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Art Books
Art in the modern era: a guide to styles, schools & movements 1860 to the present by
Art in the modern era has come to be defined by its styles, schools, and movements. This guide to three hundred movements from 1860 to the present is without peer - it is the key to understanding more than a century of dynamic change in Western painting, sculpture, architecture, and design." "Who, where, when, how, and why? - these are the essential questions answered in the one hundred main entries that make up the heart of the book. Presented chronologically, the subjects range from Impressionism in the nineteenth century to Earth Art, Sound Art, and Internet Art in the twenty-first. The entries examine the context and evolution of each movement - the claims of the artists' manifestos, the drama of the exhibitions, the judgments of the critics, and the delight, or outrage, of the public. Two hundred supplementary entries provide fully cross-referenced summaries of other essential styles and movements, tracing intriguing patterns of influence and development. The foldout illustrated time line shows the evolution of the art of this period at a glance, providing a thorough overview of the entire era." "Listings of major international collections and suggestions for further reading are given for all the main entries, and the comprehensive index features more than one thousand artists, architects, designers, impresarios, critics, collectors, and champions of modern art, linking the styles, schools, and movements with the people who made them happen." "Whether for reference, fresh exploration, or pure pleasure, this is a supremely valuable resource for anyone interested in art and artists in the modern age.
Call Number: Ref N 6490 .D415 2002ISBN: 0810941724Publication Date: 2002
The Art of Creative Thinking: 89 ways to see things differently by
An inspiration-sparking look at creativity, featuring brief examples of artists, writers, and innovators who have broken the mold. In succinct and engaging entries, Rod Judkins, a lecturer at the world-famous Central Saint Martin's College of Art, collects inspiring examples of creative thinkers throughout history, showing how we can all learn from them to improve our lives and our work. The Art of Creative Thinking presents an extraordinary array of examples, from the Dada Manifesto and Andy Warhol's Factory to the films of Ed Wood and the catwalks of Alexander McQueen, along with many others. Readers will learn about the most successful class in educational history (in which every student won a Nobel Prize), how frozen peas were invented, and why 95 percent of Apocalypse Now ended up on the cutting-room floor. Takeaways include: - Be stubborn about compromise. - Plan to have more accidents. - Be mature enough to be childish. - Contradict yourself more often
Call Number: BF408 .J83 2016ISBN: 0399176837Publication Date: 2016
Art of the 20th Century by
An undertaking as immensely ambitious as this one deserves our attention before we even open one of its stunningly illustrated and argued twin volumes. For what Ingo Walther and his international team have done is to make sense of this most explosive of artistic centuries. Who could possibly have forecast on New Year's Eve 1899 that, one hundred years later, painting and sculpture would be only options, not prerequisite disciplines for modern artists, constantly questioning both the technical and thematic definitions of their work? The infinite laboratory of experiment that the visual arts have become over the last decades highlights not only the inherent potential for human creativity and representation, but also shows the way individuals and groups have responded to the huge social, political and technological changes of this most turbulent of times. Ranging across the full spectrum of disciplines available, including photography and new media, and thematically chaptered to highlight relationships between works and movements, this readable and encyclopaedic masterwork does just what it says on the cover. Whether you want Surrealism or Land Art, Fluxus or Bauhaus, your art book purchases can stop once you buy this. Warning: it will not fit on your coffee table!
