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"The book presents a different history of the Russian avant-garde and its cultural encounters with the sciences. It is focusing on the entanglements of architects, filmmakers and philosophers with experimental psychologists and physiologists in the 1920s which are hardly known yet. Famous avant-garde artists like El Lissitzky, Vassily Kandinsky and Dziga Vertov helped propagate a movement in Russia - psychotechnics -, that was actually coming from Germany and America and can be characterized as "psychotechnical boom". At the end of the story told in this book, it becomes clear, that this boom has not finished until today. By analyzing concrete co-operations between artists and scientists and on the basis of not yet published archival material, this book challenges the notion of
socialist sciences. At the same time, it gives an entirely new picture of what was thought to be modern art and makes clear, that artistic experimentation had much more than a metaphorical meaning in the arts of the Russian 1920s. In 2007 the book was acknowledged with an award for interdisciplinary research by the Wilhelm-Ostwald-Society, Grossbothen. In 2011 the book received funding by the VolkswagenStiftung to be translated into English and Russian (the Russian edition was published by NLO books in 2019). The book got reviews in NZZ, NTM, Derive, Junge Welt, Sehepunkte"-- Provided by publisher.

• The lactating woman : breastfeeding and motherhood in antiquity and early Byzantium / Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou
• Breast rules : the body of the wet nurse in ancient and early Byzantine discourses / Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou
• The breast as locus for punishment / Dionysios Stathakopoulos
• Breastmilk as a therapeutic agent in ancient, late antique, and early Byzantine medical literature / Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
• Weaning and lactation cessation in late antiquity and the early Byzantine period : medical advice in context / Laurence Totelin
• "Galaktology" and genre : simple literary forms on milk and breastfeeding in ancient and early Byzantine medical treatises / Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou
• Images of breastfeeding in early Byzantine art : form
• context
• function / Maria Parani
• Empowering breasts : women, widows, and prophetesses-with-child at Dura-Europos / Barbara Crostini
• Roman charity : Nonnos of Panopolis, support for parents, and questions of gender / Tim Parkin
• Children in distress : agonizing mothers as intercessors in early Byzantine miracle collections / Andria Andreou.

"This volume offers the first comparative, interdisciplinary, and intercultural examination of the lactating woman - biological mother and othermother - in antiquity and early Byzantium. Adopting methodologies and knowledge deriving from a variety of disciplines, the volume's contributors investigate the close interrelationship between a woman and her lactating breasts, as well as the social, ideological, theological, and medical meanings and uses of motherhood, childbirth, and breastfeeding, along with their visual and literary representations. Breastfeeding and the work of mothering are explored through the study of a great variety of sources, mainly works of Greek-speaking cultures, written and visual, anonymous and eponymous, which were mostly produced between the first and the seventh century AD. Due to their multiple interdisciplinary dimensions, ancient and early Byzantine lactating women are approached through three interconnected thematic strands having a twofold focus: society and ideology, medicine and practice, and art and literature. By developing the model of the lactating woman, the volume offers a new analytical framework for understanding a significant part of the still unwritten cultural history of the period. At the same time, the volume significantly contributes to the emerging fields of breast and motherhood studies. The new and significant knowledge generated in the fields of ancient and Byzantine studies may also prove useful for cultural historians in general and other disciplines, such as literary studies, art history, history of medicine, philosophy, theology, sociology, anthropology and gender studies"-- Provided by publisher.

"Through a curated collection of key Jain Paintings, this volume offers a glimpse into the way people lived in western India, during the medieval times; what they wore, how they ornamented themselves, what they amused themselves with, what furniture they sat on, which modes of transport they used. It includes Jain paintings from various collections in India and abroad to underscore the value of pictorial evidence in piecing together the past. The book takes the reader on a breath-taking visual journey through the varied costumes, exquisite textiles, handcrafted ornaments, curiously shaped vessels and containers, musical instruments, arms and armours, conveyances, and many such articles of everyday use. These articles of everyday use are corroborated with the descriptions left by foreign travellers, passing through Western India at that time. It explores contemporary lexicons and vernacular literature from this period, for possible names in vogue for the articles of material culture. The work is richly illustrated with line drawings by the author to highlight the objects being referred to. What comes across clearly through this book is that art is the mirror of the times and as such, paintings reflect the society in which it is created. A magnificent read, this book will be essential for scholars and researchers of Indian Painting, Art history, Indian Art, Arts and Aesthetics, Jainism, visual arts, South Asian history, Indian history, heritage studies, and cultural history. It will also be a must have for history and visual arts enthusiasts all over the world"-- Provided by publisher.

