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Book SynopsisIn this retrospective of Gerald Weissmann''s best-known essays, the reader is treated to his unique perspective on what C. P. Snow once dubbed the Two Cultures-art and science. In Darwin''s Audubon, Weissmann examines the powerful influence that the two exert over one another and how they have helped each other evolve. From listening to the scientists who gather ever year to sing at the Woods Hole Cantata Consort to looking at the influence of Audubon''s watercolours on Darwin''s On the Origin of Species from comparing William Carlos Williams''s poetry to his unedited case books to watching Oliver Wendell Holmes grow as doctor and as poet, Weissmann weaves a rich tapestry that will delight fans and newcomers alike.

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Book SynopsisThe years before World War I were a fertile period for artists in Europe and the United States who were challenging aesthetic convention in music, writing, and the visual arts. These early pioneers of modernism sometimes preferred to work alone, but just as often they were associated with groups whose boundaries were permeable and freely changing. While these individual groups_including the Futurists, Imagists, Blue Rider, and the Second Vienna School_have been thoroughly studied, scholars of the period have often neglected the formative and pervasive interactions of these groups across geographic and artistic boundaries. Providing a historical taxonomy of this influential milieu, Milton Cohen demonstrates how these groups were largely responsible for the artistic innovation and nearly all the avant-garde agitation and major events of these years. With concluding appendices intended for scholars and specialists, this engagingly written book will be useful not only for classroom use aTrade ReviewMilton Cohen has written a fascinating book....A terrifically engaging and useful book. * European History, January 2009 *This beautifully written study defines pre-World-War-I European modernism as an essentially group-driven phenomenon and takes us deep into the movement's social dynamics. How does one define a modernist group? Who emerged as leaders within these groups and why? What role did nationalism play in the desire of so many modernist artists to band together? The first four chapters of Movement, Manifesto, Melee answer these questions (and many more) and offer a fresh perspective on a subject too commonly approached in terms of isolated figures. -- Steven Trout, Fort Hays State UniversityTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 Prologue: The Futurist Traveling Exhibition of 1912 3 Chapter 1: The Modernist Group: A Taxonomy and Rationale 4 Chapter 2: Leaders 5 Chapter 3: Manifesto 6 Chapter 4: Melee: Group Performances, Hostile Responses 7 Epilogue: Fatal Symbiosis: Modernism and World War I 8 Appendix 1: Time Line: 1910-1914 9 Appendix 2: Modernist Groups 1910-1914: A Listing 10 Appendix 3: Modernist Casualties of World War I

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Book Synopsisaeo This is a clear and straightforward introduction to the main issues raised by the study of popular music, written by a leading authority in the field. aeo It is wide--ranging and covers the main studies and theoretical contributions to the field, including studies of the industry, and of the reception and use of popular music in everyday life.Trade Review"An excellent critical introduction to major theoretical issues and debates in the study of contemporary popular music, drawing on illustrative case studies that will be familiar to a wide readership. Clearly written and well argued, the book will be essential reading for students, researchers and teachers." Sara Cohen, University of Liverpool "A bumper primer for the field as a whole ... instructive and enlightening." Q Magazine "The book functions both as an introduction to theories in the field, and as an outline of a coherent theoretical model of its own." European Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Audiences. 2. Industry. 3. Mediations. 4. Identities. 5. Histories. 6. Geographies. 7. Politics. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisPublished in two volumes, History of Italian Art provides a major history of Italian Art from antiquity to the present day.Trade Review"These well-chosen essays provide a comprehensive overview of Italian art." The Art Book Review "Very useful essays ... and all of them could be readily set for undergraduate and graduate reading." The Oxford Art JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustration. Publisher's Note. Preface by Peter Burke. 1. The Italian Artist and his Roles: Peter Burke. 2. Centre and Periphery: Enrico Castelnuovo and Carlo Ginzburg. 3. Italian Art and the Art of Antiquity: Nicole Dacos. 4. The Dispersal and Conservation of Art-historical Property: Francis Haskell. 5. The Public Reception of Art: Anna Maria Mura. Index.

