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Book SynopsisThe legendary intellectual and raconteur talks to Hal Foster, Walt Kelly, Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb, and other comic book artists.

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Book SynopsisGeorge Stow was a Victorian man of many parts- poet, historian, ethnographer and prolific writer. A geologist by profession, he became acquainted, through his work in the field, with the extraordinary wealth of rock art paintings in the caves and shelters of the South African interior. Enchanted and absorbed by them, Stow set out to create a record of this creative work of the people who had tracked and marked the South African landscape decades and centuries before him. Unconquerable Spirit reveals for the first time the beauty and scope of his labors.Table of ContentsPippa Skotnes was educated at the University of Cape Town, where she is now Professor of Fine Art and director of the Lucy Lloyd Archive, Resource and exhibition Centre (LLAREC). She studied both fine art and archaeology and has published essays on the rock art of the San. She is the author and editor of several books, including Sound from the thinking strings (1991), Miscast: Negotiating the presence of the Bushmen (1996), which accompanied a major exhibition on the colonial history of the San at the South African National Gallery, and Heaven's things (1999). She has also published a number of artist's books including Lamb of God, which is, in part, a narrative inscribed on the bones of horses. Her work has been exhibited in many different parts of the world.

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Book SynopsisDuring the 1970s, adding 'women's' to 'art' was a powerfully political act. Fuelled by the momentum of the women's liberation movement, artists, art historians, critics and curators began to explore the women's art practice, as distinct from men's, and to challenge its invisibility in the established art world and historical canon. In the 1980s, they continued to creatively critique representations of female sexuality, and in the 1990s, some began to embrace the 'post-feminist' idea of difference and the performance of gender. Throughout this pivotal period, the MAKE magazine offered a unique platform for academics, artists and arts professionals to critically engage with women's art. Though the need to talk about 'women's art' seemed to lose some of its political urgency in the early 2000s, many artists, art historians and art students are now once again explicitly engaging with feminist art histories and art practices as possible models and precedents for resistance. Now is the time to revisit the past, in order to understand and galvanise the energy of the present.Gathering together the work of eminent writers such as Griselda Pollock and Marina Warner, on celebrated artists such as Helen Chadwick, Sarah Lucas and The Guerrilla Girls, this unparalleled anthology of material from the MAKE archive allows us to trace the lineages and links between then and now.Table of ContentsCONTENTS: FOREWORD – Althea Greenan LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - tbc EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION SECTION 1: Sexuality & the Body CONTENTS: FOREWORD – Althea Greenan LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - tbc EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION SECTION 1: Sexuality & the Body INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 1 page no.s Carol Drake MOUSE KATZ: IN SEARCH OF THE FEMORPHIC WOMAN Pennina Barnett IN AN UNSAFE LIGHT Susan Croft & Claire MacDonald PERFORMING POSTURES Kathy Kubicki THE TIME SOMEONE POINTED … Janice Jefferies TEXT, TEXTILE, SEX AND SEXUALITY Emma Cocker interviews Helen Chadwick INDIFFERENCE IN DIFFERENCE Marsha Meskimmon THE MONSTROUS & THE GROTESQUE Simon Ford SUBJECT & (SEX) OBJECT Judith Halberstam THE BODY IN QUESTION SECTION 2: Representation INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 2 Marilyn Crabtree INTERIM page no.s Monica Bohm-Duchen SUSAN HILLER Rebecca Fortnum & Gill Houghton WOMEN AND CONTEMPORARY PAINTING: RE-PRESENTING NON-REPRESENTATION Christine Battersby DIRTY WORDS FOR THE TATE Hilary Robinson BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE Sadie Murdoch TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING Lorraine Gamman interviews The Guerilla Girls ARE YOU BEING SERVED WITH A MASK? SECTION 3: Discourse INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 3 pg no. Pam Gerrish Nunn THE USES OF THEORY Griselda Pollock FRAMING FEMINISM Deborah Cameron SURVIVAL GUIDE Margaret Whitford WOMAN WITH ATTITUDE Hilary Robinson IRIGARAY'S IMAGININGS Nancy Proctor IS WOMEN’S ART HOMELESS? Griselda Pollock INTO INSIDE THE VISIBLE Paula Smithard & David Burrows ENJOY YOUR ALIENATION! Marsha Meskimmon IN MIND AND BODY SECTION 4: The Technical Image INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 4 pg no. Linda Wilson Green ART, SOCIETY AND THE WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER Rosy Martin I POSE A PARADOX Susan Butler SUBJECT TO CHANGE Anna Douglas CHILDHOOD: A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL FOR OUR TIME Val Williams WHERE WOMEN DARE TO TREAD? Sadie Plant COMING INTO CONTACT Shirley Read GLASS CEILING IN CYBERSPACE? Rachel Armstrong ...WOMAN WITH HEAD... Liz Wells MEMORIES OF DEMOS, DUNGAREES AND BADGES – SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? Catherine Elwes IN VIDEO VERITAS: A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE ON WOMEN’ S VIDEO ACROSS TWO DECADES Yvonne Volkart GENDER MATTERS TO CAPITAL SECTION 5: Race & Ethnicity INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 5 pg no. Chila Burman THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS Carole Enahoro INTIMATE DISTANCE Carole Enahoro THE OTHER STORY Fiona Barber IRISH ART IN LIVERPOOL Janice Cheddie BODYRITES Janice Cheddie STORM DAMAGE Joanna Krysa THE IRRECONCILIBLE PROCESS OF AGEING SECTION 6: Feminist Histories INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 6 pg no. Marina Warner MAKING IT LIKE A WOMAN Griselda Pollock TROUBLE IN THE ARCHIVES Heidi Reitmaier speaks with Laura Cottingham CAN DO Roxane Permar FRAGILE TERRITORIES Lisa Corrin & Mary Jane Aladren WHY KUSAMA AND WHY NOW? Aoife MacNamara CHERCHEZ LA FEMME

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Book SynopsisOlly Moss has quickly become, according to Slashfilm, "one of the most in demand and influential pop culture artists today". For his simple but brilliant first book, Olly has put his own twist on the Victorian art of silhouette portraits. While this gorgeous gift volume might look as if it's from the 1890s, its pages contain today's favourite cult characters from movies, TV, comics and videogames.Trade Review"Olly is very special. A new Brit great who straddles the cool of Banksy, the humour of Shrigley and a wit all of his own." (Duncan Jones (director of Moon and Source Code), from his Foreword) "His stuff sells out immediately, is worth a ton on the secondary market and is just plain cool." (Ain't It Cool News) "His minimalist musings on movie and pop-culture themes are always things of beauty." (Empire)"

