Essays about: "artist’s book"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words artist’s book.

1. 11. A Magic Carpet Trip to the Children’s Books of the Middle East -Discovering the voice of Arabic children’s books of today

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Valentina Cedernil; [2011-09-06]
   Keywords : children s books; middle east; magic carpet; arabic; gender roles; religious message;

   Abstract : In spite of the great literary ancient past of the Middle East, the Arabic children’s book of today is still in its infant stages of development, facing many challenges. This essay initially touches on some of these challenges in order to set a framework in the mind of the reader, which will facilitate the appreciation of the very existence of the books that then will be examined. READ MORE

3. 12. De-co-lor - From the Low Pressure Between Two Anticyclones, One Gold, OneYellow

   University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Malina Cailean; [2011-02-28]
   Keywords : colour; abstraction; figuration; form; a recipe for an off hand book; chance; personal themes; daily life experiences; encounters; humour;

   Abstract : Through different perceptions of colour, from the black, through the grey, to the inde#nable colour of $esh I will introduce my work and explain the nature of my process, the themes that interest me, and I will give examples of artists with which I share common ideas and similar approaches. !e images and photographs have an important role in the text, they not only illustrate but they complement the words. READ MORE

4. 13. An Analysis of Contemporary Manga Culture in Japan and Sweden with a study of the works of Naoki Urasawa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Erika Fujiwara; [2010]
   Keywords : Comic Books; Manga genre; Manga market; Japanese culture; Japanese feminism; Feminism in Manga; Urasawa Manga; Feminism in Urasawa Manga; Manga History; Swedish Culture; International Manga Market; Swedish response to Manga; Potential of Manga; Manga Studies; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This thesis is an analysis of contemporary Manga Culture in Japan and Sweden. The objective of the study was to identify the potential and problems for Manga culture and its future in the international market. Also I try to examine the potential of Manga to establish its academic status. READ MORE

5. 14. What Drives the Pen?: An Assessment of Swedish Cultural Policy through Literary Output

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Peter Höglund; Samuel Persson; [2009]
   Keywords : cultural economics; cultural policy; artist incentives; creativity; literary production;

   Abstract : Cultural policy makers in Sweden and abroad stress the differences between the market for art and regular markets, calling for public intervention towards compensation to artists. Such a subsidy in Sweden is the guaranteed writer’s compensation awarded to professionally established authors to relieve them from the economic uncertainties of their occupation. READ MORE