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Book SynopsisHow does the art market choose its winners, thereby also deciding what millions of visitors to galleries and museums will view, year after year? Whereas art historical writing and contemporary commentary tend to highlight the efforts of specific artists, this book illustrates how money and marketing, in combination with general trends, play decisive roles in shaping the art world and in propelling specific artists and artworks to positions of prominence.Today, perhaps more than ever before, the high-profile art world is primarily shaped by buyers and those who cater to buyers. The actual artists, although most visible to the public, tend to play a secondary role. The time seems particularly ripe for transparency about how the art world works, given the growth in the art market, media attention onâand popular interest inâhigh-priced art, and controversy surrounding public funding for art and the value of art for contemporary society. With a combination of marketplace observations, marketing insights, and relevant research findings, this book contributes to increased transparency while providing thought-provoking digressions and anecdotes along the way.Money and Marketing in the Art World offers an accessible analysis of the art market for scholars and graduate students across arts marketing and management, as well as for those more broadly interested in art and business.

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Book SynopsisKinaesthetic Empathy, Ethics and Care develops a philosophy of dance that highlights the psychological, aesthetic and ethical significance of dancer-viewer interaction in the moment of performance.Leroy draws on phenomenology, psychoanalysis, dance studies and care ethics to analyse kinaesthetic empathy as a form of intersubjective performance. She shows how, in the contagion or interweaving between corporealities of dancer and viewer, each party supports or upholds the other in a process of mutual care. Dance movement involves a play with gravity which alleviates the weight of repressed desire and redefines the contours of the body image, facilitating psychological self-repair. Through projection into the body of another, we can develop our independence and autonomy as subjects, even in the midst of relational being. Richly illustrated with theatre dance examples, Leroyâs argument develops a corporeal basis for ethics and reveals how a return to the moving body through dance helps lay the foundations for a more humane society.The book will interest philosophers, dance researchers, care ethicists and care practitioners, as well as advanced students in these fields and general readers curious about the aesthetic and ethical potency of theatre dance.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, eleven essays by leading scholars of music, liturgy, literature, manuscript production and architecture analyse how the medieval arts invited collaborative performances designed to persuade. Using concepts derived from rhetoric to analyse specific examples, the essays show the immense power of those forms of rhetoric which are 'beyond words'.Trade Review'Mary Carruthers and the contributors to this volume have produced an extraordinary collection of essays, rich and complex with thematic intercon- nections andmany avenues for further exploration … readers will find Carruthers' collection a remarkable resource not only for historical and textual studies, but also for insights into medieval culture, worship, and performance through the art of rhetoric.' Elza C. Tiner, Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of RhetoricTable of ContentsEditor's introduction Mary Carruthers; 1. 'Working by words alone': the architect, scholasticism and rhetoric in thirteenth-century France Paul Binski; 2. Grammar and rhetoric in Late Medieval polyphony: modern metaphor or old simile? Margaret Bent; 3. Nature's forge and mechanical production: writing, reading, and performing song Elizabeth Eva Leach; 4. Rhetorical strategies in the pictorial imagery of fourteenth century manuscripts: the case of the Bohun Psalters Lucy Freeman Sandler; 5. Do actions speak louder than words? The scope and role of pronuntiatio in the Latin rhetorical tradition, with special reference to the Cistercians Jan M. Ziolkowski; 6. Vultus Adest (the face helps): performance, expressivity, and interiority Monika Otter; 7. Special delivery: were medieval letter writers trained in performance? Martin Camargo; 8. The concept of ductus, or, journeying through a work of art Mary Carruthers; 9. Ductus and memoria: Chartres Cathedral and the workings of rhetoric Paul Crossley; 10. Ductus figuratus et subtilis: rhetorical interventions for women in two twelfth-century liturgies William T. Flynn; 11. Terribilis est locus iste: the Pantheon in 609 Susan Rankin.

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Book SynopsisLeon Battista Alberti was one of the most important humanist scholars of the Italian Renaissance. Active in mid-fifteenth-century Florence, he was an architect, theorist, and author of texts on perspective and painting. Leon Battista Alberti: On Painting is a cardinal work that revolutionized Western art. In this volume Rocco Sinisgalli presents a new English translation and critical examination of Alberti's seminal text. Dr Sinisgalli reverses the received understanding of the relationship between the Italian and Latin versions of Alberti's treatise by demonstrating that Alberti wrote it first in Italian and then translated it into a polished Latin over the course of several decades. This volume is richly illustrated to help demonstrate how Alberti understood optics and art.Trade Review"This new English edition will serve as a useful introduction to Alberti’s text and as a fair guide to further study." -Charles H. Carman,University at BuffaloTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. From Tuscan to Latin and not vice versa; 2. Regiomontanus, Dürer and the Edito princeps; 3. The Tuscan vernacular text, its Prologue and Dedication to Brunelleschi; 4. The false priority of Latin; 5. The Florentine tradition; 6. From Janitschek to Grayson; Part II. Text: 7. Prologue addressed to Filippo Brunelleschi; 8. Letter to Giovanni Francesco Prince of Mantua; 9. Book one: the rudiments; 10. Book two: the picture; 11. Book three: the painter.

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Book SynopsisAntonio Canova (17571822) distinguished himself as the foremost neoclassical sculptor of his age. One of many eulogistic works published soon after Canova's death, this 1825 biography by the Scottish minister John Smythe Memes (17951858) opens with a contextualising historical account of modern sculpture.Table of Contents1. Advantages of commencing with an historical review of modern sculpture; 2. Sculpture during the sixteenth century; 3. Birth and parentage of Canova; 4. Arrival of Canova in Venice; 5. State of the arts during the latter half of the eighteenth century; 6. Difficulties and opposition experienced by Canova; 7. Full establishment of Canova's reputation; 8. Retrospective view; Appendix.

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Book SynopsisThe Royal Academician Charles Leslie (1794â1859) also wrote biographies of fellow painters. His life of John Constable and a two-volume work on Sir Joshua Reynolds are also reissued in this series. On his death, the Reynolds work was completed by the journalist and dramatist Tom Taylor (1817â80), who also edited Leslie's two-volume autobiography, published in 1860. Though born in London, Leslie was an American, a child prodigy in drawing, who returned to Britain in 1811 to study painting with Benjamin West and Washington Allston. He had enormous admiration for the paintings of his contemporaries and of the previous generation, and his reminiscences are intended to preserve 'some recollections of those chiefly whom I could praise'. Volume 2 of this lively and self-deprecating work, full of good-humoured anecdotes, consists of extensive extracts from Leslie's letters and an appendix listing his paintings.Table of ContentsExtracts from Leslie's correspondence; Appendix.

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Book SynopsisThis four-volume work by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1794â1868), edited and translated by Lady Eastlake (1809â93), was published between 1854 and 1857. As Waagen explains in his preface to the first volume, he had previously published an account of his experiences on his first visit to Britain in 1835, but this new and longer work was addressed primarily to a British audience. It also differs in that the earlier work was more of a general travelogue, whereas these volumes, after an introductory essay, provide a more detailed catalogue - albeit in epistolary form - of works of art in public and private collections. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered by German scholars, and his work is still consulted on matters of provenance and quality. Volume 2 describes the artworks in Buckingham Palace, Apsley House and other private collections in London.Table of Contents13. Buckingham Palace; 14. Stafford House; 15. Devonshire House; 16. Lansdowne House; 17. Mr Holford's collection; 18. Pictures belonging to the Marquis of Breadalbane; 19. Apsley House; 20. Drawings by Flaxman in possession of Miss Denman; 21. Collections in the environs of London; 22. Objects of art belonging to the Rev. E. Coleridge.

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Book SynopsisThis four-volume work by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1794â1868), edited and translated by Lady Eastlake (1809â93), was published between 1854 and 1857. As Waagen explains in his preface to the first volume, he had previously published an account of his experiences on his first visit to Britain in 1835, but this new and longer work was addressed primarily to a British audience. It also differs in that the earlier work was more of a general travelogue, whereas these volumes, after an introductory essay, provide a more detailed catalogue - albeit in epistolary form - of works of art in public and private collections. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered by German scholars, and his work is still consulted on matters of provenance and quality. Volume 3 describes collections in stately homes, museums and public galleries outside London.Table of Contents23. Stanstead House; 24. Oxford; 25. Winchester cathedral and College; 26. Bath; 27. Birmingham; 28. Edinburgh; 29. York; 30. Chatsworth; 31. Alton Towers; 32. Holkham House; 33. Cambridge.

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Book SynopsisThis four-volume work by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1794â1868), edited and translated by Lady Eastlake (1809â93), was published between 1854 and 1857. As Waagen explains in his preface, he had previously published an account of his experiences on his first visit to Britain in 1835, but this new and longer work was addressed primarily to a British audience. It also differs in that the earlier work was more of a general travelogue, whereas these volumes provide a more detailed catalogue - albeit in epistolary form - of works of art in public and private collections. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered by German scholars, and his work is still consulted on matters of provenance. After an essay on the history of art collecting in Britain, Volume 1 describes the treasures of the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Passage to London; 2. Physiognomy of London; 3. The British Museum; 4. Townley Collection; 5. Byzantine Mss.; 6. Anglo-Saxon and English Mss.; 7. German Mss.; 8. Drawings by the Old Masters in the British Museum; 9. Niello plates; 10. The National Gallery; 11. Pictures of the English school in Marlborough House; 12. Works of art at the Royal Academy.

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Book SynopsisThe most accomplished female painter of her age, Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (17551842) is best remembered for her many portraits of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Her two-volume autobiography was published in France in 18357, and this English version (of which the translator is unknown) in 1879.Table of ContentsPart I: 1. My childhood; 2. Death of my father; 3. My walks; 4. My marriage; 5. The queen; 6. Voyage to Flanders; 7. The Greek supper; 8. Le Kain; 9. Chantilly; 10. The duc de Nivernais; 11. Romainville; 12. 1789; Part II: 1. Turin; 2. Rome; 3. Portraits done in Rome; 4. Piazza of St Peter's; 5. I leave for Naples; 6. The Baron Talleyrand; 7. I return to Rome; 8. I leave Rome; 9. Venice; 10. Turin; 11. The comtesse de Thoun and her soirées; 12. Portraits I took in Vienna; 13. Huitzing.

