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Colonial Self-Fashioning in British India, c. 1785-1845
Visualising Identity and Difference
De Silva considers the ways in which British residents in India represented their lives through visual material, and reveals that the position of the British population in the country in the 19th century was often more nuanced than often assumed.
De Silva considers the ways in which British residents in India represented their lives through visual material, and reveals that the position of the British population in the country in the 19th century was often more nuanced than often assumed.
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Moving Images, Mobile Bodies
The Poetics and Practice of Corporeality in Visual and Performing Arts
This collection addresses the issue of corporeality as a discursive field (which asks for a “poetics”), and the possible ways in which technology affects, and is affected by, the body in the context of recent artistic and theoretical developments.
This collection addresses the issue of corporeality as a discursive field (which asks for a “poetics”), and the possible ways in which technology affects, and is affected by, the body in the context of recent artistic and theoretical developments.
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Millais exposes the myths that surround Le Corbusier, detailing the endless failures of his proposals and his projects and arguing that his influence on architecture was disastrous, as traditional buildings were destroyed and replaced by featureless boxes of varying sizes.
Millais exposes the myths that surround Le Corbusier, detailing the endless failures of his proposals and his projects and arguing that his influence on architecture was disastrous, as traditional buildings were destroyed and replaced by featureless boxes of varying sizes.
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This book chronicles over one hundred years of international film making in Jamaica from 1910, and provides many previously unpublished details of locations, actors and directors.
This book chronicles over one hundred years of international film making in Jamaica from 1910, and provides many previously unpublished details of locations, actors and directors.
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Critical Cartography of Art and Visuality in the Global Age II
The Territories of the Contemporary
This volume addresses questions that are crucial to approaching art, visuality, and cultural policies from the perspective of global transformations and the rise of new social, political and cultural paradigms.
This volume addresses questions that are crucial to approaching art, visuality, and cultural policies from the perspective of global transformations and the rise of new social, political and cultural paradigms.
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While ancient objects from Northern Europe are usually seen as historical documents, many should be regarded as works of fine art. This book encourages readers to appreciate Bronze Age and early Medieval artefacts as they do works by well-known contemporary artists.
While ancient objects from Northern Europe are usually seen as historical documents, many should be regarded as works of fine art. This book encourages readers to appreciate Bronze Age and early Medieval artefacts as they do works by well-known contemporary artists.
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Shapter traces the rise of photography’s perceived truthfulness in depicting reality. He shows why a combination of pre-knowledge of early developments in imagery and a marketing campaign espousing the accuracy of photographs acted to create a belief in the photograph’s veracity.
Shapter traces the rise of photography’s perceived truthfulness in depicting reality. He shows why a combination of pre-knowledge of early developments in imagery and a marketing campaign espousing the accuracy of photographs acted to create a belief in the photograph’s veracity.
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Communicating Visually
The Graphic Design of the Brand
This publication focuses on the various vectors of visual communication, particularly contemporary brands as social phenomena, culture and the way people communicate and create meanings, from a designer’s perspective.
This publication focuses on the various vectors of visual communication, particularly contemporary brands as social phenomena, culture and the way people communicate and create meanings, from a designer’s perspective.
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An insightful exploration of sensation and synaesthesia in film and new media. These essays examine how cinematic experiences create immersive environments that stimulate our senses and mind, from perception and movement to olfaction, abstract cinema, and interactive art.
An insightful exploration of sensation and synaesthesia in film and new media. These essays examine how cinematic experiences create immersive environments that stimulate our senses and mind, from perception and movement to olfaction, abstract cinema, and interactive art.
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Art and Design
History, Theory, Practice
This book is a selection of essays on art and design. A hierarchy often places “art” apart from “design.” But isn’t some art designed? These essays investigate this dichotomy from both sides of the supposed divide to discuss the ground between.
This book is a selection of essays on art and design. A hierarchy often places “art” apart from “design.” But isn’t some art designed? These essays investigate this dichotomy from both sides of the supposed divide to discuss the ground between.
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Film and the Historian
The British Experience
Films are not just for audiences. A film exposes the attitudes people took for granted. This volume surveys British cinema from the Second World War to the early 1970s, exploring societal change through films from the well-known Odd Man Out to the forgotten It’s Hard to be Good.
