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Download or read book 50 Photographs: an Iconography of Chance written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tav Falco
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983248088
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)
Download or read book An Iconography of Chance written by Tav Falco and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musician/performer, filmmaker, and photographer, Tav Falco guides us through the home towns and gravel roads of America s deep South, the backwoods spiritual sanctuary that he knows so well. AN ICONOGRAPHY OF CHANCE is a psycho-iconography in pictures, with a captioned intertext of the urban specters, rural fables and visual cliches that have made the gothic South a netherworld of dreams and a necropolis of terrors. Roadside icons in Arkansas, Louisana, Mississippi, and Tennessee evoke more than indexed/nuanced signs and meanings; they are infused with emotion, and through Falco s lens become living, breathing images. Whether overtly or discreetly conjured, these images resonate with the undercurrent of sentiment, of betrayal, of lost causes in which the photographer's pictures are soaked. The secret eye of Falco is drawn to that which was overlooked, thrown out and rejected by established norms of perception, whilst his decorticated compositional framing reveals the sadness and nakedness of America forlorn, adrift, and distracted with colliding identities. In Falco's hands the camera excavates an Orphic vision of the American South, penetrating like no other in his stated mission to agitate the dark waters of the unconscious. "
Author : Sarah Gavlak
Publisher : Smart Art Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Chance written by Sarah Gavlak and published by Smart Art Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chance is a catalogue that documents the spectacular philosophical rave and summit meeting between artists and philosophers, chaosophists and croupiers, mathematicians and musicians, which was produced by Chris Kraus for Art Center College of Design in November 1996 at Whiskey Pete's in the Nevada desert. Includes writing by Fred Dewey and Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe.
Author : Robin Kelsey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674426193
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Photography and the Art of Chance written by Robin Kelsey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photography has a unique relationship to chance. Anyone who has wielded a camera has taken a picture ruined by an ill-timed blink or enhanced by an unexpected gesture or expression. Although this proneness to chance may amuse the casual photographer, Robin Kelsey points out that historically it has been a mixed blessing for those seeking to make photographic art. On the one hand, it has weakened the bond between maker and picture, calling into question what a photograph can be said to say. On the other hand, it has given photography an extraordinary capacity to represent the unpredictable dynamism of modern life. By delving into these matters, Photography and the Art of Chance transforms our understanding of photography and the work of some of its most brilliant practitioners. The effort to make photographic art has involved a call and response across generations. From the introduction of photography in 1839 to the end of the analog era, practitioners such as William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred Stieglitz, Frederick Sommer, and John Baldessari built upon and critiqued one another’s work in their struggle to reconcile aesthetic aspiration and mechanical process. The root problem was the technology’s indifference, its insistence on giving a bucket the same attention as a bishop and capturing whatever wandered before the lens. Could such an automatic mechanism accommodate imagination? Could it make art? Photography and the Art of Chance reveals how daring innovators expanded the aesthetic limits of photography to create art for a modern world.
Author : Robin Kelsey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674744004
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Photography and the Art of Chance written by Robin Kelsey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As anyone who has wielded a camera knows, photography has a unique relationship to chance. It also represents a struggle to reconcile aesthetic aspiration with a mechanical process. Robin Kelsey reveals how daring innovators expanded the aesthetic limits of photography in order to create art for a modern world.
Author : Daniel Spoerri
Publisher : Ultramarine Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780871100245
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Anecdoted Topography written by Daniel Spoerri and published by Ultramarine Publishing Company. This book was released on 1966-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455603309
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (556 download)
Download or read book Dallas Iconography written by and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Helene E. Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136787933
Total Pages : 1072 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography written by Helene E. Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Nigel Jonathan Spivey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520230224
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Enduring Creation written by Nigel Jonathan Spivey and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sebastians pierced with arrows, self-portraits of the aging Rembrandt, and the tortured art of Vincent van Gogh. Exploring the tender, complex rapport between art and pain, Spivey guides us through the twentieth-century photographs of casualties of war, Edvard Munch's The Scream, and back to the recorded horrors of the Holocaust.".
