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Book SynopsisWhen one speaks of the “lost generation,” it also includes Lotte Laserstein (1898–1993). After the National Socialists seized power, she was forced to leave Germany, and her exile resulted in her being forgotten. Laserstein’s artistic career, however, began auspiciously: in 1927, she was the first woman to complete studies at the Berlin Academy of the Arts with distinction, and quickly made a name for herself in the art metropolis. While her works are close to Neue Sachlichkeit, they lack its cool, dissecting smoothness. Laserstein’s selfassured view of the new woman, technical mastery, play with traditional and modern visual formulas, as well as her synthesis of objectivity and sensitivity give her pictures a captivating contemporaneity and time-transcending topicality.

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Book SynopsisJoanna Cannon's scholarship and teaching have helped shape the historical study of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italian art; this essay collection by her former students is a tribute to her work. The essays collected here form a tribute to Joanna Cannon, whose scholarship and teaching have done so much to shape the historical study of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italian art. Her teaching lies at the heart of this book, as its chapters are all written by those who gained their doctorates under her supervision. The reach of her interests and expertise is also reflected in its range of subjects. The book is unified by its concentration on Italian art, history, and material culture, spanning the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries; but within that scope the individual essays focus on an impressive variety of subjects, across many media, including panel painting, wall painting, architecture, sculpture, metalwork, manuscripts, and gilded glass. Ranging across Italy, from Bologna, to Siena, to Assisi, to Florence, they address key themes in the field, such as artistic patronage, sainthood and sanctity, the visual culture of the mendicant orders, devotional practice, and civic religion. Some essays bring fresh approaches to familiar material (Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Saint Nicholas panels, the frescoes in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico, Simone Martini's Holy Family), while others illuminate objects and images that are less well known (the central panel of the Santa Chiara triptych in Trieste, and the statue of Saint Francis in San Francesco in Siena). As a collection they combine to make an important contribution to the study of Early Italian art, seeking thereby to echo the extraordinary contribution of Joanna Cannon's own work to that field.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Circling Giotto Donal Cooper and Beth Williamson 2. Holy Wood / 'sacra tavola': Saint Dominic and the Memory of Miracles in Bologna Jessica N. Richardson 3. The Sculpted Saint: A Statue of Saint Francis in Siena John Renner 4. Guccio di Mannaia and the Concept of a 'Franciscan' Chalice Glyn Davies 5. 'Speculum sine macula': The Trittico di Santa Chiara in Trieste as an Object of Clarissan Devotion Michaela Zöschg 6. The Siena Connection: A Franciscan Provincial Minister between Tuscany and Assisi at the Dawn of the Trecento Donal Cooper 7. Simone Martini's 'Treaty with the House of Santa Fiora' in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico: Its Date and Significance Thomas De Wesselow 8. Crisis and Charity in Fourteenth-Century Florence: Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Saint Nicholas Panels for San Procolo Janet Robson 9. Father of Light: Giotto and the Beatific Vision in the Baroncelli Chapel Virginia Brilliant 10. Painter-Illuminator Workshops and the Church of San Giorgio a Ruballa: The Case of Bernardo Daddi and Pacino di Bonaguida Bryan C. Keene 11. Patterns of Holiness: A Virgin Lactans in a Franciscan context Beth Williamson 12. A New Angle on Simone Martini's Holy Family James Alexander Cameron 13. Artistic Appropriation, Institutional Identity and Civic Religion in Fourteenth-Century Siena: The Byzantine Treasury of the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala Stefania Gerevini 14. Visual Religious Education in Late Medieval Florence: Zanobi Perini, the Leggenda di Santo Tobia, and the Misericordia Federico Botana 15. Saints and Status in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Florence Sally J. Cornelison Select Bibliography Publications by Joanna Cannon Eowyn Kerr-Di Carlo and Imogen Tedbury Index Tabula Gratulatoria

