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Portrait
(Hardcover)
Jean-Luc Nancy; Translated by Sarah Clift, Simon Sparks; Introduction by Jeffrey S. Librett
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R1,973
Discovery Miles 19 730
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This book examines the practice of portraits as a way in to
grasping the paradoxes of subjectivity. To Nancy, the portrait is
suspended between likeness and strangeness, identity and distance,
representation and presentation, exactitude and forcefulness. It
can identify an individual, but it can also express the dynamics by
means of which its subject advances and withdraws. The book
consists of two extended essays written a decade apart but in close
conversation, in which Nancy considers the range of aspirations
articulated by the portrait. Heavily illustrated, it includes a
newly written preface bringing the two essays together and a
substantial Introduction by Jeffrey Librett, which places Nancy's
work within the range of thinking of aesthetics and the subject,
from religion, to aesthetics, to psychoanalysis. Though undergirded
by a powerful grasp of the philosophical and psychoanalytic
tradition that has rendered our sense of the subject so
problematic, Nancy's book is at heart a delightful, unpretentious
reading of three dozen portraits, from ancient drinking mugs to
recent experimental or parodic pieces in which the artistic
representation of a sitter is made from their blood, germ cultures,
or DNA. The contemporary world of ubiquitous photos, Nancy argues,
in no way makes the portrait a thing of the past. On the contrary,
the forms of appearing that mark the portrait continue to challenge
how we see the bodies and representations that dominate our world.
In 1947 and 1948, Van Johnson was MGM's top male box office draw.
"On screen he was the Pied Piper; Elizabeth Taylor's lover, he was
a war pilot with Spencer Tracy," writes his friend and decorator
Carleton Varney in the introduction for Van Johnson's Hollywood: A
Family Album. Along the way, his wife, Evie Wynn Johnson, an
amateur shutterbug captured behind-the-scenes images of their
friends some of Hollywood's most famous stars, such as Gary Cooper,
Judy Garland, and Humphrey Bogart on the road, on the set, around
the pool, and at their Hollywood home. She put together these
casual and candid images in a family album that has never been
published before. Their daughter, Schuyler adds her memories to
this unique document of Hollywood's Golden Age.
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Lost Buxton
(Hardcover)
Rachelle Chase; Foreword by Leo E Landis
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R719
R638
Discovery Miles 6 380
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Whether you are a visitor or a resident, Pittsburgh celebrates
families. You can take boat rides on the three rivers -- or tour
the city on a trolley or duck. You can take the Duquesne Incline to
see the Golden Triangle from atop Mt. Washington. There's North and
South Park and all kinds of sporting facilities. You can enjoy the
many different area libraries. There are theaters and farms
designed to educate and entertain kids. Pittsburgh is home to the
National Aviary and a great zoo. There are bridges, bridges, and
bridges There's the Heinz History Center and the Carnegie Museum of
Natural Sciences (dinosaur bones). You can play at the Carnegie
Science Center and the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. "Fun Days
in Pittsburgh" is a picture book of Pat McGrath Avery's glorious
photos of Pittsburgh aimed at children and the adults that love
them.
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That's Easy
(Paperback)
Jason Jones; Illustrated by Sheri Joseph
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R303
Discovery Miles 3 030
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