Author: Raffaele MalagutiPublisher:
ISBN: 9788841593264
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : it
Pages : 736
Book Description
Disegno per moduli. Linguaggio, tecnica, espressione. Modulo A-B-C. Con quaderno. Per la Scuola media
Author: Raffaele MalagutiPublisher:
ISBN: 9788841593264
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : it
Pages : 736
Book Description
The Suffering of the Immigrant
Author: Abdelmalek SayadPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509534040
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader’s understanding of the issues surrounding immigration. Sayad’s book will be widely used in courses on race, ethnicity, immigration and identity in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, politics and geography. an outstanding and original work on the experience of immigration and the kind of suffering involved in living in a society and culture which is not one’s own; describes how immigrants are compelled, out of respect for themselves and the group that allowed them to leave their country of origin, to play down the suffering of emigration; Abdelmalek Sayad, was an Algerian scholar and close associate of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu - after Sayad’s death, Bourdieu undertook to assemble these writings for publication; this book will transform the reader’s understanding of the issues surrounding immigration.
A Scientific Autobiography
Author: Aldo RossiPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Postscript by Vincent Scully Based on notebooks composed since 1971, Aldo Rossi's memoir intermingles his architectural projects, including discussion of the major literary and artistic influences on his work, with his personal history. His ruminations range from his obsession with theater to his concept of architecture as ritual. The illustrations-photographs, evocative images, as well as a set of drawings of Rossi's major architectural projects prepared particularly for this publicationwere personally selected by the author to augment the text.
The House of Others
Author: Silvio D'ArzoPublisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810160019
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The illegitimate son of a fortune teller, Ezio Comparoni (1920-52) never knew his father, rarely left his home town, and admitted no one to his home. His deliberate obscurity was compounded by his use of many pseudonyms, including Silvio d'Arzo, under which he wrote the remarkable novella and three stories collected in The House of Others. The novella The House of Others is among the rare perfect works of twentieth century fiction. In a desolate mountain village an old woman visits the parish priest, ostensibly to ask about dissolving a marriage. Gradually, as she probes for information on "special cases"--cases in which what is obviously wrong can also be irrefutably right--it becomes clear her true question is whether or not she might take her own life. The question is metaphysical, involving not only the woman's life but the priest's; and to it he has no answer.
The Work of Art
Author: Gérard GenettePublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801482724
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
What art is--its very nature--is the subject of this book by one of the most distinguished continental theorists writing today. Informed by the aesthetics of Nelson Goodman and referring to a wide range of cultures, contexts, and media, The Work of Art seeks to discover, explain, and define how art exists and how it works. To this end, Gérard Genette explores the distinction between a work of art's immanence--its physical presence--and transcendence--the experience it induces. That experience may go far beyond the object itself.Genette situates art within the broad realm of human practices, extending from the fine arts of music, painting, sculpture, and literature to humbler but no less fertile fields such as haute couture and the culinary arts. His discussion touches on a rich array of examples and is bolstered by an extensive knowledge of the technology involved in producing and disseminating a work of art, regardless of whether that dissemination is by performance, reproduction, printing, or recording. Moving beyond examples, Genette proposes schemata for thinking about the different manifestations of a work of art. He also addresses the question of the artwork's duration and mutability.
Teaching and Learning
Author: Mysticism and Logic
Author: Bertrand RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A History of the World in 12 Maps
Author: Jerry BrottonPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143126024
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
A New York Times Bestseller “Maps allow the armchair traveler to roam the world, the diplomat to argue his points, the ruler to administer his country, the warrior to plan his campaigns and the propagandist to boost his cause… rich and beautiful.” – Wall Street Journal Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Mapmakers do not simply represent the world, they construct it out of the ideas of their age. In this scintillating book, Jerry Brotton examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery of today. He vividly recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the world. Brotton shows how each of his maps both influenced and reflected contemporary events and how, by considering it in all its nuances and omissions, we can better understand the world that produced it. Although the way we map our surroundings is more precise than ever before, Brotton argues that maps today are no more definitive or objective than they have ever been. Readers of this beautifully illustrated and masterfully argued book will never look at a map in quite the same way again. “A fascinating and panoramic new history of the cartographer’s art.” – The Guardian “The intellectual background to these images is conveyed with beguiling erudition…. There is nothing more subversive than a map.” – The Spectator “A mesmerizing and beautifully illustrated book.” —The Telegraph
Corporate Governance Strengthening Latin American Corporate Governance The Role of Institutional Investors
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264116052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This report reflects long-term, in-depth discussion and debate by participants in the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance.
The Senses and the intellect
Author: Alexander BainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mind and body
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description