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Providing a lively snapshot of the state of art and social justice today on a global level, Entry Points accompanies the inaugural Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics, launched at The New School on the occasion of the center's twentieth anniversary. This book captures some of the most significant worldwide examples of art and social justice and introduces an interested audience of artists, policy makers, scholars, and writers to new ways of thinking about how justice is defined, advanced, and practiced through the arts. In so doing, it assembles some of the latest scholarship in this field while refining our vocabulary for speaking about social justice, social engagement, community enhancement, empowerment, and even art itself. The book's first half contains three essays by Thomas Keenan, João Ribas, and Sharon Sliwinski that map the field of art and social justice. These essays are accompanied by more than twenty profiles of recent artist projects that consist of brief essays and artist pages. This curated and carefully considered map of artists and projects identifies key moments in art and social justice. The book's second half consists of an in-depth analysis of Theaster Gates's The Dorchester Projects, which won the inaugural Vera List Prize for Art and Politics. Produced to complement the project's exhibition at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons School of Design in September 2013, this analysis illuminates Gates's rich, complex, and exemplary work. This section includes an interview between Gates and Vera List Center director Carin Kuoni; essays by Horace D. Ballard Jr., Romi N. Crawford, Shannon Jackson, and Mabel O. Wilson; and a number of responses to The Dorchester Projects by faculty in departments across The New School.

Aesthetics. --- Urbanization. --- Social justice in art. --- Human rights. --- Art and society.

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Social-injustice dilemmas such as poverty, unemployment, and racism are subjects of continuing debate in European societies and in Germany in particular, as solutions are difficult and progress often comes slowly. Such discussions are not limited to opposing newspaper editorials, position papers, or legislative forums, however; creative works expound on these topics as well, but their contributions to the debate are often marginalized.
This collection of new essays explores how contemporary German-language literary, dramatic, filmic, musical, and street artists are grappling with social-justice issues that affect Germany and the wider world, surveying more than a decade's worth of works of German literature and art in light of the recent paradigm shift in cultural criticism called the "ethical turn." Central themes include the legacy of the politically engaged 1968 generation, eastern Germany and the process of unification, widening economic disparity as a result of political policies and recession, and problems of integration and inclusivity for ethnic and religious minorities as migration to Germany has increased.

Contributors: Monika Albrecht, Olaf Berwald, Robert Blankenship, Laurel Cohen-Pfister, Jack Davis, Bastian Heinsohn, Axel Hildebrandt, Deborah Janson, Karolin Machtans, Ralf Remshardt, Alexandra Simon-López, Patricia Anne Simpson, Maria Stehle, Jill E. Twark.

Jill E. Twark is Associate Professor of German at East Carolina University. Axel Hildebrandt is Associate Professor of German at Moravian College.

German literature --- Social justice in literature. --- Social justice in art. --- History and criticism.

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Justice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of 'justice' and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fifteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is both impartial and blind, reminding indirectly of the bandaged Christ on the cross, a central figure in the Christian idea of fairness and forgiveness. In this rich and imaginative journey through history and philosophy, Prosperi manages to convey a full account of the ways justice has been described, portrayed and imagined. Translation of Giustizia bendata. Percorsi storici di un'immagine (Einaudi, 2008).

History of the law --- Iconography --- History of civilization --- law [discipline] --- allegory [artistic device] --- rechtvaardigheid --- gerechtigheid --- gerechtigheidstafereel --- Justice in art --- Justice (Personification) --- Justice --- Injustice --- Conduct of life --- Law --- Common good --- Fairness --- E-books --- Justice. --- Justice in art.

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Politische Bildprogramme, speziell Wandmalereien, in Rechtsprechungsräumen italienischer Kommunen des 13. und 14. Jahrhunderts wurden nie zuvor systematisch und vergleichend betrachtet. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht anhand von vier Fallbeispielen erstmals in dieser Weise, welche verschiedenen Visualisierungsformen sich an der Schnittstelle von Regierung und Rechtsprechung ausprägten. Sie vergleicht weitgehend unerforschte Freskenzyklen unterschiedlicher Regierungssysteme: am Bischofssitz von Bergamo, am Sitz einer reichen Notarsfamilie in der Signoria Ferrara, im Zunftgebäude der Florentiner Richter und Notare und am Verwaltungssitz von Asciano im Sieneser Territorium. This work is the first systematic and comparative examination of political paintings in Italian local government and judicial chambers in the 13th and 14th centuries. Drawing on the perspectives of art history, the author analyzes four examples of newly researched cycles of frescos in the context of broader historical, political, and legal developments, offering new insights into the function of images in the late Middle Ages.

Justice in art. --- Mural painting and decoration, Italian --- Mural painting and decoration, Gothic --- Public art --- Political aspects.