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Ground-breaking movement theater performers ignored taboos to reveal our deepest thoughts and feelings. These virtuoso clowns and mimes busted boundaries to redefine the relationship between performer and audience, making a theater of kindness—a theater of joy.
Ground-breaking movement theater performers ignored taboos to reveal our deepest thoughts and feelings. These virtuoso clowns and mimes busted boundaries to redefine the relationship between performer and audience, making a theater of kindness—a theater of joy.
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Nietzsche and Van Gogh
Imaginations of 1888
In 1888, the lives of Friedrich Nietzsche and Vincent van Gogh converged. Driven by creative ambition but haunted by madness, their creative frenzies were synchronized, culminating in psychotic breaks just days apart. This book delves into the uncanny parallels between them.
In 1888, the lives of Friedrich Nietzsche and Vincent van Gogh converged. Driven by creative ambition but haunted by madness, their creative frenzies were synchronized, culminating in psychotic breaks just days apart. This book delves into the uncanny parallels between them.
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This study challenges paradigms of female representation in enigmatic Renaissance masterpieces. Using female agency as a unifying lens, it interrogates why paintings of figures like Venus and the Madonna were crafted, by whom, and for whom, disrupting long-held assumptions.
This study challenges paradigms of female representation in enigmatic Renaissance masterpieces. Using female agency as a unifying lens, it interrogates why paintings of figures like Venus and the Madonna were crafted, by whom, and for whom, disrupting long-held assumptions.
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Shakespeare Meets the Indian Epics
Comparative Themes and Interpretations
This book examines the day-to-day themes in the epics The Ramayanam and The Maha Bharatham and in Shakespeare’s plays. It reveals that writers 6,000 miles and centuries apart have much in common, showing how people, whatever their background, tackle life in similar ways.
This book examines the day-to-day themes in the epics The Ramayanam and The Maha Bharatham and in Shakespeare’s plays. It reveals that writers 6,000 miles and centuries apart have much in common, showing how people, whatever their background, tackle life in similar ways.
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Fish imagery is found on artifacts across Mesopotamia. This book provides new insights through a unique combination of ichthyological and archaeological analysis, illuminating how the people of ancient Mesopotamia visualized and imagined aquatic life over time.
Fish imagery is found on artifacts across Mesopotamia. This book provides new insights through a unique combination of ichthyological and archaeological analysis, illuminating how the people of ancient Mesopotamia visualized and imagined aquatic life over time.
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A pioneering engraver, map-maker, and friend to Joseph Wright of Derby. But did Peter Perez Burdett's influence on the great artist end with his emigration in 1774? In his first biography, compelling new evidence suggests their connection was far from over.
A pioneering engraver, map-maker, and friend to Joseph Wright of Derby. But did Peter Perez Burdett’s influence on the great artist end with his emigration in 1774? In his first biography, compelling new evidence suggests their connection was far from over.
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Geopolitics to Geocriticism
A Study of TV Series in Türkiye, Serbia, Romania and Beyond
This collection analyses TV series (‘dizi’) from Türkiye, Serbia, and Romania. It explores their role in identity building, social reflection, and soft power, stressing the importance of these cultural products for public diplomacy in the Balkans and their global reach.
This collection analyses TV series (‘dizi’) from Türkiye, Serbia, and Romania. It explores their role in identity building, social reflection, and soft power, stressing the importance of these cultural products for public diplomacy in the Balkans and their global reach.
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Painting, Photography, and the Digital
Crossing the Borders of the Mediums
This anthology investigates the interconnections between painting, photography, and the digital. Featuring acclaimed artists, it offers unique insights into medium cross-over—from painted virtual reality worlds to digital collage—questioning the position of traditional genres.
This anthology investigates the interconnections between painting, photography, and the digital. Featuring acclaimed artists, it offers unique insights into medium cross-over—from painted virtual reality worlds to digital collage—questioning the position of traditional genres.
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Kam Women Artisans of China
Dawn of the Butterflies
Deep in southwestern China, in a village called Dimen, live several women who are masters of many cultural arts. Lee’s study presents an opportunity to learn from the past long lost in Western tradition and experience ancient culture transforming under the pressure of technology.
Deep in southwestern China, in a village called Dimen, live several women who are masters of many cultural arts. Lee’s study presents an opportunity to learn from the past long lost in Western tradition and experience ancient culture transforming under the pressure of technology.
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Identity Mediations in Latin American Cinema and Beyond
Culture, Music and Transnational Discourses
This book explores how the flows of music, films, and artists shape cultural identities. It analyzes these transits, mainly in the Ibero-American space but also Soviet and Asian cinema, revealing cultural networks that extend beyond national borders.
This book explores how the flows of music, films, and artists shape cultural identities. It analyzes these transits, mainly in the Ibero-American space but also Soviet and Asian cinema, revealing cultural networks that extend beyond national borders.