• A portrait of the artist
• Public images
• Consuming copies
• A signature look
• Objects of art
• Living pictures/modern art.

"Examines the career of the Gilded Age photographer Napoleon Sarony and his role in the rise of celebrity culture in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

"This unique collection brings together the work of photography writer, curator, and lecturer, Liz Wells, reflecting on key themes of landscape, place, nationhood, and environmental concerns. A newly written introductory chapter contextualizes the collection. This is followed by an ‘in conversation’ with Martha Langford, Concordia University, Montreal, that brings together two leading figures in the field to respond to Wells’ thought and the themes that emerge in her writings. The essays included in this anthology draw on work from a variety of sources including artists’ photobooks, exhibition catalogues, magazines, academic books, and journals. Seventeen previously published articles, organized thematically in relation to Curation and Residency, Phenomena, Place, and Critical Reflections, demonstrate Wells’ critical and curatorial approach to research through photographic practices, reflecting a core view of art (at its best) operating to convey the implications of what is being explored and to evoke responses that are simultaneously sensory and intellectual. This collection will be essential reading for students and scholars of photography, visual culture, and art history, especially those examining landscape and environmental photography."--Publisher's website.

• On the Unique Intertwining of Region, Nature, and Architecture in Norway / Marta Piórkowska (Lodz University of Technology)
• The implications of power on the status of women in society and its reciprocal relationship with the home space in Azerbaijan, Iran / Neda Abbasimaleki and Cagri Sanliturk (LU-Arc)
• How Wealth Kills Craft / Dana Buntrock (UC Berkeley)
• Designing for adaptability and sustainability in regional architecture: lessons from residences in North East Brazil / Mila Santos (Fluminense Federal University), José Evandro Henriques and Robert Schmidt III (LU-Arc), Fernando Moreira (Federal University of Pernambuco)
• Yuanlin Region and Piranesi Region, Yiming Liu (China)

"This book explores how the concept of 'region' has evolved over time and shaped architectural culture and practice. It questions what the 'region' and 'regional' mean for architectural cultures past and present, and speculates on what forms and in which senses they might exist in future. To that end, the contributions explore region as a real geographical site of evolving socio-economic activity, as a mythical locus of enduring value, as a gatekeeper of indigenous crafts and vernacular techniques, as a site of architectural and artistic imagination, and as a repository of contested, conflicted and mobile identities. The contributing chapters take these themes from the theoretical page to architectural and urban practice, and from the scale of the domestic hearth to the archipelago and international law, avoiding the more predictable, long-standing trope of viewing architectural regionalism purely as a matter of style. Curated into four key areas, the contributions come from scholars in the US, UK, Poland, Australia, Italy, Serbia, India, Spain, Africa, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Iran, Bangladesh, China, Greece, Russia and Singapore. Together, they provide an essential volume for students, researchers and professionals"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction: Splintering towers of Babel: Paradoxical architectures and urban infrastructures
• Ethical infrastructure: Rethinking the relationship between the garden and the home
• The dissemination of power infrastructure in Africa through visuals of small Babel towers
• Babel as paradoxical super-structures: A photography exhibition
• Agon--'Agón as the essence of urbanity
• A Babylonia of heritage and destruction: Gendered architecture and gender-based violence in Timbuktu
• Between Be'er-Sheva and Bruegel's Babel: Recollection as architectural indicator
• The splendor and decline of socio-engineering projects: From Babel to colonial railways in Africa
• Traversing towers: A spatial reading in Emmanuel Levinas
• Revealing the polyvocality of street names: Babel as a parable
• Conclusion: Urban and infrastructural experiences beyond the confusion of Babel.

