In this in-depth analysis, Peter Muir argues that Gordon Matta-Clark?s Conical Intersect (1975) is emblematic of Henri Lefebvre?s understanding of art?s function in relation to urban space. By engaging with Lefebvre?s theory in conjunction with the perspectives of other writers, such as Michel de Certeau, Jacques Derrida, and George Bataille, the book elicits a story that presents the artwork?s significance, origins and legacies. Conical Intersect is a multi-media artwork, which involves the intersections of architecture, sculpture, film, and photography, as well as being a three-dimensional model that reflects aspects of urban, art, and architectural theory, along with a number of cultural and historiographic discourses which are still present and active. This book navigates these many complex narratives by using the central ?hole? of Conical Intersect as its focal point: this apparently vacuous circle around which the events, documents, and other historical or theoretical references surrounding Matta-Clark?s project, are perpetually in circulation. Thus, Conical Intersect is imagined as an insatiable absence around which discourses continually form, dissipate and resolve. Muir argues that Conical Intersect is much more than an ?artistic hole.? Due to its location at Plateau Beaubourg in Paris, it is simultaneously an object of art and an instrument of social critique.
A biography of the noted nineteenth-century conservationist who founded the Sierra Club and was one of the first people to call attention to the need for environmental protection in the United States
Mamie Smith's 1920 recording of ""Crazy Blues"" is commonly thought to signify the beginning of commercial attention to blues music and culture, but by that year more than 450 other blues titles had already appeared in sheet music and on recordings. In this examination of early popular blues, Peter C. Muir traces the genre's early history and the highly creative interplay between folk and popular forms, focusing especially on the roles W. C. Handy played in both blues music and the music business. Long Lost Blues exposes for the first time the full scope and importance of early popular blues to mainstream American culture in the early twentieth century. Closely analyzing sheet music and other print sources that have previously gone unexamined, Muir revises our understanding of the evolution and sociology of blues at its inception.
Advances in the Canine Cranial Cruciate Ligament, Second Edition presents in-depth, focused, and updated coverage of current knowledge on cruciate ligament rupture, using a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach. Presents a state-of-the-art summary of the most recent knowledge on this important cause of lameness in dogs Led by a highly respected surgeon and researcher, with chapters written by leading experts in the field Provides an update to the groundbreaking first edition, with six new chapters
Essentially a guidebook for a walking/cycling route across California that follows John Muir's footsteps from San Francisco to Yosemite via the Pacheco Pass, this adventure book also tells the story of the authors' 2006 ramble across California to discover that route.
Peter Muir was employed as a dogger (trapper) by the Agriculture Protection Board of Western Australia (the APB) in 1964 to patrol isolated areas and trap feral animals.
Thomas Muir: 'Lad o'Pairts' is the first comprehensive book on Muir's life and work, covering his humble Lanarkshire origins, his time as a schoolmaster in Glasgow, his passion for mathematics and the turbulent period he spent as the leading educationist of the Cape Colony in the early twentieth century. He was a man of broad interests, warm humour and wit, but also an acerbic critic, imbued with the prejudices of his times. This book, which draws extensively on Muir's personal diaries of his travels into the interior, provides insights into the social and political backdrop against which he reformed the Cape education system. Thomas Muir (1844-1934) was both a renowned mathematician and a colonial educationist. As mathematician he is known particularly for his monumental five volumes, 'The Theory of Determinants', written when this concept was mainstream. As Superintendent-General of Education of the Cape Colony (1892-1915), he demonstrated extraordinary powers of industry and had a profound influence on the course of education in the Colony; he introduced wide-ranging reforms and the school buildings constructed throughout the Cape remain a permanent legacy of his era. He was one of a new breed of British colonialists, an efficient bureaucrat and educational planner. Muir's diaries of his travels into the remote interior of the Cape are published in Part II of this book. They are dominated by his changing moods and interests and capture the trifling details and enthusiasms of each day. Written for no one but himself, the accounts enable the reader to savour the full character of this highly intelligent and energetic, but complicated, man. The trivialities and reflections that interest him, and his vivid description of people and places, constitute the tapestry of the ordinary humanity of Muir. He was no paragon, but the flaws in his character and his 'redeeming' vices make him all the more interesting. About the author: Peter Elliott is a great-grandson of Thomas Muir. He grew up in South Africa, read law at the University of Cambridge and subsequently pursued a legal career in England. In retirement, his lifelong interest in history has drawn him to biography. This book results from his determination to unravel the enigma that was Thomas Muir. Peter Elliott is the author of four previous books: 'Eight Months in the Veneto'; 'The Spilhaus Family. Five hundred years of history'; 'Nita Spilhaus and her artist friends in the Cape'; and 'Constance: One Road to Take. The life and photography of Constance Stuart Larrabee'.
Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS): an essential guide for students. This book offers advice and guidance on how to select a CAS activity and how to approach the task.
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