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ISBN: 9782895852513
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Le Mystere de la Vierge Noire
Author: The Cult of the Black Virgin
Author: Ean BeggPublisher: Chiron Publications
ISBN: 1630514411
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Negating the Image
Author: Jeffrey JohnsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351556606
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Why do people attack monuments and other public objects charged with authority by the societies that produced them? What do open assaults on images and artworks mean? Iconoclasm, the principled destruction of images, has recurred throughout human history as theory and practice. This book contains seven historical studies of the changing causes and meanings of iconoclasm and the radical transformations in the function of images it has brought about in societies around the world, from Ancient Egypt to Islamic India and Revolutionary Mexico, as well as Medieval and Reformation Europe. Scholars of art history, history and archaeology explore shifting definitions of art and the forms of representation in delineating varied forms of 'iconoclasm'.
The Cult of the Black Virgin
Author: Ean C. M. BeggPublisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A comprehensive gazetteer enables the reader to locate the sites where Black Virgins can be found and provides information about their origins. A work focusing on the Black Virgins, symbols of power and majesty.
The Pipe Organ
Author: James MitchellPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197645283
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
The organ is one of the oldest instruments in Western music, and its sound has inspired many of the greatest composers from the past half a millennium from Bach through to Messiaen. The full possibilities of the instrument, however, have often been overlooked. Orchestration textbooks tend to mention the organ only in passing, with little practical advice for the composer to latch onto. Many organ books will explain technical jargon and how the organ is designed, but do not discuss what should actually be written in the score. This book, on the other hand, offers a practical guide for composers on how to write idiomatically for the instrument with the aim of helping them exploit the instrument's full timbral and technical potential. It provides in depth advice not only on notation but also the full resources of the modern organ, including dedicated chapters on registration, writing for manuals and pedals, and using the organ in ensembles, among others. Multiple musical examples are quoted from across the history of organ repertoire, with a particular focus on contemporary composers and music. There is advice tailored to non-classical musicians, such as guidance on virtual instruments. The online companion website to this book provides video demonstrations, chapter summaries, sample organ stop-lists and other useful further resources. In summary, the goal of this book is to show not just what organ music was, or what it is, but what it can be.
Ye Shall Know the Truth
Author: Mateus Soares de AzevedoPublisher: World Wisdom, Inc
ISBN: 0941532690
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Contains essays on mysticism, prayer, sacred art, the relationship between Christianity and other religious.
Frithjof Schuon
Author: Jean-Baptiste AymardPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791484483
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
The first book in English devoted to the religious philosopher Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) to appear since his death, this biography also provides an analysis of his work and spiritual teachings. Relying on Schuon's published works as well as unpublished correspondence and other documents, the authors highlight the originality of Schuon's life and teachings in terms of his consistent focus on esoterism, defined as the inner penetration of sacred forms and spiritual practices vis-à-vis the religio perennis, the eternal wisdom that lies at the core of all sacred paths. Schuon's life, they argue, is a quest for the inner meaning of religious experience, as is indicated by his connections to Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Native American Shamanism. Spiritual seekers from all backgrounds will appreciate this comprehensive study of this towering figure of comparative religion.
Splendor of the True
Author: Frithjof SchuonPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 143844611X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A new anthology of the work of Frithjof Schuon that includes philosophical writings along with a selection of his poems, artworks, and unpublished writings from his personal papers.
Envisioning Others: Race, Color, and the Visual in Iberia and Latin America
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004302158
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Envisioning Others offers a multidisciplinary view of the relationship between race and visual culture in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, from the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal to colonial Peru and Colombia, post-Independence Mexico, and the pre-Emancipation United States. Contributed by specialists in Latin American and Iberian art history, literature, history, and cultural studies, its ten chapters take a transnational view of what ‘race’ meant, and how visual culture supported and shaped this meaning, within the Ibero-American sphere from the late Middle Ages to the modern era. Case studies and regionally-focused essays are balanced by historiographical and theoretical offerings for a fresh perspective that challenges the reader to discern broad intersections of race, color, and the visual throughout the Iberian world. Contributors are Beatriz Balanta, Charlene Villaseñor Black, Larissa Brewer-García, Ananda Cohen Suarez, Elisa Foster, Grace Harpster, Ilona Katzew, Matilde Mateo, Mey-Yen Moriuchi, and Erin Kathleen Rowe.
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