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Collecting exotic objects has long united humanity. The essays in this volume connect these collections with their forms of display—from Chinese cabinets built in the West to Western-style palaces in China—charting encounters between cultures across millennia.
Collecting exotic objects has long united humanity. The essays in this volume connect these collections with their forms of display—from Chinese cabinets built in the West to Western-style palaces in China—charting encounters between cultures across millennia.
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Connecting art, nature, and science, these essays trace the collection and display of objects from early wunderkammern to the 18th century. They reveal a world where art and nature were intrinsically linked, charting the path to their modern divisions.
Connecting art, nature, and science, these essays trace the collection and display of objects from early wunderkammern to the 18th century. They reveal a world where art and nature were intrinsically linked, charting the path to their modern divisions.
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This volume examines when, how and why cabinets of prints and drawings became a specialised part of princely and private collections. Among other things, it assesses how important collections were for the self-representation of a prince or connoisseur among specialists and peers.
This volume examines when, how and why cabinets of prints and drawings became a specialised part of princely and private collections. Among other things, it assesses how important collections were for the self-representation of a prince or connoisseur among specialists and peers.
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Collective and Collaborative Drawing in Contemporary Practice
Drawing Conversations
What happens when people draw together? While collaborative drawing is widely explored, there is little published research on the topic. This book establishes the field, covering conversations through drawing, collaborative processes, and drawing communities.
What happens when people draw together? While collaborative drawing is widely explored, there is little published research on the topic. This book establishes the field, covering conversations through drawing, collaborative processes, and drawing communities.
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Colonial Self-Fashioning in British India, c. 1785-1845
Visualising Identity and Difference
De Silva considers the ways in which British residents in India represented their lives through visual material, and reveals that the position of the British population in the country in the 19th century was often more nuanced than often assumed.
De Silva considers the ways in which British residents in India represented their lives through visual material, and reveals that the position of the British population in the country in the 19th century was often more nuanced than often assumed.
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Colour in Sculpture
A Survey from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Present
This book introduces sculpture across five millennia, exploring the intentional relationship between colour and form. It suggests that whether used for cultural custom or to enhance expression, polychromy adds another dimension of encoded meaning.
This book introduces sculpture across five millennia, exploring the intentional relationship between colour and form. It suggests that whether used for cultural custom or to enhance expression, polychromy adds another dimension of encoded meaning.
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CoMa 2013
Safeguarding Image Collections
This book offers a wide variety of subjects on preserving image collections. It covers theoretical questions of value, collection management, scientific research, and digitization, providing a base for anyone dealing with photographs to ensure their long-term preservation.
This book offers a wide variety of subjects on preserving image collections. It covers theoretical questions of value, collection management, scientific research, and digitization, providing a base for anyone dealing with photographs to ensure their long-term preservation.
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Bringing together specialists from various backgrounds, this book establishes, and then analyses, the interrelation between series and dependence by focusing on two aspects of their connection: the overconsumption of TV series, and the production devices that lead to it.
Bringing together specialists from various backgrounds, this book establishes, and then analyses, the interrelation between series and dependence by focusing on two aspects of their connection: the overconsumption of TV series, and the production devices that lead to it.
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Comic Grace
We Mortal Fools in Movie Comedy
This book asks not only why some movie comedies are great, but what is unique and enduring in the legacy of comedy on film. It entertains the proposition that comedy may be motion picture’s greatest achievement, inquiring into what audiences cherish.
This book asks not only why some movie comedies are great, but what is unique and enduring in the legacy of comedy on film. It entertains the proposition that comedy may be motion picture’s greatest achievement, inquiring into what audiences cherish.
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Comics and Power
Representing and Questioning Culture, Subjects and Communities
Comics and Power presents new methods for studying the complex relationship between comics and power. Its 14 chapters discuss how comics interact with and challenge existing power structures, shaping our understanding of art, identity, and community.
Comics and Power presents new methods for studying the complex relationship between comics and power. Its 14 chapters discuss how comics interact with and challenge existing power structures, shaping our understanding of art, identity, and community.
