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Sherlock : A scandal in Belgravia. by Moffat, Steven,1961-author.; Jay(Illustrator),artist.; Saohin, Amoona,letterer.; Gatiss, Mark,co-creator.;
"Fresh from confronting Moriarty in the end of The Great Game, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) are called to save the royal family from blackmail at the hands of Irene Adler (Lara Pulver), a dominatrix known as "The Woman". Adler pulls Sherlock into a complex web of mysteries involving the CIA and the MOD, with secrets that could threaten to threaten international security and topple the monarchy" --Amazon.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Holmes, Sherlock; Watson, John H. (Fictitious character); Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc.;
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War and art : a visual history of modern conflict / by Bourke, Joanna,editor.;
In times of crisis, we often turn to artists for truth-telling and memory-keeping. There is no greater crisis than war, and in this sumptuously illustrated volume, we find a comprehensive visual, cultural, and historical account of the ways in which armed conflict has been represented by artists. Covering the last two centuries, from the Crimean War to the present day, the book shows how the artistic portrayal of war has changed, from a celebration of heroic exploits to a more modern, troubled, and perhaps truthful depiction of warfare and its consequences. The book investigates broad patterns as well as specific genres and themes of war art, and features more than 400 color illustrations by artists including Paul Nash, Judy Chicago, Pablo Picasso, Melanie Friend, Marc Chagall, Francis Bacon, Käthe Kollwitz, Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg, Dora Meeson, Otto Dix, and many others. The volume also highlights the work of often overlooked artists, including children, non-Europeans, and prisoners of war. A wide range of subjects, from front-line combat to behind-the-lines wartime experiences are represented in paintings, etchings, photography, film, digital art, comics, and graffiti.Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-369) and index.Introduction / Joanna Bourke -- Histories. -- War imagery between the Crimean Campaign and 1914 / Sergiusz Michalski -- The two world wars / Monica Bohm-Duchen -- In the heat of the Cold War, 1945-77 / Sarah Wilson -- Contemporary war; contemporary art / Sue Malvern -- Genres. -- Propaganda, art and war / Jo Fox -- War and film / James Chapman -- Trench art: objects and people in conflict / Nicholas J. Saunders -- Visions of the apocalypse: documenting the hidden artwork of abandoned Cold War bases / John Schofield -- Artists. -- Kiyochika's last laughs: satirical war prints from the first Sino-Japanese (1894-5) and Russo-Japanese (1904-5) Wars / John D. Szostak -- 'In front of me is the war, and I battle with it with all my strength': the wars of Vasili Vereschagin and Natalia Goncharova / Anna Pilkington -- 'The most gruesome picture ever wanted': Otto Dix and the Truth of War / Gary Haines -- Käthe Kollwitz and the art of war / Jay Winter -- 'A concentrated utterance of total war': Paul Nash, C.R.W. Nevinson and the Great War / Paul Gough -- I do (not) challenge: Nancy Spero's War series / Jon Bird -- 'My name is David and I will be your war artist for the day': David Cotterrell shoots a video / Michael Corris -- Contexts. -- Drawn in blood and bone: the art of captives of war / Clare Makepeace -- The crayon war: how children drew the Great War / Manon Pignot -- Rape in the art of war / Joanna Bourke -- Video games, war and operational aesthetics / Patrick Crogan -- Art against war / Grace Brockington.