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Book SynopsisINTRODUCING THE SECOND CULT MOVIE-ART BOOK FROM GALLERY 1988, ONE OF THE WORLD''S MOST TALKED ABOUT ART GALLERIES!     An impressive cult movie art collection, featuring art from Gallery 1988, a Los Angeles art gallery that focuses on pop-culture themed artwork. Be prepared to see your favourite cult movies as you''ve never seem them before!This second volume of Cult Movie Art collects the best of the last two years of the show, with pieces inspired by Escape From New York, Shaun of the Dead, Ghostbusters, The Princess Bride, The Big Lebowski and many moreGallery 1988''s annual cult movie-inspired Crazy 4 Cult art show has become a phenomenon. 2012''s show moved from LA for the first time, with a triumphant opening in New York

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Book SynopsisCollects the out-of-this-world concept art, illustrations, paintings and sketches of the immensely talented Fred Gambino. Featuring excerpts from Fred's varied career, as well as his personal multimedia project 'Dark Shepherd', this monograph is suitable for science fiction art fans and budding 3D concept artists.

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Book SynopsisHaving graduated from the prestigious Art Center College of Design, Greg Spalenka has been producing commercial and fine art for over 30 years. With a client list including film studios, magazines, newspapers and book publishers, his distinctive style is immediately recognisable and this book marries a celebration of Greg''s body of work with instructional elements to inspire the reader.

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive interdisciplinary account of Michelangelo’s work as a sculptor in bronze. This book is the outcome of extensive original research undertaken over several years by academics at the University of Cambridge together with a team of international experts, directed by Dr Victoria Avery, a leading authority on the history, art and technology of bronze casting in Renaissance Italy. The catalyst for this innovative project was the attribution to Michelangelo of the Rothschild bronzes – two extraordinary bronze groups of nude men on fantastical panthers – prior to their display at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 2015. First proposed by the distinguished Michelangelo scholar Professor Paul Joannides and validated by the wide-ranging research published here, the attribution to Michelangelo has now gained widespread acceptance. As part of this pioneering project, Professor Peter Abrahams, the eminent clinical anatomist specialising in dissection, has carried out the first ever in-depth scientific analysis of the anatomy of Michelangelo’s nude figures. Abrahams’ findings have uncovered hitherto unrecognised features of Michelangelo’s unparalleled mastery of the structure and workings of the human body that give the gesture and the motion of his figures their unique expressive force. Enigmatic and visually-striking masterpieces, the Rothschild bronzes are the focus of this multi-authored, interdisciplinary volume that contains ground-breaking contributions by leading experts in the fields of art history, anatomy, conservation science, bronze casting and the history of collecting.Trade ReviewThis lavishly illustrated and scholarly book is ... fascinating reading. * Galleries *This book is a game-changer. It provides a completely new - and indeed long overdue - integrated interdisciplinary approach to Michelangelo studies. -- Eike Schmidt, Director of the Uffizi, FlorenceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Preamble Introduction Visual Evidence 1. Brazen Defiance Young Michelangelo, Bronze and the David for France – Victoria Avery 2. Commission Impossible Michelangelo’s Bronze Julius II for Bologna – Victoria Avery 3. Divine Pipe Dreams Mature Michelangelo and the Mastery of Metal – Victoria Avery 4. The God of Design Michelangelo and the Decorative Arts – Timothy Clifford 5. Secular Popes, Pagan Times The Golden Age and Michelangelo’s Rothschild Bronzes – Cyril Humphris 6. An Anatomical ‘Whodunnit’ Dissecting the Rothschild Bronzes – Julia C. Ruston and Peter H. Abrahams 7. The Science of Art Technical Considerations of the Rothschild Bronzes – Arie Pappot with Robert van Langh 8. The Sculptor at Work Recreating the Rothschild Bronzes – Andrew Lacey 9. What a Ride! Brilliant Balance and the Beasts of the Rothschild Bronzes – Faya Causey 10. Duality in Art and Anatomy Men and Animals: Youth and Old Age in Leonardo and Michelangelo – Domenico Laurenza 11. Sources and Influences Michelangelo and Rustici – Paul Joannides 12. Tyrants and Lovers Subject and Meaning: the Rothschild Bronzes – Meg Galindo and William E. Wallace 13. In Search of a Patron The Rothschild Bronzes and the Case of the Missing Patron – Martin Gayford 14. Noble Minds Adolphe and Julie de Rothschild: The First Owners of the Rothschild Bronzes and their Collection - Dimitrios Zikos 15. News Travels Far The Reception of the Rothschild Bronzes – Morlin Ellis 16. The Catalyst A Brief Narrative in the First Person – Paul Joannides Notes Image Credits Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAn informed and beautifully illustrated new history of the Silk Road camel in Chinese jade. For hundreds of years, the Bactrian camel ploughed a lonely furrow across the vast wilderness of Asia. This bizarre-looking, temperamental yet hardy creature here came into its own as the core goods vehicle. This animal would resolutely and reliably transport to China – over huge and unforgiving distances – fine things from the West while taking treasures out of the Middle Kingdom in return. Where the chariot, wagon and other wheeled conveyances proved useless amidst the shifting desert dunes, the surefooted progress of the camel – the archetypal ‘ship of the Silk Road’ – now reigned supreme. The Bactrian camel was a subject that appealed particularly to Chinese artists because of its association with the exotic trade to mysterious Western lands. But the camel enjoyed cachet and status as more than just the chief conduit of thriving intercontinental commerce. After Buddhism arrived in China from India in the third century AD, via the Gandharan civilisation on the boarders of what is now Pakistan and Afghanistan, this new and vital religion stimulated the peaceful insemination of foreign ideas and culture as well as products. The camel was thus the harbinger not just of new things, but of entirely new ways of thinking. In his lavishly illustrated volume, Angus Forsyth explores diverse jade pieces depicting this iconic beast of burden. Almost one hundred separate objects are included, many of which have not been seen in print before. The author also offers the full historical background to his subject, presenting a strong appeal to collectors and art historians alike.Trade ReviewThis is a valuable book that shows the validity of the collector’s eye, that tests conventional wisdom against what might be called the wisdom of objects. -- Edith Terry * The Asian Review of Books *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Map of the Silk Road Comparative West/East Timeline 1. Central Asian Traffic 2. Civilised Settlement And Orderly Control 3. Transport And Cargoes 4. The Camel In Art Photo Credits Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book is both a biographical exploration of the early life of Mary Seton Watts and a survey of the pottery she designed. Mary Seton Watt's (1849-1938) roots in Scotland, her artistic career and her marriage to the Victorian artist George Frederic Watts all influenced the design of the Grade 1 listed Cemetery Chapel at Compton. It also influenced the art potteries which she then set up, both in Compton (The Potters' Arts Guild) and in her home village near Inverness. The pottery at Compton was in business for more than fifty years, making terracotta garden ware, memorials and small decorative pieces. It remained open even through two World Wars and a trade depression. This highly illustrated publication showcases the beautiful and individual pieces of pottery. It is a fitting tribute to the ability of Mary Watts to coordinate both people and resources.Trade ReviewHilary Calvert's and Louise Boreham's monograph is not only an impeccably researched study of Mary Watt's distinctive enterprise as a ceramicist but also an important contribution to the growing corpus of scholarly literature on women in the Arts & Crafts Movement. It is profusely illustrated, with an invaluable picture-gallery of pieces manufactured by the Compton Pottery... With notable success, Calvert and Boreham have documented a remarkable and idealistic Arts & Crafts enterprise, and have sensitively portrayed its energetic and visionary founder. * The Victorian Magazine *Hilary Calvert and Louise Boreham give a real insight into the running of the two art potteries Watts set up ... There is much detailed information on those who worked on the project and one of the great strengths of this volume is the focus on people and processes which are often overlooked. This is complemented throughout by well-chosen photographs. -- Claire Blakey * The Decorative Arts Society *For collectors, the final section of the book would probably alone justify its purchase: a 24-page 'Picture Supplement' which is virtually a Compton Pottery illustrated catalogue. The range of items is astonishing, and the colours are both restrained and rich ... This is a lovely book, well produced, and it is whole-heartedly recommended. * Northern Ceramic Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Introduction 1 Mary Seton Watts (née Fraser-Tytler) 2 Compton Cemetery Chapel 3 Compton Pottery – Early Days 4 Aldourie Pottery, Dores 5 The Potters’ Arts Guild, 1904–1936 6 The Potters’ Arts Guild Ltd and Compton Potteries Ltd 7 Garden Pots 8 Ornamental Ware 9 Grave Markers and Memorials 10 Church Interiors Picture Supplement Bibliography List of Abbreviations Notes Image Credits Index

