The Arts: art forms

One of the most dynamic capital cities of the twenty-first century, Berlin also has one of the most tumultuous modern histories.

This book reviews past practice and theory in critical studies and discusses various trends; some papers keenly advocate a re-conceptualisation of the whole subject area, while others describe aspects of current and past practice which exemplify the 'symbiotic' relationship between practical studio work and critical engagement with visual form.

Despite the increasing popularity of academic filmmaking programs in the United States, some of contemporary America's most exciting film directors have emerged from the theater world.

An illustrated study that casts a new light on Oiticica''s most important work of “quasi-cinema” on its fortieth anniversary.

Octave Mirbeau was one of the most prolific literary figures of France s storied Belle Epoque, and his innovative theatrical works are only recently being rediscovered and appreciated by modern audiences.

Roosevelt's New Deal introduced sweeping social, political and cultural change across the United States, which the Hollywood film community embraced enthusiastically.

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt von Japans Folklore, wo Mythen und Legenden zum Leben erwachen!

This original analysis of contemporary British pantomime addresses the question of how pantomime creates a unique interactive relationship with, and potentially transformative experience for, its audiences.

Artist, Researcher, Teacher explores the relationship of three professional identities that often intersect in the lives of art practitioners, educators, and students.

The strange saga of the famous kitsch artists, the Keanes, soon to be seen in the forthcoming movie Big Eyes.

This study argues that intimacy requires an overcoming of shame, and each of these artists, in their own way, uses photography to frame moments that can be shameful to some and intimate others, leaving it to the viewer to navigate this affectively perilous terrain.

In 2009 Roy Huteson Stewart set out on an expedition into unknown realms to chronicle the life and times of the so-called "e;wickedest man in the world"e;.

"e;This is the book of my art life so far.

This is a concise survey of new play projects that bring together the worlds of science and performance, and the benefits that dramaturgical praxis can bring to both disciplines.

The title of this book describes the two extremes of ceramic invention from aesthetically beautiful and decorative works of art that graced the tables of the aristocracy to the functional silica brick that lined the smelting furnaces of industrialised nations in the 19th century designed to produce iron, copper and glass.

This book proposes 'paragogic' methods to re-imagine the art academy.

"e;The book is packed with step-by-step guides on drawing and painting techniques, colour mixing and clever compositions, it is an invaluable source of ideas for anyone wanting to develop their flower painting skills.

This ground-breaking book is the first to address the feminine and feminist politics of Intimiste art - a modernist mode of art making developed in the 1890s by douard Vuillard while associated with the Nabi 'brotherhood'.

Defining Pre-Raphaelite Poetics offers a range of Pre-Raphaelite literary scholarship, provoking innovative discussions into the poetic form, gender dynamics, political engagement, and networked communities of Pre-Raphaelitism.

This book examines the works of major artists between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, as important barometers of individual and collective values toward non-human life.

This book develops a philosophy of aesthetic experience through two socially significant philosophical movements: early German Romanticism and early critical theory.

This book gathers together essays written by leading scholars of adaptation studies to explore the full range of practices and issues currently of concern in the field.

Through comparative and integrated case studies, this book demonstrates how aesthetics becomes politics in cultural policy.

This book offers trans-historical and trans-national perspectives on the image of "e;the artist"e; as a public figure in the popular discourse and imagination.

This book uses an examination of the annual Turner Prize to defend the view that the evaluation of artworks is a reason-based activity, notwithstanding the lack of any agreed criteria for judging excellence in art.

This book is a historical and theological look into the deliverance and exorcism ministry of John Wesley.

Many modernist and avant-garde artists and authors were fascinated by the occult movements of their day.

This book is about design.

Bertram Kaschek legt die erste umfassende Analyse und Interpretation der berühmten "Monatsbilder" Pieter Bruegels vor und präsentiert überraschende Ergebnisse.

This book theorizes the baroque as neither a time period nor an artistic style but as a collection of bodily practices developed from clashes between governmental discipline and artistic excess, moving between the dramaturgy of Jesuit spiritual exercises, the political theatre-making of Angelo Beolco (aka Ruzzante), and the civic governance of the Venetian Republic at a time of great tumult.

This book examines the complexities of the hipster through the lens of art history and cultural theory, from Charles Baudelaire's flaneur to the contemporary "e;creative"e; borne from creative industries policies.

This volume examines the motives behind rejections of beauty often found within contemporary art practice, where much critically acclaimed art is deliberately ugly and alienating.

This book puts into context the evolution of mural art in recent years, particularly the case of the contemporary muralism in Uruguay.

This book is a study of the history, role and significance of copying art.

This book illuminates the interconnections between politics and religion through the lens of artistic production, exploring how art inspired by religion functioned as a form of resistance, directed against both Romanian national communism (1960-1989) and, latterly, consumerist society and its global market.

This book investigates the wide-ranging connections between sculpture, sexuality, and history in Western culture from the eighteenth century to the present.

This book takes its start from a series of attempts to use Caravaggio's works for contemporary humanitarian communications.

This book examines the gendered dimensions of emotions and the emotional aspects of gender within Byzantine culture and suggests possible readings of such instances.

Explore exciting new ways of using graphite, charcoal and mixed media to create dramatic landscape drawings, under the expert tutelage of Robert Dutton.

Foreign aid to Indonesia takes the form of loans or grants.

Ver amorosamente pese a todo, el dibujo en tres actos, es un libro producto de la experiencia, el afecto y una profunda convicción en las posibilidades del ver y del dibujar.

The styles and varieties in this list of paintings from India are as diverse as the nation itself.

This report documents Sri Lanka's financial management systems covering budgeting, funds flow, accounting and reporting, and auditing systems.

The Ha Noi Action Plan 2018-2022 addresses the unfinished and expanded agenda of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program for the remaining 5 years of the GMS Strategic Framework 2012-2022.

This book considers the Chinese conception of beauty from a historical perspective with regard to its significant relation to human personality and human existence.