Recent Arts & Media Acquisitions
Bruce T. Halle Library
Eastern Michigan University
May 2003

Randal Baier
Assistant Professor
Multimedia Resources, Fine & Performing Arts Librarian
http://www.emunix.emich.edu/~rbaier/arts

Criticism, Theory, Reviews
Art & Sculpture
Aesthetics & Art Education
Architecture
Photography
Graphic Design
Communications, Media & Technology
Theater, Performance & Dance
Cinema
Music
Scores
Music Teaching
Audio CDs
Videos/DVDs

Criticism, Theory, Reviews

Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-
Means without end : notes on politics / translated by Vincenzo Binetti and Cesare Casarino. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.

Contents: Form-of-life — Beyond human rights — What is a people? — What is camp? — Notes on gesture — Languages and peoples — Marginal notes on commentaries on the society of the spectacle — The face — Sovereign police — Notes on politics — In this exile (Italian diary, 1992-94).

[JA71 .J3713 2000]

Art & Sculpture

Capon, Robin
Watercolour painting. Lincolnwood (Chicago), Ill. : NTC/Contemporary Pub., Inc., 1998.
[ND2110 .C36x 1998]

Crisis and the arts : the history of Dada / Stephen C. Foster, editor. New York : G.K. Hall ; London : Prentice Hall International, c1996-

Contents: 1. Dada, the coordinates of cultural politics / Stephen C. Foster, editor — 2. Dada Zurich, a clown's game from nothing / edited by Brigitte Pichon and Karl Riha — v. 3. Dada, Cologne, Hanover / edited by Charlotte Stokes and Stephen C. Foster — v.6 Paris Dada: the barbarians storm the gates — v. 7. The import of nothing: how Dada came, saw and vanished in the Low Countries (1915-1929).

[NX456.5.D3 C75 1996]

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-
The artist's hand : Willem de Kooning drawings, 1937-1954. New York : Mitchell-Innes & Nash in collaboration with Matthew Marks Gallery, c2002.
[NC139.D45 A45 2002]

Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886-
Oskar Kokoschka : early portraits from Vienna and Berlin, 1909-1914 / edited for Neue Galerie New York by Tobias G. Natter. New York : Neue Galerie ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2002.
[N6811.5.K59 A4 2002]

A lost art rediscovered : the architectural ceramics of Byzantium / edited by Sharon E.J. Gerstel and Julie A. Lauffenburger. Baltimore : Walters Art Museum ; University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2001.
[NA2985 .L67 2001]

Mansbach, Adam, 1976-
Shackling water / Adam Mansbach. — Edition: 1st ed. — New York : Doubleday, 2001.
[PS3613.A57 S53 2001]

Martin, Russell
Picasso's war : the destruction of Guernica and the masterpiece that changed the world / Russell Martin. New York : Dutton, c2002.
[ND553.P5 A66 2002]

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Henri Matisse: 64 paintings / [by] Lawrence Gowing. [New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1966]
[ND553.M37 N4x]

Pitelka, Vince
Clay : a studio handbook. Westerville, OH : American Ceramic Society, c2001.

Contents: 1. Clay and claybodies — 2. Handbuilding — 3. Throwing — 4. Plaster working, mold making, and slip casting — 5. Surface decoration on greenware — 6. Glazes and glazing — 7. Kilns and firing — 8. Mixed media in ceramics — 9. Studio safety and sensible studio practice — 10. Studio design, setup, and operation.

[TT920 .P54 2001]

Pre-Raphaelitism and medievalism in the arts / edited by Liana De Girolami Cheney. Lewiston [N.Y.] : E. Mellen Press, c1992.

