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Author: James L. Clifford Publisher: UNC Press Books ISBN: 146965038X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
The first part of this fascinating account of a biographer's problems tells of the adventures of one biographer in tracking down clues in several parts of the world--accidental discovery, long pursuit of a watward detail, and suggestions of new ways of turning up evidence. The second part deals more generally with problems faced by all biographers, the most difficult being the decision concerning how much of the available material to use. Originally published in 1970. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author: James L. Clifford Publisher: UNC Press Books ISBN: 146965038X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
The first part of this fascinating account of a biographer's problems tells of the adventures of one biographer in tracking down clues in several parts of the world--accidental discovery, long pursuit of a watward detail, and suggestions of new ways of turning up evidence. The second part deals more generally with problems faced by all biographers, the most difficult being the decision concerning how much of the available material to use. Originally published in 1970. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author: James Elkins Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135963568 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 343
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With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had been in any previous century. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? uses three models to understand the kinds of complex meaning that pictures are thought to possess: the affinity between the meanings of paintings and jigsaw-puzzles; the contemporary interest in ambiguity and 'levels of meaning'; and the penchant many have to interpret pictures by finding images hidden within them. Elkins explores a wide variety of examples, from the figures hidden in Renaissance paintings to Salvador Dali's paranoiac meditations on Millet's Angelus, from Persian miniature paintings to jigsaw-puzzles. He also examines some of the most vexed works in history, including Watteau's "meaningless" paintings, Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling, and Leonardo's Last Supper.
Author: George Eastman House Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 1402755015 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 164
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The pairs of photographs in this book, dating back to the 1800s, depict an array of subjects. The images appear to be the same but they're not.
Author: David Novarr Publisher: Purdue University Press ISBN: 9781557531285 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 228
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The study of biography has leaped from surveys of biographical writing and statements of biographical practice to semiotic and post-structuralist discussions of the modality of biography without adequate consideration of what has already been done in the theory of the genre. Professor Novarr has closed that gap with this comprehensive and judicious historical survey and assessment of all the major (and many of the minor) statements made about biography in the crucial period 1880-1970. It traces, in the work of writers like David Cecil, Leon Edel, Mark Schorer, Paul Murray Kendall, and others, the nature of the relation between biographer and subject, the concept that biography is essentially the interpretation of one mind by another, and the idea that the biographer's angle of vision is both inevitable and important.
Author: Cherine Fahd Publisher: ISBN: 9780994517074 Category : Photography, Artistic Languages : en Pages : 0
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This 'paired volume', beautifully designed by Elliott Bryce Foulkes, features Cherine Fahd's photographic studies, 'Shadowing Portraits' (2014-2016) and 'You Look Like a...' (2016-2017). It includes a critical essay by Blair French - Director Curatorial and Digital, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, contributions from the 'Shadowing' participants, as well as Fahd's own notations on the processes of making portraits. A 'Portrait is a Puzzle' is in itself an artwork: a pairing of two photographic series that invites the reader to turn the book over and around, to reach two endings in the middle and to interrogate the function of a portrait and the people it depicts as an infinite and unsolvable puzzle.
Author: J. Clark Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137264721 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 245
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A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religious commitments of Samuel Johnson, the most commanding of the 'commanding heights' of eighteenth-century English letters. This book, one of a trilogy from Palgrave, brings that debate to a decisive conclusion, retrieving the 'historic Johnson.'
Author: Highlights Publisher: Highlights Press ISBN: 1644723344 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 148
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Packed with dozens of the most difficult Hidden Pictures puzzles Highlights has ever created, this book is perfect for advanced puzzlers ages 8-12 looking for a next-level challenge! This jam-packed collection includes over 80 advanced Hidden Pictures puzzles, including photo puzzles, puzzles without clues, puzzles with scrambled clues and more. A great gift for anyone who loves a puzzle challenge, this engaging activity book is filled with more than 1,500 total objects to find. Kids (and grown-ups, too) will need to keep their eyes peeled searching through hilarious scenes like sloths playing ping pong, dogs enjoying a fiesta, and a fishy carnival. There are both full-color and classic black-and-white scenes to solve. Over 125 pages of puzzles adds up to hours of screen-free fun, great for keeping kids engaged during road trips or rainy afternoons at home. Plus, this book is crafted by puzzle experts to include learning benefits parents can count on. Searching for hidden objects is a great way for kids to develop important school skills like vocabulary, concentration and visual perception. Every puzzle solved will boost kids’ confidence and encourage them to take on new challenges.
Author: Richard B. Schwartz Publisher: SIU Press ISBN: 9780809315611 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 216
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This is a collection of nine essays by senior scholars Donald Greene, Morris R. Brownell, Richard B. Schwartz, Howard D. Weinbrot, Maximillian Novak, J. Paul Hunter, John H. Middendorf, Shirley Strum Kenny, and Gwin J. Kolb. They draw from their own experiences as students and scholars to assess the past and present position of theory in eighteenth-century studies and to discuss the important areas of scholarship that remain relatively unexplored, often proposing specific projects. Some essays are controversial; all are lively and personal. The essays evolved from a 1987 conference held at Georgetown University--the first such conference to examine the state of eighteenth-century literary studies in fifteen years.
Author: Eleanor Florence Rosellini Publisher: Emmis Books ISBN: 9781578601271 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 124
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It's not easy solving a mystery when your partner is your squirmy kid brother ... it's even harder when the mystery is over a hundred years old. With the discovery of a family secret and mystery hidden for generations in an old family portrait, two, young Indiana detectives search their family's past ...
Author: James L. Clifford
Author: James L. Clifford
Author: James Elkins
Author: George Eastman House
Author: David Novarr
Author: Cherine Fahd
Author: J. Clark
Author: Highlights
Author: Richard B. Schwartz
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Author: Eleanor Florence Rosellini