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Author: Albert Boime Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521570671 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 452
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In The Unveiling of the National Icons, Albert Boime analyses the creation and reception of several American national monuments as a means of understanding the politics of memory and national icons. In engaging, 'behind the scenes' accounts of several highly visible symbols, such as the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore, among others, he demonstrates how these icons have been manipulated for patriotic purposes. Boime also shows how these monuments express individual and collective needs and how they are subject to contested readings, despite their origins in the creative imaginations of conservatives and privileged members of America. Examining these symbols as a group for the first time, this book is also the first serious investigation of visual artifacts that are too often taken for granted.
Author: Albert Boime Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521570671 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 452
Book Description
In The Unveiling of the National Icons, Albert Boime analyses the creation and reception of several American national monuments as a means of understanding the politics of memory and national icons. In engaging, 'behind the scenes' accounts of several highly visible symbols, such as the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore, among others, he demonstrates how these icons have been manipulated for patriotic purposes. Boime also shows how these monuments express individual and collective needs and how they are subject to contested readings, despite their origins in the creative imaginations of conservatives and privileged members of America. Examining these symbols as a group for the first time, this book is also the first serious investigation of visual artifacts that are too often taken for granted.
Author: Teresa Bergman Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1315428725 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 254
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Examining interpretive materials, exhibits, and films at major US historic sites where controversy has erupted over historical interpretation, Exhibiting Patriotism shows how historical narratives change over time, shaped by the dynamic relationship between these museums, their visitors, and the public.
Author: Sudhakar H Publisher: Sudhakar bhanudas hiwale ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 41
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Understanding the Origins of the Illuminati In the vast realm of conspiracy theories, few are as captivating and enigmatic as the origins of the Illuminati. This secret society, believed by some to still exist today, has been the subject of countless debates and speculations. In this subchapter, we will delve into the fascinating history of the Illuminati, exploring its alleged roots and its infiuence on both government and corporate realms. The origins of the Illuminati can be traced back to the late 18th century, in Bavaria, Germany. Founded on May 1, 1776, by a Bavarian professor named Adam Weishaupt, the Illuminati's primary aim was to promote Enlightenment ideals and challenge the oppressive power structures of the time. Weishaupt sought to infiltrate influential institutions, such as government and academia, to bring about social and political change. The early years of the Illuminati were marked by secrecy and clandestine operations. Weishaupt and his close circle of intellectuals recruited members from various walks of life, including politicians, businessmen, and intellectuals. Through their network, the Illuminati aimed to spread their ideas and ideals, advocating for religious tolerance, rationality, and equality.
Author: Michael Kammen Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307548775 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 482
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In this lively narrative, award-winning author Michael Kammen presents a fascinating analysis of cutting-edge art and artists and their unique ability to both delight and provoke us. He illuminates America’s obsession with public memorials and the changing role of art and museums in our society. From Thomas Eakins’s 1875 masterpiece The Gross Clinic, (considered “too big, bold, and gory” when first exhibited) to the bitter disputes about Maya Lin’s Vietnam War Memorial, this is an eye-opening account of American art and the battles and controversies that it has ignited.
Author: Steven Johnston Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1442261315 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 240
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In this book, political theorist Steve Johnston explores Lincoln’s thought and political philosophy, but also his intentional and shrewdly calculated ambiguity – enabling him to be maximally politically effective in the face of unprecedented challenges.
Author: Eshete Gemeda Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster ISBN: 3643902336 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 346
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Eshete Gemeda is researcher at the University of Southern Denmark - Institute of Literature, Cultural Studies and Media. --Book Jacket.
