History of art Books
Publishing Print Matters The Artist in the Garden The Quest for Moses
Book SynopsisLike Monet, who was his first inspiration, Moses Tladi was a gardener and an artist. It is not known how he encountered Herbert Read, but in the mid 1920's he found employment in Johannesburg as gardener to Read. Read took Tladi under his wing, and introduced him to the collector and philanthropist Howard Pim. This book tells his story.
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Publishing Print Matters ARTIST IN THE GARDEN The quest for Moses Tladi
Book SynopsisLike Monet, who was his first inspiration, Moses Tladi was a gardener and an artist. It is not known how he encountered Herbert Read, but in the mid 1920's he found employment in Johannesburg as gardener to Read. Read took Tladi under his wing, and introduced him to the collector and philanthropist Howard Pim. This book tells his story.
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PictureBox Inc Mythtym
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Esopus Esopus
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Esopus Esopus 15 Television
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PictureBox Inc Mens Group The Video
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Errant Bodies Surface Tension Supplement No 5 Beyond Utopia
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PictureBox Inc Yield to Temptation
Book SynopsisA unique collection of artwork from Todd James.
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Yale University Press An Intimate Art 12 Books of Hours for 2012
Book SynopsisBooks of Hours are probably the most famous of all medieval illuminated manuscripts. Presented here are 12 Books of Hours that date from the origins of the genre in the 13th century to its eclipse in the 16th century.
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Errant Bodies In Place Audio Issues
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Esopus Esopus 24 Spring 2017
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David Zwirner Michael Riedel Oskar
Book SynopsisOver the past decade, German artist Michael Riedel has incorporated a wide range of media into his practice, including large-scale works on canvas, fabric works, film and video, audio recordings, installations, and events. A central focus of his work is the publishing and production of artist’s books, catalogues, brochures, posters, and cards. In 2000, Riedel and Dennis Loesch launched a collaborative project in an abandoned building in Frankfurt. Using the building’s address—Oskar-von-Miller Strasse 16—as the name for their new space, they created an experimental laboratory where they restaged cultural events held at other locations throughout the city, effectively duplicating them in space and time. Occasionally, these re-presented events—which included book readings, film screenings, art exhibitions, and music concerts—were hosted on the same night as the actual event elsewhere in the city, but mostly, they were presented days or weeks after the o
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Pioneer Works Notes on My Dunce Cap
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Primary Information Darren Bader 77 AndOr 58 AndOr 19
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Primary Information Rick Myers A Bullet for Buñuel
Book SynopsisA Bullet for Buänuel: Fragments of a Failed Bullet documents Rick Myers'' attempt to complete a project begun by the late filmmaker Luis Buänuel: to create a bullet possessing such a weak charge that it would simply bounce off the filmmaker''s shirt when fired at him. Consulting with the estate and sources ranging from online forums for bullet makers to a ballistics lab associated with the United States Secret Service, Myers sought to make the bullet and fire it at a shirt that had been worn by Buänuel. While trying to bring this absurdist endeavor to completion, the artist was met with a colorful cast of characters and failures at almost every turn--Publisher website, accessed May 3, 2017.
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Publishing Print Matters Bruce Murray Arnott
Book SynopsisBruce Murray Arnott: Into the Megatext provides the first comprehensive overview of one of South Africa's most significant sculptors. His influence as an artist, scholar, designer, curator, and educator runs deep; intuited through the work of many of South Africa's leading contemporary scholars and practitioners in the visual arts.
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HENI Publishing Sabine Moritz Helicopter
Book SynopsisSeventy-two charcoal, pastel and oil crayon drawings and oil paintings of helicopters created by Sabine Moritz between 2003 and 2013.
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Heni Publishing Robert Storr Interviews
Book Synopsis'Interviews' collates, in a single volume, the major body of interviews conducted by the revered American critic and curator Robert Storr, encompassing engaging discussions with some of the most renowned names in the artworld over the last two centuries.
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HENI Publishing Groovy Bob
Book SynopsisAcclaimed on first publication, 'Groovy Bob' is the cult biography of hedonistic gallery owner Robert Fraser and a dazzling evocation of 1960s culture and counter-culture. Taste-maker, heroin addict and promiscuous homosexual, Fraser astonished London with the artists he introduced, including Warhol, Blake, Haring, Oldenburg and Basquiat.Trade Review"A fascinating slice of social history." --Lucretia Stewart, "Los Angeles Times Book Review" "More than any other figure I can think of, Robert Fraser personifies the Sixties as I remember them." --Paul McCartney
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HENI Publishing Conor Harrington Watch Your Palace Fall
Book SynopsisConor Harrington's works are 'magisterial canvasses which unite the luxuriant, shadowy intensity of Caravaggio with the provocative roughness of the street'. This monograph is the first to chart his output in full, from the nascent graffiti of his teenage years to the monolithic canvasses and outdoor murals of an internationally recognised career.
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Power Publications Hegels Owl The Life of Bernard Smith
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Power Publications The Legacies of Bernard Smith
Book SynopsisAn international field of scholars from art history, anthropology, history and literature, as well as curators and writers, explore the impact and legacy of Australia's most revered art historian.
