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Book SynopsisFrom bestselling author Juliette Aristides comes an inspirational guide to thinking, making, and embodying the mind of a creative person

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Book SynopsisNuria Bellver and Raquel Fanjul met in 2006, while enrolled in Fine Arts. The last year of university 2010/2011 they felt the call of Cachete Jack and joined forces to give life to this two-headed, four-handed monster with a critical, fun, honest and playful spirit. Since that moment, they have worked for national and international clients in different fields: publishing press, advertising campaigns, children's books, covers, fashion, packaging, murals... and held individual and group exhibitions, illustration fairs, talks and artistic residencies in different parts of the world. of the globe... everything is possible in Cachete Jack. They have collaborated with The New York Times, The New Yorker, Elle Magazine, Hermes, Oxford University Press, and Netflix among many other media. We present his first illustration book, which functions as a retrospective of his abundant work so far in his short career.

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Book SynopsisFor fifty years, American artist Linda Lighton has created a powerful body of subversive ceramic sculptures that explore desire in all its complex forms. This monographic catalogue marks the first substantial survey of her pioneering work, which uses wit and seduction as conceptual weaponry to mine the relationship between sex, power, and politicsThis richly illustrated monograph gives a comprehensive overview of Lighton's career, delving into the ways that her highly original and often rebellious work pushes the boundaries of ceramic sculpture. Accompanied by new scholarship on the artist's practice, the publication situates her sculptureswhich use a feminist visual language to address social issues, such as gun violence, environmental degradation, and gender conformitywithin the context of broader art historical developments.

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Book SynopsisA celebration of Lizzo's love and light. We all want a bit more Lizzo in our lives! A global superstar who has become a beacon of hope for the marginalised as well as the mainstream. Lizzo spreads messages of joy, self-love and self-acceptance every. single. day.Her playfully punchy lyrics and bold anthemic choruses give us the distinct feeling we can join her in conquering the world, and her positive energy encourages us to believe in our own abilities and dig deep to discover our own inner strength.With chapters on self-confidence, heartbreak and finding power in our emotions, Live the Lizzo Way will arm readers with the tips and tricks to empower them to be fearless and loving and to feel beautiful inside and out.

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Book Synopsis?Sam Wasson?s supremely entertaining book tracks the ups and downs, ins and outs, of a remarkable career. . . . A marvel of unshowy reportage.??New York TimesThe New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with the definitive account of Academy Award?winning director Francis Ford Coppola?s decades-long dream to reinvent American filmmaking, if not the entire world, through his production company, American Zoetrope.Francis Ford Coppola is one of the great American dreamers, and his most magnificent dream is American Zoetrope, the production company he founded in San Francisco years before his gargantuan success, when he was only thirty. Through Zoetrope?s experimental, communal utopia, Coppola attempted to reimagine the entire pursuit of moviemaking. Now, more than fifty years later, despite myriad setbacks, the visionary filmmaker?s dream persists, most notably in the production of his decades-in-the-making film and the culmination of his utopian ideals, Megalopolis.As Wasson makes clear, the story of Zoetrope is also the story of Coppola?s wife, Eleanor Coppola, and their children, and of personal lives inseparable from artistic passion. It is a story that charts the divergent paths of Coppola and his cofounder and onetime apprentice, George Lucas, and of their very different visions of art and commerce. And it is a story inextricably bound up in the making of one of the greatest quixotic masterpieces ever attempted, Apocalypse Now, and in what Coppola found in the jungles of the Philippines when he walked the razor?s edge. That story, already the stuff of legend, has never fully been told, until this extraordinary book.

