Non-graphic and electronic art forms Books
Rizzoli International Publications Poetic Practical
Book SynopsisPoetic Practical offers the first examination of Chris Burden’s unrealized projects, featuring never-before-seen archival materials and newly commissioned photography of Burden’s studio and property.This extensively illustrated book includes 435 images, featuring never-before-seen archival materials and newly commissioned photography of Burden’s studio and property. Burden’s work, whether realized or unrealized, was fundamentally driven by a speculative approach to artistic production, one that compelled him to interrogate the physical limits of his own body, social mores, institutional capabilities, and scientific forces. Above all, his work repeatedly sought to test the thresholds of presumed impossibility, making his unrealized works the ultimate example of such measures. The sixty-seven artworks included in this publication offer a unique and unprecedented perspective on the life and working proc
£71.25
Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd Art of the Renaissance Bronze 15001650 The Robert
Book SynopsisThis new and extended version of the first edition retains the entries written by Anthony Radcliffe with a few additions or corrections, and an entry that he drafted on the miniature cannon signed by Orazio Antonio Alberghetti has also been incorporated.Trade ReviewAntiques Magazine, 11th June 2005: 'Those who own the first edition will be itching to get their hands on this update.' 'This far reaching and comprehensive survey.' 'Perhaps the highpoint for catalogues of private collections of paintings and works of art was reached in the decades around the turn of the twentieth century... although a very different sort of book, this new catalogue... sits firmly within that tradition.' - Burlington MagazineTable of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Acknowledgements Part One: Bronze Objects Made for Use Part Two: The Revival of the Antique Bronze Statuette Part Three: New Developments in Venice Part Four: New Developments in Florence and North of the Alps Part Five: Small Bronzes By and After Giambologna Part Six: Barthélemy Prieur Part Seven: Florentine Seventeenth-Century Bronzes Interpreting the Bronzes: A Technical View by Shelley Sturman Bibliography Abbreviations
£71.25
British Museum Press Remote Possibilities Hoa Hakananaia and HMS
Book SynopsisThis paper is a considerably revised version of the 1992 British Museum Occasional Paper No. 73 by the same author. The book describes how, when and by whom Hoa Hakanai'a was collected. It also reconstructs the underlying Rapanui aesthetic and social structure that produced Hoa Hakanai'a , and which has been obscured by time and historic accident.
£31.58
Te Herenga Waka University Press Wellington A City for Sculpture
Book SynopsisFeaturing brilliant urban photography, this celebration of the dynamic presence of sculpture in Wellington vividly captures more than 40 sculptures throughout the cityâs streets and parks. An informative and provocative examination of the sculptures' origins, this collection shows how many of the gorgeous art works came into being due to the shared vision of individuals, government agencies, and corporations who value the relationship of art and city, to brighten the lives of its citizens. The result is both a visual feast and a unique record of the 21st-century cityâs fabricâsure to be treasured by travelers, art enthusiasts, and locals alike.
£30.35
LAST GASP The Lost Tune
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£41.25
Museum of Modern Art Modern Painting and Sculpture 1880 to the Present
Book SynopsisThe Museum of Modern Art in NewYork, founded in 1929, has helped to bring the history of modern art to vivid life through its unparalleled collection of late-19th and 20th-century painting and sculpture. This title presents an overview of the Museum's painting and sculpture collection.
£61.50
Museum of Modern Art Henri Matisse The CutOuts
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£52.00
AMER PHILOSOPHICAL SOC PR Optical Corrections in the Sculpture of Donatello
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£37.80
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Bronzes Sculptors and Founders 18001930 v 3
Book SynopsisThis is the third volume of the definitive reference series dealing with commercial bronze sculptures in the period 1800 to 1930. This period spans the rise and decline of commercial industrial foundries in Europe, especially in France, and a wide array of international sculptors. Together, they produced millions of fine statuettes for the general public. Volume 3 includes 1315 photographs of sculptures on 320 pages with information on the Hirsch Foundry of Paris and Brooklyn, New York. It incorporates lists of the sculptors whose work is shown, the founders represented, and 21 different founders'' seals. The photographs are remarkably clear enabeling small details in the sculptures to be visible. With this reference series, collectors will be able to identify many of the old commercial bronzes found on the market today.
