Pictogram and Icon Collection

Pictogram and Icon Collection
Author: Saeco Oikawa
Publisher: Pie Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9784894445055

This book presents outstanding pictograms and icons by designers around the world, categorised by industry for easy reference, shown isolated and in application.

Clint Eastwood: Icon

Clint Eastwood: Icon
Author: David Frangioni
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2022-06-14
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1647229804

Featuring rare, outstanding additional content, Clint Eastwood: Icon is the definitive collection of film art and material representing Clint Eastwood’s legendary career as seen through the original iconic artwork. Clint Eastwood is a nameless vigilante, a vengeful detective, a bare-knuckle boxer, a Secret Service agent, and countless other definitive screen archetypes now embedded in our shared pop-culture consciousness. However you define him, Clint Eastwood has a powerful and extremely recognizable image that exists as something beyond the narratives of his films. Featuring a wealth of additional content, this new edition of Clint Eastwood: Icon presents an unprecedented collection of film art and rare material surrounding the legendary actor. This comprehensive trove gathers together poster art, lobby cards, standees, Italian Spaghetti Western Premier posters, studio ads, and esoteric film memorabilia from around the world. From his early roles as the nameless gunslinger in Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns, to the vigilante films of the 1970s and 1980s, through his directorial roles and latest releases, Clint Eastwood: Icon captures the powerful presence that turned Eastwood into the definitive American hero.

Alter Icons

Alter Icons
Author: Jefferson J. A. Gatrall
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 027103677X

"A collection of essays by eleven scholars of Russian history, art, literature, cinema, philosophy, and theology that track key shifts in the production, circulation, and consumption of the Russian icon from Peter the Great's Enlightenment to the post-Soviet revival of the Orthodox Church"--Provided by publisher.

From Temple to Museum

From Temple to Museum
Author: Salila Kulshreshtha
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2017-10-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351356097

Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose and evolution by contextualising them in their original architectural or ritual setting while also following their displacement. The work examines how these images may have moved during different spates of temple renovation and acquired new identities by being relocated either within sacred precincts or in private collections and museums, art markets or even desecrated and lost. The book highlights contentious issues in Indian archaeology such as renegotiating identities of religious images, reuse and sharing of sacred space by adherents of different faiths, rebuilding of temples and consequent reinvention of these sites. The author also engages with postcolonial debates surrounding history writing and knowledge creation in British India and how colonial archaeology, archival practices, official surveys and institutionalisation of museums has influenced the current understanding of religion, sacred space and religious icons. In doing so it bridges the historiographical divide between the ancient and the modern as well as socio-religious practices and their institutional memory and preservation. Drawn from a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary study of religious sculptures, classical texts, colonial archival records, British travelogues, official correspondences and fieldwork, the book will interest scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, religion, art history, museums studies, South Asian studies and Buddhist studies.

The sensual icon

The sensual icon
Author: Bissera V
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 346
Release:
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0271035846

"Explores the Byzantine aesthetic of fugitive appearances by placing and filming art objects in spaces of changing light, and by uncovering the shifting appearances expressed in poetry, descriptions of art, and liturgical performance"--Provided by publisher.

An American Icon in Puerto Rico

An American Icon in Puerto Rico
Author: Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2022-02-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1800733879

Focusing on multigenerational Puerto Rican women and girls, Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez masterfully illustrates how Barbie dolls impact femininity, body image, and cultural identity. Since her debut in 1959, Barbie has transcended boundaries and transformed into a global symbol of femininity, capturing the imaginations of girls all around the world. An American Icon in Puerto Rico offers a captivating study of that iconic influence by focusing on a group of multigenerational Puerto Rican women and girls. Through personal narratives and insights, author Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez unveils the emotional attachment that these women and girls have formed with the doll during their formative years. This connection serves as a powerful lens to explore the intricate relationships girls have with their Barbie dolls and the complex role Barbie plays in shaping their identities. Aguiló-Pérez boldly confronts the challenges and contradictions that arise, offering a compelling analysis of how playing with Barbie dolls can impact a girl's perception of femininity, body image, race, and even national identity. Through these nuanced explorations, she unearths the potential pitfalls of these influences, encouraging readers to reflect on their own relationships with the iconic doll. By weaving together personal anecdotes, historical context, and sociocultural analysis, Aguiló-Pérez masterfully illustrates how these women and girls navigate the diverse landscapes of femininity, body image, and cultural identity, with Barbie serving as both a facilitator and a reflection of their growth. In doing so, she redefines the significance of Barbie in the lives of Puerto Rican women and girls, prompting readers from all around the world to reevaluate their perceptions of femininity and embrace a more inclusive understanding of beauty, body image, and self-expression.

Ingenue to Icon

Ingenue to Icon
Author: Howard Vincent Kurtz
Publisher: Zebra Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Clothing and dress
ISBN: 9781907804403

A stylish, beautiful book, full of the fabulous clothes and accessories that turned Marjorie Merriweather Post into a fashion icon.

An Iconographer's Patternbook

An Iconographer's Patternbook
Author: Christopher P. Kelley
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1992
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Over 700 drawings of saints and feast days to be used as prototypes. Basic source references from which the English translation is made is the Stroganov Family Iconpainter's Handbook, published in Slavonic in the mid-19th century from the 16th-century originals.