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THE HISTORY OF MUSIC: A HANDBOOK AND GUIDE

HISTORY OF MUSIC: A HANDBOOK AND GUIDE
WALDO SELDEN PRATT | ISBN: 1417938714 | Publisher: SCHIRMER, E.C., MUSIC CO. INC. | 1907 | 700 pages | PDF | OCR | 39 MB

1907. The book is meant to be distinctly a book of reference for students rather than a literary or critical survey of a few salient aspects of the subject, or a specialist's report of original research. Aiming at a certain degree of encyclopedic fullness, it brings together facts and conclusions from a great variety of sources. Much labor has been expended in grouping the material in such a way as to give a systematic impression of the enormous field in view. The Contents are divided into the following nine parts: Uncivilized and Ancient Music; Mediaeval Music; The Sixteenth Century; The Seventeenth Century; The Early Eighteenth Century; The Later Eighteenth Century; The Early Nineteenth Century; The Middle Nineteenth Century; and The Later Nineteenth Century.

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Electronic and Computer Music, by Peter Manning

Electronic and Computer Music, by Peter Manning
ISBN 0195144848 | 481 pages | 2004 | OUP | DJVU | 4.80 MB

This updated and expanded third edition of Peter Manning's classic text, Electronic and Computer Music, deals with the development of the medium from its birth to the 21st century. The first section of the book, which remains essentially unchanged in this edition, covers electroacoustic music from its beginning at the turn of the century to 1945, the development of post-1945 'classical' studios, development of voltage-controlled technology, and its commercial exploitation in tape works, live electronic music, and the early use of electronics in rock and pop music. Section two, Computer Music, is heavily revised and significantly expanded and treats the digital revolution from the early experiments during the late 1950s and early 1960s to the advanced systems of today. Emphasizing the fu nctional characteristics of emerging digital technologies and their influence on the creative development of the medium, Manning covers key developments in both commercial and the non-commercial sectors.

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Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns

Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns (Text)
Amsco Publications | ISBN 082561449X | 1975-12-11 | PDF | 356 pages | 16.56 MB

Since its publication in 1947, great musicians and composers of all genres - from Arnold Schoenberg and Virgil Thomson to John Coltrane and Freddie Hubbard - have sworn by this legendary volume and its comprehensive vocabulary of melodic patterns for composition and improvisation.

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The Music Effect: Music Physiology And Clinical Applications

The Music Effect: Music Physiology And Clinical Applications
Jessica Kingsley Publishers | ISBN:1843107716 | Edition 2006-01 | PDF | 272 pages | 1.21 MB

This book is really worth the read whether you are a clinician, SPED teacher, therapist or parent. Schneck and Berger not only explain the effect that music has on the body but skillfully discuss the way the sensory system is effected. As a music therapist who works daily with children on the autism spectrum (ALL with challenging sensory integration issues) I recommend putting this one on your "must read" list!

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I Should Have Known Better: A Life in Pop Management--The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Elton John

I Should Have Known Better: A Life in Pop Management--The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Elton John
Thorogood Publishing | ISBN 1854182196 | 2005-11-25 | PDF | 208 pages | 1.8 Mb

Geoffrey Ellis spent forty years in the music business, working closely with the Beatles and Brian Epstein during the 60s, and Elton John and his management in the '70s. From an unrivalled position he has written a highly informed account of the music business from the 60s to the mid 90s and an insider's view of the careers of many of the most significant players. His insight is less than adulatory and often critical, in particular of the Beatles and Brian Epstein, his friend. During the '60s Geoffrey Ellis was chief Executive of NEMS Enterprises, Brian Epstein's company, at the time when the Beatles became global superstars. His book contains insights and stories, many previously unpublished, concerning the often tortuous business and personal affairs of Epstein, and the aftermath of his death. There is also much about Elton john, of whose management Ellis formed a vital part from the earliest days with Dick James Music and then with John Reid Enterprises, including a trenchant account of the High court action brought by Elton John against Dick James, in the course of which Ellis himself spent two and a half days in the witness box.

