Visual Arts – Page 14 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Shirley Gorelick (1924–2000)

Painter of Humanist Realism

By: Andrew D. Hottle

£47.99

The first in-depth study of Shirley Gorelick (1924–2000), a master of psychological realism. This book illuminates her compelling, large-scale portraits that captured the complex inner lives of her subjects. A major artistic voice, rediscovered.

Britain and the Muslim World

Historical Perspectives

Edited By: Gerald MacLean

£44.99

This collection of essays by leading scholars provides a comprehensive synthesis of historical relations between Britain and the Muslim World, from the early-modern period to the present, exploring how these past encounters shape our current situation.

The Language of Art and Cultural Heritage

A Plurilingual and Digital Perspective

Edited By: Ana Pano Alamán

From £30.99

This book provides an up-to-date overview of digital linguistic resources and research methods to design effective communication strategies for art and cultural heritage. It offers innovative tools for curators, translators, researchers, and heritage management professionals.

Practices of Abstract Art

Between Anarchism and Appropriation

Edited By: Wiebke Gronemeyer, Isabel Wünsche

£57.99

Given the renewed interest in the phenomenon of abstract art, this collection of essays investigates the ambivalent role that abstraction has played in the visual arts and cultures of the last hundred years, engaging it in its increasingly diverse cultural environment.

Japanese Calligraphy as a Way to Make the Invisible Visible

By: Rodica Frentiu

From £34.99

An inner journey on the path of Japanese calligraphy, this book uniquely combines theory with practice. It rediscovers the creative synergy of handwriting in the digital age, revealing a contemplative act of writing by painting and painting by writing.

Women Patrons and Collectors

Edited By: Andrea M. Gáldy

£39.99

Challenging the perception of collecting as a male activity, this volume shows how women from the 16th to 19th centuries built important collections. They used them to make powerful statements about their lineage, cultural heritage, and power.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

New Approaches

Edited By: Janette McWilliam, Sonia Puttock, Tom Stevenson

£39.99

This book moves beyond the Seven Wonders framework to explore the unsurpassed reputation and unique importance of the Statue of Zeus. Using interdisciplinary perspectives, it traces the statue's influence from antiquity through to recent centuries.

This book moves beyond the Seven Wonders framework to explore the unsurpassed reputation and unique importance of the Statue of Zeus. Using interdisciplinary perspectives, it traces the statue’s influence from antiquity through to recent centuries.

Curating Organizational Memory

The Art of Forgetting in the Information Age

By: Tim Gilman-Ševčík

From £33.99

Our most trusted organizations are burdened by an accumulation of knowledge. As this book shows, by incorporating forgetting into their strategies for change, they can evolve. Forgetting is an unexpected theory of organizing that can challenge ossified institutional practices.

Elemental Sculpture

Theory and Practice

By: Todor Todorov

£39.99

This book explores Elemental Sculpture, a tendency in contemporary art defining a new relationship between sculpture and nature. It examines its development in the works of Hepworth, Moore, and Calder, and includes sculptures from the author’s 35-year career.

Art Theory as Visual Epistemology

Edited By: Harald Klinke

£39.99

"What is knowledge?" is as much a philosophic question as "What is an image?" Visual epistemology is a new research field exploring this link. This publication gathers approaches by distinguished authors to outline this territory and investigate how images create knowledge.

“What is knowledge?” is as much a philosophic question as “What is an image?” Visual epistemology is a new research field exploring this link. This publication gathers approaches by distinguished authors to outline this territory and investigate how images create knowledge.

Heinz-Uwe Haus and Brecht in the USA

Directing and Training Experiences

Edited By: Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Heinz-Uwe Haus

From £32.99

As the first renowned East German director in the USA, Heinz-Uwe Haus’s productions of Brecht were historic. This book documents his work through his notes, media reviews, academic analysis, and firsthand reflections from the cast and creative team.

The International Emblem

From Incunabula to the Internet Selected Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies, 28th July-1st August, 2008, Winchester College

Edited By: Simon McKeown

£64.99

The emblem, a Renaissance genre combining text and image, was a powerful tool for propaganda and piety. This collection of essays follows its development from its European origins to its global influence and its ongoing vitality in literature and scholarship.

Art in the Age of Emergence

By: Michael J. Pearce

£41.99

Why does representational art thrive in the 21st century? This indispensable book skewers contemporary orthodoxies to provide the answer.

The Nation on Screen

Discourses of the National on Global Television

Edited By: Enric Castelló, Alexander Dhoest

£44.99

This book focuses on the complex discourses of the nation in the television of twelve countries. It examines how the nation is staged in news, fiction, and entertainment, revealing it as a site of struggle: everywhere and nowhere, endlessly discussed but never grasped.

France at the Flicks

Trends in Contemporary French Popular Cinema

Edited By: Isabelle Vanderschelden, Darren Waldron

£34.99

Explore the recent revitalisation of French popular cinema as it challenges Hollywood's dominance. This book discusses blockbuster successes—both international hits and domestic favourites—and explores their production, distribution, and reception.

Explore the recent revitalisation of French popular cinema as it challenges Hollywood’s dominance. This book discusses blockbuster successes—both international hits and domestic favourites—and explores their production, distribution, and reception.

Postsocialist Mobilities

Studies in Eastern European Cinema

Edited By: Hajnal Király, Zsolt Győri

From £30.99

Native scholars examine mobility in the cinema of the Visegrad countries and Romania, exploring political transition, social change, and transforming gender roles. These in-depth analyses are uniquely informed by the authors’ own “close-up” personal experiences of the phenomena.

Robert Serumaga and the Golden Age of Uganda’s Theatre (1968-1978)

Activism and Innovation

By: George Bwanika Seremba

From £35.99

This is the first complete examination of playwright Robert Serumaga’s work and the Golden Age of Uganda’s theatre (1968-1978). It is a study of a theatre of commitment, dissidence, and survival, born under the unrelenting glare of severe, scorching censorship.

The Design Collective

An Approach to Practice

Edited By: Laetitia Shand

£44.99

This collection explores the potential of the collective as a structure linking creativity, social change, and politics. Bringing together practitioners, historians, and theorists, it examines how design practices like authorship and agency are being re-evaluated.

The Future of the Creative Industries

A Global Perspective

Edited By: Madhura Yadav, Sampath Kumar

From £34.99

The creative industries are crucial to the future of culture and national wealth. This collection of papers from researchers and industrialists explores the role of design, covering applied art, fashion and textiles, the built environment, and spatial design.

Authority and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles

Edited By: Juliana Dresvina, Nicholas Sparks

£54.99

This collection traces themes of authority and gender in chronicles from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. With contributions from leading specialists, this study spans medieval Europe, drawing on evidence from language, literature, history, and art.