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By Fine, Jil2004., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: 306.4 7 0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American pop cultureSummary Note: An overview of trends in the visual arts in America, in the context of popular culture, from the twentieth century until today.
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2019., Riverhead Books Call No: HI-INT 302.2 MCC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language. Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time. Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer "LOL" or "lol," why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread. Because Internet is essential reading for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are"--
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2015., Adult, Abrams ComicArts Call No: 741.5 SCHULZ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) believed that the key to cartooning was to take out the extraneous details and leave in "only what's necessary." For fifty years, from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, Schulz wrote and illustrated Peanuts, the single most popular and influential comic strip in the world. In all, 17,897 strips were published, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being," according to Robert Thompson, professor of popular culture at Syracuse University. For Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, renowned designer Chip Kidd was granted unprecedented access to the extraordinary archives of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California. Reproducing the best of the Peanuts newspaper strip, all shot from the original art by award-winning photographer Geoff Spear, Only What's Necessary also features exclusive, rare, and unpublished original art and developmental work much of which has never been seen before" --
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By Wood, AlixJuvenile Call No: 709.173 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Not all art is displayed in a museum. For example, yarn bombing or guerilla knitting grew out of a movement in Texas to use up old yarn. Today, city dwellers might walk outside to find trees, bike racks, or even mail boxes covered by intricately knitted covers. The result is colorful, fun, and easily removed. However, other street art--such as graffiti--isn't seen as so harmless. Through fact boxes and pointed questions, the main content asks readers to consider whether such displays are, in fact, art. Full-color photographs and a lively layout enhance the artistic concepts addressed.
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By Wood, Alix2015., Juvenile, Gareth Stevens Publishing Call No: 709.173 WOOD Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: But is it art?Summary Note: Explores all types of urban street art including yarn bombing, street sculptures, sticker bombing, sidewalk art, and guerilla gardening. Offers opinions for and against the argument that urban street art is really art. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
