners To Name is to Value Design and Nature: A History Part one: Foundation Part two: Ecological Design as Mastery Part three: Bio this...and Bio that Part four: Moving Forward SECTION III: Standing: Standing to achieve a view Short-comings and Vulner-abilities Living Landfill Design and Nature as Seen through Fur: Systems of Manipulation and Care Bully Goes Fishing Dirty design (or A bloody mess) - In celebration of life affirming design SECTION IV: Walking: Walking to move Earthbond Prototyping, a Method for Designers to Deepen Connections to Nature Design Students in Sustainable Systems Design on the Wing: Collaborative Work with Nature We Become Gardeners After All. A Nourishing Dialogue with the Material Environment The Poetics of Cultural Landscapes through Ecological Wisdom Antarctica SE3: a Conversation on Designing with Care Folding In Conclusion
£37.99
Taylor & Francis Inc Theory for Todays Musician Textbook
Book SynopsisTheory for Todayâs Musician, Third Edition, recasts the scope of the traditional music theory course to meet the demands of the professional music world, in a style that speaks directly and engagingly to todayâs music student. It uses classical, folk, popular, and jazz repertoires with clear explanations that link music theory to musical applications. The authors help prepare students by not only exploring how music theory works in art music, but how it functions within modern music, and why this knowledge will help them become better composers, music teachers, performers, and recording engineers.This broadly comprehensive text merges traditional topics such as part writing and harmony (diatonic, chromatic, neo-tonal and atonal), with less traditional topics such as counterpoint and musical process, and includes the non-traditional topics of popular music songwriting, jazz harmony and the blues. The accompanying companion website provides interactive exercises that aTable of ContentsPART ONE: IN LIEU OF FUNDAMENTALS / 1 Assorted Preliminaries / 2 Intervals / PART TWO: DIATONIC HARMONY / 3 Basic Harmonic Structures /4 Musical Shorthand: Lead Sheets and Figured Bass / 5 Harmonies of the Major and Minor Scales / 6 Cadences/Harmonic Rhythm / PART THREE: MELODY / 7 Melodic Pitch and Rhythm /8 Embellishing Tones / 9 Melodic Form /PART FOUR: VOICE LEADING / 10 Melodic Principles of Part Writing: The Outer-Voice Framework / 11 The Melodic Factor in Four-Voice Part Writing: Voicing and Connecting Chords / 12 The Chorale: Part Writing with Root-Position Triads /13 Part Writing with Triads in Inversion / 14 Part Writing Seventh Chords / PART FIVE: BASIC CHROMATIC HARMONY / 15 Secondary Function I / 16 Secondary Function II / 17 Modulation I / PART SIX: COUNTERPOINT / 18 The Art of Countermelody /19 The Fugue /PART SEVEN: ADVANCED CHROMATIC HARMONY /20 Mixing Modes / 21 Altered Pre-Dominants / 22 Other Chromatic Harmonies /23 Modulation II /24 Harmonic Extensions and Chromatic Techniques / PART EIGHT: FORM / 25 Binary and Ternary Forms /26 Sonata Form /27 The Rondo / PART NINE: MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEYOND / 28 Syntax and Vocabulary / 29 New Tonal Methods / 30 Non-Serial Atonality / 31 Serial Atonality /32 Harmonic Principles in Jazz / 33 The Blues / 34 Shaping a Song / Appendix A: Pitch / Appendix B: Rhythm / Appendix C: Lead-Sheet Symbols / Appendix D: Part Writing Guidelines
£105.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Bertolt Brecht
Book SynopsisBertolt Brechtâs methods of collective experimentation, and his unique framing of the theatrical event as a forum for change, placed him among the most important contributors to the theory and practice of theatre. His work continues to have a signiïcant impact on performance practitioners, critics and teachers alike. Now revised and reissued, this book combines: an overview of the key periods in Brechtâs life and work a clear explanation of his key theories, including the renowned ideas of Gestus and Verfremdung an account of his groundbreaking 1954 production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle an in-depth analysis of his practical exercises and rehearsal methods. As a ïrst step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are an invaluable resource for students and scholars.Trade Review'This is a very useful volume which goes far beyond its ambit as a mere introduction. It offers novel, perceptive, and enlivening insights into the very practical concerns a student may have about Brecht without dismissing the theories as irrelevant appendages to the plays.' - Modern Language Review 'What makes Meg Mumford's new text, Bertolt