Artwords: A Glossary of Contemporary Art Theory

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Defining over 400 terms and phrases that have recently entered discourse on the visual arts, this is the first reference book specializing in explaining and applying theoretical terminology in contemporary art. Since the early 1970s, the vocabulary used to discuss visual art has expanded radically, leaving many teachers, students, artists, and critics without the accurate definitions necessary for fruitful discourse on contemporary culture. This glossary not only serves as a dictionary but as a guide to current theory and criticism of visual art and culture. Terms can be accessed alphabetically or thematically; the significant cross referencing makes this an easy dictionary to use. Many contemporary art terms have been borrowed from other disciplines or are traditionally employed in the visual arts but have been adapted for use in the contemporary art world and have therefore been assigned specific or specialized applications. These loan terms have increased the likelihood for confusion between old and new definitions, so where possible the authors have applied the terms to works of art or some aspect of visual culture. Most art glossaries and dictionaries concentrate primarily on artistic production in the visual arts--movements, styles, and names. As a complement to these types of works, this glossary of theoretical terms is essential for anyone studying contemporary visual arts and visual culture in general.

Artwords: Discourse on the 60s and 70s (Quality Paperbacks Series)

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Artwords: Discourse on the 60s and 70s (Quality Paperbacks Series)
Jeanne Siegel
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Artwords 2: Discourse on the Early 80s (Studies in the Fine Arts Criticism)

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Artwords Discourse on the 60S & 70S
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Artwords Discourse on the 60S & 70S
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Artwords and bookworks
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Artwords and bookworks: An international exhibition of recent artists' books and ephemera : Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 28 February-30 March 1978

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Artwords and bookworks: An international exhibition of recent artists' books and ephemera : Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 28 February-30 March 1978
Judith A Hoffberg
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Artwords: Discourse on the 60s and 70s
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Black & white, day & night: Artword portraits

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Black & white, day & night: Artword portraits
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THE source for erotic artwork of gallery quality. Artcore has set the standards by which all other highbrow hardcore must be judged! In this installment, Artcore showcases some of the hottest material its published so far and combines it with some new finds to create a blistering "best of" that'll peel the paint off the walls! If you've been timidly circling this title, Artcore 5 will be a most excellent place to drop in and see where all the smoke is coming from!

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Better than I expected........2006-07-08

This magazine was far better than I expected. I signed up to be notified of any new editions which I will be sure to buy.

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Help your family truly enjoy those projects!.......2005-04-23

My family has been caught up in the home improvement craze for years, but our children have gotten in on the act too since becoming fans of one of those "home makeover" shows. So when we took our teenager to pick out paint chips for his room last summer, we shouldn't have been surprised when he chose a "moon rock" green hue, embedded with grains of sand and flecks of glitter. OK...we invited his involvement in the project, so we were going to have to live with the results! Had I read the new book by Laura Jensen Walker, I would have approached this project and others around our home with a little more wisdom and a lot more patience. This Old Dump: Renovate Without Decking Your Mate, (Revell, September 2004, paperback, 156 pages) offers fun and humorous suggestions for surviving your home improvement projects without destroying your marriage in the process. Laura blends hilarious home improvement tales with practical tips and solutions. The book is a fun, helpful and enjoyable read and offers some great ideas. Highly recommend!

She does it again........2004-12-21

Funny lady Laura Jensen Walker does it again. She has a way of taking any subject, adding a humorous twist, and helping us see ourselves through her hilarious stories and keen observations. After trying to wallpaper with my husband years ago I vowed to never do any home improvement with him again. Thanks to Laura's book This Old Dump I feel like maybe we can buy a fixer upper and still stay happily married.

Comic relief for fixer-upper types.......2004-11-29

When I picked up "This Old Dump," I still had paint stuck under my fingernails and wallpaper paste in my hair. I found my sense of humor again, as well as many friends in Laura Walker's book--and recommend it for anyone who's hooked on HGTV or who's known by his or her first name at Home Depot.

Step away from the paint brush and no one gets hurt!.......2004-11-18

Stop! Back away from the paint brush and no one will get hurt. That's the recurring theme of Laura Jensen Walker's delightful book about remodeling your home without wrecking your marriage. Using funny but factual real-life stories, Walker reminds the reader that there are as many decorating techniques as there are colors of paint. Unfortunately, many of them don't mix. This Old Dump is not so much a "how-to" as a how-NOT-to. That is, if you value your marriage. Considering a serious home make-over? Stop! Buy the book first. You'll need the comic relief.

Both Helpful and Hilarious.......2004-11-13

This book is as much about maintaining your marriage as it is about maintaining your house. The perfect book for any couple contemplating a home repair project. The life you save may be your own!

This Old Dump: Renovate Without Decking Your Mate

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This Old Dump: Renovate Without Decking Your Mate
Laura Jensen Walker
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This Old Dump: Renovate Without Decking Your Mate
Laura Jensen Walker
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Listening to, buying and sharing music is an immensely important part of everyday life. Yet recent technological developments are increasingly changing how we use and consume music. This book collects together the most recent studies of music consumption, and new developments in music technology. It combines the perspectives of both social scientists and technology designers, uncovering how new music technologies are actually being used, along with discussions of new music technologies still in development. With a specific focus on the social nature of music, the book breaks new ground in bringing together discussions of both the social and technological aspects of music use. Chapters cover topics such as the use of the iPod, music technologies which encourage social interaction in public places, and music sharing on the internet.