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Living as we do in a world marked by an ‘age apartheid’, films remain the most accessible form of information regarding getting older for the general public. Using current gerontological theory, this volume provides insight into the accuracy of cinematic representations of aging.
Living as we do in a world marked by an ‘age apartheid’, films remain the most accessible form of information regarding getting older for the general public. Using current gerontological theory, this volume provides insight into the accuracy of cinematic representations of aging.
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Coming of Age on Film
Stories of Transformation in World Cinema
Twelve film scholars examine the theme of coming of age in the cinema of Latin America, Europe, and Africa. These essays explore transformation in individuals and nations, bringing attention to a widely represented but minimally studied theme in global cinema.
Twelve film scholars examine the theme of coming of age in the cinema of Latin America, Europe, and Africa. These essays explore transformation in individuals and nations, bringing attention to a widely represented but minimally studied theme in global cinema.
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Coming Out to the Mainstream
New Queer Cinema in the 21st Century
Has New Queer Cinema gone mainstream? This collection of essays examines how its themes have entered popular culture, challenging a queer-phobic climate and informing debates on queerness in film, television, and beyond.
Has New Queer Cinema gone mainstream? This collection of essays examines how its themes have entered popular culture, challenging a queer-phobic climate and informing debates on queerness in film, television, and beyond.
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Communicating Visually
The Graphic Design of the Brand
This publication focuses on the various vectors of visual communication, particularly contemporary brands as social phenomena, culture and the way people communicate and create meanings, from a designer’s perspective.
This publication focuses on the various vectors of visual communication, particularly contemporary brands as social phenomena, culture and the way people communicate and create meanings, from a designer’s perspective.
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This volume explains methods for examining oil and acrylic paint surfaces. It compares untreated and treated samples of historic and modern paints to reveal ideal cleaning systems, presenting tests of materials ranging from demineralized water and sponges to detergents.
This volume explains methods for examining oil and acrylic paint surfaces. It compares untreated and treated samples of historic and modern paints to reveal ideal cleaning systems, presenting tests of materials ranging from demineralized water and sponges to detergents.
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Complex Art Conservation and Preservation Problems
A Case Study on the Work of Egon Schiele
For the first time, this book examines Egon Schiele’s painting technique through his 1918 work, “Stadtende/Häuserbogen III.” A conservation campaign uncovered hidden portrait sketches, unmasked a forged signature, and identified the original frame, guiding future preservation.
For the first time, this book examines Egon Schiele’s painting technique through his 1918 work, “Stadtende/Häuserbogen III.” A conservation campaign uncovered hidden portrait sketches, unmasked a forged signature, and identified the original frame, guiding future preservation.
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This volume moves beyond the deadlock between war's inevitability and peace as a naïve chimera. Drawing from the humanities, these essays examine war not just as a destructive force but as a catalyst for creative expression, exploring themes of exile, memory, and resistance.
This volume moves beyond the deadlock between war’s inevitability and peace as a naïve chimera. Drawing from the humanities, these essays examine war not just as a destructive force but as a catalyst for creative expression, exploring themes of exile, memory, and resistance.
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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.
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.
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Connections~Verbindungen
Irish-German Perspectives through Etching
When artist Gerhardt Gallagher discovered etchings by his German grandmother Margarethe, whose career was disrupted by war, it led to an exhibition and this book. This volume connects Irish and German cultures through the work of two artists and a family history.
When artist Gerhardt Gallagher discovered etchings by his German grandmother Margarethe, whose career was disrupted by war, it led to an exhibition and this book. This volume connects Irish and German cultures through the work of two artists and a family history.
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Consciousness, Performing Arts and Literature
Trajectories, 2014-2018
Against the background of personal, institutional and cultural trajectories, this collection considers dance, opera, theatre and practice as research from a consciousness studies perspective.
Against the background of personal, institutional and cultural trajectories, this collection considers dance, opera, theatre and practice as research from a consciousness studies perspective.
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