Author: Alexander McGregor (Ph. D.) Publisher: Cambria Press ISBN: 1934043591 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 376
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This book questions the view of the current orthodoxy which argues that the Soviet Union and the United States were binary opposites in the 1930s. The Shaping of Popular Consent presents a comparative analysis of one specific facet of the USSR and the US, namely the manner in which their ruling elites sought to win popular consent. A key dimension in the analysis of any political order, this issue recommends itself precisely because the assumption that, in this the two were quite dissimilar, is the virtual point of departure for the current thinking. To sharpen the focus of the comparison, the book concentrates on the role of the visual arts and the manner and extent to which those in power employed them to attempt to win popular consent. Therefore, this book poses two questions. Firstly, to what extent did the ruling elites in both the USSR and the US believe they needed the people's faith/trust in the system? Secondly, different as the two societies were, to what extent might they have employed similar use of visual cultural media in their attempts to win "hearts and minds"? The study explores the interwar years, specifically 1929-1941. This was an era of great upheaval in both the USSR and the US and marks the beginning of the age of mass communication. The book examines if, how, and to what extent Soviet and American cultural producers, during the years 1929-1941, employed the visual arts, cinema in particular but also painting, the plastic arts, theatre and architecture, to promote, essentially, the establishments' rights and wrongs, heroes and villains. It does so exploring both the domestic and the international scene. It illustrates that, despite giant differences between the two countries, in the way the two establishments sought to win popular consent the binary view is simply inaccurate. Perhaps more importantly, it demonstrates the need for a plethora of wide-ranging comparative studies of the Soviet Union and the United States. Indeed, through recognizing the importance of comparing and contrasting the USSR and the US, and by attempting to do just that, we might learn to better understand how, in what ways and for what purposes these two countries, so central to our understanding of the modern world, were organized. Thus, this work is genuinely comparative, inter-disciplinary and cultural. Indeed, the study is part of a vanguard movement. It is of significant value to scholars of both the USSR, Stalinism and Soviet art and the US, the New Deal and Hollywood. Finally, building on work by Noam Chomsky, Anotonio Gramsci and others such as Benedict Anderson's book Imagined Communities, the book will be of tremendous interests to many (both students and interested parties alike) who have an interest in how identities are constructed, how propaganda is manufactured and just how the (ostensibly) divergent philosophies of modern governments are represented in popular culture.
Author: Jeff Keshen Publisher: University of Ottawa Press ISBN: 0776615521 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 284
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Questions of methodology and the use of sources are fundamental to all academic disciplines. In recent years, this topic has become far more challenging as scholars are increasingly adopting an interdisciplinary approach to achieve richer and deeper analyses, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. Building New Bridges / Bâtir de nouveaux ponts is a collection of scholarly papers that deals with the first principles of source identification and their effective utilization. The contributors to the volume come from a wide range of disciplines and represent both French and English Canada. Together, they explore and encourage the interdisciplinarity trend - around which considerable academic trepidation remains - and seek to explain, for example, how historians and those in English or Lettres françaises analyze texts, how scholars approach paintings, photography, and film, and how the study of music relates tempo and lyrics to wider societal trends. They utilize their respective research to elucidate means of effectively employing evidences and methods to achieve richer, deeper, and more nuanced results. As a whole, the collection provides an excellent primer for scholars of methodology.
Author: David Morgan Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520938305 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 336
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"Sacred gaze" denotes any way of seeing that invests its object—an image, a person, a time, a place—with spiritual significance. Drawing from many different fields, David Morgan investigates key aspects of vision and imagery in a variety of religious traditions. His lively, innovative book explores how viewers absorb and process religious imagery and how their experience contributes to the social, intellectual, and perceptual construction of reality. Ranging widely from thirteenth-century Japan and eighteenth-century Tibet to contemporary America, Thailand, and Africa, The Sacred Gaze discusses the religious functions of images and the tools viewers use to interpret them. Morgan questions how fear and disgust of images relate to one another and explains how scholars study the long and evolving histories of images as they pass from culture to culture. An intriguing strand of the narrative details how images have helped to shape popular conceptions of gender and masculinity. The opening chapter considers definitions of "visual culture" and how these relate to the traditional practice of art history. Amply illustrated with more than seventy images from diverse religious traditions, this masterful interdisciplinary study provides a comprehensive and accessible resource for everyone interested in how religious images and visual practice order space and time, communicate with the transcendent, and embody forms of communion with the divine. The Sacred Gaze is a vital introduction to the study of the visual culture of religions.
Author: Peter Burke Publisher: Reaktion Books ISBN: 1861898282 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 226
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Eyewitnessing evaluates the place of images among other kinds of historical evidence. By reviewing the many varieties of images by region, period and medium, and looking at the pragmatic uses of images (e.g. the Bayeux Tapestry, an engraving of a printing press, a reconstruction of a building), Peter Burke sheds light on our assumption that these practical uses are 'reflections' of specific historical meanings and influences. He also shows how this assumption can be problematic. Traditional art historians have depended on two types of analysis when dealing with visual imagery: iconography and iconology. Burke describes and evaluates these approaches, concluding that they are insufficient. Focusing instead on the medium as message and on the social contexts and uses of images, he discusses both religious images and political ones, also looking at images in advertising and as commodities. Ultimately, Burke's purpose is to show how iconographic and post-iconographic methods – psychoanalysis, semiotics, viewer response, deconstruction – are both useful and problematic to contemporary historians.
Author: Albert Boime
Author: Albert Boime
Author: Teresa Bergman
Author: Sudhakar H
Author: Michael Kammen
Author: Steven Johnston
Author: Eshete Gemeda
Author: Alexander McGregor (Ph. D.)
Author: Jeff Keshen
Author: David Morgan
Author: Peter Burke