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Occasional Papers Seeing Things Collected Writing on Art Craft and
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Occasional Papers Off the Grid Histories of Belgian graphic design
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Flapjack Press Art By Johnny
Book SynopsisA full-colour collection of art work by Johnny Carroll-Pell, a young artist from Brighton who is diagnosed as severely autistic.Trade Review"Some people paint sunsets or animals, some people paint faces, some people paint ideas. Johnny paints that feeling you get when you finally jump off the diving board and whoosh towards the water, when a brilliant idea breaks into your head, when you say yes ok let's do this and you jump on a toboggan with your kid. I'm not sure there's a word for that feeling, but thanks to Johnny I now know what it looks like." - Frank Cottrell Boyce; "Johnny is a true artist: prolific, instinctive and with a profound and purposeful sense of space, shape and colour. His joyous work is intense and warm, describing his world and those in it with a love and simplicity that is both moving and truthful." - Jessica Hynes; "Painting is his chosen outlet of expression and this collection ... is testament to his talent. It depicts a dazzling, sensual world of intense colours and lights. There is a spontaneity and energy about his work that is compelling." - Veronica Groocock, Literary Life
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Bread and Butter Press Who When Where The Story of the Guinness
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Hassell Street Press The National Gallery of Canada
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Legare Street Press Koptische Kunst
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Empty Quarter Press Illuminated
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Cambridge University Press Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
Book SynopsisStudies of seals and sealing practices have traditionally investigated aspects of social, political, economic, and ideological systems in ancient societies throughout the Old World. Previously, scholarship has focused on description and documentation, chronology and dynastic histories, administrative function, iconography, and style. More recent studies have emphasized context, production and use, and increasingly, identity, gender, and the social lives of seals, their users, and the artisans who produced them. Using several methodological and theoretical perspectives, this volume presents up-to-date research on seals that is comparative in scope and focus. The cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach advances our understanding of the significance of an important class of material culture of the ancient world. The volume will serve as an essential resource for scholars, students, and others interested in glyptic studies, seal production and use, and sealing practices in the AncienTrade Review'… Seals and Sealings in the Ancient World fulfills its promise of presenting well-written and well-informed research on the topic from various regions in the Old World. Together, the chapters demonstrate how a multiplicity of methods from a variety of disciplines can be used to analyze and interpret seals, sealings, and their glyptic, as well as recognize the varieties of methods and methodologies used by specialists studying other regions. This book should be in the libraries of experts, emerging researchers, and anyone aspiring to become a scholar of seals and sealings in the ancient world.' Siobhan Shinn, Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Joan Aruz; 1. Introduction: small windows, wide views Marta Ameri, Sarah Kielt Costello, Gregg Jamison, Sarah Scott; Part I. The Ancient Near East and Cyprus: 2. Administrative role of seal imagery in the early Bronze Age: Mesopotamian and Iranian traders on the Plateau Holly Pittman; 3. Slave labor: Uruk cylinder seal imagery and early writing Sarah Jarmer Scott; 4. The first female bureaucrats: gender and glyptic in 4th-3rd Millennia Northern Mesopotamia Andrew McCarthy; 5. Rematerializing the early dynastic banquet seal Sarah Kielt Costello; 6. Sealing practices in the Akkadian period Yelena Z. Rakic; 7. Authenticity, seal recarving, and authority in the ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean Joanna Smith; Part II. South Asia and Persian Gulf: 8. Indus seals and glyptic studies: an overview Asko Parpola; 9. Letting the pictures speak: an image-based approach to the mythological and narrative imagery of the Harappan world Marta Ameri; 10. Understanding Indus seal carving traditions: a stylistic and metric approach Gregg Jamison; 11. Operational sequences and stamp seals: a new approach to identifying groups of seal carvers in the Indus civilization Adam Green; 12. Seals and sealing technology in the Dilmun culture: the post Harappan life of the Indus Valley sealing tradition Steffen Laursen; Part III. Egypt: 13. The evolution of Ancient Egyptian seals and sealing systems Joe Wegner; 14. Early dynastic sealing practices as reflection of state formation in Egypt? Ilona Regulski; 15. Sealings and seals from pyramid Age Egypt John Nolan; 16. The administrative use of scarabs during the middle kingdom Daphna Ben Tor; 17. Middle and new kingdom sealing practice in Egypt and Nubia: a comparison Stuart Tyson Smith; Part IV. Aegean: 18. Introductory remarks, Aegean Judith Weingarten; 19. Aegean Bronze Age sealstones and fingerrings: chronology and functions John Younger; 20. An Aegean seal in Greek hands? Thoughts on the perception of Aegean seals in the Iron Age Maria Anastasiadou; 21. Cryptic glyptic: multivalency in Minoan glyptic imagery Erin Mcgowan; 22. The magic and the mundane: the function of 'talismanic class' stones in Minoan Crete Angela Murock Hussein.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Feminist Perspectives on Art
Book SynopsisWhen the body is foregrounded in artwork as in much contemporary performance, sculptural installation and video work so is gendered and sexualised difference. Feminist Perspectives on Art: Contemporary Outtakes looks to interactions between art history, theory, curation, and studio-based practices to theorise the phenomenological import of this embodied gender difference in contemporary art.The essays in this collection are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, including art-making, curating, and art history and criticism, with many of the authors combining roles of curator, artist and writer. This interdisciplinary approach enables the book to bridge the theorypractice divide and highlight new perspectives emerging from creative arts research. Fresh insights are offered on feminist aesthetics, women's embodied experience, curatorial and art historical method, art world equity, and intersectional concerns. It engages with epistemological assertions of Trade Review"A rousing riposte to anyone who thinks that feminism is now ‘post’, this book full of fascinating accounts of a disparate range of practises provides a challenge to patriarchal attitudes in the artworld in engaging, enlightening and at times humorous ways – a veritable celebration of female creativity and thought." - Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia"A rousing riposte to anyone who thinks that feminism is now ‘post’, this book is full of fascinating accounts of a disparate range of practises and provides a challenge to patriarchal attitudes in the artworld in engaging, enlightening and, at times, humorous ways – a veritable celebration of female creativity and thought." -- Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia "The volume edited by Jacqueline Millner and Catriona Moore shows the difficulty and weariness caused by the writing of a history that is never dealt with and carried out once and for all." -- Laura Lamurri, Critique d'artTable of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 A feminist curator walks into a gallery…; Chapter 2 The value of maturity: Anne Ferran, Judith Wright, Lindy Lee; Chapter 3 Women in the Cross-cultural Studio: Invisible Tracks in the Indigenous artist’s archive; Chapter 4 The Pearl Gibbs ‘Gambanyi’ Kangaroo Cloak; Chapter 5 Still in my mind: Gurindji location, experience and visuality; Chapter 6 The practice of remaining perpetually contingent; Chapter 7 Curating Grief; Chapter 8 The Intimate Monument: Memorialising from a feminist perspective; Chapter 9 FLORINA PREFECTURE: Women in the shadow of ‘The Magnificent Empire’ 1900-1922 & 2017 — a feminist interpretation of Greek-Australian identity as explored in contemporary art; Chapter 10 Feeling seeing: image, sound and touch in the video installations of Angelica Mesiti; Chapter 11 Materialising the Interval: Relationality as a feminist art practice; Chapter 12 Heave, Ho, Ha: Disgust, humour and failure in contemporary feminist art; Chapter 13 Slim evidence of fat fortunes: toward a gendered history of fat acceptance
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Photography and Migration