"Splintering Towers of Babel focuses on, and redefines, soft infrastructures and critical infrastructure projects. It explores key and issues in contemporary urban studies including town planning histories, architecture, heritage, colonialism and postcolonialism, philosophy and ethics. The book combines transdisciplinary perspectives on the key historical, philosophical, and political issues associated with urban experiences, built forms and infrastructure networks. It explores uneven dimensions in contemporary urbanisms and develops spatial phenomenological thinking with reference to the northern and southern hemispheres. This book connects the past and the present, in addition to Western and global South geographies, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Its main contribution is to broaden readers understanding of infrastructure through the lens of the humanities, and to engage with political, poetical, and ethical perspectives. This book is tailored to scholars working in the fields of urban planning, urban geography, architectural history, urban design, infrastructure studies, colonial and postcolonial studies, African studies, and philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

"Surveying the content and character of early Christian iconography from the third to the sixth century CE, this substantially revised and updated new edition of Understanding Early Christian Art makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to students. It opens by discussing a series of questions pertaining to the evidence itself and how scholars through the centuries have regarded this material as expressing and transmitting aspects of the developing faith and practice of early adherents of Christianity. It considers possible sources for the various motifs and the complex relationship between word and images, as well as the importance of studying visual and material culture alongside theological and liturgical texts. Rather than organising surviving examples by medium or chronology, the chapters categorize the evidence according to their general iconographic type, such as generic symbols, biblical narratives, and portraits. Each chapter takes up important questions of visual culture, formal style, and the ways in which the iconography is distinct from or shows parallels with contemporary documentary sources like sermons, exegetical works, catechetical lectures, or dogmatic treatises. Concluding with a discussion of the late-emerging depictions of Jesus's crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, it remains a valuable guide to comprehending the complex theology, history, and context of Christian art. Augmented by over 140 full-colour images, accompanied by parallel text, the interdisciplinary and boundary-breaking approach taken in this extensively revised edition of Understanding Early Christian Art enables students and scholars in fields such as religion and art history to further their understanding and knowledge of the art of the early Christian era"-- Provided by publisher.

With the event of the stereoscope and the theatre, dioramas and panoramas before it, vision and perception in the eighteenth and nineteenth century is seen to be marketed to a mass audience. As such the spectacle of the stereoscope and other optical devices can be seen as a precursor to mass media dissemination today.0Yet artists use the stereoscope and VR to signify the spectacle, clairvoyance, vision and the mechanism of vision as well as a symbol for the act of looking, being looked at while looking and the gaze within an art new media practice.0Other artists have used 3-D and virtual reality to address themes such as theories of consciousness or embodied consciousness, the human ? machine relationship and the idea of mapping reality, alternative networked realities.0The book includes an introduction and summary of chapters, 86 anaglyphic 3-D images and presents a survey of artists working in 3-D and virtual reality, VR art. The convergence of other fields such as new media art, video art and early virtual reality art is described through many examples within the scope of the book.0Artists discussed include Mert Akbal, Zoe Beloff , Geoffrey Berliner, Lygia Clark, Dan Graham, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Scott S. Fisher, Rebecca Hackemann, Perry Hoberman, Daniel Iglesia, Ken Jacobs, William Kentridge, Susan MacWilliam, Patrick Meagher, Rosa Menkman, Jim Naughten, Tony Ousler, Alfons Schilling, Joel Schlemowitz, Christopher Schneberger, Judith Sönniken, Ethan Turpin, Aga Ousseinov, Colleen Woolpert

• The seventies: not quite the sixties / Steven Heller
• Alcohol & tobacco
• Automobiles
• Business & industry
• Consumer products
• Entertainment
• Fashion & beauty
• Food & beverage
• Interiors
• Travel

"Advertising for the Me Generation. Zoom back in time to the 1970s! See original print ads for cars, travel, technology, food, liquor, cigarettes, movies, appliances, furniture, defense, transportation, you name it--all digitally mastered to look as bright and colorful as they did on the day they first hit the newsstands."--Page [4] of jacket

• Civic. The Acropolis, Athens, Greece
• Isfahan, Persia (Modern Iran)
• Town Hall, Säynätsalo, Finland
• Seaside, Florida, USA
• Spreebogen Government District, Berlin, Germany
• Houses. Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Ireland
• Blackwell, Cumbria, UK
• Villa Tugendhat, Brno, Czechia
• Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia, USA
• Nora House, Sendai, Japan
• Education. St John's College, Oxford University, UK
• Munkegaard School, Dyssegård, Denmark
• The Beinecke Library, Yale University, USA
• Gando Primary School, Burkina Faso
• Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Lima, Peru
• Offices. Somerset House, London, UK
• Chilehaus, Hamburg, Germany
• Johnson Wax Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
• Centraal Beheer Insurance Offices, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
• CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China
• Industry. Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, Ditherington, UK
• Moulin Saulnier Cocoa Mill, Noisiel, France
• The Van Nelle Factory Complex, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA
• Shenzhen Energy Ring, Shenzhen, China

