Siegfried Kracauer by Graeme Gilloch

By Graeme Gilloch

This significant new ebook deals a much-needed advent to the paintings of Siegfried Kracauer, one of many major highbrow figures within the orbit of the Frankfurt university of serious conception. it really is a part of a well timed revival and reappraisal of his exact contribution to our severe realizing of modernity, the interrogation of mass tradition, and the popularity of either the dynamism and diminution of human event within the hustle and bustle of the modern city. In stressing the extreme number of Kracauer’s writings (from scholarly philosophical treatises to journalistic fragments, from comedian novels to categorised stories) and the incredible variety of his issues (from technological know-how and concrete architectural visions to slapstick and dancing girls), this insightful e-book unearths his primary and formative impression upon serious conception and argues for his important relevance for cultural research today.

Kracauer’s paintings is exceptional through an acute sensitivity to the ‘surface manifestations’ of pop culture and a witty, eminently readable literary variety. In exploring and making obtainable the paintings of this amazing philosopher, this publication might be vital for students and scholars operating in lots of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields: sociology and social thought; movie, media and cultural experiences; city reviews, cultural geography and architectural idea; philosophy and demanding concept.

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Two Pre-Columbian Fiber and Feather Items, a headdress with braided fiber base, a panel with similar base, both with remnant multicolored featherwork, lg. to 23 in. Provenance: Collection of Michael Mitchell, collected in the 1920s by his great-grandfather Ernest Mitchell. $300-400 167. Pre-Columbian Woven Sash, Peru, Nazca, c. , a long sash with zigzag design done in multicolored camelid wool, lg. 132, wd. 2 3/4 in. com 41 174 168. Two Pre-Columbian Wrapped Textile Panels, Nazca, c. , hair bundles wrapped with multicolored wool, with abstract spider designs on a red background, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.

2,500-3,500 195. Pre-Columbian Painted Textile Cushma, Peru, Chancay, c. , woven in two panels and painted with geometric bordered panels, each with a standing figure with crescent-shaped headdress, surrounded by stylized fish or animals, (damage), 33 x 27 in. com 196 197 196. Pre-Columbian Painted Cotton Textile, Peru, Chancay, c. , divided into panels and painted with geometric and stylized zoomorphic designs, (loss), 38 x 26 in. $500-700 197. Peruvian Colonial Painting, a portrait of a Colonial authority, rolls up into a wood case, painted on the inside with foliate design, forged metal clasp, painting 20 x 15 1/2 in.

24 1/2 in. Provenance: Frank Crowinshield, New York, John Graham, New York, 1940s, Arthur Rothenberg. Literature: Sotheby’s African and Oceanic Art, November 15, 2002, pp. 64, 65. $10,000-15,000 252 252. African Carved Wood Royal Stool, Nigeria, Benin, old-style form, the outside relief-carved with snakes, mudfish, and geometric devices, the legs covered with metal strips attributed to the early members of the Igbesanmwan Guild of carvers, ht. 15 1/4, wd. 12, lg. 24 in. $1,000-1,500 253. African Hide-covered Ivory Trumpet, Dan, the side-blown form with remnant hide covering, lg.

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