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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Urban Media and
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Urban Media and Communication traces central debates within the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on mediated cities and urban communication. The volume brings together diverse perspectives and global case studies to map key areas of research within media, cultural and urban studies, where a joint focus on communications and cities has made important innovations in how we understand urban space, technology, identity and community.Exploring the rise and growing complexity of urban media and communication as the next key theme for both urban and media studies, the book gathers and reviews fast-developing knowledge on specific emergent phenomena such as: reading the city as symbol and text; understanding urban infrastructures as media (and vice-versa); the rise of global cities; urban and suburban media cultures: newspapers, cinema, radio, television and the mobile pTable of ContentsGeneral Introduction Part I: Trajectories of Mediated Urbanity Chapter One: An Archaeology of the Media City: Towards a Critical Cultural History of Mediated Urbanism Chapter Two: The Semiotics of Urban Space Chapter Three: Understanding Urban Screen Media and Cultures Chapter Four: Urban Cinema and Photography: On Cities and "Cityness" Chapter Five: Television and the City Chapter Six: Journalism: An Urban Affair Chapter Seven: Outdoor Advertising and the Remediation of Public Space(s): Commercialization and Beyond Chapter Eight: Consumption-centered Urban Restructuring and the Mediation of Urban Life: From Spaces of Production to the Worlds of Seduction Chapter Nine: On the Move: On Mobile Agoras, Networked Selves, and the Contemporary City Chapter Ten: Cities of Feet and Hands: Urban Habitations Chapter Eleven: Subjectivity in the Media City: The Media Life and Representation of the Cosmopolitan Stranger Part II: Media as Urban Infrastructure; City Spaces as Media Chapter Twelve: The City Is Not a Computer: On Museums, Libraries, and Archives Chapter Thirteen: Urban Monuments and the Spatialization of National Ideologies Chapter Fourteen: Artificial Light and the Modernist Redefinition of Urban Space: Reading the "Electropolis" Chapter Fifteen: Urban Transport and Telecommunications: Dual Forms of the Communicative Skeleton of the City Chapter Sixteen: Global Cities as Mediated Spaces: The Role of Media in Forming Contradictory Places Chapter Seventeen: Our Own Devices: Living in the Smart Home Chapter Eighteen: Surveillance as an Urban Way of Life Chapter Nineteen: Urban Media as Infrastructure for Social Change Chapter Twenty: In the Air Tonight: The Struggles of Communicating About Urban Environmental Quality Chapter Twenty-One: The Promises and Pitfalls of Cyber Urbanism: Governance and Participation Chapter Twenty-Two: Tools of the Trade: Urban Planning, Urban Media, and theRefashioning of Urban Space Part III: Media Cities as Sites of Creative Industries and Post-Industrial Urbanism Chapter Twenty-Three: From "Creative Cities" to "Media Cities": The Cases of Manchester and Shanghai Chapter Twenty-Four: Branding, Promotion, and Urban Tourism Chapter Twenty-Five: "European Capital of Culture" and the Primacy of Cultural Infrastructure in Post-Industrial Urbanism Chapter Twenty-Six: The Mediat(izat)ion of Urban Leisure: Screening the Event Chapter Twenty-Seven: Media Architecture: Post screens, Ante [Insert here] Chapter Twenty-Eight: Fashion: An Urban Industry of Style Chapter Twenty-Nine: Digital Public Art: Installations and Interventions Chapter Thirty: Urban Nightlife Cultures Chapter Thirty-One: Urban Gaming: Mobile Media, Spatial Practices and Everyday Play Chapter Thirty-Two: From Subculture to Scene: Urban Media Practices from Below Chapter Thirty-Three: Documenting Urban Neighborhoods and Claiming the Right to the City Part IV: Spaces and Practices of Daily Life in Mediated Cities Chapter Thirty-Four: The Senses and the City: Attention, Distraction and Media Technology in Urban Environments Chapter Thirty-Five: Navigating Hybrid Urban Spaces: Smartphones and Locative Media Practices Chapter Thirty-Six: Media Audiences in the Urban Context Chapter Thirty-Seven: Temporary Inscriptions: Exploring Graffiti and Street Art in the Age of Internetization of Everyday Urban Life Chapter Thirty-Eight: Creating a Situation in the City: Embodied Spaces and the Act of Crossing Boundaries Chapter Thirty-Nine: Mediated Urban Protest: Practicing Dissent in Hybrid City Spaces Chapter Forty: Community, Media, and the City Chapter Forty-One: "The Street is the Message": Racial Violence and the White Control of Mobility Chapter Forty-Two: Living in the Disadvantaged End of "Dual Cities": Understanding the Urban Poor and the Precariat Chapter Forty-Three: The Politics of Sexuality in Mediated Cities Chapter Forty-Four: Methodological Approaches in Urban Media and Communication Research
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cinema Raw Shooting and Color Grading with the
Book SynopsisWith the next generation of raw cinema cameras you can finally shoot professionally with uncompressed raw motion picturesâwithout compromising your image or your budget. In Cinema Raw: Shooting and Color Grading with the Ikonoskop, Digital Bolex, and Blackmagic Cinema Cameras, Lancaster takes you through the birth of these new cameras and includes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Digital Bolex. He field tests each camera and discusses the importance of shooting in raw and guides you through the raw color grading process so you can create stunning films. Interviews with professionals who have shot documentaries, shorts, and promotionals with these cameras are featured throughout, allowing you to learn field production techniques under real world conditions. FEATURES: Behind-the-scenes case studies for the next generation of low budget cinema cameras Recommended gear lists to begin your raw shooting experience Trade Review"Lancaster's Cinema Raw provides a great overview and history on the recent but densely complicated process of raw video shooting and capture." - Jon Yi, 16mm and digital cinematography professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, www.jonathanyi.com "Cinema Raw is essential for educators, students, and practitioners who want to understand new technologies and how to harness them for the kind of quality in our filmmaking that, until recently, was just a dream for those without the backing of millions of dollars in production support."-Ellen Spiro, documentary film professor at the University of Texas, Austin; winner, The National Board of Review for Body of War; www.spirofilms.com "Kurt Lancaster gets you where you need to be so you can make this incredible but complicated recording format work for you. He also tells you why it’s not for every job. With the essential knowledge found in Cinema Raw you will save hours, days, and possibly weeks of your time." -Philip Bloom, filmmaker, www.philipbloom.net Table of ContentsPart I: Getting the Raw Deal Introduction: What Camera to Choose? What Story To Tell?—DSLRs, RED, Sony, and the Promise of Cinema Raw With the Next Generation of Low Budget Cinema Cameras Creating a New Paradigm: Behind the Scenes in Creating Low Budget Cinema Cameras Is There Really a Difference When Shooting Raw? A Case Study in Shooting Compressed versus Shooting Raw Film Gear for Raw Filmmakers: A Low-Budget List Part II: Raw Production Case Studies [drawn from on-set observations and/or interviews of the filmmakers from existing films] On-camera Features and Menu Selections of Raw Cinema Cameras One Small Step: Shooting with the Digital Bolex D16 Shooting with Blackmagic’s Digital Cinema Camera Shooting with Ikonoskop’s A-Cam dII Shooting with Weisscam’s T-CAMPart III Raw Postproduction Postproduction Workflow—Getting the Footage onto the Computer and Editing with raw Color Correcting and Color Grading with Raw Conclusion—The Future of Low Budget Digital Filmmaking
£37.99
Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers and debates in philosophy and music. Over fifty entries by an international team of contributors are organised into six clear sections: general issues emotion history figures kinds of music music, philosophy and related disciplines The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, music and musicology.Trade Review"Comprehensive and authoritative … readers will discover many excellent articles in this well-organized addition to a growing interdisciplinary field. Summing Up: Highly recommended" - CHOICE"… succeeds well in catching the wide-ranging strands of musical theorising and thinking, and performance, and an understanding of the various contexts in which all thistakes place." - Reference Reviews"A necessary book, one that those who are passionate about music and philosophy have long been awaiting. There is simply nothing like it." - Jerrold Levinson University of Maryland, USA"An intelligent and comprehensive overview of the Philosophy of Music, featuring contributions by many of the leading figures in the field. The editors have done a remarkable job soliciting topical and historical essays from both musically-minded philosophers and philosophically-minded musicians. It should become the standard reference work in the field." - Brian Kane, Yale University, USA"By bringing together in one volume the most up-to-date thinking from the best minds in the business, from all the relevant disciplines, Gracyk and Kania have provided an invaluable service not only to numerous scholars and their students, but equally to musicians and their audiences." - Guy Dammann, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK"This admirable volume will be welcomed by established philosophers of music and - especially - by those coming to the subject for the first time. The coverage of topics is ideal, while the contributors range from emerging talents to the biggest names in the field. An essential resource for anyone with an interest in the philosophy of music." - Aaron Ridley, University of Southampton, UK"Comprehensive and authoritative … readers will discover