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NUS Press Artists and the People: Ideologies of Art in Indonesia
Book SynopsisGets to the heart of what is unique about Indonesian art. Exploring the work of established and emerging artists in Indonesia’s vibrant art world, this book examines why so many artists in the world’s largest archipelagic nation choose to work directly with people in their art practices. While the social dimension of Indonesian art makes it distinctive in the globalized world of contemporary art, Elly Kent is the first to explore this engagement in Indonesian terms. What are the historical, political, and social conditions that lie beneath these polyvalent practices? How do formal and informal institutions, communities, and artist-run initiatives contribute to the practices and discourses behind socially engaged art in Indonesia? Drawing on interviews with artists, translations of archival material, visual analyses, and participation in artists’ projects, this book presents a unique, interdisciplinary examination of ideologies of art in Indonesia. Table of Contents Author's Introduction: Entanglement in the world Part 1: History, identity and culture: the matrix for the artist's soul Si Kabayan Nyintreuk: eccentricity and activism Local knowledge: Jiwa ketok The unified eye: Where do the Quiet Ones Go? Etching performance: reflections from praxis Personal/social/interactive: a formula for the engaged artist Drawing on the personal-social-interactive Part 2: Turba, down to 'the people' People's culture inside and outside institutions Participation, pedagogy and politics: Made Bayak's Plasticology Adiboga Wonoasri – cosmopolitanism out of starvation Jakarta Biennale and Trotoart: social tactics in the city IBU at Cigondewah: turba as antagonism Part 3: Kerakyatan: conscientisation for the people The New Order and New Indonesian Art: Opportunity and Oppression Conscientisation and the rakyat – global/local entanglement Rayuan Pulau Kelapa – turba, conscientisation and negotiation KuehSenyum: actions in social exchange Tepuk Tangan Nuhun: interventions in gratitude Back to the Bay: Tita Salina and conceptual conscientisation Performing opposition: the burial of Made Bayak Part 4: Ethics and Aesthetics Local knowledge: gotong royong and rasa Pirates and maids: gotong royong as horizontal knowledge-building An ecosystem of production: institutional practices and contemporary art practice in Indonesia Mamahkuaing: maternal feelings Rasa: Feeling, Flavour, Taste and Touch A conversation: true fiction, fictional truth Impermanent conclusions An artistic ideology Originary discourses Coda
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NUS Press Stone Masters: Power Encounters in Mainland
Book SynopsisA new analytical perspective on stones and stone masters across Southeast Asia that extends and deepens the recent literature on animism. Stones and stone masters are an important focus of animist religious practice in Southeast Asia. Recent studies on animism see animist rituals not as a mere metaphor for community or shared values, but as a way of forming and maintaining relationships with occult presences. This book features city pillars, statues, megaliths, termite mounds, mountains, rocks found in forests, and stones that have been moved to shrines, as well as the territorial cults which can form around them. The contributors extend and deepen the recent literature on animism to form a new analytical perspective on these cults across mainland Southeast Asia. Not just a collection of exemplary ethnographies, Stone Masters is also a deeply comparative volume that develops its ideas through a meshwork of regional entanglements, parallels, and differences, before entering into a dialogue with debates on power, mastery, and the social theory of animism globally.Table of Contents List of figures and tables Section I: Stone Theory Chapter 1: Holly High: An introduction to Stone Masters Chapter 2: John Clifford Holt: Theorizing 'Stone Masters': Revisiting Paul Mus Chapter 3: Holly High: "They can see us but we can't see them": Power, deities, and presences of places in Sekong, Lao PDR Chapter 4: Courtney Work: 'The Dance of Life and Death: Social relationships with elemental power Chapter 5: Paul-David Lutz: The State Has Come Chapter 6: Benjamin Baumann: Masters of the Underground: Termite Mound Worship and the Mutuality of Chthonic and Human Beings in Thailand's Lower Northeast Chapter 7: Holly High: Lady Luck of the City: Myth and meaning at Vientiane's city pillar Chapter 9: Kazuo Fukurra: From Ritual Traditions to Spirit Mediumship: The Evolution of Pillar Worship in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Chapter 10: Klemens Karlsson: Territory Cults and Power in the Eastern Shan State of Myanmar Chapter 11: H?ng T. D. Ngô: The Mountain, the Masters and the Nation: Enduring Power Encounters at a Temple in Contemporary Vietnam? Chapter 12: Penny Van Esterik: Afterword
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Editorial Gg El Arte Como Oficio
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Editorial Gg Teoría de Los Colores: Las Láminas Comentadas
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Editorial Gg Tu Turno
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Sorolla o la pintura como felicidad
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Clarendon Press Sight and Sensibility Evaluating Pictures
