Larry Shiner challenges our conventional understandings of art and asks us to reconsider its history entirely, arguing that the category of ine art is a modern invention - and that the lines drawn between art and craft emerged only as the result of key European social transformations during the long eighteenth century"--Publisher's description.
Although the arts of incense and perfume making are among the oldest of human cultural practices, it is only in the last two decades that the use of odors in the creation of art has begun to attract attention under the rubrics of 'olfactory art' or 'scent art.' Contemporary olfactory art ranges from gallery and museum installations and the use of scents in music, film, and drama, to the ambient scenting of stores and the use of scents in cuisine. All these practices raise aesthetic and ethical issues, but there is a long-standing philosophical tradition, most notably articulated in the work of Kant and Hegel, which argues that the sense of smell lacks the cognitive capacity to be a vehicle for either serious art or reflective aesthetic experience. This neglect and denigration of the aesthetic potential of smell was further reinforced by Darwin's and Freud's views of the human sense of smell as a near useless evolutionary vestige. Smell has thus been widely neglected within the philosophy of art. Larry Shiner's wide-ranging book counters this tendency, aiming to reinvigorate an interest in smell as an aesthetic experience. He begins by countering the classic arguments against the aesthetic potential of smell with both philosophical arguments and evidence from neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, history, linguistics, and literature. He then draws on this empirical evidence to explore the range of aesthetic issues that arise in each of the major areas of the olfactory arts, whether those issues arise from the use of scents with theater and music, sculpture and installation, architecture and urban design, or avant-garde cuisine. Shiner gives special attention to the art status of perfumes and to the ethical issues that arise from scenting the body, the ambient scenting of buildings, and the use of scents in fast food. Shiner's book provides both philosophers and other academic readers with not only a comprehensive overview of the aesthetic issues raised by the emergence of the olfactory arts, but also shows the way forward for further studies of the aesthetics of smell.
Tocqueville opens the Recollections, his deeply ambivalent memoir of the failed 1848 Revolution in France, with an explicit denial of any literary intent or rhetorical appeal. Forced by illness into an unaccustomed state of leisure, Tocqueville claims to record his experiences solely for his own amusement, holding up a "secret mirror" through which he will be able to contemplate the past truthfully. In this innovative study, L. E. Shiner examines the Recollections as a test case of the relation between form and content in historical writing. Drawing on current literary theory and semiotics, Shiner offers a close reading which at once confirms the inevitably literary character of historical writing and demonstrates how rhetorical analysis of Tocqueville's writings deepens our understanding of his political thought. Using the methods of reader-response and rhetorical criticisms, among others, Shiner first analyzes the component genres and narrative structures of the Recollections, the recurring pictorial and thematic codes, and the various voices Tocqueville employs. He then confronts the issue of the truth of Tocqueville's treatment of 1848, in part by comparing it with other key texts on these same events—Marx's The Class Struggles in France and Flaubert's Sentimental Education. Finally, Shiner pursues questions of authorial style, tracing the use of some of the rhetorical devices discussed in the Recollections through Tocqueville's Democracy in America, The Old Regime and the French Revolution, and "A Fortnight in the Wilderness.
This book is an informal monograph presenting examples of the American painter Larry Kaiser's art work and his writings (1937 to the present--2019). The book is 8.5" x 8.5", 200 pages and in full-color.
Larry Morrow is one of Cleveland's most popular celebrities. In this book he tells stories from a lifetime in radio--how he got into broadcasting, early days in Detroit, the exciting times at Cleveland's AM powerhouse WIXY 1260 in the 1960s and '70s, and his long on-air runs at WERE AM and WQAL FM. He tells about many interesting celebrities he interviewed and unusual promotions he was involved in. Morrow was named "Mr. Cleveland" by mayor George Voinovich for his decades of tireless effort promoting his adopted city, and he has been selected as master of ceremonies for most major Cleveland events in the past three decades, including Cleveland's bicentennial celebration. He is in great demand as a public speaker and a communications teacher.
During his 40-year career as an award-winning photojournalist, Larry Singer began creating unique and original abstract hearts by liquefying and rearranging the millions of colored pixels on a computer monitor. Beginning with even the most mundane of photographic images, the intricate, lengthily and creative process Singer developed over years, takes the ordinary and changes it to the truly amazing.
The author of Chihuly Projects and other portraits of artists turns her attention to the lively figurative painter and pop art legend, in a colorful study that features reproductions of more than fifty of Rivers's paintings, drawings, and three-dimensional pieces. 13,000 first printing.
Bass Guide Tips focuses on the most productive methods of the top bass fishing guides in the country. This book is loaded with regionally known techniques that will work in waters all around the country. Often such local knowledge remains regional or lake specific, but Bass Guide Tips explains how one productive tactic on a southern lake might be just as productive on waters in the Midwest or the north. the wealth of information within is a gold mine for bass anglers everywhere, regardless of where they live.
For more than a decade, umpire Bob Motley called balls and strikes for the Negro Baseball League, earning the opportunity to work with such legends as Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays. "Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants & Stars" is his revealing, humorous memoir.
Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the classic text. Building on the wealth of information presented in the previous edition, this new edition offers a major revision of the valuable health maintenance section, with new pathogens added throughout the book. Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes, Third Edition focuses on maintaining fish health, illustrating how management can reduce the effects of disease. The text is divided into sections on health maintenance, viral diseases, and bacterial diseases, and covers a wide variety of commercially important species, including catfish, salmon, trout, sturgeon, and tilapia. This book is a valuable resource for professionals and students in the areas of aquaculture, aquatic health maintenance, pathobiology, and aquatic farm management.
Productive bass anglers are those who can relate the facts of fishing to the current conditions. They utilize their knowledge about bass to determine the most effective bait and presentation. Wise anglers study bass and their behavior under various conditions and then apply that information to the on-the-water experience. Bass Fishing Facts is a valuable source for thinking fisherman. It details the typical behavior of bass as they feed or don’t. It focuses on how their senses motivate a response to foraging. Influences upon the bass lifestyle, such as the spawning process, the introduction of the Florida bass species, and water chemistry factors are presented. Productive tactics for the largemouth, as well as the uncommon bass species (spotted, redeye, Suwannee, Guadalupe, and Shoal) are revealed.
Larry Larsen’s enjoyment of bass fishing has translated into writing about bass for 17 years. Throughout Better Bass Angling, the aspects of finding and catching bass are presented in an entertaining and informative style which has enlightened readers. This wealth of useful information should appeal to experienced and amateur anglers alike who want to learn more about their favorite fresh water sportfish.
Larry Larsen’s Better Bass Angling is a book for all anglers! Beginners and veterans alike will quickly achieve more success if their fishing is based on the concepts represented. The most important key to catching bass is finding them in th feeding mood. Knowing the predominant forage and its location in a body of water will enable an angler to catch more and larger bass. Whether you are an artificial lure caster or live bait angler, you will benefit from this book. Understanding the reasons behind lure or bait success will aid you in establishing highly productive, bass-catching patterns!
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