Book SynopsisWritten in the context of unprecedented dislocation and a global refugee crisis, this edited volume thinks through photography's long and complex relationship to human migration. While contemporary media images largely frame migration in terms of trauma, victimhood, and pity, so much more can be said of photography's role in the movement of people around the world. Cameras can document, enable, or control human movement across geographical, cultural, and political divides. Their operators put faces on forced and voluntary migrations, making visible hardships and suffering as well as opportunity and optimism. Photographers include migrating subjects who take pictures for their own consumption, not for international recognition. And photographs themselves migrate with their makers, subjects, and viewers, as the very concept of photography takes on new functions and meanings.Photography and Migration places into conversation media images and other phoTable of ContentsList of MapsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsAbout the ContributorsChapter 1Photography and Migration: KeywordsTanya Sheehan(Im)mobilityChapter 2Back to America: Photography and Japanese Americans from Incarceration to ResettlementJasmine Alinder Chapter 3Residential School Photographs: The Visual Rhetoric of Indigenous Removal and ContainmentCarol WilliamsChapter 4Animating Death: Stills That MigrateAnne Teresa DemoBorderChapter 5The Razor’s Edge: Image and Corpo-reality at Europe’s BordersParvati NairChapter 6Fantasy Islands: Photography, Empathy, and Australia’s Detention ArchipelagoJane LydonChapter 7The Indecisive Moment: Photoethnography on the Undocumented Migration TrailJason De LeónRefugeeChapter 8Refugee Photography and the Subject of Human InterestThy PhuChapter 9Feelings, Facebook, Forced Migration: Photographs of Refugees and Affective Spaces OnlineMarta ZarzyckaChapter 10The Visual Politics of Climate RefugeesT. J. DemosDiasporaChapter 11Photography and Diaspora: A RoundtableAnthony W. Lee with Pok Chi Lau, Surendra Lawoti, and Wei Leng TayChapter 12Intimacy Out of Doors: Landscape, Labor, and Chinese Diasporic Practices of LookingNadine AttewellChapter 13Kan Azuma and the Japanese Canadian Diaspora: Perception, Identity, and Their ErosionMartha Langford
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Making of a Modern Indian ArtistCraftsman
Book SynopsisThe Making of the Modern Indian Artist-Craftsman is intended to be a biographical and critical insight into the work of the potter, painter and photographer Devi Prasad. Apart from the making of his personal history and his times, it leads us to why the act of making (art) itself takes on such a fundamental philosophical significance in his life. This, the author explains, derives directly from his absorption of Gandhi's philosophy that looked at the act of making or doing as an ethical ideal, and further back to the impact of the Arts and Crafts Movement on the ideology of Swadeshi' and on the milieu of Santiniketan.This book examines his art along with his role in political activism which, although garnered on Indian soil made him crisscross national borders and assume an important role in the international arena of war resistance. Devi Prasad graduated from Tagore's Santiniketan in 1944 when he joined the Hindustani Talimi Sangh (which proTable of Contents1. On the Exhibition's design 2. Creating the Sensibility of the Modern Indian Artist-Craftsman: Santiniketan and the Arts and Crafts Movement 3. Making a Gandhian Utopia: Art, Design and Pedagogy at Sevagram 4. With an Essay: A Theory of Education for Peace Krishna Kumar 5. A Peaceful World is a Creative World: England and the War Resisters' International 6. With an Essay: A Pacifist Experiment: Devi Prasad's Years with WRI in London Bob Overy 7. Coming Full Circle. Appendices: Select Writings of Devi Prasad: On Art the Basis of Education, On a New Society, On Tagore's Philosophy of Education, On Tagore and Education, On Gandhi's Satyagraha, On Child Education, On Child Art, On Peace Education, On War Resistance, On the Indian Potter, On Peace, Education and Creativity. A Bibliography of Devi Prasad's Writings. Select Bibliography. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Modernism and the Professional Architecture
Book SynopsisThe production of this book stems from two of the editors' longstanding research interests: the representation of architecture in print media, and the complex identity of the second phase of modernism in architecture given the role it played in postwar reconstruction in Europe. While the history of postwar reconstruction has been increasingly well covered for most European countries, research investigating postwar architectural magazines and journals across Europe their role in the discourse and production of the built environment and particularly their inter-relationship and differing conceptions of postwar architecture is relatively undeveloped. Modernism and the Professional Architecture Journal sounds out this territory in a new collection of essays concerning the second phase of the reception and assimilation of modernism in architecture, as it was represented in professional architecture journals during the period of postwar reconstruction (19451968).Trade Review"This is surely the first systematic survey of architectural journals produced across Europe in that vital 20-year period following the war when modernism was in vexed transit from embattled cause to contested orthodoxy. Scholarly country-by-country coverage reveals how the medium of the professional journal functioned as both a mirror and a torch, reflecting while also guiding the inextricable narratives of practice and discourse. Journalism may be but ‘the first rough draft of history’, yet this fascinating study shows what a rich and compelling draft it can be."John Allan, Architect and writer"During the years between 1945 and 1968 professional journals were testing grounds for institutional debates where modernist discourse has been produced and disseminated. Grounded in extensive new research, the essays in this volume by eleven international architectural scholars propose a stimulating interpretation of a medium whose role has been hitherto underestimated. Examining the interferences between journals, design practice and the tasks of reconstruction, the book shows us how professional architecture journals, their owners, editors, contributors and designers shaped architectural culture in the postwar decades."Ákos Moravánszky, Professor Emeritus, ETH Zurich, Switzerland"The book Modernism and the Professional Architecture Journal. Reporting, Editing and Reconstructing in Post-War Europe edited by Torsten Schmiedeknecht and Andrew Peckham takes a different approach from [other] publications [on architecture journals]. Through the journals, the book provides an interesting insight into the history of European post-war architecture." Extract from https://www.archined.nl/2020/04/in-welke-stijl-te-bouwen-het-architectuurdebat-in-europese-tijdschriften/Otakar Máčel, Architecture historian, TU Delft"This is surely the first systematic survey of architectural journals produced across Europe in that vital 20-year period following the war when modernism was in vexed transit from embattled cause to contested orthodoxy. Scholarly country-by-country coverage reveals how the medium of the professional journal functioned as both a mirror and a torch, reflecting while also guiding the inextricable narratives of practice and discourse. Journalism may be but ‘the first rough draft of history’, yet this fascinating study shows what a rich and compelling draft it can be."John Allan, Architect and writer"During the years between 1945 and 1968 professional journals were testing grounds for institutional debates where modernist discourse has been produced and disseminated. Grounded in extensive new research, the essays in this volume by eleven international architectural scholars propose a stimulating interpretation of a medium whose role has been hitherto underestimated. Examining the interferences between journals, design practice and the tasks of reconstruction, the book shows us how professional architecture journals, their owners, editors, contributors and designers shaped architectural culture in the postwar decades."Ákos Moravánszky, Professor Emeritus, ETH Zurich, Switzerland"The book Modernism and the Professional Architecture Journal. Reporting, Editing and Reconstructing in Post-War Europe edited by Torsten Schmiedeknecht and Andrew Peckham takes a different approach from [other] publications [on architecture journals]. Through the journals, the book provides an interesting insight into the history of European post-war architecture." Extract from https://www.archined.nl/2020/04/in-welke-stijl-te-bouwen-het-architectuurdebat-in-europese-tijdschriften/Otakar Máčel, Architecture historian, TU Delft"The book is based on solid methodological foundations to analyse this genre of architectural journal."Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno (2020): Book, The Journal of Architecture, DOI: 10.1080/13602365.2020.1824387"By exploring differences and commonalities between specific architectural journals, the contributions in this volume reveal how post-war architecture, its theories, debates and products, and in particular its response to modernism, were perceived and disseminated across Europe. … through its geographical breadth the volume does offer us a greater understanding of the scope, ambition and content of the architectural journal in the period when modernism was a central issue." Deborah Howard, Ben Tosland, Ian Campbell and Matthew James Wells., 2020. Reviews: Spring 2020. Architectural Histories, 8(1), p.7. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ah.508"The book offers a wealth of empirical research into the cultures and production of architectural journals, as well as details of the publishing landscapes of specific countries. This type of research can be hindered by a lack of archival material, the published magazine often the only consistently surviving source. However, the scholars in this volume have traced the networks of people editing and contributing to the journals to offer a helpful resource to fellow researchers." Jessica Kelly, Architectural History , Volume 63 , 2020 , pp. 339 - 341. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/arh.2020.23Table of ContentsIntroduction Torsten Schmiedeknecht and Andrew Peckham 1. Swiss Journals 1940–1965: mirroring the difficult departure into modernity Christoph Allenspach 2. Postwar Editorial Conversations in Germany: Baumeister and Baukunst und Werkform Torsten Schmiedeknecht 3. The Free Bird and Its Cages: Dutch architectural journals in the first decade after the Second World War Herman van Bergeijk 4. Nation Building: Sweden's modernisation and the autonomy of the profession Claes Caldenby 5. Visual Sensibility and the Search for Form: the Architectural Review in postwar Britain Andrew Higgott 6. Axe or Mirror? Architectural journals in postwar Hungary András Ferkai 7. Periodicals and the Return to Modernity after the Spanish Civil War: Arquitectura, Hogar y Architectura and Nueva Forma Ana Esteban Maluenda 8. The Greek Vision of Postwar Modernity Panayotis Tournikiotis 9. Architecture d'aujord'hui, the André Bloc years Nicholas Bullock 10. Against the Contingencies of Italian Society: issues of historical continuity and doscontinuity in Italy's postwar architectural periodicals Paolo Scrivano 11. The After-Life of the Architectural Journal Andrew Peckham
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St Martin's Press HRH
Book SynopsisRoyal women wield a unique, quiet kind of power. They use their clothing choices and their styling preferences to create a visual brand that is at once aspirational and accessible, and to project a sartorial statement that encompasses their values, priorities, and beliefs. For Britain's modern monarchy, fashion is often their most powerful and prominent political statement. And for this reason, it is ripe for dissection--from the tip of the fascinator to the toe of the pump. Filled with hundreds of 4-color photos and presented in a luxurious, coffee table-ready package, HRH will be split into four sections, each covering one of the four royals. The book will build off of Elizabeth's Instagram series, So Many Thoughts (SMT), by expanding her signature royal commentary to include deep-dive essays on both the royal women she studies and broader topics such as the cultural history of the hat and the role of social media in royal commentary. And of course, HRH will include plenty of the iTrade ReviewA Town & Country Must-Read Book of Fall 2020 One of Cosmopolitan's Best Nonfiction Books of 2020 The photos are stunning, but the best parts are the behind-the-scenes fashion tidbits sprinkled throughout the text... author Holmes' narrative effortlessly pulls us through the sweep of history, from WWII to Megxit, outfit by outfit. This is a visual feast suitable for fashionistas and royal watchers alike. - Booklist, starred review Fans of the British royal family will enjoy this spirited retrospective, which should prove popular with a range of readers. - Library Journal, starred review ...dives deep into royal style with humor, wit, and heart, into this gorgeous and photo-driven 300-plus-page tome on what Britain's royal women wear and the secret messages those clothes send. Read it once and you'll never look at getting dressed the same way again. - Town & Country A flattering and thoroughly enjoyable assessment of style choices made by Queen Elizabeth II, Diana Spencer, Kate Middleton, and Meghan Markle...Holmes makes a strong case, in enthusiastic prose along with lavish photographs of all four women, that her subjects' sartorial choices say as much about their positions in the royal family as they do about their individual identities. - Publishers Weekly
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Forgotten Books Iconologia or Moral Emblems
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Postcards from the Trenches
Book SynopsisIrene Guenther is Instructional Professor of 20th-century European and American History at The Honors College, University of Houston, USA and recipient of the University of Houston's Provost Teaching Excellence Award and The Honors College Student Board's Distinguished Teaching Award. She is also the author of Nazi Chic? Fashioning Women in the Third Reich.Trade Review[Guenther] pursues the larger project of rescuing a German expressionist painter from oblivion … The book recounts [Schubert’s] life and reproduces artwork from its many phases (at considerable cost and to great effect). * Times Literary Supplement *Postcards from the Trenches comprises Guenther’s exhaustive research and Schubert’s extraordinary art ... A hundred years on from the Armistice, these intimate and exquisite mementoes stand as a testament to what Schubert saw and heard, experienced and endured. They showcase his talent, demonstrate his love and enlarge our understanding of a war that was supposed to end all wars. * The Herald *This beautifully produced book is a unique addition to research on the art of the Great War. While there is much to dwell upon here for both the general and specialist reader, the book’s restoration of Schubert’s art among discussions of the war’s visual legacy makes it a valuable resource on the history and history of art of the Great War. * Los Angeles Review of Books *Irene Guenther’s moving and beautifully illustrated book is superb in every way. It will excite the interest of historians of the First World War. It should be read by anyone interested in twentieth-century Germany. Schubert suffered immense misfortune. Irene Guenther has now done him justice and secured his place in the history of modern German art. * Journal of European Studies *Without doubt, Irene Guenther enjoys the ability to impart detailed research readably and informatively. This is a very special memorial; one which I can do no other than highly recommend to all with an interest in the art of the Great War. * Stand To!: The Journal of the Western Front Association *[An] accomplished author … using powerfully descriptive and illustrative language ..., Guenther provides an interesting analytical perspective on the individual and psychological expression conveyed through the use of postcards during World War I. She persuasively presents a survey of historical artwork and evaluates the primary sources while humbly acknowledging the limited scope of this work in the context of World War I. This is an excellent read for anyone interested in a World War I individual perspective, military history, or early twentieth-century art. * H-German *Guenther provides an interesting analytical perspective on the individual and psychological expression conveyed through the use of postcards during World War I. She persuasively presents a survey of historical artwork and evaluates the primary sources while humbly acknowledging the limited scope of this work in the context of World War I. This is an excellent read for anyone interested in a World War I individual perspective, military history, or early twentieth-century art. * H-Net *A universal story of young lovers separated by war ... The postcards are strikingly beautiful and intimate, and describe sentiments which existed in every combatant army on every single front of the war. -- Jay M. Winter, author of 'War Beyond Words,' and Charles J. Stille Professor of History, Yale University, USIrene Guenther has brought good luck and careful research to lay bare the artistic achievement of an ordinary man in extraordinary times. -- Hew Strachan, author of 'The First World War', and Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford, UKThese works speak to the universal issues of war and remembrance. A critical art historical and cultural intervention into 20th century German art - and a superb tour de force! -- Marion F. Deshmukh, author of 'Max Liebermann: Modern Art and Modern Germany' and Robert T. Hawkes Professor of History, emerita, George Mason University, USThis book – on the wartime postcards of a German artist who served on the battlefield – deals with a compelling but under-researched subject in art-historical scholarship … [An] intimate, personal account of the Great War frontline experience. The postcards themselves are poignantly beautiful objects, and this work will finally bring to a wider readership the work of a key German war artist. -- Ann Murray, University College Cork, IrelandTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. The Great War and the Uses of Art 2. German Artists and the Great War 3. The Life and Art of Otto Schubert Postscript The Artworks List of Illustrations Endnotes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity
