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Book SynopsisA series of enlightening perspectives on the art and visual culture of today’s world from one of our pre-eminent writers.Trade Review'Heady, thought-provoking stuff here: the author has a knack of taking initially complex subjects and making them accessible and reachable' - Actual Size'What stands out in this work is the depth of [Warner’s] engagement: she does not simply look hard at each artist’s work but interrogates hard too. Her approach is more philosophical and psychological than art historical, and what draws her to her subjects is their storytelling' - RA Magazine'[These essays] offer a trove of insight and erudition, lightly worn as ever, and provide a vision of a new aesthetics that is refreshingly optimistic' - The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsForeword • I. Playing in the Dark • Paula Rego: Giving Fear a Face • Henry Fuseli: In the Passionate Playground • Janine Antoni: Hide & Seek • Richard Wentworth: Things That Talk • Kiki Smith: Wolf-Girl, Soul-Bird • II. Bodies of Sense • Hans Baldung Grien: A Fatal Bite • Louise Bourgeois: Cut and Stitch • Zarina Bhimji: Customs of the Country • Helen Chadwick: The Wound of Difference • Tacita Dean: Footage • III. Spectral Technologies • Joan Jonas: Future Ghosts • Sigmar Polke: Stone Alchemy • Al & Al: Visions of the Honeycomb • Jumana Emil Abboud: Dreaming the Territory • Christian Thompson: Magical Aesthetics • IV. Iconoclashes • Hieronymus Bosch: Trumpery, or The Followers of the Haywain • Damien Hirst: Once a Catholic… • Felicity Powell: Marks of Shame, Signs of Grace • Frans Masereel: Naked in the City • Cristina Iglesias: Where Three Waters Meet • Julie Mehretu: The Third Space

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Book SynopsisA 'TIMES' BEST ART BOOK OF 2022 ___________________________________________ An exciting narrative and visual history of the artist's studio, examining the myth and reality of the creative space from early times to today. The artist's workplace has always been an imaginary as well as an actual location, an idealized utopia as well as the domain of dirty, back-breaking work. Written descriptions, paintings, prints and even photographs of the artist's atelier distort as much as they document. This pioneering cultural history charts the myth and reality of the creative space from Ancient Greece to the present day. Tracing a history that extends far beyond the bohemian, romantic and renaissance cults of the artist, each chapter focuses on key developments of the studio space as seen in a variety of familiar and unfamiliar images. Mythical and divine makers, and some amateurs, are included, and so too are craftspeople workers in metal and wood, potters, illuminators, weavers, Trade Review'Innovative and wide-ranging … James Hall’s breadth of reference - and choice of images - is impressive, from Greek red figure vases to Francis Bacon’s paint-encrusted and cluttered workspace via Renaissance workshops and the Victorian war chronicler Roger Fenton’s mobile photographic carriage … [the studio] has, as Hall persuasively argues, been integral in artists projecting themselves as being more than mere craftsmen' - The Times, Art Books of the Year'Ambitious and accessible ... extremely readable, wonderfully illustrated, capacious in its reach and altogether a book to send the reader back to their favourite art with a new set of questions about exactly how and where it was made' - The Art Newspaper'The Artist's Studio describes how a noisome cockpit of lust, crime and virtuosity produced innovations in how art gets made, and by whom. To you, me and the estate agent, a studio is the most pinched accommodation going, but in Hall’s drily entertaining survey, it has many mansions' - Guardian'A thorough exploration of artists’ workspaces ... combines cerebral and beautifully illustrated argument with encyclopaedic information about artists, their working practices and their funny little ways' - Literary Review'A comprehensive account of much more than the practice of art, and demonstrates how artists have influenced, as well as been affected by, their working spaces from the earliest time' - artbookreview'Hall’s accounts of the changing nature of artists’ studios from Greek antiquity onwards are enthralling…' - Studio International'An important study … a compelling narrative' - Elle Decor Italia'James Hall’s learning is immense, yet he displays his expertise in this lively and entertaining survey of the artist’s studio without a hint of pedantry. Rather, his delivery is fresh and informal, and at times humorous' - Times Literary Supplement'[A] smart object biography The Artist’s Studio, which follows a similarly vast project from the author on self-portraiture … Hall approaches his subject as a historian - although with the colloquial ease of years spent as a newspaper art critic' - Financial Times'[A] thoroughly researched and well-illustrated book … Alongside the anecdotes are historical accounts, such as the professionalisation of modelling and the development of the portable painting box' - House & Garden'A good read with ample illustrations… it’s a welcome addition to cultural histories that tell the story of art in new and interesting ways' - Hyperallergic'An important book…Many of the works that Hall analyses and illustrates are very famous, but his point of view is always original' - David Ekserdjian, Il Giornale dell’Arte'The author does not confine himself to the classic definition of the old master’s studio but takes in all manner of spaces from the goldsmith’s bench to the shoemaker’s workshop. Hall makes this range and diversity his strength, and out of this arises a fresh and unexpected take on the history of Western art' - World of Interiors'Informative and enjoyable' - The ArtistTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Luxury and Lameness: the Shield of Achilles 2. Wisdom’s Workshop: Simon the Shoemaker 3. Struggles in the Scriptorium: Waging War on Dead Skin 4. Pure Gold: doing God’s (or the Devil’s) Work. 5. The Velvet Revolution: Cennini’s Studietto 6. Piety and Pretentiousness: St Luke paints the Virgin. 7. ‘Always Keeping Paper in his Hand’: A School for Art and Scandal 8. In and Out of the Comfort Zone: Leonardo versus Michelangelo 9. Creatures of the Night: ‘Only the dark serves to plant man’ 10. Making a Spectacle: The Systematic Studio 11. Mirrors of Process: Velázquez to Reynolds 12. Women in the Studio: Love, Inspiration, Destitution, Crimes of Passion 13. Chaste Space: Cells and Garrets 14. Eliminating Easels: Workshop and Factory 15. Inside / Outside: Studios for Nomads

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Book SynopsisAn account of the changing attitudes to the way art is presented in the modern museum of art. It examines the relationship between the artist, the public and the curator, taking the reader into the artist's studio, and then on an international tour of museums, galleries and installations.

