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Myth and Metamorphosis: Picasso's Classical Prints of the 1930s

Lisa Florman, "Myth and Metamorphosis: Picasso's Classical Prints of the 1930s"
The MIT Press | 2002 | ISBN: 0262561557 | 281 pages | PDF | 10,3 MB

Previous studies of Picasso's involvement with the classical have tended to concentrate on the period immediately following the First World War, and to attribute that involvement to both the rise of political conservatism in France and the domesticating influence of the artist's marriage to Olga Koklova. Focusing instead on the later, classicizing prints of the 1930s, this book offers a radically different view of Picasso and the "classical"--a view that aligns his work much more closely with Surrealist, and specifically Bataillean, revisions of antiquity. The book's argument is built around detailed analyses of several separate print series: Picasso's illustrations for Ovid's Metamorphoses, the etchings of the Vollard Suite, and The Minotauromachy. Common to all of them, the book shows, is a strong engagement not only with the classical, but with the viewer. In the latter, Picasso's prints are clearly at odds with the understanding of the relationship between classical art and its audience that prevailed throughout most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--an understanding that held the work's purported autonomy to mirror the viewer's own. By exposing that autonomy as a fantasy, Picasso opens the "classical" work and its viewer alike to the entanglements of desire and the dissolution of boundaries it inevitably brings. Much of the argument turns on close readings of key Surrealist texts by Georges Bataille, Michel Leiris, and Roger Caillois. Even more important, however, are the prints' numerous references, heretofore unnoticed, to specific works by, among others, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Goya. These references effectively create an alternative "classical" tradition out of which Picasso's etchings can be seen to have emerged.

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Steven Heller, Veronique Vienne, “The Education of an Art Director”
Allworth Press | 2005 | ISBN: 1581154356 | 256 pages | PDF | 3,3 MB

Product Description
• How to create great graphic-design courses—and why to create them

• More than 30 big-name contributors, including Vince Frost, Ronn Campisi, Gail Anderson, and others

This provocative anthology provides inspiration on teaching and discussing art direction in the classroom and beyond. Essays, interviews, and images from more than thirty teachers and leaders in the field provide an in-depth view of every facet of art direction; concrete examples reveal how to create classes that are fun to teach and inspiring to students and department chairs alike. A boon to instructors, a boost to anyone interested in graphic design, this book is educational in the best sense of the word.

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Leonardo da Vinci. CD: Sein Leben und Werk

Achim Höppner , “Leonardo da Vinci. CD: Sein Leben und Werk”
Komplett Media | 2004 | ISBN: 3831260826 | 2 Hours 31 Minutes | PDF | 150 MB

Das Universalgenie Leonardo da Vinci war Künstler, Wissenschaftler, Erfinder und auch Kriegsingenieur. Der rastlose, wissbegierige Geist war seiner Zeit weit voraus. Als Wanderer zwischen Florenz, Mailand, Venedig und Rom sagte er über sich selbst: "Die Natur hat mich so geschaffen, dass ich nie müde werde. Lieber tot als müde." 1452 als uneheliches Kind eines toskanischen Anwalts geboren, lernt Leonardo im Atelier von Meister Andrea del Verrochio, den er bald übertrifft. Schon in jungen Jahren studiert Leonardo die menschliche Anatomie, die ihm Vorbild für Kunst und Technik war. Für seinen neuen Mailänder Herrn Ludovico il Moro arrangiert er prächtige Feste und vollendet das "Letzte Abendmahl". Für die "Serenissima" und Cesare Borgia entwirft er Waffen und Kriegsmaschinen. In dieser Zeit entsteht auch die "Gioconda", das Lächeln der Mona Lisa. Nach Intrigen in Rom findet Leonardo Ruhe in Frankreich, wo er sein gewaltiges Lebenswerk ordnet und auch stirbt. In dieser aufwändigen Hör-Do kumentation werden das Genie, sein Werk und seine Zeit wieder lebendig.

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Cultures of Fetishism

Louise J. Kaplan - Cultures of Fetishism
Palgrave Macmillan | 2006 | ISBN: 140396968X | Pages: 240 | PDF | 5.24 MB

In her latest book, Dr. Louise Kaplan, author of the groundbreaking Female Perversions, explores the fetishism strategy, a psychological defense that aims to tame, subdue, and if necessary, murder human vitalities. Through an exploration of such cultural phenomena as footbinding, reality television, and the construction of robots, Kaplan demonstrates how, in a technology-driven world, an understanding of the fetishism strategy can help to preserve the human dialogue that is the basis of all human relationships. Kaplan writes from the heart as well as from the intellect.