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Book SynopsisThe Erotics of Looking: Early Modern Netherlandish Art presents a collection of provocative essays that explore the material qualities of early Dutch art to reveal ways new forms of visual imagery solicit a beholder's involvement. Explores how descriptive pictures during the early modern Dutch art period operated as social things and were designed to pleasurably engage the eye and prompt discussion and debate Shows how these works potentially raised ethical and political questions about the interconnectedness of engaging with pictures and the material world Represents a major contribution to the field of early modern Netherlandish art and to general debates about the status and functions of descriptive art Features essays addressing a variety of aspects of the field, from the historiography of Dutch art to closely attentive readings of particular works Crafts an original theoretical framework by applying recent insights about tTrade Review“I highly recommend the ground breaking and landmark book The Erotics of Looking: Early Modern Netherlandish Art edited by Angela Vanhaelen, Ph.D., and Bronwen Wilson, Ph.D., to any students of art and art history, academics in the field, art gallery owners and managers, art collectors and dealers, and to anyone interested in the power of the senses and sensuality found in the interaction between artist and viewer. This book will transform the way the artists of the early modern Dutch period approached their vision, their works, and their engagement with the viewer of the paintings.” (Blog Business World, 16 August 2013) Table of Contents6 Notes on Contributors 8 Chapter 1 The Erotics of Looking: Materiality, Solicitation and Netherlandish Visual Culture Angela Vanhaelen and Bronwen Wilson 20 Chapter 2 Beer and Loafing in Antwerp Bret Rothstein 42 Chapter 3 Perspectives in Flux: Viewing Dutch Pictures in Real Time Celeste Brusati 68 Chapter 4 Entropic Segers Christopher P. Heuer 92 Chapter 5 The Turn of the Skull: Andreas Vesalius and the Early Modern Memento Mori Rose Marie San Juan 110 Chapter 6 Laying the Table: The Procedures of Still Life Joanna Woodall 138 Chapter 7 Boredom’s Threshold: Dutch Realism Angela Vanhaelen 158 Chapter 8 Response: Art/Matter(s) Larry Silver 170 Chapter 9 Response: On the Impulse of Mapping, or How a Flat Earth Theory of Dutch Maps Distorts the Thickness and Pictorial Proclivities of Early Modern Dutch Cartography (and Misses Its Picturing Impulse) Benjamin Schmidt 184 Chapter 10 Response: Reflections on Temporality in Netherlandish Art Lyle Massey 192 Chapter 11 Response: The Work of Realism Bronwen Wilson 209 Index

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Book SynopsisThis unrivalled new companion to the dynamic and fast-moving world of digital art gives readers an in-depth understanding of the form, covering its history and evolution, aesthetics, and politics, as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutions.Table of ContentsList of Figures ii Notes on Contributors iii Acknowledgements iv INTRODUCTION ov From Digital to Post-Digital — Evolutions of an Art Form vChristiane Paul PART I: HISTORIES OF DIGITAL ART 1 The Complex and Multifarious Expression of Digital Art and its Impact on Archives and Humanities Oliver Grau 2 International Networks of Early Digital Arts Darko Fritz 3 Art in the Rear-View Mirror: The Media-Archaeological Tradition in Art Erkki Huhtamo 4 Proto-Media Art: Revisiting Japanese Postwar Avant-garde Art Machiko Kusahara 5 Generative Art Theory Philip Galanter 6 Digital Art at the Interface of Technology and Feminism Jennifer Way 07 The Hauntology of the Digital Image Charlie Gere 8 Participatory Art: Histories and Experiences of Display Rudolf Frieling PART II: AESTHETICS OF DIGITAL ART 9 Small Abstract Aesthetics Max Bense 10 Aesthetics of the Digital Sean Cubitt 11 Computational AestheticsM. Beatrice Fazi and Matthew Fuller 12 Participatory Platforms and the Emergence of Art Olga Goriunova 13 Interactive Art: Interventions in/to Process Nathaniel Stern 14 The Cultural Work of Public Interactives Anne Balsamo PART III: NETWORK CULTURES: THE POLITICS OF DIGITAL ART 15 Shockwaves in the New World Order of Information and Communication Armin Medosch 16 Critical Intelligence in Art and Digital Media Konrad Becker 17 The Silver Age of Social Media: Nettime.org and the Avant-Garde of the 90s McKenzie Wark 18 Art in the Corporatized Sphere: The Impact of Commercial Social Media on Online Artistic Practice Kyle Chayka 19 Big Data and Artistic Visualization Lev Manovich 20 Critical Play: The Productive Paradox Mary Flanagan PART IV: DIGITAL ART AND THE INSTITUTION 21 Contemporary Art and New Media: Digital Divide or Hybrid Discourse? Edward A. Shanken 22 One of Us! On the Coupling of New Media Art and Art Institutions Richard Rinehart 23 The Digital Arts In and Out of the Institution — Where to Now? Sarah Cook 24 Digital Conservation - Tools, Methods, Strategies Ben Fino-Radin 25 Trusting Amateurs with Our Future Jon Ippolito 26 Enabling the Future, or How to Survive FOREVER Annet Dekker 27 Exhibition Histories and Futures: The Importance of Participation and Audiences Beryl Graham

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Book SynopsisThe last twenty years or so have seen a surge of interest in the philosophy of music. However there is comparatively little philosophical literature devoted specifically to songs, singing and vocal music in general.Table of Contents1. Editors’ Introduction: Making a Space for Song 2. David Davies, "The Dialogue Between Words and Music in the Composition and Comprehension of Song" 3. Theodore Gracyk, "Meanings of Songs and Meanings of Song Performances" 4. Jerrold Levinson, "Jazz Vocal Interpretation: A Philosophical Analysis" 5. Justin London, "Ephemeral Media, Ephemeral Works, and Sonny Boy Williamson's 'Little Village'" 6. Michael Rings, "Doing It Their Way: Rock Covers, Genre, and Appreciation" 7. Franklin Bruno, "A Case for Song: Against an (Exclusively) Recording-Centered Ontology of Rock" 8. Peter Kivy, "Realistic Song in the Movies" 9. Nina Penner, "Opera Singing and Fictional Truth" 10. Lee B. Brown, "Armstrong, Crosby, Dylan, Flavor Flav: Can American Popular Vocal Music Escape the Legacy of Blackface Minstrelsy?" 11. David Goldblatt, "Nonsense in Public Places: Songs of Black Vocal Rhythm and Blues or Doo Wop" 12. John Carvalho, "'Strange Fruit': Music Between Violence and Death" 13. Aaron Smuts, "'Dreaming of the People I've Dismantled': The Ethics of Singing Along"

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Book SynopsisThis welcome new resource for international students in art, design, and media provides clear explanations of the terminology and concepts they must master in order to fulfill their academic potential and enrich their professional careers.Trade Review“This book will be useful to introduce the students to the keywords and concepts of art. It will be most useful as a supplementary textbook.” (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2015)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements x Preface xi I KEY WORDS AND PHRASES IN ART, DESIGN AND MEDIA 1 Part A glossary 2 Part B Useful educational terms 83 Part C Verb list 90 Making behaviour 90 Creative behaviour 92 Complex, logical and judgemental behaviour 93 Study behaviour 94 II ILLUSTRATED ART OBJECTS 95 III STUDY SKILLS 113 Part A Defining principles 114 The Western educational style 114 Convergent and divergent thinking 115 Part B Study skills in art, media and design 117 What are BA honours, MA and PhD degrees? 117 What is practice-based postgraduate research? 119 Learning goals in art, media and design courses 120 Learning outcomes 121 IV METHODOLOGIES AND CULTURAL CONTEXT 125 Part A Some historical background 126 Part B Thinking about world-views 134 Creating your own world-view 136 Part C Methodological approaches in art, media and design 141 Historical background 141 Modernism 143 Postmodernism 147 V AN INTRODUCTION TO KEY THINKERS AND CONCEPTS IN ART, MEDIA AND DESIGN 151 Part A Background 156 1. Sociology 157 2. Psychology 159 3. Phenomenology 162 4. Philosophy of language 166 5. Marxism 169 6. Vitalism 172 Part B Contemporary thinkers and concepts 175 1. Structuralism 180 2. Hermeneutics 181 3. Pragmatism 183 4. Poststructuralism 185 5. Post-Marxism 189 6. Gender studies 199 7. Postcolonial theory 201 8. Postmodern vitalist theory 204 9. Technology, media and postmodernity 209 10. Posthumanism and cyberculture 215 VI OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION 221 Part A Graphics 222 Galleries and museums 222 Artists’ materials, book and computer shops 223 Art and design awards 223 Magazines, websites and blogs 224 Designers and agencies 224 Part B Fine art 227 Art shops and bookshops in london 227 Art and design awards 227 Magazines, websites and blogs 228 Studios 228 Artists 228 VII SUGGESTED GENERAL READING 231 General surveys 232 Key texts 232 Modern art 233 Contemporary art 235 New media 238 Global art 238 Design 239 Index 240