Brecht, a 'must have' - especially for secondary educators and theatre students - is that here, all these angles are concisely drawn together with an accessible tone and structure, and with pithy key points of analysis... This book exhibits depth as well as clarity... This is a thorough, informative read for theatre educators and students, and a great read in terms of an illustrated twentieth-century life story.' - M/C Reviews'Mumford offers brilliant explanations of difficult Brechtian theoretical concepts' - Choice'Meg Mumford covers ample ground with a sure footedness that has left this reviewer smiling with delight. A wish to demystify Brecht, to prise him out of the political or literary clutches of the jargonists, has motivated my teaching for more than thirty years, but I never managed it as effectively as this.' - Studies in Theatre Production'... Brecht’s changing and contradictory writings on Gestus and Verfremdung are successfully explored within the context of her fascinating case study of the 1954 production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle ...'- New Theatre Quarterly, Tom Cantrell'The book can be highly recommended to students new to Brecht, and also to teachers: I found the practical workshop worked brilliantly with a group of first year undergraduates in what was for many their first practical exploration of Brecht’s work.'- New Theatre Quarterly, Tom Cantrell‘Mumford achieves a rare clarity and specificity in her discussions of Gestus and Verfremdung ...’ - The Brecht Yearbook, Julie JacksonTable of Contents1. A LIFE OF FLUX Which Brecht? On the make: from Bavaria to Berlin (1898–1924) Changing the world: Weimar politics (1924–33) On the run: exile in Europe and America (1933–47) Building a collective: Brecht in the GDR (1947–56) Brecht today? 2. BRECHT’S KEY THEORIES Brecht in dialogue Brecht’s key concerns Getting the gist of Gestus Verfremdung and V-effects Historicization: questioning the present through the past The modern theatre is the epic theatre Dialectics in the theatre Brecht’s socialist realism: imitation meets experimentation Conclusion 3. THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE: A MODEL PRODUCTION Prologue: a model A historicizing epic A Berliner Ensemble show Epilogue: ‘The proof of the pudding is in the eating’ 4. PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND WORKSHOP Preparing for spectActorship Section One: remembering exercises from the past Section Two: a workshop for Brechtians Conclusion
£36.99
Syracuse University Press The Grandest Madison Square Garden
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLeaving no stone—or brick—unturned she weaves together every tantalizing aspect of the creation of Stanford White’s magnificent Madison Square Garden. I found this in-depth work by Suzanne Hinman quite remarkable. Hinman’s skillful narrative hand, sense of structure, and the incredible amount of historical detail she weaves into every chapter make a wonderful book for anyone who enjoys a great read. What a splendid book! This scholarly history of the second Madison Square Garden (1890-1925) provides an important addition to the story of New York City Gilded Age architecture, entertainment, and popular culture. This building, it must be noted, lasted only a few years. In a rapidly changing city, this Palace of Pleasure was torn down to make way for a great Cathedral of Insurance. Thus, this book is especially rich in expanding our knowledge of the work of the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The author has read widely and presents her findings in highly readable prose. This is a book for scholars and lay readers alike. A detailed and wide-ranging account of the Gilded Age from its picaresque characters, social choreography, and cultural preferences to its volatile economy, favorite restaurants, and even construction technology, with Stanford White and his beloved Madison Square Garden at the center of it all. Hinman observes the complex lives of her subjects with assurance in this accessible study that will appeal to readers interested in late 19th-century American architecture and sculpture, New York City, and LGBTQ history. Hinman uses the construction of the second Madison Square Garden as an armature upon which to hang a depiction of the Gilded Age. The Grandest Madison Square Garden will appeal to a wide audience. It tells an inherently fascinating story and does so with evident enthusiasm. Ought to be in collections devoted to New York City, the Gilded Age, architecture, art, and entertainment history. . . . Highly Recommended.