£58.39
University of Regina Press Art of Immersive Soundscapes
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£26.60
PORCUPINES QUILL Kivioqs Journey and Other Revelations in the
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£22.05
Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S. Giacometti
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Swiss master of the skinny sublime is the subject of a majestic, exhuasting retropective. -- Peter Schjeldahl * The New Yorker *Giacometti’s willful distortions transcend eccentricity and artifice. -- Lance Esplund * Wall Street Journal *A terrific selection of paintings and drawings...whose lyricism is as suprising as birds escaping a magician's tophat. -- Peter Schjeldahl * The New Yorker *This modern artist takes us back in time as much as he shows a way ahead. -- David D'Arcy * The Observer *When all of us are trailed by inescapable terabytes of data, we can almost envy Giacometti’s slender bronze wraiths: stripped to the bone but still human, stripped of their names but still free. -- Jason Farago * New York Times *
£40.00
Getty Trust Publications Palace Sculptures of Abomey History Told on Walls Getty Publications Yale
£22.50
American Numismatic Society The Early Betts Medal Companion
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£118.75
Richard Dennis Gilbert Bayes Sculptor 18721953
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£14.25
Pindar Press Further Studies in Romanesque Sculpture
Book SynopsisProfessor Zarnecki's influential work in English Romanesque sculpture reinterprets familiar landmarks. This volume compiles 22 papers focusing on exhibitions, links between Normandy and England, English Romanesque sculpture, iconography, the Eadwine Psalter, and Norman and English art around 1180.Table of ContentsPreface The English Romanesque Art Exhibition: General Introduction to the Catalogue The English Romanesque Art Exhibition, Sculpture Sculpture in Stone in the English Romanesque Art Exhibition Romanesque Sculpture in Normandy and England Early Romanesque Capitals at Bayeux and Rucqueville The Buried Sculptures of Reading Abbey A Newly Discovered Relief at Ruardean The Carved Stones from Newark Castle A Romanesque Capital from Canterbury at Chatham A Romanesque Sculpture excavated at Wenlock Priory The Sculptures of the Old Moot Hall, Colchester A Monster's Head Romanesque Sculpture at Bury St. Edmund's Animal Protomes in Medieval Art Como and the Book of Durrow Germanic Animal Motifs in Romanesque Art The Eadwine Portrait Henry of Blois as a Patron of Sculpture Norman Art in Britain English Art around 1180 Additional Notes Index
£57.00
Pindar Press Studies in Burgundian Romanesque Sculpture Volume
Book SynopsisRomanesque sculpture in Burgundy, a crucial part of 11th and 12th-century European history, reflects the region's economic growth and monastic influence. Neil Stratford, a renowned expert, compiles two volumes of his studies on this topic, including lesser-known monuments and new insights. Vol.I: Text, Vol.II: Plates.Table of ContentsIntroduction Romanesque Sculpture in Burgundy. Reflections on its Geography, on Patronage, on the Status of Sculpture and on the Working Methods of Sculptors A 10th-century Epitaph Fragment from St-Eusèbe, Auxerre Sculptures de Flavigny The Documentary Evidence for the Building of Cluny III La sculpture des parties orientales de l'église Cluny III d'après les fouilles de K.J. Conant The Apse Capitals of Cluny III (unpublished lecture) A Cluny Capital in Hartford, Connecticut Les bâtiments de l'abbaye de Cluny à l'époque médiévale. Etat des questions Contribution à l'histoire de la sculpture des maisons romanes de Cluny Vézelay - introduction historique. Des origines aux XVIIIe siècle La sculpture médiévale de Moutiers-Saint-Jean Sculpture romane originaire de Moutiers-Saint-Jean L'église de Bussy-le-Grand Flavigny, Monastère St-Joseph de Clairval, Bas-relief de Saint Pierre aux liens Le portail roman de Neuilly-en-Donjon Note on the reconstruction work with fragments from the portals of St-Lazare, Autun Un bas-relief roman de Nevers Chronologie et filiations stylistiques des sculptures de la façade nord du porche de Charlieu A Romanesque marble altar-frontal in Beaune and some Cîteaux manuscripts Une nouvelle acquisition du Musée d'art et d'archéologie de Moulins Le Mausolée de Saint Lazare à Autun Receuil des source pour l'étude du Mausolée de saint Lazare Autun and Vienne Sur quelques chapiteaux romans du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes "Compostela and Burgundy?" Thoughts on the Western Crypt of the Cathedral of Santiago St. Bernard and the Visual Arts (unpublished lecture) Additional Notes Index
£65.87
New Museum of Contemporary Art,U.S. Adelita Husni Bey
Book SynopsisThis volume is published for a new site-specific installation that incorporates several films by Italian artist Adelita Husni Bey (born 1985), including the premiere of a major new work. Chiron continues Husni Bey's explorations of the complexity of collectivity and the human and social consequences of imperialism.The introductory text to the catalog, On exercise and outcome, by New Museum Associate Curator Helga Christoffersen, features a survey of Husni Bey's work from the past decade. Two new texts and an interview were written specifically for this catalog: Who determines if something is habitable? by Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, Referred pain: On the work of Adelita Husni Bey by Johanna Burton, and There is water in among the Stones: A Conversation between Adelita Husni Bey and Hannah Black.