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Book SynopsisCharles R. Cockerell (1788-1863) was one of the most significant nineteenth-century British architects and a major player in the cultural shift from the Georgian eighteenth to the Victorian nineteenth century. Charles R. Cockerell (1788-1863) was one of the most significant nineteenth-century British architects and a major player in the cultural shift from the Georgian eighteenth to the Victorian nineteenth century. Cockerell's travelsin the eastern Mediterranean between 1810 and 1817 were the formative experience of his life. His forty letters from this period, held in the archives of the Royal Institute of British Architects and published here for the first time, give crucial day-to-day insights into his actions, thoughts and feelings in relation to the intricate histories of the re-discovery and sales of the Aegina and Bassae marbles and, equally importantly, illuminate his hugely significant work on temple architecture and sculpture in mainland Greece, the great cities of Asia Minor, and the significant temples of Sicily. Drawing on these letters, and on some 150 unpublished letters sent by his friends while they were all in Greece and now held in the British Museum, this book elucidates what Cockerell did and why by analyzing his methods of work and their significance. It discusses Cockerell's aesthetic and conceptual development during his time abroad, particularly his influential part in the changing vision of Greek sculpture and architecture, from Winkelmann's static ideal to one rooted in dramatic tension and contextual contingency. The book unravels the emergence of Cockerell's crucial historical perspective and shows how he arrived at a new view of the ancient Greek past as made up of real lived lives, rather than just existing as a back drop to the present. By offeringa complete edition of the RIBA letters, this book fills a significant gap in our understanding of the thought and work of one of the formative spirits of nineteenth century visual historical culture. SUSAN PEARCE is Professor Emeritus of Museum Studies, University of Leicester. THERESA ORMROD has extensive experience in archival research, manuscript transcription and editing.Trade ReviewAs a social history, a travelogue and an explanation of historical architectural discovery, it was highly informative and enjoyable. * SPAB *Will be invaluable to scholars of Cockerell, nineteenth-century archaeology and Romantic travelling. But perhaps its greatest contribution to scholarship is that it definitively exhausts primary research on this preliminary stage of Cockerell's career. * BURLINGTON MAGAZINE *Will appeal not only to scholars but also to a wider audience. * JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF COLLECTIONS *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Life Before Departure Athens, Aegina, and the Morea Asia Minor, Sicily, Albania, and Italy Visions of Hellas The Spirit of the Time Homecomings Introduction to the Letters The Letters Appendix 1. Sources Appendix 2. Biographical Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisLauren Palmor’s Bouquets of Art isa gorgeous compendium that illuminates the rich history of floriography through the lens of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s expansive collection. This volume draws upon the rich history of the language of flowers in order to offer a new perspective through which to explore the permanent collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Featuring a sampling of floral imagery selected from across cultures, periods, and media, this guide builds on the methods of floriography as a means for navigating how the collection’s expansive array of objects intersects with the rich histories of floral symbolism and communication. Looking across the Fine Arts Museums’ holdings of American art, works on paper, costume and textile arts, European painting, and European decorative arts and sculpture, this selection of 50 floral objects presents the collection through a new lens, with accompanying texts that explore a rich variety of source material, including poetry, etymology, folklore, botany, popular music, biblical verse, mythology, histories of exploration and colonization, and systems of belief. A branch of azaleas recalls lines of poetry from the oldest extant collection of Japanese verse; the deep purple irises of a stained-glass window suggest the myth of Iris, the Greek goddess who carried messages of love from heaven to Earth; and a lemon blossom atop a piece of French soft-paste porcelain evokes the lyrics of a 1960s pop song. These connections reinforce an essential aspect of art appreciation: If approached with a keen eye, an open heart, and a curious mind, any artwork can be placed at the center of its own constellation of associations.

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Book SynopsisA visual history of the life of Augustus “Gus” Wagner and his work as a hand tattoo artist, exploring a relatively unknown area of American art history from the 1890s to the 1930s

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Book SynopsisThis lavishly-illustrated book re-assesses the work of the nineteenth-century botanical painter Marianne North (1830-1890) and the purpose-built gallery that houses her paintings at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Lynne Howarth-Gladston, a trained botanical illustrator and scholar, re-examines North's working methods, which extend beyond those of conventional botanical illustration, and discusses North's painterly techniques, in addition to her use of photography as a possible aid to her extraordinarily prolific output. Marianne North: A Victorian Painter for the 21st Century situates North both as an unconventional botanical painter and as a technically progressive artist who melded differing stylistic approaches, techniques and media from both scientific and aesthetic perspectives. The study presents North as a progressive, multi-faceted individual who was rooted in the complex circumstances of her own time. Yet it also reveals how her legacy continues to resonate with the concerns

