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Book SynopsisThis is the most thorough and detailed monograph on the artwork of Raymond Jonson. He is one of many artists of the first half of the twentieth-century who demonstrate the richness and diversity of an under-appreciated period in the history of American art. Visualizing the spiritual was one of the fundamental goals of early abstract painting in the years before and during World War I. Artists turned to alternative spirituality, the occult, and mysticism, believing that the pure use of line, shape, color, light and texture could convey spiritual insight. Jonson was steadfastly dedicated to this goal for most of his career and he always believed that modernist and abstract styles were the most effective and compelling means of achieving it.Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Raymond Jonson and Twentieth Century American Art: Reconsidering the Canonical in American Art History and the Spiritual in American Modernist PaintingChapter One: "Art Is as Broad as Space": Jonson’s Early Years in the West and ChicagoChapter Two: "The Land of Sunshine and Color and Tragedy": New Mexico and Jonson’s Landscape Paintings and CompositionsChapter Three: "These Are the Second Attack on the Abstract": the Thematic, Conceptual Series Paintings of 1929-1936Chapter Four: "A More Intense Participation in the Life of the Spirit": Jonson’s First Totally Abstract Paintings, His Theories of Art and the Transcendental Painting GroupChapter Five: "Fast Arriving and Spontaneous Combustions of Color–space–line and Design": Absolute Painting, 1938-1950Chapter Six: "Causing the Surface to Come to Life": Jonson’s Late Career, 1950-1978ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisFrom a steamy jungle to a modern city, or even a sci-fi space station, 3D Game Environments is the ultimate resource to help you create AAA quality art for a variety of game worlds. Primarily using Photoshop and 3ds Max, students will learn to create realistic textures from photo source and a variety of techniques to portray dynamic and believable game worlds. With detailed tutorials on creating 3D models, applying 2D art to 3D models, and clear concise advice on issues of efficiency and optimization for a 3D game engine, Luke Ahearn gives you everything students need to make their own realistic game environments.Key FeaturesThe entire game world development process; from planning to 3D modeling, UV layout, and creating textures.Exercises and projects to practice with; each section includes projects to guide you through creating different world genres.The updated companion websiteâwww.lukeahearn.com/textures/ now includTable of ContentsChapter 1: Orientation to Game World Optimization Chapter 2: 3D Concepts Chapter 3: Shaders and Models Chapter 4: Planning the Low Polygon Urban Environment Chapter 5: Modeling the Large Urban Environment Chapter 6: Texturing the Large Urban Environment Chapter 7: Introduction to Natural Environments Chapter 8: Terrain Chapter 9: Filling the World—Trees, Plants, Rocks, Water, and Sky Chapter 10: Modeling and Texturing the Jungle Base Chapter 11: Focus on the Futuristic Interior—Normal Maps and Multipass Shaders

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Book SynopsisWig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre and Film, Second Edition is the one-stop shop for the knowledge and skills you need to create and style wigs. Covering the basics, from styling tools to creating beards, it ramps up to advanced techniques for making, measuring, coloring, and cutting wigs from any time period. Whether you're a student or a professional, youll find yourself prepared for a career as a skilled wig designer with tips on altering existing wigs, multiple approaches to solving wig-making problems, and industry best practices. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Wig-Making Terms, Tools, and Techniques Glossary of Wig and Hair Terms Wig-Making Tool Kit Wig Styling Tool Kit Hairpins and Clips Rollers/Curlers A Well-Equipped Wig Area Handling a Wig Blocking a Wig Blocking Hard-Front Wigs Blocking Lace-Front Wigs Basic Hand Sewing Stitches Chapter 2: Wig Application and Removal Hair Prep Long Hair Nylon Wig Caps vs Fishnet Wig Caps Short Hair Prepping for Film How to Hold and Put on a Lace-Front Wig Applying Hard-Front Wigs and Falls Removing Wigs After a Performance A Word About Quick Changes and Tap Dancing Chapter 3: Care and Maintenance of Wigs Cleaning Wig Laces Cleaning Facial Hair Touching up a Wig Washing Wigs A Note About Hair Washing ProductsWashing the Wig off the Block Washing the Wig on the Block Storing Your Wigs Storage Systems Chapter 4: Wig-Making Basics: Learning to Ventilate Ventilating Needles and Holders Loading Your Needle Wig-Making Laces and Nets Fronting Laces Back/Foundation Laces Stretch Laces Other Wig-Making Materials The Direction and Stretch of the Lace Types of Hair Basic Wig-Knotting/Ventilating Technique Double Knotting Ventilating Positions Hair Density and Ventilating Patterns Ventilating Direction Untying Knots Color Blending Sewing with Invisible ThreadHair Punching Chapter 5: Taking Accurate Measurements Proper Head Measurements Transferring Head Measurements to a Block Plastic-Wrap Head Tracings Padding Out a Block with a Plastic Tracing Chapter 6: Facial Hair Creating the Pattern for the Facial Hair Piece Tracing method, free hand method, & stock paper patternsAdding Texture to the Hair Individual Hairpiece Characteristics Eyebrows Mustaches Sideburns Beards and Goatees Cutting and Styling the Facial Hair Applying the Facial Hair Removing the Facial Hair Direct Application Techniques Hair Laid On Facial Hair Floating Beards Historical Timeline of Facial Hair Styles Gallery of Natural Facial Hair Chapter 7: Working with and Adapting Commercial Wigs and WeftCleaning Old WigsBringing Back the Shine of an Old WigDulling the Shine of a New Synthetic WigRemoving WeftThinning a Wig with Thinning ShearsSewing Weft to the Underside of a WigAdding Weft to WigsSewing Weft to a Pre-Made FoundationPiecing Together WigsFull Bottom WigPiecing Together Wigs to Increase SizeStyling Tricks to Conceal the Front Edge of a WigUsing the Performer’s Own Hair to Conceal the Front Edge of the WigChapter 8: Fronting WigsFronting and Other Adaptations of Commercial Wigs Types of Fronts The Human Hairline Changing the Hairline Building the Fronts Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3 Truing the Hairline Lace Direction and Hair Growth Direction Quick Front: A Step-by-Step Example Standard Front Deep Fronts Deep Front Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3 Mini Fronts Silk Blenders Nape Lace Chapter 9: Building a Wig From ScratchTypes of Foundations Building a Circumference-Band Foundation Vegetable Net & Caul Net/Circumference Band/Right-Side-Out/Hand Sewn Variations on Circumference Band Foundations Variations on Nape-Piece Foundations Variations on One-Piece Foundations Notes About Adding Hair Parts, Crown Swirls, and Cowlicks Miscellaneous Foundations Balding Wigs Fringes Sewing Weft to a Pre-Made Foundation Summary Chapter 10: Partial Wigs, Toupees, and HairpiecesToupee Graying Temple Pieces Pull-Throughs Falls Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Switches Kabuki-Inspired Lion Wig Making Custom Weft Using Weft to Make Clip-In ExtensionsChapter 11: Wig Styling TechniquesElements of a Hairstyle Straight Hair Wetting and Drying Flat-Ironing and Roller Setting Steaming the Hair Wavy Hair Finger Waves/Water Waves Marcel Waves Pin curls Waving and Crimping Irons Curly Hair Roller Setting Roller Setting: Ringlets/Sausage Curls Roller Setting: Spiral Rolling Techniques Spiral Curls/Medusa Set Braids The Standard Basic Braid French Braids Reverse French Braid Rope Braids Herringbone Braids Dreadlocks Chapter 12: Creating a Hairstyle Break the Hairstyle Down into Sections Understand the Hairstyle Interpreting Research Draw Your Setting Pattern Set Your Wig Comb Out the Set Teasing and Stuffing Wire Frames Styling Men’s Wigs Wig Setting and Styling Tips From Set to Style: Examples Example 1: Cosette in Les Miserables Example 2: 1930s Hollywood Movie-Star Look Gallery of Historical Hairstyles Chapter 13: Choosing, Cutting, Coloring, and Perming the Hair Dyeing Wigs and Wig Fibers Universal Hair Color Systems American Cosmetology Hair Level System Types of Hair Color Products Dyeing Protein Fibers Using Fabric Dyes Preparing Hair Bundles for Dye Dyeing Synthetic Fibers Perming Wigs and Wig Fibers Cutting Wigs Chapter 14: Hair that Isn’t Hair: Wigs Made from Other Materials Bases and Foundations Fosshape™ Bases Buckram and Felt Bases Other Types of Bases Covering the Cap Building a Structural Support Frame Combining Hair and Non-Hair Materials Working with Jumbo Braid Example of the Step-by-Step Process of Creating an Unusually Shaped Wig Gallery of Non-Hair/Fantasy Wigs Chapter 15: The Business Of Wigs and Hair Analyzing and Understanding the Play Forms of Drama Basic Plot Structure Scene Breakdowns Organizing Your Production Bible Character Design Group Relationships Designing an Overall Look for a Production Budgeting for a Production During the Production Wig Jobs and How to Get Them A Note About Unions, Licenses, and CertificationsCharging for Your Work Appendix 1: Wig Resource/Supply ListAppendix 2: Blank Forms for Shop UseIndex

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Book Synopsis Talented animation artists often neglect successful storytelling in favor of strong visuals, but now you can have both with this complete guide to adaptation for animation. Veteran independent filmmaker Hannes Rall teaches you how to draw and adapt inspiration from copyright-free materials like fairy tales, myths, and classic literature, making it easier than ever to create your own compelling narrative. Particular focus is given to making the adequate narrative and visual choices when transferring a text from page to screen: How to create a successful adaptation. With sections on subjects like transcultural adaptations, visual poetry and production design, this book is just the right mix of practical advice, lavish illustrations, and industry case studies to give you everything you need to start adapting your story today. Key features: Learn to apply concepts of adapting classic and modern literature for animation in different techniques Table of ContentsPREFACE AUTHOR Part 1: Reflecting about Animated Adaptation 1. "It Is the World, Which Is within the Head of the Artist": A Closer Look at the History of Animated Adaptations An Interview with Giannalberto Bendazzi 2. "Animation Can Aspire to Poetic Imagery and Feeling" An Interview with John Canemaker Part 2: Genres, Strategies, and Methods 3. Animated Ever After: The Fairy Tale Adaptation 4. Things That Go Bump on the Screen: Adapting Gothic Literature for Animation Including Interviews with Benny Zelkowicz, Georges Schwizgebel and Maria Lorenzo 5. As You Like It: Adapting Shakespeare for Animation Including an Interview with Prof. Michael Dobson, Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and Pippa Nixon, Member of the Royal Shakespeare Company 6. Sushi on Sauerkraut? Transcultural Adaptation Including Interview with Ishu Patel 7.Visual Poetry and Experimental Adaptation: Rhyme with Reason Including Interviews with Thomas Zandegiacomo Del Bel, Director of the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Anna Kalus Goessner, Stefan Leuchtenberg and Martin Wallner, and Tan Wei Keong, Award Winning Animator 8.Uncharted Territories: Adapting Contemporary Literature for Animation Including Interview with Harry and Henry Zhuang, Singaporean Animation Directors Part 3: Images to Words 9.Visual Development and Artistic Research: How Story Defines Style for Animated Adaptations Including Interview with Jorg von den Steinen, Editor at ZDF Germany and Free AUTHOR AFTERWORD/CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX

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Book SynopsisAdobe Photoshop CC for Photographers by Photoshop hall-of-famer and acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been revamped for a thirteenth edition to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop CC on Adobe's Creative Cloud, including significant new features, such as faster Camera Raw processing, Blur Gallery noise matching, and new export options for quick image-saving and layers as separate documents. This guide covers all the tools and techniques photographers and professional image editors need to know when using Photoshop CC, from workflow guidance to core skills to advanced techniques for professional results. Using clear, succinct instruction and real world examples, this guide is the essential reference for Photoshop users. Accompanying the book is the photoshopforphotographers.com website, fully updated with new sample images, tutorial videos, and bonus chapters.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Photoshop Fundamentals2. Camera Raw Image Processing3. Sharpening and Noise Reduction4. Image Editing Essentials5. Black and White6. Extending the Dynamic Range7. Image Retouching8. Layers, Selections and Masking9. Blur, Optical and Lighting Effects Filters10. Image Management11. Print Output12. Automating PhotoshopIndex

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Book SynopsisDesign Computing will help you understand the rapidly evolving relationship between computing, designers, and the many different environments they create or work in. The book introduces the topic of design computing, and covers the basics of hardware and software, so you don't need to be an expert. Topics include the fundamentals of digital representation, programming and interfaces for design; the shifting landscape of opportunity and expectation in practice and pedagogy; placing sensors in buildings to measure performance; and the challenge of applying information effectively in design. The book also includes additional reading for those who wish to dig deeper into the subject. Design Computing will provide you with a greater awareness of the issues that permeate the field, opportunities for you to investigate, and perhaps motivation to push the boundaries.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Design Computing: An Uneasy Juxtaposition The Built Environment Design Computing Design Computing Summary Suggested Reading References Part 1: Starting Points 2. Models Symbolic Models Finite Element Models Statistical Models Analogue Models Sources of Error Summary References 3. The Built Environment Curators of the Environment The Missing Productivity Gains The Internet of Things AEC Data Summary Suggested Reading References 4. Thinking Inside the Box Virtuality is Real Computer Memory is Lumpy Computer Memory is Sequential Code: Representing Thought Standard Representations Files and Directories Summary Suggested Reading References 5. Doing What Designers Do Graphics 3D Graphics: data + algorithm Applications Across the Building Lifecycle Operation Summary Suggested Reading References Part 2: The Grand Challenges 6. Design Problems: What are they? Defining the Problem Design Spaces Puzzle Making The Importance of Problem Definition The Problem of Solutions Summary Suggested Reading References 7. Cognition: How Designers Think Designing as Process The Role of Memory The Roles of Certainty, Ambiguity, Emergence and Flow Design as Social Action Tools Interact with Cognition Summary Suggested Reading References 8. Representation: Capturing Design Representation and Cognition Common Representations and their Problems Alternative Representations Challenges to the Single-model Concept Conversion between Representations The Round-tripping Problem Summary Suggested Reading References 9. Interface: Where the action is The Interactive Paradigm Deciphering Intent: small screens, shaky hands & fat fingers Where the action is New technology, emergent opportunities Ubiquitous Computing Summary Suggested Reading References 10. Practice: Data, Documents and Power The challenge of doing ethical work The productivity challenge Construction process changes Information Value: sources and sinks Good Data: finding and keeping what you need Access to Data: managing focus Computable designs Facility management Process, Representation & Human organization The Decline of Typical Conditions Big Data: design v. form-finding Research, Development and Continuous Learning Summary Suggested Reading References 11. Expertise: Challenges and Opportunities Architects are generalists Asking the right questions at the right time Drawings are never complete Expertise and the Framing Problem Consultants and the Round-trip Problem Growth and change Harvesting and Feeding Leaf-node knowledge Summary Suggested Reading References 12. Solutions: Generation and Refinement The existence of solutions Incremental Improvement: sweat-stained design Objective Functions Solution by inspection State space neighborhoods Selecting Design Moves Evaluation (comparing apples and oranges) Stopping rules The creative machine The creative designer Summary Suggested Reading References 13. Buildings: Computation Sources and Sinks Efficient Production Beyond the thermostat and the water cooler Managing resource use Big cities, big data and the effort to get smart Virtuality and buildings Summary Suggested Reading References 14. Pedagogy: Teaching the New Designer Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants The collapsing options model What to teach? Summary References