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Book SynopsisSocial Work and the Arts: Expanding Horizons is a collection of writings that explores how expressive methods are used in social work education, practice, research, and community action. Edited by Shelley Cohen Konrad and Michal Sela-Amit, the book aims to answer the question: What do the arts offer social work education, research, and practice?This query is woven throughout the four sections of the book: first, on the various ways the arts are used in social work education; second, an examination of art-based social work research; third, a compilation of narratives by social workers who are artists in their own right; and finally, the future of the social work profession and its relationship to the arts.Written by authors from diverse backgrounds, each with a unique perspective on the benefits of the arts in their respective areas of expertise, Social Work and the Arts is a must-read for anyone interested in the arts and social work and for those who are just beginning to explore its

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Book SynopsisExamines violence against women in contemporary American plays by female dramatists.Trade Review"Performing Gender Violence is a precious addition to the scholarly literature of the representation of violence on stage as it opens up new perspectives on the discrimination women still experience today in the United States. Fascinating in terms of content, Ozieblo and Hernando-Real's collection can also be defined as a good read since the articles are informed by the stylistic enthusiasm of the authors which adds to the quality of the book." - Journal of Contemporary Drama in English "In an astute reconfiguration of scholarly conventions, this book, authored by female scholars, is a cross between an edited collection (as the cover suggests) and a co-authored volume . . . All in all, Performing Gender Violence: Plays by Contemporary American Women Dramatists is a thoroughly researched book, which eloquently blends theoretical considerations with close-reading analyses of specific plays. By combining examinations of canonical and recent works, the authors contribute to enlarging our knowledge of the astonishing wealth of contemporary American drama. Therefore, this book will not only be useful to feminists: it will become an invaluable research tool for any serious scholar wishing to study new developments in contemporary US theatre." European Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; N.Hernando-Real & B.Ozieblo Violence against Women: Forms and Responses; M.Fernández-Morales , I.Pineda-Hernández , M.López-Rodríguez & B.Ozieblo Violence against Women in U.S. Theater; N.Hernando-Real & B.Ozieblo My Home, My Battleground: The Deconstruction of the American Family; N.Hernando-Real The Role of Female Bonding on the Stage of Violence; M.Narbona-Carrión A Stalker, a Serial Killer, and the Women Who Survived Them: Psychological Abuse as a Form of Gender Violence; M.L.Rodríguez The New Breast Cancer (Im)patient: Female Revolt against Biomedical Violence in US Drama; M.Fernández-Morales Survival Strategies in Recent Plays by African American Women Playwrights; I.Pineda-Hernández Documenting War: Theatrical Interventions by Emily Mann and Heather Raffo; I.Saal The Victim and the Audience's Pleasure: an Exploration of Carson Kreitzer's Self Defense and Stefanie Zadravec's Honey Brown Eyes; B.Ozieblo

