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Making Art PanamericanCultural Policy and the Cold War
Among the buildings on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., only the Pan American Union (PAU) houses an international organization. The first of many anticipated “peace palaces”constructed in the early twentieth century, the PAU began with a mission of cultural diplomacy, and after World War II its Visual Arts Section became a leader in the burgeoning hemispheric arts scene, procl…
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Absolute ArtistThe Historiography of a Concept
The myth of the artist-genius has long had a unique hold on the imagination of Western culture. Iconoclastic, temperamental, and free from the constraints of society, these towering figures have been treated as fixed icons regardless of historical context or individual situation. In The Absolute Artist, Catherine M. Soussloff challenges this view in an engaging consideration of the social const…
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Contract With The SkinMasochism, Performance Art, and the 1970s
Having yourself shot. Putting out fires with your bare hands and feet. Biting your own body and photographing the marks. Sewing your own mouth shut. These seemingly aberrant acts were committed by performance artists during the 1970s. Why would anyone do these things? What do these kinds of masochistic performances tell us about the social and historical context in which they occurred? Fascinat…
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Suzanne LacySpaces Between
Often controversial and sometimes even shocking to audiences, the work of California-based artist Suzanne Lacy has challenged viewers and participants with personal accounts of traumatic events, settings that require people to assume uncomfortable positions, multisensory productions that evoke emotional as well as intellectual responses, and even flayed lambs and beef kidneys. Lacy has experime…
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FeltFluxus, Joseph Beuys, and the Dalai Lama
Felt provides a nonlinear look at the engagement of the postwar avant-garde with Eastern spirituality, a context in which the German artist Joseph Beuys appears as an uneasy shaman. Centered on a highly publicized yet famously inconclusive 1982 meeting between Beuys and the Dalai Lama, arranged by the Dutch artist Louwrien Wijers, Chris Thompson explores the interconnections among Beuys, the Fl…
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National CameraPhotography and Mexico’s Image Environment
In National Camera, Roberto Tejada offers a comprehensive study of Mexican photography from the early twentieth century to today, demonstrating how images have shaped identities in Mexico, the United States, and in the borderlands where the two nations and cultures intersect—a place Tejada calls the shared image environment. The “problem” of photography in Mexico, Tejada show…
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El enigma del arte
Desde épocas inmemoriales, el ser humano ha dejado huellas de su paso por el mundo que persisten hasta ahora y que nos interrogan con su presencia. Desde los toros de Altamira hasta los dibujos eróticos de Picasso y los manchones de pintura escurrida de Pollock, pasando por la Mona Lisa, los angelotes accesorios que abundan en los cuadros de Rubens, o las severas y claras figuras de Vermeer v…
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Dessiner Des Chiens. Guide pratique pour dessiner des chiensMéthode simple p…
Compagnons fidèles, muses fascinantes, les chiens traversent l'histoire de l'art avec une présence vive et singulière. Leur vitalité, leur expressivité et leur tempérament en font des sujets d'inspiration inépuisables. Des nobles lévriers des portraits de la Renaissance aux terriers bondissants des toiles impressionnistes, ils incarnent loyauté, courage et affection. Ce guide vous acco…
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Elegant Dancers Engraved in StoneContent, Style, and Symbolism of Dance Relie…
Dance imagery is almost omnipresent in Tami? temples. Therefore, it is surprising that general dance motifs with symbolic functions have largely been overlooked in academic research to date. This book presents the first comprehensive study of the dance relief series located between Ce??ai (Chennai) and Maturai (Madurai) from the 8th century CE (Pallava period) to the present day. Based on photo…
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LetterpressA designer's & artist's guide to creative printmaking
Letterpress is an exciting and beautiful guide to this age-old craft. It celebrates the traditional process of printing moveable type on old historical presses, and gives it a contemporary blast with the latest designs and ideas. With over 200 photos, this book is an irresistible account of using letters to create unique prints with a strong message.
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