Abstractionist aesthetics artistic form and social critique
List abstractionist aesthetics artistic form and social critique
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Title: critique of pure reason: kant: critique of pure reason (everyman)author(s): kant, immanuel
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Today's architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanlinessthe latter is materialised in form of synthetic neoplasms, which are proposed as new semi-living entities, rather than more commonly derived from scaled-up analogies between biological systems and larger scale architectural constructshybrid technologies and interdisciplinary work methodologies are thus required, and lead to a revision of our current architectural practicethrough the analysis and design of a variety of buildings and projects, flesh is proposed as a concept that extends the meaning of skin, one of architecture's most fundamental metaphorsit seeks to challenge a common misunderstanding of skin as a flat and thin surfaceoxfam shop castle street this is an "as new" paperback copy of the editionthis book is dedicated to a future vision of the body in architecture, questioning the contemporary relationship between our human flesh and the changing architectural fleshin a time when a pervasive discourse about the impact of digital technologies risks turning the architectural skin ever more disembodied, this book argues for a thick embodied flesh by exploring architectural interfaces that are truly inhabitablesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredifferent concepts of flesh are investigated, not only concerning the architectural and aesthetic, but also the biological aspectsa resurgence of interest in flesh, especially in art, has led to a politics of abjection, completely changing traditional aesthetics, and is now giving light to an alternative discussion about the body in architecturethese 'neoplasmatic' creations are identified as partly designed object and partly living material, in which the line between the natural and the artificial is progressively blurred
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Oxfam bookshop reading this book offers a review and a feminist critique of mother-daughter literaturewomen's writing is used to explore the existing and potential connection and cooperation between mothers and daughters, emphasising the importance of social context for an understanding of mother-daughter relationshipsthere is a large tear on the back of the dust jacket; other,wise this book is in excellent conditionmotherhood is emphasised as a developmental processsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe barriers erected by patriarchal, racist, classist and homophobic knowledge between mothers and daughters are explored
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The album was recorded in at a night club located on the corner of 125th street and lenox avenue in new york city and represents scott-heron's biting intellect and on point social critique'whitey on the moon'Â is stark analysis of economic imbalance and tension and like most of the tracks is set against a stripped back conga/percussion accompanimentoxfam shop herne hill brand new & sealeddebut recording for the legendary and groundbreaking gil scott-heronclassic, engrossing with (sadly) a still pertinent messagethe anthemic 'the revolution will not be televised'Â remains a timeless, witty and sharply harsh observation that remains relevant todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read more'the vulture'Â the excellent 'who'll pay reparations on my soul'Â and the mellow 'everyday'Â are the most song-like tracks, sung in gil's inimitable pleading tone with piano added to the backing
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This will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiesdrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social lifewhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographiesit invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powergood overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centuryits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agethe weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languageoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spine
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Bénézit 8 volumes dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les paysare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki160 x 240 mm out of text reproductions in heliogravurecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolumes like new protected by rhodoid13 kg an essential reference book for all art loversplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecloth “publisher’s” binding, author and volume numbers in gilded letters on the front covers and the spinesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam bookshop brigg a biographical account of herbert read's aestheticsin vgc see oxfam website for delivery information read morean excellent introduction to read's work, it reveals a hidden order and presents a context which would have been familiar to read's original readership but which is often indistinct today
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Pierre le brun - histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses - - volume 2are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidelivery service provided by chronopost within a few dayscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebinding in good condition, work in its period brown full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, friction from use, one blunt corner, red edges, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titling, embellishment and volume number on morocco labels, sound bindingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteinside in good condition, scattered foxing, lovely headbands, culs-de-lampe, lovely initials, marbled endpapers, work illustrated by 2 out of text engravings and in text engravingsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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This book reports on this extraordinary artistic production, a mixture of subversion and irony, which questions a quirky and striking mode, our social and cultural realityit has been presented at the sundance, berlin and deauville festivals book as new (only the edge is a little washed out) + tote bag the walled off hotel new + the walled off hotel t-shirt size l new + postcards the walled off hotel new banksy's latest work is a real hotel but it has everything of a political performanceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibanksy is known among other things for his works on the separation wall between palestine and israel and his wild installations in the world's largest museumscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein a world where we are bombarded with commercials that invade the public space, his works offer a different look, a look at the same time funny and incisive, without being dogmaticthe book accompanies the release of the film make the wall! (exit through the gift shop), directed by banksy himselfwith this establishment teeming with signs, banksy invents the manifesto in which one can stayits name, walled off hotel, plays on both the name of a luxury hotel chain (the waldorf) and the words walled off which mean clogged, walled off in englishour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableex-library (small stamp to back of title pages stating: bibliotheca lovarienii: read moreinscriptions to title pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepar le reverend pere dom augustin calmet, religieux benedictin, abbe de saint leopld de nancyno copper engraved plates presentrebound in plain quarter red leather with black boardsii and first page semi-detached to bottomour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefew tipped in plates en gravures in both volumes, but main copper engravings are absentdescription: large folios, two out of two volumesdictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, geographique et litteral de la bible, enrichi d'un grand nombre de figures en taille-douce, qui representent les antiquitez judaiquesfront endpage absent in t
