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Women, Rhetoric, and Drama in Early Modern Italy (Hardcover): Alexandra Coller Women, Rhetoric, and Drama in Early Modern Italy (Hardcover)
Alexandra Coller
R3,926 Discovery Miles 39 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sixteenth-century Italy witnessed the rebirth of comedy, tragedy, and tragicomedy in the pastoral mode. Traditionally, we think of comedy and tragedy as remakes of ancient models, and tragicomedy alone as the invention of the moderns. Women, Rhetoric, and Drama in Early Modern Italy suggests that all three genres were, in fact, remarkably new, if dramatists' intriguingly sympathetic portrayals of and sustained investment in women as vibrant and dynamic characters of the early modern stage are taken into account. This study examines the role of rhetoric and gender in early modern Italian drama, in itself and in order to explore its complex interrelationship with the rise of women writers and the role women played in Italian culture and society, while at the same time demonstrating just how closely intertwined history, culture, and dramatic writing are. Author Alexandra Coller focuses on the scripted/erudite plays of the sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth centuries, which, she argues, are indispensable for a balanced view of the history of drama and its place within contemporary literary and women's studies. As this book reveals, the ascendancy of comedy, tragedy, and tragicomedy in the vernacular seems to have been not only inextricably linked to but also dependent on the rise of women as prominent stage characters and, eventually, as authors in their own right.

From the Minds of Jazz Musicians - Conversations with the Creative and Inspired (Hardcover): David Schroeder From the Minds of Jazz Musicians - Conversations with the Creative and Inspired (Hardcover)
David Schroeder
R4,054 Discovery Miles 40 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the Minds of Jazz Musicians: Conversations with the Creative and Inspired celebrates contemporary jazz artists who have toiled, struggled and succeeded in finding their creative space. The volume was developed through transcribing and editing selected interviews with 35 jazz artists, conducted by the author between 2009 and 2012 in New York City, with a historical essay on each artist to provide context. The interviews feature musicians from a broad range of musical styles and experiences, ranging from Gerald Wilson, born in 1918, to Chris Potter, born in 1971. Topics range from biographical life histories to artists' descriptions of mentor relationships, revealing the important life lessons they learned along the way. With the goal to discover the person behind the persona, the author elicits conversations that speak volumes on the creative process, mining the individualistic perspectives of seminal artists who witnessed history in the making. The interviews present the artists' candid and direct opinions on music and how they have succeeded in pursuing their unique and creative lives.

Live Digital Theatre - Interdisciplinary Performative Pedagogies (Paperback): Aleksandar Sasha Dundjerović Live Digital Theatre - Interdisciplinary Performative Pedagogies (Paperback)
Aleksandar Sasha Dundjerović
R1,101 Discovery Miles 11 010 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The book combines a series of case studies and pedagogical practices on live digital performance and intermedial theatre. This book is aimed primarily at UG and PG students involved in performing arts and digital technologies. The contents are relevant for countries worldwide, especially on the countries involved in the case studies provided in the book (Canada, India, Brazil, UK and USA). While competitors set up the context for digital performance, this study comprehensively explore pedagogies and practice of live digital theatre, particularly the 2020-22 ‘new real’ impact on performance.

How to be Intimate with 15,000,000 Strangers - Musings on Media Psychoanalysis (Paperback): Brett Kahr How to be Intimate with 15,000,000 Strangers - Musings on Media Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
Brett Kahr
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

How to be Intimate with 15,000,000 Strangers is an investigation into how the fields of mental health and media can work together more collaboratively. Drawing upon his extensive experience in media psychoanalysis, Brett Kahr explores how a rich collaboration with radio, television, film, and other forms of public outreach can be accomplished while also embracing the weight and gravitas of depth psychology. In addition to describing his work as Resident Psychotherapist at the B.B.C., Kahr also examines the ways in which references to the media enter the consulting room and provide clinicians with important insights about hidden aspects of the minds of their patients. Moreover, he investigates the historical hesitancy of psychoanalysts - experts in confidentiality - to engage with such a public arena as the media, thus providing important insights about how one can collaborate broadly and loudly while also maintaining one's ethical commitment to silence and privacy. This book will be of interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and anyone intrigued by the intersection between media and psychoanalysis.