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Philosophy of Art: A Contemporary Introduction

Philosophy of Art: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) By Noel Carroll
Publisher: Routledge 1999-11 | 273 Pages | ISBN: 0415159636 | PDF | 1 MB

Philosophy of Art is a textbook for undergraduate students interested in the topic of philosophical aesthetics. It aims to introduce the techniques of analytic philosophy in addition to a selection of the major topics in this field of inquiry. These include the representational theory of art, formalism, neo-formalism, aesthetic theories of art, neo-Wittgensteinism, the Institutional Theory of Art, as well as historical approaches to the nature of art. Throughout the book, abstract philosophical theories are illustrated by examples of both traditional and contemporary art, thereby enriching the readers understanding of art theory as well as the appreciation of art.

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Recording the Classics: Maestros, Music, and Technology
by James Jessen Badal

Recording the Classics: Maestros, Music, and Technology
By James Jessen Badal

Publisher: Kent State University Press
Number Of Pages: 186
Publication Date: 1996-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 087338542X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780873385428
Binding: Hardcover

Badal interviews maestros Vladmir Ashkenazy, Pierre Boulez, Riccardo Chailly, Andrew Davis, Colin Davis, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Antal Dorati, Charles Dutoit, Christopher Hogwood, Neeme Jarvi, Erich Kunzel, Erich Leinsdorf, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Simon Rattle, and Leonard Slatkin. Together they examine the effect of technology not only on the listening public’s perception of music, but also on the manner in which music is made

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Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques and Controls

Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls
By Allen Strange

Publisher: William C Brown Pub
Number Of Pages: 274
Publication Date: 1983-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0697036022
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780697036025
Binding: Paperback

Summary: Out of print but can be ordered direct from the publisher for little.
Rating: 5

This book can be ordered from McGraw-Hill’s Higher Education eBookstore in PDF format for $15.23. I downloaded my pdf copy from them in about 15 mins. Just register, pay and download.
If I’m right, this textbook is still being used to this day in academia hence it’s availability through their site only. You may also get binded copies for you and your students for a good price if you happen to be a teacher.
I hope Mcgraw-hill considers reprinting this book.

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Music and Philosophy

ISBN: 087462665X | 147 page | September 30, 2005 | 1.45 M

Thanks torai.
This seems to be a rather obscure book (which may explain why there are neither editorial reviews nor customer reviews on Amazon's page). This description from Alibris is about the best I can find:
"Music played a central role in the thought of existentialist philosopher Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973). One of the most tantalizing claims he made was in a set of conversations with Paul Ricoeur. Employing a geographic metaphor, he claimed that philosophy was the continent of his work while his plays formed the off-shore islands; but what was deepest was music as the water that conjoins the two. One who wishes to understand how he thought of music will find that his philosophical writings contain only a few, quasi-aphoristic, though significantly penetrating things about the nature of music and its relation to his thought. Disappointingly, neither his short "An Essay in Autobiography" of 1947 nor his larger autobiography of 1971, Awakenings, adds much to that beyond a few remarks. But the latter work makes reference to an article, "La musique dans mon vie et mon oeuvre," a lecture he delivered in Vienna in 1959, that turned out to be a significantly richer source. And if one turns to his bibliography, one discovers that, as a music critic, Marcel published over 100 items on music--including Musique dans mon vie"! None of them are available in English. Those of greater length and philosophical interest were gathered together, along with several shorter representative pieces, in the work entitled L'esthetique musicale de Gabriel Marcel that appeared in the Presence de Gabriel Marcel series. In order to enrich and deepen the appreciation of Marcel's thought in the English-speaking world by following up his understanding of the central role of music in his thought, but also to underscore the central role of music in his thought, but also to underscore the central importance of the aesthetic inhuman experience, we have selected the main articles that appeared in that work for translation here. Marcel complained that (as of 1959) commentators had not paid significant attention to the close connection between music and philosophy. The present text should remedy that."

