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Known as the “Walt Disney of Japan” it is no surprise that Tezuka Osamu is still the best-known manga creator to Western fans. Current scholarship has uncovered the profound complexity and ambiguity……続きを見る

EPISODE III–THE ONE AND ONLY OFFICIAL SCREENPLAY, available exclusively in ebook format, including scenes that did not appear in the movie itself! This is the complete, final screenplay written by G……続きを見る

On August 21, 1911, the unfathomable happened–Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa vanished from the Louvre. More than twenty-four hours passed before museum officials realized she was gone. The prime susp……続きを見る

These are powerfully original poems about the sweetness and pain of adulthood and fatherhood by the critically acclaimed poet Dan Chiasson. A child’s improvised game of “Where’s the moon, There’s th……続きを見る

In this landmark work, Jed Perl captures the excitement of a generation of legendary artists–Jackson Pollack, Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ellsworth Kelly among them–who came to New York……続きを見る

Using step-by-step instruction on how to draw Japanese manga and anime zombies, vampires, and monsters, best-selling author Christopher Hart teaches artists how they can create their own spooky mang……続きを見る

A witty, gracious, and charmingly illustrated anti-consumer manifesto Like most people, Sarah Lazarovic covets beautiful things. But rather than giving in to her impulse to spend and acquire, Sarah ……続きを見る

In den Grundlagen des populären Films analysiert der Kulturkritiker Georg Seeßlen detailreich und hintergründig die stilbildenden Elemente unterschiedlicher Filmgenres und verfolgt ihren Weg durch d……続きを見る

Die Faszination des Genres ist ungebrochen - von den Klassikern des Hollywood-Sandalenfilms, über Ritter und Piratenfilme bis hin zu modernen Abenteurern wie Indiana Jones: Der Abenteurer lebt von T……続きを見る

Coole Helden, tollkühne Stunts, rasante Schnitte: Actionfilme sind ein äußerst beliebtes Genre. Die angesagtesten Filme und Serien - darunter "Stirb Langsam", "Terminator", "Mission: Impossible", "H……続きを見る

Figuren sind für Spielfilme und das Erleben der Zuschauer von zentraler Bedeutung. Dieses Buch stellt das bislang umfassendste Modell zur Untersuchung von Filmfiguren in ihren vielfältigen Formen un……続きを見る

Der Autor verfolgt das Genre von seinen Anfängen (Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari, , M- eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder) über den film noir bis hin zum Schweigen der Lämmer, Illuminati und Shutter Islan……続きを見る

Umfassende Einführung zum Filmverstehen unter zeichentheoretischer Perspektive. Es werden Medien als solche, ihre technischen Grundlagen und ihre Wirkungsästhetik behandelt. Aus zeichentheoretischer……続きを見る

In den Grundlagen des populären Films analysiert der Kulturkritiker Georg Seeßlen detailreich und hintergründig die stilbildenden Elemente unterschiedlicher Filmgenres und verfolgt ihren Weg durch d……続きを見る

Who were the beats? Not the sandle-clad "beatniks" of popular lore but dedicated writers, experimenters, skit improvisers, theorizers, hedonists, close friends, bisexual free lovers, shapers of the ……続きを見る

Visual culture has become one of the most dynamic fields of scholarship, a reflection of how the study of human culture increasingly requires distinctively visual ways of thinking and methods of ana……続きを見る

80+ Creative ways of letter writing, tons of paint, shades, bubbles, glimpses of wisdom, true craftsmanship. 続きを見る

Street art graffiti letters photo book. Big collection of Letter Styles, Tags, Signs. Brilliant ideas, Interesting Designs, True Street Art Passion. 続きを見る

Why 33? Partly because that's the number of rotations performed by a vinyl album in one minute, and partly because it takes a lot of songs to tell a story which spans seven decades and five continen……続きを見る

The story of the city that aspired to be "the Paris of the New World" but instead became the Pin-Up Capital of America. A history of Chicago's visual arts community with an emphasis on the contribut……続きを見る

A Choice 2015 Outstanding Academic Title Throughout history, Muslim men have been depicted as monsters. The portrayal of humans as monsters helps a society delineate who belongs and who, or what, is……続きを見る

Focusing on the art and literary form of manga, this volume examines the intercultural exchanges that have shaped manga during the twentieth century and how manga’s culturalization is related to its……続きを見る

British Fashion Design explores the tensions between fashion as art form, and the demands of a ruthlessly commercial industry. Based on interviews and research conducted over a number of years, Ange……続きを見る

If the source of manga and anime is physically located in Japan, the temptation for many critics and scholars is to ask what aspects of Japanese culture and history gave rise to these media. This ni……続きを見る

On Not Looking: The Paradox of Contemporary Visual Culture focuses on the image, and our relationship to it, as a site of "not looking." The collection demonstrates that even though we live in an im……続きを見る

Digital Currents explores the growing impact of digital technologies on aesthetic experience and examines the major changes taking place in the role of the artist as social communicator. Margot Love……続きを見る

In 1956 many people thought rock `n' roll was a passing fad, yet over forty years later , more than ever, Popular Music is a part of contemporary culture, reinventing itself for successive generatio……続きを見る

Comedy is crucial to how the English see themselves. This book considers that proposition through a series of case studies of popular English comedies and comedians in the twentieth century, ranging……続きを見る

Insatiable bloodlust, dangerous sexualities, the horror of the undead, uncharted Trannsylvanian wildernesses, and a morbid fascination with the `other': the legend of the vampire continues to haunt ……続きを見る

Science Fiction Audiences examines the astounding popularity of two television "institutions" - the series Doctor Who and ^Star Trek. Both of these programmes have survived cancellation and acquired……続きを見る