£20.66
Syracuse University Press The People of the Book and the Camera
Book SynopsisOffers a pioneering study of the unique nexus between literature and photography in the works of Hebrew authors. Exploring the use of photography - both as a textual element and through the inclusion of actual images - Amihay shows how the presence of visual elements in a textual work of fiction has a powerful subversive function.
£27.50
Facts On File Inc Career Ideas for Teens in the Arts and
Book SynopsisProvides information for teens interested in the arts and communications. This book profiles 36 jobs in this field, which span across many different industries. It includes Actor; Animator; Choreographer; Development director; Editor; Film director; Journalist; Lobbyist; Photographer; Scriptwriter; Technical writer; Webmaster; and more.
£16.95
Facts On File Inc Art Fergusons Careers in Focus
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£31.30
Photography
Book SynopsisProfiles 20 careers for young professionals interested in the field of photography. This title covers such job profiles as: archivists; camera operators; conservators and conservation technicians; exhibit designers; fashion photographers; film and television editors; graphic designers; photography instructors; photojournalists; and, more.
£28.01
University of Arizona Press Beyond the Reach of Time and Change Native
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£32.21
University of Minnesota Press The Rent of Form
Book SynopsisThe Rent of Form: Architecture and Labor in the Digital Age was first published in a different form in the original Portuguese as Arquitetura na era digital-financeira: desenho, canteiro e renda da forma (Saao Paolo, Brazil: Editora 34 Ltdsa., 2012).Trade Review"In this story, all is extraction, and the construction site is like a mine for the primary accumulation of symbolic capital. Form becomes function not in any useful way, but as a locus of value, forcing signifier and signified together through the raw power of the command: measure this and make this, in this way."—Reinhold Martin, from the Foreword"This timely translation of Pedro Fiori Arantes’s book into English explores the political and aesthetic dilemmas of contemporary architecture practice and theory from an opportune viewpoint. Firstly, it speaks from the South of the globalized world by entering and leaving conventional Western discourses. Secondly, it stems out of a little-known yet commanding line of historical-materialist criticism of architecture shaped up in Brazil since the 1970s, especially at the University of São Paulo. The Rent of Form sheds light onto obscured aspects of architectural production as well as onto the challenges that continue to tie it to unequal economic and social practices."—Zeuler Lima, Washington University in St. LouisTable of ContentsIntroduction · Stars of ExceptionChapter 1 · The Forms of RentChapter 2 · Programmed DesignChapter 3 · One to One: Full Scale Construction SiteConclusion -The New FrontierDistribution of MedalsThe End of the Era of Excesses?The Green WaveAnnexe Architecture in ReviewBibliographic References
£74.25
University of Alabama Press Ceramic Petrography and Hopewell Interaction
Book SynopsisPetrography is the minute examination by microscope of rock and mineral samples for the purpose of determining precisely their mineralogical composition. In this groundbreaking work, James B. Stoltman applies quantitative as well as qualitative methods to petrography of Native American ceramics.
