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Takedown : art and power in the digital age / by Nayeri, FarahAuthor(DLC)no2022032079;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260).Farah Nayeri addresses the difficult questions plaguing the art world, from the bad habits of Old Masters, to the current grappling with identity politics. For centuries, art censorship has been a top-down phenomenon--kings, popes, and one-party states decided what was considered obscene, blasphemous, or politically deviant in art. Today, censorship can also happen from the bottom-up, thanks to calls to action from organizers and social media campaigns. Artists and artworks are routinely taken to task for their insensitivity. In this new world order, artists, critics, philanthropists, galleries and museums alike are recalibrating their efforts to increase the visibility of marginalized voices and respond to the people's demands for better ethics in art. But what should we, the people, do with this newfound power? With exclusive interviews with Nan Goldin, Sam Durant, Faith Ringgold, and others, Nayeri tackles wide-ranging issues including sex, religion, gender, ethics, animal rights, and race. By asking and answering questions such as: Who gets to make art and who owns it? How do we correct the inequities of the past? What does authenticity, exploitation, and appropriation mean in art?, Takedown provides the necessary tools to navigate the art world.
Subjects: Art; Arts and society.; Artists;

The art of solitude : a meditation on being alone with others in this world / by Batchelor, Stephen,author.(CARDINAL)519783;
"When world-renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor turned sixty, he took a sabbatical from his teaching and turned his attention to solitude, a practice integral to the meditative traditions he has long studied and taught. This beautiful literary collage documents his multifacted explorations. In a hyperconnected world that is simultaneously plagued by social isolation, he reminds us how to enjoy the inescapable solitude that is at the heart of human life." -- cover, p. [4].
Subjects: Solitude.; Meditation.; Art; Shamanism.;

The last starry night : Vincent Van Gogh / by Odone, Jamison,1980-author.(CARDINAL)479620;
After his release from the Saint-Paul asylum in 1890, Vincent Van Gogh wandered the French countryside before stumbling on the Auberge Ravoux, a quaint little inn in Auvers-sur-Oise. Although still plagued by mental illness, he found some peace there among his adoptive family, painting over 75 works of art in just three months. A 132-page color graphic novel by Jamison Odone, based on the first-hand account of Adeline Ravoux, the innkeeper's daughter, with whom Vincent shared a special bond. --Page 4 of cover.Includes bibliographical references (page 130).
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890; Artists; Mental illness;

Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs : biological and chemical warfare in the ancient world / by Mayor, Adrienne,1946-(CARDINAL)324291;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305 and index.
Subjects: Biological warfare; Chemical warfare; Weapons, Ancient.; Military history, Ancient.; Military art and science;

Scourge of the Black Death [videorecording] by Arts and Entertainment Network.(CARDINAL)225081; Filmroos Inc.; New Video Group.(CARDINAL)219113;
(Producer) Conducts an in-depth investigation into the deadliest disease in history. Renowned historians trace its spread and the sweeping changes it introduced to society, while scientists explain how the disease functions.
Subjects: Historical television programs.; Television programs.; Epidemics; Middle Ages.; Plague;

A zombies Christmas carol : in sequential art : being an undead story of Christmas / by McCann, Jim,1974-adapter.; Baldeón, David,illustrator.; Treece, Jeremy,illustrator.; Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.Christmas carol.;
Stave 1, Marley's hungry death -- Stave 2, the beginnings of the hungry death -- Stave 3, a Christmas feast for the presently hungry dead -- Stave 4, the last Christmas of Ebenezer Scrooge -- Stave 5, the end of it.A disease known as the "Hungry Death" plagues London and Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter miser whose frozen soul never thawed one degree at Christmas, may be mankind's only hope against the disease's undead victims."Parental advisory"--Jacket.
Subjects: Horror comic books.; Graphic novels.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Scrooge, Ebenezer (Fictitious character); Zombies;

European art of the fourteenth century / by Baragli, Sandra.(CARDINAL)281488;
Key words -- Places -- Leading artists -- Chronology.Fourteenth-century Europe was ravaged by famine, war, and, most devastatingly, the Black Plague. These widespread crises inspired a mystical religiosity, which emphasized both ecstatic joy and extreme suffering, producing emotionally charged and often graphic depictions of the Crucifixion and the martyrdoms of the saints. This third volume in the Art through the Centuries series highlights the most noteworthy concepts, geographic centers, and artists of this turbulent century. Important facts about the subjects under discussion are summarized in the margins of each entry, and salient features of the illustrated art works are identified and discussed.
Subjects: Art, Gothic.; Art, European;

House of reckoning [sound recording] by Saul, John.(CARDINAL)294201; Dawe, Angela.(CARDINAL)563942;
Read by Angela Dawe.Left in the cold care of a loveless foster family and alienated at school, Sarah Crane finds a kindred spirit in classmate Nick Dunnigan, a former mental patient still plagued by voices and visions. And in eccentric art instructor Bettina Phillips who is eager to mentor Sarah's artistic talent. But within the walls of Bettina's ancestral home, Sarah finds something altogether different and disturbing--a gateway from the grave into the world of the living that she and Nick will use to take control of their lives and to exact revenge.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Horror fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Art teachers; Foster children; Haunted houses; Mentally ill; Painting; Revenge;

B.P.R.D. by Mignola, Mike.(CARDINAL)356828; Davis, Guy,1966-(CARDINAL)341361; Robins, Clem,1955-(CARDINAL)342788; Stewart, Dave.(CARDINAL)669845;
The bizarre history of "Hellboy" character Abe Sapien is revealed in an origin story which unfolds as the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense tries to stop a plague from spreading across the United States.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Fantasy comics.; Graphic novels.; Horror comics.; Hellboy (Fictitious character from Mignola); Monsters;

House of reckoning / by Saul, John.(CARDINAL)294201;
Left in the cold care of a loveless foster family and alienated at school, Sarah Crane finds a kindred spirit in classmate Nick Dunnigan, a former mental patient still plagued by voices and visions. And in eccentric art instructor Bettina Phillips who is eager to mentor Sarah's artistic talent. But within the walls of Bettina's ancestral home, Sarah finds something altogether different and disturbing--a gateway from the grave into the world of the living that she and Nick will use to take control of their lives and to exact revenge.
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Fiction.; Foster children; Mentally ill; Art teachers; Haunted houses; Painting; Revenge;

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