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Book Synopsisaeo The first major group study of the lives and work of Edna Clarke Hall, Gwen John, Ida Nettleship and Gwen Smith. aeo Based upon material drawn from a wide range of previously unpublished journals, diaries and well illustrated often presenting previously unseen photos and works.Trade Review"Portraits of Women is carefully researched and sympathetically written, and comes as a timely reminder of that talented group of half-forgotten women artists, led by Edna Clarke Hall, who were at the Slade School of Fine Art with Gwen and Augustus John. A hundred years after those student days, they still command our interest." Michael Holroyd "This is an informative book ... her bleak chronicle of the women's attempts to keep working though babies, loss of love, loss of money and loss of confidence, is an eye-opening analysis of the social and psychological reasons why so many female artists do not fulfil their promise. The book provides a significant addition to the information we have about these artists and their artistic practice the material could be used in several ways by history students." The Art Book "The project offers the long-overdue prospect of tracing a network of shared professional interests and friendship throughout the four women's careers ... Thomas draws on some fascinating source material; art, letters and writings which have not been accessible are now made available to a wider audience. Especially illuminating are descriptions of the quantity and variety of work produced by Gwen Smith and Edna Clarke Hall." Art History "A main attraction is the amount of quotation made from unpublished sources." The Oxford Art JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Introduction. 1. Students (1893-1898). 2. Broken Promises (1898-1905). 3. Duty and Devotion (1905-1914). 4. Whistling in the Dark (1914-1932). 5. Growing Old (1932-1979). Epilogue. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index.

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Book Synopsisaeo Very accessible, broad--ranging overview of the debate about children and the media. aeo In particular, explores ways in which the nature of childhood is chaning in the age of electronic media. aeo This is a scholarly book based on up--to--date research and, at the same time, it is directly related to policy issues.Trade Review'This is a mightily impressive book. David Buckingham surveys a great swathe of claims about children and their relations with the media, and confronts them with the solid array of real research. He then boldly addresses a series of living issues: from censorship for children to children's citizenship. You don't have to agree with every argument he makes or position he arrives at to recognise that this is a work of exceptional range and rich intelligence.' Martin Barker, University of Sussex 'After the Death of Childhood is an excellent summary and critique of the hype surrounding childhood and the media at the dawn of the 21st century. It debates issues with great flair and utmost clarity and draws conclusions that are of vital importance not only to educators and to those in the media, who should take Buckingham's message very seriously, but to all interested and informed adults.' Valerie Walkerdine, Foundation Professor of Critical Psychology at University of Western Sydney, Australia 'An overview of changes both in childhood and the media environment, based on extensive research ... He raises some important issues and dispels some fears.' CY Magazine 'Buckingham addresses the relationship between children and the media by focusing on both the changing patterns of media and the changing nature of childhood.' Reference and Research Book News 'This is an important and engaging book that will prove informative and challenging to literacy and English educators. It places the work on children and the media in historical context and suggests a way forward for research and policy developments.' Journal of Early Childhood Literacy 'a valuable addition to the ongoing debates over children and modern-day society' British Educational Research JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vi Introduction 1 In Search of the Child 3 Part I 2 The Death of Childhood 21 3 The Electronic Generation 41 Part II 4 Changing Childhoods 61 5 Changing Media 80 6 Changing Paradigms 103 Part III 7 Children Viewing Violence 123 8 Children as Consumers 145 9 Children as Citizens 168 Conclusion 10 Children’s Media Rights 191 Notes 208 References 223 Index 241

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Book SynopsisIn this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance.Trade Review"A superb introduction to Renaissance culture and society."Renaissance Quarterly"A fascinating tour de force."American Historical Review"An indispensable study for historians, sociologists, and anyone interested in one of the most remarkable periods of European history."ChoiceTable of ContentsIllustrations vii Introduction 1 The Theme 1 The Approach 4 A Revised Edition 8 Part I The Problem 1 The Arts in Renaissance Italy 17 2 The Historians: The Discovery of Social and Cultural History 32 Part II The Arts in their Milieu 3 Artists and Writers 47 Recruitment 47 Training 56 The Organization of the Arts 67 The Status of the Arts 80 Artists as Social Deviants 88 4 Patrons and Clients 94 Who are the Patrons? 95 Patrons v. Artists 107 Architecture, Music and Literature 118 The Rise of the Market 125 5 The Uses of Works of Art 132 Magic and Religion 133 Politics 138 The Private Sphere 148 Art for Pleasure 151 6 Taste 152 The Visual Arts 153 Music 161 Literature 164 Varieties of Taste 166 7 Iconography 171 Part III The Wider Society 8 Worldviews: Some Dominant Traits 187 Views of the Cosmos 188 Views of Society 198 Views of Man 203 Towards the Mechanization of the World Picture 211 9 The Social Framework 215 Religious Organization 215 Political Organization 220 The Social Structure 228 The Economy 234 10 Cultural and Social Change 241 Generations 242 Structural Changes 249 11 Comparisons and Conclusions 255 The Netherlands 256 Japan 259 Appendix: The Creative Elite 264 References and Bibliography 266 Index 314