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Book SynopsisA unique picture of Rembrandt's mastery of light and visual storytelling. Rembrandt’s Light brings together 35 carefully selected paintings, concentrating on his greatest years from 1639-1658, when he lived in his ideal house at Breestraat in the heart of Amsterdam (today the Museum Het Rembrandthuis). Its striking, light-infused studio was the site for the creation of Rembrandt’s most exceptional paintings, prints and drawings including ‘The Denial of St Peter’ and ‘The Artist’s Studio’. Arranged thematically, the book traces Rembrandt’s innovation: from evoking a meditative mood, to lighting people, to creating impact and drama. Highlights will include three of Rembrandt’s most famous images of women: ‘A Woman Bathing in a Stream’, ‘A Woman in Bed’ and the inimitable ‘Girl at a Window’. Published to coincide with an exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery in 2019, with celebrations taking place throughout Europe to mark 350 years since the artist’s death (1669), this publication aims to refresh the way we look at works by this incomparable Dutch Master.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rembrandt’s Light Rembrandt & Light - David de Witt and Franziska Gottwald Manipulating Light: The Master in the Studio - Helen Hillyard Lighting the Figure - Helen Hillyard ‘The World is a Theatre’: Rembrandt’s Dramatic Storytelling - Jennifer Scott The Meditative Mood - Jennifer Scott ‘Every Frame a Rembrandt’: In Conversation with Peter Suschitzky Bibliography Notes Index List of Lenders Picture Credits

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Book Synopsis1608. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, the greatest Italian painter of his day, is expelled from the Order of the Knights of Malta. Subject to a clandestine hearing, his crime remains a closely guarded secret. 2014. Two bodies are found in a London art gallery - stripped naked, necks bound with wire and legs obscenely contorted. They are twin brothers - successful art dealers - their brutal murder linked to the mysterious disappearance of two paintings by the master Caravaggio. Investigators are confounded, and it falls to art expert Gil Eckhart to identify the killer before he slays again. But as the search for clues takes him from the glamorous skyline of New York to the fetid catacombs of Palermo, Eckhart finds that in the high-stakes world of art, good and evil are often tarred with the same, blood-soaked, brush.Trade Review'A deep knowledge of the art world is displayed by Connor ... the pace is steady with spikes of frantic action ... a marvellous twist at the end' CrimeSquad. * Crimesquad.com *'A truly superb book ... the end is totally unexpected. Highly recommended' Euro Crime. * Euro Crime *'The book sped by and entertained me immensely. I will be without doubt picking up the other books by this author, finding a good thriller writer is hard, finding a great one is nigh on impossible' Parmenian Books. * Parmenian Books *

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Book SynopsisJohn Fleming and Hugh Honour were giants of the art world. To Susanna Johnston, however, they were simply John and Hugh, an inseparable couple and two of her closest friends. They had met in the 1950s at Gli Scafari, the opulent villa on the Italian Riviera of the blind writer Percy Lubbock - one of Henry James' inamoratos and Iris Origo's step father - when she was twenty one, on holiday and penniless. Originally part of the Anglo-Italian world orbiting Bernard Berenson's I Tatti and Harold Acton's La Pietra in Tuscany, John Fleming and Hugh Honour were bemused by being lionised themselves by the super-rich who beat a path to their Villa Marchio. This candid memoir, full of private anecdotes, illuminates these two celebrated, passionate, and very English geniuses, through a close-up of a well-seasoned friendship of over 60 years.Trade Review'Amusing.' Daily Mail