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Book SynopsisOver the last few decades, the contemporary art world has become increasingly globalized and more visible than ever before. And yet, in many ways it remains closed and obscure. What actually happens behind the doors of a contemporary artist?s studio? At an auction house before a major sale? In the vaults of an art storage unit? How can art museums keep up with Instagram? And why does everyone seem to hate art fairs?A Year in the Art WorldTrade Review'A tell-all book by the curator and art historian Matthew Israel takes readers on a year-long ride through the art world, from the heady heights of auction houses and art advisors to the practical matters of studios and shipping... A Year in the Art World will give some indication at least of what life was like in the fast lane of the pre-coronavirus art circus' - The Art Newspaper'Israel is interested in why art matters now, and he chatted with some of today's premier artists, dealers, and curators to provide concise and comprehensible answers to complex questions' - ARTnews'A must-read for anyone curious about the inner workings of the industry' - GalerieTable of ContentsPart I: Winter 1. A Studio Visit 2. Fabricators 3. Gallery Directors Part II: Spring 4. Museum Directors 5. Art Fairs 6. Artist Estates 7. Art Writers Part III: Summer 8. Curators 9. Biennials 10. Art Schools 11. Art Online Part IV: Fall 12. Art Advisors 13. Auctions 14. Conservators 15. Storage, Shipping and Handling

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Book SynopsisThe essential guide for any art aficionado keen to put their finger on the pulse of tomorrow's art.Trade Review'Exciting … Omar Kholeif looks to the future influence of some of today’s most promising and game-changing artists … an essential manual for the 21st century and beyond' - Hans Ulrich Obrist'A bold and capacious compendium of recent artistic practices' - W. J. T. MitchellTable of ContentsMapping the Contemporary: Introduction by Omar Kholeif • The Cause but not the Symptom: Introduction by Douglas Coupland • Technology: Jeremy Bailey; James Bridle; Ian Cheng; DIS; Constant Dullaart; Guan Xiao; Katja Novitskova; Trevor Paglen; Heather Phillipson; Jacolby; Satterwhite; Hito Steyerl; Ryan Trecartin • Identity: Jonathas de Andrade; Zach Blas; Andrea Crespo; Celia Hempton; Adam Linder; Tala Madani; James Richards; Tejal Shah; Hank Willis Thomas; Amalia Ulman; Lynette Yiadom-Boakye • Place: Nadim Abbas; Assemble; Cao Fei; Cui Jie; Theaster Gates; Camille Henrot; Iman Issa; Samson Kambalu; Lee Kit; Basim Magdy; Taus Makhacheva; Koki Tanaka; Adrián Villar Rojas; Amanda Williams; Zhou Tao • Power: Lawrence Abu Hamdan; Sophia Al-Maria; Yto Barrada; Zachary Cahill; Simon Denny; GCC; Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Jorge; Jumana Manna; Otobong Nkanga; Christodoulos Panayiotou; The Propeller Group; Imran Qureshi; Michael Rakowitz; Hrair Sarkissian; Kemang Wa Lehulere; Xu Zhen

