Modern Bodies @ Art & Architecture book

Modern Bodies
In 1930, dancer and choreographer Martha Graham proclaimed the arrival of dance as an art of and from America. Dancers such as Doris Humphrey, Ted Shawn, Katherine Dunham, and Helen Tamiris joined Graham in creating a new form of dance, and, like other modernists, they experimented with and argued over their aesthetic innovations, to which they assigned great meaning. Their innovations, however, went beyond aesthetics. While modern dancers devised new ways of moving bodies in accordance with many modernist principles, their artistry was indelibly shaped by their place in society. Modern dance was distinct from other artistic genres in terms of the people it attracted: white women (many of whom were Jewish), gay men, and African American men and women. Women held leading roles in the development of modern dance on stage and off; gay men recast the effeminacy often associated with dance into a hardened, heroic, American athleticism; and African Americans contributed elements of social, African, and Caribbean dance, even as their undervalued role defined the limits of modern dancers' communal visions. Through their art, modern dancers challenged conventional roles and images of gender, sexuality, race, class, and regionalism with a view of American democracy that was confrontational and participatory, authorial and populist. Modern Bodies exposes the social dynamics that shaped American modernism and moved modern dance to the edges of society, a place both provocative and perilous.
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Colonial Home by Bobbie Kalman, John Crossingham
Description not available.This book describes the homes, customs, and habits of seventeenth and eighteenth century North American settlers.

AUTHOR: Bobbie Kalman, John Crossingham
PUBLISHER: Crabtree Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Modern House by John Welsh
The twentieth century has produced numerous innovative and memorable designs for private houses, many of which have become architectural icons worldwide. In the 1920s and 1930s the private horse was the means by which architects established the early Modern Movement and clients looked favourably on commissioning the avant -garde. Today, the house is enjoying an architectural renaissance, as private clients have returned to architects to express their wealth and status. The result is a collection of innovative projects that demonstrates some of the real reputations. The thirty recent houses from around the and demonstrate continuing links with the work of the early twentieth-century masters. Each project is covered in depth and fully illustrated with photographs, plans and drawings.

AUTHOR: John Welsh
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Home by Julie V. Iovine
Description not available.An illustrated primer for stylish living--filled with insights by top designers--shows readers how to demystify, simplify, and refine their homes, showing them how to mix the expensive with the inexpensive in economical ways. 50,000 first printing.

AUTHOR: Julie V. Iovine
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Picasso by Susan Hellard, Tony Hart
Description not available.Focuses on the childhood of the noted artist Pablo Picasso

AUTHOR: Susan Hellard, Tony Hart
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

A Year of Style by Frederic Fekkai
In this guide to grooming, famed style consultant Frederick Fekkai explains how any woman can establish her personal style, expressing herself through haircuts, cosmetics, accessories, and clothing. Drawing on his experiences of painting numerous famous faces--including those of Liv Tyler, Martha Stewart, and Mira Sorvino--he shares his secrets for creating low-maintenance celebrity images. He also lists his fashion faux-pas, warning women that he considers wearing red nail polish during the day to be tasteless and that the results of impulsive plastic surgery can be ghastly.

AUTHOR: Frederic Fekkai
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture