The Art Of Walking

Author : Geoff Nicholson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781101079096

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The Lost Art of Walking by Geoff Nicholson Pdf

How we walk, where we walk, why we walk tells the world who and what we are. Whether it's once a day to the car, or for long weekend hikes, or as competition, or as art, walking is a profoundly universal aspect of what makes us humans, social creatures, and engaged with the world. Cultural commentator, Whitbread Prize winner, and author of Sex Collectors Geoff Nicholson offers his fascinating, definitive, and personal ruminations on the literature, science, philosophy, art, and history of walking. Nicholson finds people who walk only at night, or naked, or in the shape of a cross or a circle, or for thousands of miles at a time, in costume, for causes, or for no reason whatsoever. He examines the history and traditions of walking and its role as inspiration to artists, musicians, and writers like Bob Dylan, Charles Dickens, and Buster Keaton. In The Lost Art of Walking, he brings curiosity, imagination, and genuine insight to a subject that often strides, shuffles, struts, or lopes right by us.

Author : David Evans
Publisher : Black Dog Pub Limited
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 1907317872

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The Art of Walking by David Evans Pdf

Surveying various artists and artworks, 'The Art of Walking' is a comprehensive exploration of walking in contemporary art.

Author : John Gay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1716
Category : London (England)
ISBN : BL:A0019788552

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Trivia by John Gay Pdf

Author : Anke Gleber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780691218069

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The Art of Taking a Walk by Anke Gleber Pdf

Anke Gleber examines one of the most intriguing and characteristic figures of European urban modernity: the observing city stroller, or flaneur. In an age transformed by industrialism, the flaneur drifted through city streets, inspired and repelled by the surrounding scenes of splendor and squalor. Gleber examines this often elusive figure in the particular contexts of Weimar Germany and the intellectual sphere of Walter Benjamin, with whom the concept of flanerie is often associated. She sketches the European influences that produced the German flaneur and establishes the figure as a pervasive presence in Weimar culture, as well as a profound influence on modern perceptions of public space. The book begins by exploring the theory of literary flanerie and the technological changes--street lighting, public transportation, and the emergence of film--that gave a new status to the activities of seeing and walking in the modern city. Gleber then assesses the place of flanerie in works by Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, and other representatives of Weimar literature, arts, and theory. She draws particular attention to the works of Franz Hessel, a Berlin flaneur who argued that flanerie is a "reading" of the city that perceives passersby, streets, and fleeting impressions as the transitory signs of modernity. Gleber also examines connections between flanerie and Weimar film, and discusses female flanerie as a means of asserting female subjectivity in the public realm. The book is a deeply original and searching reassessment of the complex intersections among modernity, vision, and public space.

Author : Robert Walser
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466834958

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Selected Stories by Robert Walser Pdf

In her preface to Robert Walser's Selected Stories, Susan Sontag describes Walser as "a good-humored, sweet Beckett." The more common comparison is to "a comic Kafka." Both formulations effectively describe the reading experience in these stories: the reader is obviously in the presence of a mind-bending genius, but one characterized by a wry, buoyant voice, as apparently cheerful as it is disturbing. Walser is one of the twentieth century's great modern masters—revered by everyone from Walter Benjamin to Hermann Hesse to W. G. Sebald—and Selected Stories gives the fullest display of his talent. "He is most at home in the mode of short fiction," according to J. M. Coetzee in The New York Review of Books. The stories "show him at his dazzling best."

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781101199558

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Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit Pdf

A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Roses Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores--Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture, from philosophers to poets to mountaineers. She profiles some of the most significant walkers in history and fiction--from Wordsworth to Gary Snyder, from Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet to Andre Breton's Nadja--finding a profound relationship between walking and thinking and walking and culture. Solnit argues for the necessity of preserving the time and space in which to walk in our ever more car-dependent and accelerated world.

Author : Ernesto Pujol
Publisher : Triarchy Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781911193371

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Walking Art Practice by Ernesto Pujol Pdf

a collection of intimate reflections by artist Ernesto Pujol, which bring together his experiences as a former monk, performance artist, social choreographer and educator.

Author : Stephen Graham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781448217250

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The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham Pdf

'An absolute gem of a book' Alastair Humphreys First published in 1926, The Gentle Art of Tramping is as relevant now as then. Tramping is an approach: to nature, to humankind, to nations, to beauty, to life itself. This lost classic is a breath of fresh air for world-weary souls. It is a gentle art; know how to tramp and you know how to live. Know how to meet your fellow wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour. The adventure is not the getting there, it's the 'on-the-way'. It is not the expected, it is the surprise.