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Book SynopsisDuring the course of the 19th century, a relatively modern medium entered the private space of Iranian houses of the wealthy and became a popular feature of interior design in Persia. This was print media - lithographed images on paper and postcards - and their subject was European women. These idealised images adorned houses across the country throughout the Qajar period and this trend was particularly fashionable in Isfahan and mural decorations at the entrance gate of the Qaysarieh bazaar. The interest in images of Western women was an unusual bi-product of Iran's early political and cultural encounters with the West. In a world where women were rarely seen in public and, even then, were heavily veiled, the notion of European women dressed in - by Iranian standards - elegant and revealing clothing must have sparked much curiosity and some titillation among well-to-do merchants and aristocrats who felt the need to create some association, however remote, with these alien creatures. The introduction of such images began during the Safavid era in the 17th century with frescoes in royal palaces. This spread to other manifestations in the form of tile work and porcelain in the Qajar era, which became a testament to the popularity of this visual phenomenon among Iran's urban elite in the 19th and early 20th century. Parviz Tanavoli, the prominent Iranian artist and sculptor, here brings together the definitive collection of these unique images. European Women in Persian Houses will be essential for collectors and enthusiasts interested in Iranian art, culture and social history.Table of ContentsPreface Part I Zan-e Farangi (Farangi Woman) Occidentalism Iran in the Late 19th Century The Appearance of European Women in Persian Painting Images of European Women in th e 17th Century in Iran Sukiasian House Part II Return of Images of Farangi Women in Iran Images of Farangi Women in Later Persian Houses Use of Original Western Prints of Images of European Women Mirror Rooms Shahshahani House Zavelian House House of Mushir al-Mulk Homa’i House Trays Part III Iranian Contribution Farangi Women on Rugs and Other Media Fatima Farangi Women on Rugs, Qalamkars, and Tiles

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Book SynopsisThe McMichael Canadian Art Collection has a unique mandate to celebrate the art of Canada, which it does within a great building in beautiful grounds overlooking the Humber River Valley. Originally a home completed in 1954 for entrepreneur Robert McMichael and his wife Signe, the building became an unofficial gallery when they began allowing passers-by and school parties inside to view their art collection. In 1965 they took the visionary step of donating their home, collection and land to the Province of Ontario and in 1966 the McMichael officially opened to the public. The permanent collection now consists of over 6,400 artworks. The iconic Canadian landscape artist Tom Thomson (1877-1917) features prominently, as do his colleagues the Group of Seven and their contemporaries. Historic and contemporary Indigenous art accounts for over a third of the total collection and is celebrated in the Gallery's dynamic exhibition program. Here, Ian Dejardin's personal selection of highlights offers a revelatory opportunity to engage with the essence of Canada as portrayed in the luminous works of its artists.

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Book SynopsisThe collection of Roman art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the finest in the world. It contains more than 5,000 objects, including exquisite cameos, refined silver vessels and utensils, spectacular Pompeiian frescoes, monumental sculptures in stone and bronze and elaborate sarcophagi. This handsome guide features a selection of over 200 of the most important works that exemplify this rich and diverse collection, each presented in detail and illustrated with stunning colour photography. Every work is accompanied by an engaging text written by prominent scholars that establishes the object's significance in antiquity, providing new insights for a contemporary understanding of ancient Roman art. Contents: Acknowledgments; Director's Foreword; Introduction; Roman Copies and Adaptations of Greek Sculpture; The Decoration of House and Villa; Luxury Art; Shrines of the Lares and Offerings to Other Divinities; Roman Egyptomania; Tombs and Funerary Monuments; Imperial and Private Portraits; Gladatorial Games, Sports, and the Military; Architectural Elements; A Selection of Roman Works and their Modern Histories; Bibliography; Index.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments; Director's Foreword; Introduction; Roman Copies and Adaptations of Greek Sculpture; The Decoration of House and Villa; Luxury Art; Shrines of the Lares and Offerings to Other Divinities; Roman Egyptomania; Tombs and Funerary Monuments; Imperial and Private Portraits; Gladatorial Games, Sports, and the Military; Architectural Elements; A Selection of Roman Works and their Modern Histories; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe official children's guide to Windsor Castle, containing fun activities to break up the commentary or enhance a visit -Combines historical accuracy with humor and a lightness of touch appropriate for the 7-11 age range -Illustrations by the award-winning Elizabeth Newbery Windsor is the oldest inhabited castle in the world - for over 900 years it's been home to kings and queens, including the current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. This colorful activity book reveals the secrets of the world's oldest inhabited castle and the Kings and Queens who have lived there. Over time it has been a royal fortress, a King Arthur-inspired palace, a Victorian Christmas wonderland and home to The Queen (and her corgis)! There's also a mini palace inside - Queen Mary's Dolls' House has hot and cold running water, two working lifts and even flushing lavatories! Jousting and feasting, deaths and dungeons, childhood games and celebrity events - lively illustrations and fun facts bring the Castle's colorful history to life.

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Book SynopsisCzech Cubism is one of the most important contributions of modern Czech art to world culture. These works, created approximately between 1910 and 1935, embrace painting, drawing, graphic art, collage, sculpture, architecture and applied art, and the movement’s leading lights – including painters Emil Filla and Bohumil Kubišta, sculptor Otto Gutfreund and architect Pavel Janák – were among the most exciting practitioners of Cubism anywhere in the world. The Gallery of West Bohemia is home to one of the most important collections of the best Czech Cubist art, painstakingly assembled since the early 1960s. The artworks included here have played a vital role in rehabilitating the avant-garde in a country where modernist art had suffered decades of political repression. As such, the collections of the Gallery of West Bohemia have been crucial to the revival of the domestic art scene in Bohemia and beyond, and continue to inspire contemporary Czech artists. This book, expertly compiled by Gallery Director Roman Musil and his team, introduces some of the finest works of Czech Cubism to an international audience.

