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Making a Spectacle

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Author : Jessica Glasscock
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 0762473436
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Making a Spectacle written by Jessica Glasscock and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 13th century Franciscan monks to Beyoncé in Black is King, Making a Spectacle charts the fascinating ascension of eyeglasses—from an unsightly but useful tool to fashion's must-have accessory. The power of glasses to convey a range of vivid messages about their wearers have made them into a billion-dollar business that appeals to cool kids and rock stars, and those who want to be like them, but the fashionable history of eyeglasses is fraught with anxiety and drama. At the beginning of the 20th century, the assessment in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar was that spectacles were "invariably disfiguring." Invisibility was the best option, and glasses were only to be put on once the lights at the opera went dark. While variations of that glasses-shaming sentiment appeared at regular intervals over the next 100 years or so, eyeglasses continued to evolve into an endless array of shapes, colors, purposes, and personalities. Once sunglasses took off in the 1930s, the magazine editorial made glasses a conspicuous part of the fashion narrative. Eyeglasses went to the ski slopes, the stables, the beach, the Havana hotel. Plastic innovations made a candy-colored rainbow of cat-eyes and "starlet" styles possible. Suddenly, everyone had the opportunity to look like Jackie O on vacation in Capri. Making a Spectacle traces contemporary high fashion frames back to their origins: the military aviator, the glam cat eye, the nerdly Oxford, the high-tech shield, the fanciful butterfly, the lowly rimless, and other styles all make an appearance. Featuring interviews with influential designers, makers, and purveyors of glasses including Adam Selman, Kerin Rose Gold, and l.a. Eyeworks, Making a Spectacle also takes a look at today's most cutting edge eyewear, showing the reader the latest and most innovative ways to see and be seen.

Remembering the Grand Spectacle of the 1939 World's Fair

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Author : Tiffany M. Webber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320500838
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Remembering the Grand Spectacle of the 1939 World's Fair written by Tiffany M. Webber and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grand spectacle

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Author : 尚子·中山
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9784771301832
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Grand spectacle written by 尚子·中山 and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theatre of Fear & Horror: Expanded Edition

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Author : Mel Gordon
Publisher : Feral House
ISBN 13 : 1627310436
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Theatre of Fear & Horror: Expanded Edition written by Mel Gordon and published by Feral House. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bloodcurdling shrieks, fiendish schemes, deeds of darkness, mayhem and mutilation—we all have a rough idea of what Grand Guignol stands for. But until now it has been hard to find out much more about it than that. According to the American theater historian Mel Gordon, no major history of the theater so much as mentions it, although it is a form of entertainment that held its own on the Paris stage for more than half a century. But Mr. Gordon has made a thorough job of filling the gap."—John Gross, The New York Times Here is the expanded edition of classic outré book, The Grand Guignol, first published in 1988 and now long out of print. Like the original anthology, it includes an illustrated introduction to the theater of Paris and abroad, a breakdown of its stage tricks, a summary of one hundred plots, extensive photo documentation, André de Lord's essay, "Fear in Literature," and two originally produced Grand Guignol scripts. The expanded edition also contains additional graphic and textual material including a color insert of Grand Guignol posters; the 1938 autobiographical account of Maxa, the company's leading female performer entitled "I Am the Maddest Woman in the World"; and the controversial playscript Orgy in the Lighthouse.

Descriptive Sketch of the New Grand Spectacle Romance, in Two Parts, Called the Black Castle, Or the Spirit of Ravia

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Author : Philip Astley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Descriptive Sketch of the New Grand Spectacle Romance, in Two Parts, Called the Black Castle, Or the Spirit of Ravia written by Philip Astley and published by . This book was released on 1799 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spectacles and Other Vision Aids

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Author : J. William Rosenthal
Publisher : Norman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780930405717
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Spectacles and Other Vision Aids written by J. William Rosenthal and published by Norman Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Society Of The Spectacle

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Author : Guy Debord
Publisher : Bread and Circuses Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1617508306
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Society Of The Spectacle written by Guy Debord and published by Bread and Circuses Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Das Kapital of the 20th century,Society of the Spectacle is an essential text, and the main theoretical work of the Situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's, in particular the May 1968 uprisings in France, up to the present day, with global capitalism seemingly staggering around in it’s Zombie end-phase, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late 20th century. This ‘Red and Black’ translation from 1977 is Introduced by Notting Hill armchair insurrectionary Tom Vague with a galloping time line and pop-situ verve, and given a more analytical over view by young upstart thinker Sam Cooper.

The Glass State

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Author : Annette Fierro
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262062336
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Glass State written by Annette Fierro and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal and philosophical principles of artchitecture. In The Glass State, Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1988 as part of Francois Mitterand's program of Grands Projets. The Grands Projets provide a rare opportunity to study a finite set of buidings constructed of similar materials, in the same time period, in a specific urban landscape, and with related ideological missions.