Call Number: Oversize N 6490 .A717 1998ISBN: 3822885762Publication Date: 1998
Body of Art by
The first book to celebrate the beautiful and provocative ways artists have represented, scrutinized and utilized the body over centuries. Body of Artis the first book to explore the various ways the human body has been both an inspiration and a medium for artists over hundreds of thousands of years. Unprecedented in its scope, it examines the many different manifestations of the body in art, from Anthony Gormley and Maya Lin sculptures to eight-armed Hindu gods and ancient Greek reliefs, from feminist graphics and Warhol's empty electric chair to the blue-tinted complexion of Singer Sargent's Madame X. It is the most expansive examination of the human body in art, spanning western and non-western, ancient to contemporary, representative to abstract and conceptual. Over 400 artists are featured in chapters that explore identity, beauty, religion, absent body, sex and gender, power, body's limits, abject body and bodies & space. Works range from 11,000 BC hand stencils in Argentine caves to videos and performances by contemporary artists such as Marina Abramovic, Joan Jonas and Bruce Nauman... Its fresh, accessible and dynamic voice brings to life the thrilling diversity of both classical and contemporary art through the prism of the body. More than simply a book of representations, this is an original and thought provoking look at the human body across time, cultures and media.
Call Number: Oversize N7625.5 .B635 2015ISBN: 9780714869667Publication Date: 2015
Contemporary Voices from the Asian and Islamic Art Worlds by
Over the past twenty years, no other part of the world has undergone as many changes as the Asian and Islamic regions. Since 1997, the London based Asian Art Newspaper has been covering on a monthly basis the world of Asian and Islamic art. Each issue has been featuring an interview with a contemporary artist, providing the reader with the opportunity to discover an artist through his own words and not through the lens of a curator, an art historian or a dealer. The featured illustrations allow the reader to have a clear understanding of what the artist's practice and vision are about whether dealing with painting, sculpture, installation, photography, performance, video, film or music. Contemporary Voices compiles some of these interviews, covering the Asian and Islamic contemporary art scene, including internationally acclaimed as well as emerging artists.
Call Number: N7260 .S26 2018ISBN: 9788857234762Publication Date: 2018
Dada by
This volume presents a rich selection of the Dadas' experimental visual and literary works. Covering not only Western Europe and America but also Central and Eastern Europe, Japan and later Neo-Dada, eminent scholar and Director of the International Dada Archive Rudolf Kuenzli gives a lively, accessible and comprehensive assessment. Linking visual art, performance and literature, this is a fresh treatement of Dada as the Dadas saw it.
Call Number: NX 456.5.D3 D318 2006ISBN: 0714844233Publication Date: 2006
Performance: live art since 1960 by
Illustrated survey of performance from the 1960s to the present ... features sections on politics; theater, music, and opera; the body; identity; feminism and multiculturalism; new dance; the spoken word; video; rock and roll; and much more. Artists' biographies, a chronology, and a bibliography are included ... 332 illustrations, including 123 plates in full color.
Call Number: NX 456.5.P38 G66 1998ISBN: 0810943603Publication Date: 1998
Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the inner life of artists by
A "heroic" biography of John Cage and his "awakening through Zen Buddhism"--"a kind of love story" about a brilliant American pioneer of the creative arts who transformed himself and his culture (The New York Times) Composer John Cage sought the silence of a mind at peace with itself--and found it in Zen Buddhism, a spiritual path that changed both his music and his view of the universe. "Remarkably researched, exquisitely written," Where the Heart Beats weaves together "a great many threads of cultural history" (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings) to illuminate Cage's struggle to accept himself and his relationship with choreographer Merce Cunningham. Freed to be his own man, Cage originated exciting experiments that set him at the epicenter of a new avant-garde forming in the 1950s. Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Allan Kaprow, Morton Feldman, and Leo Castelli were among those influenced by his 'teaching' and 'preaching.' Where the Heart Beats shows the blossoming of Zen in the very heart of American culture.
Call Number: NX456.5.P66 L37 2012ISBN: 0143123475Publication Date: 2012
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by
Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag and Elaine Scarry, Maggie Nelson has emerged as one of our foremost cultural critics with this landmark work about representations of cruelty and violence in art. From Sylvia Plath’s poetry to Francis Bacon’s paintings, from the Saw franchise to Yoko Ono’s performance art, Nelson’s nuanced exploration across the artistic landscape ultimately offers a model of how one might balance strong ethical convictions with an equally strong appreciation for work that tests the limits of taste, taboo, and permissibility.
