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Book SynopsisTheatricality in Early Modern Art and Architecture offers the first systematic investigation of exchanges between the arts, architecture and the theatre. The authors present many new instances of the interaction between the arts, providing a theoretical and historiographical context for these interactions.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. 1. The Visual Arts and the Theatre in Early Modern Europe (Caroline Van Eck and Stijn Bussels). 2. 8216;Theatricality’ in Tapestries and Mystery Plays and its Afterlife in Painting (Laura Weigert). 3. Making the Most of Theatre and Painting: The Power of Tableaux Vivants in Joyous Entries from the Southern Netherlands (1458–1635) (Stijn Bussels). 4. Parrhasios and the Stage Curtain: Theatre, Metapainting and the Idea of Representation in the Seventeenth Century (Emmanuelle Hénin). 5. In Front of the Work of Art: The Question of Pictorial Theatricality in Italian Art, 1400–1700 (Marc Bayard). 6. Staging Bianca Capello: Painting and Theatricality in Sixteenth-Century Venice (Elsje van Kessel). 7. The Performing Venue: The Visual Play of Italian Courtly Theatres in the Sixteenth Century (Lex Hermans). 8. Dancing Statues and the Myth of Venice: Ancient Sculpture on the Opera Stage (Wendy Heller). 9. How to Become a Picture: Theatricality as Strategy in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Portraits (Hanneke Grootenboer). 10. Staging Ruins: Paestum and Theatricality (Sigrid de Jong). 11. Oprar sempre come in teatro: The Rome of Alexander VII as the Theatre of Papal Self-Representation (Maarten Delbeke). 12. Ut pictura hortus/ut theatrum hortus: Theatricality and French Picturesque Garden Theory (1771–95) (Bram Van Oostveldt). 13. ‘What do I See?’ The Order of Looking in Lessing's Emilia Galotti (Kati Röttger). Index.

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Book SynopsisFor the first time, a set of distinguished American and British art historians consider the complex history of Anglo-American relations from the colonial period through to the 1960s Features a transatlantic group of scholars considering the impact of this relationship on the history of art in both nations Offers a set of new approaches, and much new material relating to the history of British and American art Situates the history of British and American art in the context of recent scholarship, offering a new reading of this key artistic interaction Trade Review“Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” (Choice, 1 May 2013)Table of Contents6 Notes on Contributors 8 Chapter 1 Anglo-American: Artistic Exchange between Britain and the USA David Peters Corbett and Sarah Monks 30 Chapter 2 The Wolfe Man: Benjamin West’s Anglo-American Accent Sarah Monks 52 Chapter 3 Failure to Deliver: Watson and the Shark and the Boston Tea Party Jennifer L. Roberts 74 Chapter 4 Picturesque Nostalgia as Ironic Dislocation: Joshua Shaw’s Disruptive Visions of the Old New World Kenneth Haltman 92 Chapter 5 Details of Absence: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Post-Emancipation Jamaica Jennifer Raab 110 Chapter 6 Troubled Abstraction: Whiteness in Charles Dana Gibson and George Du Maurier Jennifer A. Greenhill 132 Chapter 7 ‘In seen and unseen places’: The Henry G. Marquand House and Collections in England and America Melody Barnett Deusner 152 Chapter 8 Camden Town and Ashcan: Difference, Similarity and the ‘Anglo-American’ in the Work of Walter Sickert and John Sloan David Peters Corbett 174 Chapter 9 Losing Sight: War, Authority, and Blindness in British and American Visual Cultures, 1914-22 David M. Lubin 196 Chapter 10 The Madness of Art: Georgia O’Keeffe and Virginia Woolf Alexander Nemerov 216 Chapter 11 ‘Strange Encounters’: Claes Oldenburg’s ‘Proposed Colossal Monuments’ for New York and London Jo Applin 236 Chapter 12 David Hockney: A Taste for Los Angeles Cécile Whiting 253 Index

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Book SynopsisWhat drives a musician to write extraordinary songs? How do writers create their worlds? How does an actor achieve greatness? For over thirty years of The South Bank Show, Melvyn Bragg has interviewed many of the greatest cultural icons of our age. These interviews offer revelatory insights into the lives and work of writers, actors, artists and musicians. In The South Bank Show: Final Cut he has revisited some of these artists and used the interviews as the basis for fuller portraits. The range of artists is remarkable and this book is true to The South Bank Show''s ethos of seeking out the highest quality whatever the art form. Melvyn Bragg''s unique perspective makes this book indispensable for anyone interested in the work and lives of some of the best artists of our time.Trade ReviewI think we owe more to Melvyn Bragg than to any, other single person when it comes to promoting arts and culture, and increasing our pleasure in them, it's always been pleasurable. * P D James *The programme remains without rival and a long time ago it rightly became an important contribution to the vibrancy of the country's culture. * HRH Prince of Wales *No television show in the last half century has done more for the arts than The South Bank Show. * Andrew Lloyd Webber *The beauty of The South Bank Show in its heyday was its eclectic mix of subjects: from the high priests and priestesses of modern art, the Francis Bacons and Germaine Greers, to popular entertainers such as Billy Connolly, Dolly Parton and Dusty Springfield. * Telegraph *These 25 vignettes offer intriguing comments on the film-making process and present valuable new insights into their subjects. Most have the shape and phrasing of short stories and his meetings with the gravest maestros read like mini-epics. Bragg's book is a thesaurus of delights... * Spectator *A lucid, supple and valuable analyst of many artistic genres and their varying different potential. Together his essays offer some intriguing generalisations about the making and methods of artists. * Economist *

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Book SynopsisPreface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Introduction.- CG Basics.- Observation Skills.- Measurements.- Modeling 1: Polygons.- Resolution.- Optimization.- Validation.- Texture Coordinates (UVs).- Shaders and Texturing.- Rendering.- Animation.- Modeling 2: NURBS.- Modeling 3: Advanced.- Industry Standards.- Appendix.- Glossary.- Index.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews of the second edition:“This book presents basic CG topics in a novel, skill-related way that better reflects real-world, entertainment-related industry expectations and standards. … this attractive full-color book is an excellent resource for study topics and curricula. I recommend it to professionals in the entertainment industry … and to any other readers interested in state-of-the-art innovations and improvements and new modeling technologies as applied to artistic design.” (Athanasios D. Styliadis, Computing Reviews, November, 2013)Table of ContentsPreface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Introduction.- CG Basics.- Observation Skills.- Measurements.- Modeling 1: Polygons.- Resolution.- Optimization.- Validation.- Texture Coordinates (UVs).- Shaders and Texturing.- Rendering.- Animation.- Modeling 2: NURBS.- Modeling 3: Advanced.- Industry Standards.- Appendix.- Glossary.- Index.

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Book SynopsisWhat do the best youth arts programs look like, and how can young people develop through them? This groundbreaking book highlights the conditions needed for youth arts work to be successful, using six international, best practice case studies.Table of ContentsPart I 1: Introduction 2: Current and future trends in Youth Arts Programs 3: Knowing Young People Part II 4: Researching the Arts Award in Youth Work Settings 5: Youth Arts Practices 6: Youth Arts Pedagogies Part III 7: Accommodating Common Culture 8: Celebrating Cultural Democracy 9: Cultivating Cultural Citizenship 10: Enabling Youth Arts Programs to Flourish

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