Art Beyond the West

• Author : Michael Kampen-O'Riley
• Publisher : Pearson College Division
• Release : 21 December 2012

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• Author : Jérôme Bazin,Pascal Dubourg Glatigny,Piotr Piotrowski
• Publisher : Central European University Press
• Release : 01 January 2016

This book presents and analyzes artistic interactions both within the Soviet bloc and with the West between 1945 and 1989. During the Cold War the exchange of artistic ideas and products united Europe’s avant-garde in a most remarkable way. Despite the Iron Curtain and national and political borders there existed a constant flow of artists, artworks, artistic ideas and practices. The geographic borders of these exchanges have yet to be clearly defined. How were networks, centers, peripheries (local, national and international),

• Author : Néstor García Canclini
• Publisher : Duke University Press
• Release : 09 April 2014

First published in Spanish in 2010, Art beyond Itself is Néstor García Canclini's deft assessment of contemporary art. The renowned cultural critic suggests that, ideally, art is the place of imminence, the place where we glimpse something just about to happen. Yet, as he demonstrates, defining contemporary art and its role in society is an ever more complicated endeavor. Museums, auction houses, artists, and major actors in economics, politics, and the media are increasingly chummy and interdependent. Art is

• Author : Raymond W. Barber,Patrice Bartell
• Publisher : Hw Wilson Company
• Release : 21 April 2021

- More than 6,500 books in the initial clothbound volume, plus more than 2,400 new titles in four annual supplements. - New coverage of biographies, art, sports, Islam and the Middle East, and cultural diversity. - Special focus on graphic novels, primary source materials, nonbook materials, and periodicals. - Analytic entries for items in collections and anthologies.

• Author : Leslie Bunt,Brynjulf Stige
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 24 April 2014

Music therapy is recognised as being applicable to a wide range of healthcare and social contexts. Since the first edition of Music Therapy: An art beyond words, it has extended into areas of general medicine, mainstream education and community practice. This new edition revises the historical and theoretical perspectives and recognises the growing evidence and research base in contemporary music therapy. Leslie Bunt and Brynjulf Stige document the historical evolution of music therapy and place the practice within seven current

• Author : Thomas Hoving
• Publisher : For Dummies
• Release : 21 April 1999

If you've always wanted to find out more about art but felt intimidated by the overeducated art world, then you've found the answer. Art For Dummies is the book that will have you and everyone you know clamoring outside the doors of your local museum. Thomas Hoving, former director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, is credited with revolutionizing the Met, doubling its size during his tenure, and bringing art to the masses. Let him bring art to you

• Author : James Torrington Spencer LIDSTONE
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 April 1861

• Author : John Clark Ridpath
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 April 1893

• Author : Judith Perani,Fred. T. Smith
• Publisher : Pearson College Division
• Release : 21 April 1998

Special features of this book: follows a geographical organization across the continent; each chapter is reader friendly with clear, accessible sub-headings; represents important religious and utilitarian art traditions from the Sahara desert, West Africa, Central Africa, Northeast Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa; gives special attention to the themes of gender, power, and life cycle rituals, which frequently intersect with one another to form an understanding of the arts of Africa; includes figurative sculpture, masquerades, architecture, textiles, dress, ceramics, wall

• Author : Elisabeth Salzhauer Axel,Nina Sobol Levent
• Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
• Release : 21 April 2021

• Author : Virginia E. Miller
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 April 1988

• Author : Michelle Ying Ling Huang
• Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Release : 25 April 2012

Beyond Boundaries: East and West Cross-Cultural Encounters is a collection of essays which span several countries, centuries and disciplines in their exploration of East-West cultural exchanges and interactions. The chapters are arranged in chronological and thematic order, and encompass the cutting edge research of a diverse group of international scholars. The subjects range from archaeology, art history and photography, to conservation, sociology and cultural studies, with cross-disciplinary examples of classical, modern and contemporary periods. The book seeks to inspire new

• Author : Cyrus Augustus Bartol
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 April 2021

• Author : Thomas L. Cooksey
• Publisher : Greenwood
• Release : 21 April 2021

While American and European writers are still central to the high school curriculum, more and more students and teachers are discovering the great literary works outside the Western tradition. This book provides critical essays on 10 masterpieces of non-Western literature, including Gilgamesh, The Tale of Genji, and Quetzalcoatl. Each essay explains the work's historical and cultural contexts, plot, major characters, central themes, and lasting influence. Chapters cite works for further reading, and the book closes with a bibliography.

• Author : John Greenfieldt,Patrice Bartell
• Publisher : Hw Wilson Company
• Release : 21 April 2021

Wilson's Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction (13th Edition, 2008) recommends reference and nonfiction books for the general adult audience. It is a guide to over 9,000 books (over 6,500 titles are new to this edition), plus review sources and other professional aids for librarians and media specialists. Acquisitions librarians, reference librarians and cataloguers can all use this reliable guide to building and maintaining a well-rounded collection of the most highly recommended reference and nonfiction books for adults. All titles are selected by librarians,