Baroque and Rococo: Art and Culture (Trade Version)

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mediocre.......2005-08-19

I was an art history student when I took a class in 18th century art. This text is unfortunately the only survey of Rococo and French academy art from the era, so there are very few alternatives than just the Rococo chapter in a general survey book like Janson's History of Art. The material is organized thematically, not chronologically, which could be engaging if the text was not so confusing or superficial. Most of the book focuses on the art of the 17th century, and absolutely nothing after 1760. The section on Rococo interiors is fairly comprehensive, however, and to his credit, Minor does include writings from Winkelmann and Diderot, grave omissions from previous survey texts.

goody goodness.......2004-02-16

this book is good. i liked it. it was not bad. it was good. not poop. good book. tasty.

my teeth itch.

Not Worth the Effort.......2002-11-28

Being an art history major and having read numerous books on 17th and 18th art, I found Minor's work to be one of the least helpful or accessible. He arranges his text by subjects instead of chronologically or by artist or by country. Though an interesting approach, it makes it difficult to follow the development of the arts through the centuries. Anyone really interested in Baroque art and culture should look instead to Julius Held and Donald Posner's classic text.

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A Treasure...
all about 20th century's taste for decorative flamboyancy

Baroque Baroque: The Culture of Excess
Stephen Calloway
Manufacturer: Phaidon Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Divinely Decadent

ASIN: 0714829854

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A Treasure..........2005-09-04

After over ten years in my collection, this book continues to inspire and enthrall me. I was originally lured in by the books' physical beauty (gold and hot pink...who could refuse?), but the text, too, keeps me coming back. It is highly imaginative by way of subject, but also by way concept and design.

With this book Mr. Calloway introduced me to a whole world of seemingly "obscure" artists, designers, photographers and filmmakers that I may not have discoverd and enjoyed quite so soon in my life (for this I say THANKS!). I was an art history student in college at the time, and I certainly wasn't learning about this sort of "Baroque", while studying Bernini.

My favorite "discoveries" from this book include:
Jean Cocteau (J'adore!), Elsa Schiaparelli, Cecil Beaton, Angus McBean, Derek Jarman, Pierre et Gilles, Edith Sitwell and Clough Williams-Ellis' Portmeirion in Wales. It set me on path in my life searching for the overlooked, the strange and georgeous things that Calloway's British perspective and knowledge helped bring to my attention. If the lives and works of these figures interest you, than this "dandy" of a book is for you. Explore the obscure, enjoy the sublime, dream the dreams of kings...beauty will never die, only inspire us to survive.

all about 20th century's taste for decorative flamboyancy.......2000-04-15

The book is about the decorative arts and tendencies in fashion, portraiture, phtography, and in cinema. As such, it covers the entire ten decades of the 20th century, with a heavy emphasis on the British stuff -- Cecil Beaton's very "gay" sensibilities for the theatre and later, of course, Peter Greenaway's Caravaggioesque obsessions in film. Some very elegant and justifiably famous photographs are reproduced here, including those shot for Dior and Co. Also valuable are some rare photo-stills taken from cinema. But, on the whole, the book relies on the idea that the "Baroque" is a state of mind, therefore anything flamboyant goes. The book does well showcase the fundamental difference between the works done during the high Baroque period and the 20th century obsession for the bizzare. While the former almost always bore the virility of taking delight in excess, the latter appears to be decidedly Narcissistic, regurgitative and effete. The book shows to what extent the European sensibility has become "Chinese" in modern times with its incessant wistful harking back to a fixed style of pre-conceived form of elegance and behavior.

Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment (Media in Transition)

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Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment (Media in Transition)
Angela Ndalianis
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0262640619

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The artists of the seventeenth-century baroque period used spectacle to delight and astonish; contemporary entertainment media, according to Angela Ndalianis, are imbued with a neo-baroque aesthetic that is similarly spectacular. In Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment, she situates today's film, computer games, comic books, and theme-park attractions within an aesthetic-historical context and uses the baroque as a framework to enrich our understanding of contemporary entertainment media.

The neo-baroque aesthetics that Ndalianis analyzes are not, she argues, a case of art history repeating or imitating itself; these forms have emerged as a result of recent technological and economic transformations. The neo-baroque forms combine sight and sound and text in ways that parallel such seventeenth-century baroque forms as magic lanterns, automata, painting, sculpture, and theater but use new technology to express the concerns of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Moving smoothly from century to century, comparing ceiling paintings to the computer game Doom, a Spiderman theme park adventure to the baroque version of multimedia known as the Bel Composto, and a Medici wedding to Terminator 2:3D, the book demonstrates the logic of media histories. Ndalianis focuses on the complex interrelationships among entertainment media and presents a rigorous cross-genre, cross-historical analysis of media aesthetics.

