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Author: Luís Gomes Publisher: Librairie Droz ISBN: 9780852618424 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 204
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This volume examines, in English, the role of emblems in the Portuguese-speaking world, their distinctive qualities and their links with the wider European tradition. Luis Gomes brings together studies ranging over a wide corpus of material, in both Portugal and Brazil, from manuscripts to printed books to the famous azulejos."
Author: Luís Gomes Publisher: Librairie Droz ISBN: 9780852618424 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 204
Book Description
This volume examines, in English, the role of emblems in the Portuguese-speaking world, their distinctive qualities and their links with the wider European tradition. Luis Gomes brings together studies ranging over a wide corpus of material, in both Portugal and Brazil, from manuscripts to printed books to the famous azulejos."
Author: Kay E. Vandergrift Publisher: ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 498
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A collection of essays written by librarians, teachers, and other professionals who deal with young people on a daily basis. The essays cover a diverse range of subjects including: the arts, humor, coming of age and historical novels, science fiction, sexuality and health textbooks, incest, gender bias in physical education, and the relevance of virtual reality and the Internet.
Author: Paul Pääsuke Publisher: ISBN: 9789916393994 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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In "Mosaics of Meaning," the soul's landscape is explored through the prism of verse, each poem a shard of glass reflecting a fragment of the human experience. This collection traverses the vastness of emotion, from the peaks of ecstasy to the valleys of despair, crafting a panoramic tapestry of thoughts that resonate with the pulse of our shared journey. The poet weaves words with a deft touch, inviting the reader to step into a world where the lines between reality and reverie blur, where every moment is an intricate piece of a larger picture. "Mosaics of Meaning" is not just a book of poetry; it is an intimate dance with the ineffable, a quiet conversation between the lines, and a bold declaration of existence in the face of oblivion. Each piece serves as a mirror, reflecting the reader's own truth, asking questions that may have no answers, offering solace in the beauty of their asking. Step into this kaleidoscope of verse and allow yourself to be moved, to be mended, and to be mesmerized by the mosaics of meaning that make up our lives. (c) 2023 Book Fairy Publishing
Author: Jutta Dresken-Weiland Publisher: Schnell & Steiner ISBN: 9783795432065 Category : Christian art and symbolism Languages : en Pages : 0
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The mosaics of Ravenna are rated among the world's most important art works. Their quality and blaze of colour have intrigued believers and visitors since their making between the fifth and the seventh century. This book investigates the issue of the meaning of this imagery, its peculiarities, and the messages conveyed to the viewers through the centuries. It explores the function of the mosaics in the different buildings, and their interpretations in the relevant liturgical context by people living in late Antiquity. Several comparative examples integrate the mosaics in the frame of late Roman art. Written fluently on the basis of current state of research, the volume thus provides valuable new insight in one of the most fascinating sets of images of early Christian times. The mosaics were last subject to extensive investigation 40 years ago. Delve into the magnificence and variety of these mosaics, the colour photographs of which were made expressly for this book. They show the mosaics at close range and allow visual experiences that are impossible on site.
Author: Liz James Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108508596 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 1748
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In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical 'documents' that tell us about attitudes and beliefs in the medieval world. The book is divided into two part. Part I explores the technical aspects of mosaics, including glass production, labour and materials, and costs. In Part II, James provides a chronological history of mosaics, charting the low and high points of mosaic art up until its abrupt end in the late middle ages. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval mosaics.
Author: Roger Ling Publisher: ISBN: Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 156
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This text traces the history of mosaics, examining its chronological evolution from Hellenistic to Early Christian times and its regional variations. Topics discussed include mosaic technique and workshop organization and the relationship of mosaic to other forms of interior design.
