Against Interpretation
5:11 am in Language Literature, Sontag, Susan, art, essays & criticism | 1 Comment
by Susan Sontag (1967)
A collection of selected Sontag’s essays published between 1962 and 1965.
5:11 am in Language Literature, Sontag, Susan, art, essays & criticism | 1 Comment
by Susan Sontag (1967)
A collection of selected Sontag’s essays published between 1962 and 1965.
3:32 am in Cousins, Mark, Recommended, art, film, history | 2 Comments
by Mark Cousins (2004)
An accessible and engaging sweep of general film history
3:14 am in Iran, Recommended, Sadr, Hamid Reza, art, film, history | 1 Comment
A Political History
by Hamid Reza Sadr (2006)
A comprehensive, highly readable history of Iranian cinema with its embedded and reflected social, political, cultural and economic contexts.
4:01 am in Indonesia, Peacock, James L., art, history, social science | No Comments
Aspek Sosial & Simbolik Teater Rakyat Indonesia
by James L. Peacock (1968)
Studies the (pre-’65 gestapu) historical, social and artistic importance of this “proletarian drama”, ludruk.
6:16 pm in art | No Comments
Playing with Fire
by Eileen Blumenthal and Julie Taymor (1999)
A lavishly-illustrated account of Julie Taymor’s career in theatre, opera and film, the book traces the development of her “cross-pollination”: from her summer travel to Sri Lanka and India in high school; apprenticeship at L’École de Mime Jacques LeCoq; at Oberlin College; in Indonesia working together with [...]
9:38 pm in Harr, Jonathan, art | No Comments
The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan Harr (2005).
Chronicles the story of the quest for Caravaggio’s The Taking of Christ. Based on numerous interviews and written in the style of a (historical/detective?) novel.