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Author
Publisher
Ryland Peters & Small
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In Life Unstyled, stylist Emily Henson aims to provide a more honest reflection of how we really live, encouraging us to feel at peace with our own less-than-perfect homes and to learn to love what we have rather than yearning for unattainable perfection" --Back cover.
Author
Series
Series in Continental thought volume 44
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Christine Buci-Glucksmann's The Madness of Vision is one of the most influential studies in phenomenological aesthetics of the baroque. Integrating the work of Merleau-Ponty with Lacanian psychoanalysis, Renaissance studies in optics, and twentieth-century mathematics, the author asserts the materiality of the body and world in her aesthetic theory. All vision is embodied vision, with the body and the emotions continually at play on the visual field....
12) Beauty
Publisher
Whitechapel
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Beauty is among the most hotly contested subjects in current discussions on art and culture. After decades of disavowal, beauty's resurgence in recent art has engaged some of the most influential artists and writers. Spanning diverse positions, this anthology assembles the key texts on the cultural politics of the recent phenomenon of beauty, as well as contextualizing these debates - both for and against - in artistic practice and the broader history...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Cuteness has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty and Pokémon, the works of artists Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum and E.T. - all reflect its gathering power. But what does "cute" mean, as a sensibility and style? Why is it so pervasive? Is it all infantile fluff, or is there something more uncanny and even menacing going on - in a lighthearted way? In The Power of Cute, Simon May provides nuanced...
Author
Series
Modern theories of art volume 2
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English