Author : Hans Belting
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226042152
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (421 download)
Download or read book Likeness and Presence written by Hans Belting and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as "art" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the Holy. the faithful believed that these images served as relics and were able to work miracles, deliver oracles, and bring victory to the battlefield. In this magisterial book, Hans Belting traces the long history of the sacral image and its changing role--from surrogate for the represented image to an original work of art--in European culture. Likeness and Presence looks at the beliefs, superstitions, hopes, and fears that come into play as people handle and respond to sacred images, and presents a compelling interpretation of the place of the image in Western history. -- Back cover
Author : Bill Cranfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Iconography 2 written by Bill Cranfield and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling Iconography I shattered all preconceived notions of how visual information could be presented in book form. Iconography II takes the idea one step further with 4 volumes of the most striking Icons and logos on the planet. Icons are one of the most powerful means of communications, capable of breaking down language barriers and bridging cultural gaps. This collection features icons and images from a vast range of historical and geographical context. Placed together they make it easy for the reader to see how icons actually work and how simply they communicate meaning. Iconography II is broken into four books, the "wearable," featuring iconography on T-shirts, Clothing and bags, "transportation," focusing on wayfinding icons in airports, train & bus stations, road signs etc., and "lifestyle" with icons used in food packaging, wallpaper, screensavers and the like.
Author : Daniel Spoerri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)
Download or read book An Anecdoted Topography of Chance written by Daniel Spoerri and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Wilson
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500777705
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Hidden Language of Symbols written by Matthew Wilson and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stimulating resource that guides readers through the most significant symbols from art history, spanning many civilizations and centuries while revealing the common heritage of a global visual language. The Hidden Language of Symbols covers a wide-ranging selection of visual culture and art under one unified theme: symbols. Often not immediately apparent, our day-to-day lives abound with symbols of various kinds, from national emblems to emojis, allegories to logos, all of which have a fascinating story. Organized across four all-encompassing themes—power, faith, hope, and uncertainty—this stimulating illustrated account of forty-eight key symbols from global art history is aimed at museum-goers, armchair art sleuths, or anyone who wants to understand the history of their visual environment from an unusual and creative angle. Drawing on artistic examples from the imaginary, natural, physical, and religious worlds, from dragons to eagles, butterflies to labyrinths, and rainbows to wheels, author and art historian Matthew Wilson discusses the lives of these different types of symbols. Analyzing their development, why they evolved, and the various ways they have been interpreted, Wilson also explains in what way symbols are markers of identity, that is, how they gain the power to unite and divide societies. Looking at how they have shaped the world beyond the museum, Wilson reveals their impact on the appearance of our cities, the language of advertising, and even the design of corporate logos.
Author : Douglas Keister
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423611004
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (236 download)
Download or read book Stories in Stone written by Douglas Keister and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certain symbols abound in modern Western culture that are instantly recognizable: the cross signifies Christianity, the six-pointed Star of David is revered by Jews, the golden arches frequently means it's time for lunch. Other symbols, however, require a bit of decoding-particularly those found in cemeteries. Cemeteries are virtual encyclopedias of symbolism. Engravings on tombstones, mausoleums and memorials tell us just about everything there is to know about a person: date of birth and death as well as religion, ethnicity, occupation, community interests, and much more. In the fascinating new book Stories in Stone: The Complete Guide to Cemetery Symbolism by noted author Douglas Keister, the secrets of cemetery symbolism are finally revealed. Did you know that it is quite rare to see a sunflower on a tombstone? Did you know that the human foot symbolizes humility and service since it consistently touches the earth? Or the humble sheaf of wheat-while it is often used to denote someone who has lived a long and fruitful life? Do you know other meanings it might carry? Stories in Stone provides history along with images of a wide variety of common and not-so-common cemetery symbols, and offers an in-depth examination of stone relics and the personal and intimate details they display-flora and fauna, religious icons, society symbols, and final impressions of how the deceased wished to be remembered. Douglas Keister has created a practical field guide that is compact and portable, perfect for those interested in family histories and genealogical research, and is the only book of its kind that unlocks the language of symbols in a comprehensive and easy-to-understand manner. Douglas Keister has photographed fourteen award-winning, critically acclaimed books (including Red Tile Style: America's Spanish Revival Architecture, The Bungalow: America's Arts & Crafts Home, and Storybook Style: America's Whimsical Homes of the Twenties) earning him the title "America's most noted photographer of historic architecture." He also writes and illustrates magazine articles and contributes photographs and essays to other books, calendars, posters, and greeting cards. Doug lives in Chico, California, and travels frequently to photograph and lecture on historic architecture and photography.