Contents: The medieval spirit of pre-Raphaelitism / Helene Roberts — Divided self, divided realm: typology, history and persona in Tennyson's Idylls of the king / Helene Roberts — The pre-Raphaelite brotherhood as knights of the round table / Alicia Faxon — Sir Gawain, Sir Lancelot, the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood and Tennyson / Roger Wiehe — The influence of Christine de Pisan on Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal / Alicia Faxon — Sacred and profane gardens: self-reflection and desire in pre-Raphaelite painting and the poetry of the Rossettis / Roger Wiehe — Love and death: the function of the grotesque in the paintings of Edward Burne-Jones / Barbara Miliaras — Locks, tresses and manes in pre-Raphaelite paintings / Liana De Girolami Cheney — Womanly noblesse: the influence of the courtly love tradition on Edward Burne-Jones / Barbara Miliaras — Burne-Jones, Swinburne, and Laus veneris / Kirsten Powell — The fair lady and the virgin in pre-Raphaelite art: the evolution of a societal myth / Liana De Girolami Cheney — William Morris and the ideal book / Susan Ashbrook.

[NX543 .P74 1992]

The Prestel dictionary of art and artists of the 20th century. Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2000.
[N33 .P74 2000]

Architecture

Stich, Sidra
Spain : contemporary art + architecture handbook. San Francisco, CA : art-SITES, c2001.
[N3410 .S78 2001]

Thompson, Emily Ann.
The soundscape of modernity : architectural acoustics and the culture of listening in America, 1900-1933. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002.
[NA2800 T48 2002]

Photography

Graphic Design

Cullen, Cheryl Dangel
The art of design : inspired by fine art, illustration, and film. Cincinnati, OH : How Design Books, c2003.
[NC998.4 .C846 2003]

Communications, Media & Technology

Brewster, Michael
See hear now : a sonic drawing and five acoustic sculptures. Los Angeles : Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits, 2002.
[N6537.B748 A4x 2002]

Godfrey, Donald G.
Philo T. Farnsworth : the father of television / foreword by Christopher H. Sterling. Salt Lake City, UT : University of Utah Press, c2001.
[TK6635.F3 G64 2001]

Sound states : innovative poetics and acoustical technologies / edited by Adalaide Morris. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1997.

Contents: Radio free Joyce : wake language and the experience of radio / James A. Connor — Sound technologies and the modernist epic : H.D. on the air / Adalaide Morris - The radio intellectual : specific, general, or just wired? / Toby Miller and Alec McHoul — Voices out of bodies, bodies out of voices : audiotape and the production of subjectivity / N. Katherine Hayles — Technologies of presence : orality and the tapevoice of contemporary poetics / Michael Davidson — The music of verbal space : John Cages's "What you say ..." / Marjorie Perloff — From phonic to sonic : the emergence of the audio-poem / Steve McCaffery — Rude bwoys, ridim, rub-a-dub, and rastas ; systems of political dissonance in Caribbean performative sounds / Loretta Collins — Cante Moro / Nathaniel Mackey --Sound in florescence : Cecil Taylor Floating garden / Fred Moten — Modernism's sonic waiver : literary writing and the filmic difference / Garrett Stewart — Poetry's voice-over / Jed Rasula.

[NX650.S68 S69 1997]

The visual language of broadcast news / educational author, Maria Elizabeth Grabe. [Bloomington, IN] : Media Production Dept., Instructional Support Services, Indiana University, c2000. — (31 min.)
[DVD 57]

Theater, Performance & Dance

Maira, Sunaina, 1969-
Desis in the house : Indian American youth culture in New York City / Sunaina Marr Maira. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2002.

Contents: Acknowledgments — Introduction — To be young, brown, and hip: race, gender, and sexuality in Indian American youth culture — Nostalgia: ideology and performance — Chaste identities: the eroticization of nostalgia — Conclusion: critical nostalgia and commodified cool — Appendix: notes on resea.rch methods — Notes — References — Index.

