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Book Lumia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Keely Orgeman
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2017-04-11
  • ISBN : 0300215185
  • Pages : 173 pages

Download or read book Lumia written by Keely Orgeman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long-overdue publication that restores Wilfred to the art-historical canon Lumia presents a long-overdue reevaluation of the groundbreaking artist Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), whose unprecedented works prefigured light art in America. As early as 1919, many years before the advent of consumer television and video technology, Wilfred began experimenting with light as his primary artistic medium, developing the means to control and project unique compositions of colorful, undulating light forms, which he referred to collectively as lumia. Manifested as both live performances on a cinematic scale and self-contained structures, Wilfred's innovative displays captivated audiences and influenced generations of artists to come. This publication, the first dedicated to Wilfred in over forty years, draws on the artist's personal archives and includes a number of insightful essays that trace the development of his work and its relation to his cultural milieu. Featuring a foreword by the celebrated artist James Turrell, Lumia helps to secure Wilfred's rightful place within the canon of modern art.

Book Village Politics and the Mafia in Sicily

Download or read book Village Politics and the Mafia in Sicily written by Filippo Sabetti and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2002 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refocusing the study of village politics and the mafia by extending rational choice institutionalism to Italian history and politics, Sabetti shows what can happen when those acting for the state regard ordinary people as passive voices in the game of life."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Color and the Moving Image

Download or read book Color and the Moving Image written by Simon Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new AFI Film Reader is the first comprehensive collection of original essays on the use of color in film. Contributors from diverse film studies backgrounds consider the importance of color throughout the history of the medium, assessing not only the theoretical implications of color on the screen, but also the ways in which developments in cinematographic technologies transformed the aesthetics of color and the nature of film archiving and restoration. Color and the Moving Image includes new writing on key directors whose work is already associated with color—such as Hitchcock, Jarman and Sirk—as well as others whose use of color has not yet been explored in such detail—including Eric Rohmer and the Coen Brothers. This volume is an excellent resource for a variety of film studies courses and the global film archiving community at large.

Book Moon Blossom Asura  The Ruthless Reincarnated Mercenary Forms the Ultimate Army Volume 3

Download or read book Moon Blossom Asura The Ruthless Reincarnated Mercenary Forms the Ultimate Army Volume 3 written by Sou Hazuki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2024-07-29 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a great hero, but now a herald of destruction, Jeanne has become the new empress of the Holy Liyolure Empire as part of her crusade to annihilate all of humanity in the name of its salvation. Open war ensues, and the heroes have collectively deemed her a threat on the level of a Demon Lord, prompting Asura and the mercenary group Moon Blossom to join the fray. Though the battlefield teems with death and despair, Asura alone finds beauty in the madness. Will she and the other heroes be able to stop Jeanne’s rampage? And if Asura does, won’t that make Asura into a hero?

Book Making Images Move

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  • Author : Gregory Zinman
  • Publisher : University of California Press
  • Release : 2020-01-03
  • ISBN : 0520302737
  • Pages : 391 pages

Download or read book Making Images Move written by Gregory Zinman and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Images Move reveals a new history of cinema by uncovering its connections to other media and art forms. In this richly illustrated volume, Gregory Zinman explores how moving-image artists who worked in experimental film pushed the medium toward abstraction through a number of unconventional filmmaking practices, including painting and scratching directly on the film strip; deteriorating film with water, dirt, and bleach; and applying materials such as paper and glue. This book provides a comprehensive history of this tradition of “handmade cinema” from the early twentieth century to the present, opening up new conversations about the production, meaning, and significance of the moving image. From painted film to kinetic art, and from psychedelic light shows to video synthesis, Gregory Zinman recovers the range of forms, tools, and intentions that make up cinema’s shadow history, deepening awareness of the intersection of art and media in the twentieth century, and anticipating what is to come.

Book The Black Hand

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  • Author : Robert M. Lombardo
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 0252076753
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book The Black Hand written by Robert M. Lombardo and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unraveling the truth about the sinister extortion scheme that preyed on innocent Chicagoans

Book Electronic Visual Music

Download or read book Electronic Visual Music written by Dave Payling and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronic Visual Music is a comprehensive guide to the composition and performance of visual music, and an essential text for those wanting to explore the history, current practice, performance strategies, compositional methodologies and practical techniques for conceiving and creating electronic visual music. Beginning with historical perspectives to inspire the reader to work creatively and develop their own individual style, visual music theory is then discussed in an accessible form, providing a series of strategies for implementing ideas. Including interviews with current practitioners, Electronic Visual Music provides insight into contemporary working methods and gives a snapshot of the state of the art in this ever-evolving creative discipline. This book is a valuable resource for artists and practitioners, as well as students, educators and researchers working in disciplines such as music composition, music production, video arts, animation and related media arts, who are interested in informing their own work and learning new strategies and techniques for exploration and creative expression of electronic visual music.

