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Schnell & Steiner GmbH Die Bibel in Formen und Farben II
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Taschen GmbH Surrealism
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Sandstein Verlag Jawlensky: Neu Gesehen
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Blume Breve Historia del Arte
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Ediciones del Serbal, S.A. La restauracin negocio cultura controversia y
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Cambridge University Press From SketchBook and Diary
Book SynopsisIn this illustrated 1909 work, painter Elizabeth Butler recalls time in Ireland, Egypt, and the Cape of Good Hope. On some of these travels she was accompanying her soldier husband, while others were taken for pleasure. Her final reminiscences are of Italy, during both her childhood and her artistic career.Table of ContentsDedication; Part I. In the West of Ireland: 1. Glenaragh; 2. County Mayo in 1905; Part II. Egypt: 1. Cairo; 2. The upper Nile; 3. Alexandria; Part III. The Cape: 1. To the Cape; 2. At Rosebank, Cape Colony; Part IV. Italy: 1. Vintage-time in Tuscany; 2. Sienna, Perugia, and Vesuvius; 3. Rome; Index.
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Cambria Press Metalworking in Bronze Age China: The Lost-Wax
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Lorian Rea Rock Painting and Stone Art - Projects and
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£19.51
Taylor & Francis Ltd Street Photography: From Brassai to
Book SynopsisStreet photography is perhaps the best-loved and most widely known of all photographic genres, with names like Cartier-Bresson, Brassai and Doisneau familiar even to those with a fleeting knowledge of the medium. Yet, what exactly is street photography? From what viewpoint does it present its subjects, and how does this viewpoint differ from that of documentary photography? Looking closely at the work of Atget, Kertesz, Bovis, Rene-Jacques, Brassai, Doisneau, Cartier- Bresson and more, this elegantly written book, extensively illustrated with both well-known and neglected works, unpicks Parisian street photography's affinity with Impressionist art, as well as its complex relationship with parallel literary trends and authors from Baudelaire to Philippe Soupault. Clive Scott traces street photography's origins, asking what really what happened to photography when it first abandoned the studio, and brings to the fore fascinating questions about the way the street photographer captures or frames those subjects - traders, lovers, entertainers - so beloved of the genre.In doing so, Scott reveals street photography to be a poetic, even 'picturesque' form, looking not to the individual but to the type; not to the 'reality' of the street but to its 'romance'.Table of ContentsIllustrations, introduction 1 out of the studio into the street 2 the street-photographic and the documentary 3 street arts and street métiers 4 street photography: the appropriateness of language and an appropriate language 5 streets, buildings and the gendered city, conclusion
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Crescent Moon Publishing Early Netherlandish Painting
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Ahlia University Bahrain Village Houses: A Walk in the Past
Book SynopsisBahrain consists of a group of islands in the Arabian Gulf. Bahrain boasts several civilizations stretching over five thousand years. The deep Arab roots meant that they traditionally had an embedded Arab culture and traditions. This is a unique book focusing on the designs and architecture of old Bahraini traditional village houses. The book focuses on how the old Bahraini builders demonstrated such workmanship and use of local materials to build marvelous designs and architecture to suit their way of life and traditions. The book is divided into Sixteen chapters. Each chapter describes with unique images how centuries old village traditions and religious thinking were reflected in the design of these houses. This book is an excellent reference for people with different professions and interests such as historians, architects, artists and designers, who are interested in the traditions, culture and history of beautiful Bahrain. The book will also be of interest to Bahrainis who want to read and view memories of their villages and how their ancestors used to live.