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Book SynopsisCasting is an essential component of any film or video project, but the core skill-set needed to cast effectively is little understood. Casting Revealed: A Guide for Film Directors is a straightforward manual on the art and craft of casting. Here, director Hester Schell offers her insider perspective on casting workflows, industry standards, finding actors, running auditions, what to look for in a performance, contracts, and making offers. This new edition has been updated with fresh interviews with casting directors, full color head shots, new information about online video submissions, and a companion website featuring forms, contracts, and sample scenes for auditions. Gain a fuller understanding of the misunderstood art and craft of casting actors for film and video production. Learn to find the right actors for any production, run auditions, interview actors, effectively judge performances and video submissions, evaluate suitability for a roleTrade Review"I wish I had Hester’s book when I first started in Hollywood. It would have saved me a lot of heartache because it spells-out in clear and concise language the necessary tools for successful casting every filmmaker needs to know. Reading this book reminded me of how much the Academy needs to award an Oscar® for casting directors. Because casting is an art form, and Hester’s book is the best I’ve read on demystifying the process." —Jon James Miller, producer, Pooka Productions/Gravity-Squared Entertainment "While nothing can replace the benefits of hiring an experienced casting director, this book has some great insights for beginning filmmakers." —Lana Veenker CSA & Eryn Goodman CSA, Cast Iron Studios: Wild, NBC/Grimm, Twilight "Hester, I have to compliment you on taking on this mystery of a job and making it so enjoyably clear as to what we do as a process and how we take young people who are interested in filmmaking - who don’t understand the first thing about how the casting process is done - making it enjoyable to read and very informative of how this works and how they can use their time and their effort and money to the best of their ability… to get good talent." —Carolyn Pickman, CP Casting, Boston: Mystic Pizza, Black Mass, Straight Outta Compton, Gone Baby Gone "Expect an informative lesson on the rules of the game, with strict outlines from every phase of production. Whip out your pens and highlighters and start jotting down notes, because this will surely be on the desks of up-and-coming writers, actors and directors for years to come." —Kyle Rupprecht, MovieMaker Magazine, on the first edition of Casting Revealed Table of ContentsCHAPTER ONE: SAVE MONEY — DO IT YOURSELF: DIY INDEPENDENT FILM AND MARKET SHAREHOW THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOU MONEY Do It Yourself Collaborate Or DieAnyone Can Make A Movie Yes, But Is It Worth Watching? Why So Many Films Don’t Make The Film FestivalsRaise Your StandardsAll About EditingInexperience Costs More Money The Best Actors Are The Right Actors TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGES EVERYTHING Prescreening FootageThe Headshot Submission Process Has Gone Green SAVING MONEY RECAP CHAPTER TWO: YOUR DIRECTING CAREER BETTER CASTING IMPACTS YOUR LONG-RANGE CAREERGOALS Shorts Are Your Stepping Stone WHERE TO CONNECT WITH ACTORS BREAKINGBARRIERS: HOW TO TALK TO ACTORS Blame the Media CHAPTER THREE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CASTING PROCESS WHY DIY: Do It Yourself CASTING DEFINED Principal Background WHAT ARE YOU CASTING Professional Language Preliminary ConsiderationsFamilies And Lovers CASTING IS Principal, Background Casting TYPES OF AUDITIONS Open Calls Appointments: Script Readings, Cold Readings And Improvisation Callbacks CASTING STANDARDS Keeping It Professional And Confidential Never Settle Actor Are Looking For You As Well Agents Are Looking For Projects For Their Clients Los Angeles And New York: United States Casting Centers CASTING IS NOT A Party About Your Ego: Get Over Yourself TO UNION OR NOT Thoroughly Evaluate Your Decision One Member Makes A Union Shoot Experience Gets More Done The Less Experience The Longer Your Day Questions For Discussion WHEN TO START What Do Actors Look For When They Read Your Audition Announcement Plan Ahead To Stay Ahead WHAT YOU NEED TO START You Need A Script You Need "Sides" Know The Window Of Time You Plan To Shoot You’re Going To Need A Place To Hold Your Auditions You Need Your SAG Paperwork Done Reality Check CHAPTER FOUR: INDUSTRY STANDARDS ACTOR MARKETING MATERIALS Cover Letter Headshots What Makes A Good Headshot? Headshot Samples Resumes Reels Video Submissions Warning Signs Of The Less Experienced WHY LOOK FOR THESE STANDARDS? CHAPTER FIVE: ACTING — WHAT IS IT? Acting Defined The Actor’s Toolbox Approaches To Craft SCRIPT ANALYSIS: If It Ain’t On The Page, It Ain’t On The Stage Given Circumstances The Moment Before What’s My Motivation? GO FURTHER: Who do you like? GO FURTHER: Character types GO FURTHER: Character type attributes ACTING 101 FOR DIRECTORS How You Feel Is A Result Of What You Do The Magic Verb Understanding The Craft: Where To Go For Help CHAPTER SIX: TIMELINES — WHEN TO START AND WHAT TO DO BEFORE JUMPING IN ANNOUNCEMENTS, AUDITIONS, CALLBACKS AND CONTRACTS WHERE TO HOLD AUDITIONS Keeping it Professional: 1st Impressions Count THE CASTING TIMELINE EXPLAINED – SCHEDULES: WORKING BACKWARDS Two Weeks From First Shoot Date: Rehearsals One Month From First Shoot Date: Contracts Six Weeks From First Shoot Date: Callbacks Two Months From First Shoot Date: Auditions Ten Weeks From First Shoot Date: Distributing Audition Information. Three Months From First Shoot Date: Preproduction Breakdown The Producer Is There To Help You Union Preparation Recap CHAPTER SEVEN: THE CASTING BREAKDOWN — SPREADING THE WORD BREAKDOWN ELEMENTS SAMPLE BREAKDOWNS BREAKDOWN DISTRIBUTION National Local Or Regional Social Networking Flyers: Other Places To Put Your Breakdown Press Releases Physical Geography International And Regional Web Site Distribution CONTACTING AGENTS Who Represents Whom CHAPTER EIGHT: STAYING ORGANIZED WORKFLOW Who Follows Instructions Turn On Your "Flake Radar" MANAGING FILES Confirming Auditions Sample Initial Contact 1: SET APPOINTMENT Sample Initial Contact 2: SELF (VIDEO) SUBMISSION HANDLING REJECTIONS OTHER FILES Creating Script Sides From Your Screenplay Sign-In Sheets MASTER SPREADSHEET CHAPTER NINE:THE FIRST ROUND — WHAT YOU NEED AND WHERE YOU NEED IT PREPARATIONSANDPROCEDURES Provide Scripts In Advance Make A Schedule Setting Up Allow Enough Time For Each Actor Information Form Keep Secrets HOW MANYACTORS DO I SEE FOR EACH ROLE? WHO DO I CAST FIRST? Cast Your Leading Actors First Supporting Actors Background Extras INSIDE THE SESSION Controlling The Room Casting Sessions Are Job Interviews Casting Sessions Are Private Memorized Sides Using A Reader Recording The Casting Session Adjustments And Direction When You Have Something To Say MORE BASIC DO’S AND DON’TS Do Expect Actors To Be Prepared And On Time Do Expect Actors To Arrive With A Headshot And Resume Nudity, Scars And Tattoos Don’t Ask Actors To Sign A Release Form For Audition Footage Keep Track Keep An Open Mind To All Potential And Opportunity Ending The Session Sorting The Session: Do You Need More Options? CHAPTER TEN: THE SECOND ROUND — CALLBACKS CONFIRMING YOUR CHOICES CALL BACK FOR SURE CALL BACK MAYBE NOT GETTING A CALLBACK CALL BACK PROCEDURES Set Call Back Appointments Test Your Communication And Directing Approach Put On Your "Poker Face." Sleep On Your Decisions CHAPTER ELEVEN: OFFERS AND CONTRACTS THE OFFER AND THE ART OF NEGOTIATION UNPAID PROJECTS PAID PROJECTS (Union or Not) CONTRACT: Get it in Writing UNION CONTRACTS LOCAL HIRES ONLY STATE PRODUCTION INCENTIVES A Word from the SAG-AFTRA Office CHAPTER TWELVE: DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT — FRIENDS CHIME IN FAST, CHEAP, GOOD—PICK TWO. A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS Actors Do A Shout Out Directors Do A Shout Out CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CASTING DIRECTORS — DO YOU NEED ONE? The Job Defined: Potential Meets Opportunity Types Of Casting Directors The Interview And Checking Credentials. Job Tasks And Responsibilities: What Will They Do For You? When In Doubt: Hire A Professional What’s It Going To Cost? Other Resources CHAPTER FOURTEEN: SO YOU WANT TO BE A CASTING DIRECTOR LOVING ACTORS OUTREACH AND MARKETING Industry Connections Getting Started INTERVIEWS Michael Druck, Austin, Texas Ken Lazer, New York City, New York Sarah Kliban, San Francisco, California GLOSSARY OF COMMON FILM TERMS THE PARTS OF SPEECH: Just For Fun VERBS NOUNS COMPOUNDWORDS FINANCIAL TERMS COMMON PHRASES WEB RESOURCES NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES RECOMMENDED READING SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE / SYLLABUS INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR FAN MAIL

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Book SynopsisA leading expert's exploration of the past, present and future of public monuments in AmericaTrade Review"Comprehensive…Thompson provides a compelling, historical account of how capitalism is both motivator and maintainer of institutional racism…Her examination of 'art crime' as central to understanding our shameful United States history is captivating." -- Jack Christian - Los Angeles Review of Books

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Book SynopsisA supremely talented young critic's essays on race and culture, from Toni Morrison to trap, herald the arrival of a major new voice in American letters.