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2016 "Radically revises our understanding of why Sarah Bernhardt chose to engage in the new medium of motion pictures and why her 1910s films were received (and are still readable) as both artistic and popular works far beyond France."--Richard Abel, author of Americanizing the Movies and "Movie-Mad" Audiences, 1910–1914"Sarah Bernhardt was one of the first well-known actresses to turn to moving pictures, proving that the movies could be taken seriously by major artists and attracting an audience cinema had not had before. Film historians have dismissed these films as 'filmed theater,' but Victoria Duckett demands we take a closer look. In our era of hybrid media, we can rediscover Bernhardt’s use of gesture and movement as linking cinema to Art Nouveau while forging a link between theater and film. Duckett’s careful research reveals the impact a woman had in establishing cinema as an art that drew on--rather than ignored--theater. Bernhardt not only became the first international movie star--she pioneered the role women might have in this new medium."--Tom Gunning, author of The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity"Addresses the chasm in criticism between a lionizing of Sarah Bernhardt's stage work on one hand, and the dismissal of her filmed performances on the other."--French Studies"Duckett's excellent skills as a researcher and a writer shine through. . . . Seeing Sarah Bernhardt therefore not only adds much needed context and analysis to the performances of the legendary Bernhardt, but it also shows the promise of intermedial research."--Theatre Journal"Well written and insightful, this is required reading for those interested in theater, film, or women's studies. . . . Essential."--Choice"Conceptually ambitious and highly stimulating."--Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Friedman's passion for Spielberg films is contagious. Reading Citizen Spielberg makes you want to revisit old favorites like Jurassic Park (1993) and less familiar gems like Empire of the Sun (1987), both to appreciate Spielberg's artistry and assess Friedman's arguments. " --Australasian Journal of American Studies"Essential . . . Perhaps Friedman's greatest achievement is deciphering--in remarkably entertaining fashion--why every Spielberg film is vital to understanding his entire career." --The Film Stage"Citizen Spielberg is an indispensable study of outstanding scholarship and criticism about Steven Spielberg's life, work, and place in American film and cultural history. Friedman writes with commitment and conviction, opening new channels of understanding into Spielberg, his films, and his times."--Sam B. Girgus, author of Clint Eastwood's America"Friedman claims to have penned the first comprehensive analysis of [Spielberg's] films, and he may well be right."--Library Journal"Friedman's treatment is an exhaustive and necessary catalog."--American Interest"There is [a lack of] an exhaustive overview of the components of Spielberg's corpus, the issues which animate his most significant works, the roots of his immense popularity amongst audiences, and the influence his vast spectrum of imaginative products exerts on the public consciousness. Friedman fills that void with a systematic analysis of the various genres in which the director has worked and concludes that Spielberg's films present a sustained artistic vision combined with a technical flair matched by few other filmmakers, and makes a compelling case for Spielberg to be considered as a major film artist."--Screening the Past"Citizen Spielberg does a service to a monstrously influential director and an oeuvre whose investigations of emotion -- especially constrained masculine emotions -- have received insufficient book-length study."--Bloomsbury Review"Friedman seeks a more nuanced approach to Spielberg's cinematic output as director; taking readers through an analysis of his films and responding to the critical assessments of others, Friedman asserts that 'Spielberg is a far more complex, sophisticated, and wry filmmaker than most mainstream critics and academic scholars appreciate.’”--Shofar "Encourage your brightest students to investigate Citizen Speilberg. It's the sort of book that by eschewing jargon but employing serious critical analysis could have a profound effect."--Splice"There is [a lack of] an exhaustive overview of the components of Spielberg's corpus, the issues which animate his most significant works, the roots of his immense popularity amongst audiences, and the influence his vast spectrum of imaginative products exerts on the public consciousness. Friedman fills that void with a systematic analysis of the various genres in which the director has worked and concludes that Spielberg's films present a sustained artistic vision combined with a technical flair matched by few other filmmakers, and makes a compelling case for Spielberg to be considered as a major film artist." * Screening the Past *"Citizen Spielberg does a service to a monstrously influential director and an oeuvre whose investigations of emotion--especially constrained masculine emotions--have received insufficient book-length study." * Bloomsbury Review *"Friedman seeks a more nuanced approach to Spielberg's cinematic output as director; taking readers through an analysis of his films and responding to the critical assessments of others, Friedman asserts that 'Spielberg is a far more complex, sophisticated, and wry filmmaker than most mainstream critics and academic scholars appreciate.’” * Shofar *"Encourage your brightest students to investigate Citizen Speilberg. It's the sort of book that by eschewing jargon but employing serious critical analysis could have a profound effect." * Splice *"Friedman's treatment is an exhaustive and necessary catalog." * American Interest *Table of ContentsPreface ixAcknowledgments xxiii1 The Fantasy and Science Fiction Films 12 The Action/Adventure Melodramas 653 The Monster Movies 1174 The War Films 1735 The Social Problem/Ethnic Minority Films 2436 Imagining the Holocaust 311Filmography 341Works Cited 351Index 369