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This book relates purcell's life to the political, artistic and social world in which he moved - from childhood in the restoration and experiences of the great fire and the great plague, to the complex politics of the later 17th centurya readable and entertaining biography, but based on impeccable scholarship and research, including a controversial interpretation of the date of dido and aeneasoxfam shop colne road henry purcell is britain's best-known and most distinguished composer, the author of musical works and compositions for court, church and theatre which attract increasing contemporary audiencessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewithin his short life-span he impressed his stamp on the music of the whole country, both as organist at westminster abbey and as official composer to four monarchs (charles ii, james ii and william and mary)
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Chapters on the visigoth monarchy, moorish spain, the establishment, an empire, the eighteenth-century enlightenment, all chart the political and economic development of spain, but also emphasize the extraordinary and diverse artistic and literary achievements of the spanish people within this one country at these different timesthe imposition of roman rule created the notion of hispania as a single entitytoday spain is a fully integrated and enthusiastic member of the european communitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham from roman times to the present day, spain has occupied a significant role in the evolution of our western worldmoving on to the nineteenth century, we read of the rise of liberalism, and of its fall, which ushered in a period of disarray leading to the civil war and authoritarian rulethis book highlights the notable trends, intellectual and social, of each particular era in its history
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Oxfam bookshop brighton during the seventeenth century, the netherlands--a small country with just two million inhabitants and virtually no natural resources--enjoyed a "golden age" of economic success, world power, and tremendous artistic outputin this book north examines the dutch golden age, when dutch society boasted europe's greatest number of cities and highest literacy rate, unusually large numbers of publicly and privately owned art works, religious tolerance, and a highly structured and wide-ranging social networksee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The most "feudal" land-owners had often done most to introduce capitalist methods to their estates, and "backwardness" was a condition produced by this form of political and social controlhe traces shifts in power, and he examines the importance of narratives and rhetoric in constituting social honour, collective bio-graphy, and shared memory/forgettinggilsenan uses material from his stay in akkar and a variety of historical sources to analyse the practices that guaranteed the rule of the large landownersfading to hinge, otherwise very good condition, see oxfam website for delivery information read morepossibily signed by authoroxfam shop macclesfield michael gilsenan looks at the relations between different forms of power, violence, and hierarchy in akkar, the northernmost province of lebanon, during the shis lively account shows how changes in hierarchy were expressed in ironic commentary regarding idealised masculinity and violence, how subversive laughter and humour counterpointed the heroic ethic of challenge and revenge, and how peasant narratives both countered and reproduced the values of hierarchyoften regarded as backward and feudal, in reality this area was controlled primarily by groups with important roles in government and business in beirutslight boxing of cover edges
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Appendixes contain three fully-playable tabletop rpgs that demonstrate some of the variations possible in the formsecond person-so called because in these games and playable media it is "you" who plays the roles, "you" for whom the story is being told-first considers tabletop games ranging from dungeons & dragons and other rpgs with an explicit social component to kim newman's choose your own adventure-style novel life's lottery and its more traditional author-reader interactionfinally, contributors look at the intersection of the social spaces of play and the real world, considering, among other topics, the virtual communities of such massively multiplayer online role playing games (mmorpgs) as world of warcraft and the political uses of digital gaming and role-playing techniques (as in the howard dean for iowa game, the first upresidential campaign game)contributors then examine computer-based playable structures that are designed for solo interaction-for the singular "you"-including the mainstream hit prince of persia: the sands of time and the genre-defining independent production façade"games and other playable forms, from interactive fictions to improvisational theater, involve role playing and story-something played and something toldin engaging essays that range in tone from the informal to the technical, these writers offer a variety of approaches for the examination of an emerging field that includes works as diverse as george rsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein second person, game designers, authors, artists, and scholars examine the different ways in which these two elements work together in tabletop role-playing games (rpgs), computer games, board games, card games, electronic literature, political simulations, locative media, massively multiplayer games, and other forms that invite and structure playgame designers, authors, artists, and scholars discuss how roles are played and how stories are created in role-playing games, board games, computer games, interactive fictions, massively multiplayer games, improvisational theater, and other "playable mediasome minor wear to cover and stain to bottom-right corner of first few pages, otherwise good conditionoxfam bookshop aberystwythmartin's wild cards series and the classic infocom game planetfall