Author : Betsy Bober Polivy,Gabriella Sanchez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578947609

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The Art of Walking Manhattan Sideways by Betsy Bober Polivy,Gabriella Sanchez Pdf

Betsy Bober Polivy has been celebrating the side street businesses since 2011 when she began her journey across the original Manhattan grid - from 1st Street to 155th. Her first book, Walking Manhattan Sideways, was published during the pandemic in 2020. It shined a light on places that she discovered over her six years of criss-crossing the city from the East River to the Hudson.The flood of gratitude and appreciation for this book inspired her to begin working on another. There was no question that there was plenty more to showcase, but the true impetus was to highlight the hidden not-for-profits that she had happened upon as well as pay tribute to the arts on the side streets. This new title celebrates dance, museums, music and theater, while also drawing attention to many more scrumptious restaurants, splendid neighborhood bars, and one-of-a-kind shops.

Author : Adam Ford
Publisher : Leaping Hare Press
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781908005137

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The Art of Mindful Walking by Adam Ford Pdf

As an Anglican priest and former Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen, a lecturer in Buddhism, and a devoted walker, Adam Ford is an inspiring guide with a refreshingly eclectic viewpoint. Contemplating the concept of a purposeful walking, he applies the notion of mindfulness to walks ranging from a simple journey to work to a personal odyssey in the Australian outback. Exploring the idea of the walk as both medium and metaphor, and considering ideas of pilgrimage alongside the notion of the walk in literature, he draws on his personal experience of both spirituality and walking. This book celebrates and enchances those moments: both for the hardened hiker and those who like to contemplate past walks from the comfort of their armchair.

Author : Daniel Wong,Ronald Lay
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781785926921

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Found Objects in Art Therapy by Daniel Wong,Ronald Lay Pdf

This book shows how art therapists can use found objects in their work with clients. Found objects can be a highly affordable, imaginative and creative way of working, and are particularly effective when working with marginalised populations and clients who have experienced trauma. This edited collection contains chapters from a wide variety of contributors from around the world and covers a vast array of topics, including the use of found objects in clinical settings, community and art practice, pedagogy and self-care. This is the ideal resource for any art therapist wishing to explore the use of this non-traditional medium to enrich their practice.

Author : Karen O'Rourke
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780262528955

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Walking and Mapping by Karen O'Rourke Pdf

An exploration of walking and mapping as both form and content in art projects using old and new technologies, shoe leather and GPS. From Guy Debord in the early 1950s to Richard Long, Janet Cardiff, and Esther Polak more recently, contemporary artists have returned again and again to the walking motif. Today, the convergence of global networks, online databases, and new tools for mobile mapping coincides with a resurgence of interest in walking as an art form. In Walking and Mapping, Karen O'Rourke explores a series of walking/mapping projects by contemporary artists. She offers close readings of these projects—many of which she was able to experience firsthand—and situates them in relation to landmark works from the past half-century. Together, they form a new entity, a dynamic whole greater than the sum of its parts. By alternating close study of selected projects with a broader view of their place in a bigger picture, Walking and Mapping itself maps a complex phenomenon.

Author : Sonia Overall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1848614489

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The Art of Walking by Sonia Overall Pdf

Author : Deirde Dyson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780500518052

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Walking on Art by Deirde Dyson Pdf

A practical introduction to the techniques of contemporary carpet design Walking on Art explores contemporary carpet design from a practitioner’s viewpoint, describing through techniques and illustrations Deirdre Dyson’s fourteen-year journey from figurative painter to carpet designer. A foreword by Professor Sir Christopher Frayling contextualizes Dyson’s award-winning work within discussions about art and design, and then Dyson herself reflects on her long experience of designing exquisite luxury carpets. The chapter “Techniques" introduces the traditional methods that create these carpets including hand knotting, hand tufting, and carving, and how these conventions can be manipulated to create stunning effects. “Process" then explores the steps—from inspiration to making—that lie behind any design. These chapters are followed by colorful illustrations of Dyson’s extensive collections. Here are fanciful butterfly motifs alongside geometric patterns and floral designs, brought together in one stunning collection.

Author : Erling Kagge
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780525564492

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Walking by Erling Kagge Pdf

A renowned explorer and acclaimed author shows us that walking is a natural accompaniment to creativity—and among the most radical things we can do. “Simple, profound … compelling … [a book that] packs a surprisingly motivational punch” (GQ). Why do we walk? Where do we walk from? What is our destination? Placing one foot in front of the other and embarking on the journey of discovery are activities intrinsic to our nature. But as universal as walking is, each of us will experience it differently. For renowned explorer Erling Kagge, walking is a natural accompaniment to creativity: the occasion for the unspoken dialogue of thinking. Walking is also the antidote to the speed at which we conduct our lives, to our insistence on rushing, on doing everything in a precipitous manner.