[F128.9.E2 M35 2002]

Cinema

Experimental cinema : the film reader / edited by Wheeler Winston-Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster. London : Routledge, 2002.
[PN1995.9.E96 E96 2002]

Sen, Geeti.
Feminine fables : imaging the Indian woman in painting, photography and cinema / Geeti Sen. Ahmedabad, India : Mapin Pub. ; Middletown, NJ : Grantha ; Wappingers' Falls, NY : Distributed in North America by Antiques Collectors' Club, 2002.
[N7638.I5 S46 2002]

Music

All music guide to rock : the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul / edited by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine. — 3rd ed. — San Francisco, CA : Backbeat Books, c2002.
[ML156.9 .A39 2002]

Bradley, Carol June
Index to poetry in music : a guide to the poetry set as solo songs by 125 major song composers. New York ; London : Routledge, 2003.
[ML128.S3 B69 2003]

Lathom, Wanda, 1936-
Pediatric music therapy / by Wanda B. Lathom-Radocy. Springfield, Ill. : C.C. Thomas, c2002.
[ML3920 .L38 2002]

Scores

Music Teaching

Klein, Joseph J.
Singing technique; how to avoid vocal trouble / [by] Joseph J. Klein with Ole A. Schjeide. [Anaheim, Calif.] National Music Publishers [1972]
[MT820.K753 S5 1972]

Audio CDs

Brand, Dollar, 1934-
African symphony / Abdullah Ibrahim. Munich, Germany : Enja, p2001.

Contents: Ritus / Daniel Schnyder (8:27) — Damara blue (2:07) — Mountain in the night (4:39) — The call (6:02) — Blanton (2:07) — Ishmael (3:08) — Barakaat (5:20) — Tintinyana (6:29) — The wedding (4:21) — Mindif (6:59) — African marketplace (2:51).

[CD 3108]

Cassidy, Eva
Time after time. Hollywood, CA : Blix Street Records, p2000.

Contents: Kathy's song / P. Simon (2:46) — Ain't no sunshine / B. Withers (3:26) — The letter / W. C. Thompson (4:10) — At last / M. Gordon & H. Warren (2:54) — Time after time / C. Lauper & R. A. Hyman (3:54) — Penny to my name / R. Henderson (3:38) — I wandered by brookside / Trad. (3:27) — I wish I was a single girl again / H. Howard (2:26) — Easy street dream / S. M. Digman (3:16) — Anniversary song / S. M. Digman (2:50) — Woodstock / J. Mitchell (4:07) — Way beyond the blue / Trad. (2:26).

[CD 3110]

Hahn, Hilary
Violin concertos / Brahms, Stravinsky. New York, NY : Sony Classical, p2001.

Contents: In D major, op. 77 / Johannes Brahms (41:00) — In D / Igor Stravinsky (21:00).

[CD 3106]

India.Arie
Voyage to India. New York : Motown, p2002.

Contents: *Growth* — Little things — Talk to her — Slow down — The truth — Beautiful surprise — *Healing* — Get it together — Headed in the right direction — Can I walk with you — The one — Complicated melody — *Gratitude* — Good man — God is real — Interested.

[CD 3109]

Kovac, Boris
The last Balkan tango / Boris Kovac & Ladaaba Orchest. Berlin, [Germany] : Piranha Musik, c2001.

Contents: The Last Balkan tango (8:55) — Begin-ing (7:57) — Octoberburrekfest (4:03) — Balkatino (4:10) — Slow for Julia (5:59) — Begin for Julia (3:55) — Rumbatto (4:15) — The Last waltz in Budapest (5:03) — What life offers (1:19) — Tango apocalypso 6:07) — Shadows of reminiscence (5:38) — Ending (4:52) — Orient express (7:04).

[CD 3117]

Radio rethink : art, sound and transmission / produced by Dan Lander. Banff, Alberta : Walter Phillips Gallery, c1994.

Contents: Contours of silence (3:49) / Hildegard Westerkamp — Banff razzle dazzle (3:28) / Hildegard Westerkamp — Earth police (7:59) / Leonard Fisher — Sound signature (13:40) / Rober Racine — It's on your head, it's in your head (6:21) / Colette Urban — Sylvian Lecoq #1 (0:48) / Christof Migone — Samuel D. (0:44) / Christof Migone — Sylvian Lecoq #2 (0:54) / Christof Migone — Henri Bes (0:58) / Christof Migone — Henri Miller (0:57) / Christof Migone — Elk stories (8:15) / Hank Bull and Patrick Ready — My teeth are in slivers (15:16) / Rita McKeough.

