10 results for '"Art of Play"'

The images of children that abound in Western art do not simply mirror reality; they are imaginative constructs, representing childhood as a special stage of human life, or emblematic of the human...

From his cavernous voice and unparalleled artistry to his fearless struggle for human rights, Paul Robeson was one of the twentieth century's greatest icons and polymaths. In Everything Man Shana L...

The politicization of the arts today is the subject of this important and timely publication examining three exhibitions that explore how a resistive art might be imagined, despite being enmeshed in...

What were the twelve labours of Herakles? Why did Zeus turn himself into a shower of gold? What was the name of the guard-dog of the Underworld? Which two-faced Roman god gave his name to the month...

"For most people the phrase 'Shakespeare's Sonnets' refers to the 154 poems published in 1609 under the title Shakespeare's Sonnets: Never before Imprinted. These have since appeared in numerous...

A funny, inviting, full-color book about art for people who don't know about "art"--featuring new artworks by David Shrigley. What is art, where do I find it, and once I'm in front of it, what am...

An exploration of the weight of history and the demand for originality on the contemporary artist, written by one of India's best-known artists. What conception does a modern artist or critic have...

How great is the evolutionary distance between humans and apes, and what is it that creates that gulf? Philosophers and scientists have debated the question for centuries, but Michael Corballis finds...