Pictorialism in Cinema
Valkola extensively explores the unique phenomenon of pictorialism and its connection with other arts in film and media studies, considering a number of theoretical and practical issues of filmic narration.
Trends in Radio Research
This book explores radio’s adaptation to the digital era. Drawing on international research from countries like the UK, Spain, and Brazil, chapters investigate key issues, including new business models, the function of community radio, and the future of the radio spectrum.
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.
Contemporary Art and Community Altruism in Oaxaca
Pyatt relates a longitudinal participant observation and analysis of the behaviour of the Oaxacan art community in Mexico, focusing on the cultural production, interaction and collective action of its members as an integrated sector of civil society.
PaintingDigitalPhotography
This publication investigates aspects of interconnectivity between painting, the digital and photography in contemporary art practices. It contributes to discourses around networks of associations by examining where syntheses occur, and differences remain, between these media.
Book Illustration in the Long Eighteenth Century
Book illustration has entered mainstream scholarship. This collection is the first step in reconfiguring the visual periphery of eighteenth-century texts, offering a multifaceted approach to a society immersed in visual culture and communication.
The contributions here are the product of papers presented at a conference, and cover a broad spectrum of subjects such as indigeneity, music, song and identity, politics, national reconciliation, education, product development and national development.
The International Emblem
The emblem, a Renaissance genre combining text and image, was a powerful tool for propaganda and piety. This collection of essays follows its development from its European origins to its global influence and its ongoing vitality in literature and scholarship.
Collective and Collaborative Drawing in Contemporary Practice
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.
Representing Royalty
Since the early days of cinema, filmmakers have been intrigued by the lives and loves of British monarchs. Kinzler examines strategies of representing power and the staging of myths of power in seven popular films about this subject that were made after the mid-1990s.
Explore the Symbolist movement’s profound, interdisciplinary impact on 20th-century culture. These essays trace its evolution across Europe, highlighting the foundational role of French art and literature.
Chinese Export Paintings
This book deciphers the formula for market success of Chinese export paintings, a unique and misunderstood East-meets-West art form. Dr Maria Mok reveals the tactical artistic decisions that made these paintings best-sellers for Western customers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The art market is often difficult to understand. Art historian Dr Ruth Polleit Riechert shares her method for assessing art and purchasing high-quality works at fair prices. Learn to recognize good art, which art is a suitable investment, and how new technologies can assist you.
This interdisciplinary book explores how mountains are represented in art and literature. It reveals the link between the world’s shapes and human imagination, showing how art is a path to awareness and a vital tool for protecting the natural world.
Artistic Research in Film and Philosophy
To face today’s challenges, this anthology explores artistic research in film and its interlacings with philosophy. Contributions by filmmakers and theorists discuss topics from aesthetics to media technology, outlining a forward-looking research area.
Discover realist painter Clark Hulings (1922-2011), an artist whose subject was work—daily life in ancient places grappling with modernity. This book highlights the beauty and empathy of his paintings and discusses the work ethic that took him to the summit of realist technique.
Understanding Hypoxia
This textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of hypoxia, covering its molecular mechanisms and clinical implications. It bridges the gap between basic science and practice, serving as a valuable resource for students, clinicians, and researchers.
Bashir Ahmad rescued Indo-Persian miniature painting from the cusp of extinction. This book details his apprenticeship with its last masters, his modernization of the art, and its evolution through his students, including Shahzia Sikander. With color illustrations.
European Film Co-Productions
This volume analyzes the growing phenomenon of film-induced tourism. It examines the positive and negative impacts of film production in regions of environmental and cultural importance, and presents a quantitative evaluation of the economic benefits.
Undoing the Visual Arts Since 1960
This timely study assesses how contemporary art replaced the artistic medium with art as text. The rise of the institutional theory of art, its academisation, and an ideological agenda made contemporary art immune from criticism—completing the undoing of visual art.
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