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Book SynopsisEver since horror leapt from popular fiction to the silver screen in the late 1890s, viewers have experienced fear and pleasure in exquisite combination. Wheeler Winston Dixon's fully revised and updated A History of Horror is still the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of this ever-popular film genre.Arranged by decades, with outliers and franchise films overlapping some years, this one-stop sourcebook unearths the historical origins of characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman and their various incarnations in film from the silent era to comedic sequels. In covering the last decade, this new edition includes coverage of the resurgence of the genre, covering the swath of new groundbreaking horror films directed by women, Black and queer horror films, and a new international wave in body horror films.A History of Horror explores how the horror film fits into the Hollywood studio system, how the distribution and exhibition of horror films have changed in a post-COVID world, and how its enormous success in American and European culture expanded globally over time.Dixon examines key periods in the horror film-in which the basic precepts of the genre were established, then banished into conveniently reliable and malleable forms, and then, after collapsing into parody, rose again and again to create new levels of intensity and menace. A History of Horror, supported by rare stills from classic films, brings over sixty timeless horror films into frightfully clear focus, zooms in on today's top horror Web sites, and champions the stars, directors, and subgenres that make the horror film so exciting and popular with contemporary audiences. Trade Review"Dixon is recognized as an eminent film scholar and the current title is an impressive addition to his oeuvre. This book certainly has solid scholarship, but it is also a book that once picked up is hard to put down. Essential." * Choice *"Dixon is a deft and knowledgeable guide, leading us from silent ghouls to Universal's monsters. Interspersed throughout this catalogue are nuggets of surprising information." * Times Literary Supplement *"This is an excellent survey of horror movies. The author, a veteran film historian, takes the reader back to the beginning, when, in the first three decades of the twentieth century, such directors as Georges Melies, F. W. Murnau, and Paul Wegener were defining not only the look of a genre but also cinema itself. The period between 1930 and the late 1940s saw the rise of the classic Universal Studios characters—Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Mummy—and the actors who played them: Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney Jr. By the end of the 1940s, horror was dying, 'killed by a plethora of poorly made sequels.' But never fear: the period between the late 1940s and 1970 saw a massive resurgence, due in part to gimmicks (such as 3-D); low-budget quickies from the likes of Roger Corman, the wizard of the B movie; and the stylish resurrection of the classic Universal monsters by Britain's Hammer Film Productions. This survey, which takes the reader right up to the present, is full of fascinating information and is delivered in an accessible manner. Required reading for horror fans." -- David Pitt * Booklist *"Dixon surveys the development of the horror genre from the earliest Frankenstein and Dracula films through the decades of classics by Hammer studios, William Castle, Roger Corman, and Val Lewton. Dixon covers movies seldom found in other histories and more modern, international titles such as Wolf Creek, Black Water, and Grudge. The endurance of horror, trends like remakes and sequels, and such popular franchises as Child's Play and Halloween are also discussed. In the final chapter, Dixon analyzes the decline of modern horror owing to desensitized audiences, graphic gore, violence, and lack of solid plot lines or character development. Lists of the best horror websites as well as the 50 movies covered round out this volume. This concise overview is an informative and entertaining read. Recommended." * Library Journal *"In less than 250 pages, Wheeler Winston Dixon manages to cover the trends and sub-genres of film horror from 1896 to 2009. Bonuses include a list of top horror sites, a list of fifty classic films, and a pretty wonderful bibliography. Well written and well researched and offering an enjoyable overview of more than one hundred years of cinema, A History