• Transport. Canal du Midi, Southern France
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, India
• Fiat Tagliero Service Station, Asmara, Eritrea
• Washington Dulles International Airport, Washington, DC, USA
• Yokohama International Port Terminal, Yokohama, Japan
• Museums. The Uffizi, Florence, Italy
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
• Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
• Ningbo History Museum, Zhejiang Province, China
• National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC, USA
• Performance. Theatre at Epidauros, Greece
• The Globe Theatre, London, UK
• Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany
• Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
• Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
• Religion. Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia
• Portuguese Synagogue, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Basiĺica de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain
• Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, Eastern France
• The Ismaili Centre, Toronto, Canada
• Retail. Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey
• Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy
• Ljubljana Central Market Arcades, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Langham Place Shopping Mall, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
• Magna Park, Milton Keynes, UK
• Gardens. Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy
• Gardens of the Generalife Palace, Granada, Spain
• Kyoto Temple Gardens, Kyoto, Japan
• Gardens of Stowe House, Stowe, Buckinghamshire, UK
• The High Line, Manhattan, New York, USA

"About Architecture is an engaging introduction to architecture, exploring the ways in which we construct our built environment, and why. Hugh Pearman guides us through the architecture that shapes our lives--from how our towns and cities are organized, to where we live, learn and work, and how we get around, interact with others, and relax. Organized by type--from civic spaces, to homes, offices, and museums--the clear and straightforward structure demystifies the many styles and functions of architecture. Pearman explores how architecture responds to our changing lifestyles and how some buildings evolve or find new uses. He demonstrates that while there is endless variety within each building type, the essence of architecture--the way buildings serve their users--remains surprisingly constant."--Publisher's website

• Institutional forewords
• Curatorial acknowledgements
• Keep it going : the enduring relevance of Abraham Ángel / Mark A. Castro
• Abraham Ángel : in the shadow of the legend / Mireida Valázquez Torres
• Catalogue
• Testimonials commemorating Abraham Ángel from 1924
• Checklist of known paintings by Abraham Ángel
• Selected bibliography
• Dallas Museum art staff
• Illustration and copyright credits.

• Introduction : Le siècle du progrès
• Un temps d'assimilation
• 1. Les années de formation
• 2. La grande synagogue du quai Tilsitt
• Au service de la Ville de Lyon
• 3. Le service municipal d'architecture
• 4. L'école de la République
• 5. La restauration du palais Saint-Pierre
• 6. Les théâtres de Lyon
• 7. La républicanisation de la cité
• 8. La faculté de médecine, de pharmacie et des sciences
• 9. Les facultés de droit et des lettres
• Conclusion : Vers la cité moderne.

"Trois décennies durant, Abraham Hirsch (1828-1913), architecte en chef de la Ville de Lyon, associe son nom aux principaux équipements publics qui matérialiseront les desseins de la Troisième République à travers notamment les grands programmes universitaires qui voient le jour sur la rive gauche du Rhône à partir de 1875. Qu'il s'agisse des facultés de médecine, de pharmacie et des sciences, des facultés de droit et des lettres, du palais de l'Académie ou de l'École du service de santé militaire, l'architecte imprime son caractère à l'un des plus ambitieux ensembles universitaires construits en France au moment même où s'engage la reconstruction de la nouvelle Sorbonne. À travers l'œuvre de Hirsch - qui signe également la grande synagogue du quai Tilsitt et de nombreux groupes scolaires -, c'est un portrait singulier de la cité rhodanienne qui se dessine sur fond de mutation urbaine et architecturale spectaculaire. Première monographie consacrée à Abraham Hirsch, cet ouvrage apporte un éclairage inédit sur les enjeux et les débats relatifs à la républicanisation de l'espace public dans les dernières décennies du XIXe siècle."--Page 4 of cover.