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"Roberto Rossellini (1906--1977)--movie-maker, bon vivant, and passionate intellectual--was the key figure of Italian neo-realism, the godfather of the French New Wave, and a television pioneer; the maker"

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The aesthetic exception critically re-evaluates the relation between art and politics by challenging longstanding assumptions surrounding political effect in art and the problem of arts autonomous status. Drawing on examples from visual art and theatre, it offers a new approach based on a conjunctural understanding of how art becomes political.

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The aesthetic exception critically re-evaluates the relation between art and politics by challenging longstanding assumptions surrounding political 'effect' in art and the problem of art's autonomous status. Drawing on examples from visual art and theatre, it offers a new approach based on a conjunctural understanding of how art becomes political.

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This infamous book has enjoyed a lively underground reputation since its first publication in 1970. Richard Meltzer (a.k.a. R. Meltzer) took his training as a young philosopher and applied it with una

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Aladdin and Imperial, two independent recording labels, emerged on the West Coast following World War II. An entire chapter is devoted to single numerical listings and includes seven Aladdin Series labels and eight Imperial Series labels along with foreign series, Liberty/UA Series, 78 rpm albums, and 45 rpm albums.

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Kelly McEvenue teaches the Alexander Technique, a method of physical relaxation that reduces tension throughout the body. This guide to the technique is specially adapted for actors to promote efficient use of the body. The book includes a series of step-by-step warm-ups and exercises.

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"The Alphabetours" is an imaginative alphabet book created by a retired art teacher whose inspiration began with the worn, whimsical letters hanging in her classroom. Each letter, hand-drawn and colored in vibrant pencil, brings her years of artistic passion to life for readers who love humor and art.

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In 1952, Elia Kazan testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigating alleged communist infiltration of the entertainment industry. The cloud of this cooperation, which assured that the filmmaker would avoid the blacklist, plagued Kazan throughou...

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Following the successful, The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 1995), this new encyclopedia reviews in-depth individual songs written for the American musical film over the past seventy years.

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Explores how housing design came to occupy the center of the modernist project in Germany.

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The old master drew two lines and two arcs on a sheet of paper. Peering up at his young apprentice, he asked, "Can you make a city out of that"

Burke Isadore believed in the power of his word. But, when he said he would carry forth with the design, he didn't realize the forces he would unleash.

Some promises are best not made.

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A sophisticated introduction to and review of Arnold Schoenberg's life, ideas, and music.

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The Art of Caggiano is an exhilarating artistic journey. Probing the inner workings of the human psyche with the acclaimed artist's 'Psyrealistic' oils. Extolling the beauty of the feminine form with his watercolor portraits. Melding the worlds of art and commerce with his graphic designs. And with works that reveal his whimsical and wistful side.

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Dora Carrington's association with Lytton Strachey and his Bloomsbury friends has tended to overshadow her own contribution to modern British painting. This book aims to redress the balance by looking at the immense range of her work: portraits, landscapes, glass paintings and letter illustrations.

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This coffee table style art book is a collaboration of my drawings, photography, poetry, and more. The art is abstract, surreal, intentional, and often involves combining different concepts and abstract ideas. My hope is that my art inspires thoughts, feelings, and actions while ultimately helping others feel free to... feel free.

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The past few years have featured such blockbusters as Super-Size Me, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, March of the Penguins, and An Inconvenient Truth. And as news articles proclaim a new era in the history of documentary films, more and more new directors are making their first film a nonfiction one.

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This book is a manual for the teacher or student to use in learning how to play the guitar. It is a desert island type of book, meaning it is all you need to learn how to play by yourself if you cannot find a teacher. The focus of the book is how to practice and the most effective way to practice the guitar.

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