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Book SynopsisIn today's image-saturated culture, the visual documentation of suffering around the world is more prevalent than ever. Yet instead of always deepening the knowledge or compassion of viewers, conflict photography can result in fatigue or even inspire apathy. Given this tension between the genre's ostensible goals and its effects, what is the purpose behind taking and showing images of war and crisis? Conversations on Conflict Photography invites readers to think through these issues via conversations with award-winning photographers, as well as leading photo editors and key representatives of the major human rights and humanitarian organizations. Framed by critical-historical essays, these dialogues explore the complexities and ethical dilemmas of this line of work. The practitioners relate the struggles of their craft, from brushes with death on the frontlines to the battles for space, resources, and attention in our media-driven culture. Despite these obstacles, thTrade Review"[H]ighbrow, brilliant, striking, [and] thoughtful - New York Magazine Framed by contextualizing essays on the history of photography and the current state of the journalistic landscape, this book of interviews explores the complexities and ethical dilemmas of conflict photography today across a breadth of visual imagery, including coverage of wars as well as social, political, and economic conflicts. Walsh delivers a penetrating look at the struggles of the craft and the men and women who keep it alive, from brushes with death on the frontlines to the battles for space, resources, and attention in the media. Conversations on Conflict Photography offers unique, extended insight into ‘behind the lens’ practices, because this imagery, which informs public reactions to current events and ultimately shapes the course of history, must be better understood. - Yahoo! News This book offers an extraordinary window into the world of conflict photographers. Traditionally, conflict photographers have been hailed for their bravery on the frontlines. Over and over, I’ve seen that their role is far broader and far more important. They are groundbreaking journalists whose images document war crimes, violence, and human rights abuses and help bring perpetrators to justice. - David Rohde, Pulitzer Prize winner, The New Yorker Photographers have the most dangerous job in journalism because they have to go where the action is. Their images have deepened understanding and changed perceptions. But the cost has been high. Many have died; others been traumatized; and still others have left the profession, unable to comprehend the world's indifference. Conversations on Conflict Photography allows the photojournalists who bore witness to step out from behind the lens and tell their own stories. We owe it to them to stop and listen. - Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists Conversations on Conflict Photography will no doubt be a go-to book for anyone studying visual journalism. It humanizes what it means to negotiate the business of photographing and reporting on crisis issues by providing a diverse array of viewpoints by many seasoned professionals. - Karen Marshall, Chair of the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program, International Center of Photography Conversations should be read by anyone interested in war and its consequences. It covers the process and danger of being a conflict photographer, the ethics of photographing combatants and victims, and the layered decisions made before distributing such photographs. Lauren Walsh’s essays and interviews are vital additions to the literature. In an age of instant gratification, Walsh insists that readers question their immediate responses to photographs of conflict. - Anne Wilkes Tucker, WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath and Curator Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston In this important and timely book, Walsh guides the reader into the lives and thoughts of key photographers and industry professionals who do so much to shape our understanding of international affairs. Her concise summary of the key questions and challenges of conflict reporting is expanded on by her extensive series of interviews that capture the authoritative and authentic voices of those who act as the conduit through which we experience the lives of others caught up in conflict. - Paul Lowe, Professor of Documentary Photography, University of the Arts London In this era of disinformation, circulation of rumors, and threats to journalism, with a public that exhibits apathy and skepticism related to the infobesity, the work of Lauren Walsh is crucial to defending the ideals of photography. These are not the ideals of sensationalism, not a photography focused on spectacle. Rather, the ideal is a photography that captures the world as it is—an ideal of honesty, of trustworthiness, in photography. A conflict photographer is not defined as somebody who takes pictures of conflict in the field. Rather, the conflict photographer, the photojournalist, is somebody who uses a camera and belongs to the ideal of truth, of capturing the reality. Those people are so precious, and take on such risks, that they have to be protected, if we want human beings to be protected. - Christophe Deloire, Secretary General and Executive Director, Reporters Sans Frontières / Reporters Without BordersThe bravest people in the world, and the foolhardy, are conflict photographers. My basic rule for covering wars is never to accept a ride from a photographer or video journalist: When they hear gunfire, they rush toward it. This book is a collection of interviews with photographers about the work they do, why they do it and the ethical issues they confront — including many of their most searing images. We all owe these photographers a debt for their courage and for forcing us to face the reality and brutality of war. —Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize winner, The New York TimesConversations on Conflict Photography is about the ethics of our work. It’s about imposition and intent. It’s about apathy. It’s about putting your life at risk to tell a story no one may ever see. It’s about the moral imperative of telling the news. –LensCulture[O]ne of the most insightful reads on conflict photojournalism. –Photojournalism Now[O]ffers a real insight into the motivations that drive journalists, as well as the toll their work takes on them.–ProPhotoDaily[A] profound collection of insights and reflections --LSE"Cultural critic, writer and professor Lauren Walsh intrepidly enters the complex terrain of media literacy to deliver a twenty-first century paradigm of photojournalism… Walsh arms her readers with the tools to be engaged critical thinkers and informed global citizens, capable of activating our compassion by accepting our responsibility." – ZEKE, The magazine of global documentaryTable of ContentsForeword by Sebastian JungerIntroductionA Note on the InterviewsA Note on the Nachtwey Photo INTERVIEWSSection 1: Behind the Lens1. Introductory essay: “The World of Conflict Photographers” The Photographers:2. Andrea Bruce3. Marcus Bleasdale4. Susan Meiselas5. Shahidul Alam6. Ron Haviv7. Spencer Platt8. Eman Helal9. Benjamin Lowy10. Nina Berman11. Alexander Joe 12. Laurent Van der Stockt 13. Newsha Tavakolian Section 2: In the Newsroom and Beyond14. Introductory essay: “Industry Practices, Conflict Photography, and Critical Debates” The Photo Editors and Directors of Photography:15. Santiago Lyon, former Vice President and Director of Photography, The Associated Press16. MaryAnne Golon, Assistant Managing Editor and Director of Photography, The Washington Post 17. Aidan Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Verbatim Agency and former Vice President of Photo Assignments, Getty Images 18. Marion Mertens, Senior Digital Editor, Paris Match Section 3: Advocacy and Aid19. Introductory essay: “Photographs of Crisis: Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations” The Human Rights and Humanitarian Agency Representatives:20. Michael Goldfarb, Director of Communications, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-USA21. Peter Bouckaert, former Emergencies Director, Human Rights Watch22. Ellen Tolmie, former Senior Photography Editor, UNICEF Conclusion“Conflict Photography: Looking Ahead”Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisPhotographyâs prominence in the representation and experience of India in contemporary and historical times has not guaranteed it a position of sustained attention in research and scholarship. For a technology as all pervasive as photography, and a country as colossal as India, this scenario is somewhat of an anomaly. Photography in India explores elements of the past, present and future of photography in the context of India through speculation and reflection on photography as an artistic, documentary and everyday practice. The perspectives of writers, theorists, curators and artists are selectively brought to bear upon known as well as previously unseen photographic archives, together with changes in photographic practice that have been synchronous with contemporary Indiaâs rapid urban and rural transformation and the technological shift from chemistry and light to programming and algorithms. Essential reading for anyone interested in Indian photography, thiTrade Review"The diversity and cogency of the arguments and experiences examined in each essay make Photography in India a very welcome read for anyone interested in the subject. This collection of essays offers a refreshing, highly engaging contribution that enriches scholarship in the field of Indian photography."--Visual Studies"This book is a rich resource for anyone interested in photography in India, especially its use in artistic expression and remediation through archives."--South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies"Photography in India is thus a book that surprises with diversity and depth of subject matter, stoking future research interests in various areas."--UnboundTable of ContentsForeword Anna Fox, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK 1. Introduction Aileen Blaney, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, India Part I: Photographic Time and Memory 1. In the Theatre of Memory: The Work of Contemporary Art in the Photographic Archive Raqs Media Collective 2. Lady Harriot Dufferin’s Indian Album: ‘My First Efforts in Photography, 1886’ Denise A. Wilson 3. Itinerant Photography: Medium and Translation in the work of Imran Channa Zahid Chaudhary 4. Images of Deaths and Marriages: Syrian Christian Family Albums and Oral Histories in Kerala Pooja Sagar 5. All ‘Dressed Up’: Costume, Fashion and Identity in the Photographs of Homai Vyarawalla Sabeena Gadihoke 6. Putting Women in the Picture: The Role of Photography in Mobilizing Support for the Indian Emergency (1975-77) Gemma Scott 7. Copying and De-synchronizing: Performing the Past in Contemporary Indian Photography.Christopher Pinney Part II: Photographies in Contemporary India 8. Photography at the Edge of Representation?: Rethinking Photographs of Rural India Kathleen L. Wyma 9. Interrogating ‘Credible Chhattisgarh’: Photography and the Construction of a New Indian State Avrati Bhatnagar 10. Silenced Ruptures, Images from 2002 Gujarat Riots Chinar Shah 11. Satellite Images in India: Remotely Sensed and Ambiguously Accessed Muthatha Ramanathan 12. The Self Is as the Selfie Does: Three Propositions for the Selfie in the Digital Turn Nishant Shah 13. The Unfolding of the Networked Image: An Oscillation between a Simple Visibility and an Invisible Complexity Fabien Charuau 14. Post-Photography and Missing Images Joan Fontcuberta, Translation by Ana Mahé Afterword Fred Richin

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Book SynopsisLindsay Kelley is a practicing artist and Associate Lecturer at the School of Art & Design, University of New South Wales, Australia.Trade ReviewBioart Kitchen plays with the industrial food system – taking familiar products off the shelf and making them strange. Chicken soup, Coke, peanut butter, canned food and corn syrup will never taste the same. Kelley’s collection of recipes brings feminist sensibilities to home economics – showing how the kitchen has long been a space of subversion, performance and innovation. * Eben Kirksey, Australian Research Council Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia and author of Emergent Ecologies (2015) *This fascinating tome mixes appliance lore, technological food scares, feminist fists raised in protest, artists’ pot lucks and the Neiman Marcus cafeteria into its eclectic “menu”! Read it, study it, learn from it. This important read adds to a growing shelf of books that show how earlier feminist art set the stage for younger artists today engaged with social justice, food and eating. * Linda Mary Montano, performance artist based in the USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: What is Food? 1. Subject P: Embodying Home Economics Home economics origins of public amateurisms now active in bioart engagements with food and eating 2. Chicken Heart Soup Early tissue culture work in laboratories and speculative fiction; the animal body in pieces 3. Domestic Computing Kitchen as laboratory, recipe as data point, woman as computer 4. Semiotics of the Kitchen: Feminist Food Art Locating a performance politics of food and eating in feminist art of the 1970s 5. DIY Coke Industrial interventions, kits, and critical approaches to processed food 6. Meat Culture In vitro meat and the victimless utopias of the Tissue Culture & Art Project 7. Public Amateurism Critical Art Ensemble’s Free Range Grain and the risks of learning in public 8. Cookbook The cookbook form as political critique 9. Carnal Light With Eva Hayward. Eduardo Kac’s GFP Bunny, invisible jellyfish bodies, and somalumenal encounters 10. Digesting Wetlands Natalie Jeremijenko’s Cross(x)Species Adventure Club, molecular gastronomy, and the human microbiome imaginary 11. Plumpiñon Recipe for reciprocal capture among people, trees, and starvation foods 12. Dysphagiac Eating without swallowing: feeding the tube

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Book SynopsisWhat Cinema Is! offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin'sfamous question, exploring his 'idea of cinema' with a sweepinglook back at the near century of Cinema's phenomenal ascendancy.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prologue: The Target of Film Theory xiii 1 The Camera Searching in the World 1 Is a Camera Essential? 1 The Cahiers Axiom 4 Tracing Bazin’s Trace 11 Images Contested Today 17 2 The Editor’s Discovery of Form 29 Bazin’s Forerunners 31 Documentaries in the Cauldron of History 37 The Cahiers Line 42 Pursuing Cinema in the Twenty-First Century 48 3 The Projector as Spectator’s Searchlight 66 The Power of Projection 69 Opening the Screen’s Dimensions 74 Frame as Threshold 79 Writing out of the Frame 90 4 The Evolution of the Subjects of Cinema 98 Modern Film: Between Classic and Avant-Garde 99 The Ontogeny of Cinema 110 Credits and Auteurs: An Ecology of Adaptation 123 Fidelity: The Economy of Adaptation 129 Index 147

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approaches to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. It is an indispensable reference for art historians, museum curators, and art and culture lovers.Trade Review"This account captures a fresh, multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in our society. It expands museum studies and presents a wide range of theoretical perspectives. The essays examine the complexity of the museum from cultural, political governance, curatorial, historical, and representational perspectives, Sharon Macdonald is the author and Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester." (Neopoprealism Journal, 24 November 2011) “The collection is not primarily a compendium of the work of ethnographers. The group of scholars Macdonald brought together reflects the current makeup of museum studies as an interdisciplinary endeavor.” (Museum Anthropology, April 2009) A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007 "Required reading for museum professionals and scholars in museum studies, art and cultural history, sociology of art, and anthropology ... The text is rich in information and diverse in perspectives; it both introduces and complicates in an intriguing and necessary way what we 'know' about museums ... Essential." (Choice) “This is a wonderfully comprehensive collection of essays, offering diverse perspectives, covering all aspects of the museum profession, and addressing contemporary and historical discourse … It really is the best compendium I’ve read in years.” (Museums Australia)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xii Acknowledgments xix Bibliographical Note xx 1 Expanding Museum Studies: An Introduction 1 Sharon Macdonald Part I Perspectives, Disciplines, Concepts 13 Introduction 14 2 Cultural Theory and Museum Studies 17 Rhiannon Mason 3 Sociology and the Social Aspects of Museums 33 Gordon Fyfe 4 Art History and Museology: Rendering the Visible Legible 50 Donald Preziosi 5 Museums and Anthropologies: Practices and Narratives 64 Anthony Alan Shelton 6 Collecting Practices 81 Sharon Macdonald 7 The Conundrum of Ephemerality: Time, Memory, and Museums 98 Susan A. Crane Part II Histories, Heritage, Identities 111 Introduction 112 8 The Origins of the Public Museum 115 Jeffrey Abt 9 World Fairs and Museums 135 Robert W. Rydell 10 Making and Remaking National Identities 152 Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan 11 Museums and Community 170 Elizabeth Crooke 12 Re-staging Histories and Identities 186 Rosmarie Beier-de Haan 13 Heritage 198 Steven Hoelscher Part III Architecture, Space, Media 219 Introduction 220 14 Museum Architecture: A Brief History 223 Michaela Giebelhausen 15 Insight versus Entertainment: Untimely Meditations on the Architecture of Twentieth-century Art Museums 245 Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani 16 Civic Seeing: Museums and the Organization of Vision 263 Tony Bennett 17 Space Syntax: The Language of Museum Space 282 Bill Hillier and Kali Tzortzi 18 New Media 302 Michelle Henning Part IV Visitors, Learning, Interacting 319 Introduction 320 19 Living in a Learning Society: Museums and Free-choice Learning 323 John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking, and Marianna Adams 20 Museum Education 340 George E. Hein 21 Interactivity: Thinking Beyond 353 Andrea Witcomb 22 Studying Visitors 362 Eilean Hooper-Greenhill Part V Globalization, Profession, Practice 377 Introduction 378 23 Globalization: Incorporating the Museum 381 Mark W. Rectanus 24 Cultural Economics 398 Bruno S. Frey and Stephan Meier 25 The Museum Profession 415 Patrick J. Boylan 26 Museum Ethics 431 Tristram Besterman 27 Museum Practice: Legal Issues 442 Patty Gerstenblith 28 Non-Western Models of Museums and Curation in Cross-cultural Perspective 457 Christina Kreps Part VI Culture Wars, Transformations, Futures 473 Introduction 474 29 Incivilities in Civil(-ized) Places: "Culture Wars" in Comparative Perspective 477 Steven C. Dubin 30 Science Museums and the Culture Wars 494 Steven Conn 31 Postmodern Restructurings 509 Nick Prior 32 Exposing the Public 525 Mieke Bal 33 The Future of the Museum 543 Charles Saumarez Smith Index 555

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Book SynopsisThis Volume illuminates the notion of meaning in the arts-in literature, painting, music, and dance. Specific topics include theory in the arts; interpretations of meaning; objectivity in meaning; and the consumer as a participant in art. Brings together articles from prominent philosophers and practitioners of the arts, which illuminate the notion of meaning in the arts. Addresses meaning in literature, painting, music, and dance. Explores the relationship between authorial intentions and the viewer''s interpretation of meaning; the possibility (or impossibility) of objective meaning; and the role of the consumer as a participant in the work of art. Table of Contents1. Ode to Meaning: Robert Pinsky (Boston University). 2. Resurrecting the Author: Nicholas Wolterstorff (Yale University). 3. Meaning in the Work of Art: A Hermeneutic Perspective: Charles Guignon (University of South Florida). 4. Words for the Wordless: D.Z. Philips (Claremont Graduate University). 5. Musical Thinking: Jerrold Levinson (University of Maryland). 6. Is Twelve-Tone Music Artistically Defective?: Diana Raffman (Ohio State University). 7. Self-Mutilation, Interpretation, and Controversial Art: Jill Sigman (Artistic Director, jillsigman/thinkdance, New York City). 8. Time in Movies: Gideon Yaffe (University of Southern California). 9. Philosophy Screened: Experiencing The Matrix: Tom Wartenberg (Mount Holyoke College). 10. The Self-Disarmament of God As Evolutionary Pre-Adaption: Jack Miles (Getty Research Institute). Midwest Studies in Philosophy 1976-2005. Contributors