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Book Synopsis"First published in French language by Editions du Seuil, Paris, under the title Vert, Histoire d'une couleur." c2013--Page facing title page.Trade ReviewOne of The Guardian's Best Books of 2014 One of TheAustralian.com's "In the Good Books" 2014 One of The Globe and Mail 75 Book Ideas for Christmas 2014 "[C]omprehensive and lavishly illustrated."---Natalie Angier, New York Times "[S]umptuously illustrated... These are books to look at, but they are also books to read... Individual colors find their being only in relation to each other, and their cultural force depends on the particular instance of their use. They have no separate life or essential meaning. They have been made to mean, and in these volumes that human endeavor has found its historian."--Michael Gorra, New York Review of Books "Pastoureau's engaging cultural history of the color green tackles art history and color theory... With the look and feel of an artbook, this book holds equal amounts of substance of in the text... His anecdotes are insightful, the references occasionally delightfully esoteric... [H]e gives this substantial discussion further contemporary relevance."--Publishers Weekly "Beautifully illustrated."--Daily Mail "From the ample green gown in Jan van Eyck's painting "The Arnolfini Wedding" to the chartreuse and shamrock in Paolo Veronese's work, from Paul Cezanne's apples to Kees van Dongen's Fauvist use of mint and jungle greens, there's much to sink your eyes into."--Mary Louise Schumacher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "As this beautifully illustrated work shows, the 'uneasiness' of being green is what makes its story so interesting."--Fiona Capp, Sydney Morning Herald "[C]easelessly fascinating and erudite."--Michael Glover, Independent "We absolutely loved this book and we didn't merely read it, we read it twice... Colors are not just colors: they have a history and we can't imagine it ever being superseded by anything more than what Michel Pastoureau has accomplished in his monumental work, Green. Designers of all ilks everywhere need to read this book, and the prior colors (Blue and Black) and future colors he comes out with as well. The thought process, planning and impeccable research that must have gone into this book is prodigious... [T]hough Kermit said it's not easy being green, reading this book is an easy decision! ... This is a hefty tome that lends credence to the academic side of fashion theory... Pastoureau has provided us with a tour de force erudite approach to color... [P]ut it on your Christmas gift list for anyone in the fashion or art world. It's a must to own, and so much fun as a read. Academically speaking, it's popular culture at its best... Green is highly recommended by Whom You Know!"--Whom You Know "[Pastoureau's] pleasantly rambling illustrated narrative charts the changing place of green in Western thought, art and life, from prehistory to the present day."--Caroline Bugler, World of Interiors "[S]prightly... Green is a dash through domains and contexts as varied yet related as optics, clothing manufacture, vexillology, literature, color lexicons, and the history of painting... The point, Pastoureau emphasizes, is that green is, among the colors, exquisitely unstable--both in color theory and in real-life manufacture... Pastoureau is fascinating in describing the long decline of green in the period just before the Age of Revolution."--Eric Banks, Chronicle Review "Michel Pastoureau's Green: The History of a Color is an interesting look at how this sometimes forgotten hue has been perceived in art, fashion, and culture. Beautiful art and a thorough historical survey make this book an irresistible read."--Traditional Home "It ain't easy being ... a book about the colour green. Pastoureau shows us what green has signified at various points in various cultures, and the book illuminates the journey with its bright design."--Globe and Mail "Matching historical detail to artistic and cultural works of art, Pastoureau demonstrates that green richly deserves its place in both the bygone and the contemporary palette."--Lara Killian, PopMatters "In Green: The History of a Color, Michel Pastoureau shows all of the possibilities in just one band of the spectrum... Pastoureau's approach is elegant and revelatory... Green's text is choreographed with accompanying artwork to produce a skillfully designed embarrassment of riches. Clearly, one or two sumptuary laws are being violated. John Calvin is rotating in his grave with enough energy to create prop wash. The paper has heft but not weight. The cover reminds us that we are in a High Age of dust jacket design (the hard cover underneath is no poor relative, either). Text, art, design, materials: a book's book. Open it on plane or train and catch the envious spark--green, of course--in your neighbor's eye."--Peter Lewis, Barnes and Noble Review "A charming study, filled with numerous photos and illustrations. This book will be of great interest to those fascinated by history, culture, and design."--Library Journal "Taking great care not to project present-day definitions, classifications, and conceptions of color onto the past, he follows green's history from early negative associations and its notoriously fugitive pigments to its evolved status as the color of money, fecundity, nature, and environmental concerns... As a companion volume to the author's previous titles, Blue and Black, or as a stand-alone work, this highly anecdotal and beautifully written book belongs in the collection of every library."--Choice "[A] splendid work, vastly informative and beautifully produced... I once toyed with the idea of writing a book on the theme myself and must confess that Pastoureau's book is immeasurably superior to the one I had planned. If only there were a color that signified envy."--Kevin Jackson, Literary Review "Pastoureau's lifetime of research and consideration provide the strong historical and theoretical basis of this excellent study. It is fascinating to recognize that something as seemingly constant as a color is constantly changing, both in actual fact and in how we interpret it. For anyone interested in becoming more familiar with the colors that beautify and enrich our lives, or for anyone interested in thumbing through a richly illustrated, fantastically intelligent book, Green: The History of a Color, is intensely rewarding."--Stephan Delbos, Body Praise for the French edition:"A beautiful presentation of a long-unloved color."--Daphne Betard, Beaux-Arts Praise for the French edition:"A beautiful book that opens the windows wide."--Marie Chaudey, La VieTable of ContentsIntroduction 7 An uncertain color (From the beginning to the year 1000) 11 Did the Greeks see green? 14 Green among the Romans 20 The emerald and the leek 26 Hippodrome green 31 The silences of the Bible and the church fathers 36 A middle color 40 Islamic green 46 A courtly color (11th-14th centuries) 51 The beauty of green 54 A place for green: the orchard 58 A time for green: the spring 65 Youth, love, and hope 71 A chivalrous color 78 A green hero: Tristan 83 A dangerous color (14th-16th centuries) 87 Satan's green bestiary 90 From green to greenish 97 The green knight 103 The dyer's vats 112 "Gay green" and "lost green" 118 Heraldic green 125 The colors of the poet 129 A secondary color (16th-19th centuries) 135 Protestant morals 138 The green of painters 142 New knowledge, new classifications 152 Alceste's ribbons and the green of the theater 155 Superstitions and fairy tales 159 Green in the age of the enlightenment 167 A romantic color? 172 A soothing color (19th-21st centuries) 179 A fashionable color 182 Return to the palette 186 Chevreul and the scientists did not like green 193 Neither did Kandinsky or the Bauhaus 200 Green in everyday life 205 Nature in the heart of the cities 209 Green today 217 Acknowledgments 223 Notes 224 Bibliography 235 Photography credits 240

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Book SynopsisThe first book to explore the fascinating career and fantasy-driven worlds created by the acclaimed Argentinean artistTrade Review"An artist quite unlike anyone else... He has created some of the most memorable, unusual pieces in the past two decades."—Trebuchet magazine

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Book SynopsisA timeless collection of quotations by visionaries who have been catalysts for change - through the ages and across the globeTrade Review"I am proud to be included in this wonderful book. So much hard earned wisdom presented here, while capturing, at the same, the vibrant energy that moves us all toward justice."—Susan Griffin, activist and author"As we all spin in a whirlpool of ideas, statements and unrest, find emotional life rafts in this punchy collection... You Had Better Make Some Noise distills inspiring, rousing statements from great philosophers, activists, revolutionaries, and creatives into a pocket-sized collection of quotes. The bold black white and yellow book brings a burst of intellect to the coffee table, as you flick through or dip in for moments of galvanising thought and inspiration."—CultureWhisper.com"Words to inspire... Brings together enduring wisdom of citizen activists, artists, writers, politicians, visionaries and intellectuals... Want to display these words somewhere more prominent. The perforated pages mean you can pull out the quotes for daily reinforcement."—Project Calm"What can only be described as a timely collection, You Had Better Make Some Noise brings together the words of social activists, revolutionaries, artists, writers, philosophers and politicians who have contributed to the fight for progress and freedom."—ItsNiceThat.com"Bringing together quotations from visionaries who have been catalysts for change throughout the ages, You Had Better Make Some Noise is an inspiring collection of wisdom through the ages. Featuring iconic quotes from Nelson Mandela, Chinua Achebe, James Baldwin and more, these are words to live by, words that couldn't be more timely right now."—HungerTV.com"This collection is motivational and visually striking - and because the pages are perforated, you can rip your favorites out to display and share."—InStyle"Some of the most inspirational quotes from history's greatest thinkers and changers."—Buzzfeed"Turns on the theme of fighting for freedom... The text is presented in a "smart design", using yellow, black and white for fonts and block backgrounds throughout; many of these quotations here have the look of propaganda posters or protest placards... [An] aspiration to serve as a meaningful call to arms."—TLS (Times Literary Supplement)

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Book SynopsisThe everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers -- the family snapshots, the holiday prints, the wedding portraits -- may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. But Bourdieu and his associates show that few cultural activities are more structured and systematic than the social uses of this ordinary art.Trade Review"At his best Pierre Bourdieu observes the world like an acerbic novelist, and Photography is Bourdieu at his best - its insights into the popular use of the camera still offer the delights of recognition and a valuable reminder that cultural studies need the empirical and theoretical underpinnings provided by good, Durkheimian sociology." Simon Frith "Interesting ... in its scope and insights." The Guardian "Pathbreaking [and] intriguing." Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Part I: . 1. The Cult of Unity and Cultivated Differences (Pierre Bourdieu). 2. The Social Definition of Photography (Pierre Bourdieu). Part II: . 3. Aesthetic Ambitions and Social Aspirations: The Camera Club as a Secondary Group (Robert Castel and Dominique Schnapper). 4. Mechanical Art, Natural Art: Photographic Artists (Jean-Claude Chamboredon). 5. Professional Men or Men of Quality: Professional Photographers (Luc Boltanski and Jean-Claude Chamboredon). Notes. Index.

