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Deco Dandy
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Author : John Potvin
language : en
Publisher: Studies in Design and Material
Release Date : 2022-03
Deco Dandy written by John Potvin and has been published by Studies in Design and Material this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03 with Art categories.
This book productively contests the supposedly exclusive feminine aspect of the style moderne (Art Deco). Through a sustained focus on the figure of the dandy, the books claims an essential role and place of the male body and masculinity in the history of Art Deco.
Tamara De Lempicka
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Author : Gioia Mori
language : en
Publisher: 24 Ore Cultura
Release Date : 2015
Tamara De Lempicka written by Gioia Mori and has been published by 24 Ore Cultura this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Art categories.
An aura of mystery has surrounded Tamara de Lempicka since she was born, not in Warsaw in 1902, as she claimed, but according to official records in 1898 in Moscow. The beautiful and scandalous Tamara was the extravagant muse of Art Deco, an icon of the roaring twenties, and a successful painter of intensely sensual portraits that were powerfully sculptural with Cubist lines, embellished with sophisticated decorative elements. Cool colors, cramped spaces and stark contrasts between light and shade surround the unforgettable faces of rich, elegant, emancipated, and theatrical women fixed in their existential melancholy. The catalogue includes a careful selection of unforgettable paintings and valuable historic photographs offering us a fascinating thematic reconstruction of the personal and professional aspects of Tamara's life, including the places she lived, her involvement in the sophisticated fashion world of the period, and her studies of the nude, as well as her still-lifes and portraits. Contents: Tamara's worlds: from Russia to Mexico; Still life - a recurring theme in Lempicka's work, with echoes and references that range from 17th-century Flemish painting, to the rediscovery of trompe-l'oeil in the 1930s to1950s, and contemporary photography; Devotion - a constant theme in Lempicka's oeuvre is religious. It is identified and analyzed in terms of the art of the period. Portraits - Paintings and drawings are analyzed, and the initial classical sources pointed up, as well as how they relate to modern photography and cinematography. A section is dedicated to the portraits of children; The nude - The study of the nude from mannerist sources to the photography of Albin-Guillot e Brassaï; Fashion - Lempicka's close ties to the fashion world examined through her paintings, her experience as a photographic model, and her sophisticated wardrobe. Published to accompany an exhibition at Palazzo Chiablese, Turin (19 March - 30 August 2015).
Cary Grant The Making Of A Hollywood Legend
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Author : Mark Glancy
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-09-15
Cary Grant The Making Of A Hollywood Legend written by Mark Glancy and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A definitive new account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars. Archie Leach was a poorly educated, working-class boy from a troubled family living in the backstreets of Bristol. Cary Grant was Hollywood's most debonair film star--the embodiment of worldly sophistication. Cary Grant: The Making of a Hollywood Legend tells the incredible story of how a sad, neglected boy became the suave, glamorous star many know and idolize. The first biography to be based on Grant's own personal papers, this book takes us on a fascinating journey from the actor's difficult childhood through years of struggle in music halls and vaudeville, a hit-and-miss career in Broadway musicals, and three decades of film stardom during Hollywood's golden age. Leaving no stone unturned, Cary Grant delves into all aspects of Grant's life, from the bitter realities of his impoverished childhood to his trailblazing role in Hollywood as a film star who defied the studio system and took control of his own career. Highlighting Grant's genius as an actor and a filmmaker, author Mark Glancy examines the crucial contributions Grant made to such classic films as Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Notorious (1946), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), Charade (1963) and Father Goose (1964). Glancy also explores Grant's private life with new candor and insight throughout the book's nine sections, illuminating how Grant's search for happiness and fulfillment lead him to having his first child at the age of 62 and embarking on his fifth marriage at the age of 77. With this biography--complete with a chronological filmography of the actor's work--Glancy provides a definitive account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars.
Heroines And Heroes Symbolism Embodiment Narratives Identity
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Author : Christopher Hart
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008
Heroines And Heroes Symbolism Embodiment Narratives Identity written by Christopher Hart and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Group identity categories.