many excellent articles in this well-organized addition to a growing interdisciplinary field. Summing Up: Highly recommended" - CHOICE"… succeeds well in catching the wide-ranging strands of musical theorising and thinking, and performance, and an understanding of the various contexts in which all thistakes place." - Reference Reviews"A necessary book, one that those who are passionate about music and philosophy have long been awaiting. There is simply nothing like it." - Jerrold Levinson University of Maryland, USA"An intelligent and comprehensive overview of the Philosophy of Music, featuring contributions by many of the leading figures in the field. The editors have done a remarkable job soliciting topical and historical essays from both musically-minded philosophers and philosophically-minded musicians. It should become the standard reference work in the field." - Brian Kane, Yale University, USA"By bringing together in one volume the most up-to-date thinking from the best minds in the business, from all the relevant disciplines, Gracyk and Kania have provided an invaluable service not only to numerous scholars and their students, but equally to musicians and their audiences." - Guy Dammann, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK"This admirable volume will be welcomed by established philosophers of music and - especially - by those coming to the subject for the first time. The coverage of topics is ideal, while the contributors range from emerging talents to the biggest names in the field. An essential resource for anyone with an interest in the philosophy of music." - Aaron Ridley, University of Southampton, UK"A reader like me seeks an introduction that faithfully reviews the major topics, offers a critical perspective on the current controversies, provides resources for further study, and presents the material in clear language and at a level of sophistication appropriate to the discourse. In these respects, the editors have crafted an excellent collection." -Alfred I. Tauber, Boston University, USA Table of ContentsPart 1: General Issues 1. Definition Andrew Kania 2. Silence, Sound, Noise, and Music Jennifer Judkins 3. Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony Roger Scruton 4. Ontology Ben Caplan & Carl Matheson 5. Medium David Davies 6. Improvisation Lee B. Brown 7. Notation Stephen Davies 8. Performances and Recordings Andrew Kania & Theodore Gracyk 9. Authentic Performance Practice Paul Thom 10. Music and Language Ray Jackendoff 11. Music and Imagination Saam Trivedi 12. Understanding Music Erkki Huovinen 13. Style Jennifer Judkins 14. Aesthetic Properties Rafael de Clercq 15. Value Alan Goldman 16. Evaluating Music Theodore Gracyk 17. Appropriation and Hybridity James O. Young 18. Instrumental Technology Anthony Gritten Part 2: Emotion 19. Expression theories Jenefer Robinson 20. Arousalist Theories Derek Matravers 21. Resemblance theories Saam Trivedi 22. Music’s Arousal of Emotions Malcolm Budd Part 3: History 23. Classical aesthetic traditions of India, China, and the Middle East Stephen Blum & Peter Manuel 24. Antiquity and the Middle Ages Thomas J. Mathiesen 25. The Early Modern Period Jeanette Bicknell 26. Continental Philosophy and Music Tiger Roholt 27. Analytic Philosophy and Music Stephen Davies Part 4: Figures 28. Plato Stephen Halliwell 29. Rousseau Julia Simon 30. Kant Hannah Ginsborg 31. Schopenhauer Alex Neill 32. Nietzsche John M. Carvalho 33. Hanslick Thomas Grey 34. Gurney Malcolm Budd 35. Wagner Thomas Grey 36. Adorno Andy Hamilton Part 5: Kinds of Music 37. Popular Music John A. Fisher 38. Rock Allan F. Moore 39. Jazz Lee B. Brown 40. Song Jeanette Bicknell 41. Opera Paul Thom 42. Music and Motion Pictures Noël Carroll & Margaret Moore 43. Music and Dance Robynn Stilwell 44. Visual Music and Synesthesia Kathleen Higgins Part 6: Music, Philosophy, and Related Disciplines 45. Musicology Justin London 46. Music Theory and Philosophy Judith Lochhead 47. Composition Roger Scruton 48. Analysis Joseph Dubiel 49. Ethnomusicology Peter Manuel 50. Music and Politics James Currie 51. Sociology and Cultural Studies Anthony Kwame Harrison 52. Music and Gender Fred Everett Maus 53. Phenomenology and Music Bruce Ellis Benson 54. Music, Philosophy, and Cognitive Science Diana Raffman 55. Psychology of Music Eric Clarke 56. Music Education Philip Alperson. Index
£61.99
Taylor & Francis Crossing Cultural Borders Through the Actors Work
Book SynopsisA sophisticated analysis of how the intersection of technique, memory, and imagination inform performance, Crossing Cultural Borders Through the Actorâs Work redirects the intercultural debate by focusing exclusively on the actor at work. Alongside the perspectives of other prominent intercultural actors, this study draws from original interviews with Ang Gey Pin (formerly with the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards) and Roberta Carreri (Odin Teatret). By illuminating the hidden creative processes usually unavailable to outsiders--the actorâs apprenticeship, training, character development, and rehearsals--Nascimento both reveals how assumptions based on race or ethnicity are misguiding, trouble definitions of intra- and intercultural practices, and details how performance analyses and claims of appropriation fail to consider the permanent transformation of the actorâs identity that cultural transmission and embodiment represent.Trade Review'Although dealing with a very complex topic, Claudia Tatinge Nascimento manages to make her point clear. Based on theoretical and practical data as well as on personal experience, the author presents a very coherent and readable book which may be of great interest both for experts and laypersons, for theatre scholars and scholars of cultural studies, literature and others.' - www.theaterforschung.deTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. 1. The Cultural Temperature of the Twentieth Century. 2. Race, Culture, and the Myth of the Authentic. 3. Tenuous Boundaries: Intra- and Intercultural Embodiments. 4. Peep Show: The Hidden Lives of the Intercultural Actor. 5. Fictive Realities: Character and the Eye of the Beholder. Afterword: A Theatre of Instabilities. Appendix A: Forgotten Memories in Action: An Interview with Ang Gey Pin. Appendix B: Playing the Invisible: An Interview with Roberta Carreri. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
£42.74
Taylor & Francis Ltd Keyboard Skills for Music Educators Score Reading
Book SynopsisKeyboard Skills for Music Educators: Score Reading is the first textbook equip future educators with the ability to play from an open score at the keyboard. Score reading can be a daunting prospect for even the most accomplished pianist, but it is a skill required of all choral and instrumental music instructors. Although most music education curricula include requirements to achieve a certain level of proficiency in open score reading, standard textbooks contain very little material devoted to developing this skill. This textbook provides a gradual and graded approach, progressing from two-part reading to four or more parts in a variety of clefs. Each chapter focuses on one grouping of voices and provides many musical examples from a broad sampling of choral and instrumental repertoire ranging from Renaissance to contemporary works. Table of ContentsPart 1. Two and Three Part Reading in Traditional Clefs 1. Two parts: Treble/Bass 2. Two parts: Treble/Treble and Bass/Bass 3. Three parts: Treble/Treble/Bass 4. Three parts: All Treble Part 2. Two and Three Part Reading including the Tenor 5. Two parts: Treble/Tenor and Tenor/Bass 6. Three parts: Treble/Treble/Tenor 7. Three parts: Treble/Tenor/Bass 8. Three parts: Tenor/Bass Combinations Part 3. Four Part Reading 9. Four parts: Soprano/Alto in RH, Tenor/Bass in LH 10. Four parts: Soprano/Alto/Tenor in RH, Bass in LH 11. Four parts: Tenor moves between hands 12. Four parts: Highly contrapuntal textures Part 4. Instrumental Part Reading 13. Alto and Tenor Clefs 14. B-flat transposing instruments 15. E-flat transposing instruments 16. F and A transposing instruments Appendix Choral Warm-Up Exercises Index
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Taylor & Francis Architectures Pretexts
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to expose readers to architectureâs pretexts that include literary narratives, film, theatre, painting, music, and ritual, as a bridge between diverse intellectual territories and architecture. It introduces a selection of seminal modern and contemporary architectural projects, their situation within the built environment, and their intellectual and formal situation/context as pretexts and design paradigms. Connections between diverse bodies of information will be cultivated along with the ability to posit consequential relationships for the production of architecture. Architectureâs Pretexts seeks to cultivate a vision for architecture that sponsors operative links between the discipline of architecture and those outside of architecture.Exploring the works of various architects including Guiseppe Terragni, Peter Eisenman, Peter Zumthor, Perry Kulper and Smout Allen, and Rem Koolhaas, this book provides the framework to understanding architecturTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. 1. Introduction. On Translation and Spatial Construction of Meaning 2. Space of Poetic Allegory. Translating The Divine Comedy: Terragni's Danteum as a Projection of Meaning Across Symbolic Forms 3. Space of Narrative Structure. The Shaping of Romeo and Juliet: Eisenman's Moving Arrows Eros and Other Errors 4. Space of Sound & Music. Architecture as a Performative Instrument: Zumthor's Soundbox 5. Space of Representation. The Generative Maps of Perry Kulper and Smout Allen 6. Space of Montage. Movement, Assemblage, and Appropriation in Koolhaas' Kunsthal. Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Blindness