£19.80
Association for Asian Studies Scattered Goddesses Travels with the Yoginis
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£25.50
Seattle Art Museum Calder In Motion
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£31.50
The University of Chicago Press The Theatrical Baroque
Book SynopsisThis volume investigates the dialogue between the newly-invigorated European theatre of the late 16th and 17th centuries, and the plastic arts. The interactions between the spectator and the spectacle, social performance and the staging of the individual are discussed.
£23.36
Washington University, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Models and Prototypes Focus CHI
Book SynopsisDraws on the works of modernist pioneers and contemporary figures alike to explore how artists in a variety of media have redefined artistic practice by expanding the use of the model as a new visual force. This book illuminates the centrality of models in contemporary art, asking why they remain so compelling as both tools and subjects.
£16.72
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Richard Rezac
Book SynopsisThe title of Richard Rezac's Renaissance Society exhibition, Address, plays on the multivalent quality of the word. As a noun, it refers to a unique identifier of a precise location. As a verb, it refers to a form of communication crafted for a specific people, time, and place. This exhibition drew upon both elements of the word's two meanings: the artist deliberately created and selected works in response to the architecture of the Renaissance Society's gallery space, and the title also nods to the sculptures' relationship to their presumptive audience. This book showcases twenty pieces featured in the exhibition that are made of a wide range of materials including cherry wood, cast bronze, and aluminum and that span Rezac's career--including newly commissioned pieces.s Through the concept of address, the exhibit and book explore the artist's ongoing engagement with both tangible, mathematical ordering systems and the elusive mechanisms of memory and interpretation. This publication continues Rezac's address, extending it to a greater audience of readers through a generous selection of images, a conversation between the artist and curator Solveig vsteb , and new texts by Matthew Goulish, Jennifer R. Gross, and James Rondeau.
£28.50
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Unthought Environments
Book SynopsisUnthought Environments brings together art influenced by the forces that are integral to our daily lives, yet are easily forgotten or overlooked, such as the ancient elements of air, fire, water, and earth; weather systems; geopolitics; and the hidden physical components of our virtual world. Informed by media studies, ecology, and philosophy, these multi-media artworks explore the elemental sphere as it intersects with the human-made. This exhibition catalog brings together images from the exhibition alongside texts that engage directly with the works as well as the larger issues that drive them. Essays by Karsten Lund, John Durham Peters, Keller Easterling, Ina Blom, Marissa Lee Benedict, Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen, and Peter Fend are included, as well as a conversation with Lund, Nicholas Mangan, Robin Watkins, and Nina Canell.