[CD 3111]

Shashmaqam (Musical group)
Central Asia in Forest Hills, New York : music of the Bukharan Jewish ensemble Shashmaqam. Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways ; Cambridge, Mass. : Nationally distributed by Rounder Records, p1991.

Contents: Obloim — Ghairi khudo yar nadoram = We have no friend but God — Jon-e manam = My soul — To bodi sabo — Dostanra gum makun = Don't lose your friends — Biyo yak = Come once — Medley of songs from wedding repertory. Yar-yar. Abru kosh dumi mor. Shastu-shastu chor. Chashmi siyah dori. Mahvashi nuzuk badanam, orzu — Talqin-i bayat — Nasr-i chargah — Ushshaq-i Samarkand — Qalandari — Yalli — Azerbaijani segah.

[CD 3115]

Tavener, John
Lamentations and praises / John Tavener. Hamburg : Teldec, p2001.

Contents: Golgotha: the descent from the cross — Stasis I — "Wherewithal shall a young man..." — Thrinos — Epitaphios Procession I: from Golgotha to the anointing stone — The descent from the cross II — Stasis II — "Let now your mercy..." — "Your hands have made me..." — Thrinos — Epitaphios Procession II: to the tomb entrance — The descent from the cross III — Stasis III — "Princes have persecuted me..." — "I awaited Lord your salvation..." — "Look upon me and have mercy..." — Thrinos — Procession into Hades (into the Tomb) — Resurrection in Hades.

[CD 3107]

Toch, Ernst, 1887-1964.
Piano concerto no. 1 ; Peter Pan ; Pinocchio ; Big Ben / Ernst Toch. New York, NY : New World Records, p2002.
[CD 3112]

Watson, Doc
The best of Doc Watson, 1964-1968. Santa Monica, Calif. : Vanguard Records, p1999.

Contents: Muskrat (with Merle Watson) (2:51) — Country blues (3:29) — Rising Sun blues (with Merle Watson) (4:14) — Tennessee stud (3:35) — Down in the valley to pray (1:59) — Dill pickle rag (1:21) — Otto Wood the bandit (with Merle Watson) (3:13) — Windy and warm (2:12) — Little Sadie (1:56) — Blue railroad train (2:41) — Omie Wise (4:24) — Intoxicated rat (2:29) — Tom Dooley (3:14) — Alberta (2:40) — Beaumont rag (1:39) — Shady grove (2:55) — My rough and rowdy ways (2:29) — The train that carried my girl from town (3:44) — Black mountain rag (1:43) — Grandfather's clock (3:20) — The cyclone of Ryecov (3:10) — Doc's guitar (1:23) — Crawdad hole (3:51).

[CD 3114]

Williams, Dar
The beauty of the rain. New York, NY : Razor & Tie, p2003.

Contents: Mercy of the fallen — Farewell to the old me — I saw a bird fly away — Beauty of the rain — World's not falling apart — One who knows — Closer to me — Fishing in the morning — Whispering pines — Your fire your soul — I have lost my dreams.

[CD 3113]

Yiddish radio project. Minneapolis, MN : High Bridge, p2002.

Contents: Disc 1. The Yiddish radio dial (16:31) — Rabbi Rubin's court of the air (12:54) — Hebrew national commercial (:16) — Commercials on Yiddish radio (11:09) — Happy birthday (:28) — Yiddish melodies in swing (15:02) — Campbell's soup commercial (:24) — Reunion with Seigbert Freiberg (12:08) — disc 2. Introduction (:33) — The dramas of Nahum Stutchkoff (8:23) — 'Round the family table (12:45) — Lifschitz wine commercial (1:02) — Levine and his flying machine (11:21) — The Jewish philosopher (12:46) — Sterling salt commercial (1:12) — Victor Packer, the one-man radio empire (12:19) — Seymour Rechtzeit, the Yiddish crooner (6:19) — Credits (1:07.

