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Daniel R. Schwarz is Professor of English and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1968. He has received Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences Russell award for distinguished teaching. His prior previous books include Imagining the Holocaust (1999), Reconfiguring Modernism: Exploring the Relationship Between Modern Art and Modern Literature (1997). He has directed nine NEH seminars, and has lectured widely in the United States and abroad. He lives...
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Broadway Boogie Woogie: Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture
Damon Runyon's popularity and importance in shaping Amer-ican popular culture during the first half of the twentieth century can hardly be exaggerated. In lively and exuberant chapters that include a panoramic view of New York City between the World Wars-with an emphasis on the city's colorful nightlife-Schwarz examines virtually every facet of Runyon's career, from sports-writer, daily columnist, trial re-porter, and Hollywood figure to the author of the still widely read short stories that were the source...
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The deceptively simple black lines and blocks of color in Piet Mondrian’s art pieces create a powerful impact. Through his Neoplastic style, Mondrian (1872 – 1944) radically simplified form and color to reveal the basic principles beneath the visible world. He first painted landscapes, before moving through various styles, including Cubism, to arrive at his signature gridwork style. Reducing his color scheme to primary hues, he used lines and angles that followed the canvas’ shape. Mondrian, who...
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Bring affordable gallery style to your home with posters from American and European museum collections. Dutch artist Piet Mondrian was highly influential in the school of abstract geometric painting. Although he spent most of his career creating abstract work, this painting is inspired by clear real-world examples: the city grid of Manhattan, and the boogie woogie music to which Mondrian loved to dance. gun metal aluminum frameplexiglassmade in Ohio
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Ambient textures, electronic musical maps, hyper-cultural leitmotifs, fractal audio Perspectives, psycho-emotional sonic imagery. Music for the Inner Listener: contemplative sonic environments express the expansion of culture and the modern self.
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This analysis of Damon Runyon's high spirited work in terms of historical contexts, popular culture, and of the changing function of the media, argues that Runyon was an indispensible figure in creating public images of New York City culture, including an interest in the demi monde and underworld that explains in part the success of "The Godfather" films and "The Sopranos". With chapters including a panoramic view of New York City between the World Wars with a focus on its colourful nightlife Schwarz...
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