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Book SynopsisIn reaction to the widespread pursuit of Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Paul Wonner and William “Theophilus” Brown were among the artists in the San Francisco Bay Area who began to re-engage with the visible world, applying the gestural style of action painting to depictions of people, landscapes, and still lifes. Together, the couple aligned themselves with this new direction and became leading practitioners of the style known today as Bay Area Figuration. Over time, both artists’ works became less gestural and more overtly representational. Brown became known for his psychologically evocative landscapes with classic bathers, as well as for his lonely urban scenes. Wonner received greatest acclaim for his “baroque” still lifes laden with everyday objects, animals, and flowers. Published to accompany the most comprehensive exhibition of the artists’ work ever mounted, this exquisite publication offers an in-depth study of these trailblazing artists. Exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (30 April-27 August 2023) travels to the Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (14 October 2023-7 Jan 2024); and the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN (28 January-30 March 2024).Trade ReviewThe 30 Best Books for Holiday Gifting: "...by the ’60s and ’70s, both Wonner and Brown had their own concerns and interests, as is clear in this comprehensive monograph. A terrific addition to the story of American painting in the second half of the 20th century." - Esquire

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Book SynopsisCelebrated pop artist Scott C. continues to captivate audiences around the world with his deceptively simple watercolor paintings and illustrations. Now fans can once again submerge themselves in his fanciful world of dancing skeletons, smiling dinosaurs, playful superheroes, and adorable pop culture icons with an enchanting new collection of the best of his recent work. Handpicked by the artist himself, the images include over one hundred new paintings and illustrations, all created in Scott’s trademark cartoon style with his reflections and anecdotes sprinkled throughout. Filled with warmth, sly humor, and surprising insight, this book is a delightful tribute to an artist guaranteed to put a smile on the faces of both the young and the young at heart.

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Book SynopsisThe official art book for the animated movie Spies in Disguise. Super spy Lance Sterling (Will Smith) and scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is... not. But when events take an unexpected turn, this unlikely duo are forced to team up for the ultimate mission that will require an almost impossible disguise - transforming Lance into the brave, fierce, majestic... pigeon. Walter and Lance suddenly have to work as a team, or the whole world is in peril. In this coffee table hardback, uncover the concept designs, character sketches, storyboards, and production art, alongside insight from the artists, filmmakers, and directors for this animated buddy comedy set in the high-octane globe-trotting world of international espionage.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an audacious account of the ways in which the arts in the Americas were modernized during the first half of the 20th century. Rather than viewing modernization as a steady progression from one "ism" to another, Edward Sullivan adopts a comparative approach, drawing his examples from North America, the Caribbean, Central, and South America. By considering the Americas in this hemispheric sense he is able to tease out many stories of art and focus on the ways in which artists from different regions not only adapted and experimented with visual expression, but also absorbed trans-national as well as international influences. He shows how this rich diversity is most evident in the various forms of abstract art that emerged throughout the Americas and which in turn had an impact on art throughout the world.

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Book SynopsisEver wondered why Yayoi Kusama dresses in dots or dreamt of asking Picasso: why the Breton tee? Enter sARTorial, a fun guide to the signature looks of 60 key artists from the 19th century to today. Short texts unpack the style essentials of icons such as Claude Monet to millennials including Tauba Auerbach, revealing how they construct their looks and why it reflects the works they create. Featuring fantastic images of the artists in all their splendour, sARTorial is essential reading for anyone looking to decode the 'drobe, and gain valuable insight into the cult of the artist.

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Book SynopsisKing of Pop Art Andy Warhol is one of the greatest artists of all time. Rarely venturing into public without his camera and tape recorder, Warhol was a great observer and documentarist of the American social scene.Somewhere within the iconic images, carefully-made personae, star-studded milieu, million-dollar price tags and famous quotes lies the real Andy Warhol. But who was he?With Andy Warhol,Robert Shore unfolds the multi-dimensional Warhol, dissecting his existence as undisputed art-world hotshot, recreating the amazing circle that surrounded him, and tracing his path to stardom back through his early career and his awkward and unusual youth. After Warhol, nothing would be the same - he changed art forever. Find out how with his remarkable story.'Lives of the Artists' is a new series of brief artists biographies from Laurence King Publishing. The series takes as its inspiration Giorgio Vasari's five-hundred-year-old masterwork, updating it with modern takes on the lives of key artists past and present. Focusing on the life of the artist rather than examining their work, each book also includes key images illustrating the artist's life.

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Book SynopsisMackintosh is a celebration of the extraordinary career of one of the most intriguing and influential artists of his time, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. This book follows his artistic development, from his early architectural and interior designs in Glasgow to his eventual withdrawal into landscape painting in the South of France. Mackintosh was a man of daring vision, who mastered the decorative arts, architecture, design and painting with spirited determination and self-belief. Known internationally as the father of the ‘Glasgow Style’, he became a driving force behind a new approach to modern architecture and design, as well as the forerunner of Art Deco and the Modern Movement.

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Book SynopsisThe third volume of Arnold Schwartzman’s photographic trilogy explores the world’s most sensuous architecture of the 1890s and 1900s. The author has selected from his vast archive of photographs that he has captured during the past fifty years, to present a stunning collection of over 350 images from the South Pacific to the cusp of Asia, from South America to Europe, from Spain to Hungary and beyond of the architectural style known as Art Nouveau. Following the publications of Art Deco City and Arts & Crafts, Schwartzman turns back the clock to the fin de siècle, a romantic time when the Art Nouveau style burgeoned and flourished. This movement was known by several other names, among which were Jugendstil, Secession and Liberty. Its origins stem from the Arts and Crafts Movement (Schwartzman’s second volume of this series) of Great Britain’s William Morris. Rennie Mackintosh, and architects including Guimard and Lavoretti in Paris, Horta and van de Velde in Brussels, Wagner and Hoffmann in Vienna, Gaudi in Barcelona and Tiffany in New York, each contributing their own unique interpretation of the style. Remarkably many of their structures have survived the destructive havoc of two World Wars. The reader can turn page after page of this diversified collection of images extolling the globe’s rich heritage from the Belle Epoque.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing 150 iconic artworks, The National Gallery Masters of Art Puzzle Book is a visually spectacular puzzle challenge perfect for any art-enthusiast. This must-buy gift book contains 100 puzzles reproducing and inspired by the world's most famous paintings, making it a truly one-of-a-kind decorative delight.From pictorial puzzles such as Fake or Fortune, Jigsaw and Scrambled Image, to cryptic puzzles like Odd One Out or The Missing Link, through logic puzzles, riddles and even a series of progressively more difficult art knowledge quizzes, there is something for everyone, from the puzzle master to the art aficionado.Featured paintings include Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh, The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner, The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, The Hay Wain by John Constable, The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci, Bathers at La Grenouillère by Claude Monet and many, many more.Table of ContentsThe National Gallery Masters of Art Puzzle Book contains more than 150 artworks that make up 100 puzzles and quizzes. It also includes information about many of the paintings featured, filled with a treasure-trove of interesting facts about the painting and the artist, making it as attractive to the art historian as it is to the puzzle lover.