Author: Svein Jentoft Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 940071582X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 529
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Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially and politically marginalized. Macro-economic and institutional mechanisms are essential to address these poverty and vulnerability problems; however, interventions at the local community level are also necessary. This requires deep understanding of what poverty means to the fishers, their families and communities; how they cope with it; and the challenges they face to increase resiliency and improve their lives for the better. This book provides a global perspective, situating small-scale fisheries within the broad academic discourse on poverty, fisheries management and development. In-depth case studies from fifteen countries in Latin America, Europe, South and Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, demonstrate the enormously complex ecological, economic, social, cultural and political contexts of this sector. Conclusions for policy-making, formulated as a joint statement by the authors, argue that fisheries development, poverty alleviation, and resource management must be integrated within a comprehensive governance approach that also looks beyond fisheries. The scientific editors, Svein Jentoft and Arne Eide, are both with the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromsø, Norway.
Author: Laurie Mika Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1600612156 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 128
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Imagine beautiful mosaic pieces with tiles that you easily create yourself! Mixed-Media Mosaics offers a fresh, new approach to a traditional art form. By making your own tiles from polymer clay, you control the size, shape, color and even the texture, resulting in beautiful finished pieces that include tabletops, boxes, jewelry and shrines. In addition to learning traditional tiling techniques such as working with grout and cutting glass tile, you'll also explore creative options for personalizing tiles: • Discover the magic of mica powders and the regal look they can give to mosaics • Learn quick and easy ways of adding paint to handcrafted and commercial tile • See how easy it is to create molds and cast your own relief tiles • Find ways to add personal meaning to your work with the addition of text tiles • Experiment with the addition of beads, jewelry and other embellishments by embedding them right into the tile! Whether you'd like to complete a mosaic tabletop for your patio, a jewelry box as a special gift, or simply experiment with jewelry, you'll find the inspiration you seek in Mixed-Media Mosaics. Start creating your custom mosaic pieces today.
Author: Liz James Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1040098002 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 252
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This volume consists of 15 articles published between 1991 and 2018. It falls into three sections, reflecting different areas of Liz James’s interests. The first section deals with light and colour and mosaics: four articles considering light and colour in mosaics and the making of mosaics, as well as the question of what it means to define mosaics as ‘Byzantine’ are reprinted. The second brings together four pieces on empresses: their relationships with female personifications and the Mother of God; their roles in founding and refounding buildings; and their employment as ciphers by some authors. Finally, seven papers cover a range of topics: what monumental images of saints in churches might have been for; what the differences between relics and icons might have been; how captions to images can be misleading; why touch was an important sense; how words can sometimes ‘just’ be decorative rather than for reading; why the materiality of objects makes a difference. There is also a brief section of additional notes and comments which add to, update and reflect on each piece now in 2024. Mosaics, Empresses and Other Things in Byzantium will be of interest to scholars and students alike interested in material culture, the depiction of regal women, and the use of relics and icons in the Byzantine Empire.
Author: Hallie M. Franks Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190863188 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 288
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In the Greek Classical period, the symposium--the social gathering at which male citizens gathered to drink wine and engage in conversation--was held in a room called the andron. From couches set up around the perimeter, symposiasts looked inward to the room's center, which often was decorated with a pebble mosaic floor. These mosaics provided visual treats for the guests, presenting them with images of mythological scenes, exotic flora, dangerous beasts, hunting parties, or the spectre of Dionysos: the god of wine, riding in his chariot or on the back of a panther. In The World Underfoot, Hallie M. Franks takes as her subject these mosaics and the context of their viewing. Relying on discourses in the sociology and anthropology of space, she presents an innovative new interpretation of the mosaic imagery as an active contributor to the symposium as a metaphorical experience. Franks argues that the images on mosaic floors, combined with the ritualized circling of the wine cup and the physiological reaction to wine during the symposium, would have called to mind other images, spaces, or experiences, and in doing so, prompted drinkers to reimagine the symposium as another kind of event--a nautical voyage, a journey to a foreign land, the circling heavens or a choral dance, or the luxury of an abundant past. Such spatial metaphors helped to forge the intimate bonds of friendship that are the ideal result of the symposium and that make up the political and social fabric of the Greek polis.
Author: Luís Gomes
Author: Luís Gomes
Author: Kay E. Vandergrift
Author: Paul Pääsuke
Author: Jutta Dresken-Weiland
Author: Liz James
Author: Roger Ling
Author: Svein Jentoft
Author: Laurie Mika
Author: Liz James
Author: Hallie M. Franks