Films With Legs
This book explores how international cinema both erects and tears down borders. It examines how borders are constructed on screen—not just in fences and walls, but also in dialogue, dialect, and even silence.
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.
Flash Parade
From the 1920s to the 1960s, legendary Vic Loving’s touring company Flash Parade travelled Ireland. Known as the ‘Sequin Queen’, this trailblazing woman brought ‘colour, gaiety and glamour’ to an otherwise grey era. A selection of photos and memorabilia.
Florence’s English Cemetery, 1827-1877
The restoration of Florence’s English Cemetery reveals the stories of foreign non-Catholics buried there from 1827-1877. It is a democracy in death, where writers like Elizabeth Barrett Browning, artists, and former slaves lie alongside nobility and royalty.
This volume explores the history, art, and culture of Florence through three unique festivities where sacred and secular values intertwine. Discover how these traditions continue to shape the city’s character, revealed through both famous and lesser-known works of art.
Flowers and Towers
This title explores the meaning and symbolism of the flower motif in the art of women artists, from the nineteenth century to the present day, discussing the changes, and the meaning thereof, in its representation during this period.
Flying with Two Wings
In a world facing a “clash of civilizations,” Fethullah Gülen believes peace can be achieved through education, tolerance, and dialogue. This collection of papers explores his ideals—a blueprint for “peace islands” that can withstand waves of conflict.
Following Forms, Following Functions
The contributions here are devoted to the analysis of the relationship between form and function, two concepts that have played, and continue to play, an important role in several disciplines, from philosophical reflection to theoretical biology.
Technological progress has advanced the forgery of monuments, threatening their historical value. This book presents scientific methods for detecting fakes to help preserve our heritage.
Forgotten British Film
Gillett exhumes some of the films released in Britain over the last 70 years, including Daybreak (1948), and he probes the reasons for their neglect. He considers the contributions of those involved in the films and examines such issues as the response of critics and audiences.
Formations of Identity
The contributions here explore the ways in which physical landscape has been appropriated by artists to represent political, social, and national identities in a variety of geographical and historical contexts.
Forms of Experienced Environments
Going beyond policies focused on control, this book explores our world through ‘environmental forms’. This largely neglected, form-based approach opens a new perspective on the relationships between people, aesthetics, and environments.
Four Plays about Disability
Four plays unearth hidden histories of disability. Revisit the Whitechapel murders, uncover Nazi genocide, and witness a Victorian prostitute’s survival in what Joyce Carol Oates calls “the triumph of twisted.”
This book explores fragments of tragedy in postmodern film. While postmodernism broke the continuous chain of tragedy from Ancient Greece, its aspects persist in films with themes of chaos, violence, paranoia, and alienation.
France at the Flicks
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.
Frans Hals in America
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.
Frederick Kiesler
This book uncovers the fascinating story of Frederick Kiesler’s ground-breaking Art of This Century gallery, designed for Peggy Guggenheim. It analyzes their fraught collaboration and restores Kiesler to his place in art and architecture history.
Friends and Foes Volume I
What constitutes friendship? What challenges, duties and pleasures does it entail? This volume of philosophical and cultural essays offers an illuminating investigation of the relationship between friendship and conflict, exploring its compelling ambiguities.
From Camera Lens To Critical Lens
This collection of essays represents the very best on film adaptation. Diverse international voices explore directors like Hitchcock, writers like Virginia Woolf, and international films from China, Japan, and France. Accessible, engaging, and informative for any reader.
From Self to Shelf
From Self to Shelf is a rich exploration of the interplay between biographical and aesthetic selves, from the Romantic poets to leading contemporaries. This absorbing volume is as engaging and thought-provoking as the masterpieces it illuminates.