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Fillip Supplement 5 Mr. Peanut Summit
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Hachette Livre - BNF Histoire de la Peinture En Italie. T.2
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Hachette Livre - BNF Paris-Vivant. Les Coulisses de la Mode (Éd.18e)
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Hachette Livre - BNF Traite Des Arts Ceramiques Ou Des Poteries [V3]
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Hachette Livre - BNF Traite Des Arts Ceramiques Ou Des Poteries [V1]
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Hachette Livre - BNF La Décadence Esthétique. Le Salon de Joséphin Péladan (Éd.1888-1891)
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Hachette Livre - BNF Reflexions Sur Quelques Causes de l'État Présent
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Hachette Livre - BNF Essais Sur La Vie Et Sur Les Tableaux Du Poussin
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Artification of Luxury Fashion Brands:
Book SynopsisDespite being vastly different both socially and economically, art and fashion are increasingly converging to collaborate in mutually advantageous ways. This book discusses the mutual benefits of collaboration through analysis of successful case studies, including corporate art collections and museums, patronage and sponsorship initiatives, and art-based brand management in the fashion sector. It provides a categorization of the strategies that fashion firms employ when they join the art world and illustrates how art and fashion brands can interact strategically at different levels. This book will be a valuable resource to researchers, providing an enhanced understanding of the potential of artification for managing brands and products.Table of ContentsSections Topics Potential authors Foreword The artification of luxury François Colbert, Full Professor, HEC Montreal Introductory section Preface The introduction will present the subject and the structure of the book, and will make the case for the study of the relationship between art and fashion. It will offer a review of the various contributions in order to provide context and offer the interpretation key to the book. Marta Massi, Assistant Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Alex Turrini, Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University, TX, USA Chapter 1 - When Fashion Met Arts: The Artification of Fashion Brands Chapter 1 will review the literature on the artification of fashion in order to illustrate how two apparently separated worlds, such as art and fashion, are increasingly interacting and collaborating to achieve mutual benefits. This introductory chapter will provide the theoretical foundation to analyze the cases of art/fashion collaboration. It will also outline the main strategies used by fashion firms, i.e., 1) corporate art collections; 2) corporate museums; 3) exhibits and installations; 4) Mecenatism (support to artists or creation of foundations); 5) sponsorships and cobranding; 6) art-based fashion brand management. Marta Massi, Assistant Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Alex Turrini, Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University, TX, USA Part 1 - Art & Fashion Synergies Chapter 2 – Brunello Cucinelli, a humanistic approach to fashion Chapter 5 will focus on Brunello Cucinelli. Founded in 1978, Brunello Cucinelli has been the subject of significant interest in recent years in connection with its ability to continue to growth its brand in an ongoing connection with arts and culture. Cucinelli represents an example of “employee-centered approach humanistic capitalism.” Based in Solomeo in Central Italy, where it founded the School for Arts and Craft, the company identifies its truest meaning and aesthetic research in manual work and craftsmanship, the most authentic expressions of people’s humanity and creativity. Chiara Paolino, Assistant Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Ariane Berthoin Antal, Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center Part 2 – Art & Fashion Contaminations Chapter 3 - Trussardi and the art of promoting art Chapter 3 will look at Trussardi, a brand that has showed a consistent link to the arts. In particular, it will focus on Fondazione Trussardi, an institution aimed at the promotion of contemporary art; a nomadic museum for the production and spreading of art in multiple contexts and through different channels. François Colbert, Professor, HEC Montreal; Andrea Rurale, Lecturer, Bocconi University Chapter 4 – Gucci: Branding art or art branding? Chapter 4 will deal with Gucci, a brand that has held a fructuous collaboration with artists, created its own museum and used arts in and out its stores (e.g., Gucci Walls; Gucci Art Lab). The connection of Gucci to the arts is also fostered by the ownership of the company by Francois Pinault, who developed Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana in Venice. Paul Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia, Alessia Anzivino, Research Associate, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Giorgia Sepe, Research Associate, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Part 3 – Art & Fashion Hybridizations Chapter 5 - Christian Dior: The Art of Haute Couture Chapter 2 will focus on Christian Dior, a company that has invested many resources in the collaboration with the arts, from the creation of the museum to development of exhibits such as House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture, a collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, which displayed more than 140 garments designed by Christian Dior Couture between 1947 and 2017. Federica Antonaglia, IAE - Enseignant Chercheur, Université de Bordeaux Juliette Passebois, IAE - Enseignant Chercheur, Université de Bordeaux Chapter 6 – Balenciaga, the Master of Haute Couture Chapter 6 will deal with Balenciaga, a brand that carries the name of the designer known as ‘The Master’ of haute couture, one of the most revered and influential fashion designers of the 20th century. Characterized by their sculptural quality, deft manipulation of textiles and dramatic use of color and texture, Balenciaga creations are inspired by artworks and can be admired at the Balenciaga Museum. Manuel Cuadrado, Associate Professor, Universitat de Valencia, Spain. Piergiacomo Mion, SDA Fellow, Bocconi University Chiara Piancatelli, SDA Fellow, Bocconi University Conclusions This conclusive chapter will outline the main managerial implications emerging from the analysis of the case studies and set the ground for future research in the field. Marta Massi, Assistant Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Alex Turrini, Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University, TX, USA
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Alpha Edition From Adam's Peak to Elephanta: Sketches of Ceylon
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Good Press Six Scenes
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University of Regina Press Dark Chapters
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Reaktion Books John Ruskin Critical Lives
Book SynopsisA new critical biography of prominent 19th-century art and architecture critic John Ruskin, which shows how Ruskin's ideas gave a clear moral character to art, architecture and the picturesque and reveals why and how his reputation still endures today.