£51.00
The University of Alabama Press Alabama Creates 200 Years of Art and Artists
Book SynopsisA visually rich survey of two hundred years of Alabama fine arts and artists. The works of art included in this volume have all emerged from a distinctive milieu that has nourished the creation of powerful visual expressions, statements that are both universal and indigenous.Trade ReviewAlabama artists have helped contextualize the state as a place that is embracing its past while visualizing its future. Artists such as the internationally hailed quiltmakers of Gee's Bend, public artist Rick Lowe, painters Jack Whitten and Thornton Dial, and photographer Carolyn Sherer have portrayed a richer understanding of Alabama that is appreciated not only by those of us who live here but also by the nation in general. Alabama would not have the exposure or the expanded worldview that are so apparent without the work of the visual artists who have helped us reveal the complexity, diversity, and multifaceted nature of our populations and our state. Alabama artists help us define who we are and what home is."" - From the introduction by Gail C. AndrewsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface by Al Head Introduction by Gail C. Andrews Part I. Prehistory to 1868 Chapter 1. William Frye Chapter 2. John Lehman Chapter 3. Nicola Marschall Chapter 4. S. Phillip Romer Chapter 5. William Carroll Saunders Chapter 6. Edward Troye Part II. 1869–1918 Chapter 7. Lucille Sinclair Douglass Chapter 8. Anne Goldthwaite Chapter 9. Louise Lyons Heustis Chapter 10. Mary Morgan Keipp Chapter 11. Giuseppe Moretti Chapter 12. Clara Weaver Parrish Chapter 13. Lois Slosson Sundberg Chapter 14. Maria Howard Weeden Part III. 1919–1968 Chapter 15. Frank Hartley Anderson Chapter 16. Frank Woodberry Applebee Chapter 17. Virginia Barnes Chapter 18. Richard Blauvelt Coe Chapter 19. Frank Engle Chapter 20. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald Chapter 21. John Kelly Fitzpatrick Chapter 22. Crawford Gillis Chapter 23. Isaac Scott Hathaway Chapter 24. Draffus Lamar Hightower Chapter 25. Carrie Hill Chapter 26. John Lapsley Chapter 27. John Roderick Dempster MacKenzie Chapter 28. James ""Spider"" Martin Chapter 29. Geneva Mercer Chapter 30. Carlos Alpha ""Shiney"" Moon Chapter 31. Charles Moore Chapter 32. Ann Weaver Norton Chapter 33. Prentice Herman Polk Chapter 34. Alvin Conrad Sella Chapter 35. Charles Shannon Chapter 36. William Spratling Chapter 37. Arthur Stewart Chapter 38. Maltby Sykes Chapter 39. Bill Traylor Chapter 40. John Augustus Walker Chapter 41. Kathryn Tucker Windham Chapter 42. Richard Zoellner Part IV. 1969–2019 Chapter 43. Butch Anthony Chapter 44. Arthur L. Bacon Chapter 45. Pinky/MM Bass Chapter 46. Mozell Benson Chapter 47. Cal Breed Chapter 48. Jerry Brown Chapter 49. Roger Brown Chapter 50. Gay Burke Chapter 51. Richmond Burton Chapter 52. Gary Chapman Chapter 53. William Andrew Christenberry Jr. Chapter 54. Chip Cooper Chapter 55. Thornton Dial Chapter 56. Casey Downing Jr. Chapter 57. Nora Ezell Chapter 58. Howard Finster Chapter 59. Frank Fleming Chapter 60. Robert Lawrence ""Larry"" Godwin Chapter 61. Darius Hill Chapter 62. Lonnie Holley Chapter 63. Dale Kennington Chapter 64. Bettye Kimbrell Chapter 65. Janice Kluge Chapter 66. Simmie Knox Chapter 67. Cam Langley Chapter 68. Dale Lewis Chapter 69. Rick Lowe Chapter 70. Charlie Lucas Chapter 71. Kerry James Marshall Chapter 72. Dean Mosher Chapter 73. Nall Chapter 74. James Emmette Neel Chapter 75. David Parrish Chapter 76. Stephen Rolfe Powell Chapter 77. Noah Purifoy Chapter 78. Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend Chapter 79. Sonja Rieger Chapter 80. Guadalupe Lanning Robinson Chapter 81. Carolyn Sherer Chapter 82. Jerry Siegel Chapter 83. Charles Smith Chapter 84. Melissa Springer Chapter 85. Scott Stephens Chapter 86. Jimmy Lee Sudduth Chapter 87. Nina Gail Thrower Chapter 88. Mose Tolliver Chapter 89. Craig R. Wedderspoon Chapter 90. Yvonne Wells Chapter 91. Myrtice West Chapter 92. Jack Whitten Chapter 93. Hugh O. Williams Chapter 94. Evan Wilson Contributing Authors Where to see Visual Art in Alabama Resources to Learn More about Alabama Visual Arts and Artists Books and Exhibition Catalogues
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The University of Alabama Press The Cosmos Revealed Precontact Mississippian Rock