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Book Synopsisaeo This book is a classic work in the sociology of culture, by a world leader in the field. aeo The book is one of the first systematic, comparative studies of European art museums and their publics.Trade Review"At last, this important book is available in translation. It is an essential component of Bourdieu's œuvre, and of his contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the social basis of High Culture. It also provides theorists of the arts with that rare but necessary critical tool: factual information about the world of the museum." Janet Wolff "This is vintage Bourdieu, showing how class generates culture, which in turn reinforces class." Museum AnthropologyTable of ContentsTranslators' Note. Preface. 1. Signs of the Times. 2. The Research Process. 3. The Social Conditions of Cultural Practice. 4. Cultural Works and Cultivated Disposition. 5. The Rules of Cultural Diffusion. 6. Conclusion. Appendices. 1. Timetable of Research. 2. The Questionnaires and the Sampling Method. 3. The Public of French Museums. 4. Verificatory Surveys. 5. Analysis of 250 Semi-directed Interviews. 6. The Public of European Museums. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe recent resurgence of experimental music has given rise to a more divergent range of practices than has previously been the case. The Ashgate Research Companion to Experimental Music reflects these recent developments by providing examples of current thinking and presenting detailed case studies that document the work of contemporary figures. The book examines fourteen current practitioners by interrogating their artistic practices through annotated interviews, contextualized by nine authored chapters which explore central issues that emerge from and inform these discussions. Whilst focusing on composition, the book also encompasses related aspects of performance, improvisation and sonic art. The interviews all explore how the selected artists work, focusing on the processes involved in developing their recent projects, set against more general aesthetic concerns. They aim to shed light on the disparate nature of current work whilst seeking to find possible points of contact. Many oTrade ReviewThis fine collection of essays and interviews casts light on, through, and around the fabric of experimental music, woven as it is from threads first spun by John Cage in the 1950s. Whether tracing single lines or analyzing complex patterns, the authors”composers and performers, more than scholars”write with a clarity and focus that derives from decades of practical experience. Their work illuminates not only a half-century of invention but also the present and future of what has become, paradoxically, an experimental 'tradition'. William Brooks, University of York, UK ’Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.’ Choice ’British composer and experimentalist James Saunders has produced an excellent Companion... the result is an extensive, non-prescriptive resource, ideally matching its subject-matter.’ The Wire ’This is fascinating, with artist statements coming from the likes of Phill Niblock and Chris Hobbs discussing his radiophonic 'MERZsonata' in two different chapters, not to mention the interest in soundscape, phonography, and so on.’ Organised Sound ’A central strength of this book is the obvious engagement of the authors in the experimental tradition. All, in some way, are active in the creation and performance of experimental music and their observations are clearly informed by their practical experience and personal familiarity with the subject. Their insights allow for rare glimpses into a scene that is often marginalized and not fully understood.’ Canadian Association of Music Libraries ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword; Preface; Part I: Why experimental? Why me?, Christopher Fox; Writing, music, Michael Pisaro; A prescription for action, Philip Thomas; Open sources: words, circuits, and the notation/realization relation in live electronic music, Ronald Kuivila; Instrumentalizing: approaches to improvising with sounding objects in experimental music, Andy Keep; Free improvisation in music and capitalism: resisting authority and the cults of scientism and celebrity, Edwin Prévost; Beyond the soundscape: art and nature in contemporary phonography, Will Montgomery; Soundwalking: aural excursions into the everyday, John Levack Drever; 'We have eyes as well as ears...': experimental music and the visual arts, David Ryan. Part II: Fourteen musicians, James Saunders; Antoine Beuger; Laurence Crane; Rhodri Davies; Christopher Fox; Bernhard Günter; Bryn Harrison; Philip Jeck; Alvin Lucier; Phill Niblock; Evan Parker; Tim Parkinson; Jennifer Walshe; Manfred Werder; Christian Wolff; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisA world-renowned theologian demonstrates the power of classic trinitarian faith to bring illumination, surprise, and delight whenever it engages with the arts.Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Created Beauty: The Witness of J. S. Bach 2. Beauty, Sentimentality, and the Arts 3. Faithful Feelings: Music and Emotion in Worship 4. Openness and Specificity: A Conversation with David Brown on Theology and Classical Music 5. Confidence and Anxiety in Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius 6. The Holy Spirit at Work in the Arts: Learning from George Herbert 7. Natural Theology and Music 8. Room of One's Own? Music, Space, and Freedom 9. The Future of Theology amid the Arts: Some Reformed Reflections Index

