Sidney H. Sime, Master of Fantasy
Author: Sidney Herbert Sime
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13:
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Caverns of Night
Author: William B. Thesing
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781570033520
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn exploration of the aesthetic challenges of representing Western European and American coal-mining experiences in art, literature and film. It features 19 essays offering critical analyses of topics such as gender, class and ethnicity as portrayed in 19th- and 20th-century works.
Bogey Beasts
Author: Sidney Sime
Publisher:
Published: 1975-12-01
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780960330003
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Author: Simon Heneage
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780500271544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIlluminated Fantasy
Author: James Whitlark
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780838633052
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe central and later decades of the twentieth century have not only been marked by the popularity of fantasy in general but of fantastic graphics in particular. As a literature relatively new to academic consideration, however, fantasy lacks a universally accepted definition, and no previous author has adequately studied the genral differences between the literalness of realistic illustration and the paradoxes of fantastic illumination. In "Illuminated Fantasy," James Whitlark presents a detailed analysis of the significance of picture/text discrepancy - its history, its various forms, and its psychological complexities.
Visual Rhetoric and the Eloquence of Design
Author: Leslie Atzmon
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Published: 2011-03-11
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1602351937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe essays in VISUAL RHETORIC AND THE ELOQUENCE OF DESIGN foreground the rhetorical functions of design artifacts. Rhetoric, normally understood as verbal or visual messages that have a tactical persuasive objective—a speech that wants to convince us to vote for someone, or an ad that tries to persuade us to buy a particular product—becomes in Visual Rhetoric and the Eloquence of Design the persuasive use of a broad set of meta-beliefs. Designed objects are particularly effective at this second level of persuasion because they offer audiences communicative data that reflect, and also orchestrate, a potentially broad array of cultural concerns. Persuasion entails both the aesthetic form and material composition of any object.
Grotesque and Performance in the Art of Aubrey Beardsley
Author: Evanghelia Stead
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Published: 2024-10-11
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1805113488
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“If I am not grotesque, I am nothing.” This insightful study illuminates previously unexplored aspects of Aubrey Beardsley’s relationship to the grotesque and his use of media, particularly his manipulation of the periodical press. For the first time and with keen intelligence, Evanghelia Stead fully reveals the aesthetic importance of Beardsley’s Bon-Mots vignettes, as well as the relationship between Darwinism, his innovative foetus motif, and Decadence itself. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the book calls on histories of culture and aesthetics to show how the artist reworked traditional imagery and manipulated it beyond recognition—revealing for instance the influence of cathedral grotesques on Beardsley’s own grotesque performances. Stead also demonstrates his major impact on Italian, French, American and German creative minds through the periodical press. Rich in original thought and detailed, comparative analysis, this book is an invigorating and enlightening read for scholars of Aubrey Beardsley, as well as for anyone interested in nineteenth-century visual culture, art history, art criticism, print culture, illustration, grotesque iconography, and cultural history.
The Adventures of Uncle Lubin
Author: W. Heath Robinson
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 2014-10
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781567921731
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith his comically floppy hat and striped baggy stockings, gentle, serious Uncle Lubin is left in charge of his beloved nephew Peter. One fateful day, a great Bagbird swoops down while Uncle Lubin is innocently napping, whisks away the screaming child in his beak, and flies to the moon.
Fantasy and Horror
Author: Neil Barron
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 850
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than 2,300 works of fiction and poetry are discussed, each cross-referenced to other works with similar or contrasting themes. Winners and nominees for major awards are identified. Books that are part of a series are flagged, with a complete list of books in series included in a final chapter, along with a comprehensive list of awards, of translations, and of young adult and children's books.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Reference
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first book devoted exclusively to listing and evaluating reference books in these genres, this bibliography covering about 300 titles will help librarians, collectors, researchers and others determine what books might be of interest or use to them or their library's patrons.Each book description includes names of contributors, a list of essays or articles where applicable, subject matter emphasis and original publication date.Appendices offer listings and evaluations of critical and bibliographical book series and a suggested core collection checklist. There are three indexes: by subject; by title; and by author, compiler or major contributor.