Call Number: Google Books PreviewPublication Date: 2012
American Culture
American Culture in The 1960s by
This book charts the changing complexion of American culture in one of the most culturally vibrant of twentieth-century decades. It provides a vivid account of the major cultural forms of 1960s America - music and performance; film and television; fiction and poetry; art and photography - as well as influential texts, trends and figures of the decade: from Norman Mailer to Susan Sontag; from Muhammad Ali's anti-war protests to Tom Lehrer's stand-up comedy; from Bob Dylan to Rachel Carson; and from Pop Art to photojournalism. A chapter on new social movements demonstrates that a current of conservatism runs through even the most revolutionary movements of the 1960s and the book as a whole looks to the West and especially to the South in the making of the sixties as myth and as history. Key Features:* Focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trends* Detailed chronology of 1960s American culture* Bibliographies for each chapter* Over 30 black and white illustrations.
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINEISBN: 0748619461Publication Date: 2008
American Decades Primary Sources by
The 1960s saw the world come to the brink of nuclear war as the United States and Soviet Union faced off in the Cuban Missile Crisis, and U.S. advisors and troops were sent to Vietnam to combat communist forces wanting to take over that country. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he campaigned in Texas for reelection, plunging the nation into stunned mourning. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his inspiring I Have a Dream speech at the March on Washington, and the Civil Rights Act became law, but King himself was assassinated. While the 1960s contained the upheaval of violence and change, is also saw the colorful burst of tie dye, the first airing of Sesame Street, the wild popularity of the Beatles, and the first man to walk on the moon. The following documents are just a sampling of the offerings available in this volume: Lyrics to Blowin in the Wind, | by Bob Dylan, and flyer for the March on Washington to protest the Vietnam War, where Peter, Paul, and Mary performed the song Unsafe at Any Speed, by consumer advocate Ralph Nader As the Seed Is Sown, report on Head Start program Tye Dye clothing Codes of conduct for use by troops in Vietnam: |Nine Rules, The Enemy in Your Hands, | and |Guidance for Commanders in Vietnam| |Prayer of the Farm Workers Struggle, | by César Chávez |Vast Wasteland| speech delivered by FCC Chairman Newton Minow to the National Asso
Call Number: Ref E 169.1 .A471977 2004ISBN: 0787665940Publication Date: 2004
Primary Sources, Sixties in America by
The Sixties in America Reference Library presents a broad overview of the turbulent 1960s, a decade that forever changed the American social, political and cultural landscape. The Sixties in America: Primary Sources includes excerpts from speeches, diary entries and other primary source materials, including John Kerry's statement on behalf of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War; Malcolm X's The Ballot or the Bullet, and Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique
Call Number: Ref E 841 .P383 2005ISBN: 0787692484Publication Date: 2005
The Sixties in America by
These volumes offer coverage on all aspects of the three major events of the 60s: the social revolution; the Vietnam war and the Civil Rights Movement. They also survey developments in the arts, science, technology, business and the economy, government and politics, sports and gender issues.
Call Number: Ref E841 .S55 1999 v.1-3ISBN: 0893569828Publication Date: 1999
When we fight, we win: twenty-first-century social movements and the activists that are transforming our world by
Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the Dream Act, the People's Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street-these are just a few of the initiatives that have taken flight in the past decade, the most fertile and productive era of activism and reform this country has seen since the 1960s. Now, in a visually rich and deeply inspiring book, movement leaders and activists distill their wisdom, sharing lessons of what works and what hinders transformative social change.
