The arts: general topics

Kunst trifft Medienkritik: Margret Eichers faszinierende BildteppicheMargret Eicher verbindet in ihren großformatigen Tapisserien die barocke Tradition der Bildteppiche mit der Ästhetik moderner Massenmedien.

Do free speech rights apply against private actors?

Rebecca Varon has a rich and diverse background in music, film, and theatre, but it was the arrival of her daughter that inspired her to begin exploring the world of handmade crafts.

What is seen in the history of Islamic nations is that most of the men of science, literature, and art were Persians, Syrians, or Egyptians who converted to Islam or maintained their ancient religions, but they flourished under the banner of Islam.

When Evelyn Waugh wrote The Loved One (1948) as a satire of the elaborate preparations and memorialization of the dead taking place in his time, he had no way of knowing how technical and extraordinarily creative human funerary practices would become in the ensuing decades.

The second in a two-volume series that explores the interplay between social transformation and visual culture in contemporary China, this book examines the profound changes in the cityscapes, visual regimes, and visual technologies that shape the aestheticization of everyday life.

Glimpses of Arabic music and its artistic origins are presented by a writer whose soul lives with oriental music and melodies.

Do free speech rights apply against private actors?

This ambitious volume provides a general introduction to the major approaches in this century to art theory and criticism, from the Expression Theory to Poststructuralism.

It takes the reader to heights that he may wish to reach.

Art history is like the rest of the sciences in terms of collecting facts, examining them, explaining and arranging them, and deducing general ideas from them.

This book brings together diverse perspectives from a range of geographic settings and feature contributions from some of the key thinkers in the field.

There is no doubt that Islamic art abandoned its submission to the prohibition of photography in two great fields of artistic genius, which are sculpture and photographing artistic paintings as we know them in European arts and the arts of the Far East.

Solemos emplear la expresión "obra maestra" para calificar aquella que manifiesta la máxima habilidad, la mayor potencia expresiva, la obra perfecta.

Surveying both historical debates and modern physics, Barry Dainton evaluates the central arguments in a clear and unintimidating way that keeps conceptual issues comprehensible to students with little scientific or mathematical training and makes the philosophy of space and time accessible to anyone trying to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject.

This companion is an essential contribution to the study of historical materialism in general and the social history of art in particular.

In Rhetorics of Value, Corinne A.

People love characters full of contradictions, and throughout their history people have been passionate about such characters, immortalized by many factors, as happened with Asmahan, who will remain a mystery whose words will never be solved, as she did not leave behind documents that explain her life, which is full of contradictions.

An essential guide for not only fostering genuine personal expression, but also the courage to share our most meaningful work with othersall without pretense or artifice.

Chinese art is an ancient art.

When I was a boy, I loved to draw, but I don't think I did so with much carnal ambition (an eager desire for personal advancement).

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of craft theory in relation to contemporary architecture.

The circumstances that Asmahan lived were similar to the circumstances that Marilyn Monroe lived, as their lives were full of excitement and a lot of rumors and gossip.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

**Mastering Pencak Silat: Techniques, Forms, and Philosophy** is the definitive guide to understanding and excelling in the ancient Indonesian martial art of Pencak Silat.

**From Tradition to Sport: The Evolution of Pencak Silat** traces the fascinating journey of Pencak Silat from its roots as a traditional Indonesian martial art to its modern incarnation as a globally recognized sport.

Un regard très personnel sur l’art impressionniste à travers l’analyse d’un tableau d’Alfred Sisley.

Camille trouve dans une tourbière un homme inconscient et reconnaît immédiatement un artiste de renom.

Ce livre analyse les défis de la sécurité alimentaire dans le Sahel, région marquée par les changements climatiques, les contraintes agricoles, la croissance démographique, le terrorisme et l’instabilité politique.

Des Grecs au christianisme naissant, de Byzance au Moyen âge, s’opère une révolution religieuse, politique, philosophique et artistique de l’image, qui opposera tout au long de l’histoire les iconophiles aux iconoclastes.

Ce livre décrypte cent chansons tirées de la riche et très abondante discographie de la rumba congolaise, danse récemment inscrite au patrimoine culturel immatériel de l’humanité.

Opera developed historically based on these religious panegyrics, as organized groups appeared at the initiative of the clergy in the Western Church, whose mission was to form a religious choir for each holiday, where a celebration would be held according to the traditions of panegyrics.

Un regard très personnel sur l’art impressionniste à travers l’analyse d’un tableau d’Alfred Sisley.

This book explores how psychoanalytic ideas and thinking enhance our understanding and engagement with the creative arts and contemporary life.