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Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music

This book is about using electronic techniques to record, synthesize, process, and analyze musical sounds, a practice which came into its modern form in the years 1948-1952, but whose technological means and artistic uses have undergone several revolutions since then. Nowadays most electronic music is made using computers, and this book will focus exclusively on what used to be called computer music", but which should really now be called electronic music using a computer". password: www.AudioZ.info
1 Sinusoids, amplitude and frequency 3
1.1 Measures of Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Units of Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 Controlling Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.4 Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.5 Synthesizing a Sinusoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.6 Superposing Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.7 Periodic Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.8 About the Software Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Quick Introduction to Pd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to Find and run the examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.9 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Constant amplitude scaler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Amplitude control in decibels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Smoothed amplitude control with an envelope generator . . . . . 23
Major triad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Conversion between frequency and pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
More additive synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2 Wavetables and samplers 29
2.1 The Wavetable Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.2 Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.3 Enveloping samplers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.4 Timbre stretching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
2.5 Interpolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2.6 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2.6.1 wavetable oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2.6.2 wavetable lookup in general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
2.6.3 using a wavetable as a sampler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
2.6.4 looping samplers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.6.5 Overlapping sample looper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
2.6.6 Automatic read point precession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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3 Audio and control computations 61
3.1 The sampling theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
3.2 Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
3.3 Control streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
3.4 Converting from audio signals to numeric control streams . . . . 69
3.5 Control streams in block diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
3.6 Event detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
3.7 Control computation using audio signals directly . . . . . . . . . 73
3.8 Operations on control streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
3.9 Control operations in Pd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
3.10 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
3.10.1 Sampling and foldover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
3.10.2 Converting controls to signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
3.10.3 Non-looping sample player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
3.10.4 Signals to controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
3.10.5 Analog-style sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
3.10.6 MIDI-style synthesizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4 Automation and voice management 89
4.1 Envelope Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4.2 Linear and Curved Amplitude Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
4.3 Continuous and discontinuous control changes . . . . . . . . . . . 94
4.3.1 Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals

Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals
Oxford University Press, USA | 2006-09-14 | ISBN: 0199298939 | 200 pages | Djvu | 9,1 MB

From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and the relationship between mathematics and music has fascinated generations. This collection of wide ranging, comprehensive and fully-illustrated papers, authorized by leading scholars, presents the link between these two subjects in a lucid manner that is suitable for students of both subjects, as well as the general reader with an interest in music. Physical, theoretical, physiological, acoustic, compositional and analytical relationships between mathematics and music are unfolded and explored with focus on tuning and temperament, the mathematics of sound, bell-ringing and modern compositional techniques.

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Mathematics and Music: A Diderot Mathematical Forum

Mathematics and Music: A Diderot Mathematical Forum
Springer | 2002-08-26 | ISBN: 3540437274 | 288 pages | Djvu | 3,9 MB

In Western Civilization Mathematics and Music have a long and interesting history in common, with several interactions, traditionally associated with the name of Pythagoras but also with a significant number of other mathematicians, like Leibniz, for instance. Mathematical models can be found for almost all levels of musical activities from composition to sound production by traditional instruments or by digital means. Modern music theory has been incorporating more and more mathematical content during the last decades. This book offers a journey into recent work relating music and mathematics. It contains a large variety of articles, covering the historical aspects, the influence of logic and mathematical thought in composition, perception and understanding of music and the computational aspects of musical sound processing. The authors illustrate the rich and deep interactions that exist between Mathematics and Music

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Music: A Very Short Introduction

"Music: A Very Short Introduction" ebook introduction:

What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short plays Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performers and the listener, about music as a commodity and an experience, what it means to understand music, and the values we ascribe to it.
This very short introduction, written with both humor and flair, begins with a sampling of music as human activity and then goes on to consider the slippery phenomenon of how music has become an object of thought. Covering not only Western and classical music, Cook touches on all types from rock to Indonesian music and beyond. Incorporating musical forms from every continent, Music will make enjoyable reading for beginner and expert alike.

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Bob Gulla. Icons of R&B and Soul: An Encyclopedia of the Artists Who Revolutionized Rhythm

Bob Gulla. Icons of R&B and Soul: An Encyclopedia of the Artists Who Revolutionized Rhythm
Greenwood Press | 2007 | 9780313340444 | 555 pages | PDF | 5 mb | rar

This encyclopedia will help to explore the historical and cultural framework of R&B and soul music through the musicians who have come to define the genre.