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Against a complicated history of Italian folk music and its recovery, Inserra provides an insightful account of tarantella in its home region of Campania and in its migration throughout and outside Italy, intertwining her fieldwork with existing scholarship." --Italian American Review "Gratifying to read. Makes a significant contribution--finally, in the English language, where few studies have been previously available--to the study of this rich, diverse, and globally relevant music phenomenon."--Luisa Del Giudice, coauthor of Performing Ecstasies: Music, Dance, and Ritual in the Mediterranean "Enhances our understanding of southern Italian music and dance while also refining our general models of folklore revival. The book shows how musicians graft their performances onto ever-shifting contexts of reception among mobile Italian and international audiences. It richly demonstrates that local perspectives on musical tradition are every bit as tricky as global ones."--Dorothy Noyes, author of Humble Theory: Folklore's Grasp on Social LifeTable of ContentsCoverTitleContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Brief History of the Tarantella Revival: Exploring Tarantella through the “Southern Question” Debate2. Exporting Southern Italian Festivals from South to North: The Post-1990s Tammurriata Revival3. Images of the Italian South within and beyond World Music: Eugenio Bennato’s Taranta Power Movement4. Tarantella for U.S., Italian American, and Cosmopolitan Markets: Alessandra Belloni’s Performance from New York City to HonoluluFinal ThoughtsNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisHailed since its initial release, Film and the Anarchist Imagination offers the authoritative account of films featuring anarchist characters and motifs. Richard Porton delves into the many ways filmmakers have portrayed anarchism's long traditions of labor agitation and revolutionary struggle. While acknowledging cinema's predilection for ludicrous anarchist stereotypes, he focuses on films that, wittingly or otherwise, reflect or even promote workplace resistance, anarchist pedagogy, self-emancipation, and anti-statist insurrection. Porton ranges from the silent era to the classics Zéro de Conduite and Love and Anarchy to contemporary films like The Nothing Factory while engaging the works of Jean Vigo, Jean-Luc Godard, Lina Wertmüller, Yvonne Rainer, Ken Loach, and others. For this updated second edition, Porton reflects on several new topics, including the negative portrayals of anarchism over the past twenty years and the contemporary embrace of post-anarchism.Trade Review"So many mainstream movies are ultimately propaganda: propaganda for consumerism, violence, outdated gender relations, and the capitalist system. This book reminds us that films can also be rebellious, aiming not to reinforce but undermine the status quo. In this updated version of his original classic, Richard Porton traces the evolution of anarchist ideas and their influence on cinematic form and content, exploring a wide range of expressive work designed to provoke, inspire, and confound. A welcome and compelling celebration of a subversive and still-evolving genre."--Astra Taylor, author of The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age"Although I'm a feminist, but not a self-identified anarchist-feminist, Richard Porton's Film And The Anarchist Imagination has inspired me to study the texts and films he brilliantly analyzes, even revisit my own from his unique perspective."--Lizzie BordenPraise for the previous edition: "Porton's astute and engaging study provides a needed corrective to the 'laughably unsubtle' movies that recycle stereotypes and half-truths."--Catherine Saint Louis, New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Anarchism and Cinema: Representation and Self-Representation 2 Cinema, Anarchism, and Revolution: Heroes, Martyrs, and Utopian Moments 3 Anarcho-Syndicalism versus the “Revolt against Work” 4 Film and Anarchist Pedagogy 5 The Elusive Anarchist Aesthetic Afterword (2019) Notes Index

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Book SynopsisReconsidering the dynamics of perceptionUsing cinema to explore the visual aspects of alterity, Randall Halle analyzes how we become cognizant of each other and how we perceive and judge another person in a visual field. Halle draws on insights from philosophy and recent developments in cognitive and neuroscience to argue that there is no pure natural sight. We always see in a particular way, from a particular vantage point, and through a specific apparatus, and Halle shows how human beings have used cinema to experiment with the apparatus of seeing for over a century. Visual alterity goes beyond seeing difference to being conscious of how one sees difference. Investigating the process allows us to move from mere perception to apperception, or conscious perception. Innovative and insightful, Visual Alterity merges film theory with philosophy and cutting-edge science to propose new ways of perceiving and knowing.Trade Review"Visual Alterity offers a theoretically sophisticated and incisive analysis of seeing, apprehending difference and moving image technology that challenges long-established assumptions. Kaleidoscopic in scope and deft in argument, Randall Halle’s pathbreaking book makes an important contribution to the fields of visual and alterity studies."--Daniela Berghahn, author of Far-Flung Families in Film: The Diasporic Family in Contemporary European Cinema

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A much-needed critical volume. Movie Workers fills a major gap in scholarly and popular film history, presenting a meticulous and engaging analysis of a wealth of fascinating new data and case studies." --Technology and Culture "This is a very important book. It is no exaggeration to say that it totally re-writes the labour history of the British film industry. . . . Methodologically precise." --Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television "This important study acts as a political weapon, a much-needed act of recovery and a revision of British film history." --Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsCoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Women’s Work in Film Production: Concepts, Materials, and Methods1. Organizing Work: Gender and the Film Trade Union2. The 1930s: Modernizing Production3. The 1940s: Wartime Opportunities4. The 1950s: Rebuilding Britain5. The 1960s: The New Pioneers6. The 1970s and 1980s: Working with FeminismEpilogue: Legacies and New BeginningsAppendix A: Application Form for Membership in the Association of CineTechnicians (circa 1930s)Appendix B: ACT Job Levels, 1947Appendix C: Film Technicians: Numbers and Percentage by Gender, Decade, and Production CategoryNotesSelect GlossaryIndexBack cover