Book SynopsisThis is a remarkable study of how Western culture has represented blindness, especially in that most visual of arts, painting. Moshe Barasch draws upon not only the span of art history from antiquity to the eighteenth century but also the classical and biblical traditions that underpin so much of artistic representation: Blind Homer, the healing of the blind, blind musicians, blindness as punishment, blindness as a special mark. The book discusses blindness in antiquity, in the Early Christian world, in the Middle Ages, and in the Renaissance, with a final consideration of Diderot.Table of ContentsIntroduction; I. Antiquity; Attitudes of the Bible; Classical Antiquity: Causes of blindness; Blindness and guilt; The blind seer; Ate; II.The Blind in the Early Christian World; The healing of the blind; Blindness and revelation: the story of Paul; A concluding observation; III. The Middle Ages; The Antichrist; Allegorical blindness; The blind beggar; The blind and his guide; IV. The Renaissance and its Sequel; The blind beggar; Metaphorical blindness; The revival of the blind seer; Early secularization of the blind; The blind beggar in the seventeenth century; V. The Disenchantment of Blindness: Diderot's Lettre sur les aveugles
£35.14
Taylor & Francis Pictures and Tears
Book SynopsisArt Does art leave you cold? And is that what it's supposed to do? Or is a painting meant to move you to tears? Hemingway was reduced to tears in the midst of a drinking bout when a painting by James Thurber caught his eye. And what's bad about that? In Pictures and Tears, art historian James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry. Drawing upon anecdotes related to individual works of art, he provides a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art in the past, and a meditation on the curious tearlessness with which most people approach art in the present. Deeply personal, Pictures and Tears is a history of emotion and vulnerability, and an inquiry into the nature of art. This book is a rare and invaluable treasure for people who love art. Also includes an 8-page color insert.Trade Review"...a provocative and felicitous inquiry... the most arresting facet of his unique investigation is his charting of the declining value society places on heartfelt reactions to art... Elkins elucidates subtle conceptions of pictoral time, presence, and absence; criticizes the bloodlessness of most art-history texts; and indicts the marketplace atmosphere of most museums. Prized by Romantics in the not-so-distant past, art-inspired tears are disdained in our brittle, ironic milieu, a psychological and spiritual diminishment Elkins boldly and rightly decries." -- Donna Seaman, Booklist"To cry in front of art is not a sign of weakness: it is the flexing of a truly aesthetic power. That is the truth we gain from James Elkins' admirably engaged and engaging book." -- Nigel Spivey, author of Enduring Creation"A history of weeping, a meditation on our deepest responses to art, and an ethnography of his own tribe of art historians, Pictures and Tears attempts to reclaim aesthetic experience from what Elkins calls 'the poison well' of art history and theory. I wish I could have read this book before I had written my own." -- Tom Lutz, author of Crying: The Natural and Cultural History ofTears"In the course of reading this book I found the following to be especially valuable: Eileen John's questioning of traditional propositional accounts of knowledge in "Art and Knowledge," Alan Goldman's defense of the much attacked concepts of aesthetic ewww.trs.nyc.ny.us.experience and attitude in "The Aesthetic," and Denis Dutton's listing of characteristics of art found in all cultures in "Aesthetic Universals." This is an immensely useful book that belongs in every college library and on the bookshelves of all serious students of aesthetics. It certainly exemplifies the editors' claim that philosophical aesthetics is a vibrant field today. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Spring 2003."Table of ContentsColorplates Preface Acknowledgements 1. Crying at Nothing but Colors 2. Crying No One Can Understand 3. Crying from Chromatic Waves 4. Crying Because You've Been Hit by a Lightning Bolt 5. Weeping Over Bluish Leaves 6. The Ivory Tower of Tearlessness 7. False Tears Over a Dead Bird 8. Crying Because Time Passes 9. Weeping, Watching the Madonna Weep 10. Crying at God 11. Sobbing in Lonely Mountains 12. Crying at the Empty Sea of Faith Envoi: How to Look, and Possibly Even be Moved Appendix: Thirty-two Letters Sources Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Josh White
Book SynopsisBorn in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen. In the early ''30s he moved to New York and became a popular blues star, then introduced folk-blues to a mass white audience in the 1940s. He was famed both for his strong Civil Rights songs, which made him a favorite of the Roosevelts, and for his sexy stage persona. The king of Café Society-also home to Billie Holiday--he was the one bluesman to consistently pack the New York nightspots, and the first black singer-guitarist to act in Hollywood films and star on Broadway. In the 1950s, White''s bitter compromise with the blacklisters left him with few friends on either end of the political spectrum. He spent much of the decade in Europe, then came back strong in the 1960s folk revival. By 1963, he was voted one of America''s top three male folk stars, but his health was failing and he did not survive the decade. Written in an engaging style, Society Blues portrays the difficult balancinTrade Review"Society Blues incorporates a skillful and thought-provoking critique of the ideological presuppositions that guide the promotion of authenticity. Wald achieves this goal by sticking to the details of White's career, not generalizing about its implications, yet the point comes across with clarity and conviction." -- David Sanjek, American Studies"[An] affectionate, careful biography." -- The Washington PostTable of Contents1: Southern Exposure 1914–1921; 2: Homeless and Hungry Blues 1921–1930; 3: Things about Coming my Way 1930–1936; 4: John Henry 1936–1939; 5: Raise A Ruckus (1940); 6: Marching Down Freedom's Road (1941); 7: Partnerships: Leadbelly and Libby Holman 1941–1943; 8: Cafe Society 1943–1945; 9: The House I Live in; 10: Apples, Peaches, and cherries 1946–1947; 11: Travels, Whiskey, and Women; 12: Broadway Hollywood, and Beyond 1947–1950; 13: Un-American Activities 1950; 14: Strange Fruit; 15: Across the Atlantic 1951; 16: You Know Baby 1952–1953; 17: Josh at Midnight 1954–1958; 18: Folk Revival; 19: House of the Rising Sun 1958–1963; 20: Goin' Down Slow 1963–1969; Epilogue
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Taylor & Francis The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint
Book SynopsisFirst Published in 2003. The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint is an introductory text to the analysis and composition of tonal counterpoint. Using examples from the music of J.S. Bach - the master of this style - the author takes students through a series of carefully graded, cumulative exercises that stress both analysis and writing. Benjamin covers chromaticism and fugal writing in exceptional detail. The exercises cover a wide range of formats, including error detection, linear pitch reduction, analysis and composition. The book also incorporates a 100-page anthology of scores, effective for analysis, in-class performance, and compositional models.Table of ContentsChapter 01 Line and Other Elements of Style; Chapter 02 Nonimitative Two-Voice Writing; Chapter 03 Chromaticism in Two Voices; Chapter 04 Composition of Binary Dance Forms; Chapter 05 Double (Invertible) Counterpoint; Chapter 06 Imitation; Canon; Chapter 07 The Two-Voice Invention; Chapter 08 Three-Voice Counterpoint I: Texture, Rhythm, Harmony; Chapter 09 Three-Voice Counterpoint II: Chromaticism, Triple Counterpoint, Canon; Chapter 10 Fugue I; Chapter 11 Fugue II; Chapter 12 Four-Voice Counterpoint; Chapter 13 Variation Forms; Chapter 14 Cantus Firmus Procedure: The Chorale Prelude; Chapter 15 Conclusion;
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Taylor & Francis Baakisimba Gender in the Music and Dance of the
Book SynopsisOriginally a royal court dance, baakisimba asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. After the abolition of kingship in 1967, baakisimba dance began to be performed in other contexts, with women sometimes playing the accompanying drums-traditionally a man's role-and with men occasionally performing the dance.Sylivia Nannyonga-Tamusuza argues that the music and dance of the Baganda people are not simply reflective of culture; baakisimba participates in the construction of social relations, and helps determine how these relations shape the performing arts. Integrating a study of foregrounds the conceptualization of gender as a time-specific cultural phenomenon. Illuminating the complex relationship between baakisimba and Baganda culture, this path breaking volume bridges the gaps in previous scholarship that integrates music and dance in ethnomusicological scholarship.Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionC hapter One: Gender Construction in BugandaChapter Two: Baakisimba Performance ContextsChapter Three: Engoma Za Baakisimba: The Gendered DrumsChapter Four: Baakisimba: The Women's DanceSummary and ConclusionAppendicesNotesGlossaryBibliogr aphyIndex
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Taylor & Francis The Global Music Industry
Book SynopsisFor everyone in the music industryârecord labels, managers, music publishers, and the performers themselvesâit is important to understand the world music marketplace and how it functions. Yet remarkably little has been written about the music business outside of the U.S. The Global Music Industry: Three Perspectives gives a concise overview of the issues facing everyone in the international music industry. Designed for an introductory course on music business, the book begins with an introduction to the field around the world, then focuses on global issues by region, from bootlegging and copyright to censorship and government support. It will be a standard resource for students, professionals, and musicians. Trade Review"This readable book will be especially useful for those who are looking for a quick overview of the global music industry...it provides a guide to the issues involved and suggestions for further reading. Summing Up: Recommended." --CHOICE, January 2008Table of ContentsIntroduction. North America. Latin America and the Caribbean. South America. Europe. Africa. Asia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Promoting Your Music