Book SynopsisPaul Christesen is William R. Kenan Professor of Ancient Greek History in the Department of Classics at Dartmouth College. His recent publications include A New Reading of the Damonon Stele (2019).Charles Stocking is Associate Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Western University. His recent publications include The Politics of Sacrifice in Early Greek Myth and Poetry (2017).Table of ContentsVOLUME 1: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN ANTIQUITY EDITED BY PAUL CHRISTESEN, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, USA, & CHARLES H. STOCKING, WESTERN UNIVERSITY, CANADA 1. The Purpose of Sport, Paul Christesen and Rose MacLean 2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Sofie Remijsen 3. Products, Training and Technology, Christian Mann 4. Rules and Order, Sarah C. Murray 5. Conflict and Accommodation, Zinon Papakonstantinou 6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Peter J. Miller 7. Bodies and Identities, Charles Stocking 8. Representation, Nigel Spivey
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Japanese Art Critical and Primary Sources
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Social Design Reader
Book SynopsisThe Social Design Reader explores the ways in which design can be a catalyst for social change. Bringing together key texts of the last fifty years, editor Elizabeth Resnick traces the emergence of the notion of socially responsible design. This volume represents the authentic voices of the thinkers, writers and designers who are helping to build a canon' of informed literature which documents the development of the discipline.The Social Design Reader is divided into three parts. Section 1: Making a Stand includes an introduction to the term social design' and features papers which explore its historical underpinnings. Section 2: Creating the Future documents the emergence of social design as a concept, as a nascent field of study, and subsequently as a rapidly developing professional discipline, and Section 3: A Sea Change is made up of papers acknowledging social design as a firmly established practice.Contextualising section introductions are proviTrade ReviewThis is a powerful and timely survey of the social design territory and its evolution in the past few decades. Resnick provides an insightful overview of the ways in which design is addressing some of the most pressing issues facing us in the 21st century. Essential reading. * Terry Irwin, Head of the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, USA *One of the most compelling design compendiums to emerge since the Looking Closer series! Resnick’s selection of essays, both historical and contemporary, offers astute and critical discussions about the transformative potential of socially responsible design. This timely book makes for essential reading for design scholars and practitioners alike. * Fatima Cassim, Co-Editor of Image and Text journal, South Africa *In times when some of the founding values of our society seem in crisis, it is urgent to question the social responsibility of designers. This collection of essays on social design, edited by Elizabeth Resnick, is a good starting point for every designer who sees in their practice a chance to promote social innovation. * Gianni Sinni, Deputy Director of the Design MA at the University of the Republic of San Marino *Elizabeth Resnick’s The Social Design Reader should be on every essential reading list in design schools everywhere. It provides a much-needed common vocabulary to discuss the maturation of design theory and practice over the last 50 years. The ideas in this book will be the catalyst for debate and discussion, dissertations, masters’ projects and research topics, and hopefully the material for a future edition. * Olwen Moseley, Professor of Design Industry Engagement at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK *In times when 'social design' and 'design for good' have become ubiquitous labels too easily applied at a surface level, The Social Design Reader offers access to seminal readings and a starting point for a shared framework to challenge design's role in effecting change through critically examining foundations, methodologies, ethics, and efficacy. * Ann McDonald, Associate Professor of Design at Northeastern University, USA *A crucial tool for anyone interested in learning more about the topics of [the social design] debate. * Ais/Design Journal (trans. by Bloomsbury) *Table of Contents- Preface / Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA Section 1: Making a Stand: A New Social Agenda for Design - Introduction - Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA - Is Social Design A Thing? - Cameron Tonkinwise, University of Technology Sydney, Australia - Social Design: From Utopia to the Good Society - Victor Margolin, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA - Emigré Culture and the Origins of Social Design - Alison J. Clarke, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria Section 2: Creating the Future: Defining the Socially Responsible Designer 1964–1999 - Introduction - Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA - First Things First Manifesto - Ken Garland, independent scholar, UK - Here Are Some Things We Must Do - Ken Garland, independent scholar, UK - Edugraphology—The Myths of Design and the Design of Myths - Victor Papanek, formerly University of Kansas, USA - Design As A Socially Significant Activity - Clive Dilnot, independent scholar, USA - Designerly Ways of Knowing - Nigel Cross, Open University, UK - The Future Isn’t What it Used to Be - Victor Papanek, formerly University of Kansas, USA - Commerce or Culture: Industrialization and Design - John Heskett, formerly Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Wicked Problems in Design Thinking - Richard Buchanan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA - Good Citizenship: Design as a Social and Political Force - Katherine McCoy, formerly Illinois Institute of Technology, USA - Feminist Perspectives (Design for Society) - Nigel Whitely, independent scholar, UK - There is Such a Thing as Society - Andrew Howard, Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal - Design and Reflexivity - Jan van Toorn, independent scholar, The Netherlands - Design Noir - Anthony Dunne, The New School, USA Section 3: A Sea Change: The Paradigm Shift from Objects to Systems 2000–2020 - Introduction - Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA - First Things First Manifesto 2000 - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters, Canada - A “Social Model” of Design: Issues of Practice and Research - Victor Margolin, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA and Sylvia Margolin, independent scholar, USA - The Dematerialization of Design - Jorge Frascara, University of Alberta, Canada - Why Being "Less Bad" Is No Good (Cradle to Cradle) - William McDonough, World Economic Forum, Switzerland and Michael Braungart, Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency, Germany - Clothes That Connect - Kate Fletcher, University of the Arts London, UK - Design's Role in Sustainable Consumption - Ann Thorpe, independent scholar, UK - Transformative Services and Transformation Design - Daniela Sangiorgi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Rethinking Design Thinking, Part I - Lucy Kimbell, University of the Arts London, UK - Rethinking Design Thinking, Part 2 - Lucy Kimbell, University of the Arts London, UK - Design Things and Design Thinking: Contemporary Participatory Design Challenges - Erling Bjögvinsson, Gothernburg University, Sweden, Pelle Ehn, Malmö University, Sweden and Per-Anders Hillgren, Malmö University, Sweden - From Design Culture to Design Activism - Guy Julier, University of Brighton, UK - Decolonizing Design Innovation – Elizabeth Tunstall, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Canada - Social Design and Neocolonialism - Cinnamon Janzer, independent scholar, USA and Lauren Weinstein, Australian Centre for Social Innovation, Australia - Futuristic Gizmos, Conservative Ideals: On Speculative Anachronistic Design - Luiza Prado de O. Martins, A Parede, Germany and Pedro Vieira de Oliveira, A Parede, Germany - Privilege and Oppression: Towards a Feminist Speculative Design - Luiza Prado de O. Martins, A Parede, Germany - Is Sustainable Innovation an Oxymoron? - Elizabeth B-N Sanders, MakeTools, UK - Social innovation and design: Enabling, replicating and synergizing - Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Italy - Global Methods, Local Designs - Ahmed Ansari, Carnegie Mellon University, USA - The Emerging Transition Design Approach - Terry Irwin, Carnegie Mellon University, USA - Contributors bios - Further reading - Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Textiles Community and Controversy
