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Report copyright infringementby Janet Bishop (Editor), Cara Manes (Editor), Genji Amino (Contribution by)A landmark survey of the wide-ranging practice of one of the twentieth century's most innovative artists Best known for her sinuous looped-wire sculptures, Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) used everyday materials to create endlessly innovative works in a variety of media over her more than six-decade-long career, from her student days at the experimental Black Mountain College in the 1940s through ...

New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations

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Report copyright infringementby Amanda M. Maples (Editor), Jordan A. Fenton (Editor), Lisa Homann (Editor)An exploration of contemporary African masquerade that reveals its cultural contexts, artistic innovations, and intersection with museum collection practices By placing masquerade at the forefront of contemporary African art, this volume shows how masquerade is a dynamic and urban phenomenon shaped by shifting global concerns. Essays examine the lack of institutional recognition offered ...

Audible Loss: New Music and the Crisis of Memory

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Zarafshon Moore (Author)An innovative and much-needed critical work on music and memorialization in relation to AIDS, 9/11, and anti-Black violence in America Music has long served as a powerful medium for communal mourning and remembrance in times of crisis. Audible Loss examines musical responses to three major crises in US society at the turn of the twenty-first century: the AIDS epidemic, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the ongoing c...

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Report copyright infringementby Shepard Fairey (Artist), Giuseppe Pizzuto (Editor)A thematic overview of work from the protagonist of street-inspired, politically savvy graphic artShepard Fairey is the artist behind the moniker Obey, best known for designing the iconic HOPE poster from Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Obey's work is distinguished by an essential and bold style with a minimalist palette guided by the hip-hop and punk cultures that taught the artist to question social...

Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa

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Report copyright infringementby Marilyn Chase (Author), Jonathan Laib (Foreword by)Now in paperback! The definitive biography and inspiring story of American sculptor Ruth Asawa. "A fitting homage to this remarkable woman." --The Wall Street Journal This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art. In this compelling biography, author Marilyn Chase brings Asawa's story to vivid life. She draws on Asaw...

The Incredible Hulk: Worldbreaker, Hero, Icon

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Report copyright infringementby Rich Johnson (Author)A nerdy insider's accessible celebration of Hulk's seminal comic book stories over the comic's run, including all things Hulk: Bruce Banner and his character's origin; various significant story lines over the decades; and his presence as a pop-culture icon in today's wildly popular superhero climate. The Incredible Hulk explores the phenomenon of one of Marvel Comics' most popular super heroes, looks at the most significant and influential ...

The Art of Oz: Witches, Wizards, and Wonders Beyond the Yellow Brick Road

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Report copyright infringementby Gabriel Gale (Illustrator), John Fricke (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Michael Patrick (Foreword by)In this must-have book for all fans of Oz big and small, artist and visionary Gabriel Gale brings to vivid life all the creatures from L. Frank Baum's beloved series, from the iconic characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to many others that are visualized here for the first time. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the best-selling American children's book of the twe...

The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt

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Report copyright infringementby Abigail Rapoport (Author), Michele L. Frederick (With)An exploration of how the biblical heroine Queen Esther, a symbol of resilience and a figure of immense popularity, was portrayed in seventeenth-century Dutch art In the age of Rembrandt van Rijn, the biblical Book of Esther was a popular source of inspiration for diverse communities in the Netherlands, both Jewish and Christian. Traditionally, the Esther story is read annually on the Jewish holiday of Puri...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan A. Anderson (Author)The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art offers a critical guide for rereading and rethinking religion in the histories of modern and contemporary art.Since the turn of the twenty-first century, there has been a marked increase in attention to religion and spirituality in contemporary art among artists and scholars alike, but the resulting scholarship tends to be dispersed, disjointed, and underdeveloped, lacking a sustained...

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Report copyright infringementby Zach Blas (Editor), Melody Jue (Editor), Jennifer Rhee (Editor)Informatics of Domination is an experimental collection addressing formations of power that manifest through technical systems and white capitalist patriarchy in the twenty-first century. The volume takes its name from a chart in Donna J. Haraway's canonical 1985 essay "A Manifesto for Cyborgs." Haraway theorizes the informatics of domination as a feminist, diagrammatic concept for situating power a...