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Book SynopsisDavid Macey, Jr., Et in Arcadia Ego?: Thomas Amory, Mary Hamilton, and the (Re)Construction of ArcadiaHoward Irving, John Marsh and the Ancient-Modern PolemicAmy Wyngaard, Revising Rousseau: Young Legrand d'Aussy and the Challenge to Enlightenment Constructions of the Peasantry, 1787-1794Table of ContentsContents: James E. Evans, "'A Sceane of Uttmost Vanity': The Spectacle of Gambling in Late Stuart Culture" Beth Kowaleski Wallace, "A Modest Defense of Gaming Women" Catherine Keohane, "'Spare from your Luxuries': Women, Charity, and Spending in the Eighteenth Century" Brijraj Singh, "'One Soul, tho' not one Soyl': International Protestantism and Ecumenism at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century" Daniel J. Ennis, "Poetry and American Revolutionary Identity: The Case of Phillis Wheatley and John Paul Jones" Leanne Maunu, "Quelling the French Threat in Frances Burney's Evelina Reginald McGinnis: "The Critique of Originality in French Letters" John R. Iverson, "The First French Literary Centenary: National Sentiment and the Moliere Celebration of 1773" Joe Johnson, "Philosophical Reflection, Happiness and Male Friendship in Prevost's Manon Lescaut" J. David Macey, Jr., "Et in Arcadia Ego?: Thomas Amory, Mary Hamilton, and the (Re)Construction of Arcadia" Howard Irving, "John Marsh and the Ancient-Modern Polemic" Amy Wyngaard, "Revising Rousseau: Young Legrand d'Aussy and the Challenge to Enlightenment Constructions of the Peasantry, 1787-1794"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Beautifully written and compelling, this book digs deep into military doctrine to understand the place of aesthetic cultures within it. Fascinating and disturbing."—Lucy Suchman, author of Human-Machine Reconfigurations: Plans and Situated Actions"A bold, ambitious, and expansive book."—Thomas Stubblefield, author of Drone Art: The Everywhere War as Medium"Erudite yet wonderfully readable, Martial Aesthetics traces the tangled histories of war and art to offer new insights into the artful design and operation of violence in the modern age. "—Caren Kaplan, author of Aerial Aftermaths: Wartime from Above

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Book SynopsisThe understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist''s execution of it. But what were once biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today. This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based. Combined here in a single volume are religious, classical, and historical themes, figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that appeared throughout paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance. More than just a dictionary, this text places these subjects in their narrative, historical, or mythological context and uses extensive cross-referencing to enhance and clarify the meanings of these themes for the reader.The definitive work by which others are compared, this volume has become an indispensable handbook for students and general appreciators alike. This wholly redesigned second ediTrade Review"It is clearly written, well arranged, and can be read for its own sake as a compendium of the image-making faculty of Western man. I would recommend it strongly to anyone who wishes to increase his interest and pleasure in visiting a picture gallery or turning over the illustrations of a book of art." -Kenneth Clark "Of the several comparable dictionaries on the iconography of Western art ... this one is by far the most satisfactory. ...This much richer fund of material as well as the tightly packed and well-written entries convey much information. In all, an impressively erudite yet thoroughly useable dictionary for which students and faculty alike should be grateful." -Choice "The volume is comprehensive to interested laymen, and should be quite useful for students and scholars. Entries pertain to persons, titles and pictures, and objects as attributes and symbols. Recurrent mythological, historical and religious themes are explored and allegorical, poetic, and saintly characters are also covered. Cross references and appropriate line drawings enhance the book's value. And because the entries are succinct and really absorbing, it's fun simply to browse through this dictionary. Highly recommended." -Library JournalTable of ContentsThe understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist's execution of it. But what were once biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today. This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based. Combined here in a single volume are religious, classical, and historical themes, figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that appeared throughout paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance.

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Book SynopsisSpecializing in the most-prized gemstones, from Colombian emeralds to sapphires found in the remote hills of Kashmir, David Morris celebrates color, flawless craftsmanship, and unique creativity in jewelry design. This is the jewelry house s first major book.

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Book SynopsisThis expansive survey of the art and culture of the American West presents richly diverse works by more than 35 distinct Native American nations considered alongside non-Native artists from the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries.

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Book SynopsisAfter her 10-year tenure as the editor of Vogue Paris, where she was known for her provocative editorials, Carine Roitfeld has since launched her magazine CR Fashion Book which explodes with creative strength to propel fashion forward into new, unexpected, and glamorous directions.Delve into the enthralling universe of CR Fashion Book, a creative playground that celebrates cutting-edge style, culture, and inspiration with a daring attitude. Irreverent in spirit and seductively charming, Roitfeld is the supreme arbiter of style. Following her years at Vogue Paris from 2001 to 2011, Roitfeld set out to create an innovative platform for groundbreaking styling, inspiring fashion imagery, and intriguing words from creatives in the worlds of art, music, film, and style—all through the lens of fashion and photography.Guided by Roitfeld’s bold, unmistakable aesthetic, this covetable hardcover volume, housed in a deluxe clothTrade ReviewThis opulent tome, housed in an elegant cloth slipcase, embodies Roitfeld’s signature aesthetic, featuring provocative imagery redefining fashion through celebrity, religion, cinema, sex, music, and inclusivity. With striking photography of icons like Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, plus revealing interviews with Roitfeld and collaborators such as Riccardo Tisci and Gigi Hadid, this is a must-have for fashion and culture enthusiasts. ~ Indulge

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive English-language monograph on Keiichi Tanaami's kaleidoscopic oeuvre, which merges Japanese postwar culture and American-style comics with a genre-defining artistic output. Artist, illustrator, graphic designer, filmmaker, and art director, Keiichi Tanaami is best known for his psychedelic creations that reach to the farthest corners of the mind. Since the 1960s, he has been composing works on paper, magazine covers, and phantasmagoric large-scale paintings as a response to his traumatic experience of living through the United States' atomic attack on Japan during World War II. He's since made a mark on the world, exhibiting across the globe. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, Yokohama Museum of Art, M+, and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, among others. Tanaami's work is marked by an unexpectedly harmonic blend of eroticism, surrealism, psychedelia, and American comic art, combined with

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive survey of iconic fashion photographer Mark Borthwick s early black and white work on Pola Pan polaroid film.

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Book SynopsisFrom cannibalism to light calligraphy, from self-harming to animal sacrifice, from meat entwined with sex toys to a commodity-embedded ice wall, the idiosyncratic output of Chinese time-based art over the years has invigorated contemporary global art movements. The author shows us how art can reflect, construct, confound, and enrich us.

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Book SynopsisA beautifully illustrated introduction to the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s encyclopedic collection

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Book SynopsisBeautifully illustrated gift book featuring over 40 reproductions of "Mira calligraphiae monumenta", one of the most precious books of the European Renaissance.

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Book SynopsisBetween 1699-1701, Maria Sibylla Merian travelled to the Dutch colony of Suriname in South America to study the area's unique flora and fauna. Many of the drawings and painting she produced on this trip were published in her "Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname" (1705). This volume reproduces details of sixteen plates from that volume.

