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The art of cruelty : a reckoning / by Nelson, Maggie,1973-(CARDINAL)531647;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.Styles of imprisonment -- Theaters of cruelty -- Great to watch -- Captivity, catharsis -- Everything is nice -- They're only dolls -- The golden rule -- Nobody said no -- The brutality of fact -- Who we are -- A situation of meat -- Precariousness -- Inflicted -- Face -- Rings of action -- Rarer and better things.Discusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help create a just social order or whether focusing on representations of cruelty makes society more cruel.
Subjects: Art; Cruelty in art.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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George Romney as a painter of children : a loan exhibition in aid of the Centenary Year of Appeal of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the painter's birth, 30th May until 30th June, 1984 / by Romney, George,1734-1802.(CARDINAL)131922; Allen, Brian,1952-(CARDINAL)183227; Leger Galleries.(CARDINAL)176896;
Subjects: Portraits.; Romney, George, 1734-1802.; Children in art.; Children; Children.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cats in art : from prehistoric to neo-pop masterpieces / by Pare , Alix,author.;
Did you know that, until the Middle Ages, people were wary of half-domestic, half-wild animals? That cats evoked laziness, cruelty, greed, and even lust? And that "having a cat's nose" was a serious physical defect at the time? The cat traverses the history of civilizations and the history of art. Its symbolism fluctuates: revered in ancient Egypt, assimilated to Satan in medieval religious painting, companion to the free and independent artist in the 19th century. Throughout the pages, explore the works of Lorenzo Lotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Francisco de Goya, Auguste Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, Fernand ♯ưger, Balthus, Andy Warhol, and more. -- Publisher's website.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Nonfiction.; Cats in art.; Animals in art.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Animals and men : their relationship as reflected in Western art from prehistory to the present day / by Clark, Kenneth,1903-1983,author.(CARDINAL)151645; William Morrow and Company,publisher.(CARDINAL)745520;
Subjects: Animals in art.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Hold it against me : difficulty and emotion in contemporary art / by Doyle, Jennifer.(CARDINAL)273773;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-192) and index.Introducing difficulty -- Hard feelings -- Patrolling the border between art and politics -- Vocabulary shift: from controversy to difficulty -- Difficulty's audience -- Three case studies in difficulty and the problem of affect -- A blank: Aliza Shvarts, untitled -- Theater of cruelty: Thomas Eakins, the gross clinic -- Touchy subject: Ron Athey, incorruptible flesh: dissociative sparkle -- Thinking feeling: criticism and emotion -- What happened to feeling? -- The difficulty of sentimentality: Franko B's I miss you! -- The strange theatricality of tears: nao Bustamante's Neapolitan -- Relational aesthetics and affective labor -- Feeling overdetermined: identity, emotion, and history -- The difficulty of identity -- James Luna's the history of the Luiseño people (Christmas, La Jolla Reservation). -- Difficulty and ideologies of emotion. -- Carrie Mae Weems's From here I saw what happened and I cried. -- David Wojnarowicz's Untitled (Hujar Dead).
Subjects: Art criticism.; Emotions in art.; Art, Modern; Art, Modern;
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Marking time : art in the age of mass incarceration / by Fleetwood, Nicole R.,author.(CARDINAL)849229;
Carceral aesthetics: penal space, time, and matter -- State goods: clandestine practices and prison art collectives -- Captured by the frame: photographic studies of prisoners -- Interior subjects: portraits by incarcerated̨̨ artists -- Fraught imaginaries: collaborative art in prison -- Art in solitary confinement -- Posing in prison: family photographs, practices of belonging, and carceral landscapes."More than two million men and women are currently behind bars in the United States. Incarceration not only separates the imprisoned from their families and communities, it also exposes them to shocking levels of violence and sexual assault and subjects them to the arbitrary cruelties of the criminal justice system. Yet, as Nicole Fleetwood reveals, America's prisons are filled with art. Despite the isolation and degradation they experience, the incarcerated are driven to assert their humanity in the face of a system that dehumanizes them. Based on interviews with currently and formerly incarcerated artists, prison visits, and the author's own family experiences with the penal system, Marking Time shows how the imprisoned turn ordinary objects into elaborate works of art. Working with meager supplies and in the harshest conditions-including solitary confinement-these artists find ways to resist the brutality and depravity that prisons engender. The impact of their art, Fleetwood observes, can be felt far beyond prison walls. Their bold works, many of which are being published for the first time in this volume, have opened new possibilities in American art. As the movement to reform the country's criminal justice system grows, art provides the imprisoned with a political voice. Their works testify to the economic and racial injustices that underpin American punishment and offer a new vision of freedom for the twenty-first century"--Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Prisoners as artists; Art, American; Imprisonment;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The poet slave of Cuba : a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano / by Engle, Margarita.(CARDINAL)344687; Qualls, Sean,illustrator.(CARDINAL)348014;
Juan Francisco Manzano was born in 1797 into the household of wealthy slaveowners in Cuba. He spent his early years at the side of his owner's wife, entertaining her friends. His poetry was his outlet, reflecting the beauty and cruelty of his world. Written in verse.NPAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection.
Subjects: Biographies.; Poetry.; Manzano, Juan Francisco, 1797-1854; Children's poetry, American.; Enslaved persons; Poets;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 16
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Niourk / by Vatine, Olivier,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)658219; Kander, Brandon,translator.(CARDINAL)345453; Schutz, Diana,translator.(CARDINAL)345454; Robins, Clem,1955-letterer.(CARDINAL)342788; Wul, Stefan.Niourk.;
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, where mankind has regressed to a handful of primitive tribes hunting and foraging for a meager, oppressed existence, a lone black child, shunned by other members of his tribe, sets out on an epic journey to what used to be known as New York, land of the gods! Adapted from the novel by Stefan Wul, author of cult favourite Fantastic Planet, illustrated by acclaimed French comics artist Olivier Vatine, this unusual hero's journey is a memorable examination of a child's compassion -- and the human race's cruelty.
Subjects: Apocalyptic comics.; Science fiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Dystopias;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The bone parade / by Nykanen, Mark.(CARDINAL)749594;
Ashley Stassler is not your average artist. He has been wildly praised for a series of bronze sculptures that group families together, depicting them in moments of excruciating physical and emotional pain -- but the art world has no clue as to how he creates such authentic, gruesome, seemingly tortured human representations. He assigns each family a number, and now he's up to number nine. What's in store for family #9? Cruelty and savagery that you can't even imagine . .
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Horror fiction.; Sculptors; Murderers; Kidnapping victims;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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The town crazy / by Roche, Suzzy,author.(CARDINAL)371792;
"The Town Crazy is set in the sleepy town of Hanzloo, Pennsylvania, a suburban Catholic community in 1961. A single father moves into town with his young son, which arouses suspicion from the husbands and the interest of the wives, but at the same time, one of the wives seems to be losing her mind, and no one knows what to do. A contemporary, often humorous take on a bygone era, The Town Crazy also delves into the terror and cruelty of childhood, the dangerous loneliness of failing marriages, sexual repression and desire, and the intersection of art and religion, all culminating in a tragedy for which everyone in the town bears some responsibility."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Single parents; Single fathers; Marriage; Children; Interpersonal relations; Small cities; Marriage.; Children.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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