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Myths are the blueprint for creativity. This volume presents an innovative theory of the creative process, explaining how authentic art transcends time to communicate with us today. It also explores the fascinating link between madness and creativity.
Myths are the blueprint for creativity. This volume presents an innovative theory of the creative process, explaining how authentic art transcends time to communicate with us today. It also explores the fascinating link between madness and creativity.
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Ruskin’s Struggle for Coherence
Self-Representation through Art, Place and Society
The ten essays collected here address the coherence in Ruskin’s multi-disciplinary works. Using interdisciplinary approaches, they explore the “polygon” of his thought and what he called “The Mystery of Life and Its Arts.”
The ten essays collected here address the coherence in Ruskin’s multi-disciplinary works. Using interdisciplinary approaches, they explore the “polygon” of his thought and what he called “The Mystery of Life and Its Arts.”
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Ein Kabinettstück der Schauspielkunst / A Showpiece of the Art of Acting
Ursula Dinkgräfes Bühnenlaufbahn / Ursula Dinkgräfe’s stage career
Dieses Buch zeichnet die Theaterlaufbahn der Schauspielerin Ursula Dinkgräfe (1947-1987) nach. Sie war in der Theaterszene hoch geschätzt, aber ohne Filmruhm. Ein unberücksichtigtes Kapitel deutscher Theatergeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Dieses Buch zeichnet die Theaterlaufbahn der Schauspielerin Ursula Dinkgräfe (1947-1987) nach. Sie war in der Theaterszene hoch geschätzt, aber ohne Filmruhm. Ein unberücksichtigtes Kapitel deutscher Theatergeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts.
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Crash Cinema
Representation in Film
Cinema does more than simply amuse or horrify; it communicates to us about ourselves. This book analyzes the politics of representation, asking whose ‘truth’ is being represented and why, and uncovering cinema's power to shock, surprise, and explore the taboo.
Cinema does more than simply amuse or horrify; it communicates to us about ourselves. This book analyzes the politics of representation, asking whose ‘truth’ is being represented and why, and uncovering cinema’s power to shock, surprise, and explore the taboo.
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“Clearing the Ground”
The Field Day Theatre Company and the Construction of Irish Identities
Was the Field Day Theatre Company the “cultural wing” of Sinn Fein and the IRA, or a new critical voice challenging traditional representations? This study critiques the successes and failures of a company that discussed identity, memory, and history in new ways.
Was the Field Day Theatre Company the “cultural wing” of Sinn Fein and the IRA, or a new critical voice challenging traditional representations? This study critiques the successes and failures of a company that discussed identity, memory, and history in new ways.
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From Self to Shelf
The Artist Under Construction
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.
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.
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Images of Thought
Visuality in Islamic India 1550-1750
Read Indian, Persian, and European paintings through their composition, colour symbolism, and myth. This book provides the Islamic cultural contexts that inform the visual language, offering new ways of seeing and fostering transcultural understanding.
Read Indian, Persian, and European paintings through their composition, colour symbolism, and myth. This book provides the Islamic cultural contexts that inform the visual language, offering new ways of seeing and fostering transcultural understanding.
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What represents Melanesian art today? Who are the artists? Art and Life in Melanesia is a timely exploration of Melanesian artists and their voices, taking stock of what is happening in the region’s art through themes like Kastom, Christianity, and Globalisation.
What represents Melanesian art today? Who are the artists? Art and Life in Melanesia is a timely exploration of Melanesian artists and their voices, taking stock of what is happening in the region’s art through themes like Kastom, Christianity, and Globalisation.
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Objects, Audiences, and Literatures
Alternative Narratives in the History of Design
Five historians use unexpected literary sources to reveal the dynamic relationship between intention and reception in architecture, costume, and the decorative arts. The essays explore how class and gender shaped the meanings of designed objects.
Five historians use unexpected literary sources to reveal the dynamic relationship between intention and reception in architecture, costume, and the decorative arts. The essays explore how class and gender shaped the meanings of designed objects.
