Visual Arts – Page 21 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Meanings of Ripley

The Alien Quadrilogy and Gender

Edited By: Elizabeth Graham

£39.99

This collection offers varied interpretations of sci-fi icon Ellen Ripley. Is she a feminist hero? A patriarchal mother? Does she move beyond dichotomous gender roles? Voices from multiple disciplines explore these questions against the backdrop of Second Wave Feminism.

Bodies of Desire and Bodies in Distress

The Golden Age of Italian Cult Cinema 1970-1985

By: Xavier Mendik

£39.99

Explore the golden age of 1970s Italian cult cinema. This book considers the social and political factors that spawned a decade of stylish films dominated by extreme sexuality and violence, profiling icons like Dario Argento and genres from giallo to sex comedy.

Winckelmann’s “Philosophy of Art”

A Prelude to German Classicism

By: John Harry North

£44.99

This work examines Johann Joachim Winckelmann's pivotal role as a judge of classical sculpture and founder of German art criticism. It explores his philosophy of beauty while revealing how his judgements were often propagandist rather than analytical.

This work examines Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s pivotal role as a judge of classical sculpture and founder of German art criticism. It explores his philosophy of beauty while revealing how his judgements were often propagandist rather than analytical.

Zen-Life

Ikkyū and Beyond

By: Evgeny Steiner

£54.99

This multidisciplinary study examines Ikkyū Sōjun, the embodiment of Japan's Muromachi era. It reconstructs his creative mentality, exploring his art, interpretation of Zen, and religious principles, showing how his rebellious ways were deeply embedded in tradition.

This multidisciplinary study examines Ikkyū Sōjun, the embodiment of Japan’s Muromachi era. It reconstructs his creative mentality, exploring his art, interpretation of Zen, and religious principles, showing how his rebellious ways were deeply embedded in tradition.

Abstraction Matters

Contemporary Sculptors in Their Own Words

Edited By: Cristina Baldacci, Michele Bertolini, Stefano Esengrini

£61.99

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.”

Labor and Writing

Language and the Origins of Imagination

By: Frederic Will

From £29.99

This book highlights the act of writing—humanity’s greatest cultural investment. It is the labor we use to record our past and construct our future. The essays within explore writing's role at the heart of all enterprise, from identifying things to inventing new realities.

This book highlights the act of writing—humanity’s greatest cultural investment. It is the labor we use to record our past and construct our future. The essays within explore writing’s role at the heart of all enterprise, from identifying things to inventing new realities.

British Music and the French Revolution

By: Paul F. Rice

£49.99

British Music and the French Revolution investigates the little-studied repertoire of concert and theatrical music created in Britain between 1789–1795. It explores how a spirit of patriotism, political turmoil, and war inspired an outpouring of music.

Russian Émigré Culture

Conservatism or Evolution?

Edited By: Christoph Flamm, Henry Keazor, Roland Marti

£49.99

This volume offers a collection of critical articles reflecting current perspectives on Russian émigré culture. Scholars shed new light on cultural diplomacy, literature, art, and music, documenting the diversity and impact of this movement on European life.

The Future of (High) Culture in America

Edited By: Daniel Asia

£41.99

Representing the proceedings of the inaugural conference of the University of Arizona Center for American Culture and Ideas, these contributions explore the relationship between the high arts and culture in America, considering a range of subjects from dance to philosophy.

Playing with Possibilities

Edited By: Peter O'Connor, Claudia Rozas

£61.99

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.

New Cinema, New Media

Reinventing Turkish Cinema

Edited By: Murat Akser, Deniz Bayrakdar

£49.99

This volume covers the relationship between innovation and politics in new Turkish cinema. It analyzes recurring themes of memory, trauma, and identity, with in-depth studies of renowned filmmakers like Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Fatih Akın, and Semih Kaplanoğlu.

Close Relations

Spaces of Greek and Roman Theatre

Edited By: Paul Monaghan

£52.99

This book applies insights from the “spatial turn” to Greek and Roman theatre. It explores the complex interweaving of space-time, the relations between ancient theatrical space, and how it has been interpreted and transformed throughout history.

New Wests and Post-Wests

Literature and Film of the American West

Edited By: Paul S. Varner

£44.99

This collection offers critical approaches to an American West that never was—a mythic space, not a geographical place. New scholarship explores multiple "New Wests" in film and literature, moving beyond traditional views with unique international perspectives.

This collection offers critical approaches to an American West that never was—a mythic space, not a geographical place. New scholarship explores multiple “New Wests” in film and literature, moving beyond traditional views with unique international perspectives.

Conflict, Identity, and Protest in American Art

Edited By: Miguel de Baca, Makeda Best

£41.99

Explore the powerful relationship between American art and conflict. This anthology discusses visual works in relation to national identity and politics, revealing how conflict—armed and rhetorical—inspires new identities to emerge.

Cinema, Television and History

New Approaches

Edited By: Laura Mee, Johnny Walker

£44.99

Rethinking the relationship between cinema, television and history, this collection of essays explores how historical events are interpreted and adapted for the screen, as well as the work of the historian exploring the archive.

The Conformists

Creativity and Decadence in the Bulgarian Cinema 1945-89

By: Evgenija Garbolevsky

£39.99

Explore the paradoxes of Bulgarian cinema under Communist rule. This work reveals why intellectuals chose loyalty to the state-controlled film industry over rebellion, challenging the view of Eastern Bloc art as propaganda by showing its parallels with the West.

Art and the Artist in Society

Edited By: Jane Elizabeth Alberdeston, Elsa Luciano Feal, José Jiménez-Justiniano

£49.99

This compilation of essays examines the nexus between artists, their art, and society. Through a diverse group of artists, it explores important issues like the representation of the Other and the construction of the self, offering fascinating insights.

Aesthetics and Ideology in Contemporary Literature and Drama

Edited By: René Agostini, Madelena Gonzalez

£52.99

What is the value of art in an age of corporatized knowledge? This volume explores the crucial intersection of aesthetics and ideology. Through a wide range of international examples, these essays argue that the arts are fundamental to any progress in society.

Underwater Worlds

Submerged Visions in Science and Culture

Edited By: Will Abberley

£61.99

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.

Kurdish Documentary Cinema in Turkey

The Politics and Aesthetics of Identity and Resistance

Edited By: Suncem Kocer, Can Candan

£52.99

By delving into Kurdish documentary films as products of complex societal, political, and historical processes, the articles here highlight the intersections of media production, film text, and audience reception.