The European EmblemTowards an Index Emblematicus

Emblems—pictorial designs with accompanying mottoes and epigrams— helped to shape virtually every form of verbal and visual communication in the West during the sixteenth and seventh centuries. A recent re-awakening of scholarly interest in the emblem has brought to light the difficulty of locating and consulting the unorganized mass of available material. Recognizing the need for a large-s…

CuratopiaMuseums and the future of curatorship

What is the future of curatorship? Is there a vision for an ideal model, a curatopia, whether in the form of a utopia or dystopia? Or is there a plurality of approaches, amounting to a curatorial heterotopia? This pioneering volume addresses these questions by considering the current state of curatorship. It reviews the different models and approaches operating in museums, galleries and cultura…

Formate der KunstvermittlungKompetenz – Performanz – Resonanz

Begriffe wie »Bildungsstandard« und »Optimierung« haben Wirklichkeiten geschaffen, die uns in einer bestimmten Art und Weise über Bildung nachdenken lassen. In der Kunst haben wir es hingegen mit ereignishaften Singularitäten sowie mit dem Inkommensurablen zu tun. Die letztlich auf Leistungskontrolle fixierte Kompetenzorientierung verfehlt das, was Kunst und Bildung als zentrale Impulse f…

Inszenierung als WiderstandBildkörper und Körperbild bei Paul Klee

In seinen Werken überträgt Paul Klee den Übergang von (innerer) Stimme und (äußerem) Bild in ein szenisches Spiel – und stellt uns vor das Problem einer möglichen Opferlosigkeit dieses Übergangs. Als Musiker, Zeichner und Maler experimentiert er vielfältig mit dieser szenischen Dramatik. Werkimmanent stellt sich dabei die Frage, wie die Gewalt der Sinnenübergänge in den Kunst- und D…

ToprakkaleUntersuchungen zu den Metallobjekten im Vorderasiatischen Museum zu…

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The Romare Bearden Reader

The Romare Bearden Reader brings together a collection of new essays and canonical writings by novelists, poets, historians, critics, and playwrights. The contributors, who include Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison, August Wilson, Farah Jasmine Griffin, and Kobena Mercer, contextualize Bearden's life and career within the history of modern art, examine the influence of jazz and literature on his wor…

Color reflexiones (Cuaderno temático No. 4)

El color es la expresión más pura de la vitalidad. El mundo contemporáneo tiene muy presente el color: en los medios electrónicos, en las artes, en la decoración, en la arquitectura, en el diseño, en la ciencia y en la medicina alternativa, entre muchas otras áreas; por esto puede afirmarse que el color es parte de una educación visual que a todos nos permea, y por esto mismo, al visita…

Photographies EastThe Camera and Its Histories in East and Southeast Asia

Introducing Photographies East, Rosalind C. Morris notes that although the camera is now a taken-for-granted element of everyday life in most parts of the world, it is difficult to appreciate "the shock and sense of utter improbability that accompanied the new technology" as it was introduced in Asia (and elsewhere). In this collection, scholars of Asia, most of whom are anthropologists, descri…

The Sensing Body in the Visual ArtsMaking and Experiencing Sculpture

This book provides original grounds for integrating the bodily, somatic senses into our understanding of how we make and engage with visual art. Rosalyn Driscoll, a visual artist who spent years making tactile, haptic sculpture, shows how touch can deepen what we know through seeing, and even serve as a genuine alternative to sight. Driscoll explores the basic elements of the somatic senses, in…

The First Annual of the Society of Illustrators, 1911

A New York Citybased institution founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators remains dedicated to promoting the art of illustration. Ten years after its 1901 founding, the organization resolved to publish an annual compilation of the years best illustrations by its members. The custom endures to the present day, and the Illustrators Annual remains among the most prestigious publications in its…