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Book SynopsisA group exhibition exploring the mysteries and militarization of outer spaceAccompanying the eponymous group exhibition at University Galleries of Illinois State University, this catalog features 29 works by artists that critically engage in poetic, scientific and geopolitical views of the cosmos. Artists include: Amy Balkin, Jen Bervin, William Cordova, Ala Ebtekar, Trevor Paglen and Cauleen Smith.

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Book SynopsisContemporary Australian Playwriting provides a thorough and accessible overview of the diverse and exciting new directions that Australian Playwriting is taking in the twenty-first century.In 2007, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was William Shakespeare. In 2019, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was Nakkiah Lui, a Gamilaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman. This book explores what has happened both on stage and off to generate this remarkable change. As writers of colour, queer writers, and gender diverse writers are produced on the mainstage in larger numbers, they bring new critical directions to the twenty-first century Australian stage. At a politically turbulent time when national identity is fractured, this book examines the ways in which Australia's leading playwrights have interrogated, problematised, and tried to make sense of the nation. Tracing contemporary trends, the book takes a thematic approach tTrade Review'Everyone working in the performing arts in Australia, or hoping to, should read this book. Stephen Carleton and Chris Hay have combined to produce vivid snapshots of the Australian stage from 2007 to 2020: a long but radical decade when the voices of new playwrights and creations of new directors and performers moved from the margins to the mainstage and changed our theatre forever.'Richard Fotheringham, Emeritus Professor of Theatre History, University of Queensland, Australia.'This vibrant investigation of recent mainstage drama in Australia is ingeniously structured to provide detailed interpretation of playwriting from 2007 until 2020, with extended, highly illuminating conversations between key playwrights embedded in each chapter. The major preoccupations and challenges of the nation are explored in this compelling study. This is a text for anyone interested in Australian theatre and its seismic shifts in recent times, which offers invaluable reading for students, practitioners and scholars.'Professor Anne Pender, Kidman Chair in Australian Studies, University of Adelaide, Australia.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Re-visioning the Nation on the Mainstage 1. Re-visioning the Comedy 1a. "Fuck Western classics": Anchuli Felicia King and Michelle Law in Conversation 2. Postmigrant Plays in Australia 2a. "Writing into otherness": Michele Lee and S. Shakthidharan in Conversation 3. Re-visioning Political Theatre and ‘Aussie Naturalism’ 3a. "We’re very anti-politics": Angela Betzien and Patricia Cornelius in Conversation 4. Theatre of the Anthropocene 4a. "We’re a teenage species": Andrew Bovell and David Finnigan in Conversation 5. Re-visioning Landscape from the Regions 5a. "Sorry about the swearing": Mary Anne Butler and Angus Cerini in Conversation 6. Adapt, or Else 6a. "I don’t adapt, I write": Kate Mulvany and Tom Wright in Conversation 7. Imagined Lives 7a. "You gotta glitter it up": Tommy Murphy and Alana Valentine in Conversation 8. Telling Stories in Person 8a. "I’m a polite visitor in this world": Glace Chase and Lally Katz in Conversation 9. Conclusion: Australian Playwriting in Lockdown

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Book SynopsisThis book posits an interconnection between the ways in which contemporary television serials cue cognitive operations, solicit emotional responses, and elicit aesthetic appreciation. The chapters explore a number of questions including: How do the particularities of form and style in contemporary serial television engage us cognitively, emotionally, and aesthetically? How do they foster cognitive and emotional effects such as feeling suspense, anticipation, surprise, satisfaction, and disappointment? Why and how do we value some serials while disliking others? What is it about the particularities of serial television form and style, in conjunction with our common cognitive, emotional, and aesthetic capacities, that accounts for serial television's cognitive, socio-political, and aesthetic value and its current ubiquity in popular culture?This book will appeal to postgraduates and scholars working in television studies as well as film studies, cognitive media theory, mTable of Contents1. Introduction: Cognition, Emotion, and Aesthetics in Contemporary Serial Television Part 1. The Nature of Contemporary Televisual Seriality 2. Television’s Temporality: Seriality and Temporal Prolongation 3. Multi-plot Structure in Television Serials 4. “Oh My God, They Didn’t Kill Kenny”: Seriality and Viewer Engagement in Contemporary Animated Television 5. Seriality and Expressiveness in Mad Men Part 2. Audiences 6. From Shots to Storyworlds: The Cognitive Processes Supporting the Comprehension of Serialized Television 7. Beliefs, Desires, and Emotions: A Theory of Emotions and Some Implications for the Understanding of Viewer Reactions to TV Serials Part 3. Poetics 8. Reaching through Time: On Seriality, Temporality, and Twofoldness 9. Five Theses on the Difficulty of Ending Quality TV Series 10. Pop Music in Television Serials: Priming, Authorial Commentary, and Musical Memory 11. Twin Peaks and the Performative Poetics of Complex Television 12. Parallelism and Complex Storytelling in Film and TV Part 4. Value: Aesthetic and Beyond 13. Audiovisual Atmospheres, Moods, and Metaphoric Spaces: Aesthetically Rich Spaces in Complex TV Series 14. Repetition, Familiarity, and Aesthetic Pleasure: Formulaic Generic Television Series 15. Ethics and Bad Protagonists in Serial Television Drama 16. A Sense of Moment: Appreciating Television Serials from Aesthetic and Cognitive Perspectives

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive overview of techniques, processes, and professional practices in the area of Motion Design, from fundamental building blocks of organizing time and space in production to managing workflow, budgets, and client relationships. The authors provide insight into the production process from concept through execution in areas as diverse as social media to large-scale projection mapping for events and festivals. Readers will learn through real-world examples, case studies, and interviews how to effectively use their skills in various areas of Motion Design. Industry professionals provide unique perspectives on different areas of Motion Design while showcasing their outstanding and inspiring work throughout. This is a valuable resource to students who aspire to work in a broad range of visual communication disciplines and expand their practice of Motion Design.Table of ContentsForeword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Focus and Flow; Chapter 2: Between the Keyframes; Chapter 3: Masking, Type, & Project Structures; Chapter 4: 2D Character Rigging; Chapter 5: Z Space & Virtual Cameras; Chapter 6: Physical Cameras; Chapter 7: Editing for Motion; Chapter 8: Animation Techniques; Chapter 9: Compositing; Chapter 10: Motion Design Production; Chapter 11: Audio and Motion; Chapter 12: Motion Design Systems; Chapter 13: Projection Mapping and Immersive Media; Chapter 14: Professional Practices; Chapter 15: Business Tools