of Horror is a quick, delightful read." * Seattle Post-Intelligencer *"No mere catalogue of titles, Dixon's account explores all aspects of the genre: literary underpinnings, themes, and transformations, including much on actors and directors. Dixon's mind-priming volume will enhance spine-tingling late-night viewings." * ForeWord Reviews *"A breathtaking panorama, written with wit and candor, showing how the horror film has shaped cinema from the origins of the genre until now." -- Tom Conley, Harvard University"Rich with excellent illustrations and clever anecdotes, this book will appeal to fans of horror as well as film students and scholars interested in a readable overview of the history of the genre." -- Rebecca Bell-Metereau, author of Hollywood Androgyny "There’s No Dark Universe Anymore, Just One Monster After Another," by Robert Ito https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/movies/the-invisible-man-universal.html * New York Times *"New from Rutgers U. Press: A History of Horror" by Dan Aubrey https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/artsandentertainment/new-from-rutgers-u-press-a-history-of-horror/article_3fae29f2-a6fb-11ed-9ef2-ff473369899e.html * U.S. 1, Princeton *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Origins: 1896-1929 2 Classics: 1930-1948 3 Rebirth: 1949-1970 4 New Blood: 1970-1990 5 The Next Wave: 1990-2010 6 The Future: 2010-Present Top Horror Websites 50 Classic Horror Films Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Focusing on primary sources, Casale extensively contextualizes the gift exchanges between the Safavids and Ottomans in the early sixteenth-century within their cultural and historical context. With clear writing and fresh perspectives, Gifts in the Age of Empire is a bold book that will particularly interest art historians, cultural historians, and scholars interested in material culture and materiality.” * Melis Taner, Özyegin University, Istanbul *“Until now, viewing early modern Ottoman and Safavid art and politics through the lens of gift giving was a relatively novel idea and one that had not previously been employed in a comprehensive manner. With Gifts in the Age of Empire, Casale repositions the study of gift exchange in a broader sphere, which has to do with the global movement of works of art and its impact on visual culture. This thoroughly researched, well-written, and profusely illustrated monograph is particularly relevant when considering later Islamic arts.” * Linda Komaroff, curator and department head, Los Angeles County Museum of Art *Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration Introduction 1 Scandal and Decorum 2 An Exquisite Shahnama 3 King of the World 4 Little Prince Bearing Gifts 5 Diplomacy and Transaction Epilogue Appendix 1: Favors to Ahmed Beg, July 1505 Appendix 2: Remittance to Shaikh Ismaʿil, November 1510 Appendix 3: Gifts to Selim II, 1568 Appendix 4: Gifts to Murad III, January 1590 Appendix 5: Favors to Haydar Mirza, January 1590 Appendix 6: Gifts to Mehmed III, January 1597 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe book responds to the challenge of the global turn in the humanities from the perspective of art history. A global art history, it argues, need not follow the logic of economic globalization nor seek to bring the entire world into its fold. Instead, it draws on a theory of transculturation to explore key moments of an art history that can no longer be approached through a facile globalism. How can art historical analysis theorize relationships of connectivity that have characterized cultures and regions across distances? How can it meaningfully handle issues of commensurability or its absence among cultures? By shifting the focus of enquiry to South Asia, the five meditations that make up this book seek to translate intellectual insights of experiences beyond Euro–America into globally intelligible analyses.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch ist die erste monographische Studie zum Goldgrund in der italienischen Tafelmalerei. Anhand der Tafelbilder Fra Angelicos zeigt Saskia C. Quené, dass der mittelalterliche Goldgrund nicht einer neuzeitlichen Perspektive gegenübersteht, sondern selbst perspektivisch gedacht werden muss. Das Ergebnis ist eine grundlegende Revision der Geschichte perspektivischer Darstellungsformen im Glanz des Quattrocento. Darüber hinaus liefert das Buch Antworten auf die Frage, wie der Goldgrund im 20. Jahrhundert zum blinden Fleck der Kunstgeschichte werden konnte. Copyright: 2022