Book California  Court of Appeal  2nd Appellate District   Records and Briefs

Download or read book California Court of Appeal 2nd Appellate District Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number of Exhibits: 22

Book Moon Blossom Asura  The Ruthless Reincarnated Mercenary Forms the Ultimate Army Volume 1

Download or read book Moon Blossom Asura The Ruthless Reincarnated Mercenary Forms the Ultimate Army Volume 1 written by Sou Hazuki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her past life, Asura was a soldier of fortune who lived for the battle above all else. So when she reincarnates into a world with magic, she gladly takes up the mercenary’s path for a second time. Drawing upon her battle-hardened experience, she forms the mercenary group Moon Blossom and pioneers the concept of the soldier-mage: magic users who also fight with the skills and training of military soldiers. Roaming the battlefields of this new world, Moon Blossom—led by Asura and her unrivaled schemes, ruthlessness, and tactical ingenuity—earns a fearsome reputation. Thus the curtain rises on the dark fantasy epic of a young girl who is spoken of in fearful whispers as “The Silver Demon”!

Book Keep It Moving

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rachel Rivenc
  • Publisher : Getty Publications
  • Release : 2018-03-13
  • ISBN : 1606065378
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Keep It Moving written by Rachel Rivenc and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kinetic art not only includes movement but often depends on it to produce an intended effect and therefore fully realize its nature as art. It can take a multiplicity of forms and include a wide range of motion, from motorized and electrically driven movement to motion as the result of wind, light, or other sources of energy. Kinetic art emerged throughout the twentieth century and had its major developments in the 1950s and 1960s. Professionals responsible for conserving contemporary art are in the midst of rethinking the concept of authenticity and solving the dichotomy often felt between original materials and functionality of the work of art. The contrast is especially acute with kinetic art when a compromise between the two often seems impossible. Also to be considered are issues of technological obsolescence and the fact that an artist’s chosen technology often carries with it strong sociological and historical information and meanings. www.getty.edu/publications/keepitmoving

Book Thomas Wilfred s Clavilux

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  • Author : Michael Betancourt
  • Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
  • Release : 2006-01-01
  • ISBN : 0809556715
  • Pages : 142 pages

Download or read book Thomas Wilfred s Clavilux written by Michael Betancourt and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology brings together the few essays on Lumia that were published during Thomas Wilfred's lifetime. Wilfred, an artist who experimented with a form of visual music he called "Lumia" developed an entire aesthetic system that could either be performed live, or set-up as an automatic display. His instrument, the Clavilux, was subject of several patents, collected along with images from Opus 161. Together these essays, the patents, and selected images provide a clear description of Lumia, what Wilfred described as "the eighth art."

Book History of the Mafia

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  • Author : Salvatore Lupo
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2009-07-01
  • ISBN : 0231505396
  • Pages : 347 pages

Download or read book History of the Mafia written by Salvatore Lupo and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think of the Italian Mafia, we think of Marlon Brando, Tony Soprano, and the Corleones iconic actors and characters who give shady dealings a mythical pop presence. Yet these sensational depictions take us only so far. The true story of the Mafia reveals both an organization and mindset dedicated to the preservation of tradition. It is no accident that the rise of the Mafia coincided with the unification of Italy and the influx of immigrants into America. The Mafia means more than a horse head under the sheets it functions as an alternative to the state, providing its own social and political justice. Combining a nuanced history with a unique counternarrative concerning stereotypes of the immigrant, Salvatore Lupo, a leading historian of modern Italy and a major authority on its criminal history, has written the definitive account of the Sicilian Mafia from 1860 to the present. Consulting rare archival sources, he traces the web of associations, both illicit and legitimate, that have defined Cosa Nostra during its various incarnations. He focuses on several crucial periods of transition: the Italian unification of 1860 to 1861, the murder of noted politician Notarbartolo, fascist repression of the Mafia, the Allied invasion of 1943, social conflicts after each world war, and the major murders and trials of the 1980s. Lupo identifies the internal cultural codes that define the Mafia and places these codes within the context of social groups and communities. He also challenges the belief that the Mafia has grown more ruthless in recent decades. Rather than representing a shift from "honorable" crime to immoral drug trafficking and violence, Lupo argues the terroristic activities of the modern Mafia signify a new desire for visibility and a distinct break from the state. Where these pursuits will take the family adds a fascinating coda to Lupo's work.

