Author: Joel MuPublisher:
ISBN: 9783964360236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Jupiter: Andreas Sell 'Life Performance'
Author: Joel MuAuction Sale Prices
Author: Painters and their Works: A Dictionary of great Artists, who are not now alive, giving their names, lives, and the prices paid for their works at auctions
Author: Ralph N. JamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Barefoot Pilgrimage
Author: Andrea CorrPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008321329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Andrea Corr’s Barefoot Pilgrimage is a compelling and honest memoir.
Painters and Their Works
Author: Ralph N. JamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Allison Katz
Author: Allison KatzPublisher: Jrp Ringier
ISBN: 9783037645376
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Published on the occasion of her first North American solo exhibition, this monograph is the first to document the work of London-based Canadian painter Allison Katz (born 1980) whose figurative paintings playfully challenge the conventions of Western painting, as well as any notion of style.
Life Of Galileo
Author: Bertolt BrechtPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408160919
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as well as questions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht's greatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's heretical discoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of the Inquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite his self-contempt, goes on working in private, eventually helping to smuggle his writings out of the country. As an examination of the problems that face not only the scientist but also the whole spirit of free inquiry when brought into conflict with the requirements of government or official ideology, Life of Galileo has few equals. Written in exile in 1937-9 and first performed in Zurich in 1943, Galileo was first staged in English in 1947 by Joseph Losey in a version jointly prepared by Brecht and Charles Laughton, who played the title role. Printed here is the complete translation by John Willett.
Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Author: Marina BelozerskayaPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892367857
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Human Geography of the UK
Author: Danny DorlingPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1848608659
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
`Using up-to-date data, modern cartographic methods, and an approach that addresses students' everyday lives, Danny Dorling has produced an engaging introduction to the contemporary geography of the UK. It will be the focus of many lively discussions of patterns and trends’ - Ron Johnston, School of Geography, University of Bristol Using statistics from many sources in an engaging and accessible way, Human Geography of the UK is written from the perspective of a beginning undergraduate, it's objective is to define the key elements of population geography and show how they fit together. Highly visual – with maps and figures on every page – the text uses different data to describe the social landscape of the United Kingdom. Organized in ten short thematic chapters, explaining the nuts and bolts of population, including: birth, inequality; education; mobility; work; and mortality. The book concludes with a comparative analysis of UK in global context. Human Geography of the UK features practical exercises, and clear summaries in tables and specially drawn maps.