The arts: general topics

Community-based initiatives to preserve and protect our food supply Historically, seed companies were generally small, often family-run businesses.

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Centered upon the lives of employees at a Manhattan advertising firm, the AMC television series Mad Men touches on the advertising world's unique interests in consumerist culture, materialistic desire, and the role of deception in Western capitalism.

"e;Garth's in-depth and intimate ethnography portrays the shortcomings in Cuba's welfare system, and the profound consequences for the way people eat.

Thinking is much broader than what our science-obsessed, utilitarian culture often takes it to be.

Many Muslim societies are in the throes of tumultuous political transitions, and common to all has been heightened debate over the place of sharia law in modern politics and ethical life.

An insightful map of the landscape of social meals, Eating Together: Food, Friendship, and Inequality argues that the ways in which Americans eat together play a central role in social life in the United States.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses idolatry, a contested issue that has given rise to both religious accusations and heated scholarly disputes.

This book orchestrates a convergence of two discourses from the 1960s-Nelson Goodman's aesthetic theory on one side and critiques of modern architecture articulated by figures like Peter Blake, Charles Jencks, and Robert Venturi/Denise Scott Brown on the other.

Silen — nastavnik i sputnik Dionisa, boga vina i razgula.

"Mir ist die Kunst alles, ich bin der Kunst nichts.

Andy Warhol – Ikone der Pop Art, Kunst als Vervielfältigung Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zum bis heute weltweit herausragenden Künstler Andy Warhol.

LIEBE LESERIN, LIEBER LESER,es wurde bekannt gegeben, dass Udo Kittelmann seinen Vertrag als Direktor der Nationalgalerie nicht verlängern wird, in einem Jahr ist Schluss.

Des concours d’art et littérature (architecture, littérature, musique, peinture, sculpture), avec classement et médailles comme pour les compétitions sportives, se sont tenus aux Jeux Olympiques de 1912 à 1948.

This volume seeks to close the gap between education systems across the world that remain systematically devoted to understanding our world through text rather than images.

Un peu avant 1870, au sein de leur petit atelier de Méru, dans l’Oise, les Raquet créent des montures d’éventails pour la boutique d’Ernest Kees, à Paris.

Relational Improvisation explores the creative exchanges that occur between artistic disciplines through the practice of improvisation in performance.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERStrictly Come Dancing professional and breast cancer and Crohn's awareness advocate Amy Dowden shares her journey from growing up in the Welsh Valleys to dancing on the glittering stage of prime-time television.

Welche Beziehung besteht zwischen Bildpraktiken und der ikonischen Kraft des Fliegens, insbesondere der Falknerei?

Step into the surreal and fantastical world of one of the 20th century's most enigmatic and imaginative artists with The Secret Life of Salvador Dali.

Pendant les années de son enfance, l’auteur a eu le privilège et la chance de rencontrer au village Kibossi (Congo-Brazzaville) des vieux résistants congolais de la lutte anticoloniale.

Between the countless works of art in the world and numerous laws on their care, the task of deciphering correct procedure can seem daunting.

Una gran parte de los artistas visuales que desarrollan su trabajo en la actualidad viven en condiciones precarias y con muy pocos incentivos para su trabajo.

Vous connaissez ces moments tellement singuliers et fondateurs qui viennent interroger votre famille, votre/vos cultures, votre éducation, votre/vos identités, vos valeurs, vos actes passés et à venir, de jeune femme ou jeune homme sur la terre ?

Plant-Forward Cuisine is a beautifully illustrated book that promotes the environmental and health benefits of a plant-forward diet and will inspire readers with a range of exciting recipes.

This handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the cutting-edge field of cultural legal studies.

This book considers the sculpture of Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) in light of psychoanalyst D.

Qu'expriment de l'état du social de leur époque les oeuvres regroupées par la suite sous le label Land Art ?

In 1806, the Marquess and Marchioness of Stafford opened a gallery at Cleveland House, London, to display their internationally-renowned collection of Old Master paintings to the public.

This handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the cutting-edge field of cultural legal studies.

Participatory art practices allow members of an audience to actively contribute to the creation of art.

*; Offers traditional rituals and spells to help you connect with your ancestors, see your family's ancestral patterns, and change your destiny*; Examines the history of ancestor worship in the Slavic tradition and ancient Slavic burial and funeral customs, many of which are still practiced today in remote pockets of Russia*; Explores the similarities between ancestral beliefs in Haitian Vodou and the Slavic traditionRaised in the Soviet Union, where she grew up steeped in ancient Slavic magical traditions, occultist and hereditary witch Natasha Helvin reveals not only how you are continually and powerfully influenced by your ancestors but also how you can open the door to your ancestral connections in order to know who you truly are and change the course of your destiny.

First published in 1983, Cybernetics of Art uses the methodology and concepts of cybernetics to explore art and the creative process.

This is the first book to offer a systematic account of the concept of opacity in the aesthetic field.

Presentations of offerings to the emperor-king on anniversaries of his accession became an important imperial ritual in the court of Franz Joseph I.

This book explores Violeta Parra's visual art, focusing on her embroideries (arpilleras), paintings, papier-mache collages and sculptures.

Soviet Literature in the Sixties (1965) examines the Soviet literary scene and its changes following the death of Stalin.

Experiments in Art Research: How Do We Live Questions Through Art?

This volume aims to broaden and nuance knowledge about the history, art, culture, and heritage of Eastern Europe relative to Byzantium.

Why have some of the most interesting artists of our time committed themselves to some of the most devastating conflicts on Earth?