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Book SynopsisThis book provides critical commentary on key issues around virtual reality, using media technology as a tool to challenge perspectives for learning and understanding cultural diversities.With a focus on empathy, embodiment and ethics, the book interrogates the use of immersive technologies for formal and informal educational contexts. Taking a critical approach to discourses around emerging technology and learning, the book presents the idea that a new literacy is emerging and an emphasis on media and technology is needed in the context of education to explore and experience cultural diversities. Employing a personal reflexive narrative, the chapters highlight key issues through research and interviews with leading practitioners in the field.Understanding Virtual Reality will be of great interest to academics and students interested in the effects of immersive realities on the education experience, and to anyone keen on exploring the paradigm shift from entertaTable of ContentsList of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Introducing Reality; 1. The Virtual Archives; 2. The Virtual Space; 3. A Multitude of Literacies; Part II: Understanding VR; 4. Understanding VR; 5. Virtual Encounters; 6. Understanding VR Audiences; 7. Teaching XR: Digital Inequalities and Education; 8. How to Use Social VR in Higher Education: Case Study of JUXYR Campus in Finland; 9. The Moral Metaverse: Establishing an Ethical Foundation for XR Design; 10. “Unruly Encounters”: Literacies of Error in Immersive Virtual Environments; 11. A Virtual Journey Towards New Literacies; Part III: An Immersive Literacy; 12. Presenting New Literacies; 13. Into the Metaverse

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Book SynopsisDirectly addressing the underrepresentation of Black composers in core music curricula, Expanding the Canon: Black Composers in the Music Theory Classroom aims to both demonstrate why diversification is badly needed and help faculty expand their teaching with practical, classroom-oriented lesson plans that focus on teaching music theory with music by Black composers.This collection of 21 chapters is loosely arranged to resemble a typical music theory curriculum, with topics progressing from basic to advanced and moving from fundamentals, diatonic harmony, and chromatic harmony to form, popular music, and music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Some chapters focus on segments of the traditional music theory sequence, while others consider a single style or composer. Contributors address both methods to incorporate the music of Black composers into familiar topics, and ways to rethink and expand the purview of the music theory curriculum. A foreword Table of ContentsForeword PHILIP EWELLIntroduction MELISSA HOAG1 Our Field at Its Best TERESA L. REEDPART ONE: Fundamentals and Diatonic Harmony 2 Rethinking Music Fundamentals: Centering the Contributions of Black MusiciansUZEE BROWN JR.3 Change from the Middle, Right from the Beginning: Strategies for Incorporating Black Composers in a Music Fundamentals Course ROBIN ATTAS4 Rhiannon Giddens and Francis “Frank” Johnson in the First-Year Theory Classroom JAN MIYAKE5 From Counterpoint to Small Forms: A Cross-Stylistic Approach to Centering Black Artists in the Theory Core KRISTINA L. KNOWLES AND NICHOLAS J. SHEAPART TWO: Chromaticism and Other Advanced Topics 6 Modal Mixture MITCHELL OHRINER7 “Elite Syncopations” and “Euphonic Sounds”: Scott Joplin in the Aural Skills Classroom AMY FLEMING8 Modulation ALAN REESEPART THREE: Form 979 A Jazz-Specific Lens: Methodological Diversity in the Music Theory Core BEN GEYER10 Of Simple Forms and Firsts: On Francis Johnson and Harry Burleigh HORACE J. MAXILE, JR.11 A Trio of Art Songs on Texts by Langston Hughes MELISSA HOAG12 Teaching Sonatas Beyond “Mostly Mozart” AARON GRANT AND CATRINA KIMPART FOUR: Popular Music 13 Expanding the Scope of Analysis in the Popular Music Classroom ZACHARY ZINSER14 Formal Structures and Narrative Design in Janelle Monáe’s The ArchAndroid CORA S. PALFY15 Diving Deeper into Rhythm and Meter Through Drum Parts in Twenty-First-Century Pop DAVID GEARY16 Developing Contemporary Rhythm Skills Through Contemporary R&B TREVOR DE CLERCQ17 Structural Shifts and Identity in Music by Ester Rada ROSA ABRAHAMSPART FIVE: Twentieth-Century Music 18 Inclusivity and the “Perfect Teaching Piece” in the Undergraduate Post-Tonal Classroom CARA STROUD19 Dream Variations: An Analytical Exploration of Florence Price’s “My Dream” LEIGH VANHANDEL20 Teaching Twentieth-Century Stylistic Pluralism Through the Music of George Walker OWEN BELCHER21 Teaching Julia Perry’s Homunculus C.F. KENDRA PRESTON LEONARDIndex

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Book SynopsisTransmedia Narratives for Cultural Heritage focuses on theoretical approaches to the analysis and creative practice of developing non-fiction digital transmedia narratives in the rapidly growing cultural heritage sector.This book applies a media-focused transdisciplinary approach to understand the conventions of emerging digital narrative genres. Considering digital media's impact on narrative creation and reception, the approach, namely remixed transmedia, can aid practitioners in creating strategic non-fiction narratives for cultural heritage. These creations also need to be evaluated and a digital-media focused ludonarrative toolkit' allows for the critical analysis of the composition and public participation in interactive digital narratives. This toolkit is applied and exemplified in genres including virtual museums, serious games, and interactive documentaries. The book also includes a seven-phase theoretical framework that can assist future creators (and projeTable of ContentsAcronyms ; Introduction: Transmedia for Cultural Heritage; PART 1 – GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE; Chapter 1: Digital Narratives Across Disciplines; Chapter 2: Mapping and Analysing Interactive Digital Narrative Genres; PART 2 – THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR NON-FICTION DIGITAL NARRATIVES; Chapter 3: A Seven-Phase Theoretical Framework for Project Teams; Chapter 4: Remixing Narratives for Cultural Heritage – A Method of Transmedia Invention; PART 3 – CASE STUDIES OF REMIXING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN CREATIVE PRACTICE; Chapter 5: UNESCO World Heritage Australian Convict Sites; Chapter 6: The National Famine Way of Ireland; Conclusion: Final Reflections and the Future of Historical Transmedia Narratives; References; Appendices; Glossary