Prof. Dorothy Miell, (Open University) and Associate Dean (Curriculum ad Awards) in the Social Sciences Faculty, Milton Keynes, UK says: "A highly original and stimulating collection of contributions addressing aspects of our everyday music experiences in the modern world. The picture it paints of music as highly social and collaborative, yet deeply personal, is a rich and complex one which advances thinking about the many functions music plays in our lives. It is often the case that new ideas and exciting developments emerge at the boundaries between existing disciplines and bodies of knowledge, and in this text the editors have succeeded in bringing together work from music, technical and social science backgrounds to point out possibilities for researchers at these boundaries as they can be applied to a fast moving and exciting area of knowledge".

A valuable collection for anyone concerned with the future of music technology, this book will be of particular interest to those designing new music technologies, those working in the music industry, along with students of music and new technology.

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To accommodate sweeping global economic changes, the risk management field has evolved substantially since the first edition of Value at Risk, making this revised edition a must. Updates include a new chapter on liquidity risk, information on the latest risk instruments and the expanded derivatives market, recent developments in Monte Carlo methods, and more. Value at Risk, Second Edition, will help professional risk managers understand, and operate within, today’s dynamic new risk environment.

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Not for begginers.......2007-03-01

I began using this book as part of my audit job at a major trading/investment firm. I'm currently an FRM candidate, and this is the FRM-recommended book for a bulk of readings on VaR methods and implementation. Despite improvements in measuring risk the newspapers are full of stories where risks have been mismanaged. Jorion?s introductory chapters on risk management failures are good at proving why risk management is important. I think beginners would find the chapters that define the different types of risks (credit, liquidity, operational, legal & market), the role of VaR in regulatory capital measurements, and the first part of the VaR discussion as being useful. The chapters that specifically deal with credit, operational, and liquidity risks are also important though the author does not cover these topics as deeply as he covers VaR. This book is long on words but short on content. You spend so much time reading that you wonder when you are going to learn something. Instead, you keep reading. I don't know about the reviewer who says "Dr. Jorion is clearly THE authority as far as Value-at-Risk goes." Maybe it is the author.

PR for VaR.......2004-09-23

I began using this book as part of my audit job at a major trading/investment firm. I'm currently an FRM candidate, and this is the FRM-recommended book for a bulk of readings on VaR methods and implementation. The first few chapters are a general survey of the risk management world, and informative by themselves. Unfortunately, that's where it stops. As the book starts to dive deeper into VaR, the ideas quickly become disjointed, incoherent and difficult to follow - I have a mathematical background, but it is very frustrating to have to read repeatedly to try and decipher entire sections of the book, especially the whole chapter on backtesting. While VaR as a concept is easy to grasp, the devil is very largely in the details, which this book fails to present in any organized way. So, it is more like an advertisement for the idea of VaR-based risk management, but certainly not a practical guide.

No longer useful.......2003-11-23

The first edition was for a while the only book on the subject. As such, it had to be the best. But, at that time, RiskMetrics VCV approach was the only approach. Jorion analyses this approach in detail, and derives many results (for example, attributing risks, etc.). He then implies by omission that they work for other methods, they don't. He also implies by omission that RiskMetrics is the absolute greatest, it isn't - it's probably now the weakest method. Surveys show that now only 10% of banks worldwide are using this method - and the numbers are falling.

There is nothing about coherence, the problems with VaR, the fundamental problems with using it to allocate risks to portfolios...
There was no reason to bring out a new edition.

Good Book for sophisticated investment analyst.......2003-07-02

Good Book for sophisticated investment analyst

Value at Risk.......2003-02-28

The financial and banking sectors have changed dramatically over the last two decades. The traditional commercial banks are shying away from loans and relying on riskier (??) products such as derivatives to bolster the income. Non-bank financials have been consistently adding products and product lines to their inventory (insurance & loans??). As these firms change themselves, their need for risk measurement and management has also increased which in turn has driven the advances and increased focus on Value at Risk type concepts during this time.

Despite improvements in measuring risk the newspapers are full of stories where risks have been mismanaged. Jorion?s introductory chapters on risk management failures are good at proving why risk management is important. I think beginners would find the chapters that define the different types of risks (credit, liquidity, operational, legal & market), the role of VaR in regulatory capital measurements, and the first part of the VaR discussion as being useful. The chapters that specifically deal with credit, operational, and liquidity risks are also important though the author does not cover these topics as deeply as he covers VaR.

I understand that this book used to be the bible for managing financial risk. I still think it?s an extremely useful book, but agree with some of the other commentators that it could have been more than it is. With an industry that changes as quickly as the financial sector you?d hope for some more detail on current trends and events besides Basel II. (Role of new products such as credit derivatives? Do firms really care about incremental VaR or Marginal VaR, and if they do when? When is it practical to use? How do firms use it? Who are the current leaders in the techniques?). I would also have liked to see more on reputational risk (how do firms decide if a product is appropriate for a client? how would the public perceive a firm?s transactions with a particular client? Enron and WorldCom are current examples).

The difficulty in writing about this subject is that it?s very easy to be too complicated and detailed for beginners but not complicated or detailed enough for professionals. For example, beginners may have difficulties with the material if they don?t understand basic financial concepts, but professionals are probably looking for more specifics on how these concepts are applied for specific products. I?d imagine that there aren?t many readers in that middle ground. This book is definitely geared more towards the professional.

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Value at Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk
Philippe Jorion
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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