Results for "Mitchell, W. J. T."

Can poem and picture collaborate successfully in a composite art of text and design? Or does one art inevitably dominate the other? W.J.T. Mitchell maintains that Blake's illuminated poems are an exception to Suzanne Langer's claim that "there are no happy marriages in art--only successful rape." Dr... Read More about Blake's Composite Art: A Study of the Illuminated Poetry (Princeton Legacy Library #5319)

Can poem and picture collaborate successfully in a composite art of text and design? Or does one art inevitably dominate the other? W.J.T. Mitchell maintains that Blake's illuminated poems are an exception to Suzanne Langer's claim that "there are no happy marriages in art--only successful rape." Dr... Read More about Blake's Composite Art: A Study of the Illuminated Poetry (Princeton Legacy Library #5319)

According to W. J. T. Mitchell, a "color-blind" post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against popular claims that race is an outmoded construct that distracts from more important issues, Mitchell contends that race remains essential to our understanding of social reality. Race is no... Read More about Seeing Through Race (W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures #11)

From the baroque to contemporary art and from painting, sculpture and installation to artworks that redefine the boundaries for art and nature, this book looks at the garden as symbol of humankind's changing relationship to nature. It includes works by artists from a broad span of history, including... Read More about The Garden, End of Times, Beginning of Times