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Reaktion Books The Last of the Light: About Twilight
Book SynopsisThe Last of the Light is a meditation on twilight in the Western arts and imagination, in thought, painting and literature. We entera multifaceted twilight world, filled with the gloom haunted by Romantic poets and painters and the twilight lives of minority and 'overshadowed' communities. The melancholy of smoky English autumn evenings is balanced by the midnight sun of northern European summers; the oppressive heat of August in mid-twentieth-century Spain is ranged against the shadowy grandeur of winter in London.Peter Davidson touches on diverse literary and artistic traditions as he considers the borderlands of the light and the dark: the'invention of evening' in Roman antiquity; the science of the Victorian evening sky; the urban twilights of Whistler, Poussinand Tiepolo.A meditative account of the atmospheric and shadowy in art, literature and thought by the author of The Idea of North, this will appeal to all those who are interested in ambiguous, penumbral zones in art, philosophy and writing.Trade Review'What an astonishing book this is: a cartography of dusk, an illumination of twilight as it has found its ways into the art, literature, dreams, moods and metaphors of Europe and beyond. Beautiful and subtle in its tracings, it combines memoir, memory, place-writing and cultural history by degrees so fine as to be imperceptible.' - Robert Macfarlane, author of Landmarks, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot and Mountains of the Mind.
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Intellect Books One Hundred Years of Futurism: Aesthetics,
Book SynopsisMore than one hundred years after Futurism exploded onto the European stage with its unique brand of art and literature, there is a need to reassess the whole movement, from its Italian roots to its international ramifications. In wide-ranging essays based on fresh research, the contributors to this collection examine both the original context and the cultural legacy of Futurism. Chapters touch on topics such as Futurism and Fascism, the geopolitics of Futurism, the Futurist woman, and translating Futurist texts. A large portion of the book is devoted to the practical aspects of performing Futurist theatrical ideas in the twenty-first century. Trade Review'As London reminds us in the Introduction, the aim of the volume is "to make sure that the century of Futurism is not forgotten". The imperative to remember stems from the call for disruption and renewal of Futurism and the historic Avant-Garde captured here in all its rich creative zest. Ultimately the volume is a fascinating and creative rereading of a historical Avant-Garde movement that will appeal to practitioners and scholars alike.' -- Modern Language Review'This attractive and well-edited volume will be of interest to serious scholars of Futurism in all of its many forms and iterations.' -- Symposium'This highly innovative assortment of studies by performers, scholars and makers moves futurism firmly away from a basic historical reading towards something more kinetic and immediate. It contains scripts such as a 2009 piece A Futurist Doll’s House, new versions of Marinetti’s words-in-freedom, descriptions of sound-singing, a recipe for a futurist dinner, and an analysis of what the legacy of futurism might mean for dancers. It concludes with a valuable, comprehensive bibliography, which includes a list of online futurist performances. This book is a revelation: an ambitious, embodied rereading of a historical avant-garde movement that will appeal to makers and scholars alike.' -- New Theatre Quarterly'The scholarly rigor of any work authored or coordinated by London is more than guaranteed. All of his collaborators are clearly experts and supply chapters of outstanding quality, albeit working from widely diverging perspectives. Just holding the volume in one’s hands is a pleasurable experience, given the quality of its paper, careful layout, and abundant illustrations.' -- Theatre SurveyTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Futurism, Anti-Futurism, and the Forgotten Century John London Aesthetics and Politics Chapter 1: Geographies of Futurism: Mapping the First Avant-garde Andreas Kramer Chapter 2: Intersecting Planes: Futurism, Fascism, and