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Design History and the History of Design

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An essential overview as well as a theoretical critique for all students of design history. Walker studies the intellectual discipline of Design History and the issues that confront scholars writing histories of design.Taking his approach from a range of related fields, he discusses the problems of defining design and writing history. He considers the different methods that leading scholars have ... Read more

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An essential overview as well as a theoretical critique for all students of design history. Walker studies the intellectual discipline of Design History and the issues that confront scholars writing histories of design.Taking his approach from a range of related fields, he discusses the problems of defining design and writing history. He considers the different methods that leading scholars have
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Cultural Offensive

America's Impact on British Art Since 1945

by John A. Walker ...

The vibrant fine arts and mass culture that the United Stated exported to Britain in the postwar period had a powerful and far-reaching impact on many British artists, art students and critics. In a fascinating social and cultural history covering the period from the 1940s to the 1990s, but with emphasis on the 1950s and 1960s, John A. Walker offers a scholarly but accessible account of America's ... Read more

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The vibrant fine arts and mass culture that the United Stated exported to Britain in the postwar period had a powerful and far-reaching impact on many British artists, art students and critics. In a fascinating social and cultural history covering the period from the 1940s to the 1990s, but with emphasis on the 1950s and 1960s, John A. Walker offers a scholarly but accessible account of America's
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Art &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Outrage

Provocation, Controversy and the Visual Arts

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When art hits the headlines, it is usually because it has caused offence or is perceived by the media to have shock-value. Over the last fifty years many artists have been censored, vilified, accused of blasphemy and obscenity, threatened with violence, prosecuted and even imprisoned. Their work has been trashed by the media and physically attacked by the public.In Art & Outrage, John A. Walker ... Read more

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When art hits the headlines, it is usually because it has caused offence or is perceived by the media to have shock-value. Over the last fifty years many artists have been censored, vilified, accused of blasphemy and obscenity, threatened with violence, prosecuted and even imprisoned. Their work has been trashed by the media and physically attacked by the public.In Art & Outrage, John A. Walker
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Art and Celebrity

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The growing cult of the celebrity in contemporary culture is throwing up paradoxical ideas about the contradictions between 'high' art and mass appeal and blurring the already unstable boundaries between art, commodity and popular culture.This is a lively and accessible study of the phenomenon, informed by a look at what happens when the 'serious' world of art collides with celebrity. Global ... Read more

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The growing cult of the celebrity in contemporary culture is throwing up paradoxical ideas about the contradictions between 'high' art and mass appeal and blurring the already unstable boundaries between art, commodity and popular culture.This is a lively and accessible study of the phenomenon, informed by a look at what happens when the 'serious' world of art collides with celebrity. Global
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Art in the Age of Mass Media

by John A. Walker ...

Can fine art survive in an age of mass media? If so, in what forms and to what purpose? And can radical art still play a critical role in today's divided world?These are the questions addressed in the Art in the Age of Mass Media, as John Walker examines the fascinating relationship between art and mass media, and the myriad interactions between high and low culture in a postmodern, culturally ... Read more

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Can fine art survive in an age of mass media? If so, in what forms and to what purpose? And can radical art still play a critical role in today's divided world?These are the questions addressed in the Art in the Age of Mass Media, as John Walker examines the fascinating relationship between art and mass media, and the myriad interactions between high and low culture in a postmodern, culturally
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Sergeant Jiggy

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This is a true story about a man who was born at the outbreak of the First World War, and who served in Italy during the Second World War. The story kicks off at the beginning of the First World War. George lives a wonderful life in the country next to a small farm, Meikle Dripps, in Scotland. Like all young men he rejoices when the jazz age comes about, and at this point he starts work in a ... Read more

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This is a true story about a man who was born at the outbreak of the First World War, and who served in Italy during the Second World War. The story kicks off at the beginning of the First World War. George lives a wonderful life in the country next to a small farm, Meikle Dripps, in Scotland. Like all young men he rejoices when the jazz age comes about, and at this point he starts work in a
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Behind the Wall

by John A.Walker (JWYOU) ...