[CD 3116]

Videos/DVDs

8 1/2 / di Federico Fellini ; Janus Films ; Angelo Rizzoli presenta ; idea.to e diretto da Federico Fellini ; prodotto da Angelo Rizzoli ; soggetto, Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano ; sceneggiatura Federico Fellini ... [et al.] ; Titanus, Corinth Film ; una produzione Cineriz. [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2001.
[DVD 71]

American Passages: a literary survey / produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting. Burlington, Vermont : Annenberg/CPB, c2003. — 16 videocassettes (30 min. ea.)

Contents: vol.1. Native voices — vol.2. Exploring borderlands — vol.3. Utopian promise — vol.4. Spirit of nationalism — vol.5. Masculine heroes — vol.6. Gothic undercurrents — vol.7. Slavery and freedom — vol.8. Regional realism — vol.9. Social realism — vol.10. Rhythms in poetry — vol.11. Modernist portraits — vol.12. Migrant struggle — vol.13. Southern renaissance — vol.14. Becoming visible — vol.15. Poetry of liberation — vol.16. Search for identity.

[VHS 6269]

Andrei Rubliov : strasti po Andreiu = Andrei Rublev : the passion according to Andrei / produced by "Mosfilm" Studio ; direction, Andrei Tarkovsky ; scenario, Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky and Andrei Tarkovsky ; producer, T. Ogoroknikova. — Director's cut, widescreen, RSDL dual-layer ed. — [S.l.] : Criterion Collection, c1998. — (205 min.)
[DVD 63]

The Arts in Every Classroom: a video library, K-5 / produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting. Burlington, Vermont : Annenberg/CPB, c2003. — 14 videocassettes (30 min. ea.)

Contents: v.1 Introducing Arts Education — v.2 Expanding the Role of the Arts Specialist — v.3 Teaching Dance — v.4 Teaching Music — v.5 Teaching Theatre — v.6 Teaching Visual Art — v.7 Developing an Arts-Based Unit — v.8 Working With Local Artists — v.9 Collaborating With a Cultural Resource — v.10 Bringing Artists to Your Community — v.11 Students Create a Multi-Arts Performance — v.12 Borrowing From the Arts To Enhance Learning — v.13 Leadership Team — v. 14 Three Leaders at Arts-Based Schools.

[VHS 6271]

The Arts in Every Classroom: a workshop for elementary school teachers / produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting. — 9 videocassettes (30 min. ea.)

Contents: v1. What is Art? — v2. Responding to the Arts — v3. Historical References in the Arts — v4. Creating a Multi-Arts Performance Piece — v5. Designing a Multi-Arts Curriculum Unit — v6. The Role of Assessment in Curriculum Design — v7. Three schools, three approaches — v8. Building on New Ideas — v9. Classroom Demonstration Materials.

[VHS 6270]

L'avventura / Janus Films, Home Vision Entertainment and Image Entertainment presents Cino del Duca (Rome) and Société cinématiographique Lyre (Paris), un film di Michelangelo Antonioni. [S.l.] : The Criterion Collection, [2001], c1960. — 2 videodiscs (143 min.)
[DVD 69]

Business 2000 / The Strategic Review Group ; production, Clark Television ; producers, Frances Dumigan, Keith Hayes ; series producer, Fiona Pethick. — 7 videocassettes (265 min.)
[VHS 6273]

The Chosen / Twentieth Century-Fox Corporation. Farmington Hill, MI : CBS/FOX Video, c1983. — (107 min.)
[VHS 6275]

The complete Monterey Pop festival / producer, Kim Hendrickson ; films directed by D.A. Pennebaker. [Monterey, Calif.] : The Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation, Inc. : Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Inc. : The Criterion Collection, c2002.
[DVD 75]

Entre Marx y una mujer desnuda. Quito, Ecuador : Groupo Cine, c1996. — (90 min.)
[VHS 6277]

Getting ready for the interview / Filmatics Career Video ; Cambridge Career Products ; R. Bruce Moore, producer and director ; Dan Anderson, writer. Charleston, WV : Cambridge Career Products, c1988. — (30 min.)
[DVD 74]

Global business : new ways to improve the bottom line. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2000. — 10 videocassettes (29 min. ea.)