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Individual guilt and modified consumption don't compare to the possibilities of using shame as a non-violent form of resistanceoxfam bookshop cheltenham in is shame necessary? rising star jennifer jacquet shows that we have to use shame if we want to bring about political change and hold the powerful to account in our individualistic world, is shame an outdated, moralising concept - or is it something that we can rediscover and use in a new way? what can we gain from redefining shame to help solve the key social and political issues of our time? in this urgent, illuminating book, jennifer jacquet argues that, if we want to make large-scale fixes, we need to become active citizens, ready to find creative ways to shame those who have the power to bring about political and social change but aren'tshe formerly wrote the guilty planet blog at scientific american, contributes to edgeorg, and conceived of the modernized shame totem pole for a presentation in at the serpentine galleryshe works at the intersection of conservation and cooperation, focusing on issues such as overfishing and climate changefrom the mimes hired by the mayor of bogotá in the fight against bad driving behaviour to the online list published by the state of california singling out the top five hundred businesses and individuals who aren't paying their taxes, jacquet uses real-life examples to show how shaming is relevant to the twenty-first centuryjennifer jacquet is an assistant professor in the department of environmental studies at new york universitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshaming works best when used sparingly, but when applied in just the right way, in just the right quantity, and at just the right time, it can perhaps keep us from failing ourselves and the planetdetailing how to change behaviour, she outlines seven habits of highly effective shaming that will allow us to make companies act ethically, hold governments to account when they ignore laws, and get more people to cast their vote
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Discovered by john hammond, she found ideal accompanists in teddy wilson and lester young to form profound artistic alliances and produce a unique body of workoxfam shop evesham widely accepted as the greatest jazz singer of allmusic gave her solace from a terrible childhood, providing an escape route to singing in new york clubsthis 3cd set features introductions and informative notes for each tracksee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Now, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecologyfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movementthis expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practicehe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary leftsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprinted in , first editionoxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil war" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundsome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very good
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The ideas presented here form a major addition to the widespread current interest in evolutionary theory as applied to human behaviourthese papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguably the central question in the study of human social evolution: how did the simple hunting and foraging bands of the upper palaeolithic evolve into the institutionally complex societies of the so-called neolithic revolution? the contributors to this volume are leading experts from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and game theory, all of whom share a common evolutionary perspectiveoxfam bookshop leeds 259ppsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham an entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclistprogressing through four decades of cycling social history, the author will examine cycling as a continental phenomenon, the rise and fall of the tour de france; the lives of the great 'trackmen'; cycling in its domestic form, cycling for fun, the ever-popular british cycling clubs - some of which are over one hundred years old and are home to many fellow eccentrics, fanatics and old-timers, like the author's friend, 'the yorkshire junior road race champion of , now living in a caravan, crippled and penniless with his much younger companion a taxidermist - beautiful and cruel'written with great literary and historical relish, one more kilometre examines the spread of cycling's popularity, how it developed into a sport and how the bicycle has changed people's lives - all viewed through the eyes of a seasoned 56-year-old racing cyclist/art critic who keeps eleven racing cycles in his garden shed and who never cycles less than miles a yearone more kilometre is a lovely blend of personal anecdote, serious history and informed obsession, combining gentle humour, personal reminiscence and good history into a beguiling wholesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book starts with the s, regarded as the golden age of cycling, and when the author, 'an unhappy communist child', first discovered cycling and its emancipating powers
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Understanding aesthetics for the merchandising and design professional by ann marie fiore (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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aesthetics and politics by theodor wadorno (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam bookshop market harborough gender and genius: towards a feminist aesthetics - christine battersby the women's pressblock edges yellowedglossy dust jacket in very good conditionpage faces yellowed but otherwise the book looks unreadblack cloth with silver titles to spinenot price clippedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreslight sunning to spine and very light crinkling along the top edgesexcellent condition
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Rodin was immediately fired by a passion and enthusiasm for the aesthetics of this art and the purity and grace of its expressionsoxfam bookshop hampstead rodin and the cambodian dancers: his final passion by dominique viéville - french text this exhibition illustrates the extraordinary encounter of rodin with the aesthetics of khmer dance, which he discovered on the occasion of the official visit to france by king sisowath of cambodia inthis official visit occurred at the height of french colonial expansionat the exhibition in marseilles, the area devoted to indochina was the largest of the seven sectionsin good conditionshows some shelf wearin just one week, he made about one hundred and fifty drawings, re-transcribing or interpreting the ballet poses, with an obvious fascination for the arms and hands of the dancerssisowath 1st had just been crowned king of cambodia when he undertook the first trip ever to be made by a cambodian sovereign to france, which had controlled cambodia since junethe first performance of the cambodian royal ballet took place in the context of the colonial exhibition in marseillessome slight damage to the top right corner, and some light fading on the front coverthese drawings were later highlighted with watercolour, creating coloured harmonies of a rare refinementpreviously, the universal exhibition of had attracted 48 million visitors! the organisers realised what a tremendous impact this event made on the public, and it was soon adopted as the main tool for colonial propagandasee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe left everything suddenly to follow the dancers of the royal ballet to marseille, from where they would embark on their return to cambodia
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