Book SynopsisContaining more than 130 paintings and engravings, Painted Bluff is perhaps the most elaborate prehistoric pictograph site east of the Mississippi River. This volume provides the first complete description and interpretation of one of the most important archaeological sites in eastern North America.Trade ReviewThe Cosmos Revealed is a landmark synthesis of one of the Native South's most unusual and intriguing archaeological sites. The authors provide a richly detailed account of this rock art complex, including its history, preservation, and meaning." - Thomas J. Pluckhahn, author of Kolomoki: Settlement, Ceremony, and Status in the Deep South"Provides extremely thorough, state-of-the-art research on a well-known and very important site by providing a detailed empirical account, combined with a well-supported and logical symbolic interpretation." - David S. Whitely, author of Cave Paintings and the Human Spirit: The Origin of Creativity and BeliefTable of Contents Foreword by LaDonna Brown Acknowledgments Introduction: Painted Bluff and the Power of Place 1. Historical Background of Painted Bluff 2. The Geology and Archaeology of Painted Bluff 3. Methods for Documenting the Painted Bluff Rock Art 4. The Rock Art of Painted Bluff 5. Rock Art Stratigraphy at Painted Bluff 6. Ancient Paint Recipes at Painted Bluff 7. The Tennessee Valley Authority Management of Painted Bluff 8. Graffiti Removal at Painted Bluff 9. Materializing the Natural and Spiritual Worlds at Painted Bluff References Cited Index
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The University of Alabama Press Imperfect Fit Aesthetic Function Facture and Perception in Art and Writing Since 1950 Modern Contemporary Poetics
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The University of Alabama Press Indians Playing Indian
Book SynopsisEach chapter of Indians Playing Indian showcases a different medium of contemporary indigenous art and explores specific rhetorical strategies artists deploy to forestall multicultural misrecognition and recover political meanings of indigeneity.
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Wesleyan University Press Anarchy New York CityJanuary 1998
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University of Georgia Press Historic Rural Churches of Georgia
Book SynopsisPresents forty-seven early houses of worship from all areas of Georgia. Nearly three hundred stunning colour photographs capture the simple elegance of these sanctuaries and their surrounding grounds and cemeteries.
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University of Georgia Press Introduction to Housing
Book SynopsisThis foundational text for understanding housing, housing design, homeownership, housing policy, special topics in housing, and housing in a global context has been comprehensively revised to reflect the changed housing situation in the United States during and after the Great Recession and its subsequent movements toward recovery.Table of Contents Editors’ Introduction to Introduction to Housing, second edition SECTION I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Current Trends in the U.S. Housing Market Chapter 2. Influences on Housing Choice SECTION II: HOUSING DESIGN Chapter 3. Kitchen and Bathroom Design Chapter 4. Single-Family Residential Design Chapter 5. Multifamily Residential Design Chapter 6. Universal Design in Housing SECTION III: HOME OWNERSHIP Chapter 7. Home Buying and Homeownership Chapter 8. The Housing Finance Industry Chapter 9. Renting Chapter 10. Housing Affordability Chapter 11. Homelessness SECTION IV: HOUSING POLICY Chapter 12. Housing and Community Chapter 13. Neighborhood Amenities Chapter 14. Federal Housing Policy Chapter 15. The Great Recession SECTION V: SPECIAL TOPICS IN HOUSING Chapter 16. Housing and Racial and Ethnic Diversity Chapter 17. Housing and Aging Chapter 18. Home Environments and Health Chapter 19. Sustainable Housing Chapter 20. Housing and Disasters SECTION VI: HOUSING IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT Chapter 21. Housing in Asia Chapter 22. Housing in Europe Chapter 23. Housing in Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter 24. Housing in Africa Chapter 25. Global Housing Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
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University of Georgia Press Dynamic Design
Book SynopsisDetails Jay Hambidge and Mary Crovatt Hambidge’s cross-cultural and cross-historical explorations and examines their lasting contributions to twentieth-century art and cultural history.