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Report copyright infringementby Betye Saar (Artist), S?la Saar Agustsson (Editor), Yinshi Lerman-Tan (Editor)Luminous and tranquil, Saar's newest installation uses natural objects and materials to take the viewer on a spiritual journeyThis volume features the Huntington Library and Museum's commissioned site-specific installation Drifting toward Twilight (2023) by Betye Saar (born 1926). A solitary canoe drifts on a bed of brambles, illuminated by a cool neon glow. Inside, three passengers ar...

Dystokyo: Cyberpunk Poetry and Glitch Art

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Report copyright infringementby Zoria Petkoska K. (Author), Simon Kalajdjiev (Author)Tokyo is both the inspiration and the studio for both Simon's glitch art and Zoria's cyber[punk] poetry. We create on the move, oftentimes on the commute, with the excitement, immediacy and restlessness that only Tokyo can stir up, and because the nature of the city also limits time and space for creativity. It's a utopian/dystopian cocktail you can taste in the art and poetry of this book, both tackling them...

Women in Ancient America: Second Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Karen O. Bruhns (Author), Karen E. Stothert (Author)This new edition of Women in Ancient America draws on recent advances in the archaeology of gender to reexamine the activities, roles, and relationships of women in the prehistoric Native societies of North, Central, and South America. Women-and women's work-have been crucial to the survival and success of American peoples since ancient times. And as hunting and foraging societies developed farming techniques ...

Poor Things: How Those with Money Depict Those Without It

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Report copyright infringementby Lennard J. Davis (Author)For generations most of the canonical works that detail the lives of poor people have been created by rich or middle-class writers like Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck, or James Agee. This has resulted in overwhelming depictions of poor people as living abject, violent lives in filthy and degrading conditions. In Poor Things, Lennard J. Davis labels this genre "poornography" distorted narratives of poverty written by and for the middle ...

Medieval Naples: An Architectural & Urban History, 400-1400

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Report copyright infringementby Caroline Bruzelius (Author), William Tronzo (Author), Ronald G. Musto (Preface by)Two leading American experts on the subject offer the first comprehensive English-language review of Naples' architecture and urban development from late antiquity to the high and late Middle Ages. William Tronzo treats the early Middle Ages, from the end of the western Roman Empire to the end of the Duchy, or from about 400 to 1139. He covers a range of topics, including the deve...

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Report copyright infringementby Andreas Broeckmann (Author)The exhibition Les Immatériaux was presented at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 1985. Curated by the philosopher Jean-François Lyotard and design theoretician Thierry Chaput, it is widely regarded as a landmark in the history of postmodern philosophy, as well as for discourses around art, science and digital culture. Broeckmann's book provides the first comprehensive account of the preparation of this epochal event. It shows how the e...

52 Weeks to Fearless--What Creatives Need to Know About Money

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Report copyright infringementby Peggy Doviak (Author)With a background in music, creative writing, and education, Peggy Doviak went into finance when a stockbroker exploited her mother. Now a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM professional and bestselling author, she has spent more than twenty years helping others avoid what her mother experienced.Peggy's award-winning personal finance books offer bite-sized pieces of financial information and activities to help you apply what you've read. In 52 W...

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Report copyright infringementby Pamela Farmer (Author)It was a normal spring day in an elementary school library when a Decatur, Alabama, youngster watched the local artist sketching a portrait and then asked, "Who is John Kennedy?" That was the moment that Pamela Farmer knew she had to do something to raise awareness of the impact and legacy that so many Black Americans had made across the United States and the world, as well as the people who helped open doors along the way.Hours and hours ...

Design & Development With Unreal Engine 5 & Blender

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Grinberg (Author)Note: This book is a culmination of detailed topics covering several areas of Unreal, Blender, scripting, art, and the industry. You can expect a variety of related topics mixed with the core learning to help you gain a stronger understanding and appreciation for the field and software. Game development requires several applications in conjuction with Unreal and Blender to optimize workflows, especially related to importing content, edi...

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Report copyright infringementby Jane Moorman (Author)Discover the extraordinary lives of Missourians who have left an indelible mark on history. From legendary artists and writers like Mark Twain and Laura Ingalls Wilder to trailblazers in science, sports, and politics, this book celebrates the diversity and achievements of individuals enshrined in the Hall of Famous Missourians. Featuring detailed biographies, stunning photographs, and the fascinating stories behind their contributions, this...