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Book SynopsisAIDS & Representation explores portraits and self-portraits made in response to the AIDS epidemic in America in the 1980s and 1990s. Addressing the work of artists including Mark Morrisroe, Robert Blanchon and Felix Gonzalez-Torres through the interrelated themes of sickness and mortality, desire and sexual identity, love and loss, Fiona Johnstone shows how the self-representational practices of artists with HIV and AIDS offered a richly imaginative response to the limitations of early AIDS imagery. Johnstone argues that the AIDS epidemic changed the very nature of visual representation and artistic practice, necessitating a radical new approach to conceptualising and visualising the human form. An extended epilogue considers the ongoing art historicization of the epidemic, re-contextualising the book’s themes in relation to contemporary photographic works. More than just a historical discussion of the art of the AIDS crisis, AIDS and Representation contributes to an emergent body of scholarship on the visual representation of illness. Expanding the established genre of the autopathography or illness narrative beyond the predominantly textual, this important contribution to art history and health humanities sensitively unpicks the entanglements between aesthetic form and the expression of lived experiences of critical and chronic ill health.Trade ReviewJohnstone’s book provides excellent context for the emergence of visual art in the time of crisis – and during the emergency years of the AIDS crisis in particular. AIDS changed art, this book argues, showing us how to develop a complex appreciation and understanding of these crucial portraits. * Monica Pearl, Senior Lecturer, Twentieth Century American Literature and Film, University of Manchester, UK *Arguing for a more expansive understanding of self-portraiture in its revisiting and queering of AIDS portraiture in the 1980s and 1990s, this book offers a critical reappraisal of the significance of portraiture as an aesthetic and activist response to crisis. * Lisa Diedrich. Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University, USA *Enjoyable and accessible, this book bears witness to Mark Morrisroe, Robert Blanchon, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ queer tactics of portraiture, meanwhile locating their work within well researched and fascinating contexts that illuminate a kinship of ideas, connections, and tensions across disciplines and timelines. * Theodore (ted) Kerr, co-author of We Are Having This Conversation Now: The Times of AIDS Cultural Production (2022) *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. A Crisis of Representation: constructing an epidemic 2. Putting a face to AIDS: critiquing documentary portrait photography 3. Mark Morrisroe: a grandiose aesthetic encounter 4. Robert Blanchon: abjection, ‘absence’ and autobiography 5. Felix Gonzalez-Torres: falling out of time Epilogue: In/visible: picturing HIV in ‘endemic time' Endnotes Bibliography Index

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Fashion reveals not only who we are, but whom we aspire to be. From 1775 to 1925, artists in Europe were especially attuned to the gaps between appearance and reality, participating in and often critiquing the making of the self and the image. Reading their portrayals of modern life with an eye to fashion and dress reveals a world of complex calculations and subtle signals. Fashion in European Art explores the significance of historical dress over this period of upheaval, as well as the lived experience of dress and its representation. Drawing on visual sources that extend from paintings and photographs to fashion plates, caricatures and advertisements, the expert contributors consider how artists and their sitters engaged with the fashion and culture of their times. They explore the politics of dress, its inspirations and the reactions it provoked, as well as the many meanings of fashion in European art, revealing its importance in understanding modernity itself.

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Book Synopsis"There have been volumes written on and by Terence Conran and Mary Quant, but this is the first time they have been placed together in a book. And it works." - Colin McDowell, The Times "It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In recent fashion there have been three: Chanel, Dior and Mary Quant." - Ernestine Carter. Transporting you back to London at the height of the Swinging Sixties, this book provides vital context for two of the biggest and boldest names in 'Pop' fashion: Mary Quant, alleged mother of the miniskirt, and Terence Conran, the entrepreneur behind the new wave of 'lifestyle' stores. Friends, associates and allies in design, Quant and Conran stood at the head of an informal but influential bohemian group who steered the rudder of style during the Pop era. 'The Chelsea Set' resist definition; there was no comprehensive members list. Conran/Quant: Swinging London - A Lifestyle Revolution explores the contributions of designers and artists from Laura and Bernard Ashley to Eduardo Paolozzi, Nigen Henderson and Alexander Plunket Greene, all of whom were essential generators of Sixties Style.Trade Review"It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In recent fashion there have been three: Chanel, Dior and Mary Quant." - Ernestine Carter.

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Book Synopsis"An invaluable resource a delightful and compendious opus." - The Pre-Raphaelite Society Review The Death of Chatterton hangs from the wall of the Tate Britain, a resplendent depiction of tragedy. This is the canvas that earned Henry Wallis his lasting legacy. It embodies the Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic, from its morbid subject (Thomas Chatterton, a precocious 18th-century poet who poisoned himself to escape poverty, aged only seventeen), to its vibrant colourwork and detailed naturalism, characteristic of the first phase of Pre-Raphaelitism. Despite this, no significant study has been dedicated to Wallis - until now. Henry Wallis: From Pre-Raphaelite to Collector/Connoisseur - delivers the first comprehensive appraisal of this often-overlooked Pre-Raphaelite. Composed of three parts - a biography, a catalogue raisonné and a series of important appendices - this book demonstrates the full range of Wallis's contributions to the world of Victorian art. The biography acknowledges Wallis's expertise as a colourist and draughtsman, while paying respect to his lesser-known accomplishments as both collector and connoisseur. The Illustrated Catalogue gathers every identifiable work in the painter's name - of which there are many, including The Stonebreaker: Wallis's other great masterpiece. Finally, the appendices present a selection of correspondence between Wallis and various members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle - William Holman Hunt, Frederic George Stephens, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Bell Scott, Arthur Hughes, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris. A pioneering exploration of the artist and the man, Henry Wallis will be at home on the bookshelf of any Pre-Raphaelite enthusiast.

