Visions Of The Modern
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Visions Of The Modern City
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Author : William Sharpe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-09
Visions Of The Modern City written by William Sharpe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-09 with Architecture categories.
The relentless pace of urbanization since the industrial revolution has inspired a continuing effort to view, read, and name the modern city. "We are now at a point of transition to a new kind of city", write William Sharpe and Leonard Wallock, "and thus we are experiencing the same crisis of language felt by observers of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century cities." Visions of the Modern City explores the ways in which artists and writers have struggled to define the city during the past two centuries and opens a new perspective on the urban vision of our time. In their introduction, the editors outline three phases in the evolution of the modern city—each having its own distinctive morphology and metaphor— and argue that a new vocabulary is needed to describe the sprawling "urban field" of today. Eric Lampard draws a detailed demographic and geographic picture of urbanization since the late eighteenth century, culminating with the "decentered" city of the 1980s. Other contributors examine the representation of cities from the London and Paris of 1850 to the New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo of the present. Deborah Nord and Philip Collins follow Henry Mayhew and Charles Dickens, respectively, through the urban underworld of Victorian London. Theodore Reff traces the double life of Paris expressed in the work of Manet, while Michele Hannoosh shows bow Baudelaire influenced the Impressionists by transferring the aesthetic implications of the term nature to urban experience. Thomas Bender and William Taylor focus on tensions between the horizontal and the vertical in the architectural development of New York City, and Paul Anderer investigates the private, domestic spaces that represent Tokyo in postwar Japanese fiction. Steven Marcus analyzes the breakdown of the city as signifying system in the novels of Saul Bellow and Thomas Pynchon, writers who question whether the indecipherable contemporary city has any meaning left at all.
Visions Of Ryukyu
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Author : Gregory Smits
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Visions Of Ryukyu written by Gregory Smits and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with History categories.
Between 1609 and 1879, the geographical, political, and ideological status of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (modern Okinawa) was characterized by its ambiguity. It was subordinate to its larger neighbors, China and Japan, yet an integral part of neither. A Japanese invasion force from Satsuma had conquered the kingdom in 1609, resulting in its partial incorporation into Tokugawa Japan’s bakuhan state. Given Ryukyu’s long-standing ties with China and East Asian foreign relations following the rise of the Qing dynasty, however, the bakufu maintained only an indirect link with Ryukyu from the mid-seventeenth century onward. Thus Ryukyu was able to exist as a quasi-independent kingdom for more than two centuries—albeit amidst a complex web of trade and diplomatic agreements involving the bakufu, Satsuma, Fujian, and Beijing. During this time, Ryukyu’s ambiguous position relative to China and Japan prompted its elites to fashion their own visions of Ryukyuan identity. Created in a dialogic relationship to both a Chinese and Japanese Other, these visions informed political programs intended to remake Ryukyu. In this innovative and provocative study, Gregory Smits explores early modern perceptions of Ryukyu and their effect on its political culture and institutions. He describes the major historical circumstances that informed early modern discourses of Ryukyuan identity and examines the strategies used by leading intellectual and political figures to fashion, promote, and implement their visions of Ryukyu. Early modern visions of Ryukyu were based on Confucianism, Buddhism, and other ideologies of the time. Eventually one vision prevailed, becoming the theoretical basis of the early modern state by the middle of the eighteenth century. Employing elements of Confucianism, the scholar and government official Sai On (1682–1761) argued that the kingdom’s destiny lay primarily with Ryukyuans themselves and that moral parity with Japan and China was within its grasp. Despite Satsuma’s control over its diplomatic and economic affairs, Sai envisioned Ryukyu as an ideal Confucian state with government and state rituals based on the Chinese model. In examining Sai’s thought and political program, this volume sheds new light on Confucian praxis and, conversely, uncovers one variety of an East Asian “prenational” imagined political/cultural community.
