Eccentric Objects

Author : Jo Applin
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300181982

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Eccentric Objects by Jo Applin Pdf

In America during the 1960s, sculpture as an artistic practice underwent a series of radical transformations. Artists including Lee Bontecou, Claes Oldenburg, Lucas Samaras, H. C. Westermann, and Bruce Nauman offered alternative ways of imagining the three-dimensional object. The objects they created were variously described as erotic, soft, figurative, aggressive, bodily, or, in the words of the critic Lucy Lippard, "eccentric." Looking beyond the familiar and canonic artworks of the 1960s, the book challenges not only how we think about these artists, but how we learn to look at the more familiar narratives of 1960s sculpture, such as Pop and Minimalism. Ambivalent and disruptive, the work of this decade articulated a radical renegotiation—rejection, even—of contemporary paradigms of sculptural practice. This invigorating study explores that shift and the ways in which the kinds of work made in this period defied established categories and questioned the criteria for thinking about sculpture.

Author : Ben le Vay
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781784776190

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Ben le Vay's Eccentric Oxford by Ben le Vay Pdf

This new edition of Ben le Vay's irrepressible and irreverent guide to one of the greatest of English cities has been updated and expanded to include even more entertaining tales. There are more civilian/non-academic eccentrics, there is more local history, and there's a particularly fascinating bit of military history about Oxford that even many locals have never heard of. Dreaming spires, honeyed stone, cycling dons ... forget all that tourist twaddle, says Benedict le Vay. Find out the secrets the colleges don't want you to know, the inside track on the best pubs and eating places, the scandal and gossip about nutty professors and disgraceful students past and present, the brilliant stories about the great, the good and the bad. With 30 maps and a mix of colour and black and white illustrations and photographs, this is the essential guide to take you beyond the normal sights. William Morris called Oxford 'a perfect jewel' of a city; Benedict le Vay goes in search of the quirkier gems among its medieval back alleys. Here roam batty dons, daft students, barmy aristocrats and political firebrands. Who does that gargoyle remind you of? Why is a shark plunging into that man's house? When do students jump naked into the River Cherwell as Latin hymns are sung? What powers the 'Cosmic Triangle' of vibrant East Oxford? How do you control a punt without looking like a plonker? . The pubs where Inspector Morse and Bill Clinton enjoyed a pint . Where to eat a great fry-up in a unique setting . Where to find a weird museum . Calendar of annual eccentric events Press acclaim for le Vay's previous Bradt Eccentric guides: 'Wonderfully barmy', 'The ultimate guide', 'A must', 'Endlessly fascinating', 'One of the best'

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B561739

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Special Publication by Anonim Pdf

Author : Benedict Le Vay
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9781841624273

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Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Cambridge by Benedict Le Vay Pdf

Cambridge is a popular city for international tourists, keen to take a behind-the-scenes look at this old English university city's people and places. Benedict le Vay reveals hidden secrets and amazing stories of the city's architecture, scandalous stories of the most outrageous dons and, most importantly, how to punt on the River Cam without looking like a complete prat.

Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Geodesy
ISBN : PSU:000071905365

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General Instructions for Precise and Secondary Traverse by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Pdf

Author : Sigvald Linné
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817350055

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Archaeological Researches at Teotihuacan, Mexico by Sigvald Linné Pdf

The field data and archaeological analysis of the first controlled excavations of the vast "City of the Gods" in central Mexico In 1932, the Ethnographical Museum of Sweden sent an archaeological expedition to Mexico under the direction of Sigvald Linné to determine the full extent of this ancient Teotihuacan occupation and to collect exhibit-quality artifacts. Of an estimated 2,000-plus residential compounds at Teotihuacan, only 20 apartment-like structures were excavated at the time. Yet Linné’s work revealed residential patterns that have been confirmed later in other locations. Some of the curated objects from the Valley of Mexico and the adjacent state of Puebla are among the most rare and unique artifacts yet found. Another important aspect of this research was that, with the aid of the Museum of Natural History in Washington, Linné’s team conducted ethnographic interviews with remnant native Mexican peoples whose culture had not been entirely destroyed by the Conquest, thereby collecting and preserving valuable information for later research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 1135 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781490110479

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Issues in Ophthalmology and Optometry Research and Practice: 2013 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Issues in Ophthalmology and Optometry Research and Practice: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Orthoptics. The editors have built Issues in Ophthalmology and Optometry Research and Practice: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Orthoptics in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Ophthalmology and Optometry Research and Practice: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Ian P. Howard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199877348

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Perceiving in Depth, Volume 1: Basic Mechanisms by Ian P. Howard Pdf