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi List of Figures xiii Series Editor’s Preface xvii Notes on Contributors xix General Introduction 1 Part I Histories and Frameworks 7 1 Unraveling the Fabric of the Past: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Archaeological Textiles 11Margarita Gleba 2 Textile Cultures in the Early Modern World 27Robert S. DuPlessis 3 Rewriting Textile Culture with Woven Words: “Oro es tu hilar” by Chilean Poet Cecilia Vicuña 45Meredith G. Clark 4 Branding Tradition: The Commercialization of Hand Embroidery in Gujarat 61Eiluned Edwards 5 “The Real Thing”: How Object Analysis Unlocks Meaning and Enriches Documentary Evidence 83Adrienne D. Hood Part II Textiles, Trade, and Global Culture 105 6 Reading Textiles: Transmission and Technology of Silk Road Textiles in the First Millennium 109Angela Sheng 7 West Africa: Technology, Tradition, and Lurex Revisited 127John Picton 8 Textiles of Eastern and Southern Africa 145Chris Spring 9 Remaking Tradition in Art and Design in Pakistan 165Naazish Ata‐Ullah, Zeb Bilal and Shehnaz Ismail Part III The Social Fabric: The Politics and Poetics of Cloth 181 10 Fabricating Identity: Textiles in the Pacific 187Paul Sharrad 11 Stitching (in) Trauma: Constructing Identity in Thread Behind Prison Bars 201Maureen Daly Goggin 12 Creative Tensions: Making (It), Unmaking, and Making Do in Textiles Informed by Feminism 219Alexandra Kokoli 13 Spinning a Yarn of One’s Own 235Christine Checinska 14 Pictures and Polemics: Muslim Veiling Practices in Contemporary Art 257Valerie Behiery 15 The Subversive Stitch Revisited 275Lisa Vinebaum Part IV Conceptual Boundaries 299 16 Modernism’s Roots in the Domestic, Decorative, and Vernacular Through Textiles 303Virginia Gardner Troy 17 Material Strategies: Cloth and Textile Metaphors in Modern and Contemporary Art 317Jennifer Harris 18 Pragmatics of Attachment and Detachment: A Constellatory Reinscription of Textile 333Maxine Bristow 19 Japanese Textile Culture: The Example of Junichi Arai and Five Other Creators 353Akiko Moriyama 20 Stories of Innovation: Fabrication in Africa and Beyond 371Atta Kwami Part V Reception and Representation 391 21 Around the World in 80 Biennials: Curating Lausanne, Hangzhou, Kaunas 395Janis Jefferies and Lee Weinberg 22 Indigenous Textiles of North America: A Century of Exhibitions 417Elizabeth Kalbfleisch and Janet Catherine Berlo 23 Valorizing Gee’s Bend Quilts: Affinity, Adjacency, and the Modern Eye 435Karin E. Peterson and Leisa Rundquist 24 Performing the Political in Oceanian Textile Cultures: Collectivity, Syncretism, and Globalization 459Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll Index 475

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Book SynopsisScale, or the relative dimension of an object, has long been one of the most crucial elements in the creation, circulation, and reception of art. Often mistaken as size, scale is the impetus behind the profoundly visceral ways in which we perceive and interpret works of art.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors 6 Chapter 1 Scale to Size: An Introduction 8Joan Kee and Emanuele Lugli Chapter 2 Scale and Pictoriality in Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture 26Whitney Davis Chapter 3 The Invisible Miniature: Framing the Soul in Chinese Art and Architecture 44Wu Hung Chapter 4 The Monumental Miniature: Liquid Architecture in the Kilgas of Cairo 62Margaret S. Graves Chapter 5 ‘Freedom I do reveal to you’: Scale, Microarchitecture, and the Rise of the Turriform Civic Monument in Fourteenth-Century Northern Europe 82Achim Timmermann Chapter 6 Measuring the Bones: On Francesco di Giorgio Martini’s Saluzzianus Skeleton 104Emanuele Lugli Chapter 7 The Measure of the World: Scenes From a Journey to Kaeso¢ng 122Joan Kee Chapter 8 Photography and Scale: Projection, Exhibition, Collection 144Olivier Lugon Index 163

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Book SynopsisThis companion is a collection of newly-commissioned essays written by leading scholars in the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to British art history. A generously-illustrated collection of newly-commissioned essays which provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of British art Combines original research with a survey of existing scholarship and the state of the field Touches on the whole of the history of British art, from 800-2000, with increasing attention paid to the periods after 1500 Provides the first comprehensive introduction to British art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, one of the most lively and innovative areas of art-historical study Presents in depth the major preoccupations that have emerged from recent scholarship, including aesthetics, gender, British art's relationship to Modernity, nationhood and nationality, and the institutions of the British art world Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements xiii Notes on Contributors xiv Part 1 Editors’ Introduction 1 Part 2 General 11 1 The “Englishness” of English Art Theory 13Mark A. Cheetham 2 Modernity and the British 38Andrew Ballantyne 3 English Art and Principled Aesthetics 60Janet Wolff Part 3 Institutions 77 4 “Those Wilder Sorts of Painting”: the Painted Interior in the Age of Antonio Verrio 79Richard Johns 5 Nineteenth-Century Art Institutions and Academies 105Colin Trodd 6 Crossing the Boundary: British Art across Victorianism and Modernism 131David Peters Corbett 7 British Pop Art and the High/Low Divide 156Simon Faulkner 8 When Attitudes Became Formless: Art and Antagonism in the 1960s 180Jo Applin Part 4 Nationhood 199 9 Art and Nation in Eighteenth-Century Britain 201Cynthia Roman 10 International Exhibitions: Linking Culture, Commerce, and Nation 220Julie F. Codell 11 Itinerant Surrealism: British Surrealism either side of the Second World War 241Ben Highmore 12 55° North 3° West: a Panorama from Scotland 265Tom Normand 13 Retrieving, Remapping, and Rewriting Histories of British Art: Lubaina Humid’s “Revenge” 289Dorothy Rowe Part 5 Landscape 315 14 Defining, Shaping, and Picturing Landscape in the Nineteenth Century 317Anne Helmreich 15 Theories of the Picturesque 351Michael Charlesworth 16 Landscape into Art: Painting and Place-Making in England, c.1760–1830 373Tom Williamson 17 Landscape Painting, c.1770–1840 397Sam Smiles 18 Landscape and National Identity: the Phoenix Park Dublin 422Dana Arnold Part 6 Men and Women 449 19 The Elizabethan Miniature 451Dympna Callaghan 20 “The Crown and Glory of a Woman”: Female Chastity in Eighteenth-Century British Art 473Kate Retford 21 Serial Portraiture and the Death of Man in Late-Eighteenth-Century Britain 502Whitney Davis 22 Virtue, Vice, Gossip, and Sex: Narratives of Gender in Victorian and Edwardian Painting 532Pamela M. Fletcher Index 552

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Book SynopsisThe first university-level textbook on the power, condition, and expanse of contemporary fine art drawing A Companion to Contemporary Drawing explores how 20th and 21st century artists have used drawing to understand and comment on the world. Presenting contributions by both theorists and practitioners, this unique textbook considers the place, space, and history of drawing and explores shifts in attitudes towards its practice over the years. Twenty-seven essays discuss how drawing emerges from the mind of the artist to question and reflect upon what they see, feel, and experience. This book discusses key themes in contemporary drawing practice, addresses the working conditions and context of artists, and considers a wide range of personal, social, and political considerations that influence artistic choices. Topics include the politics of eroticism in South American drawing, anti-capitalist drawing from Eastern Europe, drawing and conceptual art, feminist drawing, and exhibitions tTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xvii Acknowledgments xxv Introduction 1Kelly Chorpening and Rebecca Fortnum Part I The Power of Drawing 11 1 The Black Index 13Bridget R. Cooks 2 A State of Alert: The Politics of Eroticism in South American Drawing 29Sofia Gotti 3 Graphic Witness 55Kate Macfarlane 4 Drawn from Communism: Anti-Capitalist Drawing from Central-Eastern Europe 71Magdalena Radomska 5 Differencing Drawing: Feminist Perspectives on Line, Surface, and Space 95Griselda Pollock 6 A Dirty Double Mirror: Drawing, Autobiography, and Feminism 123Rebecca Fortnum 7 Between the Sky and the Handle: Shilpa Gupta’s Drawings in the Contemporary 147Parul Dave Mukherji 8 Drawing as Contagion 161Jade Montserrat 9 Curating Drawing: Exhibitions and the Centering of Drawing in Contemporary Art 167João Ribas Part II The Condition of Drawing 183 10 Observation and Drawing: From Looking to Seeing 185Paul Moorhouse 11 “Drawing’s Impropriety” 203Lucien Massaert 12 Drawing in Atopia: An Exploration of “Drift” as Method 221Beth Harland 13 Works on/in/with Paper: Approaching Drawing as Responsive Marking 239Marina Kassianidou 14 Indexical Drawing: On Frottage 257Margaret Iversen 15 Ground as Critical Limit 271Laura Lisbon 16 Drawing’s Finish 287Stephanie Straine 17 Radical Antinomies: Drawing and Conceptual Art 309Anna Lovatt 18 Drawing Desires 325Sunil Manghani 19 Drawing from Life and the Twenty-first Century Art School 343Kelly Chorpening Part III The Expanse of Drawing 367 20 Marking Time, Moving Images: Drawing and Film 369Ed Krčma 21 Digital Drawing 389Tamarin Norwood 22 The Dot and the Line: Drawing Amongst Computers 407Jane de Almeida 23 Installation/Drawing: Spaces of Drawing Between Art and Architecture 431Sophia Banou 24 Informational Drawing 451Matthew Ritchie 25 Drawing Towards Sound – Notation, Diagram, Drawing 471David Ryan 26 Chinese Calligraphy: A Drawing Ecology 493 Eric Wear 27 The Enduring Power of Comic Strips 513Simon Grennan Index 531