Subjects: War in art.; Art and war.; Art, Modern;
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This way madness lies : the asylum and beyond / by Jay, Mike,1959 -; Rodríguez Muñoz, Bárbara,curator.; Wellcome Collection,organizer,host instituition.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index.The madhouse : 18th century -- The lunatic asylum : 19th century -- The mental hospital : 20th century -- Beyond the asylum : 21st century.Is mental illness-- or madness-- at root an illness of the body, a disease of the mind, or a sickness of the soul? Should those who suffer from it be secluded from society or integrated more fully into it? This book explores the meaning of mental illness through the successive incarnations of the institution that defined it: the madhouse, designed to segregate its inmates from society; the lunatic asylum, which intended to restore the reason of sufferers by humane treatment; and the mental hospital, which reduced their conditions to diseases of the brain. Rarely seen photographs and illustrations drawn from the archives of mental institutions in Europe and the U.S. illuminate and reinforce the compelling narrative, while extensive 'gallery' sections present revealing and thought-provoking artworks by asylum patients and other artists from each era of the institution and beyond.--
Subjects: Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England); Psychiatric hospitals; Psychiatric hospitals; Asylums; Mental health services; Mental illness; Mentally ill; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Mentally Ill Persons;
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Switched on pop : how popular music works, and why it matters / by Sloan, Nate,1986-author.; Harding, Charlie,1986-author.; Gottlieb, Iris,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'Switched on Pop' illuminates the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. The text moves through close studies of 16 modern pop classics by artists from Beyoncé to Zedd, each chapter bringing out key aspects of a particular song as well as introducing core concepts such as rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and timbre. As the work progresses, more complex concepts such as syncopation, counterpoint, rhyme, and modulation are covered, culminating in an examination of genre, identity, and musical meaning. Accessible prose and engaging illustrations break down pop hits and musical ideas in clear, jargon-free language, and point toward a new way of listening to the modern soundtrack of pop.
Subjects: Popular music; Popular music; Popular music;
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The inkblots : Hermann Rorschach, his iconic test, and the power of seeing / by Searls, Damion.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-387) and index.Introduction: Tea leaves -- All becomes movement and life -- Klex -- I want to read people -- Extraordinary discoveries and warring worlds -- A path of one's own -- Little inkblots full of shapes -- Hermann Rorschach feels his brain being sliced apart -- The darkest and most elaborate delusions -- Pebbles in a riverbed -- A very simple experiment -- It provokes interest and head-shaking everywhere -- The psychology he sees is his psychology -- Right on the threshold to a better future -- The inkblots come to America -- Fascinating, stunning, creative, dominant -- The queen of tests -- Iconic as a stethoscope -- The Nazi Rorschachs -- A crisis of images -- The system -- Different people see different things -- Beyond true or false -- Looking ahead -- The Rorschach test is not a Rorschach test -- Appendix: The Rorschach family -- Hermann Rorschach's character / Olga Rorschach-Shtempelin.In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind. For years he had grappled with the theories of Freud and Jung while also absorbing the aesthetic of a new generation of modern artists. He had come to believe that who we are is less a matter of what we say, as Freud thought, than what we see. Rorschach himself was a visual artist, and his test, a set of ten carefully designed inkblots, quickly made its way to America, where it took on a life of its own. Co-opted by the military after Pearl Harbor, it was a fixture at the Nuremberg trials and in the jungles of Vietnam. It became an advertising staple, a cliché in Hollywood and journalism, and an inspiration to everyone from Andy Warhol to Jay-Z. The test was also given to millions of defendants, job applicants, parents in custody battles, workers applying for jobs, and people suffering from mental illness -- or simply trying to understand themselves better. And it is still used today. Damion Searls draws on unpublished letters and diaries, and a cache of interviews with Rorschach's family, friends, and colleagues, to tell the story of the test's creation, its controversial reinvention, and its endurance -- and what it all reveals about the power of perception.