£28.50
Dia Art Foundation,U.S. Artists on Robert Smithson
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£12.59
Dia Art Foundation,U.S. Dia An Introduction to Dias Locations and Sites
Book SynopsisFeaturing a textured cover, silver foil-stamped type and interior maps, this affordable and elegant guidebook maps out Dia's 11 global locations for international art loversReleased with the reopening of Dia Chelsea in New York, this handy guidebook maps Dia Art Foundation's constellation of 11 art spaces across the globe. Designed with art lovers and dedicated art tourists in mind, the book charts the institution's bold history and experimental present.Widely known for Dia Beacon, a destination museum in the Hudson Valley, Dia is the steward for seven dedicated artist sites and maintains four nontraditional exhibition spaces. The artist sitesiconic, site-specific artworks installed in places as disparate as Walter De Maria's SoHo New York Earth Room to Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty in the Great Salt Lake Basinattest to Dia's deep support of such artists as Robert Smithson, Nancy Holt, and Walter De Maria.The book addresses the
£15.75
Lisson Gallery Carmen Herrera
Book SynopsisRecent works by the great exponent of hard-edged architectural abstractionThis publication highlights a selection of works by Cuban American artist Carmen Herrera (born 1915) from the past decade. At 105 years old, Herrera has developed her signature geometric style over the course of decades spent in New York City and postwar Paris, as well as her hometown of Havana; however, it was only in the early 2000s that she began to receive acclaim for her work. The origins of her process trace back to her early studies in architecture at the Universidad de La Habana in Cuba from 1938 to 1939. She often credits this training as where she learned to draw and to think abstractly, stating, I wouldn't paint the way I do if I hadn't gone to architecture school. While Herrera's process is often characterized by meticulous constraint and distillation of color and shape, it is perhaps best described as a perfect synergy of artistic and scientific creativity.
£45.00
Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture Sonic Wallpapers
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£7.50
Glenstone Foundation Charles Ray
Book SynopsisIn his sculptural practice, American artist Charles Ray (born 1953) has long been fascinated by the concept of representation, the depiction of the human form and questions of scale. Known for his keen sense ofand respect forthe uncanny, Ray has carved a widely admired path that crisscrosses the arenas of minimalism and conceptual art, while continually pushing the boundaries of visual perception. This book marks the long-term exhibition of works at Glenstone Museum selected by the artist, including Baled Truck (2013), a sculpture made of solid machined stainless steel, emblematic of the artist's meticulous fabrication process. It also includes a conversation withand text bythe artist and installation photography.
£25.50
Kiito-San Marianne Vitale Train Wreck
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£14.25
David Zwirner Books Richard Serra Early Work
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£63.75
Fowler Museum At Ucla World Share
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£15.19
Marciano Art Foundation Bookst Olafur Eliasson Reality Projector
Book SynopsisIn collaboration with Sigur Rós musician Jónsi, Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson (born 1967) conceived a complex installation for his site-specific exhibition at the Marciano Art Foundation. Using projected light and the existing architecture of the museum, he created a dynamic shadow play referencing both Los Angeles'' history of filmmaking and the gallery''s former function as a theater.
£24.30
Glenstone Foundation Charles Ray Vol. II
Book SynopsisCommemorating Charles Ray''s rotating exhibitions at Glenstone MuseumThis book is part of an ongoing series of publications commemorating rotating exhibitions of the artist's work at Glenstone Museum, the second of which opened in Spring 2020. The catalog includes an essay by the artist, a contribution from art historian Russell Ferguson and an introduction by Emily Rales, cofounder and director of Glenstone Museum.
£30.60
Glenstone Foundation Charles Ray Volume III
Book SynopsisThe third installment commemorating Charles Ray''s rotating exhibitions at Glenstone The diverse sculptural practice of American sculptor Charles Ray (born 1953) has long challenged perceptions of scale, material and subject matter, necessitating multiple viewings over time. Charles Ray: Volume III is part of an ongoing series of publications commemorating rotating exhibitions of the artist's work at Glenstone Museum, the third of which opened in the winter of 2021. Organized in close collaboration with the artist, the selections showcase Ray's practice from early in his career to the present day, with four works ranging in material from concrete and steel to handmade paper used to realize a recent self-portrait, Return to the one (2020). This catalog includes documentation of the exhibition at Glenstone, an original essay by the artist, a contribution from art historian Anna Lovatt and an introduction by Emily Rales, cofounder and director of G
£27.00
Random House USA Inc Poems About Sculpture
Book SynopsisPoems About Sculpture is a unique anthology of poems from around the world and across the ages about our most enduring art form. Sculpture has the longest memory of the arts: from the Paleolithic era, we find stone carvings and clay figures embedded with human longing. And poets have long been fascinated by the idea of eternity embodied by the monumental temples and fragmented statues of ancient civilizations. From Keats’s Grecian urn and Shelley’s “Ozymandias” to contemporary verse about Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Janet Echelman’s wind-borne hovering nets, the pieces in this collection convert the physical materials of the plastic arts—clay, wood, glass, marble, granite, bronze, and more—into lapidary lines of poetry. Whether the sculptures celebrated here commemorate love or war, objects or apparitions, forms human or divine, they have called forth evocative responses from a wide range of poets, including Homer, Ovid, Shakespeare, Baudelaire, Rilke, Dickinson, Yeats, Auden, and Plath. A compendium of dazzling examples of one art form reflecting on another, Poems About Sculpture is a treat for art lovers of all kinds.