Drawn from a mosaic of influences, including folk, gospel, and blues, R&B represents both everything that came before and nothing that was heard before. This is the music that bridged the gap between audiences and helped, at the very height of racism in America, to dismantle racial barriers. So much of today's music is derived directly from the highly influential and critically important sounds of R&B that without it we would have never known the classic soul of the late '50s and '60s, the glory days of the genre. Similarly, rock n' roll as seen through the eyes of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley would have never evolved without the foundation laid by their R&B predecessors. Through substantial entries on the chief architects and innovators, Icons of R&B and Soul offers a vibrant overview of the music's impact in American culture and how it reflected contemporary society's politics, trends, and social issues. Numerous sidebars highlight Motown, prominent record labels, hit songs, related singers and songwriters, key events, and significant aspects of the music industry. Also included is a list of important print and Web resources, as well as a list of selected recordings. This encyclopedia will help to explore the historical and cultural framework of R&B and soul music through the musicians who have come to define the genre.

Among the featured:
-Ray Charles
-Little Richard
-Fats Domino & New Orleans R&B
-Ruth Brown
-Sam Cooke
-Etta James
-James Brown
-Aretha Franklin
-The Supremes
-Otis Redding
-Ike & Tina Turner
-Curtis Mayfield
-Berry Gordy
-Stevie Wonder
-Marvin Gaye
-Smokey Robinson
-The Temptations
-Prince

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Encyclopedia of the Blues

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Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture [Two Volumes]

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Jimi Hendrix - A Film About (1973)

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Edward Bleiberg "Arts And Humanities Through The Eras", 5 Volumes Set

Edward Bleiberg "Arts And Humanities Through The Eras", 5 Volumes Set
Gale | 2005 | ISBN: 078765695X | 2250 pages | ZIP/PDF | 64,4 MB

1. Arts and Humanities Through the Eras — Ancient Egypt (2675 B.C.E.-332 B.C.E.). Volume 1
2. Arts and Humanities Through the Eras — Ancient Greece and Rome (1200 B.C.E.-476 C.E.). Volume 2
3. Arts and Humanities Through the Eras — Medieval Europe (814-1450). Volume 3
4. Arts and Humanities Through the Eras — Renaissance Europe (1300-1600). Volume 4
5. Arts and Humanities Through the Eras — The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment (1600-1800). Volume 5

Profiling milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music and religion from a specific period, each volume in this set helps students and researchers understand the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. An overview of the period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume. Nine chapters follow covering the major branches of the humanities: architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater and visual arts. Chapters begin with a chronology of major events within the discipline followed by articles covering the movements, schools of thought and masterworks that characterize the discipline during the era and biographical profiles of pioneers, masters and other prominent figures in the field. Chapters also include significant primary documents from the period, including quotations, excerpts from artists about their work and/or commentaries/criticism published during the period, and a list of general references for further information.

Over the last two decades the historical focus has shifted from viewing events in a simple historical context to a more integrative perspective. This set offers a multidimensional picture of primarily Western civilization, covering Ancient Egypt (2675-332 B.C.E.), Ancient Greece and Rome (1200 B.C.E.-476 C.E.), Medieval Europe (814-1450 C.E.), Renaissance Europe (1300-1600 C.E.), and The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment (1600-1800 C.E.). Similar in organization to Gale's American Eras and World Eras lines, the work exposes readers to each historical period through the study of nine different arts and humanities topics: "Architecture and Design," "Dance," "Fashion," "Literature," "Music," "Philosophy," "Religion," "Theater," and "Visual Arts." Each topic area is treated in a different chapter, but the connections between topics are highlighted both in the text and through cross-referencing. The result is a broader and more inclusive picture of the culture of each period, emphasizing connections between, for example, religion, dance, and literature or between the visual arts and architecture. Each chapter is structured in the same way, containing a chronology; an overview of the development of the field under scrutiny; a "Topics" section, which discusses various movements, schools of thought, and masterworks that characterize the discipline during that era; a handful of biographies of significant people; and a list of documentary sources. Each of the subsections within "Topics" includes a list of sources. The writing, produced by subject experts, is uniformly clear and informative but quite pedantic. It is certainly not leisure--interest reading but does impart information in an admirably direct style. Sidebars offer primary source material (letters, poems, essays, songs, epitaphs, etc.). Numerous black-and-white photographs, maps, and reproductions extend the text well. Technical terms and definitions appear both in the text and in the glossary, and lists of works for further reference, as well as media and online sources, are listed at the back of each volume. Although there is not a cumulative index, each volume does have its own accurate index. Aimed at college and university students with or without historical background, this set provides a solid picture of western European history through the arts.