Gramsci James Martin Chapter 3: Translating Futurism: Moving Possibilities John London Chapter 4: Twenty-First-Century Women Drivers – Futurism’s Unlikely Successors: Gender Constructions, B-Movies, and Futurism Ricarda Vidal Performance Forward is Forewarned: On Practitioners’ Perspectives John London Chapter 5: Staging Futurism: Time, Space, Place, Pace, and the Performance of Futurist Sintesi Gordon Ramsay Chapter 6: Writing Futurist Drama in 2009: A Futurist Doll’s House John London Chapter 7: The Possibilities for Dance: Words, Images, and Sounds in Freedom Rebecca Frecknall Chapter 8: W−I−F + V−I−F = EF Abi Weaver Chapter 9: Depero and the Puzzle of Colours Luke Allder Chapter 10: Sound-singing Carlo Carrà Lawrence Upton Chapter 11: Recipe for a Futurist Dinner Andrea Cusumano and Giuseppe Lomeo Bibliography Index
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Intellect Books Faith Wilding's Fearful Symmetries
Book SynopsisDeeply influenced by studies of female iconology, the medieval, the subconscious and hybrid bodies, Faith Wilding's art is instantly recognisable. In keeping with Wilding's own artworks, this book is a bricolage: memoirs and watercolours sit alongside critical essays and family photographs to form an overall history of both Wilding's life and works as well as the wider feminist art movement of the 1970s and beyond. This collection spans fifty years of Wilding's artistic production, feminist art pedagogy and participation in, and organising of, feminist art collectives, such as the Feminist Art Program, Womanhouse, Womanspace Gallery and the Woman's Building. Featuring contributions from scholars and artists, including Amelia Jones, the book is the first of its kind to celebrate the career of an artist who helped shape the feminist art of today. Intimate, philosophical and insightful, Faith Wilding's Fearful Symmetries is a beautiful book intended for artists, scholars and a broader audience.Trade Review'This book is a profound and delightful fusion of the personal and the political. Wilding's unique childhood, her activism and her lovely, poetic but pointed art is investigated through the lens of critical feminism she has helped to construct.' -- Lucy R. Lippard, radical art writer and author'Fearful Symmetries if the first major collection of scholarly and critical essays on feminist artist Faith Wilding, whose pioneering works are exemplary of some of the most exciting developments in contemporary art involving interdisciplinary collaboration and activism over the last five decades. This volume is absolutely essential reading for any serious artist, scholar and student interested in contemporary feminist art engaging its socoipolitical and historical contexts.' -- Gunalan Nadarajan, Dean and Professor at Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan'This is a dazzling book interweaving Faith Wilding's poetic and evocative memories from her childhood in Paraguay onwards with informative essays by diverse authors. The book also offers an incredible collection of Wilding's works, including her legendary performance Waiting.' -- Moira Roth, Art Historian and Professor of Performance Art and Twentieth-Century Art History'Rarely do we have the privilege to enter the world of experiences, feelings, relations that inspire art works, to see the images emerge from the words, to hear different voices reflecting on this process. Faith Wilding’s Fearful Symmetries is an exception. But what is most commendable about this book is the sheer beauty of Wilding’s descriptions of the enchanted world in which she grew up, the magical quality of the paintings included in the book and, equally important, Wilding’s reflections on her striving to create generative, organic life forms beyond the world of the feminine. This is a powerful book to be read, shared and treasured.' -- Silvia Federici, Author of Caliban and the Witch'Fearful Symmetries is an essential and long-overdue contribution to the history of feminist art that comprehensively examines the work of one of the movement's most important figures. This book does justice, finally, to Faith Wilding’s wide-ranging, poetic, and politically-infused work with an intellectual approach and aesthetic sensibility that matches the richness of the artist’s work.' -- Elissa Auther, Windgate Research & Collections Curator, Museum