"This book is about the expanding realm of visual culture: in architecture, art, design, advertising, photography, film, television, video, theatre performance, computer imagery and virtual reality. It is also about Visual Culture Studies, a relatively new academic discipline, or rather range of disciplines, that scholars employ to analyse visual artefacts. Unlike many other texts on the same subject, it foregrounds the ?visual? and is s ..."
Japanese Love Hotels A Cultural History (Routledge Contemporary Japan) von SarahChaplin Paperback, 256 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2007 von Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-48754-2, ISBN: 0-415-48754-4
"Drawing on theories of place, consumption and identity, Sarah Chaplin details the evolution of the love hotel in urban Japan since the 1950s. Love hotels emerged in the late 1950s following a ban of licensed prostitution, then were extremely popular in the 1970s, were then legislated against in the 1980s and are now perceived as ‘leisure’, ‘fashion’ or ‘boutique’ hotels. Representing a timely opportunity to capture and evaluate the dyi ..."
"Twins Zack and Zara receive an annual pass to the zoo for their birthday and use it to visit Mrs. Anteater and her new baby. They eat a healthy picnic, including avocado, and watch the zookeeper feed Mrs. Anteater an avocado for a treat. Can you imagine Zack and Zara s excitement when they discover that they can talk to a zoo animal that eats the same food as them? Zack and Zara have fun learning from Mrs. Anteater about how she is diff ..."
"Este libro está concebido como una guía introductoria que puede ayudar tanto a los estudiantes de Historia del Arte, Bellas Artes, Diseño, Publicidad, Comunicación Audiovisual y Periodismo como a cualquier persona que desee acercarse a este apasionante campo de estudio. Los autores ofrecen en él mucho ejemplos y también un buen número de interesantes referencias bibliográficas en cada capítulo"
Curating Architecture and the City(1st Edition) (Critiques: Critical Studiesi N Architectural Humanities) von SarahChaplin, Alexandra Stara Paperback, 272 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2009 von Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-48983-6, ISBN: 0-415-48983-0
"Addressing the collection, representation and exhibition of architecture and the built environment, this book explores current practices, historical precedents, theoretical issues and future possibilities arising from the meeting of a curatorial ‘subject’ and an architectural ‘object’. Striking a balance between theoretical investigations and case studies, the chapters cover a broad methodological as well as thematic range. Examining ..."
"Ole Scheeren, Frans Blok, Tom Bergevoet with Enno Stemerding, Jeroen
Thomas. Gro Bonesmo, Catherine Lassen, Sanna Schuiling Model: Dan Wood
and Vincent de Rijk Structural engineers: Ove Arup and Partners: Cecil Balmond.
Robert Pugh Mechanical engineers Ove Arup and Partners: Martin Walton
Acoustic engineers: lr. LJC van Luxembourg. Theo Raijmakers Quantity
surveyors: De Weger Technical stage installations: Stakebrand BV: JH
Stakeb ..."