Marie Laurencin - Une femme inadaptee in Feminist Histories of Art (Paperback): Elizabeth Louise Kahn Marie Laurencin - Une femme inadaptee in Feminist Histories of Art (Paperback)
Elizabeth Louise Kahn
R1,270 Discovery Miles 12 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Marie Laurencin, in spite of the noticeable reputation she made in Paris in the first half of the twentieth century, has attracted only sporadic attention by late-twentieth century art historians. Until now the substance of her art and the feminist issues that were entangled in her life have been narrowly examined or reduced by an author's chosen theoretical format; and the terms of her lesbian identity have been overlooked. In this case study of une femme inadaptee and an unfit feminist, Elizabeth Kahn re-situates Laurencin in the on-going feminist debates that enrich the disciplines of art history, women's studies and literary criticism. Kahn's thorough reading of the artist's visual and literary production ensures a comprehensive overview which addresses notable works and passages but also integrates those that are less well known. Incorporating feminist theory and building on the work of contemporary feminist art historians, she avoids the heroics of conventional biography, instead allowing her subject to participate in the historical collective of women's work. Provocative and engagingly written, this fresh new study of Marie Laurencin's life and works also explores the multiple valences by which to connect the histories of, and find new connections between, women artists across the twentieth century.

JavaScript for Sound Artists - Learn to Code with the Web Audio API (Hardcover): William Turner, Steve Leonard JavaScript for Sound Artists - Learn to Code with the Web Audio API (Hardcover)
William Turner, Steve Leonard
R3,480 Discovery Miles 34 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Learn how to program JavaScript while creating interactive audio applications with JavaScript for Sound Artists: Learn to Code With the Web Audio API! William Turner and Steve Leonard showcase the basics of JavaScript language programing so that readers can learn how to build browser based audio applications, such as music synthesizers and drum machines. The companion website offers further opportunity for growth. Web Audio API instruction includes oscillators, audio file loading and playback, basic audio manipulation, panning and time. This book encompasses all of the basic features of JavaScript with aspects of the Web Audio API to heighten the capability of any browser. Key Features Uses the readers existing knowledge of audio technology to facilitate learning how to program using JavaScript. The teaching will be done through a series of annotated examples and explanations. Downloadable code examples and links to additional reference material included on the books companion website. This book makes learning programming more approachable to nonprofessional programmers The context of teaching JavaScript for the creative audio community in this manner does not exist anywhere else in the market and uses example-based teaching

US Youth Films and Popular Music - Identity, Genre, and Musical Agency (Hardcover): Tim McNelis US Youth Films and Popular Music - Identity, Genre, and Musical Agency (Hardcover)
Tim McNelis
R3,911 Discovery Miles 39 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings theory from popular music studies to an examination of identity and agency in youth films while building on, and complementing, film studies literature concerned with genre, identity, and representation. McNelis includes case studies of Hollywood and independent US youth films that have had commercial and/or critical success to illustrate how films draw on specific discourses surrounding popular music genres to convey ideas about gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and other aspects of identity. He develops the concept of 'musical agency', a term he uses to discuss the relationship between film music and character agency, also examining the music characters listen to and discuss, as well as musical performances by the characters themselves

Michelangelo's Poetry and Iconography in the Heart of the Reformation (Hardcover): Ambra Moroncini Michelangelo's Poetry and Iconography in the Heart of the Reformation (Hardcover)
Ambra Moroncini
R3,912 Discovery Miles 39 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Contextualizing Michelangelo's poetry and spirituality within the framework of the religious Zeitgeist of his era, this study investigates his poetic production to shed new light on the artist's religious beliefs and unique language of art. Author Ambra Moroncini looks first and foremost at Michelangelo the poet and proposes a thought-provoking reading of Michelangelo's most controversial artistic production between 1536 and c.1550: The Last Judgment, his devotional drawings made for Vittoria Colonna, and his last frescoes for the Pauline Chapel. Using theological and literary analyses which draw upon reformist and Protestant scriptural writings, as well as on Michelangelo's own rime spirituali and Vittoria Colonna's spiritual lyrics, Moroncini proposes a compelling argument for the impact that the Reformation had on one of the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance. It brings to light how, in the second quarter of the sixteenth century in Italy, Michelangelo's poetry and aesthetic conception were strongly inspired by the revived theologia crucis of evangelical spirituality, rather than by the theologia gloriae of Catholic teaching.

