How artists created an aesthetic of "positive barbarism" in a world devastated by World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb
In Brutal Aesthetics, leading art historian Hal Foster explores how postwar artists and writers searched for a new foundation of culture after the massive devastation of World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb. Inspired by the notion that modernist art can teach us how to survive a civilization become barbaric, Foster examines the various ways that key figures from the early 1940s to the early 1960s sought to develop a "brutal aesthetics" adequate to the destruction around them. With a focus on the philosopher Georges Bataille, the painters Jean Dubuffet and Asger Jorn, and the sculptors Eduardo Paolozzi and Claes Oldenburg, Foster investigates a manifold move to strip art down, or to reveal it as already bare, in order to begin again. What does Bataille seek in the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux? How does Dubuffet imagine an art brut, an art unscathed by culture? Why does Jorn populate his paintings with "human animals"? What does Paolozzi see in his monstrous figures assembled from industrial debris? And why does Oldenburg remake everyday products from urban scrap? A study of artistic practices made desperate by a world in crisis, Brutal Aesthetics is an intriguing account of a difficult era in twentieth-century culture, one that has important implications for our own. Published in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Автор: Edwards Wallace Название: The Axeman: The Brutal History of the Axeman of New Orleans ISBN: 1629174661 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781629174662 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1792.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Discover a serial killer you'll never forget
Between 1918 to 1919 a serial killer ran rampant throughout New Orleans. His weapon of choice? The axe.
He didn't spare women. Or children. Or even men. There was only one kind of person who could be sparred from the blade of his axe: the home of a person playing jazz music. At least eight people were brutally murdered. Who could have been responsible for this crime, and how was the Mafia connected?
Did a corrupt police department intentionally leave this case unsolved?
Come, if you dare, as Absolute Crime takes you on the hunt for one of the most brutal killers who ever lived.
Brutalist hotels, avant-garde monuments and futurist TV towers: rare and previously unpublished vintage postcards from the Eastern Bloc
Brutal concrete hotels, futurist TV towers, heroic statues of workers--this collection of Soviet-era postcards documents the uncompromising landscape of the Eastern Bloc through its buildings and monuments. These are interspersed with quotes from prominent figures of the time, which both support and confound the ideologies presented in the images.
In contrast to the photographs of a ruined and abandoned Soviet empire we are accustomed to seeing today, the scenes depicted here publicize the bright future of communism: social housing blocks, palaces of culture and monuments to comradeship. Dating from the 1960s to the 1980s, they offer a nostalgic yet revealing insight into social and architectural values of the time, acting as a window through which we can examine cars, people and, of course, buildings. These postcards, sanctioned by the authorities, were intended to show the world what living in communism looked like.
Instead, this postcard propaganda inadvertently communicates other messages: outside the House of Political Enlightenment in Yerevan, the flowerbed reads "Glory to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union"; in Novopolotsk, art-school pupils paint plein air, their subject a housing estate; at the Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute students stroll past a 16-foot-tall concrete hammer and sickle. These postcards are at once sinister, funny, poignant and surreal.
Автор: Snow Jenika Название: Brutal (a Real Man, 11) ISBN: 1545301123 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781545301128 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2240.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: He's loved her his entire life.AXELShe's my best friend, my everything.She's been the girl I've loved since I knew what that meant.I box-fight bloody-for a living, and at every fight she's there, cheering me on, being mine whether she knows it or not.I've never been with a woman because for me she's it. Roxie is the only one I'll ever want.Enough time has passed. It's time I told Roxie how I feel, because there's no way I can hold in my feelings any longer.ROXIEI want to think the looks, the possessiveness that comes from him means he wants me the same way I want him. He's been in my life for longer than I can remember, and I never want that to change.I'll be with him until the end. My love for him runs so deep, so strong I can't breathe at times.I watch as he pushes other girls away, his gaze locked on mine as if he's trying to tell me there isn't anyone else for him.But I'm afraid to turn our relationship from friends to lovers. I'm afraid of crossing that line that could ruin what we have.Warning: This is a super sweet friends-to-lovers story. Don't worry; it still has that OTT alpha hero who's head over heels in love with his woman and caveman to a fault. Grab some ice, because it's going to get hot in here
Описание: The shocking true story of the Russian serial killer who brutally murdered more than fifty victims-and evaded capture for over a decade. By the time he was brought to trial in 1992, Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo had killed more than fifty women and children, often sexually abusing them and leaving their bodies mutilated beyond recognition. Although he was initially arrested in 1984, the police lacked enough evidence to pin the unsolved murders on him and he was able to torture and kill dozens more before his eventual conviction.
Compiling exclusive interviews and trial transcripts, journalist and editor at London's Sunday Times Peter Conradi reveals how the grandfather and former teacher carried out a horrific twelve-year killing spree right under the nose of authority. Based on extensive research into Chikatilo's past and the elements of Soviet society that allowed his crimes to go unsolved for so long, Conradi delves into the life of one of history's most prolific and disturbing serial killers. Interviews with Moscow police detectives detail the fervent hunt for the man who preyed on young children, prostitutes, and runaways-a search that turned up many dead ends and false convictions before a massive undercover surveillance effort ultimately nabbed Chikatilo.
A chilling look into the deranged mind of a monster, The Red Ripper is a comprehensive and shocking true crime account-plus photos-of one of the twentieth century's deadliest killers and the manhunt to catch him.
Автор: Dunlop Ian N. Название: Hamilton: Brutal Beauty, Hidden Heritage ISBN: 1894955986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781894955980 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4302.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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