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Book SynopsisElaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art, and between different artistic disciplines. This book offers a view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood.Trade Review"David Davies’s Art as Performance is itself quite a performance. While agreeing with aesthetic contextualism’s rejection of empiricism in aesthetics, it presents a sophisticated and ingenious critique of, and alternative to, even the most enlightened contextualism about the nature, ontology, and value of art, holding that artworks are, all of them, performances by artists, rather than objects made by artists. Davies’s arguments will require, and will richly reward, the most careful attention from his fellow aestheticians." Jerrold Levinson, University of Maryland "David Davies brings philosophical rigor and fine-grained analytical reasoning to live and pressing debates about the fundamental nature of art. He offers a striking and original thesis as well as an illuminating presentation of the issues. A compelling performance!" Peter Lamarque, University of YorkTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction:. Challenges to Aesthetic Empiricism. Methodological Interlude: The ‘Pragmatic Constraint’ on the Ontology of Art. Aesthetic Empiricism and the Philosophy of Art. 2. Aesthetic Empiricism:. Indirect Arguments Against Aesthetic Empiricism. 3. The Fine Structure of the Focus of Appreciation:. The Structure of the Focus of Appreciation. 4. The Artwork as Performance: An Argument from Artistic Intentions:. Overview. The Bearing of Provenance on Work and Focus. Artistic Intentions and the Ontology of Art. Interpretation and Intention. A Role for Actual Intentions. Ontological Implications. Conclusions. 5. Provenance, Modality, and the Identity of the Artwork:. Preliminaries. 6. Artwork, Action, and Performance. 7. Art as Performance:. Elaborating the Performance Theory. Structure and Focus. Heuristics and the Individuation of Artworks. Work-Constitution and Modality on the Performance Theory. Performances, Actions, and Doings. 8. Revisionism and Modernism Revisited. 9. Performance as Art. 10. Defining ‘Art’ as Performance, and the Values of Art:. Notes Towards a Definition of ‘Art’. The Values of Art. Conclusions: The Case Against Contextualism. References. Index

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Book SynopsisEdges of Empire is a timely reassessment of the history and legacy of Orientalist art and visual culture through its focus on the intersection between modernization, modernism and Orientalism. Covers indigenous art and agency, contemporary practices of collection and display, and a survey of key Orientalist tropes Contains original essays on new perspectives for scholars and students of art history, architecture, museum studies and cultural and postcolonial studies Highlights contested identities and new definitions of self through topics such as 19th century monuments to Empire, cultural cross-dressing, performance and display at the international exhibitions, and contemporary museological practice. Trade Review"A pioneering collection of essays that offers a truly transnational approach to cross-cultural exchange. With great clarity and imagination, Edges of Empire forces us to re-think Orientalism both historically and politically." Michael Hatt, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Visualising Culture across the Edges of Empire. (Mary Roberts and Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones). 1. Commemorating the Empire: From Algiers to Damascus. (Zeynep Çelik). 2. Out of the Earth, Egypt's Statue of Liberty?. (Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby). 3. Cultural Crossings: Sartorial Adventures, Satiric Narratives and the Question of Indigenous Agency in Nineteenth-Century Europe and the Near East. (Mary Roberts). 4. "Oriental" Femininity as Cultural Commodity: Authorship, Authority and Authenticity. (Reina Lewis). 5. The Sweet Waters of Asia: Representing Difference/Differencing Representation in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul. (Frederick N. Bohrer). 6. The Work of Translation: Turkish Modernism and the "Generation of 1914". (Alastair Wright). 7. Stolen or Shared: Ancient Egypt at the Petrie Museum. (Sally MacDonald). 8. Andalusia in the Time of the Moors: Regret and Colonial Presence in Paris, 1900. (Roger Benjamin). Bibliography (Hannah Williams). Index.

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Book SynopsisEdges of Empire is a timely reassessment of the history and legacy of Orientalist art and visual culture through its focus on the intersection between modernization, modernism and Orientalism. Covers indigenous art and agency, contemporary practices of collection and display, and a survey of key Orientalist tropes Contains original essays on new perspectives for scholars and students of art history, architecture, museum studies and cultural and postcolonial studies Highlights contested identities and new definitions of self through topics such as 19th century monuments to Empire, cultural cross-dressing, performance and display at the international exhibitions, and contemporary museological practice. Trade Review"A pioneering collection of essays that offers a truly transnational approach to cross-cultural exchange. With great clarity and imagination, Edges of Empire forces us to re-think Orientalism both historically and politically." Michael Hatt, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Visualising Culture across the Edges of Empire. (Mary Roberts and Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones). 1. Commemorating the Empire: From Algiers to Damascus. (Zeynep Çelik). 2. Out of the Earth, Egypt's Statue of Liberty?. (Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby). 3. Cultural Crossings: Sartorial Adventures, Satiric Narratives and the Question of Indigenous Agency in Nineteenth-Century Europe and the Near East. (Mary Roberts). 4. "Oriental" Femininity as Cultural Commodity: Authorship, Authority and Authenticity. (Reina Lewis). 5. The Sweet Waters of Asia: Representing Difference/Differencing Representation in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul. (Frederick N. Bohrer). 6. The Work of Translation: Turkish Modernism and the "Generation of 1914". (Alastair Wright). 7. Stolen or Shared: Ancient Egypt at the Petrie Museum. (Sally MacDonald). 8. Andalusia in the Time of the Moors: Regret and Colonial Presence in Paris, 1900. (Roger Benjamin). Bibliography (Hannah Williams). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary volume explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people. Ranges over the fields of religious, military, and political history, archaeology, architecture and urban planning, the visual arts, and literary, film, theatre and cultural studies.Trade Review“This is reception criticism at its best … Caesar does not invite but rather demands reaction and reflection, a demand admirably met in this collection. Important, influential, and timely deployments of Caesar’s legacy are creatively analyzed here, in essays none of which (I am pleased to say) is afraid of speaking its mind.” W. Jeffrey Tatum, Florida State University “An exciting collection of papers by a truly international team of scholars. This richly illustrated and documented volume explores the significance of Caesar’s memory in the discourses of art, literature, nationalism, and empire.” Christina S. Kraus, Yale University "A fascinating read which should appeal to a wide variety of readers not just in the classics, but throughout the humanities." Bryn Mawr Classical Review "There is a remarkable diversity of discipline and methodology – not to mention nationality – on display here, and it reflects well on (Wykes’) choice of contributors and unintrusive editorial style." Llewelyn Morgan, Brasenose College, Oxford "Appealing both to a reader possibly unfamiliar with the material, but also being of much interest to fellow specialists in this field." Scholia ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Notes on Comntributors. Preface and Acknowledgements. Part I Introduction. 1. Judging Julius Caesar. Christopher Pelling. Part II Literary Characterization. 2. The Earliest Depiction of Caesar and the Later Tradition. Mark Toher. 3. Caesar, Lucan's Bellum Civile,and their Reception. Christine Walde. 4. Julian Augustus' Julius Caesar. Jacqueline Long. Part III The City of Rome. 5. The Seat and Memory of Power: Caesar's Curia and Forum. Riccardo Valenzani. 6. St Peter's Needle and the Ashes of Julius Caesar. John Osborne. 7. Julius II as Second Caesar. Nicholas Temple. Part IV Nationalism and Statecraft. 8. Imitation Gone Wrong: The "Pestilentially Ambitious" Figure of Julius Caesar in Montaigne's Essais. Louisa Mackenzie. 9. Manifest Destiny and the Eclipse of Julius Caesar. Margaret Malamud. 10. Caesar, Cinema, and National Identity in the 1910s. Maria Wyke. 11. Caesar the Foe: Roman Conquest and National Resistance in Freanch Popular Culture. in Fascist Italy. Giuseppe Pucci. Part V Theatrical Performance. 12. Julius Caesar and the Democracy to Come. Nicholas Royle. 13. Shaw's Caesars. Niall Slater. 14. The Rhetoric of Romanita: Representations of Caesar in Fascist Theatre. Jane Dunnett. Part VI Warfare and Revolution. 15. From "Capitano" to "Great Commander": The Military Reception of Caesar from the Sisteenth to the Twentieth Centuries. Jorit Wintjes. 16. Crossing the Rubicon into Paris: Caesarian Comparisons from Napoleon to de Gaulle. Oliver Benjamin Hemmerle. Afterword. 17. A Twenty-First-Century Caesar. Maria Wyke. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics, Christian Wenzel discusses and demystifies Kant''s Critique of the Power of Judgment, guiding the reader each step of the way and placing key points of discussion in the context of Kant''s other work. Explains difficult concepts in plain language, using numerous examples and a helpful glossary. Proceeds in the same order as Kant''s text for ease of reference and comprehension. Includes an illuminating foreword by Henry E. Allison. Offers twenty-six further-reading sections, commenting briefly on books and articles from the English, German, and French, that are relevant for each topic Provides an extensive bibliography and a chapter summarizing Kant''s main points. Trade Review"As an overall assessment, then, this is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and meticulous "guides" to Kant's aesthetic theory. Even though Wenzel clearly adopts a slightly different approach to Kant's aesthetic theory than this reviewer, this book is probably the best introductory volume currently available." Elisabeth Shellekens, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism "In sum, I highly recommend this book to students and scholars with some familiarity with Kant and the “Critique of Aesthetic Judgment.” This book will surely deepen their understanding of Kant." Kenneth F. Rogerson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews “Wenzel’s book is an invaluable aid for all serious students of Kant’s third Critique. The reconstruction of arguments is clear and concise; the annotated bibliography is remarkably knowledgeable and helpful.” Karl Ameriks, University of Notre Dame “This volume will be indispensable to any new reader of Kant's third Critique who seeks illumination of its key concepts, insights into its philosophical context, and guidance for further study.” Eckart Förster, Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of ContentsForeword by Henry E. Allison viii Acknowledgments xi About This Book xii Note on the Translation xiv Introduction 1 The Aesthetic Dimension Between Subject and Object 1 The Meaning of “Aesthetic” 4 Categories as a Guide 8 The “Moments” of a Judgment of Taste 13 1 Disinterestedness: First Moment 19 Disinterestedness as a Subjective Criterion 19 Three Kinds of Satisfaction: Agreeable, Beautiful, Good 23 2 Universality: Second Moment 27 The Argument from Self-Reflection: Private, Public, Universal 27 Subjective Universality 31 A Case of Transcendental Logic 35 Singular “but” Universal 39 How to Read Section 9 46 3 Purposiveness: Third Moment 54 Purpose without Will, Purposiveness without Purpose 54 Purposiveness and Form: Charm versus Euler 60 Of “Greatest Importance”: Beauty and Perfection 65 Beauty: Free, Dependent, and Ideal 69 4 Necessity: Fourth Moment 77 Exemplary Necessity 77 Kant’s Interpretation of the sensus communis 81 The Deduction 86 5 Fine Art, Nature, and Genius 94 Fine Art and Why It Must Seem like Nature 94 Genius and Taste 98 Genius and Aesthetic Ideas 101 6 Beyond Beauty 106 The Sublime 106 Beauty as the Symbol of Morality 113 The Analytic, the Dialectic, and the Supersensible 120 7 Two Challenges 128 Can Kant’s Aesthetics Account for the Ugly? 128 Can there be Beauty and Genius in Mathematics? 133 Summary and Overview 141 Before Kant 141 Kant’s Aesthetics 142 After Kant 146 Glossary 149 Bibliography 157 Index 171

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Book SynopsisIn An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics, Christian Wenzel discusses and demystifies Kant''s Critique of the Power of Judgment, guiding the reader each step of the way and placing key points of discussion in the context of Kant''s other work. Explains difficult concepts in plain language, using numerous examples and a helpful glossary. Proceeds in the same order as Kant''s text for ease of reference and comprehension. Includes an illuminating foreword by Henry E. Allison. Offers twenty-six further-reading sections, commenting briefly on books and articles from the English, German, and French, that are relevant for each topic Provides an extensive bibliography and a chapter summarizing Kant''s main points. Trade Review"As an overall assessment, then, this is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and meticulous "guides" to Kant's aesthetic theory. Even though Wenzel clearly adopts a slightly different approach to Kant's aesthetic theory than this reviewer, this book is probably the best introductory volume currently available." Elisabeth Shellekens, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism "In sum, I highly recommend this book to students and scholars with some familiarity with Kant and the “Critique of Aesthetic Judgment.” This book will surely deepen their understanding of Kant." Kenneth F. Rogerson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews “Wenzel’s book is an invaluable aid for all serious students of Kant’s third Critique. The reconstruction of arguments is clear and concise; the annotated bibliography is remarkably knowledgeable and helpful.” Karl Ameriks, University of Notre Dame “This volume will be indispensable to any new reader of Kant's third Critique who seeks illumination of its key concepts, insights into its philosophical context, and guidance for further study.” Eckart Förster, Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of ContentsForeword by Henry E. Allison viii Acknowledgments xi About This Book xii Note on the Translation xiv Introduction 1 The Aesthetic Dimension Between Subject and Object 1 The Meaning of “Aesthetic” 4 Categories as a Guide 8 The “Moments” of a Judgment of Taste 13 1 Disinterestedness: First Moment 19 Disinterestedness as a Subjective Criterion 19 Three Kinds of Satisfaction: Agreeable, Beautiful, Good 23 2 Universality: Second Moment 27 The Argument from Self-Reflection: Private, Public, Universal 27 Subjective Universality 31 A Case of Transcendental Logic 35 Singular “but” Universal 39 How to Read Section 9 46 3 Purposiveness: Third Moment 54 Purpose without Will, Purposiveness without Purpose 54 Purposiveness and Form: Charm versus Euler 60 Of “Greatest Importance”: Beauty and Perfection 65 Beauty: Free, Dependent, and Ideal 69 4 Necessity: Fourth Moment 77 Exemplary Necessity 77 Kant’s Interpretation of the sensus communis 81 The Deduction 86 5 Fine Art, Nature, and Genius 94 Fine Art and Why It Must Seem like Nature 94 Genius and Taste 98 Genius and Aesthetic Ideas 101 6 Beyond Beauty 106 The Sublime 106 Beauty as the Symbol of Morality 113 The Analytic, the Dialectic, and the Supersensible 120 7 Two Challenges 128 Can Kant’s Aesthetics Account for the Ugly? 128 Can there be Beauty and Genius in Mathematics? 133 Summary and Overview 141 Before Kant 141 Kant’s Aesthetics 142 After Kant 146 Glossary 149 Bibliography 157 Index 171