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Book SynopsisReflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today's digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists. Showcases the critical and theoretical approaches in this fast-moving disciplineExplores the history and evolution of digital art; its aesthetics and politics; as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutionsProvides a platform for the most influential voices shaping the current discourse surrounding digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theoristsTackles digital art's primary practical challenges how to present, document, and preserve pieces that could be erased forever by rapidly accelerating technological obsolescenceUp-to-date, forward-looking, and critically reflective, this authoritative new collection is informed throughout by a deep appreciation of the technical intricacies Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction: From Digital to Post‐Digital—Evolutions of an Art Form 1 Christiane Paul Part I Histories of Digital Art 21 1 The Complex and Multifarious Expressions of Digital Art and Its Impact on Archives and Humanities 23 Oliver Grau 2 International Networks of Early Digital Arts 46 Darko Fritz 3 Art in the Rear‐View Mirror: The Media‐Archaeological Tradition in Art 69 Erkki Huhtamo Copyrighted Material 4 Proto‐Media Art: Revisiting Japanese Postwar Avant‐garde Art 111 Machiko Kusahara 5 Generative Art Theory 146 Philip Galanter 6 Digital Art at the Interface of Technology and Feminism 181 Jennifer Way 7 The Hauntology of the Digital Image 203 Charlie Gere 8 Participatory Art: Histories and Experiences of Display 226 Rudolf Frieling Part II Aesthetics of Digital Art 247 9 Small Abstract Aesthetics 249 Max Bense 10 Aesthetics of the Digital 265 Sean Cubitt 11 Computational Aesthetics 281 M. Beatrice Fazi and Matthew Fuller 12 Participatory Platforms and the Emergence of Art 297 Olga Goriunova 13 Interactive Art: Interventions in/to Process 310 Nathaniel Stern 14 The Cultural Work of Public Interactives 330 Anne Balsamo Part III Network Cultures: The Politics of Digital Art 353 15 Shockwaves in the New World Order of Information and Communication 355 Armin Medosch 16 Critical Intelligence in Art and Digital Media 384 Konrad Becker 17 The Silver Age of Social Media: Nettime.org and the Avant‐Garde of the ’90s 400 McKenzie Wark 18 Art in the Corporatized Sphere: The Impact of Commercial Social Media on Online Artistic Practice 413 Kyle Chayka 19 Artistic Visualization 426 Lev Manovich 20 Critical Play: The Productive Paradox 445 Mary Flanagan Part IV Digital Art and the Institution 461 21 Contemporary Art and New Media: Digital Divide or Hybrid Discourse? 463 Edward A. Shanken 22 One of Us!: On the Coupling of New Media Art and Art Institutions 482 Richard Rinehart 23 The Digital Arts In and Out of the Institution—Where to Now? 494 Sarah Cook with Aneta Krzemień Barkley 24 The Nuts and Bolts of Handling Digital Art 516 Ben Fino‐Radin 25 Trusting Amateurs with Our Future 537 Jon Ippolito 26 Enabling the Future, or How to Survive FOREVER 553 Annet Dekker 27 Exhibition Histories and Futures: The Importance of Participation and Audiences 575 Beryl Graham Index 597

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Book SynopsisThis excellent overview of new research on Dada and Surrealism blends expert synthesis of the latest scholarship with completely new research, offering historical coverage as well as in-depth discussion of thematic areas ranging from criminality to gender. This book provides an excellent overview of new research on Dada and Surrealism from some of the finest established and up-and-coming scholars in the field Offers historical coverage as well as indepth discussion of thematic areas ranging from criminality to gender One of the first studies to produce global coverage of the two movements, it also includes a section dealing with the critical and cultural aftermath of Dada and Surrealism in the later twentieth century Dada and Surrealism are arguably the most popular areas of modern art, both in the academic and public spheresTable of ContentsList of Figures viii Editor xi Notes on Contributors xii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 David Hopkins Part I Histories/Geographies 19 1 Dada’s Genesis: Zurich 21 Debbie Lewer 2 Neue Jugend: A Case Study in Berlin Dada 38 Sherwin Simmons 3 Dada Migrations: Definition, Dispersal, and the Case of Schwitters 54 Michael White 4 New York Dada: From End to Beginning 70 David Hopkins 5 Nothing, Ventured: Paris Dada into Surrealism 89 Elizabeth Legge 6 Surrealism and the Question of Politics, 1925–1939 110 Raymond Spiteri 7 “Other” Surrealisms: Center and Periphery in International Perspective 131 Michael Richardson 8 Dada and Surrealism in Japan 144 Majella Munro 9 Dada and Surrealism in Central and Eastern Europe 161 Krzysztof Fijałkowski 10 Surrealism in Latin America 177 Dawn Ades Part II Themes and Interpretations 197 11 Dissemination: The Dada and Surrealist Journals 199 Emily Hage 12 Artists into Curators: Dada and Surrealist Exhibition Practices 211 Adam Jolles 13 Dada and Surrealist Poetics 225 Eric Robertson 14 Chance and Automatism: Genealogies of the Dissociative in Dada and Surrealism 242 Abigail Susik 15 Crime/Insurrection 258 Jonathan P. Eburne 16 Re‐enchantment: Surrealist Discourses of Childhood, Hermeticism, and the Outmoded 270 David Hopkins 17 Surrealism and Natural History: Nature and the Marvelous in Breton and Caillois 287 Donna Roberts 18 The Surrealist Collection: Ghosts in the Laboratory 304 Katharine Conley 19 The Ethnographic Turn 319 Julia Kelly 20 Desire Bound: Violence, Body, Machine 334 Neil Cox 21 Equivocal Gender: Dada/Surrealism and Sexual Politics between the Wars 352 Tirza True Latimer 22 Feminist Interventions: Revising the Canon 366 Patricia Allmer Part III Continuations/Aftermaths 383 23 The Surrealist Movement since the 1940s 385 Steven Harris 24 Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage? The North American Reception of Dada and Surrealism 400 James Boaden 25 Surrealism and Counterculture 416 Elliott H. King 26 Assimilation: Objects; Commodities; Fashion 431 Ulrich Lehmann 27 Sightings: Surrealist Idiolect, Gothic Marxism, Global Perils 449 Angela Dimitrakaki Index 464

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Book SynopsisMaterial Imagination examines the interrelated concepts of matter, materialism, and materiality in postwar European art, from 1946-1972. Provides a unique perspective on European art by prioritizing material dimensions over concept or context, while also paying attention to theoretical and historical concerns Explores artists' methods and materials in order to better understand the social and cultural environments in which their works of art were made Demonstrates how materials can be harnessed to affect the critical interpretation of artwork Brings together exceptional illustrations and new research in eight essays by art historians and scholars Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors 6 Chapter 1 Material Imagination: Art in Europe, 1946–72 8 Natalie Adamson and Steven Harris Chapter 2 Black Flowers Blossom: Bachelard, Soulages and the Material Imaginary of Abstract Painting 22 Natalie Adamson Chapter 3 Materialism and Intersubjectivity in Cobra 44 Karen Kurczynski Chapter 4 Makeshift Wholes: Interiority and Texture in Postwar British Design 66 Alex Kitnick Chapter 5 Materializing Modernism in Postwar Italy: Fausto Melotti, Gio Ponti, and the 1961 88 Esposizione Internazionale del Lavoro Marin R. Sullivan Chapter 6 L’Optique Moderne: Daniel Spoerri’s ‘Optical Readymades’ 112 Jill Carrick Chapter 7 Terrain vague: Ben Vautier and the Ecole de Nice 140 Anna Dezeuze Chapter 8 ‘Not Yet’ Materialized: Carlfriedrich Claus’s ‘Talking Papers’ 164 Sarah E. James Chapter 9 The Longevity of Roman Opałka 188 Alistair Rider Index 209

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together historians and art historians to explore the ways in which religious art was transformed by the splintering of Western Christendom that began 500 years ago with Martin Luther s Reformation. The religious turmoil of the sixteenth century has long been seen as a turning point in the history of Christian art.Table of ContentsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Art and Religious Reform in Early Modern Europe (Bridget Heal)1. Karlstadt's Wagen: The First Visual Propaganda for the Reformation (Lyndal Roper and Jennifer Spinks)2. ‘Between these Two Kingdoms’: Exile, Election, and Godly Law in Sebald Beham's Moses and Aaron (Mitchell B. Merback)3. The Unassembled Grammar of the Drawing in the Era of Reform (Shira Brisman)4. The Family at Table: Protestant Identity, Self-Representation and the Limits of the Visual in Seventeenth-Century Zurich (Andrew Morrall)5. Lutheran Baroque: The Afterlife of a Reformation Altarpiece (Bridget Heal)6. Images (Not) Made By Chance (Amy Knight Powell)7. The Art of Solitude: Environments of Prayer at the Bavarian Court of Wilhelm V (Christine Göttler)8. The Reliquary Reformed (Mia M. Mochizuki)Afterword (Joseph Leo Koerner)Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Series Editor's Preface xv About the Editors xvii Notes on Contributors xix Editors' Acknowledgments xxvii Introduction: The Eurocentrism of Contemporary Art, Staging the Project 1Jane Chin Davidson and Amelia Jones Part I Decades 17 1980-1990 17 1 I Live in the Fourth Dimension When I Create Landscapes: Artist Statement 19Senga Nengudi 2 Seeing Beyond East/West Divides: Contemporary Art in and Around 1980s China 23Jenny Lin 1990-2000 35 3 Is There a Line that Connects All Things? Artist Statement 37Sutapa Biswas 4 Why Contemporary Art Is Post-Soviet 41Angela Harutyunyan 2000-2010 55 5 Art and Politics: Artist Statement 57Tania Bruguera 6 Maori and Pacific Art at the Turn of a New Millennium 61Nina Tonga and Caroline Vercoe 2010-2020 75 7 Art for Abolition: Artist Statement 77Patrisse Cullors 8 Situating African Diasporic Art 79Nana Adusei-Poku Part II Themes Institutions/Ontology 87 9 COLONIALISM "The Whole World in his Hands": A Decolonial Approach to European Concepts of Art 89Claire Farago 10 PEDAGOGY The Blank Canvas and Other Myths 105Al-An deSouza 11 CRAFT Craft and the Making of "Global" Contemporary Art 119Pamela N. Corey 12 PERFORMANCE Dreams and Visions in the Interval 133Mlondolozi Zondi 13 EMBODIMENT/MATERIALITY Love Songs (to End Hetero-Patriarchal, Settler-Colonial, Extractivism) 149Natalie Loveless Politics/Public Sphere 167 14 REVOLUTION Revolution is a Circle 169Tatiana Flores 15 ART AND ITS MARKETPLACES It Was a Small World, After All 183Suzanne Hudson 16 PUBLIC SPHERES The Politics of Public Space in Postrevolutionary Iran 199Talinn Grigor 17 (ANTI-)CAPITALISM The Imminent Promise and Fear of a Getaway Car 213Raqs Media Collective 18 ENVIRONMENT Envisioning a More Just Future: Feminist Activist Art, Climate Change, and the Anthropocene 227Lisa E. Bloom Identity/Subjectivity 239 19 INDIGENEITY Global Futurisms: Prophetic Practices of Reclamation, Liberation, and Transcendence 241Timotéo I. Montoya II 20 DIASPORA Transnational Collectivities of Solidarity and Affect 255Ceren Özpinar 21 GENDER/SEXUALITY Performing the Intersection: Camp and the "Cat Lady" 267Jane Chin Davidson 22 RACE/ETHNICITY Three Forms of Appropriation: Carrie Mae Weems, Glenn Ligon, and Nao Bustamante 281Jessi DiTillio and Cherise Smith 23 DISABILITY Disability Justice, Community, and Performance 295Shayda Kafai and Jennette Ramirez Methods/Theories 309 24 POSTCOLONIAL/DECOLONIAL Post-/Anti-/Neo-/De- Colonial Theories and Visual Analysis 311Alpesh Kantilal Patel 25 MARXISM/POST-MARXISM History, Marxism, Reality, and Utopia: The Bishan Project in China (2010-2016) 327Ou Ning 26 CRITICAL RACE THEORY "The Blast Work": Situating Critical Race Theory in Contemporary Art and Curatorial Practice 343Kelli Morgan in Dialogue with Amelia Jones 27 POSTSTRUCTURALISM/POSTMODERNISM/POSTCOLONIALISM Mapping Poststructuralism, Postmodernism, and Postcolonialism 359April Baca 28 GENDER/SEX THEORY Feminist/Queer/Trans Theory and Trans Embodied Methodologies in Contemporary Art: An Intergenerational Dialogue on the Page 377Ace Lehner and Amelia Jones 29 PERFORMANCE THEORY The "Studies Protocols" of Performance Studies 399Joshua Chambers-Letson Technology/Media 417 30 INTERNET "Bias Is Not a Bug. It's a Feature": An Interview with Hito Steyerl on Representation in the Digital Age 419Hito Steyerl and Anuradha Vikram 31 SOCIAL MEDIA Why Is It So Hard to Look the Other in the Eye? The Selfie and its Discontents 435Derek Murray 32 ALGORITHM Algorithms in Global Art and Visual Culture 451Gary Kafer and Tyler Quick Exhibition/Collecting/Archive 465 33 MUSEUM Time, Love, and the Museum 467Florencia San Martin 34 BIENNIAL/ART FAIR Biennial as a Discursive Political System for Contemporary Art 481Jane Chin Davidson 35 CURATING In Residence, Incarcerated Regina José Galindo's America's Family Prison 503Andy Campbell 36 COLLECTING The World Should Collect Itself: Collecting Art Globally (and Other Predicaments) 517Gerardo Mosquera 37 ARCHIVE Ghosts in the Archive: Exorcism, Resurrection and the Possibilities of Repair 529Hammad Nasar Index 541