Book SynopsisTaking a major textile artwork, The Knitting Map, as a central case study, this book interrogates the social, philosophical and critical issues surrounding contemporary textile art today. It explores gestures of community and controversy manifest in contemporary textile art practices, as both process and object. Created by more than 2,000 knitters from 22 different countries, who were mostly working-class women, The Knitting Map became the subject of national controversy in Ireland. Exploring the creation of this multi-modal artwork as a key moment in Irish art history, Textiles, Community and Controversy locates the work within a context of feminist arts practice, including the work of Judy Chicago, Faith Ringold and the Guerilla Girls.Bringing together leading art critics and textile scholars, including Lucy Lippard, Jessica Hemmings and Joanne Turney, the collection explores key issues in textile practice from gender, class and nation to technology and performanTrade ReviewThis is a solid, convincing example of the theoretical possibilities generated by a collaborative, disputed, ambitious art project. * ARLIS/NA *Table of ContentsIntroduction Nicola Moffat Chapter 1 - Navigation, nuance and half/angel's Knitting Map Jools Gilson Chapter 2 - The entangled map and Irish Art Fionna Barber Chapter 3 - The Knitting Map and the media Rachel Andrews Chapter 4 - Busywork: The real thing Lucy R. Lippard Chapter 5 - The edge of the Map Nicola Moffat Chapter 6 - Knitting after making: What we do with what we make Jessica Hemmings Chapter 7 - Textures of performance: Rethinking The Knitting Map Róisín O’Gorman Chapter 8 - Whereabouts uncertain: Reading subversion in half/angel's The Knitting Map in Cork, Ireland and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Deborah Barkun Chapter 9 - On seeing, still Bernadette Sweeney Chapter 10 - The voices of Cork: Cartography, landscape and memory in The Knitting Map Kieran McCarthy Chapter 11 - Puns and needles: Reactions to The Knitting Map in 2005 Sarah Foster Chapter 12 - Stitched up?: The Knitting Map in context Joanne Turney Chapter 13 - Alchemy for beginners: The Knitting Map and other primes Richard Povell Afterword Jools Gilson Endnotes References Index About the authors Contributors
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Libertine Fashion
Book SynopsisShortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021Libertine practices have long been associated with transgression and social deviance. This innovative book is the first to focus fully on the relationship between libertinism as a social phenomenon and as a form of fashion. Taking the reader from early modernity to the present day, Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas reveal how the connection between clothing and the taboo, the erotic, and the forbidden is at the heart of libertine fashion. Moving from the decadent courts of Charles II and Louis XV to the catwalks of the 21st century, Libertine Fashion examines literary and sartorial figures ranging from the Marquis de Sade and Lord Byron to Oscar Wilde, Josephine Baker, Colette, and Madonna. Focusing on libertinism as a sartorial practice and identity, this book traces the genealogy of the concept through the proto feminists of the English Reformation, the hedonistic decadents of the fin de sTrade ReviewAt once historically rich, learned, and playful, Libertine Fashion is a scholarly, sexy parade through fashion history with frisky side embellishments that reframe accepted thinking of the Libertine in new and thought provoking ways. * The Journal of Dress History *Wide in scope and pacily written, the book successfully pulls together a diverse body of scholarship and poses challenging arguments for the broad readership at which it is aimed. * Cultural and Social History: The Journal of the Social History Society *An illuminating reading of the phenomenon of libertinism engaging with the power of fashion and style ... An essential and comprehensive reading and a valuable resource for researchers, students and scholars of fashion, cultural studies, gender, and sexuality. * Zone Moda Journal *What does it mean to give oneself over to pleasure in dress without compromise? In Libertine Fashion Geczy and Karaminas provide provocative answers. With intelligence and wit their case studies and wide-ranging references bring sartorial libertinism alive, offering an original and much needed history of this fascinating terrain for a new generation. * Chris Breward, National Museums Scotland, UK *Making a significant contribution to critical literature, and highly entertaining to read with a pleasing lightness of touch, Libertine Fashion illuminates social and sexual rebellion, complex encounters, bizarre dalliances and innovative experiments in behaviour, manners and dress; it brings a fresh perspective to the study of fashion, gender and sexuality. * Pamela Church Gibson, London College of Fashion, UK *Both lively and scholarly, Libertine Fashion sheds new light on one of the most sensational and underestimated aspects of European cultural history. Geczy and Karaminas offer a compelling overview of transgressive fashion practices and ideologies, combining extensive research with imaginative interpretation. This provocative and witty study of Libertine tradition demonstrates the centrality of fashion for subverting gender stereotypes. * Olga Vainshtein, Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Ackowledgements Introduction: Nuancing the Libertine 1. The Merry and Scandalous Court of Charles II 2. The Divine Marquis and the Golden Age of Libertinism 3. The Byronic Hero 4. Decadent Androgynes and Masculine Impersonators: George Sand, Rachilde and Collette 5. Bizarre Dandyism and Decadence: Oscar Wilde 6. From Harlem and Pigalle: Josephine Baker 7. Postmodern Libertinism and Glam Rock: David Bowie 8. Disciplinary Regimes: The Perversity of Jean-Paul Gaultier Conclusion: We are All Libertines Now Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Craft and Heritage
Book SynopsisElaine Cheasley Paterson is Professor of Art History at Concordia University, Canada.Susan Surette is part-time Faculty at Concordia University, Canada and ceramic artist.Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction, Susan Surette (Concordia University, Canada) Section 1: Place and Belonging Introduction, Susan Surette and Elaine Cheasley Paterson (Concordia University, Canada) 1. Popular Heritage: 'Donegal Village' at the Chicago World’s Fair, 1893, Janice Helland (Queen's University, Canada) 2. Sopon Bezirdjian, Craft, Heritage and Identity in Victorian Manchester, Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan (University of Lincoln, UK) 3. Empire, Nation, and Biên Hòa Ceramics: Craft as a Site of Chronopolitical Reproduction, Thu-huong Nguyen-võ (UCLA, USA) 4. The Unicorn and the Ground-Hornbill: Heritage in the Keiskamma Art Project’s Intsikizi Tapestries, Brenda Schmahmann (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 5. Latin-American and Latin-Canadian Textile Practices: Art, Activism and Diasporic Identity, Nuria de Grammont (Concordia University, Canada) and Maria Ezcurra (McGill University, Canada) Section 2: Sustainability and Resilience Introduction, Susan Surette and Elaine Cheasley Paterson (Concordia University, Canada) 6. Blessed are the Cheese Makers: A Cultural History of Cheese in Early-Twentieth Century Ireland, Eleanor Flegg (writer, Ireland) 7. Piecing Heritage in Transition: The Lakota Sioux Star Quilt as a Symbol of Pan-Indigeneity, Lisa Binkley (Dalhousie University, Canada) 8. A Cart Before a Horse: How the Subfield of Traditional Workmanship is Transforming the Field of Heritage Conservation, Giedre Jarulaitiene (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) 9. Becoming Heritage Smart: Negotiating the Dilemma of Craft Practice in a Ceramic Center, Magdalena Buchczyk (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany) 10. Postcolonial and Global Heritage Narratives from Communal and Individual Perspectives in Dumbara Weaving – Sri Lanka, Chamithri Greru (UAL, UK) and Britta Kalkreuter (Heriot-Watt University, Scotland) Section 3: Collections and Cultural Institutions Introduction, Susan Surette and Elaine Cheasley Paterson (Concordia University, Canada) 11. Canadian Women China Painters: Artists and Amateurs, Rachel Gotlieb (Sheridan College, Canada) 12. Crafting Civic Engagement? How Heritage Lottery Funding Reframed Watts Gallery: Artists’ Village, Elaine Cheasley Paterson (Concordia University, Canada) 13. Craft as Performance in China’s Porcelain Heritage Capital, Maris Gillette (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 14. Craft Narratives from Heritage Sites in Buganda, Maureen Muwanga Senoga (Kyambogo University, Uganda) 15. Hunting for Lost Crafts: The Contemporary Value of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland, Juliette MacDonald (Edinburgh College of Art, UK)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC PAGON