Spectacle in the White City

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Author : Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1606600060
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Spectacle in the White City written by Stanley Appelbaum and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A splendid tribute to The World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, this hardcover volume offers a grand photographic record, printed in a sweeping landscape format. Includes essays and captions by a noted historian. 128 photographs.

Descriptive Sketch of the New Grand Spectacle Romance

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Author : Upton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (542 download)

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A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity

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Author : Paul Christesen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444339524
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity written by Paul Christesen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity presents a series of essays that apply a socio-historical perspective to myriad aspects of ancient sport and spectacle. Covers the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Empire Includes contributions from a range of international scholars with various Classical antiquity specialties Goes beyond the usual concentrations on Olympia and Rome to examine sport in cities and territories throughout the Mediterranean basin Features a variety of illustrations, maps, end-of-chapter references, internal cross-referencing, and a detailed index to increase accessibility and assist researchers

The Spectacle 2.0

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Author : Marco Briziarelli
Publisher : University of Westminster Press
ISBN 13 : 1911534459
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book The Spectacle 2.0 written by Marco Briziarelli and published by University of Westminster Press. This book was released on 2017-12-17 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spectacle 2.0 recasts Debord's theory of spectacle within the frame of 21st century digital capitalism. It offers a reassessment of Debord’s original notion of Spectacle from the late 1960s, of its posterior revisitation in the 1990s, and it presents a reinterpretation of the concept within the scenario of contemporary informational capitalism and more specifically of digital and media labour. It is argued that the Spectacle 2.0 form operates as the interactive network that links through one singular (but contradictory) language and various imaginaries, uniting diverse productive contexts such as logistics, finance, new media and urbanism. Spectacle 2.0 thus colonizes most spheres of social life by processes of commodification, exploitation and reification. Diverse contributors consider the topic within the book’s two main sections: Part I conceptualizes and historicizes the Spectacle in the context of informational capitalism; contributions in Part II offer empirical cases that historicise the Spectacle in relation to the present (and recent past) showing how a Spectacle 2.0 approach can illuminate and deconstruct specific aspects of contemporary social reality. All contributions included in this book rework the category of the Spectacle to present a stimulating compendium of theoretical critical literature in the fields of media and labour studies. In the era of the gig-economy, highly mediated content and President Trump, Debord’s concept is arguably more relevant than ever.

The Grand Guignol

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Author : Mel Gordon
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grand Guignol written by Mel Gordon and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1997-08-21 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theatre of the Grand Guignol, which began in turn-of-the-century Paris, celebrated horror and fear. Innocent victims, mangled beauty, insanity, mutilation, depravity and guilt were its primary themes. This text examines its history, themes and methods and summarizes its plots.

The Ultimate Spectacle

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Author : Ulrich Keller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134392028
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Spectacle written by Ulrich Keller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chloroform, telegraphy, steamships and rifles were distinctly modern features of the Crimean War. Covered by a large corps of reporters, illustrators and cameramen, it also became the first media war in history. For the benefit of the ubiquitous artists and correspondents, both the domestic events were carefully staged, giving the Crimean War an aesthetically alluring, even spectacular character. With their exclusive focus on written sources, historians have consistently overlooked this visual dimension of the Crimean War. Photo-historian Ulrich Keller challenges the traditional literary bias by drawing on a wealth of pictorial materials from scientific diagrams to photographs, press illustration and academic painting. The result is a new and different historical account which emphasizes the careful aesthetic scripting of the war for popular mass consumption at home.

The Favorite Overture to the New Grand Spectacle [by J. C. Cross] called Cora, or the Virgin of the Sun ... Arranged for the Piano Forte, etc

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Author : James Sanderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Favorite Overture to the New Grand Spectacle [by J. C. Cross] called Cora, or the Virgin of the Sun ... Arranged for the Piano Forte, etc written by James Sanderson and published by . This book was released on 1799 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court

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Author : David M. Robinson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684170710
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court written by David M. Robinson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like most empires, the Ming court sponsored grand displays of dynastic strength and military prowess. Covering the first two centuries of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court explores how the royal hunt, polo matches, archery contests, equestrian demonstrations, and the imperial menagerie were represented in poetry, prose, and portraiture. This study reveals that martial spectacles were highly charged sites of contestation, where Ming emperors and senior court ministers staked claims about rulership, ruler-minister relations, and the role of the military in the polity. Simultaneously colorful entertainment, prestigious social events, and statements of power, martial spectacles were intended to make manifest the ruler’s personal generosity, keen discernment, and respect for family tradition. They were, however, subject to competing interpretations that were often beyond the emperor’s control or even knowledge. By situating Ming martial spectacles in the wider context of Eurasia, David Robinson brings to light the commensurability of the Ming court with both the Mongols and Manchus but more broadly with other early modern courts such as the Timurids, the Mughals, and the Ottomans.

Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Scenery Reached by the Grand Trunk Railway and Connections

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Author : Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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