Detecting Women
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Author : Philippa Gates
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2011-04-22
Detecting Women written by Philippa Gates and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-22 with Performing Arts categories.
Finalist for the 2012 Edgar Award in the Best Critical/Biographical Category presented by the Mystery Writers of America In this extensive and authoritative study of over 300 films, Philippa Gates explores the "woman detective" figure from her pre-cinematic origins in nineteenth century detective fiction through her many incarnations throughout the history of Hollywood cinema. Through the lens of theories of gender, genre, and stardom and engaging with the critical concepts of performativity, masquerade, and feminism, Detecting Women analyzes constructions of the female investigator in the detective genre and focuses on the evolution of her representation from 1929 to today. While a popular assumption is that images of women have become increasingly positive over this period, Gates argues that the most progressive and feminist models of the female detective exist in mainstream film's more peripheral products such as 1930's B-picture and 1970's Blaxploitation films. Offering revisions and new insights into peripheral forms of mainstream film, Gates explores this space that allows a fantasy of resolution of social anxieties about crime and, more interestingly, gender, in the 20th and early 21st centuries. The author's innovative, engaging, and capacious approach to this important figure within feminist film history breaks new ground in the field of gender and film studies.
Buffoon Men
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Author : Scott Balcerzak
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Buffoon Men written by Scott Balcerzak and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Fans and scholars of film history, gender studies, and broadcast studies will appreciate Balcerzak's thorough exploration of the era's fascinating gender constructs.
Designing The French Interior
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Author : Anca I. Lasc
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-10-22
Designing The French Interior written by Anca I. Lasc and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-22 with Design categories.
Designing the French Interior traces France's central role in the development of the modern domestic interior, from the pre-revolutionary period to the 1970s, and addresses the importance of various media, including drawings, prints, pattern books, illustrated magazines, department store catalogs, photographs, guidebooks, and films, in representing and promoting French interior design to a wider audience. Contributors to this original volume identify and historicize the singularity of the modern French domestic interior as a generator of reproducible images, a site for display of both highly crafted and mass-produced objects, and the direct result of widely-circulated imagery in its own right. This important volume enables an invaluable new understanding of the relationship between architecture, interior spaces, material cultures, mass media and modernity.
The Uses Of Excess In Visual And Material Culture 1600 2010
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Author : Ms Julia Skelly
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2014-08-28
The Uses Of Excess In Visual And Material Culture 1600 2010 written by Ms Julia Skelly and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-28 with Art categories.
Although the idea of excess has often been used to degrade, many of the essays in this collection demonstrate how it has also been used as a strategy for self-fashioning and empowerment, particularly by women and queer subjects. This volume examines a range of material - including ceramics, paintings, caricatures, interior design and theatrical performances - in various global contexts. Each case study sheds new light on how excess has been perceived and constructed, revealing how beliefs about excess have changed over time.
Design History And Time
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Author : Zoë Hendon
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-02-21
Design History And Time written by Zoë Hendon and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Design categories.
Design, History and Time reflects on the nature of time in relation to design, in both past and contemporary contexts. In contrast to a traditional design historical approach which emphasises schools and movements, this volume addresses time as a continuum and considers the importance of temporality for design practice and history. Contributors address how designers, design historians and design thinkers might respond to the global challenges of time, the rhythms of work, and the increasing speed of life and communication between different communities. They consider how the past informs the present and the future in terms of design; the importance of time-based design practices such as rapid prototyping and slow design, time in relation to memory and forgetting, and artefacts such as the archive for which time is key, and ponder the design of time itself. Showcasing the work of fifteen design scholars from a range of international contexts, the book provides an essential text for thinking about changing attitudes to the temporal.
The Cambridge Global History Of Fashion Volume 2
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Author : Christopher Breward
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge History of Fashion
Release Date : 2023-08-17
The Cambridge Global History Of Fashion Volume 2 written by Christopher Breward and has been published by Cambridge History of Fashion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-17 with History categories.
Examines the challenges of fashion from the nineteenth-century to the present day, from decolonisation to sustainability.