Subjects: Biographies.; Rorschach, Hermann, 1884-1922.; Psychiatrists; Rorschach Test.;
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Jim Henson : the biography / by Jones, Brian Jay.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [497]-557) and index.Blue sky, 1973 -- The Delta, 1936-1949 -- A means to an end, 1949-1955 -- Sam and Friends, 1955-1957 -- Muppets, Inc., 1957-1962 -- A crazy little band, 1962-1969 -- Sesame Street, 1969-1970 -- Big ideas, 1970-1973 -- The mucking Fuppets, 1973-1975 -- Muppetmania, 1975-1977 -- Life's like a movie, 1977-1979 -- The world in his head, 1979-1982 -- Twists and turns, 1982-1986 -- Storyteller, 1986-1987 -- A kind of craziness, 1987-1989 -- So much on a handshake, 1989-1990 -- Just one person, 1990 -- Legacy."For the first time ever--a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson. He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters he created: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were just part of his remarkable story. This extraordinary biography--written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family--covers the full arc of Henson's all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi; through the years of burgeoning fame in Washington D.C., New York, and London; to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three. Drawing on hundreds of hours of new interviews with Henson's family, friends, and closest collaborators, as well as unprecedented access to private family and company archives (including never-before-seen interviews, business documents, and Henson's private letters), Brian Jay Jones explores the creation of the Muppets, Henson's contributions to Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live, and his nearly ten-year campaign to bring The Muppet Show to television. Jones provides the imaginative context for Henson's non-Muppet projects, including the richly imagined worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth--as well as fascinating misfires like Henson's dream of opening an inflatable psychedelic nightclub or staging an elaborate all-puppet Broadway show. An uncommonly intimate portrait, Jim Henson captures all the facets of this American original: the master craftsman who revolutionized the presentation of puppets on television, the savvy businessman whose dealmaking prowess won him a reputation as "the new Walt Disney," and the creative team leader whose collaborative ethos earned him the undying loyalty of everyone who worked for him. Here also is insight into Henson's intensely private personal life: his Christian Science upbringing; his love of fast cars, high-stakes gambling, and expensive art; and his weakness for women. Though an optimist by nature, Henson was haunted by the notion that he would not have time to do all the things he wanted to do in life--a fear that his heartbreaking final hours would prove all too well founded. An up-close look at the charmed life of a legend, Jim Henson gives the full measure to a man whose joyful genius transcended age, language, geography, and culture--and continues to beguile audiences worldwide. Advance praise for Jim Henson "I'm a rabid Jim Henson fan--his brilliant ideas spawned shows that entertained and educated millions, myself included. Jim Henson vibrantly delves into the magnificent man and his Muppet methods. It's an absolute must read!"--Neil Patrick Harris "Every Muppet fan has wondered who was behind the wide-mouthed, bug-eyed, furry creatures. Before now all we had was a credit line: Jim Henson. Now, with Brian Jay Jones's riveting Jim Henson, we have a nuanced portrait of the puppeteer--part genius inspired by his Mississippi Delta roots and his Christian Science faith, part flawed human with tastes too rich in everything from his art and cars to his women--that brings new understanding of and empathy for an icon of American popular culture."--Larry Tye, author of Satchel and Superman"--
Subjects: Henson, Jim.; Puppeteers; Television producers and directors; Muppet show (Television program); Sesame Street (Television program);
© [2013], Ballantine Books,