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Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography

Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography
Taylor & Francis Group | 2006 | PDF | pages 1808 | 30.1 Mb. | ISBN 0415976650

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Basic Elements of Narrative

Basic Elements of Narrative By David Herman
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell 2009-02-03 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 1405141530 | PDF | 1.1 MB

Basic Elements of Narrative outlines a way of thinking about what narrative is and how to identify its basic elements across various media, introducing key concepts developed by previous theorists and contributing original ideas to the growing body of scholarship on stories.

Includes an overview of recent developments in narrative scholarship
Provides an accessible introduction to key concepts in the field
Views narrative as a cognitive structure, type of text, and resource for interpersonal communication
Uses examples from literature, face to face interaction, graphic novels, and film to explore the core features of narrative
Includes a glossary of key terms, full bibliography, and comprehensive index
Appropriate for multiple audiences, including students, non-specialists, and experts in the field

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Simulacra and Simulation

Simulacra and Simulation
Publisher: University of Michigan Press | ISBN: 0472065211 | edition 1995 | PDF | 164 pages | 1,07 mb

Many peeple who hear of Baudrillard find themselves fans of the movie The Matrix. There is no doubt that the arguments Baudrillard makes in the first and last chapter do coincide with the movie. However, to accurately interpret the book and get a feel of what Baudrillard is really trying to state, the reader must surpass the framework the media has placed on his philosophy through The Matrix.

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The Oxford Companion to Philosophy New Edition

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy New Edition
1076 pages | Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (May 26, 2005) | 0199264791 | PDF | 8 Mb

Grade 10 Up–Opening with a stimulating preface (Philosophy thrives….It is only the sciences and the superstitions that come and go), Honderich presents this considerably revised and expanded update of his 1995 edition as a resource that will be equally useful to scholars and to general readers. Now including more than 2200 alphabetically arranged entries from nearly 300 contributors, it provides an encyclopedic view of philosophy's past and present, its ideas, disputes (the editor himself contributes an article on unlikely philosophical propositions), and key figures, living and dead. The articles range in length from several sentence definitions to meaty topical and biographical essays of several pages. Each concludes with a list of references; a scattered few are illustrated. A massive index backs up frequent cross-references to enhance ease of access. Back matter includes a time line and an absorbing series of maps, or schematic diagrams, of types and schools of philosophy. More extensive in scope and level of detail than the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1999), this title makes an excellent companion for standard multivolume subject encyclopedias, and will serve college-bound students and beyond well for both quick reference and sustained enquiry.

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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful - Edmund Burk

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful - Edmund Burk Summary:

Edmund Burke's A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful is one of the most important works of aesthetics ever published. Whilst many writers have taken up their pen to write of "the beautiful", Burke's subject here was the quality he uniquely distinguished as "the sublime" - an all-consuming force beyond beauty that compelled terror as much as rapture in all who beheld it. It was an analysis that would go on to inspire some of the leading thinkers of the age, including Immanuel Kant and Denis Diderot.

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Visualizing Research: A Guide To The Research Process In Art And Design

Carole Gray, Julian Malins, "Visualizing Research: A Guide To The Research Process In Art And Design"
Ashgate Publishing | 2004 | ISBN: 0754635775 | 214 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB

Visualizing Research guides postgraduate students in art and design through the development and implementation of a research project, using the metaphor of a 'journey of exploration'. For use with a formal programme of study, from masters to doctoral level, the book derives from the creative relationship between research, practice and teaching in art and design. It extends generic research processes into practice-based approaches more relevant to artists and designers, introducing wherever possible visual, interactive and collaborative methods. The Introduction and Chapter 1 'Planning the Journey' define the concept and value of 'practice-based' formal research, tracking the debate around its development and explaining key concepts and terminology. 'Mapping the Terrain' then describes methods of contextualizing research in art and design (the contextual review, using reference material); 'Locating Your Position' and 'Crossing the Terrain' guide the reader through the stages of identifying an appropriate research question and methodological approach, writing the proposal and managing research information. Methods of evaluation and analysis are explored, and finally strategies for reporting and communicating research findings are suggested. Appendices and a glossary are also included. Visualizing Research draws on the experience of researchers in different contexts and includes case studies of real projects. Although written primarily for postgraduate students, research supervisors, managers and academic staff in art and design and related areas, such as architecture and media studies, will find this a valuable research reference. An accompanying website www.visualizingresearch.info includes multimedia and other resources that complement the book.

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