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This book brings together experts from different fields of study, including sociology, anthropology, art history and art criticism to share their research and direct experience on the topic of art and politics. How art and politics relate with each other can be studied from numerous perspectives and standpoints. The book is structured according to three main themes: Part 1, on Valuing Art, broadly concerns the question of who, how and what value is given to art, and how this may change over time and circumstance, depending on the social and political situation and motivation of different interest groups. Part 2, on Artistic Political Engagement, reflects on another dimension of art and polit...
A history of the Basque sheepherders as told through the engravings they carved into the aspen tress throughout the Northeastern Sierra Nevada. Accompanied by essays translated into Basque, this is an elegant documentation of folk art and solitude.
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Urza chronicles the creation of the National Basque Monument to the Basque Sheepherder--located in Reno, Nevada, and featuring sculpture by Nextor Basterrextea--from its earliest genesis to completion of the project.
The author pays attention to the tensions and dovetailings between everyday kinds of nationalism and the more official versions promoted by ideologues and party leaders. --p. 1.