£12.71
WW Norton & Co Smashing Statues
Book SynopsisA leading expert's exploration of the past, present and future of public monuments in AmericaTrade Review"Comprehensive…Thompson provides a compelling, historical account of how capitalism is both motivator and maintainer of institutional racism…Her examination of 'art crime' as central to understanding our shameful United States history is captivating." -- Jack Christian - Los Angeles Review of Books
£12.34
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Scenography and Art History
Book SynopsisScenography and Art History reimagines scenography as a critical concept for art history, and is the first book to demonstrate the importance and usefulness of this concept for art historians and scholars in related fields. It provides a vital evaluation of the contemporary importance of scenography as a critical tool for art historians and scholars from related branches of study addressing phenomena such as witchy designs, Early Modern festival books, live rock performances, digital fashion photography, and outdoor dance interventions. With its nuanced and detailed case studies, this book is an innovative contribution to ongoing debates within art history and visual studies concerning multisensory events. It extends the existing literature by demonstrating the importance of a reimagined scenography concept for comprehending historical and contemporary art histories and visual cultures more broadly. The book contends that scenography is no longer restricted to the traditional spTrade ReviewThe editors of this provocative and stimulating collection of essays use the concepts of scenography and art history to mutually challenge and expand the analytic potential of each to provide important new strategies for exploring the increasingly complex world of contemporary art. * Marvin Carlson, Distinguished Professor, Theatre and Performance, CUNY, USA *The essays collected in the present volume shift the conversation with scenography away from definitions, and this opens terminology—scenography, scenographics—but also theoretical parameters. … The anthology seeks to give scenography its voice and in so doing, challenges easy boundaries between disciplines and forges new methodologies for thinking with and through scenographic agency. … Scenography and Art History opens its dialogue with art and its histories … at a time when reconceiving the material and imaginative encounters between times, spaces and bodies has never been more urgent and necessary. * Marsha Meskimmon, Professor of Transnational Art and Feminism, and Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Loughborough University, UK *A book devoted to the interfaces of scenography and art history is long overdue for numerous reasons. ... As the authors deftly argue, art history has been as ready to dismiss scenography on the same grounds that, until recently, allowed theatre and performance scholars to brush it off as purely decorative (as a practice) or vocational (as a form of thinking). The marriage of these subjects is, consequently, a welcome and exciting addition to the growing library of scenography scholarship and its many possible futures beyond theatre. * Rachel Hann, Senior Lecturer in Performance & Design, Northumbria University, UK *The editors of this provocative and stimulating collection of essays use the concepts of scenography and art history to mutually challenge and expand the analytic potential of each to provide important new strategies for exploring the increasingly complex world of contemporary art.? * Marvin Carlson, Distinguished Professor, Theatre and Performance, Graduate Center, CUNY, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Two forewords Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Re-imagining Scenography in Relation to Art History, Astrid von Rosen (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Viveka Kjellmer (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 2. Black Goats and Broomsticks: Feminism and the Figure of the Witch in Leonor Fini’s Designs for Le Sabbat, Rachael Grew (Loughborough University, UK) 3. Scenographing the Dance Archive – Keep Crawling!, Astrid von Rosen (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 4. Michael Chapman’s Rauschenberg: Mis-en-scène and Scenography in Taxi Driver, Gillian McIver (The University for the Creative Arts, UK) 5. A Dynamic Bipolarity: The Royal Holloway Chapel Project, Scenography and Art History, Greer Crawley (Buckinghamshire New University/Royal Holloway University of London, UK) and Harriet O’Neill (British School at Rome, Italy) 6. Killed by Drones: Embodying Live Performance Scenography, Olga Nikolaeva (Independent scholar, Sweden) 7. Evocations of the ‘sonore et voilé’: The Scenographic World of Der Ring in the Art of Henri Fantin-Latour, Corrinne Chong (Peel District School Board/Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada) 8. Visual Couture: Costume Agency in the Advertising Campaign Opera Papier, Viveka Kjellmer (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 9. ‘Re-Dressing The Part:’ The Scenographic Strategies of Ellen Terry (1847-1928), Veronica Isaac (University of Brighton/New York University London, UK) 10. Scenographing Festival Books: Towards a Multisensory Archive, Carmen González-Román (University of Málaga, Spain) 11. Scenographic Events: Interfacing with Digital Fashion Stories, Christine Sjöberg (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 12. Beyond Change: Archaeology of a Spook Play, Tamas Szalczer (Designer, USA) and Eszter Szalczer (University at Albany, State University of New York, USA) Index