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Book SynopsisCelebrated designer, writer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller''s memoir of a life in advocacy and her journey to answer the question "Where are the Black designers?"Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is one of the design field''s most respected figures. She is legendaryfor her decades of scholarship and activism and is known as a touchstone and conscience for the design profession. This long-awaited book documents the history of the question she has been asking for decades: ?Where are the Black designers?? along with related questions that are urgent to the design profession: Where did they originate? Where have they been? Why haven''t they been represented in design histories and canons? Holmes-Miller traces her development as a designer and leader, beginning with her own family and its rich multiethnichistory. She narrates her experiences as a design student at Rhode Island School of Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, and Pratt, leading up to her oft-cited Pratt thesis examining barriers to success for Black designers. Holmes-Miller describes the work of her eponymous studio for noted clients that included NASA, Time Inc., andthe nascent Black Entertainment Television, as well as the story of her later critiques of the industryin the design press, most notably inPrint magazine. Miller also recounts the parallel history of collective efforts by fellow scholars and advocates over the past fifty years to identify and celebrate Black designers. Enhanced with a foreword by Crystal Williams, president of Rhode Island School of Design, award-winning poet, and noted advocate for equity and justice in the fields of art and education, HERE is part memoir, part investigation, and part urgent call for justice and recognitionfor Black designers, making it an invaluable resource for graphic design professionals, teachers, and students.

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Book SynopsisFollowing a spectacular surge in interest for Egyptian masters, Modern Art in Egypt fills the void in Egyptian art history, chronicling the lives and legacies of six pioneering artists working under the British occupation. Using Western-style academic art as a starting point, these artists championed cultural progress, re-appropriating Egyptian visual culture from European orientalists to found a neo-Pharaonic School of Realism. Modern Art in Egypt charts the years from Muhammad Ali’s educational reforms to the mass influx of foreigners during the nineteenth-century. With a focus on the al-Nahda thought movement, this book provides an overview of the key policy-makers, reformists and feminists who founded the first School of Fine Arts in Egypt, as well as cultural salons, museums and arts collectives. By combining political and aesthetic histories, Fatenn Mostafa breaks the prevailing understanding that has preferred to see non-Western art as derivatives of Western art movements. Modern Art in Egypt re-establishes Egypt’s presence within the global Modernist canon.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION PART ONE REACHING FOR MODERNITY: A MULTICULTURAL RENAISSANCE CHAPTER 1: al-Nahda: The Building Blocks of a By-Product 1.1. Producing Knowledge 1.2. Cosmopolitanism and Mass Media CHAPTER 2: EGYPT AS EXHIBITION 2.1. European Orientalism: The Art of the Other and the Foreign Complex 2.2. Orientalizing a New Industry: Villa Medici, Cercle Artistique and Exposition du Caire CHAPTER 3: ART AND ISLAM PART TWO FUNUN JAMILA: PATRONS, A STATE AND A NEW SOCIAL PLAYER CHAPTER 4: The Patrons 4.1. The Egyptian School of Fine Arts in Cairo 4.2. Société des amis de l’art, Salon du Caire and Atelier of Alexandria 4.3. La Chimère and the Art Advocacy Group 4.4. Cultural Salons and the Woman Question CHAPTER 5: The State 5.1. Building an Infrastructure 5.2. The Museum of Modern Art 5.3. Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil and his eponymous museum 5.4. Conclusion CHAPTER 6: The Artist–The Emergence of a new social player 6.1. Egypt for Egyptians 6.2. Innovators vs. Conformists PART THREE AL-RUWWAD: THE FIRST-GENERATION INNOVATORS 7. Georges Sabbagh (1887-1951): The (E)migrant Son 8. Mohamed Naghi (1888-1956): Naghi d’Alexandrie 9. Mahmoud Mokhtar (1891-1934): The Hyphen between Ancient and Modern 10. Ragheb Ayad (1892-1982): The Godfather of the Egyptian Gaze 11. Mahmoud Saïd (1897-1964): In Search of a Happy Island 12. Marguerite Nakhla (1908-1977): Life as it should be CONCLUSION Decoding 1930s Egypt: The Seeds of the Naksa TIMELINE ENDNOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive exploration of the life and works of French ceramicist, Adrien Dalpayrat in a meticulously produced luxurious, oversized formatAdrien Dalpayrat was one of the most highly regarded ceramicists working in France in the late nineteenth century. Dalpayrat's recognition came relatively late in life, at age 45, when he first revealed the distinctive oxblood glazes for which he was best known, along with the variety of stoneware forms he employed — everything from gourds to fantastical marine creatures. Dalpayrat's works are included in global private and museum collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée d'Orsay, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Cooper-Hewitt.In this book architect Peter Marino shares his collection of Dalpayrat masterpieces, each beautifully reproduced in a luxurious, oversized format with 270 color illustrations. Also included is a foreword by Peter Marino and insightful essays by curator Etienne Tornier as well as an extensive plates section with works by Dalpayrat.With the same trim size and overall design, the volume is the perfect companion to Peter Marino's previous book, Théodore Deck.Trade Review ‘This magnificent, large volume celebrates an innovative French ceramic artist, famous for his glazed stoneware vessels, as well as for his more sculptural production. The publication records the collection of the architect Peter Marino, who describes the glazes on Adrien Dalpayrat’s vases as “modern paintings in and of themselves”.’ – Decorative Arts Society ‘The outstanding feature of this sumptuous tome is the extraordinary photography that allows the reader to appreciate the tactile quality of the pots and sculptural creations and to absorb the forms and glazes of each piece. The full-page, sometimes double-page, full-bleed details do indeed appear like “modern paintings”, while the detailed shots of particular pieces emphasise the finer details of the designs … Despite requiring serious shelf space, this is a valuable volume that informs and gives pleasure.’ – Decorative Arts Society

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Book SynopsisThe first complete survey of the work of the much-loved and collected contemporary Italian multimedia artist Paola Pivi - with more than 250 images, including previously unpublished work. Published in association with Anchorage Museum, Alaska; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach; [mac] musée d’art contemporain de Marseille; and MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome. Probably best known for her playful, complex installations of life-sized, brightly-hued, feathered polar bears, Paola Pivi has created work across a range of media - including sculpture, video, photography, performance, and installation - throughout her 27-year career. Often using recognisable objects that are modified to introduce new scale, material, or color, her work challenges viewers to rethink their position. This in-depth monograph, made with the close involvement of the artist, is her most substantial publication to date and features more than 250 images, including previously unpublished work, together with five newly commissioned essays giving insight and perspective on her incredibly diverse body of work.