Book SynopsisWhile many dream of a career as a singer/songwriter, few know how to go about getting bookings, copywrighting and protecting their songs, making promotional recordings, getting radio and print coverage and negotiating contracts for appearances. This book covers all of these topics and more, aimed at everyone from the absolute beginner to the more seasoned performer, to help them avoid the common pitfalls and problems encountered along the road to success. The authors draw on years of experience as songwriters and performers. They have conducted interviews with many singer/songwriters who share their experiences, both good and bad, as theyâve worked their way up from local gigs to full-time careers. Throughout, practical tips are highlighted and real-life stories help illuminate common issues faced by all performers/songwriters.Trade Review"Anyone who has ever dreamed of becoming a professional singer/songwriter, but doesn't know how, or perhaps needs a refresher course, can learn something from Promoting Your Music. Folk musicians Tom May and Dick Weissman share with the reader their wealth of experiences and the insights of their peers in a practical way so that the lessons become an indispensible reference for beginning and seasoned performers." --Dirty LinenTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Just Starting Out/Background and Important Information Different Kinds of Composers. Copyrights for Your Songs. Performing Rights Organizations (PROS) Chapter 2: First Steps, Songs and Gigs in Becoming a Working Composer/Performer First Professional Engagements and How Professional Composer/Performers Obtained Them. Insights from Featured Songwriters and Others on Writing Early Songs and How Others Made the Decision to Pursue Composing and Performing as a Career. Putting Together an Effective Demo/Early Album of Your Songs. The Role of Formal Music Education in Being a Successful Composer. Songwriting Influences and Importance of Traditional Music and Melody in Being a Composer Chapter 3: Where do I go From Here? Getting Your Songs Heard ... On Stage and Beyond Performing Using Your Original Compositions. Contracts. Songwriters Associations. The Musicians Union/AFTRA/Other Professional Organizations. Booking Your Own Small Concerts. Turning Points in Artists Careers, and How They Occurred. Arts Council Concerts, Community Concert Series, and Other Cultural Presenters. Recording Your First Album. The Role of Radio and Other Media in Establishing a Career as a Composer; How to Get Your Songs Played. Chapter 4: Today’s Album/ CD/ Record Business Chapter 5: The Equipment you Need to do the Job Chapter 6: Next Steps; Moving Forward The Importance of Festivals and Songwriting Competitions in a Composer’s Career. The Songwriting Process, Continued; Editing Your Songs; Expanding Your Songwriting Subjects and Horizons. Recording and Distributing Your Own Album or Signing with an Established Company? The Importance of Producers in the Recording Process Chapter 7: Creating an Audience for Your Songs/Making Your Audience Aware Who You Are; Promotion, Booking and Placing Songs The Role of Publicists, Booking Agents and Managers in a Composer/Performers Life. Touring, Domestically and Internationally. Dealing With the Dreaded "Writers Block." MTV, Music Videos and Promotional DVD’s. Distribution…..CD Baby, Amazon.com and Other Ways to Sell Your CD’s. Chapter 8: Other Opportunities for Songwriters and Musicians Chapter 9: Reasons for it all/ The Lovin’of the Game Reflections by Featured Artists on the Lifestyle of a Composer/Performer. Perspectives by the Authors on a Life in the Music Business From Songwriter/Composers Viewpoint
£46.99
Alfred A. Knopf Calder The Conquest of Space The Later Years
Book SynopsisThe concluding volume to the first biography of one of the most important, influential, and beloved twentieth-century sculptors, and one of the greatest artists in the cultural history of America--is a vividly written, illuminating account of his triumphant later years.The second and final volume of this magnificent biography begins during World War II, when Calder--known to all as Sandy--and his wife, Louisa, opened their home to a stream of artists and writers in exile from Europe. In the postwar decades, they divided their time between the United States and France, as Calder made his first monumental public sculptures and received blockbuster commissions that included Expo '67 in Montreal and the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Jed Perl makes clear how Calder's radical sculptural imagination shaped the minimalist and kinetic art movements that emerged in the 1960s. And we see, as well, that through everything--their ever-expanding friendships with artists and writers of
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Pixels Paintings
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection representing some of the most powerful and useful computer techniques in the service of art.Table of ContentsList of Figures xxi List of Tables xlv List of Algorithms xlvii Preface xlix Lorenzo Lotto lviii Giovanni Morelli and the birth of "scientific" connoisseurship lix Overview lxi Intended audience lxii Prerequisites lxiii Acknowledgements lxiv 1 Digital imaging 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Electromagnetic radiation and light 4 1.3 Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with art materials 7 1.4 Cameras and scanners 9 1.4.1 Cameras 10 1.4.2 Flatbed scanners 11 1.5 Parameters for image acquisition in the visible 12 Billy Pappas 13 1.5.1 Spatial resolution 15 1.5.2 Bit depth 16 1.5.3 Dynamic range and contrast 17 1.6 Reading digital images of art on–screen 18 1.6.1 Reading a digital image of Leonardo's La Bella Principessa 22 Leonardo da Vinci 22 1.7 Infrared photography and reflectography 25 1.8 Ultraviolet imaging 26 1.9 Multispectral and hyperspectral imaging 27 1.9.1 Hyperspectral imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest 30 1.10 X-radiographic imaging 32 1.11 Fluorescence imaging 35 1.12 Capture of three–dimensional surfaces of art 37 1.12.1 Raking illumination 38 1.12.2 Reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) 40 1.12.3 Stereographic imaging 42 1.13 Optical coherence tomography (OCT) 43 1.14 Raman spectroscopic imaging and X-ray fluorescence imaging 45 1.14.1 Raman spectroscopic imaging (RSI) 45 1.14.2 X-ray fluorescence imaging (XRF) 46 1.15 Summary 47 1.16 Bibliographical remarks 49 2 Image processing 53 2.1 Introduction 53 2.2 Pixel–based image processing 57 2.3 Region–based image processing 61 2.3.1 Linear image processing 62 2.3.2 Nonlinear region–based image processing 63 2.3.3 Color quantization 64 2.3.4 Edge and line detection 69 2.3.5 Dilation and erosion 71 2.3.6 Skeletonization 72 2.4 Inpainting 72 2.5 Feature extraction 74 2.5.1 Keypoint extraction 75 2.5.2 Craquelure and crazing analysis 78 2.5.3 Computational tests for counterproofing by Jan van der Heyden 81 Jan van der Heyden 83 2.6 Segmentation 86 2.6.1 Deep nets for image segmentation 88 2.7 Geometric transformations 95 2.8 Chamfer transform and Chamfer distance 101 2.8.1 Tests for copying of Jan van Eyck's portraits of Niccolò Albergati 103 2.9 Discrete Fourier and wavelet transforms 111 2.9.1 Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) 111 2.9.2 Canvas support weave analysis 114 2.9.3 Discrete wavelet transform (DWT) 116 2.10 Compositing and integrating art images 118 2.10.1 Image compositing 118 2.10.2 Superresolution 119 2.11 Image separation 123 2.12 Summary 123 2.13 Bibliographical remarks 125 3 Color analysis 129 3.1 Introduction 129 3.2 Visible–light spectra and color appearance 132 3.3 Overview of human color vision 133 3.3.1 Properties of color descriptions 134 3.3.2 Opponent color processing and unique hues 137 3.3.3 Humanist descriptions of color 138 3.3.4 Spatial aspects of color perception 139 Josef Albers 140 3.3.5 Color and lightness constancy and brightness perception 141 3.3.6 Quantitative descriptions and additive color mixing 141 3.3.7 Representing artists' palettes 145 3.4 Physics of color in art materials 147 3.4.1 Pigments and color appearance 147 3.5 Representing color arising from mixing paints 151 3.5.1 Identifying pigments in artworks based on spectra 152 3.6 Digital rejuvenation of pigment colors 154 3.6.1 Digital rejuvenation of faded artworks 157 Georges Seurat 158 3.7 Digital cleaning of paintings 160 3.8 Summary 164 3.9 Bibliographical remarks 165 4 Brush stroke and mark analysis 171 4.1 Introduction 171 Cy Twombly 173 4.2 Analysis of printed lines and marks 175 Katsushika Hokusai 178 4.3 Inferring tools from marks 182 Sheila Waters 184 4.3.1 Analysis of brush strokes 185 4.3.2 Segmenting and isolating brush strokes computationally 187 4.3.3 Extracting opaque marks in multiple layers 189 Vincent Willem van Gogh 193 4.3.4 Visual evidence of authorship of Pollock's drip paintings 194 Jackson Pollock 195 4.3.5 Extracting layers of translucent brush strokes 195 4.4 Characterizing the shapes of strokes and marks 203 4.5 Global methods for inferring sequences of marks in paintings 206 4.6 Summary 208 4.7 Bibliographical remarks 208 5 Perspective and geometric analysis 211 5.1 Introduction 211 5.2 Projective geometry 214 5.2.1 The mathematics of projection 216 5.2.2 One–point, two–point, and three–point perspectives 222 5.2.3 Parallel or orthographic perspective in Asian art 223 5.3 Estimating the center of projection 224 5.3.1 Foreshortening and size comparisons of depicted objects 230 Piero della Francesca 231 5.3.2 Cross–ratio analysis 232 5.3.3 Estimating the center of projection from object sizes 234 5.4 Estimating geometric accuracy in artworks 235 5.4.1 Hans Memling's Flower Still-Life 235 Hans Memling 237 5.4.2 The carpet in Lorenzo Lotto's Husband and Wife 238 5.4.3 The chandelier in the Arnolfini Portrait 238 Jan van Eyck 243 5.4.4 Warping Andrea Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ to make consistent perspective 251 5.4.5 Dewarping the murals in Sennedjem's Tomb 