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HISTORY OF MUSIC: A HANDBOOK AND GUIDE
WALDO SELDEN PRATT | ISBN: 1417938714 | Publisher: SCHIRMER, E.C., MUSIC CO. INC. | 1907 | 700 pages | PDF | OCR | 39 MB

1907. The book is meant to be distinctly a book of reference for students rather than a literary or critical survey of a few salient aspects of the subject, or a specialist's report of original research. Aiming at a certain degree of encyclopedic fullness, it brings together facts and conclusions from a great variety of sources. Much labor has been expended in grouping the material in such a way as to give a systematic impression of the enormous field in view. The Contents are divided into the following nine parts: Uncivilized and Ancient Music; Mediaeval Music; The Sixteenth Century; The Seventeenth Century; The Early Eighteenth Century; The Later Eighteenth Century; The Early Nineteenth Century; The Middle Nineteenth Century; and The Later Nineteenth Century.

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"Encyclopedia Of Postmodernism (Routledge World Reference)"

Routledge | ISBN:0415152941 | 500 pages | PDF | 108,5 Mb

Review
If postmodernism is about anything goes, and I do not think it is, the existence of this encyclopedia indicates that something stays, and that something is this stimulating reference work. When and if a paperback appears, what a present for a suitably mature and inter-disciplinary student!.
–Reference Reviews, 04/2001

No reference book brings together the terms, concepts, and personalities associated with postmodernism in one work at the level of detail that this one does....Drawing from arts and literature criticism, psychoanalytic theory, continental philosophy, feminism, lesbian and gay studies, and theology, editors Taylor and Winquist have produced an encyclopedia that will work well as a companion to upper-level undergraduates and lower-level graduate courses in which students encounter postmodern reading..
–Library Journal, 10/15/00

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Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction

David Cottington, Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction
Oxford University Press | ISBN 0192803646 | 2005 | PDF | 1 MB | 168 pages

This work is a introduction to the field of modern art. Cottington nicely surveys the central movements, ideas, and controversies within the field -- and sprinkles his treatment with numerous examples/artists.

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Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction

Geraldine A. Johnson, Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction
Oxford University Press | ISBN 0192803549 | 2005 | PDF | 3 MB | 177 pages

Clearly, it can be very difficult to really ‘see’ the artists as well as the art of 15th- and 16th-century Europe as Renaissance beholders would have done. However, by trying to reconstruct the original ‘period eye’ that would have gazed not only on a relatively small number of works by the great Michelangelo, but also on many more images and objects produced by much less well-known or even anonymous artists and craftsmen, we can begin to move beyond considering only who produced a particular work of art, and instead start to understand why and how such works were made, used, and understood by their original Renaissance beholders.

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Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art

William Desmond, Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art
State University of New York Press | ISBN 079145746X | 2003 | PDF | 2 MB | 319 pages

Art, origins, otherness—but why bring philosophical reflection to bear on these three concerns together? The connection may not be immediately selfevident. The themes of otherness, origin, art may have been a continuing preoccupation in some of my previous works, but what of the matter itself? First, questions concerning origins have marked a set of essential perplexities for philosophy since its beginning. Then, questions about art have contributed to new forms of perplexity, not least since philosophy has taken on new questions about its own tasks, especially since Kant. Finally, questions about otherness have assumed an evident prominence in our time, witnessing to our sense of distance from former, seemingly less self-lacerated practices of philosophy.

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Modernism (The New Critical Idiom)

Peter Childs, "Modernism (The New Critical Idiom)"
TF-ROUTL | 2000-08-08 | ISBN:0415196485 | 248 pages | Djvu | 1,8 Mb

Modernism is a succinct but authoritative analysis of the most important literary innovations of the last hundred years. Peter Childs explains the pan-European origins of the radical literary changes that occurred in the novel, poetry and drama, as well as the many revolutions in art, film and aesthetic theory. This highly readable book explains the key terminology of the subject; orients the reader in terms of modernism's basic aspects; explores the literary shifts from realism to modernism to postmodernism; analyzes to modernist elements in the texts of writers such as Joyce, Woolf, Forster, Yeats, Ford, Eliot, Richardson, Conrad, Beckett; explains the impetus that Darwin, Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, Saussure and Einstein gave to experimental writers at the turn of the century.

