Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature
Author: Genealogies of Genius
Author: Joyce E. ChaplinPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 113749767X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The essays in this volume seek to examine the uses to which concepts of genius have been put in different cultures and times. Collectively, they are designed to make two new statements. First, seen in historical and comparative perspective, genius is not a natural fact and universal human constant that has been only recently identified by modern science, but instead a categorical mode of assessing human ability and merit. Second, as a concept with specific definitions and resonances, genius has performed specific cultural work within each of the societies in which it had a historical presence.
A letter on the drainage of the East, West, and Wildmore fens
Author: Thomas StonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or, A Dictionary Of Arts, Sciences, And Miscellaneous Literature; Constructed on a Plan, By Which The Different Sciences And Arts Are Digested Into the Form of Distinct Treatises Or Systems, Comprehending The History, Theory, and Practice, of Each, According to the Latest Discoveries and Improvements; And Full Explanations Given Of The Various Detached Parts of Knowledge, Whether Relating To Natural and Artificial Objects, Or to Matters Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, Commercial, [et]c. Including Elucidations of the Most Important Topics Relative to Religion, Morals, Manners, and the Oeconomy Of Life: Together With A Description of All the Countries, Cities, Principal Mountains, Seas, Rivers, [et]c. Throughout the World; A General History, Ancient and Modern, of the Different Empires, Kingdoms, and States; And An Account of the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Times
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Author: The Catalogue of the History of Science Collections of the University of Oklahoma Libraries
Author: University of Oklahoma. LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; Constructed on a Plan, by which the Different Sciences and Arts are Digested Into the Form of Distinct Treatises Or Systems, Comprehending the History, Theory, and Practice, of Each, According to the Latest Discoveries and Improvements... Vol. 1. [-18]
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Author: Choice Books, Autographs and Engravings
Author: Henry Sotheran LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
Author: George GregoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Author: Hendrik Petrus BerlagePublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892363339
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Hendrik Petrus Berlage, the Dutch architect and architectural philosopher, created a series of buildings and a body of writings from 1886 to 1909 that were among the first efforts to probe the problems and possibilities of modernism. Although his Amsterdam Stock Exchange, with its rational mastery of materials and space, has long been celebrated for its seminal influence on the architecture of the 20th century, Berlage's writings are highlighted here. Bringing together Berlage's most important texts, among them "Thoughts on Style in Architecture", "Architecture's Place in Modern Aesthetics", and "Art and Society", this volume presents a chapter in the history of European modernism. In his introduction, Iain Boyd Whyte demonstrates that the substantial contribution of Berlage's designs to modern architecture cannot be fully appreciated without an understanding of the aesthetic principles first laid out in his writings.
The European Encyclopedia
Author: Jeff LovelandPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108481094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Organized thematically, this book tells the story of the European encyclopedia from 1650 to the present.