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The Christ Child in Medieval CultureAlpha es et O!
The Christ Child in Medieval Culture is the first interdisciplinary investigation of how representations of the Christ Child were conceptualized and employed in this period.
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Devastation and LaughterSatire, Power, and Culture in the Early Soviet State …
In Devastation and Laughter, Annie Gérin explores the use of satire in the visual arts, the circus, theatre, and cinema under Lenin and Stalin.
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- 9781487515324
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- 1 online resource (288 pages)
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The Substance and the Shadow
In 1878, the author Marius Roux, a noted friend of Emile Zola and Paul Cézanne, published La proie et l'ombre, a little-known roman à clef featuring a thinly disguised Cézanne as the main character, Germain Rambert. The text prominently features several conversations drawn from famous Impressionist discussions on the nature of art. La proie et l'ombre offers a unique insight into the thought…
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- 1 online resource (264 pages)
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Acute MisfortuneThe Life and Death of Adam Cullen
AN UNFLINCHING PORTRAIT OF TALENT AND ADDICTION, NOW AN AWARD-WINNING FEATURE FILM. In 2008, the artist Adam Cullen invited journalist Erik Jensen to stay in his spare room and write his biography. What followed were four years of intense honesty and a relationship that became increasingly claustrophobic. At one point Cullen shot Jensen, in part to see how committed he was to the book. At ano…
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The Implicated SubjectBeyond Victims and Perpetrators
When it comes to historical violence and contemporary inequality, none of us are completely innocent. We may not be direct agents of harm, but we may still contribute to, inhabit, or benefit from regimes of domination that we neither set up nor control. Arguing that the familiar categories of victim, perpetrator, and bystander do not adequately account for our connection to injustices past and …
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New York New WaveThe Legacy of Feminist Art in Emerging Practice
New York is a centre of creative production for an exciting, emerging generation of women artists. Their work investigates themes such as the body as medium and subject matter; the deconstruction of the existing patriarchal order of the art world; the appropriation of earlier art historical references; and the use of so-called abject and everyday materials. New York New Wave investigates the re…
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- 9781786724823
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- 1 online resource (200 pages)
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Only ConnectArt and the Spectator in the Italian Renaissance
A leading art historian's plea for a more engaged reading of Italian Renaissance art Only Connect constructs a history of Renaissance paintings and sculptures that are by design completed outside themselves by the spectator, that draw the spectator into their narrative plot or aesthetic functioning, and that reposition the spectator imaginatively or in time and space. John Shearman's concern is…
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Betty KuhnerThe American Family Portrait
Groundbreaking photographer Betty Kuhner truly revolutionized the American family portrait, taking it from the staid arrangement of mother, father and children dressed in their Sunday best, carefully arranged in front of the living room mantelpiece or on a sofa. Rather, she instructed her subjects to dress casually, many times similarly, and coaxed them to accompany her into the backyard, the g…
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- 9781423651796
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Landscape Sketching in Pen and InkWith Notes on Architectural Subjects
Although geared toward professional artists, this accessible approach to landscape sketching will also appeal to amateurs. English artist Donald Maxwell's entertaining and straightforward attitude begins with the basics: "We will draw a brick. Anybody can draw a brick." Following introductions to perspective, light and shade, and composition, Maxwell proceeds to demonstrate how to direct a pict…
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Watercolor: You Can Do It!From Concept to Finished Painting
A complete watercolor instruction guide, this long-time bestseller is full of vibrant illustrations, examples of what to do and what to avoid, and tips that make the medium accessible. Written by a true master, it presents practical information on the basics of setting up a good painting composition, color, and light before discussing the medium's advantages and concluding with informative de…
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