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The Conquest of Istanbul and the Manipulation of Architecture
This book explores the contemporary memory of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1453. It focuses on how the conquest is remembered by Islamist-nationalist imagination in Turkey today and how architecture plays a role in shaping this memory, underscoring its susceptibility to political manipulation. Discussing Islamist-nationalist rhetoric of Istanbul’s conquest through the conceptual framework of melancholy—a significant theme in the history of ideas—the argument posits that this narrative is a politically driven endeavor fueled by paranoia, producing melancholy over the conquest of Istanbul. This book redefines melancholy as ‘a politically manipulated project...
Bruce Nauman
To date, scholars explored Bruce Nauman’s oeuvre through various perspectives, concepts and premises, including linguistics, performance, power and knowledge, sound, the political and more. Amidst this vast and rich field, Nauman’s pieces have been regarded by critics in terms of systematic skepticism, tragic skepticism, skepticism of the medium, and linguistic doubt. This book methodically analyzes the notion of performative skepticism and its relevance to various dimensions of Bruce Nauman’s post-minimalist artistic practice. It is argued that Nauman performs the perpetual failure of perception, hence, demonstrating its doubtful validity to produce certain knowledge without allowing a resolution. This kind of skepticism, here called performative skepticism, exposes the impossibility of epistemological equipment to produce knowledge, and the impossibility of attaining certainty in bridging the gap between knowledge and the real.
Humour Across Victoriana
Humour Across Victoriana investigates the varying facets of ubiquitous humour in Victorian society by focusing on the more marginal and less celebrated aspects of cultural production. Exploring the diverse dimensions of humour in Victorian society, beyond the celebrated works of prominent humourists like Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, this volume emphasises the humour found in the peripheral writings of luminaries such as Oscar Wilde, Matthew Arnold, and Thomas Hardy. It also highlights the contributions of female authors, including Catherine Gore, Margaret Oliphant, and Christina Rossetti, who generated humour that transcended patriarchal constraints. The volume provides i...
Die Pattern-Paintings von Christopher Wool
Die Pattern Paintings des Malers Christopher Wool werden in diesem Buch erstmals umfassend kunsthistorisch analysiert. Unter Berücksichtigung der von Wool selbst zitierten dialektischen Figur des "Yes but..." arbeitet die Autorin heraus, wie der Maler eine Neubestimmung des Potenzials des Bildes vornimmt, indem er historisch-reflexive Konzepte mit wahrnehmungsphysiologischen und -psychologischen Vorgängen verknüpft. Neben der Deutung der Bilder als metapikturale Kritik und dialektische Selbstverortung in der Geschichte der jüngeren US-amerikanischen Abstraktion werden Wools Werke auch als Ausdruck einer urbanen Lebenshaltung und als Bezugnahme auf die urbane Realität verstanden.
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Display Technologies and Applications for Defense, Security, and Avionics
Proceedings of SPIE present the original research papers presented at SPIE conferences and other high-quality conferences in the broad-ranging fields of optics and photonics. These books provide prompt access to the latest innovations in research and technology in their respective fields. Proceedings of SPIE are among the most cited references in patent literature.
French Theory and American Art
Many postwar American artists were influenced by French philosophy, literary studies, and social sciences. Accordingly, a number of French authors gathered under the label "French Theory"--a name referring roughly to structuralism and post structuralism--has received sustained attention in the United States. As early as the early 1960s, this reception helped to shape both American artistic practice and the fate of French thought in a crucial way. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the wealth of works from the human sciences and philosophy in American culture became the subject of numerous studies. French Theory and American Art examines some of the main historical conditions of this re...
