Artistic Record Research Articles

Prophets of Doom. Literature as a Socio-Political Phenomenon in Modern Iran

Examines modernist Persian literature as an artistic record of the eventful history of Iranian society during the present century. Also discusses the role of the literary artist as a modern social prophet.

Karl Bodmer's America

'Now, for the first time, artists, historians, and anthropologists - all of whom have a professional interest in Bodmer's superb works - as well as lovers of western history and art have an opportunity to see in their true colors this artist's record of the American landscape and life in America during the early 1830s' - John C. Ewers, Montana.

Animals, a Drawing Workbook, an Artist's Record: Teaching Drawing and Art History

Animals, a Drawing Workbook, an Artist's Record: Teaching Drawing and Art History

Bishapur VI: An Artistic Record of an Armeno-Persian Alliance in the Fourth Century.

Bishapur VI: An Artistic Record of an Armeno-Persian Alliance in the Fourth Century.

Martin Chambi, Photographer of the Andes

From 1908 until 1973, unknown to most of his countrymen and to Latin Americanists, a Peruvian photographer with an artist's eye compiled a remarkable visual and artistic record of the Peruvian highlands, a record that is just being brought to light. During these years, Martin Chambi, a professional, creative photographer, took more than sixteen thousand photographs, all of which have been retained by his family. Through the efforts of Edward Ranney and the photographer's oldest son, Victor Chambi, this invaluable resource will soon become available for use by authors, artists, and scholars of Latin America. Ranney, a free-lance photographer and a student of archeology, first became aware of Chambi's work during his field trips to Cuzco, Peru, where he spent many months producing his own work, including a forthcoming photographic document on Inca architecture. As he became more familiar with the elder Chambi's work, Ranney soon realized the early artistic eye of this photographer and the superb documentary record he left behind of people, places, and historical events in Cuzco and its surrounding archeological sites and indigenous cultures.

O muzyce metalowej, sztuce i okładkach… Z malarzem i grafikiem Arkadiuszem Zającem rozmawia Konrad Ludwicki

Pretekstem do rozmowy z malarzem i grafikiem Arkadiuszem Zającem są okładki płyt zespołów metalowych. Rozmowę z artystą poprzedza kilkustronicowy wstęp. W tekście skupiam się na meritum zjawiska, jakim są okładki płytowe. Skupiam się na jego osobliwościach, przeprowadzając ogólną charakterystykę. Punktem wyjścia są artystyczne i oryginalne obwoluty płyt zespołów metalowych. Rozmowa przeprowadzona została w roku 2019 i dotyczy – przede wszystkim – kontekstów twórczych w konfrontacji z szeroko pojętą sztuką, muzyką i malarstwem. W tekście stawiam hipotezy odnoszące się również do zagadnienia etyki i estetyki w projektach wybranych, niszowych okładek. Marginalnie rozpatruję też kwestie kultury masowej i jej poboczy.