The Invention of Tradition
The Invention of Tradition

Author: Eric Hobsbawm

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-07-31

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780521437738

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This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.

Fake?
Fake?

Author: Mark Jones

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780520070875

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Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.

Proud to be Flesh
Proud to be Flesh

Author: Josephine Berry Slater

Publisher: Mute Publishing Ltd

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 1906496285

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Dedicated to an analysis of culture and politics after the net, Mute magazine has, since its inception in 1994, consistently challenged the grandiose claims of the digital revolution. This anthology offers an expansive collection of some of Mute's finest articles and is thematically organised around key contemporary issues: Direct Democracy and its Demons; Net Art to Conceptual Art and Back; I, Cyborg - Reinventing the Human; of Commoners and Criminals; Organising Horizontally; Art and/against Business; Under the Net - City and Camp; Class and Immaterial Labour; The Open Work. The result is both an impressive overview and an invaluable sourcebook of contemporary culture in its widest sense

The Lyon in Mourning
The Lyon in Mourning

Author: Robert Forbes

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780341805113

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The First Garden
The First Garden

Author: Anne Hebert

Publisher: House of Anansi

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780887845970

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"When her long-estranged daughter disappears in Quebec, famous actress Flora Fontanges returns home from Paris and experiences a devastating confrontation with the past."

Key Writers on Art: From antiquity to the nineteenth century
Key Writers on Art: From antiquity to the nineteenth century

Author: Chris Murray

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0415243017

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Arranged chronologically, features more than forty essays by an international panel of experts on art, art critiicism, and art therory tracing the evolution of art from ancient times to the twentieth century.