For more than thirty years, the architectural research department at Colonial Williamsburg has engaged in comprehensive study of early buildings, landscapes, and social history in the Chesapeake region.
This book examines the Court Beguinages, a fascinating group of semi-monastic female communities that were endemic to cities of the Southern Low Countries from the thirteenth century into the twentieth.
La colonisation de la Sicile par des Grecs n'est qu'un acte du long processus de fondation d'innombrables cites grecques presqu'autour de la Mediterranee et du Ponte Euxine (la mer Noire).
Behind the laughter, sold-out arenas, and unforgettable performances lies the remarkable journey of a comedian who transformed everyday experiences into comedy enjoyed by millions.
Howard Smither has written the first definitive work on the history of the oratorio since Arnold Schering published his Geschichte des Oratoriums in 1911.
Useful Cinema in State Socialist Europe offers a ground-breaking exploration of "e;useful"e; film production across Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the wider socialist world from the postwar period to the late Cold War.
The popularity of fantasy blockbusters and sci-fi television has made the call for prosthetic artists a staple requirement in the majority of film crews.
A comprehensive exploration of color in art and art history, with insights from philosophy, psychology, material science, and cultural history Color has long been central to artistic practice, yet its study spans disciplines from science to philosophy.
Through the introduction of BioDialectics, a conceptual approach intended to extend the ethical considerations of sustainable design, this book analyses how the field engages with and adapts ideas from environmental ethics.
A lo largo de estas dos primeras décadas, el cine de lo real ha consolidado esa tendencia a la pluralidad alcanzando una madurez en sus propuestas y posicionándose como punta de lanza de la renovación e innovación del lenguaje cinematográfico en el contexto general del cine producido en el Estado.
Godmother of Punk Wer hatte gedacht, dass man den Rock 'n' Roll auch mit literweise schwarzem Kaffee retten kann, mit einer Schultute voller Gedichtbande und einer Stimme, die sich in den Winterwaldern von New Jersey androgyn gesungen hat?
Esta monografía, la más completa escrita en castellano sobre Don Siegel, analiza minuciosamente toda su obra, tanto sus películas y cortometrajes como sus trabajos televisivos.
AME ET ASPHALTE - Edition Deluxe, Edition Augmenteeme et Asphalte est un hommage litteraire et artistique original a Tupac Amaru Shakur (2Pac), ecrit, illustre et mis en page par The Mika King (Michael Spehner Ortiz), artiste urbain espagnol multidisciplinaire : rappeur, peintre de graffiti, poete, philosophe et auteur de plus de 129 livres.
Long Suffering productively links avant-garde performance practices with religious histories in the United States, setting contemporary performances of endurance art within a broader context of prophetic religious discourse in the United States.
Long Suffering productively links avant-garde performance practices with religious histories in the United States, setting contemporary performances of endurance art within a broader context of prophetic religious discourse in the United States.
In this cultural history of evangelical Christianity and popular music, David Stowe demonstrates how mainstream rock of the 1960s and 1970s has influenced conservative evangelical Christianity through the development of Christian pop music.
Choosing Craft explores the history and practice of American craft through the words of influential artists whose lives, work, and ideas have shaped the field.
In Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare, Leigh Raiford argues that over the past one hundred years, activists in the black freedom struggle have used photographic imagery both to gain political recognition and to develop a different visual vocabulary about black lives.
'This is the greatest rock and roll book ever written' GUY GARVEY, Elbow'A brilliant storyteller, Clint has been there to see it all first-hand' TIM BURGESS, The Charlatans'Clint writes like he speaks and plays; as one who knows' JOHNNY MARR, The Smiths'Clint knows it all, has done it all' PETER HOOK, New OrderWITH A FOREWORD BY SHAUN RYDERTHE MANCHESTER CHRONICLES is an exhilarating and highly personal folk-telling of the Manchester music scene, as seen through the eyes and ears (and hair) of one of the city's favourite sons, Clint Boon from the iconic Inspiral Carpets.