Book SynopsisLooking at pictures, we see in them the scenes they depict, and any value they have springs from these experiences of seeing-in. Sight and Sensibility presents the first detailed and comprehensive theory of evaluating pictures. Dominic Lopes confronts the puzzle of how the value of seeing anything in a picture can exceed that of seeing it face to face - his solution pinpoints how seeing-in is like and unlike ordinary seeing. Moreover, since part of what we see in pictures is emotional expressions, his book also develops a theory of expression especially tailored to pictures. Not all evaluations of pictures as opportunities for seeing-in are aesthetic - others are cognitive or moral. Lopes argues that these evaluations interact, for some imply others. His argument entails novel conceptions of aesthetic and cognitive evaluation, such that aesthetic evaluation is distinguished from art evaluation as essentially tied to experience, and that cognitive evaluations assess cognitive capacities, including perceptual ones. Ultimately, Lopes defends images against the widespread criticism that they thwart serious thought, especially moral thought, because they merely replicate ordinary experience. He concludes by presenting detailed case studies of the contribution pictures can make to moral reflection. Sight and Sensibility will be essential reading for anyone working in aesthetics and art theory, and for all those intrigued by the power of images to affect our lives.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition ...a focused, lucid, and meticulous study of the nature of pictorial value ... The great merit of Sight and Sensibility is that it provides a subtle and convincing account of the manner in which different types of value interact, an account that is sensitive to, and thus brings forth, fine aspects of our encounter with pictorial works and the impact of such an encounter on our sensibilities ... of interest to readers concerned with matters of evaluation not just of pictorial art but of all kinds of art, due to the unified and comprehensive conception of value that it offers - a conception that places our humane concerns about works of art firmly in the (traditionally insulated) domain of aesthetic appreciation. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; 1. The puzzle of mimesis ; 2. The 'air' of pictures ; 3. Good looking ; 4. Drawing lessons ; 5. Moral vision ; Afterword ; References ; Index
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Clarendon Press The Seventh Sense Francis Hutchenson and EighteenthCentury British Aesthetics Francis Hutchenson and EighteenthCentury British Aesthetics ... and EighteenthCentury British Aesthetics
Book SynopsisThe Seventh Sense is the definitive study of the aesthetic theory of the great eighteenth-century philosopher Francis Hutcheson, arguably the founder of the modern discipline of aesthetics, and one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. This new edition brings Peter Kivy''s seminal work back into print, substantially expanded by the addition of seven essays, which deal primarily with Hutcheson''s relation to other thinkers, and his influence on eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century aesthetics.Part I of The Seventh Sense presents a detailed analysis of Hutcheson''s aesthetic theory. Part II traces the considerable influence of Hutcheson''s theory up to the early years of the nineteenth century. Part III is a new and substantial addition to the original work, collecting Peter Kivy''s essays on this topic since the first edition appeared, which deal primarily with Hutcheson, David Hume, and Thomas Reid. Philosophers of art, historians of philosophy, and historians working on eighteenth-century European art and culture will find this new edition an invaluable resource.Trade Review... [Peter Kivy's] book emerges as the leading authority study on Hutchenson and Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics. * Philosophical Inquiry *Table of ContentsI. JUST BEFORE HUTCHESON ; VII. RATIONALIST AESTHETICS IN THE AGE OF HUTCHESON ; XIII. A LOGIC OF TASTE
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Epiphanies Individuation and Human Flourishing
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Art of Transition
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Taylor & Francis Millard Meiss American Art History and Conservation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Philosophy of Luxury
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Angela Carter and Surrealism A Feminist Libertarian Aesthetic Studies in Surrealism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Meaning in the Midst of Performance
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Archetypal Artist
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Taylor & Francis Thinking the Sculpture Garden Art Plant Landscape
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Queer Difficulty in Art and Poetry
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Artwork of Gerhard Richter
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Taylor & Francis Robert Motherwell Abstraction and Philosophy Routledge Focus on Art History and Visual Studies
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Taylor & Francis Expanded Visions
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Taylor & Francis The Selfie Temporality and Contemporary Photography
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Taylor & Francis Interior Provocations History Theory and Practice of Autonomous Interiors
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Taylor & Francis Interior Provocations History Theory and Practice of Autonomous Interiors
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Imagining Imaging