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Joan Templeton's research and the beautiful artifact which contains it—the hard-bound, richly illustrated book—constitute a highly engaging, thought-provoking and emotionally moving read. Her study makes a significant contribution to the fields of Munch studies and Ibsen studies and can be used productively in the teaching of both subjects." -- Gergana May * Scandinavian-Canadian Studies *"Joan Templeton's much-anticipated book does not disappoint. Concisely written, cogently argued, richly illustrated, and beautifully designed . . . it should be read by anyone interested in Ibsen, Munch, modern drama, comparative literature, and modern Scandinavian studies. . . . Templeton's important study with its many brilliant insights and superb illustrations will undoubtedly serve as a catalyst for future scholarship." -- Clarence Burton Sheffield, Jr. * Scandinavian Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Abbreviations Documentation & Translation 1. Letting in the Light: The Norwegian Culture Wars 2. Theatre Programs and Ibsen Portraits 3. Sketches for the Kammerspiele 4. Portraits of the Artist as Peer Gynt 5. Carving Norway's Saga 6. Artists and Models 7. Starry Night at Ekely In Ibsen's Company Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSurveys Layman's work in the context of dreams of utopia in suburbia, secession from the city, nostalgia for paradiseTrade Review"This book, an intense combination of images and text, is a rare encounter: rich and strange." -- Mike Dillon * City Living *

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Book SynopsisThe money spent by the French government on the public image of Louis XIV was extensive and succeeded in making him into a god like figure. In this book the author gives an account of the contemporary representations of Louis XIV and illustrates the relationship between art and power.Table of ContentsIntroducing Louis XIV; persuasion; sunrise; the construction of the system; self-assertion; the years of victory; the reconstruction of the system; sunset; the crisis of representations; the reverse of the medal; the reception of Louis XIV; Louis in perspective.

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Book SynopsisStephen Fry is a writer, comedian, presenter, actor, half-man, half-demi-god. Tim Lihoreau regularly writes with Stephen Fry and is the muli-award winning scriptwriter for the Classic FM The Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music. He is also Creative Director for Classic FM, and lives in Cambridge.

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Book SynopsisWelcome to the Jungle brings a black British perspective to the critical reading of a wide range of cultural texts, events and experiences arising from volatile transformations in the politics of ethnicity, sexuality and race during the 1980s. The ten essays collected here examine new forms of cultural expression in black film, photography and visual art exerging with a new generation of black British artists, and interprets this prolific creativity within a sociological framework that reveals fresh perspectives on the bewildering complexity of identity and diversity in an era of postmodernity. Kobena Mercer documents a wealth of insights opened up by the overlapping of Asian, African and Caribbean cultures that constitute Black Britain as a unique domain of diaspora.Trade Review"A passionate and detailed history of the New Black British Cultural Studies by one of the major players in its making. In its attention to "the formal and strategic aesthetics of hybridity," and to the differences and alliances between Black US and Black British, this book is indeed "intranational and outernational." -- Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Monster Metaphors; 2: Diaspora Culture and the Dialogic Imagination; 3: Recoding Narratives of Race and Nation; 4: Black Hair/Style Politics; 5: Black Masculinity and the Sexual Politics of Race; 6: Reading Racial Fetishism; 7: Dark & Lovely; 8: Black Art and the Burden of Representation; 9: Welcome to the Jungle; 10: “1968”

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Book SynopsisSteven chronicles Claude Monet''s rise to fame and contributions to Impressionism in this colorful report, featuring Steven''s funny cartoons alongside reproductions of classic paintings like Waterlilies.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLucid and accessible . . . an important contribution to the field of East-West comparative studies, Asian studies, and modernism. —Comparative Literature Studies|""Instead of trying to decipher the indecipherable 'China' in Western literary texts and critical discourses, Hayot chose to show us why and how 'China' has remained, and will probably always be, an enchanting, ever-elusive dream. His approach is nuanced and refreshing, his analysis rigorous and illuminating."" —Michelle Yeh, University of California, Davis