of Arts and Design and the Bard Graduate CentreTable of ContentsFaith Wilding, Memoirs Excerpt: Calling the World Shannon R. Stratton, Coming to Becoming: An Introduction Faith Wilding, Memoirs Excerpt: Drawing Jenni Sorkin, Drawing through the Feminine Amelia Jones, Faith Wilding and the Enfleshing Painting Faith Wilding, Memoirs Excerpt: Reading Faith Wilding and Elizabeth Hess, "As Faith Would Say..." Keith Vaughn, Faith Wilding: Fearful Symmetries Faith Wilding, Memoirs Excerpt: Born Pagan Irina Aristarkhova, The One Who Waits Mario Ontiveros, Imagining Solidarity Otherwise: Faith Wilding's Strategies for Writing, Making and Collaborating Faith Wilding, Memoirs Excerpt: The Blue Flower Daniel Tucker and Faith Wilding, Learning Together Mira Schor and Faith Wilding, The Best and the Worst Faith Wilding, Memoirs Excerpt: Fearful Symmetries Shannon R. Stratton, Anlagen: An Afterword Acknowledgments Faith Wilding: Chronology Contributor Biographies
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Intellect Art inSight - Understanding Art and Why It
Book SynopsisA first encounter with art is like meeting a stranger: it opens you to new ideas, people, places and parts of yourself. InArt inSight: Understanding Art and Why It Matters, Fanchon Silberstein delves into the first known art and explores what it can reveal about how its makers saw the world and how contemporary artists can help us to see our own.
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Seagull Books Astad Deboo An Icon of Contemporary Indian Dance
Book SynopsisA biography that unveils the iconic life, innovative choreography, and enduring legacy of Astad Deboo, a pioneer of Indian modern dance. Astad Deboo (19472020), widely considered a pioneer of modern dance in India, was globally renowned for his distinctive style, characterized by meditative minimalism, gravity-defying backbends, and signature whirls which defined his innovative approach to form and content. In this first biography and book-length appreciation of Deboo's work, Ketu H. Katrak unveils the remarkable life, choreography, and legacy of this groundbreaking figure in Indian modern dance. Through a comprehensive exploration, readers journey from Deboo's formative years in Jamshedpur and Bombay to his global endeavors that shaped his unique dance style. Divided into four parts, this biography sheds light on various aspects of Deboo's life and career: his youth, schooling, and the friendships that shaped him; his solo choreography, which boldly addressed social issues and fused modern dance with traditional elements; his humanitarian spirit, showcasing group choreography with deaf performers and Manipuri drum-dancers; and his mastery in collaborating with artists from India and abroad. From receiving prestigious awards to transforming lives through dance, traveling around the world for over five decades yet being firmly rooted in Indian soil, Deboo left an indelible mark on contemporary Indian dance. Astad Deboo: An Icon of Contemporary Indian Dance pays homage to the dancer's legendary status, emphasizing his unparalleled dedication and resiliencea guiding light for aspiring dancers striving to realize their artistic visions. It is a valuable addition to scholarship on dance studies, performance studies, and South Asian studies.
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Seagull Books Astad Deboo An Icon of Contemporary Indian Dance
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers IndigePop
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Boydell and Brewer Images of Thomas Becket in the Middle Ages and
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Boydell and Brewer Charles Gildons The Life of Mr Thomas Betterton
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Reaktion Books Picturing Tropical Nature PICTURING HISTORY
Book SynopsisIn this work, Nancy Stepan explores the ways in which the Tropics, in particular tropical nature, places, animals and people, were imagined and presented in European culture from the 19th century on.
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Reaktion Books Salvador Dali Critical Lives
Book SynopsisIn this new biography of Salvador Dali, highly respected art and literary historian Mary Ann Caws explores the life and work of one of the most fascinating and colourful figures in the history of art.