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Little, Brown & Company Examples
Book SynopsisA MASTER CLASS WITH AMERICA’S MOST CELEBRATED PHOTOGRAPHER 'How did you make this photograph?' This is a question that Ansel Adams was asked repeatedly throughout his lifetime. In Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs, Adams shares the circumstances surrounding the creation of many of his most celebrated images. Each classic photograph is superbly reproduced and accompanied by an entertaining and informative narrative that combines his own reminiscences of people and places with precise recall of technical details and aesthetic considerations. Readers will be fascinated by the personal side of the text, which includes a great deal of history and anecdote, including appearances by Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Weston, and other notable figures such as Edwin Land of Polaroid. Pondering these essays conjures the sense of standing by Adams’ side during some of the most pivotal and profound creative moments of his life in photography—a master class with the legendary artist. The specific technical information on camera and lens, filters, exposure times, developing, and printing provided in each example illustrates his approach and methods, and will help amateurs and professionals alike to advance their photography. Through this case study approach, Adams’ philosophy of craft and creativity unfolds; his credos of visualization, image management, and the Zone System are demonstrated; and the colorful story of a lifetime devoted to photography is revealed.Trade ReviewAdams explains the why and how some of his most famous photographs. Reading the book is like taking a short intensive course with Ansel himself. * NEW YORK TIMES *... this is the one we've all been waiting for... Whether you're a professional photographer, an advanced amateur or simply an appreciator of fine art, EXAMPLES is a must. * SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS *As he talks about his work, you'll find Ansel the most informative and entertaining of guides... * POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY *
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Ohio University Press Outside the Ordinary
Book SynopsisOutside the Ordinary introduces audiences to sixtyseven masterworks selected from the Nancy and David Wolf Collection, carefully documented and photographed in full color.
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Ohio University Press Reflections
Book SynopsisThis book adds a novel and provocative element to the library of art museum collection catalogs, featuring selected works from the museum's collection and concise essays by scholars of art who reflect on respond to the distinctive aspects of each work.
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Ohio University Press Textile Orientalisms
Book SynopsisThe first major study of Cashmere and Paisley shawls in nineteenth-century British literature, this book shows how they came to represent both high fashion and the British Empire.During the late eighteenth century, Cashmere shawls from the Indian subcontinent began arriving in Britain. At first, these luxury goods were tokens of wealth and prestige. Subsequently, affordable copies known as Paisley shawls were mass-produced in British factories, most notably in the Scottish town of the same name. Textile Orientalisms is the first full-length study of these shawls in British literature of the extended nineteenth century. Attentive to the juxtaposition of objects and their descriptions, the book analyzes the British obsession with Indian shawls through a convergence of postcolonial, literary, and cultural theories. Surveying a wide range of materialsplays, poems, satires, novels, advertisements, and archival sourcesSuchitra Choudhury argues that while Cashmere and PaTrade ReviewFrom diplomatic gift to fashion trend, literary trope to colonialism’s violent accessory, the cashmere shawl is the star of Textile Orientalisms. Expertly weaving historical and literary sources, Suchitra Choudhury spins a vibrant tale of this culturally rich textile, intertwining the object and its many soft powers with British Empire scholarship. -- Susan Hiner, author of Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century FranceSuchitra Choudhury weaves together entangled histories and discovers that the humble shawl is in fact a powerful symbol of empire, trade, industry, class, gender, design, and fashion, as well as being a symbol of identity, authenticity, family, and belonging. -- Leonie Bell, director, Victoria and Albert Museum DundeeA magisterial exploration…. Suchitra Choudhury has dug deeply in the archives of British India to reveal the shawl’s multiple meanings as a desired fashion accessory and orientalist icon. Linking the fashion system to imperial governance, gender and class insurrection, her book demonstrates that despite its privileged place at the heart of British domesticity, the ‘old Cashmere shawl’ possessed an uncanny power to disturb and disrupt. An important, original, and long-awaited contribution to the literary study of British India. -- Nigel Leask, author of Stepping Westward: Writing the Highland Tour, c.1720-1830The definitive work on the subject of Cashmere