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Book SynopsisActor, playwright, and producer Harry Watkins (1825-94) was also a prolific diarist. For 15 years Watkins recorded the plays he saw, the roles he performed, the books he read, and his impressions of current events. Theatre historians Amy E. Hughes and Naomi J. Stubbs have selected, edited, and annotated substantial excerpts from the diary.

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Book SynopsisFaithful adaptations of ancient Egyptian artworks found in Egyptian tombs and temples: images of female musicians, portrait of a well-born lady, paintings from the Tomb of Nefertari, the burial chamber of Sennudem, more.

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Book SynopsisAround eighty photographers capture over a century of the British seaside in all its raucous, joyful and sometimes seedy glory.Trade Review'Surveys over a century of iconic and humorous holiday experiences and trips to the beach' - Aesthetica'Features a unique and engaging cast, both behind and in front of the lens, from the 1850s and into the 21st century' - HUCK'Jam-packed with holiday snaps, shoreline street photography and alluring tourism material' - ElephantTable of ContentsIntroduction • Waves on the Beach • Shell Stories: Editing the Seaside from the Thirties to the Eighties • Seaside Bohemias • Reporting Back • Halcyon Days • Road Trips • Who’s Looking at the Family? Seaside Chronicles from Then until Now • Worlds in a Small Room: The Seaside Hotel • Gazing Up Close and from a Distance: Performing Studio Portraiture in the 21st Century • Undercurrents: Revising the Seaside from the Sixties to the Nineties

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Book SynopsisContemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by one particular style, technique, or theme, but by a bricolage-like attitude toward art making, incorporating and building upon the structures from which older, pre- colonial and colonial genres were made.Contemporary African ArtContemporary African ArtTrade Review'‘An engaging, cogent, and thought-provoking book’' - African ArtsTable of Contents1. New Genres: Inventing African Popular Culture • 2. From Africans Photographed to African Photographers • 3. Transforming the Workshop • 4. Patrons and Mediators 5. Art and Commodity • 6. The African Artist: Shifting Identities in the Postcolonial World • 7. The Idea of a National Culture: Decolonizing African Art • 8. Migration and Displacement • 9. The Global Contemporary Art World and Africa

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Book SynopsisIan Haydn Smith is the author of Selling the Movie and Cult Filmmakers, and is also the update editor on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Haydn Smith is also the editor of BFI Filmmakers Magazine and Curzon Magazine.

