Materials, practices, and politics of shine in modern art and popular culture /:

"Shine allures and awakens desire. As a phenomenon of perception shiny things and materials fascinate and tantalize. They are a formative element of material culture, promising luxury, social distinction and the hope of limitless experience and excess. Since the early twentieth century the mass...

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Weitere Verfasser: Krause-Wahl, Antje (HerausgeberIn), Löffler, Petra (HerausgeberIn), Söll, Änne (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.
Schriftenreihe:Material culture of art and design.
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Zusammenfassung:"Shine allures and awakens desire. As a phenomenon of perception shiny things and materials fascinate and tantalize. They are a formative element of material culture, promising luxury, social distinction and the hope of limitless experience and excess. Since the early twentieth century the mass production, dissemination and popularization of synthetic materials that produce heretofore-unknown effects of shine have increased. At the same time, shine is subjectified as "glamor" and made into a token of performative self-empowerment. The volume illuminates genealogical as well as systematic relationships between material phenomena of shine and cultural-philosophical concepts of appearance, illusion, distraction and glare in bringing together renowned scholars from various disciplines"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781350192911
1350192910
9781350192904
1350192902
9781350192928
1350192929

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