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This book is a study of the history, role and significance of
copying art. Copies have enjoyed a different status from authentic
artworks and though often acknowledged, very rarely have they been
considered collectively as a genre in their own right. This volume
showcases a variety of examples-from copies of famous artworks made
and used as props in movies to those made innocently by student
artists as part of their training. Examining the motivations for
making copies, and reflecting on the reception of copies, is
central to this book. Copies have historically filled voids in
collections, where some sadly languish, and have become a
curatorial burden. In other cases, having a copy assists in
conservation projects and fills the place of a lost work.
Ultimately by interrogating a copy's role and intent we might ask
ourselves if viewing a copy changes our experience and perception
of an artwork.
This book is available in audiobook format, narrated by Kerry Fox:
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Females-in-the-Frame-Audiobook/B08PC6YSW1?asin=B08PC6YSW1&source_code=ASUOR22212112000M8
This book explores the untold history of women, art, and crime. It
has long been widely accepted that women have not played an active
role in the art crime world, or if they have, it has been the part
of the victim or peacemaker. Women, Art, and Crime overturns this
understanding, as it investigates the female criminals who have
destroyed, vandalised, stolen, and forged art, as well as those who
have conned clients and committed white-collar crimes in their
professional occupations in museums, libraries, and galleries.
Whether prompted by a desire for revenge, for money, the instinct
to protect a loved one, or simply as an act of quality control,
this book delves into the various motivations and circumstances of
women art criminals from a wide range of countries, including the
UK, the USA, New Zealand, Romania, Germany, and France. Through a
consideration of how we have come to perceive art crime and the
gendered language associated with its documentation, this
pioneering study questions why women have been left out of the
discourse to date and how, by looking specifically at women, we can
gain a more complete picture of art crime history.
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Papergirl (Paperback)
Melinda McCracken; As told to Penelope Jackson
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R274
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Ten-year-old Cassie lives with her working-class family in 1919
Winnipeg. The Great War and Spanish Influenza have taken their
toll, and workers in the city are frustrated with low wages and
long hours. When they orchestrate a general strike, Cassie --
bright, determined and very bored at school -- desperately wants to
help. She begins volunteering for the strike committee as a
papergirl, distributing the strike bulletin at Portage and Main,
and from her corner, she sees the strike take shape. Threatened and
taunted by upper-class kids, and getting hungrier by the day,
Cassie soon realizes that the strike isn't just a lark -- it's a
risky and brave movement. With her impoverished best friend, Mary,
volunteering in the nearby Labour Cafe, and Cassie's police officer
brother in the strike committee's inner circle, Cassie becomes
increasingly furious about the conditions that led workers to
strike. When an enormous but peaceful demonstration turns into a
violent assault on Bloody Saturday, Cassie is changed forever.
Lively and engaging, this novel is a celebration of solidarity,
justice and one brave papergirl. Financial assistance provided by
the Manitoba Arts Council.
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