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Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Vogue, the Washington Post, Telegraph, and more! Joan Didion is revealed at last in this outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work that reads like a propulsive novel (Oprah Daily) on the mutual attractionsand mutual antagonismsof Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz.Could you write what you write if you weren't so tiny, Joan? Eve Babitz, in a letter to Joan Didion, 1972 Joan Didion, revealed at last Eve Babitz died on December 17, 2021. Found in the wrack, ruin, and filth of her apartment, a stack of boxes packed by her mother decades before. The boxes were pristine, the seals of duct tape unbroken. Inside, a lost world. This world turned for a certain number of years in the late sixties and early seventies, and centered on a two-story rental in a down-at-heel section of Hollywood. 7406 Franklin Avenue, a

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Book SynopsisThis book broadens the discussion of pottery and china in the Victorian era by situating them in the national, imperial, design reform, and domestic debates between 1840 and 1890. Largely ignored in recent scholarship, Ceramics in the Victorian Era: Meanings and Metaphors in Painting and Literature argues that the signification of a pot, a jug, or a tableware pattern can be more fully discerned in written and painted representations.Across five case studies, the book explores a rhetoric and set of conventions that developed within the representation of ceramics, emerging in the late-18th century, and continuing in the Victorian period. Each case study begins with a textual passage exemplifying the outlined theme and closes with an object analysis to demonstrate how the fusing of text, image, and object are critical to attaining the period eye in order to better understand the metaphorical meanings of ceramics.Essential reading not only for ceramics scholars, but also those of mTrade ReviewFocusing on the rich meanings that ceramics accrued through their use and subsequent representation in paintings and works of literature, this book embraces a radically new approach to the study of Victorian ceramics. * Penny Sparke, Director, Modern Interiors Research Centre, Kingston University, London, UK *For anyone with an interest in the Victorian period this book is a treasure trove. Gotlieb offers a richly researched analysis of cultural messages conveyed by ceramics. The brown teapot, broken jug or willow pattern plate may be bit part players in art and literature, but they all tell powerful tales. * Moira Vincentelli, Emeritus Professor of Art History and Honorary Curator of Ceramics, Aberystwyth University, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Ceramics as Agent of Design Reform and Aestheticism 2. Willow Pattern: A Mutable Agent of British Design and Art 3. Teacups Tell Such Wondrous Tales 4. British Pottery: Pride and Piety 5. A Victorian Pitcher Speaks a Thousand Words Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Elegant, erudite, and very readable. . . . Concentrating on the stylistic morphology of the portrait and drawing on the whole range of spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic forces that determined its development in these glorious centuries, Mr. Pope-Hennessy is able to show us these artists in a fresh light. . . . [The] book is animated by an admirable intelligence and a fine clarity."---Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review

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Book SynopsisImi Knoebel – the “eternally young old master of a radically non-representational painting style”. Imi Knoebel (b. 1940) is regarded as a master of non-representational art. The monograph accompanying the retrospective in the Sammlung Goetz shows the entire spectrum of his creative artistic work from the 1960s until the present day. There is a particular focus on the connections between form and content within his works. Imi Knoebel is one of the great German artists of the present day. He studied at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf with Joseph Beuys and immediately won approval with his radically non-representational art. In his works he combines abstract painting with industrial materiality and a serial approach to his works. His oeuvre illustrated in this publication extends from black-and-white photographs to hardboard pictures, and from objects of cast concrete to acrylic paintings on aluminium.

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Book SynopsisThe long-awaited work monograph on the biennial and documenta artist Reinhard Mucha. … For me, things only become interesting when they contain some mysterious corner somewhere which continues to elude us. And so I am really rather sorry that Mucha was not included, because he is formally incredibly good and is nonetheless twice or three times as unfathomable. - Harald Szeemann, “Zeitinvestition zu knapp”, in: Kunstforum International, vol. 90, July–September 1987 The Düsseldorf artist Reinhard Mucha (b. 1950) exhibited his work at the Biennale in Venice in 1990 and at the documenta in Kassel in 1997. His work is regarded as one of the most important positions in contemporary art for his redefinition of sculpture, photography and installations. The catalogue accompanying the artist’s exhibition unites installations which have not been seen for many years with works from all creative phases, thereby sketching a panorama extending over forty years of artistic work. The overview volume was created in close cooperation with the artist.