Humans and Autonomous Vehicles (Paperback): Joseph Giacomin Humans and Autonomous Vehicles (Paperback)
Joseph Giacomin
R1,067 Discovery Miles 10 670 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book provides an introduction to the Human Centred Design of autonomous vehicles for professionals and students. While rapid progress is being made in the field of autonomous road vehicles the majority of actions and the research address the technical challenges, with little attention to the physical, perceptual, cognitive and emotional needs of humans. This book fills a gap in the knowledge by providing an easily understandable introduction to the needs and desires of people in relation to autonomous vehicles. The book is "human centred design" led, adding an important human perspective to the primarily technology-driven debates about autonomous vehicles. It combines knowledge from fields ranging from linguistics to electrical engineering to provide a holistic, multidisciplinary overview of the issues affecting the interactions between autonomous vehicles and people. It emphasises the constraints and requirements that a human centred perspective necessitates, giving balanced information about the potential conflicts between technical and human factors. The book provides a helpful introduction to the field of design ethics, to enhance the reader's awareness and understanding of the multiple ethical issues involved in autonomous vehicle design. Written as an accessible guide for design practitioners and students, this will be a key read for those interested in the psychological, sociological and ethical factors involved in automotive design, human centred design, industrial design and technology.

Oceans (Paperback): Pandora Syperek, Sarah Wade Oceans (Paperback)
Pandora Syperek, Sarah Wade
R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, dividing and connecting humans, who carry saltwater in their blood, sweat and tears. At the same time, oceans represent a powerful nonhuman force, rising, flooding, heating, and raging in unprecedented ways as the climate crisis unfolds. The sea has long enthralled artists, who have envisioned it as a sublime wilderness, a home to countless mythical creatures as well as bizarre real species, a source of life and death, a site of new beginnings and tragic endings, a force both wondrous and disastrous. From migration to the melting of the polar ice caps, the sea is omnipresent in international news and politics, leaking into popular culture in the wake of the 'Blue Planet effect' and proliferating in contemporary art and visual culture. This collection gathers together some of today's most exciting contemporary artists and writers to address the ocean not only as a theme but as a major agent of artistic and curatorial methods. Artists surveyed include Bas Jan Ader, Eileen Agar, John Akomfrah, Eva Barois De Caevel, Betty Beaumont, Heidi Bucher, Marcus Coates, Tacita Dean, Mark Dion, Ellen Gallagher, Ayesha Hameed, Barbara Hepworth, Klara Hobza, Isuma, Brian Jungen, Ana Mendieta, Kasia Molga, Eleanor Morgan, Wangechi Mutu, Jean Painleve and Genevieve Hamon, Zineb Sedira, Shimabuku, Christine & Margaret Wertheim, Alberta Whittle. Writers include Stacy Alaimo, Michelle Antoinette, Bergit Arends, Erika Balsom, Karen Barad, Rachel Carson, Marion Endt-Jones, Kodwo Eshun, Vilem Flusser, Paul Gilroy, Epeli Hau'ofa, Eva Hayward, Stefanie Hessler, Luce Irigaray, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, Celina Jeffrey, Koyo Kouoh, Lana Lopesi, Jules Michelet, Astrida Neimanis, Celeste Olalquiaga, Ralph Rugoff, John Ruskin, Marina Warner.

The Invisible Actor (Paperback): Yoshi Oida, Lorna Marshall The Invisible Actor (Paperback)
Yoshi Oida, Lorna Marshall
R1,128 Discovery Miles 11 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Yoshi Oida is completely unique. A Japanese actor and director who has worked mainly in the West as a member of Peter Brook's theatre company in Paris, he blends the Oriental tradition of supreme and studied control with the Western performer's need to characterize and expose depths of emotion.
In this practical and captivating study of the actor's art, Yoshi Oida provides performers with all the simple tools which help place the technique of acting behind a cloak of invisibility. Throughout, Lorna Marshall provides a running commentary on Oida's work and methods which helps the reader understand the achievement of this singular artist. A brilliant book, "The Invisible Actor" is filled with abundant insights to help actors perfect their craft.

W.J.T. Mitchell's Image Theory - Living Pictures (Hardcover): Kresimir Purgar W.J.T. Mitchell's Image Theory - Living Pictures (Hardcover)
Kresimir Purgar
R4,208 Discovery Miles 42 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

W.J.T. Mitchell - one of the founders of visual studies - has been at the forefront of many disciplines such as iconology, art history and media studies. His concept of the pictorial turn is known worldwide for having set new philosophical paradigms in dealing with our vernacular visual world. This book will help both students and seasoned scholars to understand key terms in visual studies - pictorial turn, metapictures, literary iconology, image/text, biopictures or living pictures, among many others - while systematically presenting the work of Mitchell as one of the discipline's founders and most prominent figures. As a special feature, the book includes three comprehensive, authoritative and theoretically relevant interviews with Mitchell that focus on different stages of development of visual studies and critical iconology.

