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African Cultural Production and the Rhetoric of Humanism
A broad range of cultural works produced in traditional and modern African communities shows a fundamental preoccupation with the concepts of communal solidarity and hospitality in societies driven by humanistic ideals. African Cultural Production and the Rhetoric of Humanism is an inaugural attempt to focus exclusively and extensively on the question of humanism in African art and culture. …
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- 9781978754492
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On Beauty of Artworks as Aesthetic True Representations of RealityA Collectio…
This book is aimed to explain the creation of artworks and their evaluation, and offers a new concept of aesthetics and beauty of artworks. Following and reconstructing Peircean realist epistemology, Aesthetics is one of the three normative sciences, along with Logic (Theoretic) and Ethics, which are the three different modes of representing reality. Aesthetics is the mode of artistic represent…
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- 9780761878643
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Delicious GeographyFrom Place to Plate
This entertaining book takes us on a fascinating exploration of the world of food. Take a journey with the dynamic father and daughter duo, geographer Gary Fuller and chef Tracy Reddekopp, as they travel around the globe to trace the enduring links of geography and food. Food and its preparation and enjoyment define the major cultural regions of the world and how these regions have changed over…
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- 9798216281214
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Red AestheticsRodchenko, Brecht, Eisenstein
Red Aesthetics offers a new way to think about art and politics, focusing on the revolutionary work of Aleksandr Rodchenko, Bertolt Brecht, and Sergei Eisenstein between the wars. Todd Cronan shows how these three artists' photographs, dramas, films, and writings—centered on class conflict—differ from current left orthodoxies rooted in empathy. Writing against liberal pieties, Cronan conten…
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- 9798881857400
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Exploring American Girlhood through 50 Historic Treasures
Who are the girls that helped build America? Conventional history books shed little light on the influence and impact of girls' contributions to society and culture. This oversight is challenged by Girl Museum and their team, who give voices to the most neglected, yet profoundly impactful, historical narratives of American history: young girls. Exploring American Girls' History through 50 His…
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Collecting and ProvenanceA Multidisciplinary Approach
The study of provenance—the history of the creation and ownership of an artefact, work of art, or specimen—provides insights into the history of taste and collecting, illuminating the social, economic, and historic trends in which an object was created and collected. It is as much a history of people as it is of objects, and its study often reveals intricate networks of relationships, patte…
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- 9798881874971
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Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons
Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons is intended to provide an overview of the animation industry and its historical development. The animation industry has been in existence as long (some would argue longer) than cinema, yet it has had less exposure in terms of the discourse of moving-image history. This book introduces animation by considering the various definitions that have been…
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MichelangeloA Reference Guide to His Life and Works
Michelangelo: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works cover the life and works of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Michelangelo is considered to be one of the greatest masters in history and he produced some of the most notable icons of civilization, including the Sistine Ceiling frescoes, the Moses, and the Pietà at St. Peter's. Includes a detailed chronology of Michelangelo's life, family, and work…
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L'occhio sinteticoLa trasformazione della fotografia nell'era dell'intelligen…
Fred Ritchin scrive un'analisi lucida e documentata sul destino della fotografia nell'epoca dell'intelligenza artificiale. L'occhio sintetico è uno strumento imprescindibile per interpretare criticamente il nuovo contesto visivo contemporaneo. Viviamo in un'epoca in cui duecento milioni di fotografie vengono realizzate ogni ora. La maggior parte poi viene caricata online, modificata, condivisa…
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La valigia del fotografoIdeare, allestire e comunicare progetti fotografici
Come si costruisce una mostra? Quali strumenti servono per valorizzare un progetto visivo? Come si comunica un evento? La valigia del fotografo è una guida pratica e insieme critica pensata per chi desidera portare la propria ricerca visiva fuori dallo studio e condividerla con il pubblico.Attraverso le esperienze di curatela e progettazione di Simone Azzoni e Alessia Locatelli, il libro accom…
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