Author : Samuel L. Terrien
Publisher : Penn State University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Iconography of Job Through the Centuries written by Samuel L. Terrien and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do artists who deal with biblical scenes study the texts that inspire them? At the same time, do scholars pay attention to artists as biblical interpreters? Eminent biblical scholar Samuel Terrien seeks to answer these questions in this first ever comprehensive survey of Jobian iconography from the third century to modern times. Through an analysis of the varying depictions of Job he finds that artists were not usually subservient to directives of religious authorities; rather, they often contradicted or preceded the exegetical trends of these commentators. Terrien has selected more than 150 masterpieces from the approximate 800 images of Job that have escaped oblivion. His vast knowledge of the biblical text illumines the rich discussion, which ranges over artistic medium and time from the fresco of the Dura-Europos synagogue, the miniatures of the Patmos manuscript, the Doge Dandolo mosaic of the San Marco Baptistry in Venice, the mercy seats of Champeaux-en-Brie, the Sacra Allegoria of Giovannni Bellini in Florence, and Albrecht Dürer's Jabach Altarpiece in Cologne and Frankfurt, to the mystery soldier in Salvator Rosas Job in the Uffizi and the Job Geometricized à la Cimabuë by Marc Chagall in St.-Paul-de-Vence. This rich interdisciplinary work reveals for the first time that Jobian artists saw in the ancient hero not only the prophet of a new life or the model of revolt and faith but also--and surprisingly--the intercessor of sexual reprobates, the patron saint of musicians, and, in modern times, the existential man.
Author : F. A. C. Wilson
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789122430
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Yeats’s Iconography written by F. A. C. Wilson and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, Yeats—along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others—was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. “This study is a sequel to my W. B. Yeats And Tradition, and the Yeats scholar may like to take all my work in conjunction; but I have tried to make it possible for the two books to be read independently. “The aim of this book is to interpret what Yeats meant by the symbolism of five of his plays, Four Plays for Dancers and The Cat and the Moon; also by that of a number of related lyrics. I should stress, once and for all, that I am concerned primarily with what the symbols meant for the poet himself; Yeats of course hoped that the ‘words on the page’ would work for him, and he also believed in a collective unconscious which would operate to suggest his archetypal meanings to all readers; but it can of course be maintained that communication fails. I myself doubt whether this ever happens; but I cannot prove this statement in a book not concerned with technique; and this is why I define my field as I have done. What Yeats believed his plays and poems to mean is a valid field for scholarship; and the meaning he attached is certainly the archetypal meaning, which is therefore my main preoccupation.”—F. A. C. Wilson
Author : Tav Falco
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 190992346X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (99 download)
Download or read book GHOSTS BEHIND THE SUN written by Tav Falco and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2013-11-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ghost Behind The Sun", Tav Falco's sprawling study of Memphis, begins with the Civil War massacre at Fort Pillow, the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 and the grisly murders of the Harp Brothers. Falco traces these legends of Reconstruction-era Memphis to an equally brutal twentieth century underworld – Beale Street kingpin Jim Canaan, Edward Crump's political machine, the Dixie Mafia, and others. Also included are revelatory dialogues concerning the city’s many music legends, from rockabilly icons Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Feathers to more underground figures such as Jim Dickinson and country blues wailer Jessie Mae Hemphill. Interwoven with these accounts is an autobiographical history of Falco’s own time in Memphis, including his involvement with performance art ensemble Insect Trust, working with pop/rock maverick Alex Chilton, and the formation of his seminal rock and roll band, Panther Burns. Illustrated throughout.