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The University of Chicago Press Mariano: Variations on a Theme Variaciones
Book SynopsisThis bilingual catalog accompanies a retrospective exhibition of Cuban modernist painter Mariano Rodríguez (1912–90). The artist, known simply as “Mariano,” explored variations on central themes that reappeared and evolved throughout his lifetime, most famously his iconic “gallo” (rooster) paintings. The McMullen Museum’s exhibition and catalog offer an expanded look into Mariano’s six-decade career from interdisciplinary perspectives. Essays consider Mariano’s formative association with Manuel Rodríguez Lozano and the Mexican School in the thirties and the symbiotic relationship that developed between Mariano and Cuban intellectuals to create a rich cultural history in the forties. The catalog discusses Mariano’s shift from figuration to abstraction in the fifties and his return to figuration with startling grotesque imagery in the sixties. There is also a focus on Mariano’s final period, which explores the individual and the collective, both compositionally and politically, in the seventies and eighties. Together, these essays illuminate both Mariano’s rootedness in traditional forms of Cuban symbolism and his forging of a unique style that came to characterize his work beyond “lo cubano.”
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The University of Chicago Press Eire/Land
Book SynopsisFrom its earliest history, Ireland has been contested land, claimed by waves of invaders, each attempting to inscribe and possess the island territory. "Eire/Land", to be held at the McMullen Museum from February to May 2003. Is the first major art exhibition to examine this theme. From mediaeval topographical surveys and Celtic artifacts to 19th-century landscapes and the expressionist art of the presnt day, "Eire/Land" displays pieces that collectively reveal Ireland's contested past -including the first illustrated manuscript of Gerald of Wales' "Topographia Hibernica" as well as works by George Petrie, James Arthur O'Connor, Sean Keating and architect Brian Tolle. Drawing on original research by prominent international scholars and by the largest and most distinguished Irish studies faculty in North America, this book of 16 essays relates those works and artifacts to new scholarship in a variety of disciplines, lending Ireland's visual history the cultural, historical and political context it deserves.
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Ad Ilissum Guillaume Jean Constantin (1755–1816): A Drawings
Book SynopsisIn the course of the 18th century, drawings by old and contemporary masters became an esteemed collectors’ item and, in consequence, a highly valued commodity of the art market. This study looks at this business from the perspective of the art dealer Guillaume Jean Constantin (1755-1816), who was active in Paris during the last quarter of the 18th and the first years of the 19th century. Constantin’s transactions are reconstructed on the evidence of his dealer’s mark applied to drawings – here identified for the first time – and unpublished material drawn from archives in Paris. His dealership in drawings is analysed with a focus on his business network within France and his far-reaching contacts, which also covered other regions of Europe, including England, Italy, Germany and Russia. Due to a particlularly rich documentation, his relationship with Johann Friedrich Städel, a Frankfurt collector and founder of the eponymous institute, can be described in detail. Other aspects of Constantin’s multi-faceted activities were his work as an expert in estate evaluation, as an auctioneer and as a print publisher, including in 1794 the publication of the famous portrait of the revolutionary hero Jean-Paul Marat after a design by Jacques-Louis David. He also served as paintings curator to Empress Joséphine, Napoleon’s wife. Working in proximity to the contemporary art world, he promoted living artists, among them his close friend Pierre-Paul Prud’hon. Constantin’s working life spanned the period between the French Revolution and the Empire, established under Napoleon. His changing allegiances are to be seen against this historical background. This handsomely produced book is published by Ad Ilissvm in a new series, The Fondation Custodia Studies in the History of Art, which reflects and continues forward into the present the scholarly interests of the institution’s founder, Frits Lugt. The next book in the series, prepared by Jean-Paul Bouillon, will publish a previously unknown collection of letters, recently acquired by the Fondation Custodia, by Édouard Manet to his friend the painter and printmaker Félix Bracquemond.