Queen Hedwig Eleonora and the Arts - Court Culture in Seventeenth-Century Northern Europe (Hardcover): Lisa Skogh Queen Hedwig Eleonora and the Arts - Court Culture in Seventeenth-Century Northern Europe (Hardcover)
Lisa Skogh
R4,214 Discovery Miles 42 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As queen consort and dowager, Hedwig Eleonora (1636-1715) held a unique position in Sweden for more than half a century. As the dominant collector and patron of art and architecture in the realm, she left a strong mark on Swedish court culture. Her dynastic network among the Northern European courts was extensive, and this helped to make Sweden a major cultural center in Northern Europe in the later seventeenth century. This book represents the first major scholarly publication on the full range of Hedwig Eleonora's endeavours, from the financing of her court to her place within a larger princely network, to her engagements with various cultural pursuits, to her public image. As the contributors show, despite her high profile, political position, and conspicuous patronage, Hedwig Eleonora experienced little of the animosity directed at many other foreign queens and regents, such as the Medici in France and Henrietta Maria in England. In this way, she provides a model for a different and more successful way of negotiating the difficulties of joining a foreign court; the analysis of her circumstances thus adds a substantial dimension to the study of early modern queenship. Presenting much new scholarship, this volume highlights one extremely significant early modern woman and her imprint on Northern European history, and fosters international awareness of the importance of early modern Scandinavia for European cultural history.

"Don't Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties - The Complete... "Don't Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties - The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties (Paperback)
Tony Lidington
R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* The book demonstrates how a vernacular British performance form emerged as a hybrid of forms from Afro-American and minstrel, as well as French mime and Italian commedia dell'arte roots. * Theatre history is an essential part of theatre and drama courses across the UK and would be recommended reading. * There is no comparable book which makes critical analysis of British pierrot troupes and concert parties in existence - the only ones that do exist on the specific topic are written as reminiscence and anecdote.

Responsible Journalism in Conflicted Societies - Trust and Public Service Across New and Old Divides (Paperback): Jake Lynch,... Responsible Journalism in Conflicted Societies - Trust and Public Service Across New and Old Divides (Paperback)
Jake Lynch, Charis Rice
R1,128 Discovery Miles 11 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A comprehensive edited collection on the topic of responsible journalism in divided societies, drawing on a global range of contributions Contributors engage with longstanding questions and new challenges surrounding concepts of responsibility, trust, public service, and public interest in journalism Divided into three parts, the book explores the themes of local news, peace journalism, and audience relationships and how they relate to the practice of responsible journalism The book applies an inclusive concept of 'conflicted societies', going beyond those affected by violent conflict to include traditionally 'stable' but increasingly polarised democracies, such as the UK and the USA The studies also include societies often overlooked in media and journalism studies, such as Northern Ireland, Turkey, Cyprus, Pakistan, The Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic Chapters also feature contemporary case studies, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, as a route into understanding the pertinent issue of fake news, and the 'local turn' in journalism The book will be a valuable resource for those studying conflict reporting and international journalism and will also appeal to any scholars working at the intersection of media, journalism, communication, peace, conflict, and security studies

New Perspectives on Medical Clowning (Hardcover): Amnon Raviv New Perspectives on Medical Clowning (Hardcover)
Amnon Raviv
R1,484 Discovery Miles 14 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Taking the recent coronavirus pandemic as a starting point, this book presents and analyzes new research around medical clowning in hospitals, from social media use to the impact on the hospitalized child in later life. This innovative book begins with an overview of the work of medical clowns. It discusses the idea of humor as a mechanism related to the revolution in language and human consciousness, and makes a connection between humor and anxiety, exploring how this can be mobilized to support hospitalized patients. There is extensive examination of medical clowning to strengthen coping skills and promote wellbeing in the time of Covid-19, where loneliness and isolation loomed large and anxieties were high. Subsequent chapters explore the role of medical clowning in wartime and at time of natural disasters, the experiences of children some time after their experience of hospitalization and clowning, and the role of social media and medical clowns in community building. This book is a fascinating contribution to the literature on medical clowning. It is of interest to researchers, practitioners and lecturers in medical clowning, play in healthcare, nursing, medicine, and performance studies.