Contents: v. 1 Discontinuous market change and strategic repositioning — v. 2 Technological change — v. 3 Optimizing the value chain — v. 4 Customer focus — v. 5 The value of brand names — v. 6 Knowledge management — v. 7 Financial management — v. 8 Production planning and cost management — v. 9 Responsibility to stakeholders — v. 10 Formulating a business plan.

[VHS 6272]

The good war and those who refused to fight it / directed by Rick Tejada-Flores, Judith Ehrlich ; produced & written by Judith Ehrlich, Rick Tejada-Flores ; a production of Paradigm Productions in association with the Independent Television Service. [Berkeley, CA?] : Paradigm Productions, c2000. — (57 mins.)
[VHS 6274]

Grand illusion / directed by Jean Renoir ; Canal+ Image International. — Edition: Digtally remastered version. — Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, 1999. — (114 min.)
[DVD 61]

Horí, má panenko = The firemen's ball / Janus Films ; Ceskoslovenský Filmový Ústav Filmotéka ; Filmové Studio Barrandov uvádí ; náme a scénár Milos Forman, Jaroslav Papousek, Ivan Passer ; dramturg, Václav Sasek ; rezie, Milos Forman. New York : Criterion Collection, 2002, c1967. — (73 min.)
[DVD 70]

The life and times of Sara Baartman : "The Hottentot Venus" / a film by Zola Maseko ; [present] Dominant 7, Mail & Guardian Television, France 3 and SABC 2. New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, [1998] — (52 min.)
[VHS 6281]

The living martyr : Hizbollah unveiled / written & directed by Mouna Mounayer ; producers, Nabil Issa, Najat Rizk. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2001. — (53 min.)
[DVD 72]

Michigan Libraries and the Patriot Act workshop / [produced by the Michigan Library Association]. [Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Library Association], c2003. — 3 videocassettes (330 min.)

Contents: Contents of book consists of various hand-outs from the workshop: Workshop agenda — ESPY, Electronic surveillance privacy and you — Libraries post-Patriot Act — Data, data, who's got the data? — Five technically legal signs for your library — Draft: sample search warrant procedures for libraries — Workshop evaluation.

[VHS 6280]

The night porter / Janus Films ; ... produced by Robert Gordon Edwards ; directed by Liliana Cavani ; screenplay, Liliani Cavani, Italo Moscati ; story by Liliana Cavani, Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani. [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c1999. — (118 min.)
[DVD 62]

Not just a job : career planning for women / produced by Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc. with Radcliffe Career Services of Radliffe College ; produced and directed by Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich. Cambridge, MA : Cambridge Documentary Films, c1990. — (35 min.)
[VHS 6276]

Rashomon / [Daiei Co. ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; scenario by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto ; produced by Jingo Minoura]. [Irvington, NY?] : Criterion Collection, c2001. — (88 min.)
[DVD 64]

Rififi. Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, 2001. — (118 min.)
[DVD 68]

Righteous babes / directed and produced by Pratibha Parmar ; [produced by] Agran Barton Television for Channel Four. New York, N.Y. : dist. by Women Make Movies, c1998. — (50 min.)
[VHS 6268]

Solomon in his context : he's for real! / Kennith Kitchen ; The Biblical Archaeology Society presents. Washington, DC : Biblical Archaeology Society, c2001.
[VHS 6279]

Trillion dollar bet / produced by Malcolm Clark and Sarah Holt. South Burlington, Vt. : WGBH Boston Video, c2000. — (60 min.)
[VHS 6278]

Wild strawberries = Smultronstället / Criterion Collection ; a Janus Films presentation ; Svensk Filmindustri ; a film by Ingmar Bergman. [S.l.] : Criterion Collection, c2002> — (180 min.)
[DVD 65]

Women and Islam / editor, Hussein Younis ; director, Mahmood Jamal. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1994, c1993. — (30 min.)
[DVD 73]

 

 

 

Updated, May 15, 2003