Book SynopsisThrough the 1940s and 1950s, PAGON (Progressive Architects Group Oslo Norway) was an alliance of young CIAM-affiliated Norwegian architects known for their innovative joint projects. As a group, PAGON went on to become largely overlooked in the history of modern architecture, even though its individual members which included Sverre Fehn, Jørn Utzon, Arne Korsmo, and Christian Norberg-Schulz became defining figures in Scandinavian and international modernism.This book tells the story of PAGON for the first time, offering an impressive account of the group's projects, buildings, and approach, and demonstrating why PAGON's projects are ripe for reappraisal in the international history of modern architecture. It shows how PAGON's architecture constitutes a unique continuity between the Scandinavian functionalism of the late 1930s and the modern movement in theUS, and an important transitional stage before the emergence of the better-known neo-avant-gardegroups within CTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Credits for figures and plates Acknowledgements Credits Introduction 1. Post-war architecture in Norway 2. A new Norwegian CIAM group is activated (1947–50) 3. Urban design and proposals for a radical transformation of Oslo 4. Visuality and the impact of study tours to the US, Mexico and Morocco 5. ‘Meccano for the Home’ and the idea of flexible housing 6. New housing typologies and realized buildings 7. Space, performativity and the home as an architectural work of art 8. Spiritual and spatial dimensions of the glass wall and the landscape 9. 1955–56: The end of PAGON? Note on archival source Bibliography on the writings of PAGON and its members (1951-1956) General Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design
Book SynopsisGraeme Brooker is Head of Interior Design at the Royal College of Art, UK. Between 2013 and 2015 he was the Head of the Department of Fashion and Interiors at Middlesex University, UK. He has authored and co-authored several books on the interior, including Rereadings: Interior Architecture and the Principles of Remodeling Existing Buildings (2004), Form and Structure: The Organisation of Interior Space (2007), Context and Environment: Site and Ideas (2008), The Visual Dictionary of Interior Architecture (2008), Objects and Elements: Occupying Interior Space (2009), What is Interior Design? (2010) and From Organisation to Decoration (2012). He is Founder and Director of the charity Interior Educators, the national subject association for interiors in the UK. Lois Weinthal is Chair of the School of Interior Design at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. Her teaching explores these topics, where theoretical discussions areTrade ReviewFrom uniquely varied viewpoints and scales of exploration, The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design provides clear-eyed insight into a profession that has evolved dramatically in the last decades to come into its own. It is an important contribution that further clarifies the practice of Interior Architecture in the 21st century. * Lilianne Wong, Head of the Interior Architecture department at Rhode Island School of Design, USA *Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction PART 1: CONTEXTS Part 1.1: Reflecting upon the Discipline 1. Modern History and Interior Design 2. Rethinking Histories, Canons + Paradigms 3. Interior Design Theory and Philosophies 4. Methods of Research + Criticality 5. Educating the Designer 6. Regulation: Convention: Legislation 7. The Profession of the Designer Part 1.2: Interior Terrains 8. The Interiorists 9. Contested Territories 10. Adaptation/Reuse 11. New Occupancy 12. Programming and Function 13. Public Inhabitation 14. The Private Domestic Realm 15. Work Space 16. Set Design: Performance, Event, Retail 17. Exhibition Design PART 2: OCCUPANCY Part 2.1: The Body, Behaviour and Space 18. The Body 19. Psychology and Behaviour 20. Sexuality and Gender 21. Healthy Environments 22. Ageing Populations 23. Demographics and Identity Part 2.2: Ethics and the Indoor Environment 24. Ethics 25. Consumption 26. Sustainability 27. Politics 28. Globalization PART 3: REPRESENTATION AND FABRICATION Part 3.1: Speculative forms of production 29. Drawing 30. Modelling 31. Technology 32. Digital Representation and Fabrication 33. Television, Gaming and New Media 34. Literary Narratives Part 3.2: Atmospheric Conditions of the Interior 35. Colour + Materiality 36. Ornament and Decoration 37. Taste + Trends 38. Phenomenology and the Senses Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Exhibitions Beyond Boundaries
Book SynopsisHarriet Atkinson is a historian of design and culture and Researcher at the Centre for Design History at the University of Brighton, UK. She is currently Principal Investigator on the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project, 'The Materialization of Persuasion: Modernist Exhibitions in Britain for Propaganda and Resistance, 1933 to 1953' and has written extensively on the history and theory of exhibitions. She is the author of Festival of Britain (Bloomsbury, 2012) and co-editor, with Jeremy Aynsley, of The Banham Lectures (Bloomsbury, 2009).Verity Clarkson is a design historian and Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK. Her research explores post-war visual and material culture, investigating transnational connections between arts organizations, government bodies and audiences with a particular focus on the organization and reception of exhibitions. She has published on post-1945 exhibitions, trade fairs and art historiography in the context of British Cold War cultural diplomacy. Sarah A. Lichtman is Assistant Professor of Design History at Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA, where she directs the Master of Arts program in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies, offered in affiliation with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, USA. She is co-editor, with Pat Kirkham, of Screen Interiors (Bloomsbury, 2021) and has published widely on design and gender. Lichtman is currently Managing Editor of the Journal of Design History.Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Foreword, Jonathan M. Woodham (University of Brighton, UK) Exhibitions Beyond Boundaries: An Introduction, Harriet Atkinson and Verity Clarkson (University of Brighton, UK), and Sarah A. Lichtman (Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA) 1. Universal Civilization and National Cultures: Producing Israel at the Venice Biennale, 1948–1952, Chelsea Haines (Arizona State University, USA) 2. Salvaging Through Merchandising: America’s Vietnamese Craft Diplomacy on Display in the US in 1956 and 1958, Jennifer Way (University of North Texas, USA) 3. “A Slightly Exotic Country”: Poland’s Contentious Debut at the 11th Milan Triennale, 1957, Katarzyna Jezowska (UNSW Sydney, Australia) 4. Self-management on Display: Negotiating the Visions of Yugoslav Socialist Modernity at Expo 58 and Porodica i domacinstvo Exhibitions, Rujana Rebernjak (London College of Communication, UAL, UK) 5. “One of the Puzzles of the Exhibition”: A Misunderstood Cittadina, Neoliberty, and the Italian Display at Brussels Expo 58, Rika Devos and Serena Pacchiani (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) 6. Assembling Smallness: The United States Small Industries Exhibition in Colombo, 1961, Nushelle de Silva (MIT, USA) 7. Painting from the Pacific and Artistic Exchange Across the Pacific, 1961, Ian Cooke (Independent Scholar, USA) 8. “A Wholly American Plastic Package”: Transnationalism, Technology, and Theology at The Vatican Pavilion in the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair, Ethan Robey (Pennsylvania State University, USA) 9. “The Gentle Art of Cookery”: Exhibiting Transnational Anglo-Russian Diplomatic History During the Cold War, 1967, Verity Clarkson (University of Brighton, UK) 10. From FESMAN ’66 to FESTAC ’77: Competing Curatorial Strategies for African-American Art at Pan-African Festivals, Lindsay Twa (Augustana University, USA) 11. Designing Stability: Hong Kong’s Pavilion at Expo 70 and Local Expositions, Daniel Cooper (Columbia University, USA) and Juliana Kei (Royal College of Art, UK) 12. Pharaoh Diplomacy: The Soft Power of the Treasures of Tutankhamun, Mario Schulze (Zürich University of the Arts, Switzerland) 13. A “Tropic-Proof Container Exhibition”: The Role of Environmental Factors in Configuring Design, a Dutch Case Study, Joana Meroz (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands) Notes on Contributors Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Costume in Performance