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Book SynopsisAn important new way of viewing the prehistoric art of the Americas, The Jaguar Within demonstrates that understanding a work of art’s connection with shamanic trance can lead to an appreciation of it as an extremely creative solution to the inherent challenge of giving material form to nonmaterial realities and states of being. Shamanism—the practice of entering a trance state to experience visions of a reality beyond the ordinary and to gain esoteric knowledge—has been an important part of life for indigenous societies throughout the Americas from prehistoric times until the present. Much has been written about shamanism in both scholarly and popular literature, but few authors have linked it to another significant visual realm—art. In this pioneering study, Rebecca R. Stone considers how deep familiarity with, and profound respect for, the extra-ordinary visionary experiences of shamanism profoundly affected the artistic output of indigenous

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Book SynopsisEvaporating Suns explores myths from the Arabian Gulf through contemporary art. Based on the concept that the mythical and the factual are like two sides of the same coin, the catalogue accompanying the exhibition shows that myths do not simply convey fictions, but that they are instead capable of presenting truth much more vividly than statistics and facts ever could. The publication showcases the work of 13 contemporary artists from the Arabian peninsula, who explore the folklore and popular myths of their homelands, and use cynicism, satire and fiction to build their universes and rewrite the parallel history of their contemporary societies. Completed by essays by authors from the region, myths are being seen as an opportunity to offer a new approach to negotiate current issues such as the environment, gender, and social structures of power.

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Book SynopsisA close-up history of the Yugoslav artists who broke down the boundaries between public and private In the decades leading up to the dissolution of socialist Yugoslavia, a collective of young artists based in Zagreb took to using the city’s public spaces as a platform for radical individual expression. This Is Not My World presents a detailed account of the Group of Six Authors and their circle in the prolific and experimental period from 1975 to 1985, highlighting the friction between public and private that underlied their innovative practices. Looking to circumvent the rigid bureaucracy of official art institutions, this freewheeling group of conceptual artists and their peers brought artistic activities directly to an unwitting public by staging provocative performances, exhibiting artworks, and interacting with passersby on the streets. Exploring artworks such as Vlasta Delimar’s act of tying herself to a tree in a busy pedestrian area, Željko Jerman’s production of a giant banner declaring “Intimate Inscription” in the city’s central square, and Vlado Martek’s creation of an artwork on a seaside beach using women’s underwear, Adair Rounthwaite examines the work of these artists as a site of tension between the intimacy of artistic expression and the political structure of the public sphere under state socialism. Whereas many histories of modern and contemporary art in formerly socialist countries tend to be dominated by discussions of ideology and resistance, This Is Not My World focuses its attention on the affective aspects of the group’s activities, using artist interviews and extensive documentation to bring the reader closer to the felt experience of their public interventions. Situating the group’s work within the context of broader developments in conceptualism and theories of the avant-garde, Rounthwaite provides a fresh consideration and newly detailed account of this marginalized episode in global art history. Trade Review "This Is Not My World is a highly original take on the Zagreb experimental art scene of the 1970s. While studiously situating the practices of the Group of Six Authors in their cultural–political context, Adair Rounthwaite’s remarkable achievement is to simultaneously snatch them away from this context and open them up to concepts and readings that make them relevant beyond the frameworks of Yugoslav and East European art history."—Ivana Bago, independent scholar "This Is Not My World is not just a detailed account of the work of the Group of Six Authors but a response to it. As experimental in its scholarship as its subjects were in their artmaking, this book is poised to make an important critical and methodological intervention in the recent turn toward ‘global’ art histories."—Branislav Jakovljević, author of Alienation Effects: Performance and Self-Management in Yugoslavia, 1945–91