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Book SynopsisUpon its US release in the mid 1990s, Ghost in the Shell , directed by Mamoru Oshii, quickly became one of the most popular Japanese animated films in the country. This is the first book to take an in-depth look at his major films, from Urusei Yatsura to Avalon .Trade Review"A fascinating look at a filmmaker who exemplifies the breadth and complexities of modern Japanese cinema." - The Japan Times "Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii is a solid and wide-ranging look at a director who deserves to be recognized for more than just scantily-clad cyborg women." - Cartoon Brew "[A] thoughtful, well-researched analysis of what makes Oshii such a fascinating creator." - Otaku USA "A fine introduction to one of Japanese animation's few true auteurs, Stray Dog of Anime examines Oshii's films from both sides of the camera. Brian Ruh's work is scholarly but readable, and affirmative but critical - an education for academics and fans alike. Welcome to Class Real." - Jonathan Clements, co-author of The Anime Encyclopedia "Brian Ruh's Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii is the first comprehensive treatment in English on a Japanese director who is by turns familiar, alien, grim, funny, evasive, brutal, ethereal, and deeply human. Readers will begin to understand why the imagination of Mamoru Oshii inspires The Matrix's Wachowski brothers and Titanic's James Cameron. The book will be of interest not only to those who want to get to know Mamoru Oshii, but those who presumed they already knew him well. For those new to Mamoru Oshii, Stray Dog of Anime is the viewer's companion to have. For those already fans, it is likely to provoke at least half-a-dozen new questions." - Carl Gustav Horn, co-author of Japan Edge: The Insider's Guide to Japanese Pop Subculture "Stray Dog of Anime is a wonderfully accessible introduction to Oshii Mamoru, one of the most brilliant and challenging anime directors working today. It provides a fine overview of the spiritual, aesthetic and political issues that weave through Oshii's work. This book is an excellent resource on a major director, still too little studied in the States. Fans of Oshii and fans of anime in general will find it both stimulating and enlightening." - Susan Napier, author of Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke "Ruh deserves attention simply for stepping up to the mat as one of the few writers building a framework for the mature appreciation of anime as a creative form by British and American viewers, but he's also provided an overview of one of the medium's most interesting figures. His synthesis of the available material is accompanied by a passionately argued statement of Oshii's importance as director and auteur. There's plenty to interest students of film as well as anime buffs, and Ruh's thoughts will generate argument in fan circles throughout the English-speaking world." - Helen McCarthy, author of Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation and The Anime Encyclopedia "Bridging the gap between thorough scholarly analysis and clear, accessible writing for the general reader, Brian Ruh's timely book is a welcome study of a director whose works openly invite closer analysis. Taking a chapter-by-chapter look at Oshii's individual works, beginning with his contribution to the animated TV series Urusei Yatsura (1981-84) through Angel's Egg (1985), a thematic turning point that had some anime fans howling in frustration, he traces the themes and intellectual concerns throughout his body of work leading up to, but not including this latest film. Ruh charts the increasing centrality of such recurrent motifs as the aestheticisation of technology (especially military), the usage of mythological and religious symbolism and allegory as they become further detached from their origins, and the questions of identity and reality in a rapidly changing society - 'how technology alters how one perceives the world.'" Jasper Sharp, editor, Midnight EyeTable of Contents1. An Introduction to Oshii 2. Urusei Yatsura (1981-84) 3. Angel's Egg (1985) 4. Twilight Q 2: Labyrinth Objects File 538 (1987) 5. Mobile Police Patlabor (1988-93) 6. Ghost in the Shell (1995) 7. Jin-Roh (2000) and Blood the Last Vampire (2000) 8. Avalon (2000) 9. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) 10. The Sky Crawlers (2008) 11. Assault Girls (2009) 12. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisHow does film affect the way we understand crises of the body and mind and how does it manifest other kinds of crises levelled at the spectator? This book offers vital scholarly analysis of the embodied nature of film viewing and the ways in which film deals with the question of loss, the healing body and its material registering of trauma.Trade Review'In this highly evocative book, Davina Quinlivan combines Melanie Klein's thought with film theory to argue that film and screen-based media can serve as reparative objects for their viewers, with the potential to heal and sustain hope. Compelling, touching, and poised, Quinlivan's prose is a joy to read.' Sarah Cooper, author of The Soul of Film Theory (Palgrave, 2013) 'Davina Quinlivan's writing offers itself as a rare and precious combination of advanced theoretical acumen with humaneness of vision. Quinlivan's empathy with her object of study is tangible and it enriches her theoretical elaboration and critical approach, revealing a deep analytical versatility. That this exploration of the restorative powers of cinema includes close and insightful readings of key films (from A Dangerous Method to Waltz with Bashir to The Tree of Life to name but a few films that have caught the attention in the recent years and feature prominently in this book) makes its reading all the more enjoyable and important.' Martine Beugnet, University of Paris 7 Diderot 'Filming the Body in Crisis will be a defining text of film studies for the 21st century, as Quinlivan remembers the body remembers our bodies as sentient, physical, pained, suffering, full of desire, sadness, hope, and possibility. Arguing deftly for film as an object of hope, this very book models how film scholarship when sensitive, intelligent, mindful, rigorous, poetic might also heal and offer hope. I am grateful for this monograph, to which I will undoubtedly return in my own scholarship and teaching.' Kristi McKim, Hendrix College, USA 'Can non-visual perceptions, such as touch or the physical sensations of breathing, be experienced through audio-visual representation? Through an emphasis on human experience and its representation, Davina Quinlivan calls what is invisible of the body's interactions with the world, replicated by the privileging of the image in theories of film spectatorship, into question. As a consideration of the history of film theory and of the memories that shape each viewing subject, Filming the Body in Crisis is insightful.' - Elizabeth I. Watkins, University of Leeds, UKTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Resistance and Reparation: Steve McQueen's Hunger 3. Queer Bodies Between Hopefulness and Rebirth: Rewriting and Transforming the Matter of Bodies in True North (Isaac Julien) and Blue (Derek Jarman) 4. The Haunted House Egoyan Built: Archiving the Ghosted Body and Imagination in the Films of Atom Egoyan and the Art of Janet Cardiff 5. Cronenberg's Cure: A Dangerous Method, Spider and The Spectre of Psychosis in The Lost Explorer 6. The Softness of Her Hair and The Texture of Silk: The Mother's Body and Klein's Theory of 'Love, Guilt and Reparation' in The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011) 7. Remapping the Body of Hope: A Map of Emotion, Love and the Cartographic Image in Braden King's HERE (2011) 8. The Female Butterfly Collector: The Body in Crisis and the French cinema du corps Conclusion Postscript References Index