Visions Of Modernity
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Author : Scott McQuire
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Release Date : 1998
Visions Of Modernity written by Scott McQuire and has been published by SAGE Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Art categories.
Visions of Modernity offers an overview of modern visual culture, exploring the relationship between technology, society and identity which underpins contemporary media culture.
Visions Of Development
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Author : Peter Sutoris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Visions Of Development written by Peter Sutoris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Community development categories.
Visions of Development examines the Indian state's postcolonial development ideology between Independence in 1947 and the Emergency of 1975-77. Sutoris pioneers a novel methodology for the study of development thought and its cinematic representations, analysing films made by the Films Division of India between 1948 and 1975. By comparing these documentaries to late-colonial films on 'progress', his book highlights continuities with and departures from colonial notions of development in modern India. It is the first scholarly volume to be published on the history of Indian documentary film. Of the approximately 250 documentaries analysed by Peter Sutoris, many of which have never been discussed in the existing literature, most are concerned with economic planning and industrialisation, large dams, family planning, schemes aimed at the integration of tribal peoples (Adivasis) into society, and civic education. Almost all films analysed in this volume are available for free online viewing through the website of the Films Division. Links are provided on the companion website www.visionsofdevelopment.com.
Vanities Of The Eye
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Author : Stuart Clark
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007-03-29
Vanities Of The Eye written by Stuart Clark 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 2007-03-29 with Art categories.
Stuart Clark examines the history of the senses in early modern Europe, a time when the nature and reliability of human vision was much debated. Was seeing really believing? Illustrating how this was woven into contemporary works such as Macbeth, Clark exposes contemporary ideas on the relationship between the real and the virtual.
Primate Visions
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Author : Donna J. Haraway
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-01-11
Primate Visions written by Donna J. Haraway and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with Art categories.
Haraway's discussions of how scientists have perceived the sexual nature of female primates opens a new chapter in feminist theory, raising unsettling questions about models of the family and of heterosexuality in primate research.
Asian Visions Of Authority
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Author : Charles F. Keyes
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1994-03-01
Asian Visions Of Authority written by Charles F. Keyes and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-03-01 with Religion categories.
Emerging from a conference on Communities in Question: Religion and Authority in East and Southeast Asia, held in Hua Hin, Thailand, May 1989, this volume examines some of the tensions and conflicts between states and religious communities over the scope of religious views of the communities, the
Visions Of Home
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Author : Andrew Cogar
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2021-03-16
Visions Of Home written by Andrew Cogar and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with House & Home categories.
A new volume from the esteemed architecture firm Historical Concepts features extraordinary homes rooted in tradition and enriched with a modern sensibility. Known for designing welcoming Southern homes, Historical Concepts, one of today's leading traditional architecture firms, is now working on diverse projects across America and in exotic locales, such as the Caribbean and Patagonia. A multigenerational team of architects is extending the firm's founding philosophy--expressing both timeless and inventive perspectives on design. Showcased are beautifully photographed country estates, coastal retreats, and pastoral properties, all weaving the classical principles of symmetry, scale, and proportion with vernacular motifs and artisanal craftsmanship to create stylish and comfortable backdrops for contemporary living. Sophisticated interior decoration and stunning landscapes accompany the architecture, creating a harmonious sense of place. Through engaging stories that inform, Andrew Cogar shows how to reimagine the traditional home--whether an elegant Greek Revival pavilion, a chic Hamptons summer house, or a reinterpretation of a historic Charleston single house--to capture one's unique point of view. Visions of Home is an invaluable resource for those who enjoy the warmth and charm of traditional architecture.
Visions Of The Modern
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Author : John Golding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Visions Of The Modern written by John Golding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Art, Modern categories.
Contains may of the author's most important essays.
Annual Report
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Author : National Endowment for the Arts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Annual Report written by National Endowment for the Arts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Federal aid to the arts categories.
Reports for 1980-19 also include the Annual report of the National Council on the Arts.