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Baylor University Press Cultivating Picturacy: Visual Art and Verbal
Book SynopsisThough English has no word for the visual counterpart to literacy, Heffernan argues that the capacity to interpret pictures must be cultivated and deserves a name: picturacy. Using examples such as the pre-historic cave paintings of Lascaux, film versions of Frankenstein , the provocative photographs of Sally Mann, and the abstract canvases of Gerhard Richter, the volume illustrates how learning to decode the language of pictures resembles the process of learning to read. While words typically frame and regulate our experience of art, the study also explains how pictures can contest the authority of the words we use to interpret art.Trade ReviewDuring the past 25 years, James Heffernan's nuanced and clear-eyed writings on words and images have firmly placed him among the finest practitioners of interartstic theory and criticism. This new volume reveals him at his very best. Picturacy should be required reading for anyone wishing to learn how--and how not--to read pictures. --Richard Wendorf, Stanford Calderwood Director and Librarian, The Boston AthenaeumWide-ranging, steadily insightful, and richly illustrated, Cultivating Picturacy offers both a method and a model for reading the visual image. Cultivating Picturacy will stand alongside the works of Norman Bryson, Nelson Goodman, and W. J. T. Mitchell as a fundamental contribution to the field of inter-art scholarship. -Ernest B. Gilman, New York UniversityJames Heffernan's Cultivating Picturacy is a treasure for scholars and students interested in the history, theory, and practice of text-image relations. The volume, beautifully produced and illustrated by Baylor University Press, contains a breadth of reference, richness of analysis, and limpid prose that are truly marvelous. It consists of fourteen essays (including the introduction), almost all published in the period 1988-2000, which, taken together, crown a distinguished career in what used to be rather quaintly called 'sister arts' criticism, but which is now, in the age of metastasizing visual-verbal media, among the most urgent topics of cultural history and aesthetics. -- Gillen D'Arcy Wood -- Romanticism and Victorianism on the NetFor two decades, James Heffernan has covered the intermedial field precisely by letting his favored topics flow smoothly into associated questions generated from them, one issue dovetailing transparently into another due to the engrossing, subtle clarity of the critic's prose. Having wondered at the start about 'why we have no word to denote the visual counterpart of literacy, no word that designates the capacity to interpret pictures' (1)--the ability or 'capacity,' that is, but also the grain of attention involved--literary scholar Heffernan not only gives us such a term but offers an extended case in point for its flexible understanding, telling application, and real aesthetic yield. Entitled by neologism, the book brings news in every chapter. -- Garrett Stewart -- European Romantic ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Literacy and Picturacy: How Do We Learn to Read Pictures? 2. Speaking of Pictures: The Rhetoric of Art Criticism 3. Alberti on Apelles: Word and Image in De Pictura 4. Text and Design: Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience 5. Marginal Language: Word and Image in Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion 6. Painting Against Poetry: Reynolds' Discourses and the Discourse of Turner's Art 7. Wordsworth, Constable, and the Poetics of Chiaroscuro 8. Self-Representation in Byron's Poetry and Turner's Art 9. Looking at the Monster: Frankenstein and Film 10. Love, Death, and Grotesquerie: Beardsley's Illlustrations of Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock 11. Hockney Remakes Hogarth: A Gay Rake Progresses to America 12. Peter Milton's Turn: Painting, Photography, and Printmaking at the Turn of the Millennium 13. Reza, Pollock, Richter: Language and Abstract Art Notes Works Cited Index
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Upset Press The Infected Nucleus
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Amherst College Studies Into Darkness: The Perils and Promise of
Book SynopsisThere have been few times in US American history when the very concept of freedom of speechits promise and its contradictionshas been under greater scrutiny. Guided by acclaimed artist, filmmaker, and activist Amar Kanwar, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School convened a series of public seminars on freedom of speech with the participation of some of the most original thinkers and artists on the topic. Structured as an open curriculum, each seminar examined a particular aspect of freedom of speech, reflecting on and informed by recent debates around hate speech, censorship, sexism, and racism in the US and elsewhere. Studies into Darkness emerges from these seminars as a collection of newly commissioned texts, artist projects, and resources that delve into the intricacies of free speech. Providing a practical and historical guide to free speech discourse and in-depth investigations that extend far beyond the current moment, and featuring poetic responses to the crises present in contemporary culture and society around expression, this publication provocatively questions whether true communication is ever attainable. Contributions by Zach Blas, Mark Bray, Natalie Diaz, Aruna D'Souza, Silvia Federici and Gabriela López Dena, Jeanne van Heeswijk, shawné michaelain holloway, Prathibha Kanakamedala and Obden Mondésir, Amar Kanwar, Carin Kuoni, Lyndon, Debora, and Abou, Svetlana Mintcheva, Mendi + Keith Obadike, Vanessa Place, Laura Raicovich, Michael Rakowitz, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Nabiha Syed.