£95.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Scenography and Art History
Book SynopsisScenography and Art History reimagines scenography as a critical concept for art history, and is the first book to demonstrate the importance and usefulness of this concept for art historians and scholars in related fields. It provides a vital evaluation of the contemporary importance of scenography as a critical tool for art historians and scholars from related branches of study addressing phenomena such as witchy designs, Early Modern festival books, live rock performances, digital fashion photography, and outdoor dance interventions. With its nuanced and detailed case studies, this book is an innovative contribution to ongoing debates within art history and visual studies concerning multisensory events. It extends the existing literature by demonstrating the importance of a reimagined scenography concept for comprehending historical and contemporary art histories and visual cultures more broadly. The book contends that scenography is no longer restricted to the traditional spTrade ReviewThe editors of this provocative and stimulating collection of essays use the concepts of scenography and art history to mutually challenge and expand the analytic potential of each to provide important new strategies for exploring the increasingly complex world of contemporary art. * Marvin Carlson, Distinguished Professor, Theatre and Performance, CUNY, USA *The essays collected in the present volume shift the conversation with scenography away from definitions, and this opens terminology—scenography, scenographics—but also theoretical parameters. … The anthology seeks to give scenography its voice and in so doing, challenges easy boundaries between disciplines and forges new methodologies for thinking with and through scenographic agency. … Scenography and Art History opens its dialogue with art and its histories … at a time when reconceiving the material and imaginative encounters between times, spaces and bodies has never been more urgent and necessary. * Marsha Meskimmon, Professor of Transnational Art and Feminism, and Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Loughborough University, UK *A book devoted to the interfaces of scenography and art history is long overdue for numerous reasons. ... As the authors deftly argue, art history has been as ready to dismiss scenography on the same grounds that, until recently, allowed theatre and performance scholars to brush it off as purely decorative (as a practice) or vocational (as a form of thinking). The marriage of these subjects is, consequently, a welcome and exciting addition to the growing library of scenography scholarship and its many possible futures beyond theatre. * Rachel Hann, Senior Lecturer in Performance & Design, Northumbria University, UK *Scenography and Art History is a thrillingly multifaceted and innovative collection of cross-disciplinary case studies unlocking the potentials of scenography as an overlooked sphere, concept and phenomenon in relation to art history as well as to other aesthetic disciplines. * Andrea Kollnitz, Associate professor in Art History, Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University, Sweden *Spatial, temporal, affective, critical, and embodied dimensions of scenographic perspectives inform this cross-disciplinary, multifaceted anthology. An unprecedented dialogue between art history and scenography, this volume is both urgent and necessary, exploring the multisensory workings that can shape culture through scenographic phenomena. * Donatella Barbieri, Senior Research Fellow and Principal Lecturer in design for performance, University of the Arts London, UK *This important study shifts our perceptions and understandings of what scenography is. It shows us how agential modes of creative practice can lead towards new theoretical frameworks and how the expanded relationality between objects, subjects, spaces, and ideas can help us forging new realities within and outside the world of art history. * Alda Terracciano, Participatory Design Consultant at The Sloane Lab (AHRC TaNC Programme), UCL Department of Information Studies, UK *The book is a very important contribution to current discussions on multisensory art historical and contemporary events by proposing scenography both as a theoretical concept and as a practical exercise in the field of art history and related disciplines. * Andrea Sommer-Mathis, Former Senior Research Asscociate