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Book SynopsisMaterial Identities examines the way that individuals use material objects as tools for projecting aspects of their identities. Considers the way identity is fashioned, launched, used, and admired in the material world. Contributors intervene from the disciplines of art history, anthropology, design and material culture.Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface. List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Materiality and Identity (Joanna Sofaer). PART I: PROJECTING IDENTITIES. 1. Mai/Omai in London and the South Pacific: Perfomativity, Cultural Entanglement, and Indigenous Appropriation (Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones). 2. Projecting Identities in the Greek Symposion (Robin Osborne). PART II: MATERIAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS. 3. Bernini Struts (Michael Cole). 4. Architectural Style and Identity in Egypt (Doris Behrens-Abouseif). 5. Identifying the Body: Representing Self. Art, Ornamentation and the Body In Later Prehistoric Europe (Fay Stevens). PART III: POLITICS AND IDENTITY. 6. Aristocratic Identity: Regency Furniture and the Egyptian Revival Style (Abigail Harrison-Moore). 7. Architecture, Power, and Politics: The Forum-Basilica in Roman Britain (Louise Revell). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisPsychoanalysis and the Image brings together an influential team of international scholars who demonstrate innovative ways to apply psychoanalytical resources in the study of international modern art and visual representation. Examines psychoanalytic concepts, values, debates and controversies that have been hallmarks of visual representation in the modern and contemporary periods Covers topics including melancholia, sex, and pathology to the body, and parent-child relations Advances theoretical debates in art history while offering substantive analyses of significant bodies of twentieth century art Edited by internationally renowned art historian Griselda Pollock. Trade Review"With greater clarity than ever, this book articulates the relevance of psychoanalysis for art historical interpretation. The result is a work that must necessarily figure in method and theory courses from now on." Keith Moxey, Barnard College, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures. Notes on Contributers. Series Editor's Preface. Preface. 1. The Image in Psychoanalysis and the Archaeological Metaphor. (Griselda Pollock). 2. Dreaming Art. (Mieke Bal). 3. Fascinance and the Girl-to-m/Other Matrixial Feminine Difference. (Brache L. Ettinger). 4. Melancholia and Cezanne's Portraits: Faces beyond the Mirror. (Young-Paik Chun). 5. Yayoi Kusama between Abstraction and Pathology. (Izumi Nakajime). 6. Diaspora without Resistance? Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's DICTEE and the Law of Genre. (Karyne Ball). 7. Fragment(s) of an Analysis: Chantal Akerman's News from Home (or a Mother-Daughter Tale of Two Cities). (Adriana Cerne). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisPsychoanalysis and the Image brings together an influential team of international scholars who demonstrate innovative ways to apply psychoanalytical resources in the study of international modern art and visual representation. Examines psychoanalytic concepts, values, debates and controversies that have been hallmarks of visual representation in the modern and contemporary periods Covers topics including melancholia, sex, and pathology to the body, and parent-child relations Advances theoretical debates in art history while offering substantive analyses of significant bodies of twentieth century art Edited by internationally renowned art historian Griselda Pollock. Trade Review"With greater clarity than ever, this book articulates the relevance of psychoanalysis for art historical interpretation. The result is a work that must necessarily figure in method and theory courses from now on." Keith Moxey, Barnard College, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures. Notes on Contributers. Series Editor's Preface. Preface. 1. The Image in Psychoanalysis and the Archaeological Metaphor. (Griselda Pollock). 2. Dreaming Art. (Mieke Bal). 3. Fascinance and the Girl-to-m/Other Matrixial Feminine Difference. (Brache L. Ettinger). 4. Melancholia and Cezanne's Portraits: Faces beyond the Mirror. (Young-Paik Chun). 5. Yayoi Kusama between Abstraction and Pathology. (Izumi Nakajime). 6. Diaspora without Resistance? Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's DICTEE and the Law of Genre. (Karyne Ball). 7. Fragment(s) of an Analysis: Chantal Akerman's News from Home (or a Mother-Daughter Tale of Two Cities). (Adriana Cerne). Bibliography. Index.

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Book Synopsis* Features a grand survey of the historical, social, and aesthetic issues relevant to the development of contemporary art since 1945. * Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field.Trade Review"This Companion represents a move away from the more traditionally conceived broad surveys of contemporary art available to date, and is refreshing in its innovative approach to this complex subject ... essential reading for students and scholars of contemporary art history, visual culture, and visual theory, and general readers just wishing to develop their understanding of this complex subject." Reference Reviews “Provocative, wide-ranging, and impressively inclusive…a welcome and important addition for the understanding of the art of our historical present and a boon companion for the general reader, the artist, the student, the art historian and the critic alike.” Abigail Solomon-Godeau, University of California, Santa Barbara “By keeping its finger on the pulse of the present, while commenting on the recent past, this book reminds us why contemporary art, and contemporary art history, matters." Geoffrey Batchen, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsList of Figures ix Notes on Contributors xiv Series Editor’s Preface xviii Acknowledgments xix Part I: Introduction 1 1 Writing Contemporary Art into History, a Paradox? 3Amelia Jones Part II: Decades 171945–60 2 “America” and its Discontents: Art and Politics 1945–60 19Gavin Butt1960–70 3 The 1960s: A Decade Out-of-Bounds 38Anna Dezeuze1970–80 4 “I’m sort of sliding around in place . . . ummm . . .”: Art in the 1970s 60Sam Gathercole1980–90 5 Pictures and Positions in the 1980s 83Howard Singerman1990–2005 6 1990–2005: In the Clutches of Time 107Henry M. Sayre Part III: Aesthetics 125Formalism7 Form and Formless 127Caroline A. JonesArt as Idea8 Re-Thinking the “Duchamp Effect” 145David HopkinsBeauty9 Regarding Beauty 164Margaret Morgan Part IV: Politics 189Avant-Garde 10 Avant-Garde: A Historiography of a Critical Concept 191Johanne LamoureuxActivism11 Facture for Change: US Activist Art since 1950 212Jennifer González and Adrienne PosnerCulture Wars12 “The Senators Were Revolted”: Homophobia and the Culture Wars 231Jonathan D. KatzArt and Its Public(s)13 Crowds and Connoisseurs: Art and the Public Sphere in America 249Grant Kester Part V: Identity/Subjectivity 269The Artist14 The Writerly Artist: Beautiful, Boring, and Blue 271Carol MavorDiaspora15 Diaspora: Multiple Practices, Multiple Worldviews 296Steven NelsonFeminism16 Power and Pleasure: Feminist Art Practice and Theory in the United States and Britain 317Laura MeyerQueer17 Queer Wallpaper 343Jennifer DoyleRace/Ethnicity18 Implications of Blackness in Contemporary Art 356Pauline de SouzaEmbodiment19 The Paradoxical Bodies of Contemporary Art 378Christine Ross Part VI: Methods/Theories 401Marxism20 A Shadow of Marx 403Neil Cummings and Marysia LewandowskaPoststructuralism21 Poststructuralism and Contemporary Art, Past, Present, Future . . . 424Sarah WilsonPostcolonial Theory22 “Fragments of Collapsing Space”: Postcolonial Theory and Contemporary Art 450Mark CrinsonVisual Culture23 Visual Culture Studies: Questions of History, Theory, and Practice 470Marquard Smith Part VII: Technology 491Mass Culture, High/Low24 “That’s All Folks”: Contemporary Art and Popular Culture 493Nick MirzoeffPhotography/Index25 Image + Text: Reconsidering Photography in Contemporary Art 512Liz KotzSpectacle/Appropriation26 Imagine There’s No Image (It’s Easy If You Try): Appropriation in the Age of Digital Reproduction 534Dore BowenDigital Media27 “Life-like”: Historicizing Process and Responsiveness in Digital Art 557María Fernández Index 582

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Book Synopsis* A collection of essays reflecting on the influence of Stephen Bann on the fields of visual studies, art history and cultural history. * Written by a distinguished group of eminent scholars. * Engages with a wide range of subjects from French art and architecture to histories of the garden and painting in China.Table of ContentsIntroduction: About Stephen Bann: Deborah Cherry. Let There Be Irony: Cultural History And Media Archaeology In Parallel Lines: Wolfgang Ernst. Unfurled: Michael Fried. Re-Reading Inscriptions In Chinese Scroll Painting: The Eleventh To The Fourteenth Centuries: Zhang Hongxing. The Imaginative Dimension Of An Early Eighteenth-Century Garden: Wentworth Castle: Michael Charlesworth. Poem Prints. Faith In Materials: Christ Giving The Keys To Saint Peter By Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Susan L. Siegfried. Giving Up On History? Challenges To The Hierarchy Of The Genres In Early Nineteenth-Century France: Paul Duro. Henri Labrouste And The Lure Of The Real: Romanticism, Rationalism And The Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve: Martin Bressani And Marc Grignon. Something Is Happening: Richard Shiff. Le Voyageur: The Perfect Traveller: Jean Louis Schefer. Stephen Bann Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisFrom Plato''s Ion to works by contemporary philosophers, this anthology showcases classic texts to illuminate the development of philosophical thought about art and the aesthetic. This volume is the most comprehensive collection of readings on aesthetics and the philosophy of art currently available. Brings together the most significant writings in aesthetics and philosophy of art from the past 2500 years Each section includes a useful introductory essay which provides an overview of developments in the field Broken down into three sections: Historical Sources, Modern Theories, and Contemporary Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Thorough, systematic, and flexible, including two alternative tables of contents (historical and topical); an ideal textbook and guide to the field Trade Review"Steven Cahn and Aaron Meskin have put together an unrivalled collection of great work in philosophical aesthetics, encompassing historical sources ranging from Plato to Shaftesbury, modern theories from Schiller to Gadamer, and more recent work covering all the central areas in contemporary aesthetics and philosophy of art. I thoroughly recommend it."—Peter Goldie, University of Manchester "The go-to book for classics in aesthetics from Plato and Aristotle to Adorno and Walton. Balanced and comprehensive, each chapter selected with a keen eye for bringing out enduring themes, this volume is a landmark achievement."—Dominic McIver Lopes, University of British ColumbiaTable of ContentsAesthetics: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Edited by Cahn and Meskin. Preface. Part I: Historical Sources. 1. The Modern System of the Arts: Paul Oskar Kristeller. 2. Ion: Plato. 3. The Republic: Plato. 4. Symposium: Plato. 5. Poetics: Aristotle. 6. Ennead I, vi: Plotinus. 7. Of Music: St. Augustine. 8. On the Reduction of the Arts to Theology: St. Bonaventure. 9. Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times: Third Earl of Shaftesbury. 10. Inquiry into the Origins of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue: Francis Hutcheson. 11. Of the Standard of Taste: David Hume. 12. Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas on the Sublime and the Beautiful: Sir Edmund Burke. 13. Laocoon: Gotthold Lesing. 14. Critique of Judgment: Immanuel Kant. Part II: Modern Theories. 15. Introduction to Modern Theories: Christopher Janaway. 16. Letter of an Aesthetic Education of Man: Friedrich Schiller. 17. Philosophy of Art: Friedrich J.W. Schelling. 18. The Philosophy of Fine Art: Georg W.F. Hegel. 19. The World as Will and Representation: Arthur Schopenhauer. 20. The Beautiful in Music: Eduard Hanslick. 21. The Birth of Tragedy: Friedrich Nietzsche. 22. What is Art?: Leo Tolstoy. 23. ‘Psychical Distance’ as a Factor in Art and as an Aesthetic Principle: Edward Bullough. 24. Art: Clive Bell. 25. Aesthetics: Benedetto Croce. 26. The Principles of Art: R.G. Collingwood. 27. Art as Experience: John Dewey. 28. Feeling and Form: Susanne Langer. 29. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: Walter Benjamin. 30. The Origin of the Work of Art: Martin Heidegger. 31. Aesthetic Theory: Theodor Adorno. 32. Truth and Method: Hans-Georg Gadamer. Part III: Contemporary Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art. 33. Introduction to Contemporary Aesthetics: Susan Feagin and Aaron Meskin. 34. Aesthetic Problems of Modern Philosophy: Stanley Cavell. 35. The Role of Theory in Aesthetics: Morris Weitz. 36. The Artworld: Arthur Danto. 37. What is Art? An Institutional Analysis: George Dickie. 38. When is Art?: Nelson Goodman. 39. Identifying Art: Noel Carroll. 40. The Myth of the Aesthetic Attitude: George Dickie. 41. Art and its Objects: Richard Wollheim. 42. What a Musical Work Is: Jerrold Levinson. 43. Aesthetic Concepts: Frank Sibley. 44. Beauty Restored: Mary Mothersill. 45. Categories of Art: Kendall Walton. 46. Appreciation and the Natural Environment: Allen Carlson. 47. The Intentional Fallacy: W.K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley. 48. The Postulated Author: Critical Monism as a Regulative Ideal: Alexander Nehamas. 49. Art Intention and Conversation: Noel Carroll. 50. The Ethical Criticism of Art: Berys Gaut. 51. Expressive Properties of Art: Guy Sircello. 52. Style and Personality in the Literary Work: Jenefer Robinson. 53. Emotions in the Music: Peter Kivy. 54. Fearing Fictions: Kendall Walton. 55. Oppressive Texts, Resisting Readers and the Gendered Spectator: Mary Devereaux