and Paisley shawls in all of their intricate significances within eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English history and fiction. -- Deborah Denenholz Morse, Sara E. Nance Professor of English, College of William & MaryAn original and arresting piece of scholarship…. With its broad range, it should find a wide readership among those interested in fashion and the novel, literary critics, and cultural and imperial historians alike. -- Kate Teltscher, author of India Inscribed: European and British Writing on India, 1600–1800An impressive and extensive study on the cashmere shawl in British literature, anatomizing it as both a valuable commodity and a rich metaphor in literature. Suchitra Choudhury’s work is unique in denoting the shawl’s significance in both feminine and masculine experiences, and the manifold interpretations it engendered, creating ‘a “grammar” of consumption’ across gender and imperial discourses….It would be very useful for students of fashion, Victorian, and material culture studies, as well as suitable for the general reading public. * Fashion Theory *This beautifully illustrated and engagingly written monograph surveys a wide range of materials including poems, plays, novels, and artistic and illustrative material.... [W]hat this book does exceptionally well is highlight and hold in balance the many competing discourses that surrounded Cashmere and imitation shawls in Britain during this period. Drawing upon the literary shawl as both a locus, representative, and even occasionally a tool of empire, Choudhury’s engaging monograph sets up and excitingly explores "the interface between Britain and India during the colonial period." * British Association for Victorian Studies Newsletter *
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Duke University Press Shades of Black
Book SynopsisIn the 1980s - at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities - the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British culture irreversibly. This volume presents a history of that movement.Trade Review“Shades of Black is a remarkable document of creative thinking and archival importance. The editors have brought to life a decade rich in artistic experimentation and collaboration, which will shape the vision of artists and thinkers across generations and geographies.”—Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature, Harvard University“Shades of Black is an invaluable text for anyone and everyone in diaspora studies, cultural studies, and comparative British and American studies and for historians and critics of visual art. It brings together a wide range of visual art with a superb collection of essays that set the historical and critical context for understanding one of the most vibrant moments in art history.”—Hazel V. Carby, author of Cultures in Babylon: Black Britain and African America“The explosion of creativity and the critical debates on black culture that emerged in Britain in the 1980s transformed reigning assumptions about black art around the world. This collection is an important effort to assess the work of that period and its lasting impact.”—Coco Fusco, interdisciplinary artist and Associate Professor of Visual Arts, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsShades of Black: Assembling the 1980s / David A. Bailey, Ian Baucom, and Sonia Boyce xi Part One. Texts Assembling the 1980s: The Deluge—and After / Stuart Hall 1 The Success and Failure of the Black Arts Movement / Rasheed Araeen 21 Wait, Did I Miss Something? Some Personal Musings on the 1980s and Beyond / Keith Piper 35 Inside the Invisible: For/Getting Strategy / Lubaina Himid 41 Iconography after Identity / Kobena Mercer 49 A to Y (Entries for an Inventory of Dented "I"s) / susan pui san lok 59 On Becoming at Artist: Algerian, African, Arab, Muslim, French and Black British? A Dialogue of Visibility / Zineb Sedira in collaboration with Jawad Al-Nawab 67 CoRespondents / Young Soon Min and Allan deSouza 77 Triangular Trades: Late-Twentieth-Century "Black" Art and Transatlantic Cultural Commerce / Judith Wilson 89 Collaborative Projects: Toward a More Inclusive Practice / Dawoud Bey 103 Why Asia Now? Contemporary Asian Art and the Politics of Multiculturalism / Stan Abe 109 Choices for Black Arts in Britain over Thirty Years / Naseem Khan 115 A Case of Mistaken Identity / Gilane Tawadros 123 Color Plates 133 Part Two. The Conference Conference Papers and Speakers 166 Dialogues / Jean Fisher 167 Part Three. Time Lines Introduction / Adelaide Bannerman 199 Time Lines 210 Part Four. Recommended Readings Introduction / Leon Wainwright 307 Histories and Positions 309 Visual Practices 312 Exhibitions and Displays 314 Institutions, Policies, and Reports 316 Contributors 319 Acknowledgments 327 Index 329
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Duke University Press A Different Light