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Book SynopsisFrom Picasso's Cubism and Duchamp's readymades to Warhol's silkscreens and Smithson's earthworks, the art of the twentieth century broke completely with earlier artistic traditions. A basic change in the market for advanced art produced a heightened demand for innovation, and young conceptual innovators â from Picasso and Duchamp to Rauschenberg and Warhol to Cindy Sherman and Damien Hirst â responded not only by creating dozens of new forms of art, but also by behaving in ways that would have been incomprehensible to their predecessors. Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art presents the first systematic analysis of the reasons for this discontinuity. David W. Galenson, whose earlier research has changed our understanding of creativity, combines social scientific methods with qualitative analysis to produce a fundamentally new interpretation of modern art that will give readers a far deeper appreciation of the art of the past century, and of today, than is available elsewhereTrade Review“To Mr. Galenson markets are what make the 20th century completely different from other eras for art. . . . [B]reaking the rules became the most valued attribute. The greatest rewards went to conceptual innovators who frequently changed styles and invented genres.” – Patricia Cohen, The New York Times“David Galenson brings the insights of an economic historian to this fascinating study of innovation in modern art. He shows how changes in the structure of the market for new art altered the innovation process itself and how the nature of innovation developed in the lives of many 20th century artists. Anyone interested in the development of 20th century art and any economist interested in the general process of innovation will want to read this book.” – Martin Feldstein, Department of Economics, Harvard University"With this book, David Galenson burnishes his reputation as one of the most interesting economists at work today. Once you've read Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art, you'll never look at modern art – or the creative process – quite the same way." – Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind“David Galenson has written the most inventive, surprising, and illuminating book on modern art to appear in my lifetime. I can think of no other book on modern art that remotely resembles Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art. Yet it is a surprising book because Galenson draws much of his evidence from what artists and art historians have been saying about modern art for more than a century. What Galenson has done is to take often over-familiar material and to reshape it by asking simple questions about artists’ behavior and then systematically setting out to explain them. Most importantly, I know of no artist, and certainly no art historian, who has seen so clearly the connection between the variety and pace of 20th-century artistic innovations and the increasing autonomy granted to artists by a richly competitive market. After introductory chapters on innovation and artistic importance, Conceptual Revolutions describes with unsurpassed clarity artistic behaviors new to recent art. Each chapter can be read independently of the others, but taken together readers will find clearly explained much of what often seems mysterious not only to the layperson but even to the art professional. Conceptual Revolutions offers new explanations for many familiar phenomena in modern art and challenges many received ideas held by scholars of 20th-century art, all presented in a prose style that is accessible to any intelligent reader. Conceptual Revolutions should change any open-minded reader’s basic perceptions about art today.” – Robert Jensen, Department of Art, University of Kentucky“A fascinating and highly readable explanation of why the art of the 20th century changed so dramatically from that which came earlier. David Galenson goes further in using innovative methods of analysis to change our concept of modern art than anyone I know. Entertaining and informative.” – Don Thompson, author of The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary ArtTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The back story of twentieth-century art; 2. The greatest artists of the twentieth century; 3. The most important works of art of the twentieth century; 4. The greatest artistic breakthroughs of the twentieth century; 5. The greatest women artists of the twentieth century; 6. Creating new genres: conceptual artists at work and play in the twentieth century; 7. And now for something completely different: the versatility of conceptual innovators; 8. You cannot be serious: the conceptual innovator as trickster; 9. Painting by proxy: the conceptual artist as manufacturer; 10. Co-authoring advanced art; 11. Language in visual art; 12. Portraits of the artist: personal visual art in the twentieth century; 13. The rise and (partial) fall of abstract painting in the twentieth century; 14. The globalization of advanced art in the twentieth century; 15. Artists and the market: from Leonardo and Titian to Warhol and Hirst; 16. The state of advanced art: the late twentieth century and beyond.

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Book SynopsisAnalysing visual and material culture is central to the historian's craft and The Look of the Past provides a much-needed introduction to the use of artefacts as evidence. Accessibly written and generously illustrated, this textbook develops the skills students need in order to describe, analyse and contextualise images and objects.Trade Review'Few scholars can match Jordanova's ability to further historical practice through precise analysis, originality and thought-provoking questions, and this pioneering publication is a 'how-to' book in the best possible sense. Beautifully illustrated and offering carefully selected bibliographical advice, The Look of the Past significantly enriches the historians' toolbox and throws out rusty remains. A winner!' Ulinka Rublack, author of Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Renaissance Europe'A master historian of visual culture brings the subject to life, shows its importance to understanding any period of history, and offers concise and compelling guidelines for making sense of how it works. The Look of the Past strikes just the right tone in offering an accessible, wondrously wide-ranging, and intellectually satisfying account of visual objects from handbags to Baroque paintings.' Lynn Hunt, University of California, Los Angeles'A staunchly argued, exceptionally lucid demonstration of the enlightenment, and also pleasure, to be derived from alert, informed, enquiring looking at the myriad artefacts surrounding us. Enlivened by wide-ranging case studies and a provocative choice of illustrations, it is a timely and invaluable resource for students of history and art history alike.' Elizabeth Cowling, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsA handbag?; Introduction; 1. Description and evidence; Essay – a 'sumptuous structure': the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge; 2. Craft, skills and visual intelligence; Essay – 'the jewel of the church': Bernini's Ecstasy of St Teresa; 3. Periodisation; Essay – photographing 'the family of man'; 4. Audiences and display; Essay – deposits of friendship: Renoir's 1908 portrait of Ambroise Vollard; 5. Comparative analysis; List of reference works.

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