Author: British Library (London)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library (London)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
When the Moon was Big, and Other Legends from New Guinea
Author: Ulli Beier
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Twenty-four folktales told in their own words by students from Secondary schools and Training colleges all over New Guinea.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Twenty-four folktales told in their own words by students from Secondary schools and Training colleges all over New Guinea.
When the Moon was Big
Author: Richard Hall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780732272180
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780732272180
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
African Art
Author: Marshall Ward Mount
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780306803734
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In its painting and sculpture since 1920, African art has combined elements from traditional tribal and modern European art. This book traces this development. Concentrating on the period from 1920 to 1965, the author discusses specific style motifs, as well as ways of handling sculptural forms and surfaces, most of which are drawn from older art. He then shows how this substratum has been shaped by the techniques, media, styles and philosophy of the West. A new introduction by the author describes and assesses current trends in African art.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780306803734
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In its painting and sculpture since 1920, African art has combined elements from traditional tribal and modern European art. This book traces this development. Concentrating on the period from 1920 to 1965, the author discusses specific style motifs, as well as ways of handling sculptural forms and surfaces, most of which are drawn from older art. He then shows how this substratum has been shaped by the techniques, media, styles and philosophy of the West. A new introduction by the author describes and assesses current trends in African art.
Buddhism Illuminated
Author: San San May
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295744499
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia are centers for the preservation of local artistic traditions. Chief among these are manuscripts, a vital source for our understanding of Buddhist ideas and practices in the region. They are also a beautiful art form, too little understood in the West. The British Library has one of the richest collections of Southeast Asian manuscripts, principally from Thailand and Burma, anywhere in the world. It includes finely painted copies of Buddhist scriptures, literary works, historical narratives, and works on traditional medicine, law, cosmology, and fortune-telling. Buddhism Illuminated includes over one hundred examples of Buddhist art from the Library’s collection, relating each manuscript to Theravada tradition and beliefs, and introducing the historical, artistic, and religious contexts of their production. It is the first book in English to showcase the beauty and variety of Buddhist manuscript art and reproduces many works that have never before been photographed.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295744499
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia are centers for the preservation of local artistic traditions. Chief among these are manuscripts, a vital source for our understanding of Buddhist ideas and practices in the region. They are also a beautiful art form, too little understood in the West. The British Library has one of the richest collections of Southeast Asian manuscripts, principally from Thailand and Burma, anywhere in the world. It includes finely painted copies of Buddhist scriptures, literary works, historical narratives, and works on traditional medicine, law, cosmology, and fortune-telling. Buddhism Illuminated includes over one hundred examples of Buddhist art from the Library’s collection, relating each manuscript to Theravada tradition and beliefs, and introducing the historical, artistic, and religious contexts of their production. It is the first book in English to showcase the beauty and variety of Buddhist manuscript art and reproduces many works that have never before been photographed.
Bodies and Voices
Author: Anna Rutherford
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9042023341
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The articles investigate representations in literature, both by the colonizers and colonized. Many deal with the effect the dominant culture had on the self image of native inhabitants. They cover areas on all continents that were colonized by European countries.
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9042023341
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The articles investigate representations in literature, both by the colonizers and colonized. Many deal with the effect the dominant culture had on the self image of native inhabitants. They cover areas on all continents that were colonized by European countries.
The History of Colby College
Author: Colby College
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Beauty and the Norm
Author: Claudia Liebelt
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319911740
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Recent decades have seen the rise of a global beauty boom, with profound effects on perceptions of bodies worldwide. Against this background, Beauty and the Norm assembles ethnographic and conceptual approaches from a variety of disciplines and across the globe to debate standardization in bodily appearance. Its contributions range from empirical research to exploratory conversations between scholars and personal reflections. Bridging hitherto separate debates in critical beauty studies, cultural anthropology, sociology, the history of science, disability studies, gender studies, and critical race studies, this volume reflects upon the gendered, classed, and racialized body, normative regimes of representation, and the global beauty economy.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319911740
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Recent decades have seen the rise of a global beauty boom, with profound effects on perceptions of bodies worldwide. Against this background, Beauty and the Norm assembles ethnographic and conceptual approaches from a variety of disciplines and across the globe to debate standardization in bodily appearance. Its contributions range from empirical research to exploratory conversations between scholars and personal reflections. Bridging hitherto separate debates in critical beauty studies, cultural anthropology, sociology, the history of science, disability studies, gender studies, and critical race studies, this volume reflects upon the gendered, classed, and racialized body, normative regimes of representation, and the global beauty economy.
Lusophone Africa
Author: Fernando Arenas
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 081666983X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Situates the cultures of Portuguese-speaking Africa within the postcolonial, global era.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 081666983X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Situates the cultures of Portuguese-speaking Africa within the postcolonial, global era.