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Book SynopsisTrond Klevgaard is a design historian and graphic designer. He is Associate Professor of Design History at Kristiania University College, Norway, where he was previously head of the degree program in Graphic Design. He holds BA (Hons) and MA degrees in graphic design from London College of Communication, UK, and a PhD in History of Design from the Royal College of Art, UK.Trade ReviewThe history of modernism in typography is too often told through a limited number of familiar pieces of work, with the emphasis on a small cast of central and eastern European characters. Through thorough research into contemporary accounts, and by not concentrating solely on the avant-garde, Trond Klevgaard opens our eyes to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish designers whose work in the mid-20th century was international in inspiration but decidedly Scandinavian in application. This book brings a much-needed northern European perspective to the history of the ‘new typography’. -- Paul Luna, Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading, UKKlevgaard explains the publishing environment in which New Typography took shape in Scandinavia. We come to understand the “domestication” of modernist typography not as a misunderstanding of its more well-known Central European prototypes, but rather as a sensible adaptation to the varying interests of publishers, tradespeople, readers, and organizations there. Well researched and clearly written, this study will open many eyes to typography rarely seen outside of the region. It also demonstrates how the histories of social organizations and of industrial structures, no less than the histories of ideas and of visual forms, are key to understanding the history of modernist design. -- Craig Eliason, Professor of Art History, University of St. Thomas, USATable of ContentsContents List of Figures List of Plates Acknowledgements Note on Translation Introduction 1. Origins and Networks Origins of the New Typography Scandinavian Nodes in the Avant-Garde Network Section One: Printing and Advertising Cultures 2. Modification: The Printing Trade's Versions of the New Typography The New Typography from Avant-Garde Printing to Trade The New Typography in Scandinavian Printing Education 3. Compartmentalization: Cultures and Practices of Advertising Jobbing Print, Commercial Art and Lay-Out Discreet Professional Communication Networks Competing Cultures of Design and Production Section Two: Printing and Society 4. Realignment: Functionalism as Ideology, Style and Resistance From Elementarism to Functionalism From Funkis to Functional Typography Towards the Functional Book 5. Isolation: Future-People and Rational Consumers The Swedish Cooperative Society: Adopter of 'Wild' New Typography Print Designs of the Avant-Garde Left Targeting the Young and Femaile Vote through 'Wild' Photomontage 6. Assimilation The New Typography Under Occupation A New Style in Neutral Sweden Conclusion Glossary

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Book SynopsisA deep dive into the visual forms, material contexts, social lives, and global circulations of booksIn the twenty-first century, debates on the future of books and print culture have intensified with the rise of digital technologies, and the contemporary art world has witnessed an explosion of interest in the book form. Amid this artistic and intellectual activity, there has been little scrutiny of book arts in South Asia and their particular ontologies, histories, and genealogies. This volume weaves together scholarly essays, original artistic projects, and works of creative nonfiction to trace a history of illustrated books in South Asia from 1100 CE to the present.From Nepalese palm-leaf manuscripts and imperial Mughal albums to lithographed cookbooks and mimeographed magazines, contributors examine a diverse range of materials rarely, if ever, studied together. Thematically organized, the chapters stage a critical dialogue between artists and scholars,Trade Review"[An] exciting new publication...The scholarship complicates common understandings of South Asian bookmaking, whose regional practice and access benefited from Indic, Western, Islamic, and cross-cultural influences in the last millennium. Regardless of readers’ existing knowledge about book histories, a compelling essay or an inspiring image will surely pique their interest." * Hyperallergic *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Transliteration and Naming Conventions Introduction: Love in the Stacks Sonal Khullar HOLDING AND CARRYING 1. A Book and the Goddess: The Devimahatmya from Palm Leaf to Paper Jinah Kim Artist's Project 1: The Travels of a King T. Shanaathanan COVERING AND CAPTIONING 2. Clothing the Book: Texts, Textiles, and an Ethics of Care Sylvia Houghteling 3. Meaning in the Margins: Kannada Captions in a Deccani Sindbadnama Laura Weinstein Artist's Project 2: After the Plague Parismita Singh CUTTING AND PASTING 4. Books That Bind: The Persianate Album and Its Widespread Circulation Yael Rice 5. Migrations of Media: Photographic Albums, Prints, and Wall Paintings Holly Shaffer Artist's Project 3: Queen Victoria's Favorite Soup Naila Mahmood READING AND RECYCLING 6. Lithographic Assemblages: The Urdu Art Book in the Age of Print Iftikhar Dadi 7. Books and the Matter of Art: Notes on Materiality, Dematerialization, and Value Sonal Khullar Artists' Project 4: Tasavvur (Imagination) Iftikhar Dadi and Elizabeth Dadi CRAFTING AND COLLECTING 8. Quink on My Hands Arvind Krishna Mehrotra 9. In My Father's Trunk Anand A. Yang Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe extraordinary story behind Manet’s portrait of his only pupil Eva Gonzalès, placed within the broader context of women painters of the period Edouard Manet (1832–1883) only ever had one formal pupil, Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883). The daughter of a prominent writer, she entered Manet’s studio aged 19. He portrayed her the year they met and exhibited the ambitious full-length portrait at the Paris Salon of 1870, at which Gonzalès also displayed her own work, for the first time, to positive reviews. The first in a new series of Discover titles, in which a single work of art in the National Gallery’s collection is reconsidered from a fresh perspective, this book reveals the extraordinary story behind Manet’s portrait by examining it in the context of women’s artistic practice in nineteenth-century Paris, Gonzalès’s development as a professional painter, and Manet’s career in 1870. Combining new art historical research with engaging essays on women artists and their representation in visual culture, Discover Manet & Eva Gonzalès provides a richly illustrated, in-depth study of Manet’s portrait and offers a groundbreaking viewpoint on both artists. Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press