252 5.4.6 Warping de Chirico's Ariadne to make consistent perspective 255 Giorgio de Chirico 256 5.4.7 Robert Campin and workshop's Mérode Altarpiece 257 Robert Campin 258 5.5 Slant anamorphic art 260 Ed Ruscha (Edward Joseph Ruscha IV) 260 5.5.1 Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors 263 Hans Holbein 263 5.6 Inferring depth from projected images 264 5.6.1 Computing a three–dimensional model from one perspective image 265 Masaccio 266 5.6.2 Computing a three–dimensional model from two perspective images 267 5.7 Summary 271 5.8 Bibliographical remarks 272 6 Optical analysis 275 6.1 Introduction 275 6.2 Reflection and refraction 277 6.3 Plane mirrors 278 6.3.1 Virtual image formation by plane mirrors 279 6.3.2 Depictions of plane mirrors in art 281 6.3.3 Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas 283 Diego Velázquez 284 6.4 Convex spherical mirrors 288 6.4.1 Virtual image formation by convex spherical mirrors 290 6.4.2 Jan van Eyck’s Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife 292 6.4.3 Claude glass 297 6.4.4 Parmigianino’s Self–Portrait in a Convex Mirror 298 Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 298 6.4.5 Hans Memling's Virgin and Child and Maarten van Nieuwenhove 304 6.4.6 Dewarping images in generalized cylindrical mirrors 308 6.5 Conical and cylindrical mirrors and anamorphic art 312 6.5.1 Conical mirror anamorphic art 313 6.5.2 Cylindrical mirror anamorphic art 317 6.6 Concave spherical mirrors 318 6.6.1 Virtual image formation by concave mirrors 320 6.6.2 Real image formation by concave mirrors 322 6.7 Converging lenses 323 6.7.1 Virtual image formation by converging lenses 325 6.7.2 Real image formation by convex lenses 327 6.8 Camera lucida and camera obscura 328 6.8.1 Camera lucida 328 6.8.2 Camera obscura 331 6.8.3 Depth of field, depth of focus, and blur spots 333 6.9 Optical projections and the creation of art 336 6.9.1 Jan van Eyck's Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife 337 6.9.2 Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus 342 6.9.3 Lorenzo Lotto's Husband and Wife 345 6.9.4 Johannes Vermeer's Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman 349 Johannes Vermeer 349 6.9.5 Canaletto's Piazza San Marco 363 Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) 364 6.9.6 Photorealists 364 Philip Barlow 366 6.10 Refraction and nonimaging optics in art 366 6.10.1 Leonardo's Salvator Mundi 366 6.11 Summary 371 6.12 Bibliographical remarks 372 7 Lighting analysis 377 7.1 Introduction 377 7.2 Basic shadows 381 7.2.1 General classes of lighting analysis methods 383 7.3 Cast–shadow analysis 383 7.3.1 Illumination from two or more point-sources 388 7.3.2 Cast–shadow analysis under geometric constraints 388 7.4 Lighting information from highlights 389 7.4.1 Illumination direction from highlights on simple estimated shapes 393 7.5 The optics of diffuse reflections 394 7.6 Inferring illumination from plane surfaces 396 Georges de la Tour 398 7.7 Interreflection 400 7.8 Occluding–contour algorithms 401 7.8.1 Single–point occluding–contour algorithm 403 7.8.2 General occluding–contour algorithm 405 Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio) 407 7.8.3 Lightfield occluding–contour algorithm 408 Garth Herrick 409 7.8.4 Theory of the lightfield occluding–contour algorithm 410 7.8.5 Application of the lightfield occluding–contour algorithm 415 7.9 Computer graphics for the analysis of lighting 418 7.9.1 Georges de la Tour's Christ in the Carpenter's Studio (model) 419 7.9.2 Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring 421 7.9.3 René Magritte's The Menaced Assassin 422 7.9.4 Bidirectional reflectance distribution functions (BRDFs) 424 7.9.5 Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew 425 7.10 Shape–from–shading algorithms 426 7.10.1 Shape–from–shading by deep neural networks 429 7.10.2 Shape–from–shading for estimating both illumination and depth 430 7.11 Integrating lighting estimates 433 7.11.1 Integrating one–dimensional lighting estimates 433 7.11.2 Integrating two–dimensional lighting estimates 436 7.12 Lighting analysis for dating depicted scenes 439 7.13 Summary 442 7.14 Bibliographical remarks 444 8 Object analysis 449 8.1 Introduction 449 8.2 Image–based object classification 452 8.2.1 Feature–based object recognition 452 8.3 Feature–based analysis of faces and bodies 454 8.3.1 Feature–based analysis of body pose 464 8.3.2 Feature–based analysis of head poses 466 8.4 Deep neural network–based object recognition 468 Jacques-Louis David 472 8.4.1 Transfer training 472 8.5 Summary 474 8.6 Bibliographical remarks 475 9 Style and composition analysis 477 9.1 Introduction 477 9.2 Automatic classification of style 480 9.3 Compositional balance 482 9.3.1 Computational balance of actors 485 9.4 Geometric properties of composition 486 9.4.1 Design in Piet Mondrian's Neoplastic paintings 487 Piet Mondrian 487 9.5 Analysis of trends and similarities in artistic style 497 9.5.1 Trends in landscape compositions 498 9.5.2 Large–scale trends in the development of style 502 9.5.3 Graph representations of stylistic similarities 503 9.6 Style transfer 505 9.6.1 Style transfer by deep networks 505 9.6.2 Rejuvenating tapestries 506 9.6.3 Coloration of black–and–white photographs of artworks 507 9.6.4 Style transfer for visualizing underdrawings 509 9.7 Recovering Rembrandt's complete The Night Watch 513 Rembrandt 514 9.8 Computational generation of images for art analysis 516 9.8.1 Computational recovery of lost artworks 518 9.9 Summary 521 9.10 Bibliographical remarks 522 10 Semantic analysis 525 10.1 Introduction 525 Jacques-Louis David 528 10.2 Semantics and visual art 534 10.2.1 Natural language processing and knowledge representation 536 10.3 Meaning through associations 538 10.3.1 Signifiers and signifieds 538 10.4 Semantics of color 544 10.5 Identifying saints by their attributes 546 Andrea del Verrocchio 549 10.6 Learning associations between signifiers and signifieds 550 Harmen Steenwijck 551 10.7 Meaning through artistic style 554 10.7.1 Context in the creation of meaning 556 10.8 Automatic image captioning and question answering 557 10.8.1 Image captioning 557 10.8.2 Automatic answering of questions about artworks 559 10.9 Meaning through shape relations and associations 563 Rogier van der Weyden 563 10.9.1 Recognizing meaning–bearing stories 565 Albrecht Dürer 567 10.10 Summary 568 10.11 Bibliographical remarks 569 Appendix 573 A Symbols, acronyms, and mathematical notation 573 A.1 Mathematical notation, definitions, and operations 573 A.2 Solving simultaneous linear equations 578 A.3 Lagrange optimization 579 A.4 Basis functions 580 A.5 Discrete Fourier analysis and synthesis 580 A.6 Discrete wavelet transform 582 A.7 Spherical harmonics 582 B Probability 584 B.1 Accuracy, precision, and recall 585 B.2 Conditional probability 585 B.3 The definition of information 586 B.4 Hidden Markov models (HMMs) 586 C Bayes' theorem and reasoning about uncertainty 588 C.1 Statistical independence 588 C.2 Maximum likelihood estimation 589 C.3 Bias and variance 591 C.4 Intersection over Union metric 592 D Deep neural networks 593 E Ray tracing and image formation in mirrors and lenses 596 E.1 Converging lenses 596 E.2 Diverging lenses 599 E.3 Mirrors 600 E.4 The focal length and radius of curvature of a spherical mirror 602 E.5 Spherical versus parabolic mirrors 603 F Resources 604 Epilog 607 Glossary 609 Bibliography 615 Figure credits 673 Timeline of artists 682 Index of artists 683 Index 687 About the book 713
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Art of Understanding Art
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The Purposes of Art: A Brief Overview from A to Z xxiv The Anatomy of a Work of Art xxxii Part One Making Art 1 1 Artists and Patrons 3 Artists and Creators 3 Originality, Authorship, Authenticity 4 Appropriations 8 Attributions and Studio Practices 9 Collaborations 11 Artists and Multiple Works 12 Artists and Artisans 12 Anonymous Artists 13 The Creative Process: Inspiration and Influences 14 Self-Reflections 14 The Formative Years: Education, Family Life, and Personal Values 15 Patronage 17 Private Patronage 17 Religious Patronage 18 Royal Patronage 19 State, City, and Community Patronage 19 Today’s Patronage: Corporations, Institutions, Foundations, and Grants 20 Summary 21 Notes 21 2 Environment, Materials, and Other Resources 22 Environment 23 Natural Resources 23 Location 24 Climate 24 Dialogues between the Environment and Art 25 Materials, Tools, and Technology 27 Materials and Artistic Values 27 The Attributes of Materials 28 The “Purity” of Materials and Mixed Media 29 Materials as Sources for Meaning 29 “Unusual” Art Materials 31 Found Objects 32 The Body as Art Material 32 Tools and Technology 34 Other Resources: Knowledge and Information 36 Summary 37 Notes 37 3 Context 38 Cultural Context 39 Artistic Context 39 Art Organizations, Institutions, and Events 40 Culture, Science and Ideas 41 Historical, Political, and Religious Context 43 Historical Context and Current Events 43 Political Context 44 Religious Context 47 Societal Context 48 Everyday Life 49 The Mass Media 49 Moral Values 50 Social Context 51 Summary 52 Notes 52 Conclusion to Part One 53 Part Two Disseminating Art 55 4 The Dissemination of Original Art 57 Institutions 57 Museums 57 Collections and Foundations 67 Galleries 68 Academic-Affiliated Art Institutions 70 Beyond Institutional Walls 71 Alternative Spaces 71 Public Art 71 Propaganda Art 72 Art and Business 73 The Art Market and other Financial Matters 73 Art Patrons, Collectors, Dealers, and Sponsors 74 Artists and Business 75 Summary 76 Notes 76 5 The Dissemination of Art through Reproductions, and Other Issues 77 Publications, Presentations, and Lectures 78 Books, Catalogues, and Periodicals (Articles, Essays, and Reviews) 78 Lectures, Courses, and Presentations 79 The Mass Media 80 Films, Documentaries, and DVDs 80 The Web 82 Art and Popular Culture 84 Today’s Art World 86 The Decontextualization of Art 87 Original Context and Contemporary Times 88 “The Art World” 89 Summary 89 Notes 90 Conclusion to Part Two 90 Part Three Analyzing Art 91 6 Visual Resources Used to Analyze Art 93 The Work of Art 94 Form and Content 94 The Physical Condition of the Work of Art 98 Originals and Reproductions 100 The Preservation and Conservation of Art 101 Scientific Tools 103 Visual Documentation and Research 103 Artists’ “Body of Work” (Oeuvre) 104 Artistic and Visual Context of the Time 104 Drawings, Architectural Plans, and other Visual Resources 105 New Art/Archaeological Discoveries 105 Symbols in Art 106 Summary 107 Notes 108 7 Textual and Other Resources Used to Analyze Art 109 Primary Textual Sources 110 Archival Material 110 Artists’ Letters, Notes, and Statements 111 Provenance 114 Secondary Textual Sources 114 Art-Historical Literature 115 Original Context and History 115 Today’s Art History, Criticism, and Context 116 Additional Resources for Research 117 Art Institutions and Exhibitions 117 Online and Other Sources 117 Comparisons 119 “Conventional” Art Comparisons 119 Cross-Chronological and Cross-Cultural Comparisons 123 Visual Culture and Interdisciplinary Comparisons 124 Summary 125 Notes 125 8 A Critical Examination of Art Classification 126 Reflections on Art Classification 126 Identifying the Category of “Art” 126 The Roots of Art Classification 129 Criteria for Art Classification 130 Chronology and Artistic Periods 130 Media 132 Fine Art/High Art 132 Painting, Drawings, Prints, and Sculptures 133 Photography 134 Mixed Media 134 New Media 135 Multimedia 136 Graphic Arts 137 “Minor 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John Wiley & Sons Inc Hollywood Interrupted Insanity Chic in Babylon
