Author: Jon Richards
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750291507
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This visually exciting book takes a unique look at our globe from the perspective of art, culture, and sports. Using an innovative design, maps are populated by infographics, graphs, and icons to represent information and statistics about a subject in a very visual way. This aids readers in comparing and contrasting the same subjects in different parts of the world. Each spread explores one subject in-depth, such as what the relationship is between fashion producers and consumers, who the most-read authors are around the world, how a country's education rates compare to their amount of Nobel Prize laureates, and which foods and drinks are most popular in different cultures.
Art, Culture, and Sports
Author: Jon Richards
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750291507
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This visually exciting book takes a unique look at our globe from the perspective of art, culture, and sports. Using an innovative design, maps are populated by infographics, graphs, and icons to represent information and statistics about a subject in a very visual way. This aids readers in comparing and contrasting the same subjects in different parts of the world. Each spread explores one subject in-depth, such as what the relationship is between fashion producers and consumers, who the most-read authors are around the world, how a country's education rates compare to their amount of Nobel Prize laureates, and which foods and drinks are most popular in different cultures.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750291507
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This visually exciting book takes a unique look at our globe from the perspective of art, culture, and sports. Using an innovative design, maps are populated by infographics, graphs, and icons to represent information and statistics about a subject in a very visual way. This aids readers in comparing and contrasting the same subjects in different parts of the world. Each spread explores one subject in-depth, such as what the relationship is between fashion producers and consumers, who the most-read authors are around the world, how a country's education rates compare to their amount of Nobel Prize laureates, and which foods and drinks are most popular in different cultures.
Art, Culture, and Sports
The Allure of Sports in Western Culture
Author: John Zilcosky
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487504187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Sports are the most popular spectator events in the history of the world. This volume demonstrates how sports shape societies and individuals. The essays offer critical new insights and historical case studies from historians, theorists, literature scholars, and athletes.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487504187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Sports are the most popular spectator events in the history of the world. This volume demonstrates how sports shape societies and individuals. The essays offer critical new insights and historical case studies from historians, theorists, literature scholars, and athletes.
The Sacred Origin and Nature of Sports and Culture
Author: Ghazi Bin Muhammed
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781887752138
Category : Culture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique study defines two aspects of modern society--sports and culture--from a traditional perspective, carefully examining their sacred origin and their relevance throughout history in philosophical and religious thought.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781887752138
Category : Culture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique study defines two aspects of modern society--sports and culture--from a traditional perspective, carefully examining their sacred origin and their relevance throughout history in philosophical and religious thought.
The Culture of Sports in the Harlem Renaissance
Author: Daniel Anderson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147662898X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
During the African American cultural resurgence of the 1920s and 1930s, professional athletes shared the spotlight with artists and intellectuals. Negro League baseball teams played in New York City's major-league stadiums and basketball clubs shared the bill with jazz bands at late night casinos. Yet sports rarely appear in the literature on the Harlem Renaissance. Although the black intelligentsia largely dismissed the popularity of sports, the press celebrated athletics as a means to participate in the debates of the day. A few prominent writers, such as Claude McKay and James Weldon Johnson, used sports in distinctive ways to communicate their vision of the Renaissance. Meanwhile, the writers of the Harlem press promoted sports with community consciousness, insightful analysis and a playful love of language, and argued for their importance in the fight for racial equality.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147662898X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
During the African American cultural resurgence of the 1920s and 1930s, professional athletes shared the spotlight with artists and intellectuals. Negro League baseball teams played in New York City's major-league stadiums and basketball clubs shared the bill with jazz bands at late night casinos. Yet sports rarely appear in the literature on the Harlem Renaissance. Although the black intelligentsia largely dismissed the popularity of sports, the press celebrated athletics as a means to participate in the debates of the day. A few prominent writers, such as Claude McKay and James Weldon Johnson, used sports in distinctive ways to communicate their vision of the Renaissance. Meanwhile, the writers of the Harlem press promoted sports with community consciousness, insightful analysis and a playful love of language, and argued for their importance in the fight for racial equality.
Sports
Author: Peter Kühnst
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This book explores representations of sporting activities, exercise and games in art since the Renaissance. It includes physical activities of all kinds, and features works representing athletes, sports people, speed, the body, and movement.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This book explores representations of sporting activities, exercise and games in art since the Renaissance. It includes physical activities of all kinds, and features works representing athletes, sports people, speed, the body, and movement.