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Book SynopsisThe success of todayâs American Indian silversmith follows a pathway blazed by the silver Indian jewelry makers that came beforeâthose who brought the raw silver, channeled it, worked it, and made it profitable. In a large sense, the Fred Harvey name built the structure upon which many of today's Southwestern Indian silver and art traditions survive. This book's comprehensive study utilizes several private collections and hundreds of specimens, the best of which were painstakingly measured, weighed and photographed for the book. With nearly 100 images of SW Indian jewelry supplemented by early 1900s Harvey Company Photostint postcards, this book paints a vivid and colorful picture of life in Americaâs southwestern frontier. Included is a significantly researched timeline and tips & tricks to clarify the historical subject. The many conjoined facts and historical research discoveries provide a fresh vantage from which to understand the complex world of early silver Indian jewelry and it

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Book SynopsisIn doing so, he offers a dramatic picture of a complex and changing urban center that, despite its flaws, flourished for centuries.Trade ReviewAn important addition to the literature on classical Rome... Highly recommended. Choice 2010Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface1. Approaching the Ancient City2. The Creation of the Ancient Megalopolis of Rome3. Rome after Hannibal4. From Sulla to Octavian5. The Creation of the Imperial City6. The Consolidation of the Imperial City7. The Antonine City8. Neighborhoods, Pathways, and Rituals of the Imperial City9. Supply, Service, and Productivity: The Urban Economy of Ancient Rome10. The People of Imperial Rome11. On the Fringe: Rome beyond the Pomerium12. The Prelude to the Christian CityNotesGlossary of Latin TermsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisMark Doty's prose has been hailed as tempered and tough, sorrowing and serene (The New York Times Book Review) and achingly beautiful (The Boston Globe). In Still Life with Oysters and Lemon he offers a stunning exploration of our attachment to ordinary things-how we invest objects with human store, and why.

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Book SynopsisExplores, in a timely and engaging manner, several aspects of the relations between theology and aesthetics, in both the pastoral and academic realms. The underlying motif of this work is that beauty is a means of divine revelation, and that art is the human mediation that both enables and limits its revelatory power.

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Book SynopsisFor Hemingway and Fitzgerald, there was Paris in the twenties. For others, later, there was Greenwich Village, Big Sur, and Woodstock. But for an even later generation there was another moveable feast: Key West, Florida. Mile Marker Zero tells the story of how writers and artists found their identities in Key West and maintained their friendships over the decades.

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Book SynopsisLinda Sandino is the CCW/V&A Senior Research Fellow at Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.Matthew Partington is the V&A Museum Senior Research Fellow (Applied Arts) at the University of West England and a Research Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.Trade ReviewA good introduction to various subjects relating to the function and use of oral history from the 20th and early 21st centuries. * Textile Research Centre *Oral History in the Visual Arts deliberately disrupts, unsettles and pivots the discourse on how both visual and intellectual observation functions; it opens up new possibilities in the ways in which the small stories of verbal communication transact with and reframe visual production. * Fashion, Society & Popular Culture *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Oral History in and about Art, Craft and Design - Linda Sandino, V&A/CCW Graduate School, University of the Arts London, UK Part One: Arts Practices The Body Event: Voice and Recorded Histories in the Creation of a Sound Installation Based on the Ideas of the Work of Artist John Latham - David Toop, sound artist and writer, UK De Mudder Tongue: Oral History Work as an Arts Practice - Michael Mcmillan, artist, writer and curator, UK Private Voices and Public Places: Using Oral Histories in Site-specific Text-based Art - Bettina Furnée, artist and Ian Horton, University of the Arts London, UK Chronicle from the Field - Alexandra Handal, artist, UK History in the Making; the Use of Talk in Inter-disciplinary Collaborative Craft Practice - David Gates, , furniture maker, UK Part Two: Histories On Quality: Curators at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, (1935-2010) - Richard Cándida Smith, University of California, Berkeley, USA Voices in Art History - Liz Bruchet, Association of Art Historians, UK Speaking of Craft: The Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America - Liza Kirwin, Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, USA The Museum as a Work of Art: Interviewing Museum Architects, Engineers, and Builders - Anne Ritchie, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA Oral History Work with Tibetan and Nepalese Metalworkers, (1986-1991) - John Clarke, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK The Death of Small Things: The Cork Craftsman's Guild (1973-1984) - Eleanor Flegg, freelance writer and broadcaster, Ireland Part Three: Identities The Craft of Conversation: Oral History and Lesbian Feminist Art Practice - Ann Cvetkovich, University of Texas at Austin, USA Crafty Chats or Whose Craft is It Anyway? Domestic Discourse and Making Marginality Matter - Jo Turney, Bath Spa University, UK Feedsack Fashion in Rural Appalachia: a Social History of Women's Experiences in Ashe County, North Carolina, (1929-1956) - Natalya Buckel, independentscholar, USA Covering Up - Claire Wilcox, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK From Punk to the Hijab: Women's Embodied Dress as Performative Resistance, 1970s to the Present - Shehnaz Suterwalla, Royal College of Art, UK Becoming an Artist: Life Histories and Visual Images - Maria Tamboukou, University of East London, UK and Gali Weiss, artist, Melbourne, Australia Narratives in Practice: the Small and Big Stories of Design - Arlene Oak, University of Alberta, Canada Conclusion: Oral History and Research Ethics in the Visual Arts: Current and Future Challenges - Matthew Partington, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