The Ocean as a Creative Experience - Architecture, Art, and Music (Hardcover): Juergen Claus The Ocean as a Creative Experience - Architecture, Art, and Music (Hardcover)
Juergen Claus
R2,314 Discovery Miles 23 140 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book from Jürgen Claus is a milestone among the books dedicated to the planet sea A knowledgeable overview of marine architectures from both the Pacific and Atlantic regions Discusses the seascape as a fluid studio for visual artists

Quick JavaScript (Hardcover): David Matuszek Quick JavaScript (Hardcover)
David Matuszek
R2,395 Discovery Miles 23 950 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A very concise guide to a popular programming language, so there is a healthy demand for content which teaches who to utilize JavaScript. The book's broad coverage (paired with being compact) makes it more appealing than competitor's books currently on the market. Compared to online material, it has the benefit of material being presented in one coherent sequence. Author utilizes many years of teaching experience to communicate an effective way for teaching JavaScript quickly.

An Introduction to Japanese Folk Performing Arts (Paperback): Terence A. Lancashire An Introduction to Japanese Folk Performing Arts (Paperback)
Terence A. Lancashire
R1,650 Discovery Miles 16 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Japanese folk performing arts incorporate a body of entertainments that range from the ritual to the secular. They may be the ritual dances at Shinto shrines performed to summon and entertain deities; group dances to drive away disease-bearing spirits; or theatrical mime to portray the tenets of Buddhist teachings. These ritual entertainments can have histories of a thousand years or more and, with such histories, some have served as the inspiration for the urban entertainments of no, kabuki and bunraku puppetry. The flow of that inspiration, however, has not always been one way. Elements taken from these urban forms could also be used to enhance the appeal of ritual dance and drama. And, in time, these urban entertainments too came to be performed in rural or regional settings and today are similarly considered folk performing arts. Professor Terence Lancashire provides a valuable introductory guide to the major performance types as understood by Japanese scholars.

How to Live at the End of the World - Theory, Art, and Politics for the Anthropocene (Paperback): Travis Holloway How to Live at the End of the World - Theory, Art, and Politics for the Anthropocene (Paperback)
Travis Holloway
R364 R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Save R21 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Assessing the dawn of the Anthropocene era, a poet and philosopher asks: How do we live at the end of the world? The end of the Holocene era is marked not just by melting glaciers or epic droughts, but by the near universal disappearance of shared social enterprise: the ruling class builds walls and lunar shuttles, while the rest of us contend with the atrophy of institutional integrity and the utter abdication of providing even minimal shelter from looming disaster. The irony of the Anthropocene era is that, in a neoliberal culture of the self, it is forcing us to consider ourselves as a collective again. For those of us who are not wealthy enough to start a colony on Mars or isolate ourselves from the world, the Anthropocene ends the fantasy of sheer individualism and worldlessness once and for all. It introduces a profound sense of time and events after the so-called "end of history" and an entirely new approach to solidarity. How to Live at the End of the World is a hopeful exploration of how we might inherit the name "Anthropocene," renarrate it, and revise our way of life or thought in view of it. In his book on time, art, and politics in an era of escalating climate change, Holloway takes up difficult, unanswered questions in recent work by Donna Haraway, Kathryn Yusoff, Bruno Latour, Dipesh Chakrabarty, and Isabelle Stengers, sketching a path toward a radical form of democracy—a zoocracy, or, a rule of all of the living.

The Heart of Light - A Holistic Primer for a Life and Career in Lighting Design and Production (Paperback): Deanna Fitzgerald The Heart of Light - A Holistic Primer for a Life and Career in Lighting Design and Production (Paperback)
Deanna Fitzgerald
R1,008 Discovery Miles 10 080 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book provides a conceptual understanding of objectives and trends of lighting design and technology so that the reader will be able to wisely keep up with the rapid and never-ending expansion of the field. Uniquely explores how quietive practices can deepen the creative design process Written for students of Theatrical Lighting courses and emerging lighting professionals, The Heart of Light is a must-read for anyone intrigued by the power of light.