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This volume challenges established knowledge in Dance Studies, exploring how dance can affect change and politics. It ‘undisciplines’ academic thinking, creating alternative modes for perceiving and making through choreographic practices, somatics, and critical dance pedagogies.
This volume challenges established knowledge in Dance Studies, exploring how dance can affect change and politics. It ‘undisciplines’ academic thinking, creating alternative modes for perceiving and making through choreographic practices, somatics, and critical dance pedagogies.
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This book reflects current discussions of the ways collaboration and participation inform the production, study, and teaching of art with innovative and unexpected results. It illustrates how the shifting boundaries of power, position, and identity result in new relationships.
This book reflects current discussions of the ways collaboration and participation inform the production, study, and teaching of art with innovative and unexpected results. It illustrates how the shifting boundaries of power, position, and identity result in new relationships.
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Frans Hals in America
Collectors, Scholars, and Connoisseurs
Frans Hals was one of the most gifted masters of Dutch seventeenth-century art. This book explores the narrative of Hals in America, from his rediscovery by Gilded Age collectors to the thorny issues of attribution and the impact of a dynamic art market over a century.
Frans Hals was one of the most gifted masters of Dutch seventeenth-century art. This book explores the narrative of Hals in America, from his rediscovery by Gilded Age collectors to the thorny issues of attribution and the impact of a dynamic art market over a century.
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Weird fiction arose as an antithesis to the adverse conditions of modern life, expressing society's disappointment with unrealized promises. This guide analyzes how these irrational visions in literature, film, and art trace the impact of the collective subconscious.
Weird fiction arose as an antithesis to the adverse conditions of modern life, expressing society’s disappointment with unrealized promises. This guide analyzes how these irrational visions in literature, film, and art trace the impact of the collective subconscious.
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The Shakespearean Linkages in Unnayi Warrier’s Nala Charitham
A Literary Analysis
Unnayi Warrier’s ‘Nala Charitham’ is a popular Kathakali drama of romance, treachery, and banishment. Drawing from Hindu mythology, this book insightfully compares the story’s complex characters with Shakespeare’s plays, giving the captivating tale a new perspective.
Unnayi Warrier’s ‘Nala Charitham’ is a popular Kathakali drama of romance, treachery, and banishment. Drawing from Hindu mythology, this book insightfully compares the story’s complex characters with Shakespeare’s plays, giving the captivating tale a new perspective.
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The 1879 Theft of Royal Ms 16 E VIII from the British Museum
Wars and Tolkien’s Teacher’s Role
In 1879, a priceless manuscript containing the only copy of the oldest French poem vanished from the British Museum. This study explores the intense academic rivalries after the Franco-Prussian War that fueled the theft and provides a reconstruction of the lost text.
In 1879, a priceless manuscript containing the only copy of the oldest French poem vanished from the British Museum. This study explores the intense academic rivalries after the Franco-Prussian War that fueled the theft and provides a reconstruction of the lost text.
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Interpreting Sapiens’ Consciousness through Paleolithic Cave Art
The Lascaux Testament
This book identifies a new path through Paleolithic cave art, arguing the shaman-artists of Lascaux depicted the soul's journey between the spirit and natural worlds. Using ethological evidence, it shows how the art maps a spectrum of consciousness involving the five senses.
This book identifies a new path through Paleolithic cave art, arguing the shaman-artists of Lascaux depicted the soul’s journey between the spirit and natural worlds. Using ethological evidence, it shows how the art maps a spectrum of consciousness involving the five senses.
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An emblem is a combination of images and texts that flourished in the early modern period. This book presents the culture of the emblem, its influences on art, and its symbolism, reminding us that understanding images is as demanding today as it was centuries ago.
An emblem is a combination of images and texts that flourished in the early modern period. This book presents the culture of the emblem, its influences on art, and its symbolism, reminding us that understanding images is as demanding today as it was centuries ago.
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The Art of Maria Tomasula
Embodiment and Splendor
Maria Tomasula's captivating still lifes contrast luscious beauty with disturbing features like pierced flowers and isolated organs. This first comprehensive monograph unravels her complex iconography, rooted in her Mexican American heritage, Catholicism, and European tradition.
Maria Tomasula’s captivating still lifes contrast luscious beauty with disturbing features like pierced flowers and isolated organs. This first comprehensive monograph unravels her complex iconography, rooted in her Mexican American heritage, Catholicism, and European tradition.
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This book investigates the Linguistic Landscape of Cameroon, a heavily multilingual postcolonial nation. It examines messages on signposts as a window into the country's sociolinguistic reality, revealing significant findings about this complex environment.
This book investigates the Linguistic Landscape of Cameroon, a heavily multilingual postcolonial nation. It examines messages on signposts as a window into the country’s sociolinguistic reality, revealing significant findings about this complex environment.
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