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The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students Edition 1 (4-Vol. Set)

Paul F. Grendler, "The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students Edition 1 (4-Vol. Set) "
Charles Scribner's Sons | 2003-11-14 | ISBN:0684312816 | 970 pages | PDF | 39 Mb

Based on the Dartmouth Medal-winning Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (2000), this set has been prepared especially for non-specialists, focusing on the Renaissance-era topics most studied in high school world history, art, literature, economics and science curriculum. Organized alphabetically, this illustrated, full-color set includes entries on a range of topics, including:
Florence
Galileo
Heraldry
Humanism
Medici family
Opera
Piracy
Rhetoric
Shakespeare
Spanish Armada
Leonardo da Vinci
And many others

Features include a master chronology with topical timelines; a bibliography with age-appropriate further reading sources and a comprehensive index.

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Literary Theory: An Introduction Second Edition

Terry Eagleton “Literary Theory: An Introduction Second Edition"
University of Minnesota Press; 2nd edition (November 1996) | ISBN: 081661251X | PDF | 234 pages | 1,2 Mb

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Modernism (The New Critical Idiomá)

Peter Childs “Modernism (The New Critical Idiomá)"
Routledge (December 22, 2007) | ISBN:0415415462 | Djvu | 236 pages | 1,5 Mb

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Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics

Peter Kivy “Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics"
Wiley | 2004-02-23 | ISBN: 0631221301 | 368 pages | PDF | 14,2 Mb

The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available. The volume features eighteen newly commissioned papers on the evaluation of art, the interpretation of art, and many other forms of art such as literature, movies, and music.
Provides a guide to the central traditional and cutting edge issues in aesthetics today.
Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, including Peter Kivy, George Dickie, Noël Carroll, Paul Guyer, Ted Cohen, Marcia Eaton, Joseph Margolis, Berys Gaut, Nicholas Wolterstrorff, Susan Feagin, Peter Lamarque, Stein Olsen, Francis Sparshott, Alan Goldman, Jenefer Robinson, Mary Mothersill, Donald Crawford, Philip Alperson, Laurent Stern and Amie Thomasson.
Functions as the ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in aesthetics, art theory, and philosophy of art.

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Art in Progress

Maarten Doorman “Art in Progress"
Amsterdam University Press | 2003-10-01 | ISBN: 905356585X | 178 pages | PDF | 1,3 Mb

In this challenging essay, Maarten Doorman argues that in art, belief in progress is still relevant, if not essential. The radical freedoms of postmodernism, he claims, have had a crippling effect on art, leaving it in danger of becoming meaningless. Art can only acquire meaning through context; the concept of progress, then, is ideal as the primary criterion for establishing that context. The history of art, in fact, can be seen as a process of constant accumulation, works of art commenting on one another and enriching one another's meanings. It is these complex interrelationships and the progress they create in both art and its observers that Doorman, in a display of great philosophical erudition, defends.

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Culture in the Communication Age

James Lull “Culture in the Communication Age"
Routledge | 2000-11-07 | ISBN: 041522117X | 256 pages | PDF | 14,3 MB

What does it mean to live in the Communication Age? What has happened to culture in the Communication Age? What is the nature of culture today?
Culture in the Communication Age brings together some of the world's leading thinkers from a range of academic disciplines to discuss what 'culture' means in the modern era. They describe key features of cultural life in the 'communication age', and consider the cultural implications of the rise of global communication, mass media, information technology, and popular culture. Individual chapters consider:
* Cultures of the mind * Rethinking culture in a global context * Re-thinking Culture, from 'ways of life' to 'lifestyle' * Gender and Culture * Popular Culture and Media Spectacles * Visual Culture * Star Culture * Computers, the Internet and Virtual Cultures * Superculture in the Communication Age
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Post-Impressionism to World War II (Blackwell Anthologies in Art History)

Post-Impressionism to World War II (Blackwell Anthologies in Art History)
Wiley-Blackwell | Pages: 432 | 2005-08-05 | ISBN: 1405111526 | PDF | 4 Mb

Post-Impressionism to World War II is an exciting anthology of the best art history writings of the Post-Impressionist period. Several key essays by critics including Benjamin, Greenberg and Bürger knit together primary sources and classic, “canonical” criticism.

