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"The newest volume in the Art Institute of Chicago's successful A+D series, Fashioning the Object invites readers to visit three of the most visionary design studios at work today: Bless, Boudicca, and Sandra Backlund. Fiercely independent and far-reaching in their influences, these young designers from Berlin, London, Paris, and Stockholm are producing fashion objects that straddle the line between traditional craft and cutting-edge technique, both in their use of materials and in the promotion of their brands.Zoë Ryan establishes the context for understanding the exciting departures these design houses represent, as the young creators draw inspiration from an array of other disciplines, including architecture, performance, film, and fine art. From Bless's numbered editions, to Boudicca's graffiti-can perfume, to Backlund's ready-to-wear pieces of knitted copper, these designers adapt storied objects to new uses and break old conventions, promulgating their ideas in playful, groundbreaking ways"--

"The 18th-century Neapolitan crèche at the Art Institute of Chicago, which contains over 200 figures arranged in a panorama of street life, represents a prime example of this artistic medium. This catalogue is the first to study the crèche in the context of art and music history. Essays explore the Neapolitan crèche tradition and examine the design of Chicago's example with reference to other important crèches in Europe and the United States. Entries on individual figures identify the characters and types they represent, as well as their social and historical meaning and religious significance. Other entries address groups of figures, animals, and cultural themes present in the crèche"--

Foreword / James Rondeau -- Acknowledgments / Constantine Petridis -- Note to the reader -- From the object to the field (and back again) : complementary perspectives on African art / Constantine Petridis -- Northern Africa and the Sahel. Cat. 1 Of crests, farmers, and antelopes / Pascal James Imperato ; Cats. 2-16 / Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Pascal James Imperato, and Constantine Petridis -- Coastal West Africa. Cat. 17 Of figures spirits, and shrines / Martha G. Anderson ; Cats. 18-50 / Martha G. Anderson, Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Babatunde Lawal, and Constantine Petridis -- Central Africa. Cat. 51 Of masks, men, and women / Manuel Jordán ; Cats. 52-67 / Manuel Jordán and Constantine Petridis -- Eastern and Southern Africa. Cat. 68 Of pillows, cattle, and curios / Anitra Nettleton -- Cats. 69-75 / Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Anitra Nettleton, Constantine Petridis, and Janet M. Purdy -- "One's head is one's creator" : the interconnectedness of word and image in Yòrùbá art / Babatunde Lawal -- Map -- Works cited -- Contributors -- Index

"Published on the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this landmark book gathers information from the forefront of current research in early Soviet art, providing a new understanding of where art was presented, who saw it, and how the images incorporated and conveyed Soviet values. More than 350 works are grouped into areas of critical importance for the production, reception, and circulation of early Soviet art: battlegrounds, schools, theaters, the press, storefronts, exhibitions,factories, festivals, and homes. Paintings by El Lissitzky and Liubov Popova are joined by sculptures, costumes and textiles, decorative arts, architectural models, books, magazines, films, and more. Also included are rare and important artifacts, among them a selection of illustrated children's notes by Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Allilueva, as well as reproductions of key exhibition spaces such as the legendary Obmokhu (Constructivist) exhibition in 1921; Aleksandr Rodchenko's Workers Club in 1925; and a Radio-Orator kiosk for live, projected, and printed propaganda designed by Gustav Klutsis in 1922. Bountifully illustrated, this book offers an unprecedented, cross-disciplinary analysis of two momentous decades of Soviet visual culture"--

A copy includes letter written by Paul Clemen. ; The collection was also exhibited in New York and Boston. ; "His Majesty the German Emperor . gave his sanction to the loan of many valuable works from the Royal national gallery in Berlin . for the purposes of the exhibition. The government of various federal states, as well as the proprietors of private galleries likewise consented to place works of art at the disposal of the exhibition management": p. 71-72. ; "Contemporary German art, by Paul Clemen": p. 5-33. ; "Composition and printing by the Reichsdruckerei, Berlin; half-tones by Georg Büxenstein & comp., Berlin; binding by H. Sperling, Berlin; English translation by G. E. Maberly-Oppler, Charlottenburg": p. [2] ; Contemporary German art, by Paul Clemen (p. 5-33). ; Mode of access: Internet.