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a bold look at public art and its populist appeal, offering a more inclusive guide to America''s creative tastes and shared culture. It examines the history of American public art from FDR''s New Deal to Christo''s The Gates and challenges preconceived notions of public art, expanding its definition to include a broader scope of works and concepts. Expands the definition of public art to include sites such as Boston''s Big Dig, Las Vegas'' Treasure Island, and Disney World Offers a refreshing alternative to the traditional rhetoric and criticism surrounding public art Includes insightful analysis of the museum and its role in relation to public art Trade Review"Overall, Public Art is a provocative and impressive study of contemporary public art that is ambitious in its pursuit of populist virtues. ... Knight's book is an excellent example of art-historical scholarship." (The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, January 2010) "[Knight] offers a twenty-first-century definition of public art." (AfterImage, July 2009) "A broad account of public art in the United States, from its history and growth to its current meaning and purpose." (Sculpture Magazine, March 2009) "The thorough bibliography will greatly benefit public art professionals, artists, art historians, and laypersons. Providing a detailed, frank account of public art and viewer agency across the broadest spectrum, Public Art offers insight into works that might be beyond traditional conceptions. By bringing art that is often at the margins to the center, Knight offers fresh ideas on a subject ripe for further discussion. Recommended." (Choice, November 2008) "Cher Krause Knight … focuses on the notion of populist involvement as the yardstick by which to measure public art projects. She touches on well-known moments in the history of public art to illustrate the ways that the public has been variously excluded, humored, harangued, or genuinely integrated into projects. Most interesting are her musings on commercial sites, like Disney’s Magic Kingdom and Las Vegas casinos. In their admittedly pandering capacity for spectacle, she argues, such places include the public in ways that snooty art commissions don't—whatever you say about their aesthetic values." (Public Art Review, Fall 2008)Table of ContentsDedication. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Introduction: A Short History of the United States’ “Official” Public Art. Roosevelt’s New Deal. General Services Administration’s Art-in Architecture Program. National Endowment for the Arts’ Art-in-Public-Places Program. 2. Conventional Wisdom: Populist Intentions within Established Paradigms. Art as Monument, Art as Memorial. Art as Amenity. Art in the Park, Art as the Park. Art as the Agora. Art as Pilgrimage. 3. Culture to Go: From Art World to The World. What Museums Do for Us. My Museum. Education, Outreach, Programming. The Alternative Museum/Alternatives to Museums. 4. Not Quite “Art,” Not Quite “Public”: Lessons from the Private Sector. The Art of Entertainment. This is Special, I am Special. Open Pocketbook, Open Agenda?. Embracing Spectacle. 5. Super Viewer: Increasing Individual Agency on the Public Art Front. Power to the People. Claiming Space and Place. Dig In. 6. Conclusion: Art for All?. The Trouble with (Re)Development. Nonprofits and the Ephemeral Idyll. Back to School. Grieving Loss, Remembering Life. Two Tales in One City. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisA provocative and compelling book that explores the complex relationship between democracy and avant-garde art, offering a surprising new perspective on the critical role that the arts play in democratic governance at home and abroad. Covers a broad range of topics, from disputes over public art, copyright, and obscenity, to the operations of the House Un-American Activities Committee during the Cold War Highlights detailed and at times shocking debates over the role of the rebellious artist within society Trade Review“In a highly original work that is itself often provocative, Levine explores the mutual interactions between democracy and provocative art. The book's strength lies in its insightful reading of these debates in terms of their underlying democratic-theoretical premises. Recommended.” Choice "Yes, democracies need art, especially art they don't like or understand and Caroline Levine's shrewd, eloquent and often entertaining Provoking Democracy tells us why. From the controversies swirling around the defacement of Jacob Epstein’s “Rima” and the demolition of Serra’s “Tilted Arc” to the obscenity trials of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and 2 Live Crew, Levine shows how the avant garde helps defend democracies from its worse excesses--the muting of marginal voices, the oppression of majority rule, and the blind conformism of consensus politics. Indeed Levine is to be commended for negotiating an honorable truce in the culture wars. Her important new work recognizes not just the right but also the obligations of the avant garde to act as a permanent minority working within democratic institutions to ensure a more open and genuinely plural society." Maria DiBattista, Princeton University "Provoking Democracy should be mandatory reading… certainly in college, if not in high school. I think every educator, every superintendent, every school board, should have a copy of this book by their side, should read it, should understand it, should have dialogues about it, should debate it - because ultimately we’re talking about engaging the creative minds of those yet to come." Tony Trupiano (“The Tony Trupiano Show”) "In these increasingly barbarous times, it is good and refreshing to see work that stands up for the provocative - and potentially emancipatory - powers of the arts. Caroline Levine's wide-ranging and serious engagement with the question of how the arts might provoke or even promote democracy, and her realisation that this question is itself fundamental for us, is a timely and much-needed rejoinder to the brutish dimensions of contemporary polities." Thomas Docherty, University of Warwick (author of Aesthetic Democracy) "Caroline Levine’s Provoking Democracy gives an extremely compelling account of how Anglo-American law has, in counterintuitive ways, supported “avant garde” art, and why Anglo-American democracies depend, in turn, upon such art, which provides a dissident voice that pluralism and an orientation towards the future demand. Covering a broad range of topics, from public involvement in decisions about whether particular pieces of art should be displayed, to the operations of the House Un-American Activities Committee during the Cold War, to the role of originality in judicial determinations of what counts as art, Levine’s book furnishes ingenious readings of the dynamic interplay between particular figures and events. In the course of reading Provoking Democracy, one is shocked at how the CIA secretly funded the work of Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock to promote the ideal of American freedom internationally at the same time as American publics and media reviled his painting, but one also laughs at how customs officials categorized Constantin Brancusi’s sculpture “Bird” as a kitchen implement. All of these revelations are conveyed in a pellucid and gripping narrative style. Provoking Democracy is a book that anyone interested in democracy or the arts simply must read." Bernadette Meyler, Cornell University Law School “Levine is adept at selecting eye-catching instances revealing of the paradoxes that she argues are at the heart of liberal democracy itself.” Times Higher Education "This is an impressively researched and well-referenced book." Arts Professional “Impressively researched and well-referenced … .Connects grand theories … to everyday experiences of the arts. Valuable for both policy-makers, and more general readerships." Demos.co.ukTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Democracy Meets the Avant-Garde. 2. The People v. the Arts. 3. Propaganda for Democracy: The Avant-Garde Goes to War. 4. Obscenity and the Democratization of Culture. 5. Originality on Trial. Conclusion: Artists, Academic Writing, and the Classroom. Notes. Index. .

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Book SynopsisIn Julius Caesar's final years, the city of Rome is steeped in power, greed, betrayal, and political intrigue. Few periods of human history reverberate through popular culture in the twenty-first century like that of ancient Rome - especially the turbulent years leading up to Caesar's death in 44 BC.Trade Review"Due to the wide range of subject matter, nearly every serious fan of ancient Rome will find something that piques their interest, if not something they wish to share with their students. The clear prose of all the authors-there is no getting bogged down in excessive film criticism jargon-and the copious notes make this collection useful on its own or as a springboard for further investigations." (The Classical Outlook, Spring 2009)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Episode Guide. Introduction (Monica S. Cyrino). 1 Televising Antiquity: From You Are There to Rome (Jon Solomon). 2 Making History in Rome: Ancient vs. Modern Perspectives (W. Jeffrey Tatum). 3 What I Learned as an Historical Consultant for Rome (Kristina Milnor). 4 Rome’s Opening Titles: Triumph, Spectacle and Desire (Holly Haynes). 5 The Fog of War: The Army in Rome (Lee L. Brice). 6 Caesar’s Soldiers: The Pietas of Vorenus & Pullo (Brian Cooke). 7 Becoming Augustus: The Education of Octavian (Barbara Weiden Boyd). 8 "Not Some Cheap Murder": Caesar’s Assassination (Alison Futrell). 9 Women’s Politics in the Streets of Rome (Antony Augoustakis). 10 Atia and the Erotics of Authority (Monica S. Cyrino). 11 Her First Roman: A Cleopatra for Rome (Gregory N. Daugherty). 12 Gowns and Gossip: Gender and Class Struggle in Rome (Margaret M. Toscano). 13 The Gender Gap: Religious Spaces in Rome (J. Mira Seo). 14 Staging Interiors in Rome's Villas (Alena Allen). 15 Latin in the Movies and Rome (Ward Briggs). 16 Spectacle of Sex: Bodies on Display in Rome (Stacie Raucci). 17 Vice is Nice: Rome and Deviant Sexuality (Anise K. Strong). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisGlobal Visual Cultures is a definitive anthology that provides a new and groundbreaking perspective on the field, and addresses multiple interpretations of the visual, from considerations of the everyday to global political contexts. Expands the theoretical framework for considering visual culture Brings together a rich selection of readings relevant in a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary settings, from critical theory, anthropology and history, to political science, architecture, and ethnic, race and gender studies Analyzes cultural phenomena in global and local contexts and across a broad geographical and geopolitical terrain Address multiple interpretations of the visual, from considerations of the everyday to global political contexts Offers ample, useful pedagogy that reveals the multi-faceted nature of visual culture Trade Review"What makes this volume unique is its welcoming of various topics; asking its readers to stroll over these by putting them side-by-side and by putting aside, if there is any, their categorical and/or taxonomical views; and having the company of these myriad fields of visual culture... Global Visual Cultures is a timely endeavour in broaching our capacity to imagine the world as a global entity which entails various mechanisms of exchange and sharing." (British Journal of Aesthetics, April 2013)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Acknowledgements. List of Images. Introduction. Part I: Realigned Art Worlds: art/agency/globalism. Introduction (Zoya Kocur). 1.Globalism or Nationalism? (Cai Guoqiang, Zhang Huan, and Xu Bing in New York, Xiaoping Lin). 2. Linking Theory, Politics and Art (Marina Gržinić). 3. Art, Agency and Hermetic Imagination (Jean Fisher). 4. Constitutive Effects: The Techniques of the Curator (Simon Sheikh). 5. Do Images Have a Gender? (David Joselit). 6. Rethinking the F Word: A Review of Activist Art on the Internet (Mary Flanagan and Suyin Looui). Part II: (in)Visible architectures: space/geopolitics/power. Introduction (Zoya Kocur). 7. La Lección Arquitectónica de Schwarzenegger (The Arquitectural Lesson of Arnold Schwarzenegger) (Cuauhtemoc Medina). 8. Checkpoints: The Split Sovereign and the One-Way Mirror (Eyal Weizman). 9. Black Tents (Çagla Hadimioglu). 10. Subterranean Modernities: The Spanish City and its Visual Underground (Juan F. Egea). 11. Visualizing Antarctica as a Place in Time (Kathryn Yusoff). 12. Images of Untranslatability in the US War on Terror (Rosalind C. Morris). 13. An Immense and Unexpected Field of Action: Webcams. Surveillance and everyday life (J. Macgregor Wise). Part III: Mediated Bodies: representation/circulation/self. Introduction (Zoya Kocur). 14. Michael Jackson, Television, and Post-Op Disasters (Macarena Gómez-Barris and Herman Gray). 15. Aliens and Indians: Science Fiction, Prophetic Photography and Near-Future Visions (Curtis Marez). 16. Orienting Orientalism, or How to Map Cyberspace (Wendy Hui Kyong-Chun). 17. Spatial "wRapping": A Speculation on Men's Hip-Hop Fashion (Scott L. Ruff). 18. Self Styling (Sarah Nuttall). 19. "Straight" Women, Queer Texts: Boy-Love Manga and the Rise of a Global Counterpublic (Andrea Wood). Part IV: Afterimage: trauma/history/memory. Introduction (Zoya Kocur). 20. Squatting Through Violence (Simon Leung). 21. Contemporary Documentary Film and "Archive Fever": History, the Fragment, the Joke (Jaimie Baron). 22. The mote in God's eye: 9/11, then and now (Jon Bird). 23. Caught by Images (Ernst van Alphen). 24. Political Literacy and Voice (Joy James). Index.

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Book SynopsisIn the ten years since Carol Duncan's Civilising Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums (1995), public and scholarly interest in the way that art and the visual have been displayed and are presented has increased enormously. This volume brings the discussions up to date.Trade Review"International experts and new researchers dissect centuries of museum exhibition … which breathes fresh perspective … .Insights on individual displays … allow for deeper examinations of such issues as collecting institutional history and defining heritage." (Museum News, November 2008)Table of Contents1. Spectacle and Display: Setting the Terms (Deborah Cherry and Fintan Cullen). 2. Artists' Pages (Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska). 3. Empathetic Vision: Looking at and with a Performative Byzantine Miniature (Robert S. Nelson). 4. A Faceless Society? Portraiture and the Politics of Display in Eighteenth-century Rome (Sabrina Norlander Eliasson). 5. Laying Siege to the Royal Academy: Wright of Derby's View of Gibraltar at Robins's Rooms, Covent Garden, April 1785 (John Bonehill). 6. 'Walking for Pleasure'? Bodies of Display at the Manchester Art-Treasures Exhibition in 1857 (Helen Rees Leahy). 7. Museum Studies Now (Andrew McClellan). 8. The Logic of Spectacle c. 1970 (Angus Lockyer). 9. Display at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 1968–1975 (Peter Funnell). 10. Narratives of Display at the National Gallery, London (Charles Saumarez Smith). 11. 'Our Gods, Their Museums': the Contrary Careers of India's Art Objects (Tapati Guha-Thakurta). Notes on Contributors. Index.