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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art
Cambridge University Press | ISBN 052180521X | 2003 | PDF | 292 pages | 1.3 MB

“ Richard Eldridge's compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and significance of art draws on materials from classical and contemporary philosophy as well as literary theory and art criticism. Eldridge explores the representational, expressive, and formal dimensions of art, and argues that works of art present their subject matter as creations of enduring cognitive, moral, and social interest. His accessible study will be of interest to students and anyone interested in the relationship between thought and art.

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Art in Its Time: Theories and Practices of Modern Aesthetics

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Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture

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Shadows of Reality: The Fourth Dimension in Relativity, Cubism, and Modern Thought

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Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age

Margot Lovejoy "Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age"
Routledge | 2004-05-10 | ISBN: 0415307813 | 304 pages | PDF | 19,6 MB

Digital Currents explores the growing impact of digital technologies on aesthetic experience and examines the major changes taking place in the role of the artist as social communicator. Just as the rise of photographic techniques in the mid 1800s shattered traditional views about representation, so too have contemporary electronic tools catalyzed new perspectives on art, affecting the way artists see, think, and work, and the ways in which their productions are distributed and communicated.
Margot Lovejoy recounts the early histories of electronic media for art making - video, computer, the internet - in the new edition of this richly illustrated book. She provides a context for the works of major artists in each media, describes their projects, and discusses the issues and theoretical implications of each to create a foundation for understanding this developing field.
Digital Currents fills a major gap in our understanding of the relationship between artand technology, and the exciting new cultural conditions we are experiencing.

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Schoenberg

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Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide

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A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945

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Modernism: A Short Introduction

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Philosophy of the Arts An Introduction to Aesthetics, 3 Ed

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Grant Pooke : Art History: The Basics

Grant Pooke : Art History: The Basics
Pages:263 | PDF | Routledge; 1 edition (December 13, 2007) | ISBN: 0415373085 | 3.63 MB

Art History: The Basics is a concise and accessible introduction for the undergraduate approaching the history of art for the first time at college or university, and for anyone else interested in the subject.......

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The Problem of Assessment in Art and Design

Trevor Rayment, "The Problem of Assessment in Art and Design"
Publisher: Intellect Ltd | 2007-07-30 | ISBN 184150145X | PDF | 128 pages | 1.1 MB

Â Due to the inevitably subjective nature of art, the issue of evaluating the work of art students will always be controversial. In The Problem of Assessment in Art and Design, a distinguished group of art educators and experts examine this divisive topic across the educational spectrum, from elementary schools to university campuses.
This volume analyzes the present state of art and design assessment from both historical and philosophical perspectives, pointing the way toward possible directions for reform and reconciling the conflict between objective evaluation and individual creativity.
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â€œThe chapters provide an historical and philosophical analysis of the present state of assessment in art and design in England where assessment in art and design is considered to be essential, but where the assessment procedures are controversial and vehemently contested. Without providing any practical, definitive answers the authors map out some possible directions for reform.â€â€”Teresa EÃ§a, Apecv, Portugal

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Postmodernism and the Postsocialist Condition: Politicized Art under Late Socialism (Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book)

Martin Jay, Ales Erjavec "Postmodernism and the Postsocialist Condition: Politicized Art under Late Socialism (Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book)"
University of California Press | 2003-09-30 | ISBN: 0520233344 | 316 pages | PDF | 3,4 MB

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A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe

A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe (Blackwell Companions to Art History) by Conrad Rudolph
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell 2006-04 | 704 Pages | ISBN: 1405102861 | PDF | 14 MB

A Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars.
Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives.
Features an international and ambitious range - from reception, Gregory the Great, collecting, and pilgrimage art, to gender, patronage, the marginal, spolia, and manuscript illumination.