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Report copyright infringementby Cristina Berna (Author), Eric Thomsen (Author)This version of the title is censored on the demands of self-publishing platform BOD.es in Spain, which is a subsidiary of the German self-publishing platform BOD.de. Formally the demands are for covering up nipples on old Japanese prints. There is no improper content. The authors believe that the real reason however, is politically motivated, because it was a condition of publishing and not a result of the identifi...

Tacit Cinematic Knowledge: Approaches and Practices

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Report copyright infringementby Rebecca Boguska (Editor), Guilherme Machado (Editor), Rebecca Puchta (Editor)Moving images are increasingly finding their way into laboratories, dentist offices, clinics, airports and gyms. In these places and institutions film and moving image technologies serve to advance knowledge, to show how things are done, to train, teach, educate, mobilize people, as well as to imagine complex social facts and visualize dynamic models and schemes through data visualizat...

The «Doppelgaenger» in Our Time: Visions of Alterity in Literature, Visual Culture, and New Media

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Report copyright infringementby Timothy Mathews (Editor), Dawn Ades (Editor), Alia Soliman (Author) Alia Soliman's re-assessment of the motif of the doppelgänger moves it comprehensively into the twenty-first century and adds new dimensions to the figure. Here, through incisive readings, the double is brought to perspectives on ageing, the crisis of masculinity and, crucially, our digital condition. Soliman's book prompts vital questions about the literary, cultural and social work the double...

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Report copyright infringementby Oswald Campesato (Author)This book is intended primarily for people who want to learn both Python 3 and how to use ChatGPT with Python. Chapter One begins with an introduction to fundamental aspects of Python programming, including various data types, number formatting, Unicode and UTF-8 handling, and text manipulation techniques. Later, the book covers loops, conditional logic, and reserved words in Python. You will also see how to handle user input, manage ex...

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Report copyright infringementby Joshua Bycer (Author)Game Design Deep Dive: Real-Time Strategy focuses on what was once one of the most popular genres in the world and the one that truly kicked off the rise of eSports. It has seen more fundamental changes as a genre than any other genre, and Game Design Critic Josh Bycer will talk about its history and where it stands today with regard to its relevancy in the market.Key Features: Discusses balancing and designing asymmetrical features and ...

The Graft: How a Pioneering Operation Sparked the Modern Age of Organ Transplants

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Report copyright infringementby Edmund O. Lawler (Author)In a community hospital in suburban Chicago run by Catholic nuns, surgeons performed an operation never done in the world before. The team at the Little Company of Mary Hospital led by Richard Lawler transplanted a kidney in 1950 from a just-deceased woman into the abdominal cavity of a 44-year-old woman. Critics in the medical community called the operation irresponsible because immunosuppressant drugs that prevent the rejection of a t...

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Report copyright infringementby Henri 1885-1954 Laurens (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is im...

Borders of Qualitative Research: Navigating the Spaces Where Therapy, Education, Art, and Science Connect

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Leigh (Author)Increasing numbers of researchers are using arts-based, embodied or creative methods. They promote rapport and connection, facilitating research that reaches beyond surface understanding to expose authentic stories and hidden, richer truths. Whilst powerful, these methods can have unintended consequences and the potential for harm. Drawing on case studies and lessons learned from programmes and work across research, therapy, education, ar...

Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries

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Report copyright infringementby Albrecht Dürer (Author)This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivi...

Tough Gynes: Violent Women in Film as Honorary Men

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Report copyright infringementby Stan Goff (Author)In Borderline, Stan Goff unpacked the association of masculinity with war. In Tough Gynes, using an incisive and often darkly humorous study of nine films featuring violent female leads, he untangles the confusion about "masculinity constructed as violence" when our popular stories feature women as violent protagonists. Whether read individually or with a group, Tough Gynes raises compelling questions about gender and violence, with a few prov...

Your Path to Publication: A Guide to Navigating the World of Publishing

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Report copyright infringementby Kim Wright (Author)Your Path to Publication will help you on the long and sometimes bewildering journey from writer to published author. Kim Wright shares insights from her own successful publishing journey, from getting your manuscript in the best possible shape while building social networks, to finding the right agent and negotiating the complex process of selling your book, to working with your editor and publisher. Since today's writers are expected to par...