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Book SynopsisThe series is performing an important service by providing fully annotated editions of Tudor humanists and playwrights in the original Tudor English, with glossaries and listing of textual variants and doubtful readings. COMPARATIVE DRAMA`A first-rate edition that substantially advances the cause of scholarship.' COMPARATIVE DRAMAFirst complete and fully annotated collection of John Heywood's plays in the original language. It makes possible a reevaluation ofhis remarkable achievement as actor-playwright and an appreciation of his lively contribution to the English language. In all their experimental variety the comedies are seen to have the stamp of an idiosyncratic, theatricalintelligence coupled with a surprising seriousness and Heywood emerges as a resourceful apologist for traditional Catholic doctrine in a time of Reformation. In arguing for a new chronology, the editors suggest that Henry VIII'sservant and entertainer was capable of refreshing irreverence and political daring. Contents: Witty and Witles, Johan Johan, The Pardoner and theFrere, The Foure PP, A Play of Love, The Play of the Wether. Notes.Appendices: Verses from a lost Play of Reason, Translation of .RICHARD AXTON is a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and University lecturer in English. PETER HAPPÉis the former Principal of Barton PeverilSixth-Form College.Trade ReviewD.S. Brewer's thoughtful series...takes into account, synthesizes and develops the various facts and theories advanced about particular plays over the last few decades. The introduction and notes are full, informative... This edition contributes valuably to the reassessment of a crucial period. REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIESPerhaps the most significant playwright of the early Tudor court...a splendid feat of scholarship that sets each play in its literary and historical contexts...helpful comments on staging possibilities... From this admirable edition one gains a real sense of the richness and diversity of court culture in the period. BRITISH STUDIES A first-rate edition that substantially advances the cause of scholarship. Cumulatively, the series is performing an important service by providing us with fully annotated editions of Tudor humanists and playwrights in the original Tudor English, with glossaries and listing of textual variants and doubtful readings. * COMPARATIVE DRAMA *Table of ContentsIntroduction - life and works; the plays; staging; sources; context; "Witty and Witless"; "Johan Johan"; "The Pardoner and the Frere"; "The Foure PP"; "A Play of Love"; "The Play of the Wether".

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Book SynopsisWalead Beshty is a carefully curated guide to key bodies of work by the acclaimed conceptual artist presented in collaboration with Thomas Dane Gallery in London, Turin and Naples. One of todayâs leading conceptual artists, Los Angeles-based Walead Beshty (b. 1976, London) works across photography, sculpture and words. Beshtyâs art is expansive and best described as an ongoing conversation, to which this monograph is his next articulation. Through a deconstructing lens, Walead Beshty explores every exhibition and project the artist has presented in collaboration with Thomas Dane Gallery in London, Turin and Naples. The monograph offers a guide to some of the artistâs key bodies of work. Uncovering processes is central to Beshtyâs art. He deliberately incorporated marks made by oxidation and human touch into his FedEx copper works and Copper Surrogate works, as well as photographing the many individuals involved in his exhibitions in Industrial Portraits. The work that has gone into t

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