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Book SynopsisTen international dramaturg-scholars advance proposals that reset notions of agency in contemporary dance creation. Dramaturgy becomes driven by artistic inquiry, distributed among collaborating artists, embedded in improvisation tasks, or weaved through audience engagement, and the dramaturg becomes a facilitator of dramaturgical awareness.Trade Review“The book is a dynamic and engaging ‘performance lab’ for dramaturgs, dancers, and choreographers interested in the field of dance dramaturgy. … There is little doubt that Hansen and Callison have curated an anthology that will be a touchstone for our field.” (Jess Applebaum, Dance Research Journal, Vol. 49 (3), December, 2017)“The collection includes nine compelling essays and an overview from Hansen that serves to outline the (fuzzy, porous, kinetic) contours of dance dramaturgy in the twenty-first century. The essays describe the dance dramaturg using various theoretical and practical models practiced by the authors. Dance Dramaturgy, like most essay collections, necessarily offers breadth, touching down rather than diving deep into its subject … . This study offers much to consider for scholars, practitioners, and educators alike.” (Ariel Nereson, Theatre Journal, Vol. 69 (1), March, 2017)Table of Contents1. Introduction; Pil HansenPART I: AGENCY2. Propensity: Pragmatics and Functions of Dramaturgy in Contemporary Dance; Bojana Bauer3. Errancy as Work: Seven Strewn Notes for Dance Dramaturgy; André Lepecki4. Thinking No-One's Thought; Maaike BleekerPART II: AWARENESS5. Distributed Dramaturgies: Navigating with Boundary Objects; Freya Vass-Rhee6. Improvisation Practices and Dramaturgical Consciousness: A workshop; Vida L. Midgelow7. The Dramaturgy of Performance Generating Systems; Pil HansenPART III: ENGAGEMENT8. Field Notes: In the Studio with Ralph Lemon and Donald Byrd; Katherine Profeta and Thomas F. DeFrantz9. Dance Dramaturgy as a Process of Learning: koosil-ja's mech[a]OUTPUT; Nanako Nakajima with performing koosil-ja10. Dance Presenting and Dramaturgy; Bonnie BrooksIndex

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Book SynopsisAn insightful analysis of more than a dozen Chinese stage productions, Staging China illustrates how Chinese society is reflected by and even constructed through theatre. Scholars from around the globe explore wide-ranging topics including recent approaches to classical theatre, propaganda theatre, and the challenges of independent theatres.Trade Review"Originating as a foreign import, the Chinese spoken drama huaju has become in the twenty-first century not only a major Chinese dramatic form, but an important part of modern world drama. Staging China provides the reader with an important insight into this form through a detailed analysis of a series of key productions; it also discusses both the dynamics of these productions and their reflection of and placement within their social and cultural milieu. This is a ground-breaking and much needed project." - Marvin Carlson, Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA "Drama studies has not been popular with scholars of modern Chinese literature, despite the fact the genre exerted tremendous impact on Chinese culture and politics, from the May Fourth period through the Cultural Revolution. Gao Xingjian, the Nobel Prize winner for 2000 and the first Chinese ever to win the Prize, is best known for his career as a playwright. Ruru Li's new edited book Staging China is the first comprehensive English-language study of Chinese drama in the new Millennium. Through rich historical surveys and case studies, the book maps out the complex of trajectories in which Chinese drama re-modernized itself amid political dynamics, artistic innovations, and intellectual debates. Historically engaged and theoretically provocative, Staging China will become a required reader for anyone interested in Chinese performing arts, cultural politics, and theatre studies. I give the volume my strongest recommendation." - David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature, Harvard University, USA "In Staging China, leading international scholars of Chinese theatre introduce the work of the most important contemporary Chinese playwrights, directors, and theatre companies. This outstanding volume considers together in English for the first time significant theatre productions of the past fifteen years in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Through performance reconstruction and historiography, these essays track the economic, social, and political conditions that have prompted seismic shifts in the Chinese theatre industry, making this collection compulsory reading for anyone seeking to understand Chinese culture in the twenty-first century." - Claire Conceison, Professor of Theatre Studies, Duke University, USATable of ContentsGeneral Introduction; Li RuruPART I: CLASSICAL PLAYS; NEW APPROACHES1. After Seventy Years, A Production That Redefines A Huaju Classic - Wang Yansong's New Interpretation Of The Savage Land; Siyuan Liu2. Lin Zhaohua's Innovation Of Huaju Acting In The Master Builder; Lin Wei-YuPART II: "MAIN MELODY"; A NEW IMAGE OF PROPAGANDA THEATRE3. Shang Yang And The Performance Of Historical Drama In Reform China; Rosemary Roberts4. Breaking Out Of The "Main Melody": Meng Bing And His "Monumental Theatre"; Xiaomei Chen5. Romancing Home: Sweet & Sour Hong Kong; Gilbert C.F. Fong, & Shelby K.Y. ChanPART III: CONTEMPORARY CONSUMERISM; A NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEATRE, MARKET, AND SOCIETY6. Performing Poetry On The Intermedial Stage: Flowers In The Mirror, Moon On The Water, And Beijing Avant-Garde Theatre In The New Millennium; Rossella Ferrari7. Survival Through Laughter - A Fun Gongfu: The Story Of The Deer And The Cauldron; Ma Haili8. Staging A New Venture: Tian Qinxin's The Yellow Storm And The Policy Change On The Huaju Industry In China; Katherine Huiling ChouPART IV: INDEPENDENT THEATRE; ALTERNATIVE SPACE9. Taiwan's Little Theatre Grows Up - Reviving Peking Opera: The Revelation Into A Classic; John B. Weinstein10. Constructing The Alternative: Grass Stage And The Little Society; Pu Bo & Yang Zi11. For The People, By The People: Penghao Theatre And The Story Of Gong And Drum Lane; Tarryn Li-Min ChunConclusion; Li Ruru

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Book SynopsisLearn how to bridge the gap between the traditional animation principles and digital software.Tradigital Flash: 12 Principles of Animation in Adobe Flash brings the essentials of traditional animation and Adobe Flash together. The early masters of animationcreated a list of 12 principles which are important for anyone who wants to create interesting and believable animation. Digital animation continues to make incredible technological advancements that give animators the capability to produce visually stunning work. New technology, however, also has a tendency to create an environment where animators are so focused on adapting to the new workflow that they tend to dismiss these fundamental animation principlesâ which often leads to poor and lifeless character animation. Tradigital Flash helps you focus on these principles while using the programâs wide array of features to create believable animation, consistently. Tradigital Flash joins three other TradiTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction, the Principles & the ProgramChapter 2: TimingChapter 3: Slow In & Slow OutChapter 4: Squash & StretchChapter 5: AnticipationCahpter 6: ArcsChapter 7: StagingChapter 8: Straight Ahead & Pose to PoseChapter 9: Follow Through & Overlapping ActionChapter 10: Secondary ActionChapter 11: Solid DrawingChapter 12: ExaggerationChapter 13: AppealChapter 14: Putting It All TogetherChapter 15: Wrapping it UpAppendix A: Advanced Techniques

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Book SynopsisOurs is the age of celebrity. An inescapable aspect of daily life in our media-saturated societies of the twenty-first century, celebrity is celebrated for its infinite plasticity and glossy seductions. But there is also a darker side. Celebrity culture is littered from end to end with addictions, pathologies, neuroses, even suicides. Why, as a society, are we held in thrall to celebrity? What is the power of celebrity in a world of increasing consumerism, individualism and globalization?Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies, edited by acclaimed social theorist Anthony Elliott, offers a remarkably clear overview of the analysis of celebrity in the social sciences and humanities, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for celebrity studies. The key theories of celebrity, ranging from classical sociological accounts to critical theory, and from media studies to postmodern approaches, are drawn together and critically appraised. There are substantive chapters lTable of ContentsPart I: Theories and Concepts of Celebrity 1. Celebrity and Contemporary Culture: A Critical Analysis of Some Theoretical Accounts, Anthony Elliott and Ross Boyd 2. Celebrity’s Histories, Robert van Krieken 3. Celebrity in the Contemporary Era, Hannah Hamad 4. Postmodern Theories of Celebrity, Lee Barron 5. Cultural Studies and the Politics of Celebrity: From Powerless Elite to Celebristardom, Barry King 6. Celebrity and Religion, Kathryn Lofton Part II: The Culture of Celebrity 7. The Death of Celebrity: Global Grief, Manufactured Mourning, Anthony Elliott 8. Soap Stars, C. Lee Harrington 9. Celebrity, Fans and Fandom, Nick Stevenson 10. Celebrity in the Social Media Age: Renegotiating the Public and the Private, Anne Jerslev and Mette Mortensen Part III: Non-Western Celebrity 11. Victims, Bollywood and the Construction of a Cele-meme, Pramod K. Nayar 12. K-pop Idols, Artificial Beauty and Affective Fan Relationships in South Korea, Joanna Elfving-Hwang 13. ‘Idols’ in Japan, Asia and the World, Patrick W. Galbraith 14. Celebrity and Power in South America, Nahuel Ribke 15 Celebrity Philanthropy in China: Rethinking Cultural Studies’ ‘Big Citizen’ Critique, Elaine Jeffreys Part IV: The Conduits of Celebrity 16. Celebrity in the Age of Global Communication Networks, Olivier Driessens 17. Celebrity Involvement: Parasocial Interaction, Identification and Worship, William J. Brown 18. Celebrity, Reputational Capital and the Media Industries, Philip Drake 19. Human Rights, Democracy and Celebrity, Mark Wheeler 20. Drastic Plastic: Identity in The Age of Makeover, Anthony Elliott 21. The Great Gomez: John Astin in Conversation with Anthony Elliott

