Book DescriptionNetworked collaborations of artists did not begin on the Internet In this multidisciplinary look at the practice of art that takes place across a distance -- geographical, temporal, or emotional -- theorists and practitioners examine theways that art, activism, and media fundamentally reconfigured each other in experimental оважх networked projects of the 1970s and 1980s By providing a context for this work -- showing that it was shaped by varying mixes of social relations, cultural strategi
Book DescriptionStarting with Rodin and ending with Louise Bourgeois, Icons of Art traces artistic developments and trends across North America and Europe in the last century Full-color reproductions of nearly one hundred important paintings, sculptures, photographs and multi-media projects are accompanied by brief biographies of the оважэ artists, informative essays, as well as anecdotal information and comparative illustrations A magnificent introduction to modern masterpieces, this information-packed vol
Book DescriptionThe Civil War in general, and Oliver Cromwell in particular, is enjoying a significant revival in academic and general study; television docu-dramas, films, battlefield tours and the appearance of Cromwell in the 'Great Britons' and 'Men of the Millennium' polls demonstrate this Here, Alan Marshall concentrates on the man's овазг military life, for it is certainly true that it was Cromwell's battlefield skills, tactical astuteness and command capabilities that helped him attain his political