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Fueled by an abiding concern with environmental crisis for more than three decades, contemporary artist Alexis Rockman (b. 1962) depicts an ominous and complex vision of ocean life affected by humankind in a monumental new series titled Oceanus.Alexis Rockman: Oceanus takes the viewer on a global journey of discovery beneath the world’s changing seas, through the artist’s ethereal and sublime renderings of real and imaginary marine life within a fragile ecosystem. Published to accompany an ambitious traveling exhibition in North America and abroad, this volume documents Rockman’s newly executed 8 x 24-foot panoramic painting Oceanus and ten related large watercolors, important works that tell the story of humanity’s indelible relationship with the ocean and the connections between the sea and our own survival, as the artist deftly weaves natural history, art history, archaeology, adventure, political analysis, and science into a story about the human condition. Complementing this stunning presentation of Rockman’s paintings—as well as many details and photographs documenting the artist’s process, along with a rich selection of contextual imagery—are essays by leading writers and scholars on such topics as maritime and oceanic history and Rockman’s work within the larger context of art history.

New Publication Now Available!Communication Ethics: Activities for Critical Thinking and Reflection helps readers make informed decisions about many of the ethical questions they will face throughout life.  Instead of providing readers with the definitive answers, it provides guidance and empowers readers to make the best ethical decision.Communication Ethics: Activities for Critical Thinking and Reflection:presents communication ethics as less about rules—and even much less about clarity—than it is about discovery.emphasizes the importance of asking questions, thinking about the possibilities, and reflecting on the consequences, rather than having answers handed to you.integrates dozens of activities that revolve around four main areas of inquiry or questions, related to knowledge, skills, values, and action.features questions to expand knowledge, focus on what you need to know to be ethical in the society you live in today, and how you can learn these things.is interactive! The publication embeds activities to promote active learning.