What Comes After Farce?Art and Criticism at a Time of Debacle

If farce follows tragedy, what follows farce? Where does the double predicament of a post-truth and post-shame politics leave artists and critics on the left? How to demystify a hegemonic order that dismisses its own contradictions? How to belittle a political elite that cannot be embarrassed, or to mock party leaders who thrive on the absurd? How to out-dada President Ubu? And, in any event, w…

Painting Surf and Sea

An award-winning artist and teacher shows how to recapture the beauty and majesty of the sea in this simply written yet authoritative book. Seasoned artists and beginners alike will appreciate its profusely illustrated guidelines, which offer not only step-by-step instructions on depicting seascapes, but also many tips on picture-making in general. Artist Harry R. Ballinger shares insights from…

Art and PoliticsBetween Purity and Propaganda

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1 online resource (176 pages)

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»Global Art History«Transkulturelle Verortungen von Kunst und Kunstwissensc…

Der kontrovers diskutierte Begriff einer globalen Kunstgeschichte, »Global Art History«, wird in diesem Band zum übergreifenden Thema gemacht. Die Beiträge international renommierter KunsthistorikerInnen fokussieren jeweils spezifische Regionen und künstlerische Praxen, die in globalen und transkulturellen Zusammenhängen differenziert betrachtet werden. Es geht um Standortbestimmungen, t…

Rage BakingThe Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women's Voices: A Coo…

The “political cookbook that has the food world buzzing” (Forbes, Editors’ Pick) features 50+ recipes, short essays, interviews, and quotes from some of the best bakers, activists, and outspoken women in our country today. The 2016 election. The January 6th insurrection. Impeachment, twice. The overturning of Roe v. Wade. For many women, baking now has a new meaning. It&rsqu…

Well of Living WaterJesus and the Samaritan Woman

Magdalen Lawler discovered this icon of the Woman at the Well many years ago. She has used it ever since as the inspiration for innumerable retreats and conferences. Its appeal to her is that it seems to span the traditions of West and East with its lyrical beauty and its deep theology. The icon has encouraged Magdalen to study the gospel passage in detail and to research many accounts of life …

Cuba hasta siempre

Magdalena Solé first visited Cuba in 2011 and has returned every year since, enchanted by the place and the people who live in this slender stretch of land. Her photographs reveal the stirrings of transformation, however subtle and hard to see, and reflect a Cuba that is both tough and vulnerable. Cuba hasta siempre consists of more than 150 full-color photographs taken by Solé, accompanied b…

The Art of the WoodcutMasterworks from the 1920s

This survey of woodcut illustration as practiced in the 1920s abounds in outstanding works by artists from around the world. Nearly 200 illustrations rendered in two-color images as well as in an eight-page full-color insert include landscapes and street scenes, portraits, and book illustrations by Rockwell Kent, Rudolph Ruzicka, William Zorach, Eric Gill, and other artists. Organized by coun…

Film Fourth EditionA Critical Introduction

Updated and expanded for a new edition, this is the perfect starter text for students of film studies. Packed full of visual examples from all periods of film history up to the present, Film:A Critical Introduction illustrates film concepts in context and in depth, addressing techniques and terminology used in film production and criticism, and emphasising thinking and writing critically and ef…

Come fare il paneIL Manuale

Un manuale per aspiranti panificatori scritto da autentici esperti del settore che giorno dopo giorno mettono 'le mani in pasta'. Per chi voglia intraprendere la professione e conoscere passo passo le competenze del mestiere: dalla conoscenza degli ingredienti di base alle preparazioni dei prodotti lievitati, dai processi di panificazione spiegati dal punto di vista tecnico all'uso di impastatr…