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Taylor & Francis Alois Riegl in Vienna 18751905
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Naturalized Aesthetics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge International Handbook of
Book Synopsis The Routledge International Handbook of Neuroaesthetics is an authoritative reference work that provides the reader with a wide-ranging introduction to this exciting new scientific discipline. The book brings together leading international academics to offer a well-balanced overview of this burgeoning field while addressing two questions central to the field: how the brain computes aesthetic appreciation for sensory objects and how art is created and experienced.The editors, Martin Skov and Marcos Nadal, have compiled a neuroscientific, physiological, and psychological overview of the systems underlying the evaluation of sensory objects and aesthetic appreciation. Covering a variety of art forms mediated by vision, audition, movement, and language, the handbook puts forward a critical review of the current research to explain how and why perceptual and emotional processes are essential for art production. The work also unravels the interaction of art wTrade Review"Considering how important to us are aesthetic experiences of all sorts—art, music, architecture, food and more—it is remarkable how long it took for early threads of scientific inquiry into their neural basis to start to be woven into whole cloth. This engaging handbook provides a wonderfully comprehensive overview of the current state of neuroaesthetics across modalities, across empirical and theoretical means of investigation and analysis, and across the implications for well-being and health. No serious student of the discipline should be without it."Peter Dayan, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics"In this very timely and comprehensive volume, editors Martin Skov and Marcos Nadal have brought together a wealth of empirical findings and theoretical points of view on the topic of neuroaesthetics. It’s remarkable that there is so much excellent material to cover, considering that the term neuroaesthetics itself is rather new, and the field is still nascent to some extent. But this handbook will contribute greatly to the future development and consolidation of this exciting research area by bringing together scholars and research themes that fall under its umbrella. Students and established investigators alike will find much to like in the remarkable breadth of topics, covering not only basic sensory processes that contribute to aesthetic experiences, but also research on a variety of art forms, including visual art, music, dance, poetry, architecture and more. It’s the kind of book that I expect we will keep handy on our shelves (virtual or otherwise): to look up a quick fact, to learn about a new area, or to ponder enjoyably on a winter’s night."Robert J. Zatorre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University"When I was in grade 9, the National Gallery of Canada spent 1.76 million dollars on a painting of a red stripe on a blue background (Barnett Newman, Voice of Fire). As Canadians, my family was outraged at the misuse of taxpayer money. Twenty years later, having followed my own passion for painting, I found myself giving a tour of the Gallery’s prized collections. I entered the room housing the painting and lost my breath. The artwork hasn’t changed—my brother still thinks it’s a waste of funds—but my experience of it has surprisingly metamorphosed and I now consider it a masterpiece. Meanwhile, the last twenty years has witnessed the maturation of neuroscience as a discipline, enabled by new ways of measuring brain function and new theories that link brains and behavior that have given birth to another surprise: neuroaesthetics. This book brings together the leading experts in this gangly teenager of a discipline, which is still figuring out what kinds of questions it can ask yet full of potential to make real an ultimate promise of neuroscience—to explain what makes us human and why we can find an experience aesthetic." Bevil R. Conway, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of HealthTable of ContentsContributorsPreface1 Neuroaesthetics as a scientific discipline: An intellectual historyMartin SkovPART 1: AESTHETIC LIKING2 Sensory liking: How nervous systems assign hedonic value to sensory objectsMartin Skov3 The neurobiology of likingEloise Stark, Kent C. Berridge and Morten L. Kringelbach4 Disliking: From adaptive disgust to uglinessChristoph Klebl, Michael Donner and Indra Bishnoi5 The influence of interoceptive signals on the processing of external sensory stimuliAlejandro Galvez-Pol, Enric Munar and James. M. Kilner6 Neural correlates of visual aesthetic appealEdward A. Vessel, Tomohiro Ishizu and Giacomo Bignardi7 Auditory pleasure elicited by musicErnest Mas-Herrero8 Odour aesthetics: Hedonic perception of olfactory stimuliGulce Nazli Dikecligil and Jay Gottfried9 Movement appreciationKohinoor M. Darda, Ionela Bara and Emily S. Cross10 The neuroscience of architecture: Beauty and behavior in the built environmentAlex Coburn, Adam Weinberger and Anjan Chatterjee11 Sexual selection, aesthetic appreciation, and mate choiceMichael J. Ryan12 Aesthetic sensitivity: Origin and development of an ideaAna Clemente13 The evolution of sensory valuation systemsEsther Ureña and Marcos NadalPART 2: ART14 Perception and cognition in visual art experienceRebecca Chamberlain15 The music systemAmy M. Belfi and Psyche Loui16 Watching and engaging