From nineteenth-century paintings of Arab marauders to our current fascination with New Age shamanism, Root explores and explodes the consumption of the Other as a source of violence, passion, and spirituality. This fascinating book raises important and uncomfortable questions a…
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A collection of contributions from international scholars to show how social and cultural theory can bring new insight to debate about museums. Subjects include among others museums and globalisation; a feminist perspective on museums; and visitor research.
"Art, Community and Environment investigates wide-ranging issues raised by the interaction between art practice, community participation, and the environment, both natural and urban. This volume brings together a distinguished group of contributors from the United Kingdom, Austr…
"One of the delights of life is the discovery and rediscovery of patterns of order and beauty in nature--designs revealed by slicing through a head of cabbage or an orange, the forms of shells and butterfly wings. These images are awesome not just for their beauty alone, but bec…
"The volume covers painting, mosaic, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture and photography. Textiles, coins, pottery, enamels, gold and silver are also included. The scope is international, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa and Oceania as well as Europe and the Ameri…
Each chapter in this book deals with a different technique from which we can best represent and make explicit the forms of knowledge used by designers. The book explores whether design knowledge is special, and attempts to get to the root of where design knowledge comes from. Cr…
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"Visual evidence encompasses a diverse range of media, from painting, cartoons and photography, to film, television and documentary. The central argument of this book is that visual evidence is a key to understanding both history and the present day and should not be relegated t…
Analyse van decadentie, literatuur, kunst en cultuur. Paglia bespreekt de Natuur en Sex als demonische krachten, dicht feministen sentimentaliteit en 'wishful thinking' toe waar het gaat om de oorzaken van verkrachting en onderzoekt de habitat van de moderne homoman.
A provocative, personal look at the motivations and challenges of teaching socially engaged arts, this book overturns conventional arts pedagogy with an activist's passion for creating art that matters. How can polarized groups work together to solve social and environmental pro…