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Intercultural Explorations
Divided into four sections: Asian-Western Intersections, Intercultural Memory, Intercultural Perspectives on Women, Genre Studies, and The Intercultural Arts, these essays from diverse hands and multiple perspectives illuminate the intersections, the cross-sections, and the synergies that characterize significant literary texts and artistic productions. Individually, they exemplify the insights available in an intercultural perspective; together they remind us that no culture - even those that claim to be pure or those that might be regarded as isolated - has escaped the influence of external influences. As a result, this volume is doubly synergistic: one, because it focuses on intercultural phenomena within a specific culture, and two, because they represent multiple perspectives on these phenomena.
Neurological Disorders in Famous Artists
The third part of Neurological Disorders in Famous Artists presents painters, musicians, and writers who had to fight against an acute or chronic neurological disease. Sometimes this fight was without success (e.g. Shostakovich, Schumann, Wolf, Pascal), but often a dynamic and paradoxical creativity of the clinical disorder was integrated into their artistic production (e.g. Klee, Ramuz). Occasionally, some even wrote the first report of a medical condition they observed in themselves, like Stendhal who made a detailed report of aphasic transient ischemic attacks before dying of stroke shortly thereafter. In rarer instances, a neurological disease was inaccurately attributed to an artist in order to explain certain features of his work (de Chirico, Schiele). Some chapters in this publication focus on neurological conditions reported in artistic work, including descriptions by Shakespeare and Dumas. Bringing new light to both artists and neurological conditions, this book serves as a valuable and entertaining read for neurologists, psychiatrists, physicians, and anybody interested in arts, literature and music.
Wien
In einem Tempo, das noch immer als gemütlich bezeichnet werden kann, wird die traditionsreiche City an der Donau wieder zur Drehscheibe zwischen Ost und West. In allen internationalen Rankings findet sich Wien unter den lebenswertesten und schönsten Großstädten der Welt, wohl zu Recht. Dieser Stadtführer wurde mit viel Liebe zum Detail recherchiert und geschrieben und will Lust auf jene Seiten Wiens machen, die in herkömmlichen Reiseführern nicht oder nur am Rande zu finden sind. Angeboten werden 12 eindrucksvolle Touren durch die Stadt, dazu fundierte Hintergrundinformationen sowie 12 Essays und Extra-Texte von 17 ausgewählten JournalistInnen zu Geschichte und Gegenwart, Kunst und Kultur, Politik, Stadtarchitektur, Stadtgeographie, Essen und Trinken und vor allem zum Wiener Lebensgefühl.
Der Siebdruck und seine Druckträger
Andy Warhol, Victor Vasarely und Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Rupprecht Geiger oder Joseph Beuys sind nur einige der Künstler, in deren Werk der Siebdruck eine zentrale Rolle einnimmt. Warhols Porträt von Mao Zedong mit rotem Gesicht, Geigers leuchtend orange-farbene Punkte oder die Filzpostkarte von Beuys sind längst zu einem vertrauten Anblick geworden. Aber nicht jeder weiß auch, wie diese Bilder entstanden sind. Die vorliegende Arbeit von Uta Sienel kann man mit guten Gründen einen gewichtigen Baustein zur Erforschung des künstlerischen Siebdrucks nennen. Die Autorin bietet in ihrer Arbeit eine genaue Darstellung der zahlreichen beim Siebdruck verwendeten Druckträger und...
Disruption in the Arts
The volume examines from a comparative perspective the phenomenon of aesthetic disruption within the various arts in contemporary culture. It assumes that the political potential of contemporary art is not solely derived from presenting its audiences with openly political content, but rather from creating a space of perception and interaction using formal means: a space that makes hegemonic structures of action and communication observable, thus problematizing their self-evidence. The contributions conceptualize historical and contemporary politics of form in the media, which aim to be more than mere shock strategies, which are concerned not just with the ‘narcissistic’ exhibition of art...
Rebecca Horn
Referencing mythical, historical, literary and spiritual imagery, Horn invokes these bodily concerns with such objects as violins, ladders, pianos, feather fans, metronomes and drawing machines. She is best known for such works as "Pencil Mask" (1972), which looks like an instrument of torture, but which actually transforms the wearer's head into an instrument for drawing.
Revolution and Transition
For anyone interested in finding out about Bulgarian cultural policy, but is unfamiliar with the processes in the country, the entire period from 1995 to 2012 remains utterly inaccessible. The relationship between democracy and culture is a central topic of this book. History shows that in times of crisis, culture is pushed down the list of priorities. In such cases, stabilizing the economy takes precedence over cultural reforms. In Bulgaria, this dilemma led to considerable losses in the cultural sector. The author, Alexander Alexandrov, is very familiar with this sector. He develops and carries out successful large- and small-scale cultural projects, as well as theater and musical productions. (Series: Miscellanea Bulgarica, Vol. 24) [Subject: Politics, Bulgarian Studies, Cultural Studies]
The Red Vienna Sourcebook
The current blockbuster German TV series Babylon Berlin introduces viewers to the tumultuous period in German history known as the Weimar Republic. Critics have praised the series for its relevance to the present: it shows dark populist forces undermining a fragile democracy. While Weimar Germany makes a fascinating backdrop, its story does not inspire much hope for our present-day political and cultural woes. A fascinating contrast is the Austrian capital, Vienna. After the First World War the former imperial city elected a Social Democratic majority that persisted into the 1930s. "Red Vienna" undertook large-scale experiments in public housing, hygiene, and education, while maintaining a w...
The Memory Factory
The Memory Factory introduces an English-speaking public to the significant women artists of Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, each chosen for her aesthetic innovations and participation in public exhibitions. These women played important public roles as exhibiting artists, both individually and in collectives, but this history has been silenced over time. Their stories show that the city of Vienna was contradictory and cosmopolitan: despite men-only policies in its main art institutions, it offered a myriad of unexpected ways for women artists to forge successful public careers. Women artists came from the provinces, Russia, and Germany to participate in its vibrant art scene. Ho...
Volume 1
What is an image? How can we describe the experience of looking at images, and how do they become meaningful to us? In what sense are images like or unlike propositions? Participants of the 33rd International Wittgenstein Symposium--philosophers as well as historians of art, science, and literature--provide many stimulating answers. Some of the contributions are dedicated to Wittgenstein’s thoughts on images while others testify to the important role notions coined or inspired by Wittgenstein--“seeing as”, “picture games” and the dichotomy of “saying and showing”--play in the field of picture theory today. This first volume of the Proceedings of the 2010 conference addresses readers interested in the history and theory of images, and in the philosophy of Wittgenstein.