Book SynopsisThis is the first full critical study of the work of the popular documentary photographer SebastiãoSalgado. Nair explores all the stages of Salgado's work, including the recent more ecological subjects, showing its planetary commitments.Trade Review“Through exhaustive research on Salgado's work, Nair raises critical questions on ethics, politics, history, photography, and aesthetics. . . . Particularly poignant are the intimate conversations among Nair, Salgado, and his wife, Lélia, which add tremendous clarity to Salgado's worldview. Highly recommended for fans of Salgado's work and for those interested in photojournalism, documentary photography, and global humanitarian issues.” - Shauna Frischkorn, Library Journal“[A]dvance[s] a perceptive, penetrating understanding of social and natural discord encoded in the photographs.” - Giovanna L. Costantini, Leonardo Reviews“[T]his treatise is useful for its focus on Salgado and its contribution to the search for answers about the ongoing presence of what often seems an unsolvable but significant concern. Nair's book highlights another central core within Salgado's ongoing visual investigation: the varying relationship(s) between humans and the land. . . . Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers.” - C. Chiarenza, Choice“This work constitutes, to my knowledge, the first book-length study of the Brazilian documentarist’s work, and as such it represents a significant contribution to Latin American scholarship on photography and beyond—to visual cultural studies writ large. The author effortlessly ranges across aesthetic theory, Latin American historiography, and postcolonial criticism, as well as theories of photography, in addressing her subject.” - Jorge Coronado, The Americas“One need not be familiar with photographer Sebastião Salgado in order to uncover something innovative about visual studies within Parvati Nair’s biography. . . . . Nair effectively compares and contrasts Salgado to other influential photographers across time and place . . . while at the same time confronting both his detractors and fans through a theoretical lens.” - Bree Akesson, Visual Studies“The importance of Salgado as a photographer is indisputable, he is the curator of chiaroscuro, and it is remarkable that Parvati Nair’s A Different Light is the first full-length study of him to appear in print. Her book offers an interdisciplinary overview of his work.” - Sean Sheehan, Dublin Review of Books“A superb book on the most important photographer in the world today, A Different Light cuts a very wide swath: critical photojournalism, humanitarian documentation, political aesthetics, visual epistemology and historiography, representational theory, documentary ethics, the colonial gaze, the Frankfurt School, Latin America, Africa, the place of still photography in a rapidly moving world, ecology, art, profit, and concern. This is the book that the photography of Sebastião Salgado deserves.”—John Mraz, author of Looking for Mexico: Modern Visual Culture and National Identity“An excellent study! Parvati Nair simultaneously places the work of Sebastião Salgado within broader contexts and illuminates contemporary debates on aesthetics, ethics, and photodocumentary, with welcome emphasis on perspectives from the Global South. A must-read for all those concerned with photographs as visible evidence.”—Liz Wells, Plymouth University, United Kingdom“[A]dvance[s] a perceptive, penetrating understanding of social and natural discord encoded in the photographs.” -- Giovanna L. Costantini * Leonardo Reviews *“[T]his treatise is useful for its focus on Salgado and its contribution to the search for answers about the ongoing presence of what often seems an unsolvable but significant concern. Nair's book highlights another central core within Salgado's ongoing visual investigation: the varying relationship(s) between humans and the land. . . . Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers.” -- C. Chiarenza * Choice *“Through exhaustive research on Salgado's work, Nair raises critical questions on ethics, politics, history, photography, and aesthetics. . . Particularly poignant are the intimate conversations among Nair, Salgado, and his wife, Lélia, which add tremendous clarity to Salgado's worldview. Highly recommended for fans of Salgado's work and for those interested in photojournalism, documentary photography, and global humanitarian issues.” -- Shauna Frischkorn * Library Journal *“Nair's study is excellent because of its documentary quality. She interviews Salgado and his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, as to their projects and the contexts of their work and she is careful to discuss in depth the controversies surrounding his work and the museological issues associated with the privileged exhibition of misery and poverty. Because it is so meticulously documented, the reader has access to an excellent understanding of the Salgado project.” -- David William Foster * Luso-Brazilian Review *“With English language studies on Brazilian photography and photographers relatively scarce, A Different Light makes an important and very welcome contribution to the field.” -- Alice L. Allen * Bulletin of Hispanic Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Photo-Trajectory 1 1. The Moving Lens: Abiding Concerns and Photographic Projects 49 2. Engaging Photography: Between the Aesthetic and the Documentary 119 3. Eye Witness: On Photography and Historiography 167 4. Just Regard: On Photography, Aesthetics, and Ethics 217 5. The Practice of Photography: Toward a Polity of the Planet 264 Notes 315 Bibliography 341 Index 351
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