Films are not just for audiences. A film exposes the attitudes people took for granted. This volume surveys British cinema from the Second World War to the early 1970s, exploring societal change through films from the well-known Odd Man Out to the forgotten It’s Hard to be Good.
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These studies offer a fresh look at the complexity of artistic and cultural contacts, transfers, and exchanges between Europe and the Middle East. They reach far beyond the geographical regions where these cultures have met and interacted throughout their long histories.
These studies offer a fresh look at the complexity of artistic and cultural contacts, transfers, and exchanges between Europe and the Middle East. They reach far beyond the geographical regions where these cultures have met and interacted throughout their long histories.
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Dealing with Authorship
Authors between Texts, Editors and Public Discourses
This title examines the multiple ways in which the progressive (self-) fashioning of authors and filmmakers interacts with the public sphere, generating authorial postures and arousing attention. It analyses the works of both canonical and non-canonical authors and filmmakers.
This title examines the multiple ways in which the progressive (self-) fashioning of authors and filmmakers interacts with the public sphere, generating authorial postures and arousing attention. It analyses the works of both canonical and non-canonical authors and filmmakers.
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Conversations with Indian Cartoonists
Politickle Lines
Picking up the pen is like playing with fire in political cartooning. Cartoonists draw the line to shake us out of apathy. In the tradition of Shankar and R. K. Laxman, this volume presents conversations with India’s leading cartoonists, taking us into their recondite art.
Picking up the pen is like playing with fire in political cartooning. Cartoonists draw the line to shake us out of apathy. In the tradition of Shankar and R. K. Laxman, this volume presents conversations with India’s leading cartoonists, taking us into their recondite art.
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Playing with Possibilities sits at the heart of all creative endeavours. This collection brings together thinkers and writers to explore the potential of play to shape who we are and the worlds we live in, asking us to celebrate fanciful approaches to living.
Playing with Possibilities sits at the heart of all creative endeavours. This collection brings together thinkers and writers to explore the potential of play to shape who we are and the worlds we live in, asking us to celebrate fanciful approaches to living.
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Abstraction Matters
Contemporary Sculptors in Their Own Words
This collection of essays presents eminent sculptors of the 20th century through their “own words.” Focusing on the rich theoretical discourse of abstraction, contributors analyze the artists through the key-notions of “Sensation,” “Idea,” and “Language.”
This collection of essays presents eminent sculptors of the 20th century through their “own words.” Focusing on the rich theoretical discourse of abstraction, contributors analyze the artists through the key-notions of “Sensation,” “Idea,” and “Language.”
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In the first book to offer a comprehensive synthesis of the known Pleistocene palaeoart of six continents, Bednarik contemplates the origins of art in a balanced manner, based on reality rather than fantasies about cultural primacy.
In the first book to offer a comprehensive synthesis of the known Pleistocene palaeoart of six continents, Bednarik contemplates the origins of art in a balanced manner, based on reality rather than fantasies about cultural primacy.
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Semiotics and Visual Communication II
Culture of Seduction
This book explores the Culture of Seduction, defining it not as sexual enticement, but as a mechanism of attraction and appeal. In an increasingly hyper-real world, this force has powerful agency in communication, advertising, fashion, and packaging design.
This book explores the Culture of Seduction, defining it not as sexual enticement, but as a mechanism of attraction and appeal. In an increasingly hyper-real world, this force has powerful agency in communication, advertising, fashion, and packaging design.
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This book provides an overview of the politics of urbanism for Syrian immigrants in Turkey. Based on a field survey, it analyses the cultural meaning of individual life, belonging, and nostalgic identity, providing a sociological and ontological reading of the image.
This book provides an overview of the politics of urbanism for Syrian immigrants in Turkey. Based on a field survey, it analyses the cultural meaning of individual life, belonging, and nostalgic identity, providing a sociological and ontological reading of the image.
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Underwater Worlds
Submerged Visions in Science and Culture
This anthology throws open a new area in the emerging field of “blue” environmental humanities by exploring how subaqueous environments have been imagined and represented across cultures and media.
This anthology throws open a new area in the emerging field of “blue” environmental humanities by exploring how subaqueous environments have been imagined and represented across cultures and media.
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