The three-volume work Perceiving in Depth is a sequel to Binocular Vision and Stereopsis and to Seeing in Depth, both by Ian P. Howard and Brian J. Rogers. This work is much broader in scope than the previous books and includes mechanisms of depth perception by all senses, including aural, electrosensory organs, and the somatosensory system. Volume 1 reviews sensory coding, psychophysical and analytic procedures, and basic visual mechanisms. Volume 2 reviews stereoscopic vision. Volume 3 reviews all mechanisms of depth perception other than stereoscopic vision. The three volumes are extensively illustrated and referenced and provide the most detailed review of all aspects of perceiving the three-dimensional world. Volume 1 starts with a review of the history of visual science from the ancient Greeks to the early 20th century with special attention devoted to the discovery of the principles of perspective and stereoscopic vision. The first chapter also contains an account of early visual display systems, such as panoramas and peepshows, and the development of stereoscopes and stereophotography. A chapter on the psychophysical and analytic procedures used in investigations of depth perception is followed by a chapter on sensory coding and the geometry of visual space. An account of the structure and physiology of the primate visual system proceeds from the eye through the LGN to the visual cortex and higher visual centers. This is followed by a review of the evolution of visual systems and of the development of the mammalian visual system in the embryonic and post-natal periods, with an emphasis on experience-dependent neural plasticity. An account of the development of perceptual functions, especially depth perception, is followed by a review of the effects of early visual deprivation during the critical period of neural plasticity on amblyopia and other defects in depth perception. Volume 1 ends with accounts of the accommodation mechanism of the human eye and vergence eye movements.

Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1610 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Patents
ISBN : WISC:89048454805

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office by United States. Patent Office Pdf

Author : Azzedine Boudrioua,Roshdi Rashed,Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781498779401

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Light-Based Science by Azzedine Boudrioua,Roshdi Rashed,Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan Pdf

This book discusses light-based science, emphasizing its pervasive influence in science, technology, policy, and education. A wide range of contributors offers a comprehensive study of the tremendous, and indeed foundational, contributions of Ibn al Haytham, a scholar from the medieval period. The analysis then moves into the future development of light-based technology. Written as a multi-disciplinary reference book by leading scholars in the history of science and /or photonics, it covers Ibn al Haytham’s optics, LED lighting for sustainable development, global and atomic-scale time with new light sources, advanced technology, and vision science. Cutting-edge optical technologies and their global impact is addressed in detail, and the later chapters also explore challenges with renewable energy, the global impact of photonics, and optical and photonic education technology. Practical examples and illustrations are provided throughout the text.

Author : Margaretta M. Lovell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780812219913

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Art in a Season of Revolution by Margaretta M. Lovell Pdf

"Lovell delights, astonishes, and challenges us with her insightful new readings of early American paintings and material culture objects."--"Journal of the Early Republic"

Author : Emma Lila Fundaburk,Mary Douglass Fundaburk Foreman
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780817310776

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Sun Circles and Human Hands by Emma Lila Fundaburk,Mary Douglass Fundaburk Foreman Pdf

From utilitarian arrowheads to beautiful stone effigy pipes to ornately-carved shell disks, the photographs and drawings in Sun Circles and Human Hands present the archaeological record of the art and native crafts of the prehistoric southeastern Indians, painstakingly compiled in the 1950s by two sisters who traveled the eastern United States interviewing archaeologists and collectors and visiting the major repositories. Although research over the last 50 years has disproven many of the early theories reported in the text—which were not the editors' theories but those of the archaeologists of the day—the excellent illustrations of objects no longer available for examination have more than validated the lasting worth of this popular book.

Author : Katherine Smith
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520305489

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The Accidental Possibilities of the City by Katherine Smith Pdf

Claes Oldenburg’s commitment to familiar objects has shaped accounts of his career, but his associations with Pop art and postwar consumerism have overshadowed another crucial aspect of his work. In this revealing reassessment, Katherine Smith traces Oldenburg’s profound responses to shifting urban conditions, framing his enduring relationship with the city as a critical perspective and conceiving his art as urban theory. Smith argues that Oldenburg adapted lessons of context, gleaned from New York’s changing cityscape in the late 1950s, to large-scale objects and architectural plans. By examining disparate projects from New York to Los Angeles, she situates Oldenburg’s innovations in local geographies and national debates. In doing so, Smith illuminates patterns of urbanization through the important contributions of one of the leading artists in the United States.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Patents
ISBN : PSU:000065839591

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474402453

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Russian Futurist Theatre by Robert Leach Pdf

Russian Futurist Theatre explores is the first book to comprehensively uncover the Russian futurist theatre in all its virtuosity and diversity.