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Encyclopedia of the American Indian in the twentieth century / by Ewen, Alexander.; Wollock, Jeffrey,1946-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-508) and index.A to Z entries -- Maps -- Chronology of 20th-century highlights -- Entries by tribe or group -- Entries by area of activity -- Entries by year of birth.Actors, actresses, comedians, storytellers: Dennis James Banks -- John Big Tree -- Edwin Carewe -- Mary Chinquilla -- Iron Eyes Cody -- Jesse Cornplanter -- Victor Daniels -- William Eagleshirt -- Gary Dale Farmer -- Dan George -- Graham Greene -- Charlie Hill -- Arthur Smith Junaluska -- Sylvester Long Lance -- Russell Means -- Mabel Powers -- Roderic Redwing -- William Penn Adair Rogers -- Buffy Sainte-Marie -- Will Sampson, Jr. -- Joseph Bayhylle -- Jay Smith Silverheels -- Molly Spotted Elk -- Luther Standing Bear -- Lillian St. Cyr -- Nipo Strongheart -- Sun Bear -- Te Ata -- Floyd Red Crow Westerman -- John White Calf -- Scott T. Williams -- James Young Deer -- Chief Yowlachie.Artists (visual): Harrison Begay -- Acee Blue Eagle -- Walt Bresette -- Jesse Cornplanter -- Woody Crumbo -- Angel DeCora -- William Henry Dietz -- Jimmie Curham -- Brummett Echohawk -- Harry Fonseca -- Adam Fortunate Eagle -- R.C. Gorman -- Edgar Heap of Birds -- Allan Houser -- Oscar Howe -- Fred Kabotie -- Kiowa Five -- Charles Loloma and Otellie Loloma -- James Luna -- Oren Lyons Jr. -- Maria Montoya Martinez -- Mary Stone McLendon -- Louis Mofsie -- Nampeyo -- Lloyd Kiva New -- Horace Poolaw -- Pop Chalee -- Kevin Red Star -- Iva Josephine Rider -- Will Sampson Jr. -- Fritz Scholder -- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith -- Pablita Velarde -- Walter Richard West Sr. -- Beatien Yazz.Choreographers: Hanay Geiogamah -- Arthur Smith Geiogamah -- Louis Mofsie.Dancers: Yvonne Chouteau -- Hanay Geiogomah -- Rosella Hightower -- Arthur Smith Junaluska -- Moscelyne Larkin -- Louis Mofsie -- Joseph Bayhylle Shunatona -- Molly Spotted Elk -- Maria Tallchief -- Marjorie Tallchief.Filmakers: Sherman Alexie -- Edwin Carewe -- Finis Fox -- Wallace W. Fox -- Young James Deer.Humorists: Charlie Hill -- Jim Northrup -- Alex Posey -- William Penn Adair Rogers.Journalists, editors, publishers: José Barreiro -- Theodore H. Beaulieu -- Herbert Blatchford -- Walt Bresette -- Paul DeMain -- Jimmie Durham -- Tim Giago -- Richard Vance LaCourse -- Sylvester Long Lance -- John C. Mohawk -- John Latham Owen -- Alex Posey -- Howard Rock -- Willian Penn Adair Rogers Jr.Museum curators: Harold Sellers Colton -- Ray Fadden -- Louis Shotridge -- Gladys Tantaquidggeon -- Harold Tantaquidgeon.Musicians, singers, and composers: Tsianina Evan Blackstone -- Gerturde Bonnin -- Robert Emil Bruce -- Fred Cardin -- Jesse Ed Davis -- Irene Eastman -- Joy Harjo -- David Russell Hill -- Mary Stone McLendon -- Russell Moore -- R. Carlos Nakai -- James Paytiamo -- Jim Pepper -- Lucy Nicola Poolaw -- Pop Chalee -- Buddy Red Bow -- Iva Josephine Rider -- Robbie Roberson -- Wesley Leroy Robertson -- Buffy Sainte-Marie -- Joseph Bayhylle Shunatona -- John Trudell -- Floyd Red Crow Westerman -- Dennison Wheelock -- Link Wray -- Chief Yowlachie.Novelists: Sherman Alexie -- Paula Gunn Allen -- Jose Barreiro -- Joseph Bruchac -- Ella Cara Deloria -- Michael Dorris -- Constance Goddard Du Bois -- Louise Erdrich -- Linda Hogan -- Winona LaDuke -- Oliver La Farge -- John Joseph Mathews -- D'Arcy McNickle -- N. Scott Momaday -- John Milton Oskison -- Christine Quintasket -- Leslie Marmon Silko -- Hyemeyohsts Storm -- Gerald Robert Vizenor -- James P. Welch Jr.Photographers: Iron Eyes Cody -- Horace Poolaw.Poets: Sherman Alexie -- Paula Gunn Allen -- Joseph Bruchac -- Jimmie Durham -- Louise Erdrich -- Joy Harlo -- Suzan Shown Harjo -- Linda Hogan -- Maurice Kenny -- N. Scott Momaday -- Duane Niatum -- Jim Northrup -- Simon J. Ortiz -- Alex Posey -- Carter Curtis Revard -- Wendy Rose -- Leslie Marmon Silko -- Luci Tapahonso -- John Trudell -- Gerald Robert Vizenor -- James P. Welch Jr.Potters: Constance Goddard Du Bois -- Maria Montoya Martinez -- Nampeyo -- Alfred H. Qoyawayna.Theater directors, playwrights, and performance artists: Hanay Geiogamah -- Arthur Smith Junaluska -- Maurice Kenny -- James Luna.
Subjects: Indians of North America; Indians of North America;
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