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Book SynopsisIdeas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art.Trade Review"This book will engage the serious reader of art theory with accessible language and interesting imagery and personal." (SchoolArts, 1 May 2014) "This book provides many refreshingly-new ideas about art from many people and areas of the world, as well as open-ended, non-dogmatic discussions on many topics." (Biz India, 10 December 2012) "This text offers art-interested students and general readers a sampling of ideas on a wide range of topics, in an accessible, non-intimidating manner." (Book News, 1 August 2011) "This book will engage the serious reader of art theory with accessible language and interesting imagery and personal stories." (School Arts, 1 May 2014)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. List of Illustrations. Preface. 1. Public Opinion/Public Art. 2. Non-Western Ideas. 3. Western Ideas. 4. Beauty. 5. Expression & Aesthetic Experience. 6. Art & Ethics. 7. Political Art, Censorship & Pornography. 8. Art & Economics. 9. Feminist Art, Aesthetics & Art Criticism. 10. Postmodern Art & Attitudes. 11. Photography & New Media. 12. (Re)Discovering Design. 13. Art & Aesthetic Education. 14. Artists, Art Critics, Art Historians, Curators, Museums & Viewers. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIdeas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art.Trade Review"This book will engage the serious reader of art theory with accessible language and interesting imagery and personal." (SchoolArts, 1 May 2014) "This book provides many refreshingly-new ideas about art from many people and areas of the world, as well as open-ended, non-dogmatic discussions on many topics." (Biz India, 10 December 2012) "This text offers art-interested students and general readers a sampling of ideas on a wide range of topics, in an accessible, non-intimidating manner." (Book News, 1 August 2011) "This book will engage the serious reader of art theory with accessible language and interesting imagery and personal stories." (School Arts, 1 May 2014)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface x Acknowledgements xxii 1 Public Opinion/Public Art 1 I Don’t Know Anything About Art, But I Know What I Like! 2 Non-Western Ideas About What Art Is 15 Is Art Situational? Cultural? Biological? Universal? 3 Western Ideas About What Art Is 33 4 Beauty 52 Does Art Have to be Beautiful? 5 Expression and Aesthetic Experience 67 6 Art and Ethics 78 Morals and Religion 7 Political Art, Censorship, and Pornography 93 When Art Is Too Powerful, Cover It Up 8 Art and Economics 111 9 Feminist Art, Aesthetics, and Art Criticism 123 Where Were the Women in My Art History Books? 10 Postmodernist Art and Attitudes 142 11 Photography and New Media 156 12 (Re)Discovering Design 171 13 Art and Aesthetic Education 190 14 Artists, Art Critics, Art Historians, Curators, Museums, and Viewers 205 Making Art Ideas Your Own Bibliography 224 Illustration Credits 239 Index 241

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Book SynopsisHollywood 1963-1976 chronicles the upheaval and innovation that took place in the American film industry during an era of pervasive cultural tumult. Exploring the many ideologies embraced by an increasingly diverse Hollywood, Casper offers a comprehensive canon, covering the period''s classics as well as its brilliant but overlooked masterpieces. A broad overview and analysis of one of American film''s most important and innovative periods Offers a new, more expansive take on the accepted canon of the era Includes films expressing ideologies contrary to the misremembered leftist slant Explores and fully contextualizes the dominant genres of the 60s and 70s Trade Review"I highly recommend this book to any film student or person interested in Hollywood films of the 60s and 70s. This text will definitely become a go-to reference as I continue my studies.." (Breitbart.com, 2011)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. List of Illustrations. Foreword. Part I: Cultural Overview: The Years of Revolution and Reaction, 1963–76: 1. Major Historical Events. Civil Rights Legislation and Protests. The Vietnam War. Law and Order. Realpolitik. 2. Economic Situation. Expanse and Contraction. Downturn. 3. Societal Issues. The New Left, the Counterculture, Neo-Conservatism, and the Silent Majority. Ecology, Good Health, and Fitness. Scientific/Technological Advances. Conglomerate Ascendancy. Media Society. Crime. Religion. A Sense of Confusion, Impotence, and Cynicism, and a Wave of Nostalgia. Part II: Business: 4. Production–Distribution. Showmen, Caretakers, and Conglomerates. The Practices of the Seven Major Studios: Lesser Movies, Higher Costs, Independent/Runaway Production, Sources, Stars, Sequels/Series, Mainstreaming Exploitation, “The Big Kill,” “The Youth Movie,” “A Film By,” Diversification. Competition: Minor and New Studios. The Financial Bloodbath. Additional Practices: Downsizing, Negative Pickup, Co-Production/Distribution, Tax Breaks/Shelters. Still Other Gambits: The Nostalgic Wave and The “Special Event” Movie. Distribution. Black Groundswell. Academy Awards. 5. Exhibition and the New Audience. Exhibition. The New Audience. Part III: Technology: 6. Color, Screen Shapes, Sound, Special Effects, and Production Refinements. Color. Screen Shapes. Sound. Special Effects. Production Refinements. Part IV: Style:. 7. Documentary and Documentary Realism. 8. TV and TV Theatrical. 9. Modernism, TV Programming/Commercials, the Avant-Garde, and Expressive Stylization. Literary Design. Performance. Visual Design. Composition. Temporal Design. Sound Design. Part V: Censorship:. 10. Issues, Solutions, and Problems. Subsidiary Syndrome. Two-Version Ploy. Dilemma: The Pawnbroker (AA, 1965). Turning Point: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (WB, 1966). The 1966 Production Code Guidelines and the “SMA” Category. Ratings System. Enlightenment of the Legion of Decency. Divorce: Hollywood and the Church. City/State Censorship and the Liberalization of the Supreme Court. City/State Censorship vs. Hollywood. Part VI: Genre:. 11. Adventure. 12. Biography. 13. Historical Spectacle. 14. Comedy. Black Comedy. Farce. Parody. Social Satire. Romantic Comedy. Family Comedy. Fantasy Comedy. 15. Horror and Science Fiction. Horror. Science Fiction. 16. Melodrama. Family Melodrama. Road Film and Biker Film. Female Melodrama. Male Melodrama. Romance Melodrama. Buddy Film. 17. Musical. Musical Comedy and Musical Drama. Musical Biography. 18. Social Problem Film and Courtroom Drama. Social Problem Film. Courtroom Drama 19. Suspense Thriller. Spy Thriller: WWII/Cold War. Crime. Vigilante. Caper. Conspiracy. 20. War 21. Western. Coda: Postmodern Hollywood, 1977. Appendix: Hierarchical Order of Ten Box-Office Stars, 1963–76. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe. Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe. Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars. Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives. Features an international and ambitious range - from reception, Gregory the Great, collecting, and pilgrimage art, to gender, patronage, the marginal, spolia, and manuscript illumination. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors xiii Series Editor’s Preface xix Preface xx 1 Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art 1 Conrad Rudolph 2 Vision 44 Cynthia Hahn 3 Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers 65 Madeline Harrison Caviness 4 Narrative 86 Suzanne Lewis 5 Formalism 106 Linda Seidel 6 Gender and Medieval Art 128 Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz 7 Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 151 Herbert L. Kessler 8 Art and Exegesis 173 Christopher G. Hughes 9 Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art 193 Jill Caskey 10 Collecting (and Display) 213 Pierre Alain Mariaux 11 The Concept of Spolia 233 Dale Kinney 12 The Monstrous 253 Thomas E. A. Dale 13 Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture 274 Laura Kendrick 14 Romanesque Architecture 295 Eric Fernie 15 Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe 314 Colum Hourihane 16 Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture 334 Robert A. Maxwell 17 The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination 357 Adam S. Cohen 18 The Study of Gothic Architecture 382 Stephen Murray 19 Gothic Sculpture from 1150 to 1250 403 Martin Büchsel 20 Gothic Manuscript Illustration: The Case of France 421 Anne D. Hedeman 21 Glazing Medieval Buildings 443 Elizabeth Carson Pastan 22 Toward a Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts 466 Brigitte Buettner 23 East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States 488 Jaroslav Folda 24 Gothic in the East: Western Architecture in Byzantine Lands 510 Tassos C. Papacostas 25 Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe 531 Marie-Thérèse Zenner 26 Sculptural Programs 557 Bruno Boerner 27 Cistercian Architecture 577 Peter Fergusson 28 Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way 599 Paula Gerson 29 “The Scattered Limbs of the Giant”: Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals 619 Tina Waldeier Bizzarro 30 The Modern Medieval Museum 639 Michelle P. Brown Index 656

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking approach to Rococo religious décor and spirituality in Europe and South America, The Spiritual Rococo addresses three basic conundrums that impede our understanding of eighteenth-century aesthetics and culture. Why did the Rococo, ostensibly the least spiritual style in the pre-Modern canon, transform into one of the world's most important modes for adorning sacred spaces? And why is Rococo still treated as a decadent nemesis of the Enlightenment when the two had fundamental characteristics in common? This book seeks to answer these questions by treating Rococo as a global phenomenon for the first time and by exploring its moral and spiritual dimensions through the lens of populist French religious literature of the day-a body of work the author calls the 'Spiritual Rococo' and which has never been applied directly to the arts. The book traces Rococo's development from France through Central Europe, Portugal, Brazil, and South America by following a chain of interlockiTrade Review'Bailey’s book expands upon our understanding of rococo art and architecture in two significant ways. It proposes that there was a spiritual component to the rococo from its inception, detectable even in its secular applications. It also reveals how spirituality enabled rococo design to become a global phenomenon, ranging beyond France to Germany, Brazil, and Argentina. This is a stimulating, provocative study that reveals how much the rococo mattered to eighteenth-century societies.' Michael Yonan, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA '[This book is] wide-ranging and formidably well-researched ... Bailey maps this process with breadth, depth and precision, and with plentiful, and telling illustrations. This is a brilliant, potentially game-changing book.' Art and ChristianityTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; ’The dream of happiness’: the literature of the spiritual Rococo and the Christianity of reason; ’As bizarre a style as ever occurred’: Rococo in France; ’Bright shining as the stars’: spiritual Rococo in Central Europe; ’Irregular ornament in the finest French taste’: spiritual Rococo in Portugal and Brazil; ’O happy vision!’: spiritual Rococo in Spain and Spanish South America; Epilogue: ’Superfluous stucco and laughable decoration’: Rococo, religion, and the global enlightenment; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisCapturing Japan in Nineteenth-Century New England Photography Collections examines the evidence left behind from a famous first encounter-that of prominent New England Americans with the remnants of feudal Japan in the 1870s and 1880s. The study reveals that, despite these Americans'' varied reasons for traveling to Japan and studying its culture, a common desire united all of their collecting activities: to gather photographic documentation of a Japan they believed was disappearing under the pressures of trade and industrialization. Eleanor Hight focuses on the case studies of six New Englanders, whose travel and photograph collecting influenced the flowering of Japonism in the late nineteenth-century Boston area-still visible today in institutions such as the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The book also explores the history of Japanese photography and its main themes, from images of travel and historic sites, to exotic Trade Review'Hight [...] offers a perceptive, multifaceted study of photographs made in Japan in the 1870s-80s...This book is important both for its Japanese subject and for its wider implications for the history of photography. Extensive notes and bibliography... Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.' Choice 'The book [...] is well-designed and beautifully illustrated with many examples of nineteenth-century photographs, including eleven colour plates reproducing hand-coloured photographs and one showing the collector’s album cover... Capturing Japan in Nineteenth-Century New England Photography Collections is an entertaining, informative, and highly readable account of an important facet of American Cultural History.' Historical Journal of Massachusetts 'Eleanor M. Hight offers an intriguing addition to the growing body of literature on early Japanese photography... Hight’s book draws on a rich archive of previously understudied primary source material: the photographs, albums, letters, and travelogues of six early visitors to Japan... the book is a welcome contribution to the literature. Hight’s highly readable text provides a clear and concise summary of Yokohama photography and its primary themes. It raises a number of provocative questions regarding the roles played by the consumers of the images, both in shaping the market within Japan and in shaping the perceptions of audiences back home, and ultimately opens up a number of further avenues of inquiry into this very rich material.' History of PhotographyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Into the emergent Japan; New England travelers; The adventure of early photography in Japan; Along the go-kaido; The people of 'old Japan'; Capturing Japan; Selected bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisDecorated by Giovanni Buonconsiglio, Jacopo Tintoretto, Palma il Giovane, Sebastiano Ricci and Giambattista Tiepolo, the church of the former Benedictine female monastery Santi Cosma e Damiano occupies an outstanding position in Venice. The author of this study argues that from its foundation in 1481 to its dissolution in 1805, Santi Cosma e Damiano was a reform convent, and that its nuns employed art and architecture as a means to actively express their specific religious concerns. While on the one hand focusing, on the basis of extensive archival research, on the reconstruction of the history and construction of the convent, this study''s larger concern is with the religious reform movement, its ideas concerning art and architecture, and with the convent as a space for female self-realization in early modern Venice.Trade Review'... beautifully produced book...' Renaissance Quarterly 'Through his careful analyses of the paintings that once decorated the church, Paul attempts to reconstruct its sixteenth-century appearance. His discussions of the canvases by Jacopo Tintoretto are exemplary: the Crucifixion (now in the parish church of Selva di Montello, province of Treviso) is considered in the light of the Cassinese Congregation‘s tenet, in particular its Pauline theology of the Cross. For Tintoretto‘s high altarpiece of the Virgin and Child in glory with saints (Gallerie dell‘Accademia, Venice), Paul establishes a fascinating link between the Apocalyptic Woman, the massive dark clouds that support her and several of the saints, and the plague that struck Venice in 1575-77.' The Burlington MagazineTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I The Convent of Santi Cosma e Damiano: Its History and Architecture: The beginnings of the nunnery and its first church; The new convent and church; The architecture of the new convent and church; Santi Cosma e Damiano's sister churches and their design; Cassinese reform architecture. Part II The Decoration of Santi Cosma e Damiano: The altarpieces; Tintoretto's Crucifixion and Cassinese spirituality; Tintoretto's Santi Cosma e Damiano altarpiece; The 16th-century frescoes; Later decoration and the covenant with God; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisWhat were the possibilities and limits of vision in the early modern world? How did political expansion, cross-cultural trade, scientific exploration and discrete religious practices require new ways of rendering the unknown visible, and of making what was seen knowable? Drawing upon experiences forged in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, Seeing Across Cultures argues that distinctive ways of habituating the eyes in the early modern period had epistemic consequences: in the realm of politics, daily practice and the imaginary. The essays here consider prints and panoramas, sculpted works of stone and corn pith cane - and their physical presence in the lived world - calling attention to the materiality and sensuality of visual experience. Anchored in writings on art history and visual culture, Seeing Across Cultures also engages histories of transcultural encounters and vision.Trade Review'Ranging from viceregal Mexico to Akbar's India, the authors of this timely and diverse collection practice what theorists of early modern globalization have only lately preached: that the world was understood to be connected and mutually intelligible in the age of sail and gunpowder. There was plenty of wonder, mutual discovery, and violent misunderstanding, but the hard nationalist and regionalist divisions came later, and for too long they clouded scholars' vision of the early modern past. In addition to their efforts to reveal early modern worlds in their own terms, the authors offer new insights to scholars beyond art history both by rigorous comparisons and through re-examination of venerable theoretical models and disciplinary boundaries. It is sure to provoke considerable discussion, and likely some controversy.' Kris Lane, Tulane University, USA 'The latest entry from Ashgate in one of the most innovative and stimulating new art history publication series, 'Transculturalisms 1400-1700,' this collection of essays takes up the complex issue of what some scholars are calling 'visuality,' a conception of vision itself in a given culture... a fascinating collection...' Cassone 'The most important question these essays raise ... especially from the perspective of early modern scholars not in the field of art history, is the problem of commensurability. Commensurability has become a central theme of early modern studies as the field has moved away from its European roots and become increasingly global. The study of encounters in the early modern world inevitably raises the question of how culture translates across racial, ethnic, and geographic divides, and this issue becomes more urgent as scholars abandon their Eurocentric focus and binary categories of European versus other.' Sixteenth Century Journal '... thought-provoking ...' Journal of Historical GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction: geographies of sight, Dana Leibsohn; Part I Perspective and Mimesis: Perspective and its discontents or St Lucy's eyes, Yoriko Kobayashi-Sato and Mia M. Mochizuki; Perceiving blackness, envisioning power: Chalma and Black Christs in colonial Mexico, Jeanette Favrot Peterson; Competing and complementary visions of the court of the Great Mogor, Saleema Waraich. Part II Blindness and Memory: Visual knowledge/facing blindness, Bronwen Wilson; Blindness materialized: disease, decay, and restoration in the Napoleonic Description de l'Egypte (1809-1828), Liza Oliver; Gone: memory and visuality in early modern West Africa, Mark Hinchman. Part III Colonial Visualities: Without a face: voicing Moctezuma II's image at Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Patrick Thomas Hajovsky; Markers: Le Moyne de Morgues in 16th-century Florida, Todd P. Olsen; Tourism, occupancy and visuality in North India, ca.1750-1858, Natasha Eaton. Part IV Seeing Across Time: Understanding visuality, Claire Farago; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains key articles and chapters which represent both seminal and innovative scholarship on European theatre performance practice from 1750 to 1900. The selected topics focus on acting and performance, staging (including set design and lighting), and audiences, and are approached with a broad perspective as well as with in-depth, focussed analysis. The volume captures the rich, dynamic and variegated nature of European theatre throughout the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and provides a carefully selected body of significant texts on this important period of theatre history.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction. Part I Acting and Performance: Nature to advantage dressed: eighteenth-century acting, Alan S. Downer; Vitalism and the crisis of sensibility, Joseph R. Roach; Garrick, the ghost and the machine, Joseph R. Roach; The performance practice of acting: the eighteenth century part I: ensemble acting, Dene Barnett; The dangers of the new sensibilities in eighteenth century German acting, Gloria Flaherty; ’Reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning’: challenging the foundations of Romantic acting theory, Tracy C. Davis; Researching the acting of French melodrama, 1800-1830, Gabrielle Hyslop; The training of actors at the Paris Conservatoire during the nineteenth century, F.W.J. Hemmings; Players and painted stage: nineteenth century acting, Alan S. Downer; On natural acting, George Henry Lewes. Part II Staging, Scenery and Lighting: Lighting at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket, 1780-82, Judith Milhous; Appendix A. Pantomime trickwork, David Mayer; The German stage in the nineteenth century, Brigitte Schatzky; Gas man’s duties. Lighting the rehearsal. Exterior lighting. Pilot lights and electrical ignition. Rehearsing the lighting, Terence Rees; The modern theatre - the stage, M.J. Moynet (translated and augmented by Allan S. Jackson with M. Glen Wilson); Professor Pepper’s ghost, George Speaight; Erasing the spectator: observations on nineteenth century lighting, Victor Emeljanow; Art in the theatre: I - scenery, William Telbin; Art in the theatre: the painting of scenery, William Telbin; Art in the theatre: spectacle, Augustus Harris; From political to cultural despotism: the nature of the Saxe-Meiningen aesthetic, John Osborne. Part III Audiences: From courts to consumers: theater publics, James Van Horn Melton; Tears and the new attentiveness, James H. Johnson; Working-class audiences, F.W.J. Hemmings; The audiences of the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, Clive Barker; New views on cheap theatres: reconstructing the nineteenth-century theatre