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Amherst College Mobilizing Pedagogy: Two Social Practice Projects
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University of Nevada Press Tree Lines
Book SynopsisTree Lines unites striking ink drawings of high-altitude pine trees with poetic vignettes about how people interact with mountain environments. The drawings and text work together to form a direct artistic encounter with timberline conifers. The husband and wife team of Valerie and Michael Cohen employ a unique process whereby she draws in isolation, gives him her drawings, and he then writes whatever he’s inspired to create. Neither offers the other any kind of feedback or instruction. The result is an accessible and deeply engaging work that is also extremely well researched; the Cohens bring a lifetime of scholarship in literature, history, and the environment to this work. The drawings are black-and-white, pen-and-ink representations of high alpine ecosystems. The prose is stripped bare, abbreviated in an epigrammatic style that is poetic and spontaneous. Trees represented here are the Western Juniper or Sierra Juniper, the Limber, and the Bristlecone Pine—three species of long-lived, slow-growing conifers that grow across the Great Basin. While they represent only a small portion of the vegetative culture high in the western mountains, the Cohens use representation as abstraction as is utilized by writers and artists to convey a unique kind of microcosm of our natural environment. This book compares to such classics as Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, and Berger’s Ways of Seeing, which open up lines of observation, analysis, and art for a new generation of readers.Trade ReviewThis truly unique and powerful book is the culmination of a lifetime of close observation, scholarship, and artistry. This is a significant contribution to the literature, not just of California, Nevada, and the Great Basin, but to the world, and particularly to the crucial intersection of art, humanities, science, and the environment."" - Jon Christensen, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
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Tupelo Press, Incorporated Tension: Rupture: Rupture
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Boydell and Brewer Faithfully Thought Out and Patiently Evolved The
Book SynopsisInspired by a cache of paintings and drawings acquired by the Memorial Art Gallery in 2016, Faithfully Thought Out and Patiently Evolved: The Work of M. Louise Stowell and Harvey Ellis brings new scholarship and fresh insight to introduce and situate the work of Rochester artist M. Louise Stowell and to reevaluate the artistic career of her friend and collaborator Harvey Ellis, focusing on the creative years they spent in Rochester at the turn of the twentieth century. In their heyday, Stowell and Ellis were renowned locally, nationally, and even internationally; however, Stowell's name has been all but lost to scholarship, while Ellis's name is associated more with Arts and Crafts furniture. Their drawings and watercolors-accomplished, ambitious, playful-demonstrate their synthesis of styles to create a shared vocabulary of technique and subject matter. Readers will come away with an appreciation of Stowell's beautiful but little-seen body of work, her and Ellis's collaborative artistic process, and an insight into the lives of working artists in Rochester in this era. The majority of the images in the book-many previously unpublished-are drawn from a group of 267 pieces purchased by MAG from the Strong National Museum of Play.
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Rutgers University Press Painting in Excess: Kyiv's Art Revival, 1985-1993
Book SynopsisThe upheavals of glasnost and perestroika followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union remarkably transformed the art scene in Kyiv, launching Ukrainian contemporary art as a global phenomenon. The previously calm waters of the culturally provincial capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic became radically stirred with new and daring art made publicly visible for the first time since the avant-garde period of the early twentieth century. As artists were freed from the dictates of the fading Communist ideology and the constraints of late socialist realism, an explosion of styles emerged, creating an effect of baroque excess. This exhibition catalogue traces and documents the diverse artistic manifestations of these transitional and exhilarating years in Kyiv while providing some historical artworks for context. Published in partnership with the Zimmerli Museum.Table of ContentsForeword Donna Gustafson Acknowledgments Olena Martynyuk Introduction Julia Tulovsky 1 Painting Ukrainian Perestroika: A Parade of Excesses Olena Martynyuk 2 The Point of No Return: The Art of Kyiv at a Historical Crossroads Oleksandr Soloviov 3 Back and Down to Empty Landscapes: Notes on Ukraine’s Reverse Modernism Asia Bazdyrieva 4 Prodigal Children of Socialist Realism: New Ukrainian Art and the Soviet Art School Alisa Lozhkina 5 Collecting Eras: A Conversation Igor Abramovych & Olena Martynyuk Artists’ Statements Plates Selected Bibliography Checklist of the Exhibition Index Contributors
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Les Belles Lettres Mauvais Genre Au Musee
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