at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria *Bypassing conventional interdisciplinary anthologies, this collection illuminates the primacy of the physical body and the spatial and material allure it evinces on stage and in visual artistry. Contributions from diverse scholars, sometimes working in direct collaboration, illuminate the many ways in which the performative operates both in real time and in allusive visual form. * Sarah R Cohen, Professor and Chair, Department of Art and Art History, University at Albany, SUNY, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Two forewords Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Re-imagining Scenography in Relation to Art History, Astrid von Rosen (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Viveka Kjellmer (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 2. Black Goats and Broomsticks: Feminism and the Figure of the Witch in Leonor Fini’s Designs for Le Sabbat, Rachael Grew (Loughborough University, UK) 3. Scenographing the Dance Archive – Keep Crawling!, Astrid von Rosen (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 4. Michael Chapman’s Rauschenberg: Mis-en-scène and Scenography in Taxi Driver, Gillian McIver (The University for the Creative Arts, UK) 5. A Dynamic Bipolarity: The Royal Holloway Chapel Project, Scenography and Art History, Greer Crawley (Buckinghamshire New University/Royal Holloway University of London, UK) and Harriet O’Neill (British School at Rome, Italy) 6. Killed by Drones: Embodying Live Performance Scenography, Olga Nikolaeva (Independent scholar, Sweden) 7. Evocations of the ‘sonore et voilé’: The Scenographic World of Der Ring in the Art of Henri Fantin-Latour, Corrinne Chong (Peel District School Board/Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada) 8. Visual Couture: Costume Agency in the Advertising Campaign Opera Papier, Viveka Kjellmer (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 9. ‘Re-Dressing The Part:’ The Scenographic Strategies of Ellen Terry (1847-1928), Veronica Isaac (University of Brighton/New York University London, UK) 10. Scenographing Festival Books: Towards a Multisensory Archive, Carmen González-Román (University of Málaga, Spain) 11. Scenographic Events: Interfacing with Digital Fashion Stories, Christine Sjöberg (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 12. Beyond Change: Archaeology of a Spook Play, Tamas Szalczer (Designer, USA) and Eszter Szalczer (University at Albany, State University of New York, USA) Index
£21.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Life and Ship Models of Norman Ough
Book SynopsisNorman Ough is considered by many as simply the greatest ship modeller of the twentieth century and his exquisite drawings and meticulous models have come to be regarded as masterpieces of draughtsmanship, workmanship and realism; more than technically accomplished ship models, they are truly works of art.This new book is both a tribute to his lonely genius and a practical treatise for model shipwrights. Ough lived most of his adult life far from the sea in a flat high above the Charing Cross Road in London, where his frugal existence and total absorption in his work led to hospitalisation on at least two occasions; he was an eccentric in the truest sense but he also became one of the most sought-after masters of his craft. Earl Mountbatten had him model the ships he had served on; his model of HMS Queen Elizabeth was presented to Earl Beatty; film production companies commissioned models for effects in several films. Incorporating many of his original articles from Model Maker Magazin
£20.47
Abrams Wall at Storm King
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£24.38
Abrams Brave Birds
Book SynopsisFrom celebrated paper artist Maude White, a spectacular collection of 65 cut-paper birds paired with inspirational reflections
£18.04
Abrams You Are Not Too Late
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£20.89
Xlibris ThoughtForms
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Temple University Press,U.S. Monument Lab
Book SynopsisWhat is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia?That was the question posed by the curators, artists, scholars, and students who comprise the Philadelphia-based public art and history studio Monument Lab. And in 2017, along with Mural Arts Philadelphia, they produced and organized a groundbreaking, city-wide exhibition of temporary, site-specific works that engaged directly with the community. The installations, by a cohort of diverse artists considering issues of identity, appeared in iconic public squares and neighborhood parks with research and learning labs and prototype monuments.Monument Lab is a fabulous compendium of the exhibition and a critical reflection of the proceedings, including contributions from interlocutors and collaborators. The exhibition and this handbook were designed to generate new ways of thinking about monuments and public art as well as to find new, critical perspectives to reflect on the monuments we have inherited and to imagine thoseTrade Review“Public art has a long and distinguished history in Philadelphia. Monument Lab was established not only to bring that history up to the present but also to interrogate the very notion of what constitutes art in the public realm. Monument Labis a testimony to the success of the endeavor, a record of the works and conversations related to the project, and a brilliant contribution to the wide conversation about the urgent topics related to the production and display of art outside the walls of a museum.”