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Book SynopsisThis selection of nineteen essays by Nigel Wilkins, in English and in French, is characterised by an inter-disciplinary approach crossing the borders between music, language, literature, history, palaeography and iconography. The principal topic is lyric poetry in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, mostly French and English, both with and without music, and in various contexts. Guillaume de Machaut, the dominant poet-musician of the age, is the central figure: his influence is traced in poets such as Froissart, Deschamps, Christine de Pisan, Charles d''Orléans, Villon, Gower and Chaucer, and in the poet-musicians who came after him. The question of patronage is investigated. The development of the principal lyric forms, rondeau, ballade and virelai, is explored on both sides of the Channel, as is the way they were used, for example in miracle plays and in court entertainment. A Flemish painting of 1493 helps us discover the rÃle of music in the ceremonies of trade and religious guTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Part I Old and Middle French Literature: Yet more concerning the tavern bills in Jean Bodel's Jeu de Saint Nicolas; The structure of ballades, rondeaux and virelais in Froissart and in Christine de Pisan; Charles d'Orléans: avec musique ou non?; François Villon, poète universel; En regardant vers le païs de France: the ballade and the rondeau, a cross-Channel history. Part II Lyric Poetry and Music in the 14th Century: The Codex Reina: a revised description; Some notes on Philipoctus de Caserta (c.1360?-c.1435); The post-Machaut generation of poet-musicians; Music in the 14th century Miracles de Nostre Dame; Guillaume de Machaut 1300-1377; The late medieval French lyric: with music and without; A pattern of patronage: Machaut, Froissart and the Houses of Luxembourg and Bohemia in the 14th century; Music and poetry at court: England and France in the late Middle Ages; Chaucer and music. Part III Musical Iconography: The birds, the bishop and the music of brass; Le fête de la guilde des Archers du Maître de Francfort (1493) et la musique des confréries. Part IV General Studies in Music, Language and Literature: The Devil's music; Le plurilinguisme au Moyen Age dans le contexte musical; D'où vient la créativité musicale? Le rôle de l'inspiration dans la musique médiévale; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume captures the rich diversity of European performance practice evident in the twentieth and early part of the twenty-first century. Written by leading directors, actors, dancers, scenographers and academics from across Europe, the collection spans a broad range of subject areas including dance, theatre, live art, multimedia performance and street protest. The essays are divided into three sections on: performers and performing; staging performance; representation and reception, and document innovations in acting, performance and stagecraft by key practitioners. Articles also explore the ways that performance has been used to stage debates around major preoccupations of the age such as war, the human condition, globalization, the impact of new technologies and identity politics. This volume, which features previously published performance manifestoes, articles, and book chapters on the most frequently discussed and debated topics in the field, is an indispensable referenceTable of ContentsContents: Part I Acting and Performance: When acting is an art, Constantin Stanislavski, trans. Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood; Michael Chekhov on the technique of acting: ’Was Don Quixote true to life?’, Franc Chamberlain; The dance of the future, Isadora Duncan; The actor and the über-marionette, Edward Gordon Craig; Actors on Brecht, Margaret Eddershaw; Introduction, Rudolf Laban; Samuel Beckett as director: the art of mastering failure, Anna McMullan; Performance, Jennifer Kumiega; Theatre theory: sociology and the actor’s technique, Ian Watson; The masks of Jacques Lecoq, John Wright; Woman, man, dog, tree: two decades of intimate and monumental bodies in Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater, Gabrielle Cody; On risk and investment, Tim Etchells; On seeing the invisible, Peggy Phelan. Part II Staging Performance: Of the futility of the ’theatrical’ in the theater, Alfred Jarry; Ideas on a reform of our mise en scène, Adolphe Appia; The founding and manifesto of futurism, Filuppo T. Marinetti; Biomechanics and constructivism, Edward Braun; The naked stage, John Rudlin; Theater (Bühne), Oskar Schlemmer; The documentary play, Erwin Piscator, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) and Caspar Neher (1897-1962), Joslin McKinney and Philip Butterworth; Production and metaphysics, Antonin Artaud; Myth and theatre laboratories, Peter Brook; After ideology: Heiner Müller and the theatre of catastrophe, David Kilpatrick; 1789, Victoria Nes Kirby; Notes on political street theatre, Paris: 1968, 1969, Jean-Jacques Lebel; Make-believe: Socíetas Raffaello Sanzio do theatre, Nicholas Ridout; Spectacle, synergy and megamusicals: the global-industrialisation of the live-entertainment economy, Jonathan Burston; The digital double, Steve Dixon. Part III Representation and Reception: Women’s suffrage drama, Katharine Cockin; A propertyless theatre for the propertyless class, Tom Thomas; Modern dance in the Third Reich: six positions and a coda, Susan A. Manning; Reading The Blacks through t

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents foundational and representative essays of the last half century on theatre performance practice during the period 1580 to 1750. The particular focus is on the nature of playing spaces, staging, acting and audience response in professional theatre and the selection of previously published research articles and book chapters includes significant works on topics such as Shakespearean staging, French and Spanish theatre audiences, the challenging aspects of the evolution of Italian renaissance acting practice, and the 'hidden' dimensions of performance. The essays provide coherent transnational coverage as well as detailed treatments of their individual topics. Considerations of theatre practice in Italy, Spain and France, as well as England, place Shakespeare's theatre in its European context to reveal surprising commonalities and salient differences in the performance practice of early modern Europe's major professional theatres. This volume is an indispensable referTable of ContentsContents: Introduction. Part I Playing Spaces: The changing scene: plays and playhouses in the Italian Renaissance, Michael Anderson; The theatres, John Orrell; Staging and performance, Jonathan Thacker; The material conditions of Molière’s stage, Jan Clarke. Part II Staging: Shakespeare’s stage, J.L. Styan; Shakespeare’s theater: tradition and experiment, Robert Weimann; Women at the windows: commedia dell’ arte and theatrical practice in early modern Italy, Jane Tylus; The circulation of clothes and the making of the English theater, Ann Rosalind Jones and Peter Stallybrass; Absorbing interests: Kyd’s bloody handkerchief as palimpsest, Andrew Sofer; Insubstantial pageants: women’s work and the (im)material culture of the early modern stage, Natasha Korda. Part III Acting: Ruzante and the evolution of acting practice in Renaissance Italy, Ronnie Ferguson; Arte dialogue structures in the comedies of Molière, Richard Andrews; Rogues and rhetoricians: acting styles in early English drama, Peter Thomson; Rehearsal, performance and plays, Tiffany Stern; Comic stage routines in Guarinonius’ medical treatise of 1610, M.A. Katritzky; ’La virtu et la volupté’: models for the actress in early modern Italy and France, Virginia Scott; Acting, Gerry McCarthy. Part IV Audiences: The audiences, Andrew Gurr; Theaters and audiences, Stephen Orgel; Women as spectators, spectacles, and paying customers, Jean E. Howard; Toward reconstructing the audiences of the commedia dell’ arte, Robert Henke; The audience, W.L. Wiley; The actors and their audience, N.D. Shergold. Name index.

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Book SynopsisByzantine Art and Renaissance Europe discusses the cultural and artistic interaction between the Byzantine east and western Europe, from the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 to the flourishing of post-Byzantine artistic workshops on Venetian Crete during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the formation of icon collections in Renaissance Italy. The contributors examine the routes by which artistic interaction may have taken place, and explore the reception of Byzantine art in western Europe, analysing why artists and patrons were interested in ideas from the other side of the cultural and religious divide. In the first chapter, Lyn Rodley outlines the development of Byzantine art in the Palaiologan era and its relations with western culture. Hans Bloemsma then re-assesses the influence of Byzantine art on early Italian painting from the point of view of changing demands regarding religious images in Italy. In the first of two chapters on Venetian Crete, AngelTrade Review'By focusing on material outside the art historical canon, this book fleshes out some concrete cases of cultural interaction between the Byzantine East and Western Europe. These examples provide interesting windows into the larger query about the relationship between the art of these regions ...' Studies in IconographyTable of ContentsContents: Preface, Angeliki Lymberopoulou; Introduction, Angeliki Lymberopoulou and Rembrandt Duits; The Byzantine context, Lyn Rodley; Byzantine art and early Italian painting, Hans Bloemsma; Regional Byzantine monumental art from Venetian Crete, Angeliki Lymberopoulou; Candia and post-Byzantine icons in late 15th-century Europe, Diana Newall; Byzantine icons in the Netherlands, Bohemia and Spain during the 14th and 15th centuries, Kim Woods; Byzantine icons in the Medici collection, Rembrandt Duits; Index.

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Book SynopsisAn original and valuable intervention in the fast-growing field of feminist and new art histories, Nancy Spero, Encounters offers a sophisticated interpretation of the work of a highly original and under-represented woman artist. The study proposes a new model of comparatism within the field of visual studies, mirroring and complementing Spero''s dialogic manner of working. Basing her analyses on extensive research and multiple face-to-face interviews with the artist, Joanna Walker examines how a selection of the artists and art forms Spero cited offer significant points of comparison with her work. Walker presents Spero''s encounters with the art of Ana Mendieta; with the poetry of the American poet H.D.; with the dance of Isadora Duncan; and, turning the lens back on Spero as subject, with the portraits of the artist by Abe Frajndlich. Also included are transcripts of Walker''s interviews with the artist, and a listing of the books contained in Spero''s personal library which informeTrade Review'This book makes an original and valuable intervention in the field of feminist and new art histories by offering a thoroughly informed and sophisticated interpretation of Nancy Spero's oeuvre, which is located in carefully mapped out historical, socio-political and theoretical contexts. Through the concept of the "encounter", Joanna Walker stages insightful juxtapositions between Spero's art, poetics and politics and those of creative practitioners from and beyond the visual arts, while also reversing genealogies and proposing an innovative model of comparatism from within the field of visual studies.' Alexandra Kokoli, The Robert Gordon University, UK, editor of Feminism Reframed: Reflections on Art and Difference and Susan Hiller: The Provisional Texture of Reality; Selected Texts and Interviews, 1977-2007 'This thought-provoking book makes an outstanding contribution to the literature on the work of Nancy Spero. Walker's stimulating and sophisticated analysis of "creative encounters" with different forms of contemporary practice is informed by theoretical insights, and offers some new models for understanding the thorny concepts of influence, agency and performance in Spero's work, and in women's practice more broadly.' Gill Perry, The Open University, UK '...this book is a detailed account of Spero's art and working methods which rewards close reading... there is a wealth of information both on Spero and the wide range of creative thinkers and practitioners that Walker finds influencing her art, with the book's thematic encounters providing the framework to present what is an impressive range of research.' The Burlington Magazine 'There are some terrific insights in this book...' Woman's Art JournalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: an encounter with Nancy Spero; The body is present even if in disguise; Bringing HD to this moment; Perhaps dance is the first language; Epilogue; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index.

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