in danceBeatriz Calvo-Merino17 Making sense of space: The neuroaesthetics of architectureZakaria Djebbara, Lars Brorson Fich and Giovanni Vecchiato18 Literature and poetryArthur M. Jacobs19 NarrativeFranziska Hartung20 Music-evoked emotions: Their contribution to aesthetic experiences, health, and well-beingLiila Taruffi and Stefan Koelsch21 The health benefits of art experienceClaire Howlin22 Experiencing art in museumsAniko Illes & Pablo P. L. Tinio23 Context and complexity of aesthetic experiences: A neuroscientific viewJulia Crone and Helmut Leder24 Experiencing art in social settingsHaeeun Lee and Guido Orgs25 Top-down processes in art experienceAenne A. Brielmann26 Preferences need inferences: Learning, valuation, and curiosity in aesthetic experienceSander van de Cruys, Jo Bervoets and Agnes Moors27 Neuroscience of artistic creativityOshin Vartanian28 Expertise and the brain of the performing artistFredrik Ullén29 The evolution of symbolic material cultureFrancesco d'Errico30 Neuropsychology of art and aestheticsAlejandro Dorado and Marcos NadalIndex
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Taylor & Francis Art in the North of England 19792008
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Taylor & Francis Curating Dramaturgies How Dramaturgy and Curating are Intersecting in the Contemporary Arts
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Taylor & Francis Ltd ASHE
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Taylor & Francis Hans Hollein and Postmodernism
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Taylor & Francis Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Book of Hours and the Body
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Taylor & Francis The Early AvantGarde in TwentiethCentury Literature and Art
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Robert Motherwell Abstraction and Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis Time in the History of Art
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary Curating Artistic Reference and Public Reception
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Art Memoir and Jung
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Taylor & Francis Nell Walden Der Sturm and the Collaborative
Book SynopsisBased on hitherto overlooked archival material, this book reveals Nell Waldenâs significant impact on the Sturm organisation through a feminist reading of supportive labour that highlights the centrality of collaborative work within the modern art world. This book introduces Walden as an ardent collector of modern and indigenous art and critically contextualises her own art production in relation to expressionist concepts of art and to gendered ideas on abstraction and decoration. Visual analyses highlight how she collaborated with professional and experimental women photographers during the Weimar era and how the circulation of these photographs served as a means to intervene in the public sphere of culture in interwar Germany. Finally, the book provides an analysis of Waldenâs continuing work for Der Sturm after her voluntary exile from Germany to Switzerland in 1933 and highlights the importance of womenâs supportive labour for the canonisation and institutionalisation of Trade Review"Skrubbe’s book – innovative both in content as well as in methodology – illuminates the inspiring ways in which Nell Walden had succeeded in claiming agency and control over her multifaceted role as a representative of Der Sturm. ... It is an absolute must-read for everyone professionally active in the field or wanting to learn more on Der Sturm and the indispensable role that Nell Walden has played in it."--Konsthistorisk tidskrift/Journal of Art HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: In the Margins of the Centre 1. Companion, Friend, and Fellow Combatant 2. The Walden Art Collection 3. Sturm Artist XIV 4. Securing Visibility, Maintaining Presence 5. Histories and Archives
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Handbook of Art Science and Technology Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Art Criticism and Modernism in the United States
Book SynopsisThis study is an analysis of ''high'' and ''late'' modernist criticism in New York during the 1960s and early 1970s. Through a close reading of a selection of key critics of the periodwhich will expand the remit beyond the canonical textsthe book examines the ways that modernist criticism's discourse remains of especial disciplinary interest.Despite its alleged narrowness and exclusion, the debates of the 1960s raised fundamental questions concerning the nature of art writing. Those include arguments around the nature of value and judgement; the relationship between art criticism and art history; and the related problem of what we mean by the contemporary.' Stephen Moonie argues that within those often-fractious debates, there exists a shared discourse. And further, contrary to the current consensus that modernists were elitist, dogmatic, and irrelevant to contemporary debates on art, the study shows that there is much that we can learn from reconsidering their writTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Clement Greenberg: ‘A Critic on the Side of History’ 2. ‘Restoring Modernism to Health’: Michael Fried 3. Rosalind Krauss: ‘A Broader Modernist Sensibility’ 4. ‘A Rigorous Dialectic of Seeing and Reading’: Annette Michelson 5. Harold Rosenberg: Action, Criticism, and History 6. ‘My Secret Life’: Leo Steinberg 7. Lawrence Alloway and the Complex Present Conclusion
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