—Carlos Basualdo, The Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art “Monument Lab has taken the current controversies of public art and the future place of monuments and creatively engaged the public in serious and often playful ways. Using the city of Philadelphia with its prominent history and diversity as its inspiring springboard, each project described soars with meaning and conviction. Monument Lab leads the nation in working to achieve cities where public art is embraced by all their occupants and this book reflects their many unique stories.”—Elizabeth Goldstein, President, The Municipal Art Society of New York
£25.19
Chronicle Books Think Small
Book SynopsisFrom the astounding to the downright unbelievable, this little volume of mind-blowingly tiny artworks showcases the talents of 24 artists from around the globe. Makers, crafters, art enthusiasts, and fans of tiny works will delight in this homage to all things infinitesimally small. Replete with more than 200 images of miniature masterpieces— including intricately carved pencil leads, fantastical dioramas floating in test tubes, ceramic vases smaller than a sixsided die, crystal cityscape shells designed for hermit crabs, and more—Think Small is sure to make a big impression.Trade Review"There are 200 images of miniature masterpieces, from dioramas floating in test tubes to ceramic vases smaller than dice." Independent
£10.99
Pelican Publishing Co They Call Me Eddie Morrison Cherokee National
Book SynopsisThe life and work of the famous Cherokee sculptor. Eddie Morrison is perhaps the best-known living Native American sculptor. Morrison's pieces embody the best of Cherokee tradition by combining the heart, spirituality, and philosophy of his culture. His work is displayed in galleries all across the US, in private collections, and in several foreign countries. This lushly illustrated work is not just a compendium of Morrison's art: it is the story of a humble man with a deep passion for his heritage and a drive to ensure a thriving future for his people. With more than 100 images of Morrison's works and a foreword by Principal Chief Bill John Baker, this volume is a beautiful and invaluable resource.
£23.99
Duke University Press Media Primitivism
Book SynopsisDelinda Collier finds alternative concepts of mediation in African art by closely engaging with electricity-based works since 1944.Trade Review“Delinda Collier's Media Primitivism is a remarkable journey into the intellectual development of twentieth-century African art and how art objects themselves resist the categories accorded to them. Theoretically sophisticated and brilliantly argued, Media Primitivism poses a serious challenge to those who like their African art suspended in a primordial past.” -- Steven Nelson, author of * From Cameroon to Paris: Mousgoum Architecture In and Out of Africa *“Media Primitivism is an important book that will resituate both media history and the historiography of African art. Delinda Collier convincingly argues that, from electronic music to world cinema, African technologies are not additions to electricity-based media but function as the very basis of them. The historiography is thrilling, the aesthetic analyses compelling, and the theoretical synthesis at times breathtaking.” -- Laura U. Marks, author of * Hanan al-Cinema: Affections for the Moving Image *“Media Primitivism is a nuanced and singular intellectual project that stands to make an impact across the fields of African art, media studies, and art history. . . . Its most exciting contribution is that it breathes new life into the theoretical possibilities proposed by African art itself.” -- Allison K. Young * African Arts *“Media Primitivism is a compelling book that blends media theory, art history, and African art history in a masterful act of theoretical weaving on the part of its author. . . . Tracing deeper technological histories on the continent . . . proves that the question of Africa (as a place and idea) is not additive to media studies, but a foundational aspect of it.” -- Alexandra M. Thomas * Media-N *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. African Art History and the Medium Concept 1 1. Film as Light, Film as Indigenous 31 2. Electronic Sound as Trance ad Resonance 61 3. The Song as Private Property 93 4. Artificial Blackness, or Extraction as Abstraction 119 5. "The Earth and the Substratum Are Not Enough" 153 6. The Seed and the Field 183 Afterword 211 Notes 215 Bibliography 237 Index
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