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This collection of papers examines circus history, life, the relationship of circus to society, and its impact on the arts. "This fascinating collection showcases the cultural depth of the circus in historical and contemporary settings." —Janet M. Davis
This collection of papers examines circus history, life, the relationship of circus to society, and its impact on the arts. “This fascinating collection showcases the cultural depth of the circus in historical and contemporary settings.” —Janet M. Davis
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These critical essays explore the representation of sex, gender, and sexual orientation from the early days of cinema to the twenty-first century, investigating the complex relations between film style, sexual politics, and their social ramifications.
These critical essays explore the representation of sex, gender, and sexual orientation from the early days of cinema to the twenty-first century, investigating the complex relations between film style, sexual politics, and their social ramifications.
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Visualizing Rituals
Critical Analysis of Art and Ritual Practice
The essays in this compilation examine the dynamic relationship between art and ritual. Drawing from art historical and theoretical discourses, these papers seek new ways of defining both, with topics ranging from Ancient Greek temples to the art of Kahinde Wiley.
The essays in this compilation examine the dynamic relationship between art and ritual. Drawing from art historical and theoretical discourses, these papers seek new ways of defining both, with topics ranging from Ancient Greek temples to the art of Kahinde Wiley.
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Through the Mirror
Reflections on the Films of Andrei Tarkovsky
This broad volume on Tarkovsky spans from classical film theories to theological analyses, an approach seriously neglected until now. This inspiring collection of critical essays strikes a compelling pose between cinematic and theological scholarship.
This broad volume on Tarkovsky spans from classical film theories to theological analyses, an approach seriously neglected until now. This inspiring collection of critical essays strikes a compelling pose between cinematic and theological scholarship.
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From Camera Lens To Critical Lens
A Collection Of Best Essays On Film Adaptation
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.
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.
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The Avant-Garde and the Margin
New Territories of Modernism
This collection refigures the modernist avant-garde by exploring relations between its “centers” and the cultural “periphery.” The essays offer new methodological approaches that avoid Eurocentric models in favor of a “hermeneutics of encounter.”
This collection refigures the modernist avant-garde by exploring relations between its “centers” and the cultural “periphery.” The essays offer new methodological approaches that avoid Eurocentric models in favor of a “hermeneutics of encounter.”
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The Spectral Body
Aspects of the Cinematic Oeuvre of István Szabó
A powerful and original analysis of István Szabó’s films. Zoltán Dragon argues that a spectral phantom, hiding family secrets, fuels the oeuvre’s haunting effects and uncanny visuals, opening up new possibilities for studying film.
A powerful and original analysis of István Szabó’s films. Zoltán Dragon argues that a spectral phantom, hiding family secrets, fuels the oeuvre’s haunting effects and uncanny visuals, opening up new possibilities for studying film.
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Giuseppe Tornatore
Emotion, Cognition, Cinema
This authoritative study is a film-by-film analysis of Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso). It explores the powerful blend of emotion and intellect in his work, elucidating his critique of what our societies have become.
This authoritative study is a film-by-film analysis of Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso). It explores the powerful blend of emotion and intellect in his work, elucidating his critique of what our societies have become.
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Design and Cinema
Form Follows Film
Design and Cinema: Form Follows Film explores the patterns of experience created by the brotherhood of these disciplines. The book is organized in two parts: Discourse, a look at formal categories, and Works, which presents films and workshop examples.
Design and Cinema: Form Follows Film explores the patterns of experience created by the brotherhood of these disciplines. The book is organized in two parts: Discourse, a look at formal categories, and Works, which presents films and workshop examples.
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The First International Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts brought together 80 delegates from fourteen countries. This book collects 40 papers characteristic of the wide range of topics and disciplines represented at the conference.
The First International Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts brought together 80 delegates from fourteen countries. This book collects 40 papers characteristic of the wide range of topics and disciplines represented at the conference.
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Alternatives Within the Mainstream
British Black and Asian Theatres
Alternatives Within the Mainstream is the first comprehensive collection of critical essays on British Black and Asian Theatres. This long overdue book challenges the culture of myth which obscures the relevance of Black and Asian work with serious academic analysis.
Alternatives Within the Mainstream is the first comprehensive collection of critical essays on British Black and Asian Theatres. This long overdue book challenges the culture of myth which obscures the relevance of Black and Asian work with serious academic analysis.
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