Art as Music, Music as Poetry, Poetry as Art, from Whistler to Stravinsky and Beyond (Paperback): Peter Dayan Art as Music, Music as Poetry, Poetry as Art, from Whistler to Stravinsky and Beyond (Paperback)
Peter Dayan
R1,621 Discovery Miles 16 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1877, Ruskin accused Whistler of 'flinging a pot of paint in the public's face'. Was he right? After all, Whistler always denied that the true function of art was to represent anything. If a painting does not represent, what is it, other than mere paint, flung in the public's face? Whistler's answer was simple: painting is music - or it is poetry. Georges Braque, half a century later, echoed Whistler's answer. So did Braque's friends Apollinaire and Ponge. They presented their poetry as music too - and as painting. But meanwhile, composers such as Satie and Stravinsky were presenting their own art - music - as if it transposed the values of painting or of poetry. The fundamental principle of this intermedial aesthetic, which bound together an extraordinary fraternity of artists in all media in Paris, from 1885 to 1945, was this: we must always think about the value of a work of art, not within the logic of its own medium, but as if it transposed the value of art in another medium. Peter Dayan traces the history of this principle: how it created our very notion of 'great art', why it declined as a vision from the 1960s and how, in the 21st century, it is fighting back.

The Meanings of Nudity in Medieval Art (Paperback): Sherry C.M. Lindquist The Meanings of Nudity in Medieval Art (Paperback)
Sherry C.M. Lindquist
R1,554 Discovery Miles 15 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is still routinely repeated that representations of the unclothed body in the Middle Ages connoted a site of corruption and sin, in contrast to a new, distinctive, humanistic and even secularizing Renaissance appreciation. But as the contributors to this collection remind us, medieval imagery that incorporated nudity was varied, complex and nuanced. It was a time-honored category of representation that viewers had been accustomed to seeing in the most sacred contexts, but also an opportunity for dissent and transgression, and thus a source of conservative consternation. This volume discloses how nudity in medieval art staged a discourse about sex and gender that informs the iconography of the nude body in Western art up to the present day; in doing so, it offers new insight into the problematic role of the nude in the larger art historical narrative. Addressing a strangely neglected key issue in the history of art, this volume engages the issue of medieval representations of the unclothed human body on theoretical grounds and in a more global way than has been done previously. The Meanings of Nudity in Medieval Art breaks ground by offering a variety of approaches to explore the meanings of both male and female nudity in European painting, manuscripts and sculpture ranging from the late antique era to the fifteenth century.

Devotional Music in the Iberian World, 1450-1800 - The Villancico and Related Genres (Paperback): Tess Knighton Devotional Music in the Iberian World, 1450-1800 - The Villancico and Related Genres (Paperback)
Tess Knighton
R1,651 Discovery Miles 16 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century, devotional music played a fundamental role in the Iberian world. Songs in the vernacular, usually referred to by the generic name of 'villancico', but including forms as varied as madrigals, ensaladas, tonos, cantatas or even oratorios, were regularly performed at many religious feasts in major churches, royal and private chapels, convents and in monasteries. These compositions appear to have progressively fulfilled or supplemented the role occupied by the Latin motet in other countries and, as they were often composed anew for each celebration, the surviving sources vastly outnumber those of Latin compositions; they can be counted in tens of thousands. The close relationship with secular genres, both musical, literary and performative, turned these compositions into a major vehicle for dissemination of vernacular styles throughout the Iberian world. This model of musical production was also cultivated in Portugal and rapidly exported to the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in America and Asia. In many cases, the villancico repertory represents the oldest surviving source of music produced in these regions, thus affording it a primary role in the construction of national identities. The sixteen essays in this volume explore the development of devotional music in the Iberian world in this period, providing the first broad-based survey of this important genre.

Sustaining Cultural Development - Unified Systems and New Governance in Cultural Life (Paperback): Biljana Mickov, James Doyle Sustaining Cultural Development - Unified Systems and New Governance in Cultural Life (Paperback)
Biljana Mickov, James Doyle
R1,537 Discovery Miles 15 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Sustaining Cultural Development, Biljana Mickov and James Doyle argue that effective programmes to promote greater participation in cultural life require substantial investment in research and strategic planning. Using studies from contributors throughout Europe, they look at ways to promote cultural life as the centre of the broader sustainable development of society. These studies illustrate how combining cultural identity, cultural diversity and creativity with increased participation of citizens in cultural life improves harmonized cultural development and promotes democracy. They indicate a shift from traditional governance of the cultural sector to a new, more horizontal, approach that links cultural workers at different levels in different sectors and different locations. This book will stimulate debate amongst cultural leaders, city managers and other policy makers, as well as serving as a resource for researchers and those teaching and learning on a range of post-graduate courses and programmes.

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