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Misère
Book SynopsisThe coming of the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century witnessed unprecedented changes in society: rapid economic progress went hand-in-hand with appalling working conditions, displacement, squalor and destitution for those at the bottom of the social scale. These new circumstances presented a challenge to contemporary image-makers, who wished to capture the effects of hunger, poverty and alienation in Britain, Ireland and France in the era before documentary photography. In this groundbreaking book, the eminent art historian Linda Nochlin examines the styles and expressive strategies that were used by artists and illustrators to capture this misère, roughly characterized as poverty that afflicts both body and soul. She investigates images of the Irish Famine in the period 184651; the gendered representation of misery, particularly of poor women and prostitutes; and the work of three very different artists: Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet and the less wellknown Fernand Pelez. The artists' desire to depict the poor and the outcast accurately and convincingly is still a pertinent issue, though now, as Nochlin observes, the question has a moral and ethical dimension does the documentary style belittle its subjects and degrade their condition?Trade Review'Nochlin’s influence on critical writing and teaching is legendary, and this engrossing analysis of the visual representation of misery in the 19th century is a must-read for anyone hoping to address our troubling times' - Cindy Sherman'This slim, erudite, enlightened volume is a heartfelt coda to [Linda Nochlin’s] oeuvre' - Financial Times'Brilliant and important … Nochlin was a trailblazer to the end' - Apollo'Nochlin speaks clearly and simply to the ongoing question of whether art can or should be form of activism' - Art Review'A fresh perspective to the emotive and controversial subject of depicting the poor … insightful art criticism meets social history' - The Lady'What endures in this final book is a fixation with the past as a portal to present misères, whether persistent gender inequalities or economic disparities as extreme as those of the industrial age' - Scotland on Sunday'It is to Linda Nochlin’s credit that she found the words to match the images that form the heart of this beautifully produced book' - Spectator'Lively and fascinating … a valuable publication' - Irish Arts Review'A fascinating coda to a great career' - Frances Spalding, GuardianTable of ContentsMisère: An Introduction • 1. Misère: The Irish Paradigm • 2. The Gender of Misery • 3. Géricault, Goya and the Representation of Misery • 4. Representing Misery: Courbet’s Beggar Woman • 5. Fernand Pelez: Master of Miserable Old Men • Conclusion
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University of California Press A Journey Through Other Spaces Essays
Book SynopsisPolish director Tadeusz Kantor, who died in 1990 at the age of 75, is widely recognized as one of the most important theatre artists of this century. This title provides us with a collection of Kantor's essays in English, together with the author's analysis of the corpus of Kantor's work, both written and staged.Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE PART I FURTHER ON, NOTHING ... Chronology A. A SELECTION oF TADEUSZ KANTOR'S ESSAYS AND MANIFESTOS My Work-My Journey (Excerpts) (1988) Credo (1942-44) The Autonomous Theatre (1956/63) The Informel Theatre (1961) The Informel Theatre: Definitions (Undated) The Zero Theatre (1963) Annexed Reality (1963) Emballages (1957-65) Theatre Happening (1967) The Impossible Theatre (1969-73) The Theatre of Death (1975) Reality of the Lowest Rank (1980) The Work of Art and the Process (1976) The Situation of an Artist (1977) Where Are the Snows of Yesteryear? (Cricotage) (1978) New Theatrical S p a c e . Where F i c t i o n Appears (1980) The Room. Maybe a New Phase (1980) The Infamous Transition from the World of the Dead into the World of the Living: Fiction and Reality (1980) Prison (1985) Refiection(1985) Memory (1988) The Real ''I" (1988) To Save from Oblivion (1988) Silent Night (Cricotage) (1990) A Painting (1990) From the Beginning, in My Credo Was ... (1990) B. THE MILANO LESSONS (1986) Foreword Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lessons 8, 9, 10, and 11 Lesson 12 PART 2 THE QUEST FOR THE SELF/ OTHER: A CRITICAL STUDY OF TADEUSZ KANTOR'S THEATRE The Quest for the Self: Thresholds and Transformations The Quest for the Other: Space/Memory Found Reality NOTES WRITINGS BY TADEUSZ KANTOR SELECTED WRITINGS ABOUT TADEUSZ KANTOR, CRICOT 2 THEATRE, AND THEIR PRODUCTIONS INDEX
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University of California Press B233la Bart243k Composition Concepts Autograph
Book SynopsisThe account of Bartok's compositional processes stresses the composer's position as one of the masters of Western music history, and avoids a purely theoretical approach or one that emphasizes him as an enthusiast for Hungarian folk music.
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University of California Press The Transformation of Cinema 19071915
Book SynopsisChronicles a colourful period in American film history, from the origin of store-front nickleodeons to the establishment of the Motion Picture Patents Company. The study recounts how film companies brought about the emergence of the feature film, and played a role in implementing moral reforms.Table of ContentsPreface 1 The Nickelodeon 2 A Game of Freeze-out 3 The Recruiting Station of Vice 4 The Films: Alternate Scenes 5 General Filmco and the Pushcart Peddlers 6 Acting: The Camera's Closer View 7 Brand Names and Stars 8 Movie Palaces 9 Trademarks, Titles, Introductions 10 Detours onthe Way to Hollywood 11 The Genre Film 12 The Feature Film 13 The Lid Comes Off 14 Refining the Product 15 Scene Dissection, Spectacle, Film as Art List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Picture Sources General Index Index of Films
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University of California Press Minimal Art A Critical Anthology
Book SynopsisIncluding an introduction and bibliography, this is a collection of writings by and about the work of the 1960s minimalists, generously illustrated with photographs of paintings, sculpture, and performance.Table of ContentsAnne M. Wagner: Reading Minimal Art Preface Lawrence Alloway: Systemic Painting Michael Benedikt: Sculpture as Architecture: New York Letter, 1966-67 Mel Bochner: Serial Art, Systems, Solipsism David Bourdon: The Razed Sites of Carl Andre Nicolas Calas: Subject Matter in the Work of Barnett Newman Michael Fried: Art and Objecthood Bruce Glaser: Questions to Stella and Judd E. C. Goossen: Two Exhibitions Dan Graham: Photographs Clement Greenberg: Recentness of Sculpture Peter Hutchinson: Mannerism in the Abstract David Lee: A Systematic Revery from Abstraction to Now Allen Leepa: Minimal Art and Primary Meanings Lucy R. Lippard: Eros Presumptive Robert Morris: Notes on Sculpture Toby Mussman: Literalness and the Infinite Brian O'Doherty: Minus Plato John Perreault: Minimal Abstracts Yvonne Rainer: A Quasi Survey of Some "Minimalist" Tendencies in the Quantitatively Minimal Dance Activity Midst the Plethora, or an Analysis of Trio A Barbara Rose: A B C Art Harold Rosenberg: Defining Art Irving Sandler: Gesture and Non-Gesture in Recent Sculpture Willoughby Sharp: Luminism and Kineticism Elayne Varian: Schemata 7 Samuel Wagstaff, Jr.: Talking with Tony Smith Richard Wollheim: Minimal Art Martial Raysse, Dan Flavin, Robert Smithson: Writings Bibliography (compiled by Alicja T. Egbert) Index
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University of California Press Flight Out of Time A Dada Diary Paper
Book SynopsisThe poems and performance art of Hugo Ball and his contemporaries were the beginnings of Dada. This work includes Ball's diaries, the original Dada manifesto and a critical introduction.Table of ContentsEditor's Note Introduction by John Elderfield Chronology Foreword to the 1946 Edition by Emmy Ball-Hennings PART ONE Prologue: The Backdrop Romanticism: The Word and the Image PART TWO On the Rights of God and Man Flight to the Fundamental APPENDIX Dada Manifesto Kandinsky Endnotes: Ball's Sources Afterword by John Elderfield Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Listening Composer Paper
Book SynopsisTaking us into a composer's workshop, this title reevaluates what we call 'twentieth-century music' - a term used to refer to modern or contemporary music that represents a radical break from the tonal tradition, or 'common practice', of the preceding three centuries.