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Art History: the Key Concepts

Jonatha Harris - Art History: the Key Concepts
(Routledge Key Guides)
Routledge | ISBN: 978 0415319775 | 31/10/2006 | English | 346 pages | PDF | 1.3 MB

A comprehensive critical guide, Art History: The Key Concepts considers the full range of issues facing the field today, drawing on related areas such as cultural theory and media studies.Covering the development, present status and future direction of art history, entries span wide a variety of terms and concepts such as Abstract Expressionism, design, feminism, genre, iconography and language.A clearly presented and accessible work, key features include:

· user-friendly A-Z format
· fully cross-referenced entries
· suggestions for further reading.

Engaging and insightful, as well as easy to follow and use, this is an essential reference guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as anyone with an interest in this fascinating field.

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Art and Thought (New Interventions in Art History)

Art and Thought (New Interventions in Art History)
Wiley-Blackwell | 2003-04-18 | ISBN: 0631227148 | PDF | Pages: 240 | 1.05 MB

Art and Thought is a collection of newly commissioned essays that explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought.

* Brings together newly commissioned essays that explore the relationship between the discipline of art history and movements in the history of western thought.
* Considers the impact of the writings of key thinkers, including Aristotle, Kant, and Heidegger, on the way in which objects are perceived and understood and histories of art are constructed, deconstructed, and reconfigured according to varying sets of philosophical frameworks.
* Introduces the reader to the dynamic interface between philosophical reflections and art practices.
* Part of the New Interventions in Art History series, which is published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.

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Music as Discourse: Semiotic Adventures in Romantic Music

Kofi Agawu, "Music as Discourse: Semiotic Adventures in Romantic Music (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)"
Oxford University Press, USA | 2008-12-02 | ISBN: 0195370244 | 352 pages | PDF | 6,3 MB

The question of whether music has meaning has been the subject of sustained debate ever since music became a subject of academic inquiry. Is music a language? Does it communicate specific ideas and emotions? What does music mean, and how does this meaning occur?

Kofi Agawu's Music as Discourse promises to quickly become a standard and definitive work in musical semiotics. Working at the nexus of musicology, ethnomusicology, and music philosophy and aesthetics, Agawu presents a synthetic and innovative approach to musical meaning which argues deftly for the thinking of music as a discourse in itself--composed not only of sequences of gestures, phrases, or progressions, but rather also of the very philosophical and linguistic props that enable the analytical formulations made about music as an object of study. The book provides extensive demonstration of the pertinence of a semiological approach to understanding the fully-freighted language of romantic music, stresses the importance of a generative approach to tonal understanding, and provides further insight into the analogy between music and language. Music as Discourse will be eagerly read by all who are interested in the theory, analysis and semiotics of music of the romantic period.

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Alfred H Barr Jr. and the Intellectual Origins of the Museum of Modern Art

SG Kantor, «Alfred H Barr Jr. and the Intellectual Origins of the Museum of Modern Art [Illustrated]»
MIT Press | ISBN: 0262611961 | 2003 | PDF | 496 pages | 2.17 MB

Growing up with the twentieth century, Alfred Barr (1902-1981), founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, harnessed the cataclysm that was modernism. In this book—-part intellectual biography, part institutional history--Sybil Gordon Kantor tells the story of the rise of modern art in America and of the man responsible for its triumph. Following the trajectory of Barr’s career from the 1920s through the 1940s, Kantor penetrates the myths, both positive and negative, that surround Barr and his achievements. Barr fervently believed in an aesthetic based on the intrinsic traits of a work of art and the materials and techniques involved in its creation. Kantor shows how this formalist approach was expressed in the organizational structure of the multidepartmental museum itself, whose collections, exhibitions, and publications all expressed Barr’s vision. At the same time, she shows how Barr’s ability to reconcile classical objectivity and mythic irrationality allowed him to perceive modernism as an open-ended phenomenon that expanded beyond purist abstract modernism to include surrealist, nationalist, realist, and expressionist art. Drawing on interviews with Barr’s contemporaries as well as on Barr’s extensive correspondence, Kantor also paints vivid portraits of, among others, Jere Abbott, Katherine Dreier, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Philip Johnson, Lincoln Kirstein, Agnes Mongan, J. B. Neumann, and Paul Sachs.

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