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  • Hand-Made Television

    Stop-Frame Animation for Children in Britain, 1961-1974

    de R. Moseley ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Hand-Made Television explores the ongoing enchantment of many of the much-loved stop-frame children's television programmes of 1960s and 1970s Britain. The first academic work to analyse programmes such as Pogles' Wood (1966), Clangers (1969), Bagpuss (1974) (Smallfilms) and Gordon Murray's Camberwick Green (1966), Trumpton (1967) and Chigley (1969), the book connects these series to their social ... Leer más

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  • The Art Spirit

    de Robert Henri ...
    A classic collection of writing from a great American painter and teacher on modern art theory, technique, and appreciation.In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Robert Henri pioneered a more visceral approach to painting, finding his subjects in everyday urban experiences. From his studio in Philadelphia, he inspired fellow painters to capture the dismal aspects of city life, ... Leer más

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  • An Introduction to Animals and Visual Culture

    de R. Malamud ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized, decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style, this book challenges the field, dealing with some highly controversial aspects of animal exploitation and boldly examines material that is seldom discussed within animal studies. ... Leer más

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  • A Hero’s Many Faces

    Raoul Wallenberg in Contemporary Monuments

    de T. Schult ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Raoul Wallenberg is remembered for his humanitarian activity on behalf of the Hungarian Jews at the end of World War II, and as the Swedish diplomat who disappeared into the Soviet Gulag in 1945. This book examines how thirty-one Wallenberg monuments, in twelve countries on five continents commemorate the man. ... Leer más

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  • Animals in the Classical World

    Ethical Perspectives from Greek and Roman Texts

    de A. Harden ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This sourcebook presents nearly 200 specially-translated Greek and Roman texts from Homer to Plutarch, revealing the place of the animal in the moral consciousness of the Classical era. Philosophical, historical, dramatic and poetic texts explore how animals were regarded in all aspects of ancient life, from philosophy to farming. ... Leer más

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  • Art and Politics under Modern Dictatorships

    A Comparison of Chile and Romania

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyzes the relationship between art and politics in two contrasting modern dictatorships. Through a detailed look at the Chilean and Romanian dictatorships, it compares the different ways in which political regimes convey their view of the world through artistic means. It examines how artists help \ convey a new understanding of politics and political action during repressive regimes ... Leer más

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  • The Age of Figurative Theo-humanism

    The Beauty of God and Man in German Aesthetics of Painting and Sculpture (1754-1828)

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This is a comprehensive, integrated account of eighteenth and early nineteenth century German figurative aesthetics. The author focuses on the theologically-minded discourse on the visual arts that unfolded in Germany, circa 1754-1828, to critique the assumption that German romanticism and idealism pursued a formalist worship of beauty and of unbridled artistic autonomy. This book foregrounds what ... Leer más

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  • Sketching the Moon

    An Astronomical Artist's Guide

    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    For anyone artistically inclined, observing the Moon and attempting to sketch or paint it can easily become a passion. The Moon presents a broad array of tone, texture, and form. Capturing this in a painting or sketch at the eyepiece of a telescope – or even with binoculars – develops observational skills, leaves a record of the observation, and can also be a delightful and rewarding pastime. ... Leer más

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  • The Messages of Tourist Art

    An African Semiotic System in Comparative Perspective

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Tourist art may be a billion dollar business. Nevertheless, such art is despised. What is worse, the "bad" culture is seen as driving out the "good. " Commer cialization is assumed to destroy traditional arts and crafts, replacing them with junk. The process is seen as demeaning to artists in the traditional societies, who are seduced into a type of whoredom: unfeeling production of false beauty ... Leer más

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  • Contemporary British Artists of African Descent and the Unburdening of a Generation

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book explores the notable roles that contemporary British artists of African descent have played in the multicultural context of postwar Britain. In four key case studies— Magdalene Odundo, Veronica Ryan, Mary Evans, and Maria Amidu—Monique Kerman charts their impact through analysis of works, activities, and exhibitions. The author elucidates each of the artists’ creative response to their ... Leer más

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  • Representing Realists in Victorian Literature and Criticism

    de Daniel Brown ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book is about the historical moment when writers and critics first used the term “realism” to describe representation in literature and painting. While scholarship on realism tends to proceed from an assumption that the term has a long-established meaning and history, this book reveals that mid-nineteenth-century critics and writers first used the term reluctantly, with much confusion over ... Leer más

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  • Film, Art, New Media: Museum Without Walls?

    Museum Without Walls?

    Edición de Angela Dalle Vacche ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    In the footsteps of Andre Bazin, this anthology of 15 original essays argues that the photographic origin of twentieth-century cinema is anti-anthropocentric. Well aware that the twentieth century stands out as the only period in history with its own photographic film record for posterity, Angela Dalle Vacche has convened international scholars at The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and ... Leer más

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