Book SynopsisDonatella Barbieri is Senior Research Fellow in Design for Performance at London College of Fashion, UK, and, previously, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, UK.With contributions from Melissa Trimingham, Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Kent, UK.Trade ReviewBeautifully produced. * Times Literary Supplement *[A] richly illustrated, compelling analysis of historical and contemporary costume design. The book successfully provokes a scholarly conversation that makes a marked departure from the kind of how-to book or fashion history that tends to dominate the shelves ... [It] ... explores interdisciplinary theoretical territory and makes broader arguments about the function of costume within a variety of performance genres, time-periods, and sociopolitical contexts. * Theatre Topics *This richly illustrated book presents a range of lenses for the study of costume for performance. The ambitious breadth of topics and periods covered [gives] a tantalising taste of interdisciplinary theories and methods ... This ambitious work is a significant step forward in this emerging field and offers a beautifully illustrated introduction to a wide range of theories and methods for analysing costume for performance. It is an important book for students and scholars in this field. * The Journal of Dress History *Barbieri (London College of Fashion, UK) offers a refreshing look at costumes and their use throughout history in creation, use, and affect in the development of live performance. The author finds connections between contemporary work and historical costume in pageantry, theater, and dance. Six chapters take up a wide variety of topics, exploring for example the transformative ritual of costume, costuming of choruses, the grotesque “Other” body, flying technology and costume, and costume in the present representing the past. Chapter 5, contributed by Trimingham (drama and theater, Univ. of Kent, UK), offers a compelling look at the effective power of costume as art. This well-written, beautifully illustrated book brings to light the importance of costume to live performance in terms of its preparation and presentation. Drawing examples from ancient Greece as well as a wide variety of European theater, from medieval theater to more contemporary and experimental productions, this book is sure to become required reading for students and scholars of costume design and history. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals, including students in technical programs. * CHOICE *This is essential reading for anyone interested in performance and costumes, providing an exciting and accessible scholarly exploration of the uses and significance of costumes from prehistoric ritual to contemporary theater. It is valuable for its international range of productions and detailed descriptions of significant costumes, including dance, circus performance, street theater and traditional stage. -- Patricia Lennox, New York University, USADonatella Barbieri has crafted a unique and intriguing way of looking at the history of costumes for performance. Drawing on case studies and in-depth analysis of performance costume, this book is a marvelous addition for researchers in the costume discipline. -- Colleen Muscha, School of Theatre, College of Fine Arts, Florida State University, USAThis poetic work is a tour de force of lively research and imagination. Charting the transformation of performance costume across time, space and material, Barbieri, with Trimigham, takes us from the Ancient Greek chorus to modern trapeze artists, revealing how costume creates new thresholds of human experience. -- Peter McNeil, University of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaWith compelling scholarship and great artistic sensitivity, Barbieri deftly explores the cultural, societal and creative agency of the costumed and performing body. In tracing the complex artistic, historical and cultural journey from every day clothing through the designer to the cutting table to the stage costume, this magnificently illustrated book makes an absolutely essential contribution to our understanding of scenography. -- Christopher Baugh, University of Leeds, UKDonatella Barbieri’s own breadth of skills as a passionate lecturer, an inspiring teacher and a practitioner are all evident in this wonderful and uncompromising new book. Through the agility of her themes and connections from paleolithic cave painting to the most recent performances or archival discoveries, she never loses sight of the metamorphic power of costume. This is a daring and inspiring book. -- Judith Clark, Research Centre for Fashion Curation, University of the Arts London, UK.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 The First Costume: Ritual and Reinvention 2 Costuming Choruses: Spectacle and the Social Landscape on Stage 3 The Grotesque Costume: The Comical and Conflicted ‘Other’ Body 4 The Flight off the Pedestal 5 Agency and Empathy: Artists Touch the Body 6 A Different Performativity: Society, Culture and History on Stage Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Assembling the Architect
Book SynopsisAssembling the Architect explores the origins and history of architectural practice. It unravels the competing interests that historically have structured the field and cultivates a deeper understanding of the contemporary profession.Focusing on the period 1870 to 1920 when the foundations were being laid for the U.S. architectural profession that we recognize today, this study traces the formation and standardization of the fundamental relationships among architects, owners, and builders, as codified in the American Institute of Architects'' very first Handbook of Architectural Practice. It reveals how these archetypal roles have always been fluid, each successfully redefining their own agency with respect to the others in the constantly-shifting political economy of building.Far from being a purely historical study, the book also sheds light on today''s digitally-enabled profession. Contemporary architectural tools and disciplinary ideals continue to be shaped by the saTrade ReviewJohnston’s study of architectural practice stands apart from other histories of the profession because it emphasizes the business of architecture as a determinant of the profession ... The strength of Johnston’s study is in how it frames architectural practice as a series of relationships that support and challenge one another. * Arris *Through a scholarly yet imaginative weaving of architectural practice’s history inn the United States at a critical junction in time, Assembling the Architect sets original grounds for a broader theory of the profession, where socio-technical reflection becomes a true compass for informed action. * Paolo Tombesi, the University of Melbourne, Australia *For all those who wish the profession of architecture was highly valued by and broadly accessible to a wide range of publics, Johnston reminds us that these goals are not new and have been poorly served by the well-meaning attempts to protect the integrity of the profession in the past. By tracing the evolution of the instruments of services, model law and ethical debates of the past, we see how architects have protected increasingly limited zones of influence. Seeking more equitable, integrated and data-enabled future practices, we would do well to heed the lessons of the past. * Renee Cheng, University of Washington, USA *Johnston's detailed and colourful vignettes are a rigorous work of reconstruction ... The ease with which the text glides from one protagonist to another provides a rewarding reading experience ... His book provides a portal into the world of American architects a century ago. * Architectural Histories *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface Introduction 1. Seeing Double: Histories of Architectural of Practice 1. Owners and Builders, Their Umpires and Agents a. Fifty Years Ago b. The Uniform Contract 2. Mr. Day’s Handbook 3. The Wisdom of Tom Thumtack 4. Another Kind of Architects’ Handbook 2. The Architect’s Office 1. Pictures at an Exhibition 2. Rockwell Kent 3. Squires & Wynkoop 4. Ewing & Chappell 5. The Architects’ Building 3. Architect and Owner 1. A Collection of Practices 2. Various Forms of Architectural Service 3. The Selection of an Architect a. By Direct Selection b. By Competition 4. Fees, Contracts, and Consultants a. “Fees – A Reductio Ad Absurdum” b. Agreement Between Owner and Architect c. Employment of Engineers and Other Consulting Specialists 5. The Architect-Owner Relationship a. The Architect’s Status b. The Owner’s Duties 4. Architects and Builders 1. Card Games and Boxing Matches 2. General Contractors 3. Architect as Owner’s Agent 4. Builders Organize a. William Sayward b. A “Critical Analysis” c. Arbitration versus Arbitrariness 5. A New Standard of Care 5. Tools, Technology, Practice a. Drawings and Specs b. Supervision and Superintendence c. Shop Drawings d. Change Orders e. The Quantity System 2. New Tools of Practice a. BIM and IPD b. Architectural Practice, Artificial Intelligence 3. A Conversion Bibliography Index
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