The arts: general topics

Perception of expression distinguishes our cognitive activity in a pervasive, significant and peculiar way, and manifests itself paradigmatically in the vast world of artistic production.

Islamic Art and Beyond is the third in a set of four volumes of studies on Islamic art by Oleg Grabar.

Keywords in Remix Studies consists of twenty-four chapters authored by researchers who share interests in remix studies and remix culture throughout the arts and humanities.

This volume depicts the life and times of the Mughal emperor Jahangir in the light of his memoirs, Jahangirnama, popularly known as Tuzuk-i Jahangiri.

How does cultural context affect the interpretation of art?

From the late eighteenth century until about 1840, schoolgirls in the British Isles and the United States created embroidered map samplers and even silk globes.

Performing Animality provides theoretical and creative interventions into the presence of the animal and ideas of animality in performance.

The Word in the World is a collection of essays and lectures by H S Shivaprakash, a well-known poet, playwright, and translator.

Brazil, Russia, India and China are four of the largest and most dynamic contemporary emerging economies in the world.

A stimulating account of the wide range of approaches towards conceptualising emotions in classical Indian philosophical-religious traditions, such as those of the Upanishads, Vaishnava Tantrism, Bhakti movement, Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Shaivism, and aesthetics, this volume analyses the definition and validity of emotions in the construction of

First published in 1952.

A major issue in the relation of art to the rest of society is the question of how art penetrates politics.

In the wake of the Great Depression, economic recovery and nutritional improvement in Britain simultaneously occurred with their decline in British Africa.

This book explores transmedia dynamics in various facets of fiction and nonfiction transmedia studies.

Video art emerged as an art form that from the 1960s and onwards challenged the concept of art - hence, art historical practices.

Why Science Needs Art explores the complex relationship between these seemingly polarised fields.

In this experimental work of ecocriticism, Vincent Bruyere confronts the seeming pointlessness of the humanities amid spectacularly negative future projections of environmental collapse.

The Routledge Companion to Photography and Visual Culture is a seminal reference source for the ever-changing field of photography.

Imaginarium: The Process Behind the Pictures is a compendium of practical advice and information covering the photographic process-from idea cultivation through execution.

First published in 1956, Fuseli Studies deals with the many-sided artistic achievements of Zurich-born Fuseli's baffling personality, who was one of the most erudite and renowned intellectuals of his day in Europe.

This edited volume maps dialogues between science and technology studies research on the arts and the emerging field of artistic research.

Kagawa Toyohiko was one of the best-known evangelists and social reformers of the twentieth century.

This book draws on a multi-method study of film and television narratives of global criminal networks to explore the links between audiovisual media, criminal networks and global audiences in the age of digital content distribution.

Few directors of the 1930s and 40s were as distinctive and popular as Preston Sturges, whose whipsmart comedies have entertained audiences for decades.

Oedipus in Jerusalem begins with the unexpected meeting of the blinded Oedipus and the biblical prophet Nathan outside of Thebes.

The living practice of Daoist ritual is still only a small part of Daoist studies.

Miss Brooke is a well known as an authority on historical costume.

Drawing on recent research by established and emerging scholars of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century art, this volume reconsiders the art and architecture produced after 1563 across the conventional geographic borders.

The first book-length study of romance novels to focus on issues of sexuality rather than gender, Historical Romance Fiction moves the ongoing debate about the value and appeal of heterosexual romance onto new ground, testing the claims of cutting-edge critical theorists on everything from popular classics by Georgette Heyer, to recent 'bodice rippers,' to historical fiction by John Fowles and A.

A leading art historian's plea for a more engaged reading of Italian Renaissance artOnly Connect constructs a history of Renaissance paintings and sculptures that are by design completed outside themselves by the spectator, that draw the spectator into their narrative plot or aesthetic functioning, and that reposition the spectator imaginatively or in time and space.

How to Work the Film & TV Markets takes independent filmmakers, television and digital content creators on a virtual tour of the entertainment industry's trade shows - the circulatory system of the entire global media landscape.

Artists, musicians, actors, singers, designers and other creative individuals need to understand basic business concepts if they are to successfully pursue their chosen artistic profession.

First published in 1999, this volume examines antiquarianism which had its roots in Renaissance thought and was a popular intellectual and cultural pursuit throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

This book offers the reader a portrait - a representation no less - of the social life and culture of the peasant-smallholders of the Shire Highlands, situated in Southern Malawi.

This book provides an introduction to the contemporary issues that are occurring in cultural policy in East Asia today.

Prepare students for the WJEC Eduqas GCSE (9-1) Food Preparation and Nutrition exams with this photocopiable pack, including two full exam-style practice papers and detailed mark schemes with sample answers.

Divided into four thematic sections, What's Eating You?

This book studies R.

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era.

Welchen Stellenwert nimmt die Rote Armee Fraktion innerhalb der deutschen Geschichte ein?

A clear and compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and value of art, in a new, expanded edition.

This book is a part of ICL new book series "e;ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction"e; founded in 2019.

The humanitarian crises caused by civil conflicts and wars in Africa are too great in scope for an adequate and effective continental response.