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Book SynopsisExperience the magic of the Harry Potter films, when you move the tabs, levers, and wheels across the pages of this book!Inspired by the events seen in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, this book is a charming depiction of Harry’s journey from the Cupboard Under the Stairs to the start of Harry’s life as a Gryffindor at Hogwarts. The all-new, beautifully detailed, immersive illustrations and clever paper engineering will amaze fans of all ages. Engineered for delight, six spreads invite readers to activate their favorite moments from the film. Turn the wheels, and pull the tabs, slits, and levers—the scenes on the pages change in exciting and surprising ways. The clever transformations were created by paper engineering maestro David Hawcock. Make the living room of Privet Drive flood with his Hogwarts acceptance letters, watch Harry disappear through the brick wall of Platform 9¾, discover the magnificent Hogwart

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Book SynopsisManga symbols manpu in Japanese - are iconic or symbolic expressions used uniquely in manga, such as sweat drops, popping veins, and smoke puffs. Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography! is (probably) Japan's first guide to this manga iconography, collecting and explaining these symbols, with a short manga featuring the frolicking animals of the famous Japanese scroll Choju-jinbutsu-giga to explain each one!Giga Town: A guide to Manga Iconography includes an informative afterward that teaches the flow of manga reading, a great addition for beginning manga readers!

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Book SynopsisAn A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment’s quest for understanding and change, as revealed in the era’s prints and drawings

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Book SynopsisExplores the intrinsic relation of life to air, and breathing, through contemporary art In Out of Breath, Caterina Albano examines the cultural significance of breath and air to a wide array of forces in our midst, including economy, politics, infection, and ecological violence. Through a consideration of recent art practices and projects, including the dance project Breath Catalogue, which makes visible the breathing patterns of dancers, and Forensic Architecture’s Cloud Studies video, which investigates eight different kinds of clouds from airstrikes to herbicides to tear gas, Albano focuses on breath as both an intuitive process and a conveyer of meanings.Conceived in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and systemic inequalities that it has laid bare, Out of Breath shows the potential of artistic practices to mobilize affect as a form of cultural and political critique. Forerunners is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital works. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.

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Book SynopsisShort-lived but highly influential, the Pre-Raphaelite movement was fueled by a rejection of academic artistic conventions and a longing for the aesthetic simplicity and moral sincerity of medieval and early Renaissance art. But it also coincided with a Victorian obsession with botany, gardening and flower arranging. As a result, painters such as Rosetti, Millais and Hughes populated their works with floral symbols that were steeped in religious and cultural significance. This stunning book examines the greatest of these works, including portraits of Hamlet's Ophelia, the Virgin Mary, and figures from Greek mythology and medieval lore. Each entry features a full-page reproduction of the painting, accompanied by smaller details and an engaging text that offers fascinating background and contextual clues to deepen readers' appreciation of the Pre- Raphaelite language. As lush and colorful as a late summer bouquet, this book is the perfect gift for lovers of flowers as well as f

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a conceptual and global overview of the field of Surrealist studies. Methodologically, the companion considers Surrealismâs many achievements, but also its historical shortcomings, to illuminate its connections to the historical and cultural moment(s) from which it originated and to assess both the ways in which it still shapes our world in inspiring ways and the ways in which it might appear problematic as we look back at it from a twenty-first-century vantage point. Contributions from experienced scholars will enable professors to teach the subject more broadly, by opening their eyes to aspects of the field that are on the margins of their expertise, and it will enable scholars to identify new areas of study in their own work, by indicating lines of research at a tangent to their own. The companion will reflect the interdisciplinarity of Surrealism by incorporating discussions pertaining to the visual arts, as well as literature, film, and political and i

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