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Book SynopsisTowards Good Lighting for the Stage: Aesthetic Theory for Theatrical Lighting Design explores the theoretical underpinnings of effective lighting design from conceptualization to live performance.Through an investigation of the authorâs own aesthetic point of viewâgrounded in a broad investigation of art and design that blends pop culture and fine art, theory, and practiceâthis book documents the authorâs thinking on the design process to fill the unexplored gap between an aesthetic philosophy and its expression in composition. Redefinitions of the artist, artwork, and spectator link beauty and artistic efficacy to arrive at a set of principles for assessment that demand that contemporary lighting design surpass utilitarian visibility to become a vital part of the total artwork that is a theatrical production. Inspired by the movements of the broader art and design worlds of the mid-19th century through present dayâciting influences as diverse as Jennifer Tipton, LoiTable of Contents1. Beauty 2. Artist/Artwork 3. The Spectator 4. Theatre 5. Theatrical Abstraction 6. On Design 7. The Box 8. Praxis

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Book SynopsisThis book tells the stories of disabled people who have been influential in creating modern mass media.Through the voices of key disabled media makers and collaborators, the author highlights the ways in which their contributions are changing society's understanding of disability and shaping mass media and culture. Spanning a range of media formats television/streaming productions, performances, podcasts, TED Talks, films, reality TV, graphic novels, and social media channels the book illustrates how disabled people are confronting the marginalization they have faced in mass media for decades. Modern disabled media creators are leveraging new media platforms to recognize the lived experiences of disability and their authentic place in media culture.This innovative and thought-provoking volume will be an important read for scholars, disability advocates, and students of Disability Studies, Mass Communication/Media Studies, as well as mass media production faculty, disTrade ReviewA vital love letter to disability media that doesn’t just consider the limits of disability representation but gazes fondly at future possibilities. Engaging directly with disabled media creators, and backed up with important historical context, Haller offers a deep exploration into why new media platforms can offer exciting opportunities for mass audiences to hear different disability stories.Jeff Preston, PhD, Assistant Professor, Disability Studies, King’s University College, Western University"This book is truly a tour de force, combining theoretical and empirical research to map a broad and diverse spectrum of disability and media. Haller’s skill to synthesise historical, social, cultural, political and economic layers of disability media creation and representation is unprecedented. The reading experience is enriched by each chapter focusing on a different media genre and deploying a different theoretical approach. Its interdisciplinary poise thus benefits a variety of disciplines, such as disability studies, media studies, anthropology and media practice-led research. Most importantly, the writing is engaging and accessible, embodying the same kind of inclusivity its content advocates for." Catalin Brylla, Principal Lecturer in Film TV, Bournemouth University, UK With her decades of experience writing about disability issues as a journalist, in addition to her academic career in communication studies, Beth Haller is the preeminent scholar and chronicler of disabled people’s uses of mass, print, and digital media—as creators, consumers, and critics—for their social, cultural, and political advancement. This book adeptly combines up-to-date examples with fresh takes on communication theory to offer readers unexpected insights into the past, present, and future of disability representation on-screen and online. Meryl Alper, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Collaborating on set to disrupt narrative prosthesisChapter 2: Talking the Talk of Real Disabled People’s LivesChapter 3: Disability content through podcasting and vlogging as public pedagogyChapter 4: Performers illustrate the Affirmative Model by taking control on scripted series for Web and streamingChapter 5: Disability as superpower: Comics, graphic novels, and musicChapter 6: “Giving everything they have:” Documentaries illuminate disability experiencesChapter 7: Becoming visible: People with nonvisible disabilities crafting media content

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Book SynopsisThis updated third edition introduces readers to the business of film at every stage of the filmmaking lifecycle, from planning and production to financing, marketing, and distribution. Celebrated authors Stephen R. Greenwald and Paula Landry offer a practical, hands-on guide to the business aspects of this evolving industry, exploring streaming, development, financing trends, regional/global/online distribution, shifting business models, exhibition, multi-platform delivery, marketing, VR/AR, virtual production, accounting, and more. The book is illustrated throughout with sample financing scenarios and charts/graphics, and includes detailed case studies from projects of different budgets and markets. This new and expanded edition has been updated to reflect the new challenges facing the industry due to Covid-19 and how to navigate the new landscape of film financing and distribution. Other updates include coverage of new indie films and distributors, virtual productionTrade ReviewPraise for the Previous Edition:"This book will be of great value to anyone interested or involved in the business side of the film industry. The authors’ unmatched insights and clear explanations of how the movie business works, from development and financing to distribution and marketing, provides essential information for filmmakers, film financiers and distributors, and others, seeking to understand how the film business works in this era of rapid technological change."Alan U. Schwartz, Entertainment Attorney"Behind the mystique, red carpets and dreams of glitz and glamour lies a business like no other. If this is a business you’re in or headed toward, you need to understand how it started, how it works and where it’s going – whether you’re a student or a producer prepping your first film. The knowledge in this book is gold, and it will expertly guide you over the steep learning curve that, for some, takes years to navigate. Buy it! Read it! It’ll make you a whole lot smarter, save you time and money and help to propel your career."Eve Honthaner, President - Association of Film Commissioners International, Instructor, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Author of The Complete Film Production Handbook and Hollywood Drive"The Business of Film: A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Film Industry is a great guide for anyone seeking to navigate the waters of the motion picture industry and an understanding of the essentials of production, finance, and distribution agreements and the deal making behind them."Jeffrey P. Silberman, Esq., Literary Agent, Entertainment AttorneyTable of ContentsPREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FILM INDUSTRY; CHAPTER 2: A BUSINESS OVERVIEW OF FILM; CHAPTER 3: MOVIE DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 4: MOVIE FINANCING; CHAPTER 5: MOVIE PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 6: MOVIE DISTRIBUTION; CHAPTER 7: MOVIE MARKETING; CHAPTER 8: FILM EXHIBITION, RETAIL & CONSUMPTION; CHAPTER 9: MOVIE ACCOUNTING; APPENDIX

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