Book Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board

Download or read book Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board written by United States. National Labor Relations Board and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Uncanny Networks

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  • Author : Geert Lovink
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780262621878
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Uncanny Networks written by Geert Lovink and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For Geert Lovink, interviews are imaginative texts that help create global, networked discourses not only among different professions but also among different cultures and social groups. Conducting interviews online, over a period of weeks or months, allows the participants to compose documents of depth and breadth, rather than simply snapshots of timely references." "The interviews collected in this book are with artists, critics, and theorists who are intimately involved in building the content, interfaces, and architectures of new media. ... The topics discussed include digital aesthetics, sound art, navigating deep audio space, European media philosophy, the internet in Eastern Europe, the mixing of old and new in India, critical media studies in the Asia-Pacific, Japanese techno tribes, hybrid identities, the storage of social movements, theory of the virtual class, virtual and urban spaces, corporate takeover of the internet, and cyberspace and the rise of nongovernmental organizations."

Book The History of Motion Graphics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Betancourt
  • Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
  • Release : 2020-04-20
  • ISBN : 1479450235
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book The History of Motion Graphics written by Michael Betancourt and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expand your knowledge of the aesthetics, forms and meaning of motion graphics as well as the long-running connections between the American avant-garde film, video art and TV commercials. In 1960 avant-garde animator and inventor John Whitney started a company called "Motion Graphics, Inc." to make animated titles and logos. His new company crystalized a relationship between avant-garde film and commercial broadcast design/film titles. Careful discussion of historical works puts them in context, allowing their reappearance in contemporary motion graphics clear. This book includes a thorough examination of the history of title design from the earliest films through the present, including Walter Anthony, Saul Bass, Maurice Binder, Pablo Ferro, Wayne Fitzgerald, Nina Saxon, and Kyle Cooper. This book also covers early abstract film (the Futurists Bruno Corra and Arnaldo Ginna, Leopold Survage, Walther Ruttmann, Viking Eggeling, Hans Richter, Oskar Fischinger, Mary Ellen Bute, Len Lye and Norman McLaren) and puts the work of visual music pioneers Mary Hallock-Greenewalt and Thomas Wilfred in context. The History of Motion Graphics is the essential textbook and general reference for understanding how and where the field of motion graphic design came from and where it's going.

Book Business Administration

Download or read book Business Administration written by Peter Thuis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business Administration offers an integrated, practical approach to all key aspects of business administration and to how business processes are managed. The authors highlight the function and relevance of business management in day-to-day business operations. Business Administration offers a single frame of reference for all chapters: Management success stories Management blunders Socially responsible business practice Key performance indicators Historical trends in business administration This book is an indispensable tool in all degree programmes in which business administration is a key component, including Business, Economics and Law, as well as other economics and business programmes. A companion website featuring extra materials for lecturers and students is available at: http://www.mathematicsforfinanceandeconomics.noordhoff.nl

Book Music  Art and Performance from Liszt to Riot Grrrl

Download or read book Music Art and Performance from Liszt to Riot Grrrl written by Diane V. Silverthorne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening with an account of print portraiture facilitating Franz Liszt's celebrity status and concluding with Riot Grrrl's noisy politics of feminism and performance, this interdisciplinary anthology charts the relationship between music and the visual arts from late Romanticism and the birth of modernism to 'postmodernism', while crossing from Western art to the Middle East. Focused on music as a central experience of art and life, these essays scrutinize 'the musicalisation of art' focusing on the visual and performing arts and detailing significant instances of intra-art relations between c. 1840 and the present day. Essays reflect on the aesthetic relationships of music to painting, performance and installation, sound-and- silence, time-and-space. The insistent influence of Wagner is considered as well as the work and ideas of Manet, Satie and Cage, Thomas Wilfred, La Monte Young and Eliasson. What distinguishes these studies are the convictions that music is never alone and that a full understanding of the “isms” of the last two hundred years is best achieved when music's influential presence in the visual arts is acknowledged and interrogated.