The Art Of The City

Author : Charles Landry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136554964

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The Art of City Making by Charles Landry Pdf

City-making is an art, not a formula. The skills required to re-enchant the city are far wider than the conventional ones like architecture, engineering and land-use planning. There is no simplistic, ten-point plan, but strong principles can help send good city-making on its way. The vision for 21st century cities must be to be the most imaginative cities for the world rather than in the world. This one change of word - from 'in' to 'for' - gives city-making an ethical foundation and value base. It helps cities become places of solidarity where the relations between the individual, the group, outsiders to the city and the planet are in better alignment. Following the widespread success of The Creative City, this new book, aided by international case studies, explains how to reassess urban potential so that cities can strengthen their identity and adapt to the changing global terms of trade and mass migration. It explores the deeper fault-lines, paradoxes and strategic dilemmas that make creating the 'good city' so difficult.

Author : Jason Luger,Julie Ren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781315303017

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Art and the City by Jason Luger,Julie Ren Pdf

Artistic practices have long been disturbing the relationships between art and space. They have challenged the boundaries of performer/spectator, of public/private, introduced intervention and installation, ephemerality and performance, and constantly sought out new modes of distressing expectations about what is construed as art. But when we expand the world in which we look at art, how does this change our understanding of critical artistic practice? This book presents a global perspective on the relationship between art and the city. International and leading scholars and artists themselves present critical theory and practice of contemporary art as a politicised force. It extends thinking on contemporary arts practices in the urban and political context of protest and social resilience and offers the prism of a ‘critical artscape’ in which to view the urgent interaction of arts and the urban politic. The global appeal of the book is established through the general topic as well as the specific chapters, which are geographically, socially, politically and professionally varied. Contributing authors come from many different institutional and anti-institutional perspectives from across the world. This will be valuable reading for those interested in cultural geography, urban geography and urban culture, as well as contemporary art theorists, practitioners and policymakers.

Author : Georg Simmel
Publisher : Pushkin Collection
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781782274483

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The Art of the City: Rome, Florence, Venice by Georg Simmel Pdf

A quartet of essays on great European cities from the groundbreaking thinker Georg Simmel These brilliant essays, from one of Germany's greatest and most influential thinkers, are beautifully written and highly readable portraits of three Italian cities: Rome, Venice and Florence. Simmel saw the city as a work of art in itself, and taken together these pieces act as a powerful suite expounding that notion. A seminal work of psycho-geography, this collection has never been published together in English before.

Author : Jed Perl
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781400034659

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New Art City by Jed Perl Pdf

In this landmark work, Jed Perl captures the excitement of a generation of legendary artists–Jackson Pollack, Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ellsworth Kelly among them–who came to New York, mingled in its lofts and bars, and revolutionized American art. In a continuously arresting narrative, Perl also portrays such less well known figures as the galvanic teacher Hans Hofmann, the lyric expressionist Joan Mitchell, and the adventuresome realist Fairfield Porter, as well the writers, critics, and patrons who rounded out the artists’world. Brilliantly describing the intellectual crosscurrents of the time as well as the genius of dozens of artists, New Art City is indispensable for lovers of modern art and culture.

Author : Elizabeth Grierson
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art and society
ISBN : 1783207728

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Transformations by Elizabeth Grierson Pdf

Transformations explores the interactions between people and their urban surroundings through site-specific art and creative practices, tracing the ways people shape their cities. This collection also investigates the politics and democratization of space through an examination of art, education, justice and the role of the citizen in the city.

Author : Michael Knight,Dany Chan
Publisher : Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131253846

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Shanghai by Michael Knight,Dany Chan Pdf

The growth of Shanghai viewed through its dynamic visual culture

Author : Michael C. Abrams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136665387

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The Art of City Sketching by Michael C. Abrams Pdf

The Art of City Sketching: A Field Manual guides you through the laborious and sometimes complex process of sketching what you see in the built environment so that you can learn to draw what you imagine. Illustrated with hundreds of drawings by students and professionals of cityscapes around Europe and the United States, the book helps you develop your conceptual drawing skills so that you can communicate graphically to represent the built environment. Short exercises, projects, drawing tips, step-by-step demonstrations, and composition do's and don'ts make it easy for you to get out into the city and experiment in your own work. Author Michael Abrams uses his experience as a field sketching instructor, to show you that by drawing, you can discover, analyze, and comprehend the built environment.