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Book SynopsisThe films of John Akomfrah represent one of the most significant bodies of artistic production in the post-war era in Britain, yet little attempt has been made to analyse the consistencies and divergences across them. James Harvey’s John Akomfrah is the first comprehensive analytic engagement with these films, offering sustained close engagement with the artist’s core thematic preoccupations and aesthetic tendencies. His analysis negotiates the contextual and theoretical layers of Akomfrah’s rich and complex films, from the intermedial diaspora aesthetics of Handsworth Songs (1986) to the intersectional spatial ecopolitics of Purple (2017). Positioning Akomfrah in the burgeoning black British arts and cultural scene of the 1980s as a member of Black Audio Film Collective, Harvey traces the evolution of a critical relationship with the postcolonial archive in his early films, through analysis of documentaries made for television in the 1990s and up to more recent film installations in museums and galleries.Trade ReviewJames Harvey's dextrous, perceptive account of John Akomfrah's extraordinary contributions to cinema is a rich and invaluable work of scholarship. Spanning the full breadth of Akomfrah's career to date - from ground-breaking works with the Black Audio Film Collective to more recent gallery installation pieces - Harvey adopts a productive thematic approach, identifying formal and political links between individual works, and between Akomfrah and a variety of other artists, filmmakers and thinkers. Throughout, Harvey repeatedly returns to Akomfrah's deployment of archive materials and of montage techniques, pinpointing the manifold ways in which Akomfrah has innovated with both. This highly readable book is a significant contribution to the study of Black British cinema, experimental and avant-garde film, and the politics of the diaspora. -- Glyn Davis, University of St Andrews, UKThis is a timely and important book that traces the concerns and contexts of Akomfrah’s oeuvre from the early years of Black Audio Film Collective through to the Four Nocturnes commissioned for the the inaugural Ghana Freedom pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Through close readings and drawing from a wide range of sources this book explains Akomfrah’s central role as a commanding film maker of his generation in Britain. Harvey’s own theoretical fluency deciphers and explores Akomfrah’s preoccupations with iconicity, gesture, memory and montage, siting him finally as a neo expressionist for our epoch. -- Rachel Garfield, The Royal College of Art, London, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Positioning John Akomfrah 1.The Ghosts of Other Stories: Thatcherism and Postcolonial Britain 2.Black Stars: From Racial Iconicity to Black Atlantic Collectivity 3.Memory-images: Catharsis, Embodiment and the Aesthetics of Remembrance 4.Why They Come: Migration Films in the Age of ‘Refugee Crisis’ 5.Changing Site, Changing Sight: The Spatial Turn 6.Water, Earth, Elephants: The Human Destruction Trilogy as Political Ecology 7.‘Staking Claims on the Real’: An Interview with John Akomfrah Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA look at Simon Yotsuya's work in avant-garde Japanese doll-making, and the artists he inspired. Featuring 80 full sized colour photographs.

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Book SynopsisThe annual exhibitions of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, founded in 1823 and still active today, provided a bridge between the Irish artist and the public, including critics and collectors. The Academy also ran the main art school for aspiring artists in the nineteenth century. During the Easter Rising of 1916 its galleries and school in Lower Abbey Street were destroyed by fire. It survived in borrowed space, but faced major challenges from modernism in the visual arts. By the end of the twentieth century it had redefined its role in its new gallery in Ely Place, opened, still incomplete, in 1985. The narrative of this stunning compendium is one of change, conflict and adaption. The book is divided into two volumes that describe two different political, social and artistic worlds: Volume One (1823-1916), and Volume Two (1916-2010).Trade Review‘The most outstanding contribution to the visual arts to be published in Ireland this year.’ — Paul Caffrey, THE IRISH ARTS REVIEW ‘The book will provide an invaluable source for anyone interested in Irish art and for art historians, curators, auction houses, collectors – and for any student of 19th-century Irish history and society.’ — Julian Campbell, THE IRISH ARTS REVIEW

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Book SynopsisWritten by his daughter, Evelyn A. Williams, The Art of Denis Williams is a long-overdue illustrated guide to the work of a man praised worldwide, including by the likes of Wyndham Lewis, Henry Moore and Salvador Dali. In the 1940s, Denis Williams was the first Black artist to win critical acclaim in Britain and the first Black teacher at both the Central School of Art and Crafts and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His presence was of such significance to art in the post-war era that it was reserved by the Tate and featured in Time Magazine.Includes 69 colour and 80 black-and-white illustrations.Evelyn A. Williams was born in London, and is a researcher, painter and writer born in London. She co-edited the recently published Denis Williams: A Life in Works, New and Collected Essays (2010), with contributions from leading scholars, including a number of Williams' contemporaries such as Wilson Harris and Stanley Greaves. She currently lives in Edinburgh, and has studios both in Scotland and Guyana.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the architectural influence that Japan and the West have had on each other during the last 150 years. While the recent histories of Western and Japanese architecture have been well recorded, they have rarely been interwoven. Based on extensive research, this book provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its present state without the other. It should be no surprise that the Bank of Japan in Tokyo is based upon the national banks in Brussels and London, or that Le Corbusier's cabanon at Cap Martin in the south of France is based upon an eight mat tatami room. In considering these histories, this book demonstrates the mutual inter-dependence of both architectural cultures while, at the same time, acknowledging their differences. In conclusion, the book moves beyond style and structure to the Japanese concept of ma - the pause or the space between, and demonstrates how this Zen Buddhist concept has found a place in Western architecture.Trade Review"An ambitious and exhaustively researched book.... Jackson's well-illustrated essays track important figures, movements and themes, from the isolationist, feudal pre-Meji period to the present, switching back and forth between parallel or related developments in Japan, Europe and the USA." - Paul Baxter, Architecture TodayTable of ContentsPrelude. Part 1: Shogun. 1: the Chained Country; 2. The Japanese Ambassadors; 3. The Land of the Morning; Part 2: Meiji. 4. The Japanese Pavilions; 5. The Art-Architects; 6. The Manners of the West; 7. The Western Architects; 8. The Japanese Architects; Part 3. Taisho. 9.The Winds of Heaven; 10. The Shaken Reed; 11. The Principle of Evolution; Part 4: Showa. 12. The Artist Samurai; 13. The Presence of Le Corbusier; 14. The Pacific Rim; 15. The West and Japan

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