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Book SynopsisPlay and the Artistâs Creative Process explores a continuity between childhood play and adult creativity. The volume examines how an understanding of play can shed new light on processes that recur in the work of Philip Guston and Eduardo Paolozzi. Both artistsâ distinctive engagement with popular culture is seen as connected to the play materials available in the landscapes of their individual childhoods. Animating or toying with material to produce the unforeseen outcome is explored as the central force at work in the artistsâ processes. By engaging with a range of play theories, the book shows how the artistsâ studio methods can be understood in terms of game strategies. Table of ContentsContents; Chapter 1: Introduction: Ageing Play; Chapter 2: Kits and Building Blocks; Chapter 3: Creative Battles; Chapter 4: Eduardo Paolozzi’s Playgrounds: Contradictions in Art and Play; Chapter 5: Shuffle/Spin/Stack: Emergent Narrative; Chapter 6: Absurd Processes; Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisIn today's culture, popular music is a vital site where ideas about gender and sexuality are imagined and disseminated. Popular Music and the Politics of Hope: Queer and Feminist Interventions explores what that means with a wide-ranging collection of chapters that consider the many ways in which contemporary pop music performances of gender and sexuality are politically engaged and even radical. With analyses rooted in feminist and queer thought, contributors explore music from different genres and locations, including Beyoncé's Lemonade, A Tribe Called Red's We Are the Halluci Nation, and celebrations of Vera Lynn's 100th Birthday.At a bleak moment in global politics, this collection focuses on the concept of critical hope: the chapters consider making and consuming popular music as activities that encourage individuals to imagine and work toward a better, more just world. Addressing race, class, aging, disability, and colonialism along with gender and Table of ContentsAcknowledgments / Indroduction (Craig Jennex and Susan Fast) / Part I: Displacing Whiteness / Introduction (Daphne A. Brooks) / 1. Visions of Wondaland: On Janelle Monaé’s Afrofuturistic Vision (Marquita R. Smith) / 2. Listening to Difference: Recognition and Refusal in Queer Music Diasporas (Craig Jennex) / 3. Who’s Your Daddy?: Beyoncé, the Dixie Chicks, and the Art of Outlaw Protest (Francesca T. Royster) / Part II: Rethinking Difference / Introduction (Annie Janeiro Randall) / 4. "Brave New Ideas Begin:" Disability, Gender, and Life-Writing in Twenty-First-Century Pop (Laurie Stras) / 5. "Round my Hometown:" Listening to London in the Racial Politics of Post-Millennial British Soul (Freya Jarman with Emily Baker) / 6. Born to Run and Reckless: My Life as a Pretender: Rewriting the Political Imaginary of Rock Music Memoir (Pamela Fox) / Part III: Decolonizing Sound / Introduction (Ellie M. Hisama) / 7. Sounding the Halluci Nation: Decolonizing Race, Masculinity, and Global Solidarities with A Tribe Called Red (Alexa Woloshyn) / 8. Addict(ive) Sex: Toward an Intersectional Approach to Truth Hurts’ "Addictive" and Afro-South Asian Hip Hop and R&B (Elliott H. Powell) / 9. Hip Hop Dialogues: Sampling Women’s Hand Drum Songs and the Canadian Popular Mainstream (Liz Przybylski) / Part IV: Refusing Conventions / Introduction (Maureen Mahon) / 10. Electro-Pop as Trojan Horse: Hearing the Call to Arms in Anohni’s HOPELESSNESS (Maria Murphy) / 11. Genders, Genres, Generations: Jacqueline Warwick and Susan McClary in Conversation (Susan McClary and Jacqueline Warwick) / 12. Power in the Darkness and "Angry Atthis:" Anthems, Genres and the Queer Voice (Jack Halberstam) / Part V: Voicing Resilience / Introduction (Murray Forman) / 13. Resisting the Politics of Aging: Madonna and the Value of Female Labor in Popular Music (Tiffany Naiman) / 14. Vera Lynn 100: Retirement, Aging, and Legacy for a "National Treasure" (Christina Baade) / 15. Sounding Lockdown: Singing in Administrative Segregation at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (Benjamin J. Harbert and Consuela Gaines) Index

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Book SynopsisWhen the body is foregrounded in artwork  as in much contemporary performance, sculptural installation and video work so is gendered and sexualised difference. Feminist Perspectives on Art: Contemporary Outtakes looks to interactions between art history, theory, curation, and studio-based practices to theorise the phenomenological import of this embodied gender difference in contemporary art.The essays in this collection are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, including art-making, curating, and art history and criticism, with many of the authors combining roles of curator, artist and writer. This interdisciplinary approach enables the book to bridge the theorypractice divide and highlight new perspectives emerging from creative arts research. Fresh insights are offered on feminist aesthetics, women's embodied experience, curatorial and art historical method, art world equity, and intersectional concerns. It engages with epistemological assertions of Trade Review"A rousing riposte to anyone who thinks that feminism is now ‘post’, this book full of fascinating accounts of a disparate range of practises provides a challenge to patriarchal attitudes in the artworld in engaging, enlightening and at times humorous ways – a veritable celebration of female creativity and thought." - Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia"A rousing riposte to anyone who thinks that feminism is now ‘post’, this book is full of fascinating accounts of a disparate range of practises and provides a challenge to patriarchal attitudes in the artworld in engaging, enlightening and, at times, humorous ways – a veritable celebration of female creativity and thought." -- Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia "The volume edited by Jacqueline Millner and Catriona Moore shows the difficulty and weariness caused by the writing of a history that is never dealt with and carried out once and for all." -- Laura Lamurri, Critique d'artTable of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 A feminist curator walks into a gallery…; Chapter 2 The value of maturity: Anne Ferran, Judith Wright, Lindy Lee; Chapter 3 Women in the Cross-cultural Studio: Invisible Tracks in the Indigenous artist’s archive; Chapter 4 The Pearl Gibbs ‘Gambanyi’ Kangaroo Cloak; Chapter 5 Still in my mind: Gurindji location, experience and visuality; Chapter 6 The practice of remaining perpetually contingent; Chapter 7 Curating Grief; Chapter 8 The Intimate Monument: Memorialising from a feminist perspective; Chapter 9 FLORINA PREFECTURE: Women in the shadow of ‘The Magnificent Empire’ 1900-1922 & 2017 — a feminist interpretation of Greek-Australian identity as explored in contemporary art; Chapter 10 Feeling seeing: image, sound and touch in the video installations of Angelica Mesiti; Chapter 11 Materialising the Interval: Relationality as a feminist art practice; Chapter 12 Heave, Ho, Ha: Disgust, humour and failure in contemporary feminist art; Chapter 13 Slim evidence of fat fortunes: toward a gendered history of fat acceptance

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Book SynopsisGum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice is a two-part book on gum bichromate written by the medium's leading expert, Christina Z. Anderson. Section One provides a step-by-step description of the gum printing process. From setting up the dimroom (no darkroom required!) to evaluating finished prints, it walks the reader through everything that is needed to establish a firm gum practice with the simplest of setups at home. Section Two showcases contemporary artists' works, illustrating the myriad ways gum is conceptualized and practiced today. The works in these pages range from monochrome to colorful and from subtle to bold, representing a variety of genres, including still lifes, portraits, nudes, landscapes, urbanscapes and more. Featuring over 80 artists and 400 full-color images, Gum Printing is the most complete overview of this dynamic and expressive medium that has yet appeared in print.Key topics covered includeTable of ContentsPreface1. The History of Gum PrintingSection One. Gum Printing Step-by-Step2. Setting Up the Gum Dimroom3. Digital Negatives for Gum4. Preparing Supplies5. Making the Gum Print6. Printing Gum Over Cyanotype7. Printing Gum Over Platinum8. Troubleshooting Gum9. Developing a Creative PracticeSection Two. Artists and Their Creative Practice10. Contemporary ArtistsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisPhotocommunication Across Media is a must-have for aspiring mass media professionals who are striving to compete in the new landscape of convergence journalism and media. You will learn principles of photography both still and video and how to incorporate them into your storytelling. Thatâs no longer a specialty skillâin todayâs world of media, itâs a necessity.Editors Ross Collins and Keith Greenwood collaborate with highly accomplished photographers to make the concepts and techniques of todayâs mass media photography accessible to all readers. Photocommunication Across Media speaks directly to journalists, advertisers and professional communicators who want to round out their toolkit without sifting through dense texts meant specifically for photographers and photojournalists. This guide, edited by experts who teach these concepts to the next generation of media professionals, is everything you need to knowâand nothing you donâtâto take the next step for Table of Contents00 Introduction01 Basics02 Camera 03 Lighting04 Editing05 Video06 Social Media07 Law Ethics08 History 09 My Story

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Book SynopsisStanislavski in Practice - the Film, Part Two: Work on a Role extends and completes the work begun in Part One: Work on the Actor. Nick O'Brien takes a practical approach to the second part of Stanislavski's system, the actor's work on a role, with exercises based on those used by Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre. A close companion to O''Brien''s bestselling book for students, Stanislavski In Practice, this DVD follows eight students exploring key areas of the system and - crucially - focusses on the student''s process of observing, experiencing and learning, as well as on the teacher''s instruction. As the film progresses we see the students build their understanding and develop new skills and resources. It is an invaluable alternative or supplement to reading the book and practicing the exercises in class, in a workshop or at home. As a step-by-step and user-friendly guide to working with Stanislavski''s system, this