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University of California Press Pop Art
Book SynopsisA chronical of one of the most controversial art movements of the 20th century. A broad range of articles trace the emergence of the movement in England and America and then focus on the major pop artists Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist and Andy Warhol.Trade Review"To understand where we are in American art, we need Pop Art: A Critical History to remind us of where we were. Thorough and as lively as the era it documents, Steven Henry Madoff's indispensable compendium neatly recaptures a moment that irrevocably altered American culture." * New York Times *"This not-to-be-missed anthology collects stimulating articles, interviews, and other texts defining 'the phenomenon of Pop.' Art critic Madoff contributes a fine introductory overview and then presents 94 critical articles, negative and positive, on this brash, vulgar, successful style." * Library Journal *Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Steven Henry Madoff, Wham! Blam! How Pop Art Stormed the High-Art Citadel and What the Critics Said 1 PRE-POP: AMERICAN PRECURSORS, ENGLISH CURRENTS Frank O’Hara, from “Larry Rivers: ‘Why I Paint as I Do’” Alison and Peter Smithson, “But Today We Collect Ads” Richard Hamilton, “Letter to Peter and Alison Smithson” Lawrence Alloway, “The Arts and the Mass Media” Thomas B. Hess, “Mixed Mediums for a Soft Revolution” Robert Rosenblum, “Jasper Johns” Clement Greenberg, from “After Abstract Expressionism” Jasia Reichardt, “Pop Art and After” Alan R. Solomon, from “Robert Rauschenberg” 2 THE PHENOMENON OF POP: GENERAL ESSAYS AND LOCAL REVIEWS, 1962–1970 Sidney Tillim, from “Month in Review: New York Exhibitions” Max Kozloff, “‘Pop’ Culture, Metaphysical Disgust, and the New Vulgarians” Jules Langsner, from “Los Angeles Letter” G. R. Swenson, “The New American ‘Sign Painters’” Sidney Janis, “On the Theme of the Exhibition” Brian O’Doherty, “Art: Avant-Garde Revolt” John Coplans, “The New Painting of Common Objects” Gilbert Sorrentino, “Kitch into ‘Art’: The New Realism” Barbara Rose, “Dada, Then and Now” Peter Selz et al, “A Symposium on Pop Art” Barbara Rose, “Pop Art at the Guggenheim” Peter Selz, “The Flaccid Art” Ivan C. Karp, “Anti-Sensibility Painting” Alan R. Solomon, “The New Art” John Coplans, “Pop Art, USA” Thomas B. Hess, from “Pop and Public” G.R. Swenson, “What Is Pop Art? Part I” G.R. Swenson, from “What Is Pop Art? Part II” John Canaday, “Pop Art Sells On and On — Why?” Tullia Zevi, “The Biennale: How Evil is Pop Art?” Max Kozloff, “Dissimulated Pop” Unsigned, “Pop Art Exhibited, and It’s Crazy, Dad” Robert Rosenblum, “Pop Art and Non-Pop Art” Sidney Tillim, “Further Observations on the Pop Phenomenon” Bruce Glaser, “Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Warhol: A Discussion” Peter Benchley, “Special Report: The Story of Pop,” John Adkins Richardson, “Dada, Camp, and the Mode Called Pop” Dana Adams Schmidt, “London Court Fines a Gallery for ‘Indecent’ Pop-Art Display” Peter Plagens, “Present-Day Styles and Ready-Made Criticism” Lawrence Alloway, “Popular Culture and Pop Art” John Russell, “Pop Reappraised” Harold Rosenberg, “The Art World: Marilyn Mondrian” 3 FOCUS: THE MAJOR ARTISTS Roy Lichtenstein Unsigned, “Everything Clear Now?” Donald Judd, “In the Galleries: Roy Lichtenstein” Robert Rosenblum, “Roy Lichtenstein and the Realist Revolt” Douglas McClellan, “Roy Lichtenstein, Ferus Gallery” Dorothy Seiberling, “Is He the Worst Artist in the U.S.?” John Ashbery, “Pop Artist Switches to Aggressive Neutral Banality” John Coplans, “Talking with Roy Lichtenstein” Albert Boime, “Roy Lichtenstein and the Comic Strip” Diane Waldman, “Roy Lichtenstein” Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg, “Statement” Michael Fried, “New York Letter” Jill Johnston, “Off Off-Broadway; ‘Happenings’ at Ray Gun Mfg. Co.” Ellen H. Johnson, “The Living Object” Gerald Nordland, from “Marcel Duchamp and Common Object Art” Donald Judd, “In the Galleries: Claes Oldenburg” Öyvind Fahlström, “Object-Making” Barbara Rose, “Claes Oldenburg’s Soft Machines” Richard Kostelanetz, from “Claes Oldenburg” James Rosenquist Gene R. Swenson, “Reviews and Previews: New Names This Month: James Rosenquist” Edward F. Fry, essay from exhibition catalogue, James Rosenquist William Wilson, “Los Angeles: James Rosenquist” Lucy R. Lippard, “James Rosenquist: Aspects of a Multiple Art” Doon Arbus, “The Man in the Paper Suit” Hilton Kramer, “A New Hangar for Rosenquist’s Jet-Pop ‘F-111’” Robert C. Scull, “Re the F-111: A Collector’s Notes” Sidney Tillim, “Rosenquist at the Met: Avant-Garde or Red Guard?” Lawrence Alloway, “Art” Andy Warhol Henry T. Hopkins, “Andy Warhol, Ferus Gallery” Michael Fried, from “New York Letter” Donald Judd, “In the Galleries: Andy Warhol” Arthur Danto, “The Artworld” Unsigned, “Saint Andrew” Thomas B. Hess, “Reviews and Previews: New Names this Month: Andy Warhol” Roger Vaughan, “Superpop or a Night at the Factory” David Antin, “Warhol: The Silver Tenement” William Wilson, “Prince of Boredom: The Repetitions and Passivities of Andy Warhol” John Coplans, “Early Warhol: The Systematic Evolution of the Impersonal Style” 4 FROM CENTER TO PERIPHERY: OTHER FIGURES Allan D’Arcangelo Vivien Raynor, “In the Galleries: Allan D’Arcangelo” Nicolas Calas, “Highways & By-ways” Jim Dine Alan R. Solomon, “Jim Dine and the Psychology of the New Art” Robert Pincus-Witten, “New York: Jim Dine” öyvind Fahlström Torsten Ekbom, “Öyvind Fahlström: Models of Shattered Reality” Robert Indiana G. R. Swenson, “The Horizons of Robert Indiana” Jan van der Marck, foreword from exhibition catalogue, Robert Indiana Mel Ramos Jay Jacobs, “In the Galleries: Mel Ramos” Robin Skelton, “The Art of Mel Ramos” Edward Ruscha Nancy Marmer, “Edward Ruscha, Ferus Gallery” John Coplans, “Concerning ‘Various Small Fires’: Edward Ruscha Discusses His Perplexing Publications” George Segal Allan Kaprow, “Segal’s Vital Mummies” John Perreault, “Plaster Caste” Peter Saul Jack Kroll, “Reviews and Previews: New Names this Month: Peter Saul” Ellen H. Johnson, essay from exhibition catalogue, Peter Saul Wayne Thiebaud Thomas B. Hess, “Reviews and Previews: New Names this Month: Wayne Thiebaud” Diane Waldman, “Thiebaud: Eros in Cafeteria” John Wesley Donald Judd, “In the Galleries: John Wesley” Tom Wesselmann Brian O’Doherty, “‘Pop’ Show by Tom Wesselmann Is Revisited” J. A. Abramson, “Tom Wesselmann and the Gates of Horn” 5 REVISING POP: LATER CRITICAL REFLECTIONS Max Kozloff, “American Painting during the Cold War” Roland Barthes, “That Old Thing, Art . . .” Robert Hughes, “The Rise of Andy Warhol” Lynne Cooke, from “The Independent Group: British and American Pop Art, a ‘Palimpcestuous’ Legacy” Bruce Altshuler, from “Pop Triumphant: A New Realism” CHRONOLOGY An Exhibitions Chronicle: 1958–1970, Steven Henry Madoff and Alexandra Muse INDEX
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University of California Press Late Modernism
Book SynopsisA study of early 20th-century literary and artistic culture. The text focuses on the turbulent later years of the 1920s and 1930s, tracking the dissolution of modernism in the interwar years.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments PART ONE: THEORIZING LATE MODERNISM 1. Introduction: The Problem of Late Modernism 2. The End of Modernism: Rationalization, Spectacle, and Laughter PART TWO: READING LATE MODERNISM 3. The Self Condemned: Wyndham Lewis 4· Beyond Rescue: Djuna Barnes 5· Improved Out of All Knowledge: Samuel Beckett EPILOGUE 6. More or Less Silent: Mina Loy's Novel Inset Notes Index
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University of California Press Hoppers Places 2e
Book SynopsisThis work compares paintings by Edward Hopper with photographs of the subjects of paintings done in New York, Maine, Gloucester, Cape Cod, Charleston, Mexico and Paris. It demonstrates how Hopper made art of everyday scenes and how he sometimes made intentional changes from what he observed.Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Hopper's Places New York and Environs Maine Gloucester Cape Cod Gettysburg Charleston Western United States Mexico Paris Credits Acknowledgements
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University of California Press Gioia T West Coast Jazz
