Reaktion Books

From the pet that we live with and care for, to news items such as animal cloning, and the use of various creatures in film, television and advertising, animals are a constant presence in our lives.

From Salvador Dalí to Walt Disney, animals have been a constant yet little-considered presence in film. Indeed, it may come as a surprise to learn that animals were a central inspiration to the development of moving pictures themselves.

This book is the first of its kind to focus on issues concerning sculpture and reproduction, and to explore the theoretical and practical consequences. What does it mean for a sculpture to be reproduced? Does it diminish or add to the authenticity of the original? Ranging from the Ancient to the Modern world, these essays significantly add to our understanding of a number of major sculptors including Michaelangelo, Rodin and Brancusi.

A cultural icon who defined the twentieth-century American landscape, Frank Lloyd Wright has been studied from what seems to be every possible angle.

Aspiring writers are often admonished to “show, not tell,” an instruction that immediately speaks to the relationship between the written word and the visual world. It is a tenuous correspondence—both literature and art are striving toward the same goal of depiction, but the reality they portray is shaped by their chosen tools.