Call Number: HN59.2 .J625 2016ISBN: 1620970937Publication Date: 2016
Japanese Culture
Diva Nation by
Diva Nation explores the constructed nature of female iconicity in Japan. From ancient goddesses and queens to modern singers and writers, this edited volume critically reconsiders the female icon, tracing how she has been offered up for emulation, debate or censure. The research in this book culminates from curiosity over the insistent presence of Japanese female figures who have refused to sit quietly on the sidelines of history. The contributors move beyond archival portraits to consider historically and culturally informed diva imagery and diva lore. The diva is ripe for expansion, fantasy, eroticization, and playful reinvention, while simultaneously presenting a challenge to patriarchal culture. Diva Nation asks how the diva disrupts or bolsters ideas about nationhood, morality, and aesthetics.
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE - Ch. 6 Yoko Ono: A Transgressive DivaISBN: 0520297733Publication Date: 2018
Encyclopedia of Japanese American history: an A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present by
This updated encyclopedia incorporates new materials and scholarly research, creating a current, all-encompassing, and accessible reference on the subject. Written under the auspices of the Japanese American National Museum - the leading repository of material on Japanese American history - the text, in addition to an A-to-Z encyclopedia section, also includes an enlightening overview by noted Asian American studies scholar Gary Okihiro, a detailed chronology of major events in Japanese American history, and an extensive bibliography of the best sources for further research. Nearly 100 photos as well as numerous firsthand accounts and further readings in many of the entries add additional depth to this work.
Call Number: Ref E 184.J3 E53 2001ISBN: 0816040931Publication Date: 2001
The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country: The Disconnect between Japan's Malaise and its Millenials by
Young people in present-day Japan, a socially-polarized society, have been reportedly "unhappy." According to statistics, however, 80 percent of them are currently "satisfied" with life. By drawing attention to this very fact, The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country, a magnum opus by acclaimed sociologist Noritoshi Furuichi, has revoltionized the discourse on youth theory in Japan. Containing more than six hundred footnotes, this work offers a probing examination of the portrait of "young people" and serves as the definitive edition for anyone seeking to attain a wide-ranging grasp of Japan and its "young people," from a defining voice of their generation.
Call Number: HQ 799.8 .J3 F99Publication Date: 2017
An Introduction to Japanese Society by
In a second edition of his book which has become essential reading for students of Japanese society, Yoshio Sugimoto uses both English and Japanese sources to update and expand upon his original narrative. In so doing he challenges the traditional notion that Japan comprises a uniform culture, and draws attention to its subcultural diversity and class competition. The author also examines what he calls 'friendly authoritarianism' - the force behind the Japanese tendency to be ostensibly faithful to particular groups and companies. The book offers a wide-ranging approach to all aspects of Japanese society, with chapters on class, geographical and generational variation, work, education, gender, minorities, popular culture and the establishment.
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINEISBN: 0521821932Publication Date: 2002
Japanese American millennials: rethinking generation, community, and diversity by
Whereas most scholarship on Japanese Americans looks at historical case studies or the 1.5 generation assimilating, this pioneering anthology, Japanese American Millennials, captures theexperiences, perspectives, and aspirations of Asian Americans born between 1980 and 2000. The editors and contributors present multiple perspectives on who Japanese Americans are, how they think about notions of community and culture, and how they engage and negotiate multiple social identities. The essays by scholars both in the United States and Japan draw upon the Japanese American millennial experience to examine how they find self-expression in Youth Basketball Leagues or Christian youth camps as well as how they grapple with being mixed-race, bicultural, or queer. Featuring compelling interviews and observations, Japanese American Millennials dislodges the dominant generational framework toaddress absences in the current literature and suggests how we might alternatively study Japanese Americans as a whole.
Call Number: E184.J3 J3385 2019ISBN: 1439918244Publication Date: 2019
The Japanese experience: a short history of Japan by
The Japanese Experience is an authoritative history of Japan from the sixth century to the present day. This is the history of a society and a culture with a distinct sense of itself, one of the few nations never conquered by a foreign power in historic times (until the twentieth century) and the home of the longest-reigning imperial dynasty that still survives.
Call Number: DS835 .B38 2000ISBN: 0520220501Publication Date: 1999