Strategies for Showing: Women, Possession, and Representation in English Visual Culture 1665-1800

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Strategies for Showing: Women, Possession, and Representation in English Visual Culture 1665-1800
Marcia Pointon
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 019817411X

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In this unusual and original study, Marcia Pointon examines the cultural effects and consequences of the participation by women in acts of representation in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She explores their lives and work, and a cultural environment in which images of female
saints and goddesses established indices of femininity in the homes of wealthy men. Did the women portrayed also possess artifacts, and did they use the power of gifts and bequests to determine social relations? Did they themselves participate in the processes of creating images of the seen world?
Pointon sets out to answer some of these questions through a series of novel and vividly recounted case studies of women such as Emma Hamilton (wife and mistress), Mary Moser, the artist, and Dorothy Richardson, the antiquarian.

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Baroque & Rococo: Art & Culture
Vernon Hyde Minor
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIGYDA

Baroque and Rococo : Art and Culture (Trade Version)

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Baroque and Rococo : Art and Culture (Trade Version)
Vernon Hyde Minor
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OI9Z6I

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Plain Designs.......2001-10-03

This book has mostly amazingly simple designs along with few more involved ones.It consists of the four seasons and has around one dozen patterns of flowers and an alphabet for each season. Each page has only one design on it along with its size and number of colors needed which can range from as low as 10 to as high as 250 depending on the complexity of the design. The charts are all placed at the end of the book,are in black and white and are very clear to follow. The designs are not very original,one can find similar designs easily in other cross-stitch books.

Plain designs.......2001-09-29

This book has mostly amazingly simple designs along with few more involved ones. It consists of the four seasons and has around one dozen patterns of flowers and an alphabet for each season. Each page has only one design on it along with the number of colors needed which can range from as low as 10 to as high as 250 depending on the complexity of the design. The charts are all placed at the end of the book , are in black and white and very clear to follow. The designs are not very original one can find similar designs easily in other cross-stitch books.

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Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood industry moved boldly to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk, pay-cable and pay-per-view, and the major studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This volume examines the decade's transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software.

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All 10 volumes now published.......2003-09-24

All 10 volumes of this magnificent Series, founded and edited by Charles Harpole, are now (Oct. 2003) published by Scribner/Thomson/Gale and the University of California Press. The latter does the paperback versions at vastly lower prices. Movie scholars and buffs should own the whole series in hardback and will the books to their children, because this is very likely the only multi-volume series on American movies ever to be done... given publishing business these days. And, no library of any size should be without the whole Series.

Disappointing entry in an excellent series.......2000-10-24

This was one of the volumes in the History of the American Cinema series that I was most looking forward to, and while a good book it fails to measure up to the best in the series. Prince never seems to be able to offer the insight of Cook (in vol. 9) or the mastery of Koszarski (in vol. 3). I had hoped for more about an era that looms as large in the public imagination as that decade does, yet Prince is unable to meet the challenge.

Recommended for movie buffs and film historians........2000-03-04

Stephen Prince's A New Pot Of Gold details the crisis of the 1980s in American film when Hollywood faced challenges from rising costs and stagnant ticket sales. Both are excellent histories of different eras in American filmmaking.

A New Pot of Gold : Hollywood under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989 (History of the American Cinema Ser., Vol. 10)

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A New Pot of Gold : Hollywood under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989 (History of the American Cinema Ser., Vol. 10)
Stephen Prince
Manufacturer: University of California Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBPAD4

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This beginning method/songbook is designed for the D tinwhistle. Includes music theory, fingering diagrams, note studies, and plenty of songs for practice. The stereo recording features tinwhistle, guitar, and keyboard and contains many of the solos featured in the book.

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An excellent book tin whistle beginners.......2002-10-09

Well when I got my first tin whistle I could play it a bit because I'd been playing the flute for a few years but when it came to buying a simple beginners book for it, it proved a challenge. All I wanted was a clear book with large printing that had a fingering chart for all the notes and lots of easy traditional reels and jigs and things. That's exactly what I found in this book, I just picked up my whistle and away I went, playing for hours on end with this fabulous book. The only suggestion I have is that you have a tin whistle in the key of D.
This book is designed for a D whistle, most books are. A C whistle will work as well but you won't get the same rich tone from it as you will from a D. I also suggest Walton tin whistles because they give you an excellent tone and last for ages. My first tin whistles were Waltons and I've never looked back. Well thanks for reading my review. This is an all in all excellent book and I totally reccomend it for beginner whistlers.

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Beautifully rendered, imaginative new geometrical designs. 46 designs.