Sports Culture in Latin American History
Author: David M. K. Sheinin
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822980452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Perhaps no other activity is more synonymous with passion, identity, bodily ideals, and the power of place than sport. As the essays in this volume show, the function of sport as a historical and cultural marker is particularly relevant in Latin America. From the late nineteenth century to the present, the contributors reveal how sport opens a wide window into local, regional, and national histories. The essays examine the role of sport as a political vehicle, in claims to citizenship, as a source of community and ethnic pride, as a symbol of masculinity or feminism, as allegorical performance, and in many other purposes. Sports Culture in Latin American History juxtaposes analyses of better-known activities such as boxing and soccer with first peoples' athletics in Argentina, Cholita wrestling in Bolivia, the African-influenced martial art of capoeira, Japanese Brazilian gateball, the "Art Deco" body ideal for postrevolutionary Mexican women, Jewish soccer fans in Argentina and transgressive behavior at matches, and other topics. The contributors view the local origins and adaptations of these athletic activities and their significance as insightful narrators of history and culture.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822980452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Perhaps no other activity is more synonymous with passion, identity, bodily ideals, and the power of place than sport. As the essays in this volume show, the function of sport as a historical and cultural marker is particularly relevant in Latin America. From the late nineteenth century to the present, the contributors reveal how sport opens a wide window into local, regional, and national histories. The essays examine the role of sport as a political vehicle, in claims to citizenship, as a source of community and ethnic pride, as a symbol of masculinity or feminism, as allegorical performance, and in many other purposes. Sports Culture in Latin American History juxtaposes analyses of better-known activities such as boxing and soccer with first peoples' athletics in Argentina, Cholita wrestling in Bolivia, the African-influenced martial art of capoeira, Japanese Brazilian gateball, the "Art Deco" body ideal for postrevolutionary Mexican women, Jewish soccer fans in Argentina and transgressive behavior at matches, and other topics. The contributors view the local origins and adaptations of these athletic activities and their significance as insightful narrators of history and culture.
Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Culture and Local Development
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264009914
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This publication highlights the impact of culture on local economies and the methodological issues related to its identification.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264009914
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This publication highlights the impact of culture on local economies and the methodological issues related to its identification.
Sport and Art
Author: Andrew Edgar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415715065
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sport and Art is a study of the relationship between sport, art and philosophy. It argues that sport, like art, should be understood as a important culture practice through which human beings struggle to come to terms with such philosophical and metaphysical concerns as fate, chance and human free will. This book was published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415715065
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sport and Art is a study of the relationship between sport, art and philosophy. It argues that sport, like art, should be understood as a important culture practice through which human beings struggle to come to terms with such philosophical and metaphysical concerns as fate, chance and human free will. This book was published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.
Picturing the Beautiful Game
Author: Daniel Haxall
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501334581
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The world's most popular sport, soccer, has long been celebrated as “the beautiful game” for its artistry and aesthetic appeal. Picturing the Beautiful Game: A History of Soccer in Visual Culture and Art is the first collection to examine the rich visual culture of soccer, including the fine arts, design, and mass media. Covering a range of topics related to the game's imagery, this volume investigates the ways soccer has been promoted, commemorated, and contested in visual terms. Throughout various mediums and formats-including illustrated newspapers, modern posters, and contemporary artworks-soccer has come to represent issues relating to identity, politics, and globalization. As the contributors to this collection suggest, these representations of the game reflect society and soccer's place in our collective imagination. Perspectives from a range of fields including art history, sociology, sport history, and media studies enrich the volume, affording a multifaceted visual history of the beautiful game.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501334581
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The world's most popular sport, soccer, has long been celebrated as “the beautiful game” for its artistry and aesthetic appeal. Picturing the Beautiful Game: A History of Soccer in Visual Culture and Art is the first collection to examine the rich visual culture of soccer, including the fine arts, design, and mass media. Covering a range of topics related to the game's imagery, this volume investigates the ways soccer has been promoted, commemorated, and contested in visual terms. Throughout various mediums and formats-including illustrated newspapers, modern posters, and contemporary artworks-soccer has come to represent issues relating to identity, politics, and globalization. As the contributors to this collection suggest, these representations of the game reflect society and soccer's place in our collective imagination. Perspectives from a range of fields including art history, sociology, sport history, and media studies enrich the volume, affording a multifaceted visual history of the beautiful game.