Author : Malcolm Miles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134771028

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Art, Space and the City by Malcolm Miles Pdf

This book examines public art outside the normal confines of art criticism and places it within broader contexts of public space and gender by exploring both the aesthetic and political aspects of the medium.

Author : Susan Wels
Publisher : Heyday Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1597142069

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San Francisco by Susan Wels Pdf

History and art intertwine in this celebration of the San Francisco Art Commission's promotion of public art through eight decades of political, social, and economic changes. Wels specializes in history and is a resident of the city. Abundantly illustrated and will intrigue those who live in San Francisco, those who just visit and leave their heart, and anyone involved with cities and public art.

Author : Cecilie Sachs Olsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429799167

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Socially Engaged Art and the Neoliberal City by Cecilie Sachs Olsen Pdf

What are the social functions of art in the age of neoliberal urbanism? This book discusses the potential of artistic practices to question the nature of city environments and the diverse productions of space, moving beyond the reduction of ‘the urban’ as a set of existing and static structures. Adopting a practice-led approach, each chapter discusses case studies from across the world, reflecting on personal experiences as well as the work of other artists. While exposing the increasingly limiting constraints placed on public and socially engaged art by the dominance of commercial funding and neoliberal frameworks, the author stays optimistic about the potential of artistic practices to transcend neoliberal logics through alternative productions of space. Drawing upon a Lefebvrian framework of spatial practice and using a structuralist approach to challenge neoliberal structures, the book draws links between art, resistance, criticism, democracy, and political change. The book concludes by looking at how we might create a new course for socially engaged art within the neoliberal city. It will be of great interest to researchers in urban studies, urban geography, and architecture, as well as students who want to learn more about place-making, visual culture, performance theory, applied practice, and urban culture.

Author : Antawan I. Byrd,Reid Shier
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 0714865362

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Art Cities of the Future by Antawan I. Byrd,Reid Shier Pdf

The contemporary art world is increasingly global, with a larger population, wider territory, and greater number of nationalities than ever before. Its prevailing conversation, however, has yet to catch up. Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant-Gardes uncovers twelve distinct avant-gardes that have surfaced in recent decades, exploring their artistic heritage, cultural climate, and contemporary milieu. The book's format is simple: for each of the twelve cities - Beirut, Bogotá, Cluj, Delhi, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Lagos, San Juan, São Paulo, Seoul, Singapore and Vancouver - a curator selected eight artists to represent the contemporary avant-garde. Though the artists work in a variety of media, including photography, painting, sculpture, installation, video, and performance art, all share two distinct qualities: a commitment to experimental art and a dedication to their local landscape. Lively, thought-provoking, comprehensive, and packed with more than 500 images, Art Cities of the Future is sure to widen the historical narrative, allowing us to imagine a future of diverse aesthetics and shared concerns in the common language of contemporary art.

Author : Olivia Laing
Publisher : Picador
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250039590

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The Lonely City by Olivia Laing Pdf

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism #1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub A dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring. When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, from Henry Darger’s hoarding to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed. Humane, provocative, and moving, The Lonely City is a celebration of a strange and lovely state, adrift from the larger continent of human experience, but intrinsic to the very act of being alive.

Author : Sarah Schrank
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780812204100

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Art and the City by Sarah Schrank Pdf

"Art and the City" explores the contentious relationship between civic politics and visual culture in Los Angeles. Struggles between civic leaders and modernist artists to define civic identity and control public space highlight the significance of the arts as a site of political contest in the twentieth century.

Author : Frank Miller
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781616552473

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Art of Sin City by Frank Miller Pdf

Frank Miller's Sin City has set the gold standard for crime comics, both for Miller's unflinching stories and for his visceral, powerfully charged art. To honor the artist and his groundbreaking work, Dark Horse is proud to return Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City to print, now in an affordable softcover edition. An astonishing look into a master's process, containing pieces both published and unpublished, and featuring items ranging from preliminary sketches to promotional pieces, this beautiful artistic showcase holds everything a Sin City fan, or connoisseur of fine art.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1411701587

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Art in the City by Anonim Pdf