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Book SynopsisFashion generates over a trillion dollars in sales annually and has the priceless ability to beguile its customers around the world. Fashion Entrepreneurship: The Creation of the Global Fashion Business provides the first authoritative history of the global fashion industry, from its emergence to the present day, with a focus on the entrepreneurs at the nucleus of many of the world's influential brands. It shows how successive generations of entrepreneurs built and developed their brands, democratizing access to fashion brands throughout the world.This book analyzes the careers of the greatest fashion entrepreneurs from the nineteenth century onward, including such legendary names as Charles Worth, Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, and Giorgio Armani. It shows how this distinct form of entrepreneurship has arisen and what lessons new entrepreneurs can learn from the past to create thriving fashion businesses in today's rapidly changing modern world.Trade Review"Neri Karra brings the history of global fashion as a business alive in her enlightening book, and delivers important lessons on how to succeed for aspiring fashion designers and managers in the industry."- Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School"I commend Neri’s effort to explore the origins of the fashion industry through the key figures who shaped its history. Her effort is comprehensive and covers a lot of ground."- Luca Solca, Head of Luxury Research at Bernstein"I found the book on Fashion Entrepreneurship beautifully structured, illustrated longitudinally through time to bring out the essence of the paradoxical nature of the fashion business. On one side it is niche, for the lucky few, while on the other hand it is a global business with companies having the largest market cap in Europe and the richest person of the world deriving wealth from an industry. Neri's analysis on this historical path dependency is very important to understand for fashion entrepreneurs as they desire for global dominance following in the footsteps of the stalwarts of the industry."- Ashok Som, Professor of Global Strategy, ESSEC Business School"Author Neri Karra provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the emergence of global fashion entrepeneurship. The book incorporates essential information on how creative aesthetics are combined with brand strategy to produce commercial success in the context of fashion, art and culture'"- Marnie Fogg, Author of Fashion: The Whole History“Neri Karra brings the history of global fashion as a business alive in her enlightening book, and delivers important lessons on how to succeed for aspiring fashion designers and managers in the industry.”Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School“I commend Neri’s effort to explore the origins of the fashion industry through the key figures who shaped its history. Her effort is comprehensive and covers a lot of ground.”Luca Solca, Head of Luxury Research at Bernstein“I found the book on Fashion Entrepreneurship beautifully structured, illustrated longitudinally through time to bring out the essence of the paradoxical nature of the fashion business. On one side it is niche, for the lucky few, while on the other hand it is a global business with companies having the largest market cap in Europe and the richest person of the world deriving wealth from an industry. Neri’s analysis on this historical path dependency is very important to understand for fashion entrepreneurs as they desire for global dominance following in the footsteps of the stalwarts of the industry.”Ashok Som, Professor of Global Strategy, ESSEC Business School“Author Neri Karra provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the emergence of global fashion entrepeneurship. The book incorporates essential information on how creative aesthetics are combined with brand strategy to produce commercial success in the context of fashion, art, and culture.”Marnie Fogg, Author of Fashion: The Whole HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Business of Fashion Part I Fashion Rising The Birth of Fashion Entrepreneurship (1845-1895) Fashion, Art, and Beauty (1895-1914) Part II Fashion Diffusion Fashion Amid War and Depression (1914-1945) The Golden Age of Haute Couture (1945-1959) The Changing Face of the Fashion Business (1960s onward) Part III Fashion Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice Building the Fashion Firm: Entrepreneurial Capabilities for Fashion Business Success The Fashion Entrepreneurship Model: Dynamics Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage Fashion Business Models: Entrepreneurial Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges Conclusion: The Dream Makers

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Book SynopsisIn this long-awaited fifth edition of the best-selling book, Martin Edge continues to provide the definitive guide to underwater photography. The book covers everything from the basic principles, the equipment and approaches to composition and lighting through to creating an individual style.The book features over 400 updated colour images - taken on numerous dives around the world - with an accompanying narrative that provides detailed information on how the shots were taken, their strengths and weaknesses and how to fix mistakes. Practical examples take you step-by-step through the basic techniques: photographing shipwrecks, divers, marine life, macro images and taking photographs at night. New chapters cover the latest equipment, processes and techniques including SLR Cameras, water contact lenses, mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras, micro four third systems, super macro techniques, motion blur, LED lighting and more.Packed with inspiring exaTrade ReviewPraise for the previous editions:"Packed with beautiful images and an easy-to read style, this book is both educational and inspirational." Scuba Diving Magazine"In its third edition, The Underwater Photographer has evolved to become almost a standard work of reference. Martin Edge has developed his writing skills over the years, and we recommend this volume for anyone pursuing the now-less-than black art of underwater photography, especially with digital image-gathering in mind." Dive Magazine"...let us just say that this is THE best underwater photo technique book on the market... PERIOD!" Diver MagazinePraise for the previous editions:"Packed with beautiful images and an easy-to read style, this book is both educational and inspirational." Scuba Diving Magazine"In its third edition, The Underwater Photographer has evolved to become almost a standard work of reference. Martin Edge has developed his writing skills over the years, and we recommend this volume for anyone pursuing the now-less-than black art of underwater photography, especially with digital image-gathering in mind." DIVE Magazine"...let us just say that this is THE best underwater photo technique book on the market... PERIOD!" DIVER MagazineTable of Contents0. Introduction About the 5th Edition1. Principles of Underwater Photography2. Digital Compacts, Mirrorless Cameras & Micro 4/3rds by Mario Vitalini 3. SLR Cameras4. Diving To Take Photographs5. The Mindset of a Successful Underwater Photographer6. All About Lighting7. Composition Underwater8. Close-Up, Macro and Super Macro9. Wide Angle10. Three Deadly Sins by Kevin and Maggie ReedInternet Resources and SuppliersGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisDrawing upon extensive archival research, interview material, and musical analysis, Female Composers, Conductors, Performers: Musiciennes of Interwar France, 19191939 presents an innovative study of women working as professional musicians in France between the two World Wars. Hamer positions the activities, achievements, and reception of women composers, conductors, and performers against a contemporary socio-political climate that was largely hostile to female professionalism. The musical styles and techniques of Marguerite Canal, Jeanne Leleu, Germaine Tailleferre, Yvonne Desportes, Elsa Barraine, and Claude Arrieu are discussed with reference to significant works dating from the interwar period. Hamer highlights the activities of Jane Evrard and her Orchestre féminin de Paris as well as the reception of the Orchestra of the Union des Femmes Professeurs et Compositeurs de Musique, a contemporary pro-suffrage organisation that was dedicated to defending the collective intereTable of ContentsList of Music Examples. Preface and Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Part 1:The Contested Boundaries of Interwar musiciennes. Chapter 1: Conservative Politics and Domestic Ideals: The Social Position of musiciennes in Interwar France. Chapter 2:The Challenge of Professional musiciennes: The Education, Career Opportunities, and Reception of Women Musicians. Part 2: Women as Composers. Chapter 3: Early Female Winners of the Prix de Rome: Marguerite Canal and Jeanne Leleu. Chapter 4: In Les Six: The Case of Germaine Tailleferre. Chapter 5: Paul Dukas’s Female Composition Students: Elsa Barraine, Yvonne Desportes, and Claude Arrieu. Part 3: Women as Performers. Chapter 6:Women Conductors and All-Woman Orchestras. Chapter 7: On the Concert Platform: Women as Perfomers. Chapter 8: Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisComputers can calculate perspective angles and create a drawing for us, but the spontaneity of mark making, the tactile quality of a writing surface, the weight of a drawing instrument, and the immediacy of the human touch are sensations that keep traditional drawing skills perpetually relevant. The sensuality and convenience of the hand persists and will survive as a valuable communication tool, as will the need to accurately express your ideas on paper. As a professional, understanding the foundations of drawing, how we process images, and how we interpret what we see are principal skills. Understanding linear perspective enables artists to accurately communicate their ideas on paper. The Complete Guide to Perspective Drawing offers a step-by-step guide for the beginner as well as the advanced student on how to draw in one-point through six-point perspective and how to make scientifically accurate conceptual illustrations from simple to complex situations.Trade Review"Full of very clear illustrations with a straightforward text, knowledge of algebra and geometry is not required. [...] This is an excellent guide that is easy to use. It is well laid out, allowing information to be easily accessed."Ray Needham FAIA FFA FIPA FMAAT, Building Engineer, September 2018Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. List of Abbreviations. 1. Basic Perspective Terms. 2. One- through Six-Point perspective an Overview. 3. One-Point Perspective. 4. Reference Points. 5. Two-Point Perspective. 6. Measuring Point Geometry. 7. Horizontal Angles. 8. Ellipses, Spheres, Spiral Forms, and Random Curves. 9. Inclined Planes. 10. Inclined Cuboids. 11. Incline Geometry. 12. The Problem of Distant Vanishing points. 13. Falling and Rotating Forms. 14. Tilted Tapered Forms. 15. Perspective in the 1400s. 16. Plan/Elevation View Perspective. 17. Three-Point Perspective. 18. Three-Point Angles. 19. Combining One- and Three-Point Perspective. 20. Combining Two- and Three-Point Perspective. 21. Combining Three-Point Perspective Diagrams. 22. Compound Inclines in Two-Point Perspective. 23. Shadows. 24. Shadows of Round, Spherical, and Curved Objects. 25. Positive Shadows. 26. Negative Shadows. 27. Shadows from Artificial Light Sources. 28. Three-Point Shadows. 29. Reflections. 30. Reflections on Inclined Surfaces. 31. Reflections on Curved Surfaces. 32. Anamorphic Perspective. 33. Four-Point Perspective. 34. Five-Point Perspective. 35. Six-Point Perspective. 36. Miscellaneous. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a new, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing modern Viennese visual culture, one informed by Austro-German theater, contemporary medical treatises centered on hysteria, and an original examination of dramatic gestures in expressionist artworks. It centers on the following question: How and to what end was the human body discussed, portrayed, and utilized as an aesthetic metaphor in turn-of-the-century Vienna? By scrutinizing theatrically âœhystericalâ performances, avant-garde puppet plays, and images created by Oskar Kokoschka, Koloman Moser, Egon Schiele and others, Nathan J. Timpano discusses how Viennese artists favored the pathological or puppet-like body as their contribution to European modernism.Trade Review"I cannot begin to do justice to this book in this brief review. As a lay reader interested in gender, sexuality, and the history of the body, I approached the book with great curiosity and I was not disappointed."-- German Studies Review "Alongside all of the quickly and superficially produced publications on Viennese modernism, Timpano's book pleasantly stands out - as a very serious study written with a highly scientific ethos."-- Journal of Art Historiography"Timpano writes with confidence and authority on art history…[his] perspective on some of the better known developments in twentieth-century European puppetry will be of interest to readers."-- Puppetry International"I cannot begin to do justice to this book in this brief review. As a lay reader interested in gender, sexuality, and the history of the body, I approached the book with great curiosity and I was not disappointed."-- German Studies Review "Alongside all of the quickly and superficially produced publications on Viennese modernism, Timpano's book pleasantly stands out - as a very serious study written with a highly scientific ethos."-- Journal of Art Historiography"Timpano writes with confidence and authority on art history…[his] perspective on some of the better known developments in twentieth-century European puppetry will be of interest to readers."-- Puppetry InternationalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Plates AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Conundrum of the Viennese Modern Body 1 “The Semblance of Things”: Re-Visioning Viennese Expressionism2 “The Woman Emerges”: Medical Vision and the Spectacle of Hysteria 3 Performing Hysteria: A Vogue for Hystero-Theatrical Gestures 4 A Tale of Three Hysterics: Elektra, Isolde, and Salome 5 The Inanimate Body Speaks: The Language of the Marionette Theater 6 Pathological Puppets: The Body and the Marionette in Viennese Expressionism

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