Theo Rosenberg, originally a newspaper journalist, as a young man went behind the Berlin Wall in 1984. Forty years later, he accepts an offer to work in his home city of Glasgow. The position he takes up is editor of Clipe Media. As soon as he does this he is contacted by someone he met all those years ago Behind the Wall. This agency are keen for him to offer their stories to the public in his ... Read more

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Theo Rosenberg, originally a newspaper journalist, as a young man went behind the Berlin Wall in 1984. Forty years later, he accepts an offer to work in his home city of Glasgow. The position he takes up is editor of Clipe Media. As soon as he does this he is contacted by someone he met all those years ago Behind the Wall. This agency are keen for him to offer their stories to the public in his
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Generation R

by John A.Walker (JWYOU) ...

In the year 2022, every day two young preachers, Ignatius and Tertullian, go to the city of Glasgow to promote Generation R. They know that in the time they are living, many citizens are being controlled by the Image Makers. Generation C have been brain washed into believing the Internet and the Internet of things are real. The two rival factions are watched over by the Secret Elite, who ... Read more

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In the year 2022, every day two young preachers, Ignatius and Tertullian, go to the city of Glasgow to promote Generation R. They know that in the time they are living, many citizens are being controlled by the Image Makers. Generation C have been brain washed into believing the Internet and the Internet of things are real. The two rival factions are watched over by the Secret Elite, who
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Art Into Pop/Pop Into Art

by John A. Walker ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Popular Music
This book, first published in 1987, was the first major survey of the links between the visual arts and pop music over the last thirty years. It brings to light the ideas, styles and people who have influenced both the look of pop and the shape of art. It examines how pop uses art movements like Dada, Futurism and Surrealism in everything from the design of album covers to the creation of a group ... Read more

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This book, first published in 1987, was the first major survey of the links between the visual arts and pop music over the last thirty years. It brings to light the ideas, styles and people who have influenced both the look of pop and the shape of art. It examines how pop uses art movements like Dada, Futurism and Surrealism in everything from the design of album covers to the creation of a group
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Silent Faces at the Races

by John A.Walker (JWYOU) ...

Series series The Silent Scene
The Silent Trilogy features the above novels: The Pop Festival; Silent Faces at the Races; The Film Festival. ... Read more

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The Silent Trilogy features the above novels: The Pop Festival; Silent Faces at the Races; The Film Festival.
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Lucy Lovelock: a girl in a whirl

by John A.Walker (JWYOU) ...

Lucy Lovelock and her friends, Jenny Penny, and Gina Cappuccino, like most young girls in the 21st century do not like being controlled by the TV and Media Moguls. And here today Lucy is off to work for the Academy of Entertainment: the main TV station in the city centre of town. How will she cope? How will the girl in a whirl keep her free spirit free? This edition includes part two: Mirror the ... Read more

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Lucy Lovelock and her friends, Jenny Penny, and Gina Cappuccino, like most young girls in the 21st century do not like being controlled by the TV and Media Moguls. And here today Lucy is off to work for the Academy of Entertainment: the main TV station in the city centre of town. How will she cope? How will the girl in a whirl keep her free spirit free? This edition includes part two: Mirror the
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Music-lovers

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Music-lovers is the celebrated story set in Glasgow just before the year two thousand. The story is told through eyes of the man the Jungle Bar people call the MusicMan. The novel opens in the apartment of the MusicMan and thereafter follows him through the city. Glasgow has changed radically during the nineteen nineties because of the enterprise culture. Brimming with characters this is ... Read more

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Music-lovers is the celebrated story set in Glasgow just before the year two thousand. The story is told through eyes of the man the Jungle Bar people call the MusicMan. The novel opens in the apartment of the MusicMan and thereafter follows him through the city. Glasgow has changed radically during the nineteen nineties because of the enterprise culture. Brimming with characters this is
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