Book SynopsisHow could it when the same critics asking the question could hardly agree on a definition of jazz itself? Was West Coast jazz the last regional style or merely a marketing fad? Was there really ever any such thing as West Coast jazz? If so, was it better or worse than East Coast jazz? This title deals with this queries.Table of ContentsONE Central Avenue Breakdown TWO The Bird in the Basket THREE The Chase FOUR Dave Brubeck and Modern Jazz in San Francisco FIVE The San Francisco Scene in the 195os SIX Central Avenue Survivors SEVEN Big Bands out West EIGHT City of Glass NINE Chet Baker and the Pianoless Quartet TEN From the Lighthouse ELEVEN A Ring-tail Monkey TWELVE Martians Go Home THIRTEEN The Anti-drummer FOURTEEN Straight Life FIFTEEN LA Hard Bop SIXTEEN Something Else! SEVENTEEN West Coast Jazz: Final Considerations POSTSCRIPT: A Stroll Through California Jazz Nightspots APPENDIX: Fifty Representative West Coast Jazz Recordings 1945-1960 Notes Index
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University of California Press Music Drama at the Paris Odeon 18241828
Book SynopsisParisian theatrical, artistic, social, and political life is explored in this history of the Paris Odeon, an opera house that flourished during the Bourbon Restoration. The book traces the complete arc of the Odeon's short but highly successful life from ascent to triumph, decline, and closure.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Tables Music Examples Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part One: The Institution 1.Un delassement honnete et instructif: The City and Music Drama in Restoration Paris 2. L'obligation de jouer le repertoire du premier ordre: Repertory, Infrastructure and Management at the Odeon 3. Cet ensemble si harmonieux et si parfait: The Odeon's Personnel 4. La ferule severe et souvent capricieuse: Control and Consumption Part Two: The Repertory 5. Une heure a l'opera-comique: Occasional Works 6. Rendre service a notre scene lyrique: The Pasticcio 7. Le fruit defendu: Opera Comique and the French Tradition 8. Les heureux etrangers: Italian Music Drama 9. Une lecon de morale: German Music Drama Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Philip Guston
Book SynopsisA collection of dialogues, talks, and writings by Philip Guston (1913-1980), one of the most intellectually adventurous and poetically gifted of modern painters.Trade Review"Lovingly compiled" Artforum "This hefty volume is 344 pages of smart art takes (Clark Coolidge, ed.) by the largely self-taught painter who, with pal Jackson Pollock, got expelled from L.A.'s Manual Arts High School in 1929." -- Christopher Knight Los Angeles Times, Culture Watch Blog "This is a book of wisdom, not only for artists but for anyone seeking to learn something from art." The Nation "Expansive" San Francisco Bay Guardian "Until now his influence has been through his art rather than his words. This collection gathers together interviews and studio discussions and commits the artist's words to print. -- Alexander Adams Art Newspaper "[Guston's] voice at its effusive best." Jewish ExponentTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction by Dore Ashton Statement in Art News Annual (1944) Statement in Twelve Americans (1956) Notes on Bradley Walker Tomlin (1957) Interview with Sam Hunter (1957) From the Chicago Panel (1958) Statement in Nature in Abstraction (1958) Statement in It Is (1958) Statement in The New American Painting (1957–58/1959) Interview with David Sylvester (1960). From Panel at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art (1960) Conversation with Bill Berkson (1964) Interview with Joseph S. Trovato (1965) Piero della Francesca: The Impossibility of Painting (1965) Philip Guston’s Object: Conversation with Harold Rosenberg (1965) Faith, Hope, and Impossibility (1965/66) Conversation with Joseph Ablow (1966) Interview with Karl Fortess (1966) On Morton Feldman (1967) Conversation with Morton Feldman (1968) The Image (1969) On Piero della Francesca (1971) Talk at Yale Summer School of Music and Art (1972) Conversation with Louis Finkelstein (1972) Conversation with Clark Coolidge (1972) Talk at Yale Summer School of Music and Art (1973) On the Nixon Drawings (1973) Ten Drawings (1973) On Survival (1974) On Drawing (1974) Conversation with Harold Rosenberg (1974) Talk at “Art/Not Art?” Conference (1978) From Panel at “Art/Not Art?” Conference (1978) Interview with Jan Butterfield (1979) Interview with Mark Stevens (1980) Interview with Joanne Dickson (1980) Studio Notes (1970–78) Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
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University of California Press Beyond Structural Listening Postmodern Modes of
Book SynopsisIn a highly influential essay, Rose Rosengard Subotnik critiques structural listening as an attempt to situate musical meaning solely within the unfolding of musical structure itself. This title explores not only the implications of structural listening model but also alternative listening strategies that have developed in specific communities.Trade Review"This collection is a landmark contribution that will take music scholarship by surprise." - Robert Walser, author of Keeping Time; "A rich and challenging collection. Its authors write from a common perspective that sets their views at odds with the terms that have most commonly determined musical discourse in the twentieth century. At the same time they consider listeners' involvement with a wide range of musics from the high modernism of Boulez and Barraque through the standard classical repertory to MTV. There is something here to interest every music scholar and listener." - Ruth A. Solie, author of Music in Other Words"Table of ContentsContributors: Paul Attinello, Andrew Dell'Antonio, Joseph Dubiel, Robert Fink, Elisabeth LeGuin, Tamara Levitz, Fred Everett Maus, Mitchell Morris, Martin Scherzinger, Rose Rosengard Subotnik
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University of California Press Art of Engagement
Book SynopsisTakes a comprehensive look at the key role of California's art and artists in politics and culture since 1945. This work offers the reader a historical sense of the significant role California has played in generating political art and also how the state has stimulated politically engaged art throughout the world.Table of ContentsPreface Prologue: Countering Cultures: The California Context Susan Landauer Introduction: Paths to Engagement 1. Against War and Violence 2. Countercultural Trends 3. Human Rights and Ethnic and Gender Identity 4. Toward a Sustainable Earth Timeline Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
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University of California Press Cleopatra
Book SynopsisCleopatra - a brave, astute, and charming woman - continues to fascinate centuries after she ruled Egypt. This title includes essays that explore such topics as Cleopatra's controversial trip to Rome, her suicide by snake bite, and the afterlife of her love potions.Trade Review"After reading, and perhaps re-reading, the contributions to this remarkable set off essays, the reasons contributing to the posthumous super-status of Cleopatra VII become self-evident." Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) "Supplements our current understanding of a rich tradition with new layers." -- Alastair Blanshard Prudentia
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University of California Press Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter
Book SynopsisPieter Bruegel (1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described as a supremely comic artist. This book explores the function and production of laughter in the sixteenth century, and also examines the ways in which Bruegel exploited the comic potential of Hieronymus Bosch.Trade Review"In Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter Walter Gibson makes it abundantly clear that laughter is a key feature in many of Bruegel's works. He examines witty and humorous elements in Bruegel's paintings, prints, and drawings and creates a context for understanding them as part of sixteenth-century culture. The material Gibson brings to bear on Bruegel will be new to many. This book will appeal to art historians and anyone interested in sixteenth-century thought and culture." - John Oliver Hand, Curator of Northern Renaissance Paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington "This book offers a much needed, and long overdue alternative to the primarily moralizing approach to Northern Renaissance and Baroque art and the works of Pieter Bruegel. Walter Gibson goes way beyond what art history has offered to date, giving a new, more balanced reading of Bruegel's art." - Alison Stewart, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments prologue Deciphering Bruegel chapter 1 The Commodity of Laughter in the Sixteenth Century chapter 2 Bruegel's Art of Laughter chapter 3 A Bankrupt and His Bruegels chapter 4 Rustic Revels chapter 5 Making Good Cheer chapter 6 The Devil's Nemesis: Griet and Her Sisters epilogue Taking Laughter Seriously Notes Select Bibliography Index
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