Colors of the West

Colors of the West
Title Colors of the West PDF eBook
Author Molly Hashimoto
Publisher Skipstone Press
Pages 0
Release 2017
Genre Art
ISBN 9781680510973

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"Putting a brush in the hands of new artists, young and old, heightens their awareness of the power and beauty of nature."

What Color Is the Sacred?

What Color Is the Sacred?
Title What Color Is the Sacred? PDF eBook
Author Michael Taussig
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 306
Release 2010-07-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0226789993

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Over the past thirty years, visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig has crafted a highly distinctive body of work. Playful, enthralling, and whip-smart, his writing makes ingenious connections between ideas, thinkers, and things. An extended meditation on the mysteries of color and the fascination they provoke, What Color Is the Sacred? is the next step on Taussig’s remarkable intellectual path. Following his interest in magic and surrealism, his earlier work on mimesis, and his recent discussion of heat, gold, and cocaine in My Cocaine Museum,this book uses color to explore further dimensions of what Taussig calls “the bodily unconscious” in an age of global warming. Drawing on classic ethnography as well as the work of Benjamin, Burroughs, and Proust, he takes up the notion that color invites the viewer into images and into the world. Yet, as Taussig makes clear, color has a history—a manifestly colonial history rooted in the West’s discomfort with color, especially bright color, and its associations with the so-called primitive. He begins by noting Goethe’s belief that Europeans are physically averse to vivid color while the uncivilized revel in it, which prompts Taussig to reconsider colonialism as a tension between chromophobes and chromophiliacs. And he ends with the strange story of coal, which, he argues, displaced colonial color by giving birth to synthetic colors, organic chemistry, and IG Farben, the giant chemical corporation behind the Third Reich. Nietzsche once wrote, “So far, all that has given colour to existence still lacks a history.” With What Color Is the Sacred? Taussig has taken up that challenge with all the radiant intelligence and inspiration we’ve come to expect from him.

Color and Character

Color and Character
Title Color and Character PDF eBook
Author Pamela Grundy
Publisher UNC Press Books
Pages 249
Release 2017-08-08
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1469636085

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At a time when race and inequality dominate national debates, the story of West Charlotte High School illuminates the possibilities and challenges of using racial and economic desegregation to foster educational equality. West Charlotte opened in 1938 as a segregated school that embodied the aspirations of the growing African American population of Charlotte, North Carolina. In the 1970s, when Charlotte began court-ordered busing, black and white families made West Charlotte the celebrated flagship of the most integrated major school system in the nation. But as the twentieth century neared its close and a new court order eliminated race-based busing, Charlotte schools resegregated along lines of class as well as race. West Charlotte became the city's poorest, lowest-performing high school—a striking reminder of the people and places that Charlotte's rapid growth had left behind. While dedicated teachers continue to educate children, the school's challenges underscore the painful consequences of resegregation. Drawing on nearly two decades of interviews with students, educators, and alumni, Pamela Grundy uses the history of a community's beloved school to tell a broader American story of education, community, democracy, and race—all while raising questions about present-day strategies for school reform.

Legendary Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West Coloring Book

Legendary Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West Coloring Book
Title Legendary Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West Coloring Book PDF eBook
Author E. L. Reedstrom
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 52
Release 1989-01-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0486259951

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Black-and-white drawings portray famous men and women of the Wild West.

Big Book of the Old West to Color

Big Book of the Old West to Color
Title Big Book of the Old West to Color PDF eBook
Author Peter F. Copeland
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 148
Release 2008-04-04
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0486466795

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Cowboys, desperados, prospectors, and pioneers abound in this big book of coloring fun. Packed with captivating details, it features 118 full-page illustrations of dramatic historical events and real-life characters.

Dinosaur Colors

Dinosaur Colors
Title Dinosaur Colors PDF eBook
Author David West
Publisher I Learn with Dinosaurs
Pages 0
Release 2012-12-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780778774549

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Introduces various types of dinosaurs, demonstrating how to mix different colors to show what the dinosurs looked like.

Painting Shawls

Painting Shawls
Title Painting Shawls PDF eBook
Author Stephen West
Publisher
Pages
Release 2021-11
Genre
ISBN 9781733375122

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Painting Shawls is a collection of thirteen knitted shawl patterns designed by Stephen West. Each pattern features Westknits' signature architectural style and bold graphic color combinations. The instructions are easy to follow and appropriate for adventurous beginners and advanced knitters alike. This hardcover book is filled with inspirational photos, showing multiple samples of each design to inspire your own color interpretations. In addition to patterns, this book includes several technique chapters like how to substitute yarns and customize the size of each shawl along with how to swatch and weave in your ends. There are also several cast on photo tutorials and video links throughout the book to teach and guide you through the artistic shawl knitting process. Each book includes a free download code, so you can access individual PDFs of all thirteen shawl patterns. Dive into the woolly world of Westknits and use these playful shawl designs as landscapes to paint with yarn. If you're going to make it by hand, make it grand!