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Too Cool and Great Price.......2007-07-30

I bought this coloring book for my Grandaughter's 8th birthday. Not only were all the little girls coloring in it but the teenagers and some adults were as well. Everyone loved it.

Awesome book for young artists!.......2006-08-07

I purchased this book for my 7-year-old last year--a girl who loves art and math equally well. It has been 8 months and she STILL pulls out this book every week or so to work on a picture...and the results are really beautiful. It's detailed enough that she feels accomplished with her work and clean enough that it's not overwhelming. I highly recommend it!

Great Book!.......2005-08-08

This is a great coloring book. I am a teacher and I intend to use it in my classroom. I would encourage you to copy or scan the pages so you can use the book over and over again!

we love this book.......2005-01-28

My husband and I enjoy coloring. I am not ashamed to admit it to the world. It helped us get through the process of him quitting smoking. This book offers a range of designs, most of which are fairly simple, but never the less a good way to zone out and releive stress. For the price, this is a fun book to add to your collection.

Interesting resource.......2003-08-05

I have owned a copy of this book for about 12 years now and I have not parted with it yet! The patterns might be complex, but it is a good resource for any artist. Even in my 12th year of ownership I have a new use for it in needlework.
I have gotten my money's worth.

GEOMETRICAL COLORING BOOK: Geometrical designs, 3D shapes, Mandalas and more

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GEOMETRICAL COLORING BOOK: Geometrical designs, 3D shapes, Mandalas and more
Paul, Green
Manufacturer: Lulu.com
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1847539580

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Geometrical designs, 3D shapes, mandalas and more. A coloring book for all ages. This modern coloring book contains a collection of drawings to stimulate your imagination. There are elaborate geometrical designs, imaginative 3D shapes and mandala style circular patterns, all of which have unlimited coloring possibilities which will be uniquely your own and give hours of enjoyment.

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Geometrical Design Coloring Book
Spyros Horemis
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MHJSV8

Infinite design coloring book (Dover pictorial archive series)

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Infinite design coloring book (Dover pictorial archive series)
Muncie Hendler
Manufacturer: Dover
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Models, mazes, and more: Coloring activity book for all ages

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Models, mazes, and more: Coloring activity book for all ages
Roger Burrows
Manufacturer: Price Stern Sloan
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00072UCZY

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While Americans and the British may differ in their opinions of what is or is not funny, many television sit-coms amuse and interest millions of American television viewers. This analysis of some of the most popular, innovative, and representative "Brit-coms" includes those that served as the templates for American shows (Steptoe and Son), and those that are very popular with American viewers (Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances), as well as many that may be new to some American viewers. These are 13 featured programs: For each there is a comprehensive overview of the series, information on its development and effects, and a plot guide and production information for each episode. The introduction covers issues such as the differences between American and British humor and American and British television program formats, as well as the criteria for including programs in the book. Also included is a section on 18 additional popular and recommended British comedies.

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Too Much for Too Little.......2001-06-26

I figured that with the hefty price tag of 75.00 this must be one great book. I love Britcoms, but ended up disappointed. The background information on the shows is fine and sometimes insightful, though these sections rely too heavily on quotes from interviews in various publications. The episode guides are well-written, but in my opinion a waste of time. The amount of space spent on those would have been much better used to give "equal time" to other Britcoms. There are only 13 sitcoms covered in detail (and I disagree with some of his choices, but that's just personal taste) while other more deserving Britcoms are only given a paragraph or two. If you can get it from your local library, fine, it's worth a read, but it's not worth shelling out the kind of money they're asking. Sorry.

Great Brit-Coms: Informative and Entertaining.......2001-01-17

It's very doubtful we'll ever see most of the classic Brit-Coms on DVD, which means we'll never have any commentary about them...heck, most of the actors have passed on anyway! But in Gregory Koseluk's new book, he gives you play by play of each episode. It's just like having DVD commentary! He expounds on such classics as "Steptoe and Son," "Dad's Army," and "Fawlty Towers."

Mr. Koseluk is always giving you a tidbit of Brit-Com lore that you might not have known. For example: Wilfred Bramble, the cantankerous old junk dealer of "Steptoe and Son" fame. This is the Brit-com that "Sanford and Son" was based on. Well, Mr. Bramble was also in the classic Beatles film, "A Hard Day's Night." He played Paul's uncle. The Fab 4 were always calling him a very clean man. This was a joke about "Steptoe" because Albert Steptoe was always so dirty in every episode.

Mr. Koseluk's witty and erudite commentary on each episode is entertaining in itself. So, we may never have DVD musings on these British gems, but "Great Brit-Coms" is the next best thing.

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