Invention of Hysteria. Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpetriere, Paperback - ***

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A collection of essays that evaluate the continued relevance of iconographic studies within current art-historical scholarship by exploring the flu...

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Working at the margins of aesthetics and politics, Patrick Vauday challenges the dominant assumptions of our mediatized society and its disposition...

Richly illustrated with manuscripts, portraits, Sir John Tenniel's original line drawings and contemporary photographs, this is a fresh look at two...

Reducere. The Invention of the Kaleidoscope is a book of poetic elegies that discuss failures: failures of love, both sexual and spiritual; failures of the b...

A book about a terrible photograph from the Holocaust - an exceptionally rare image documenting the horrific final moment of the murder of a family...

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxAuthor(s): Silvia FerraraTranslator: Todd PortnowitzNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 216 x...

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DescriptionA historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Je...

The remarkable, intertwined histories of neurology, psychiatry, neurosyphilis and hysteria, by the authors of the Sunday Times top ten bestseller R...

Reducere. ``Does anyone date anymore?`` Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and r...

DescriptionAn engaging critique of the science and metaphysics behind our understanding of the universe The James Webb Space Telescope, when launch...

In this account of the Algerian War's effect on French political structures and notions of national identity, Todd Shepard asserts that the separat...

In this major new interpretation of the music of J.S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Ba...

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DescriptionThis distinctive and enlightening book explores the invention and development of tea drinking in China, using tea culture to explore the...

Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Theodore W AllenNumber of pages: 800Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 233 x 154 x 40Cover type: Paperback / softba...

A code-cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention - the art of writing.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Rahela (Independent Researcher) KhorakiwalaNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2020Dimensions: ...

Reducere. An illustrated study of the realtionship between Scripture and Orthodox Christian iconography

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): WacquantNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 177 x 216 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

"Heterosexuality" is assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm. This work challenges the common notion that the distinction between he...

DescriptionGiorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was a man of many talents--a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar--but he is best known for Live...

Lacan and Marx: The Invention of the Symptom provides an incisive commentary on Lacan's reading of Marx, mapping the relations between these two va...

Reducere. Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to...

A narrative of early capitalism's most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state during the hot summer of 1720 ...

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Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): David SchneiderPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 39Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul le...

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A major reassessment of photography's pivotal role in 1960s conceptual artWhy do we continue to look to photographs for evidence despite our awaren...

Working at the margins of aesthetics and politics, Patrick Vauday challenges the dominant assumptions of our mediatized society and its disposition...

Reducere. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeThe early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult ...

Aimed at lay, student, and academic readers alike, this book concerns the imagination, and specifically imagination in music. It opens with a discu...

Change the way you look at office supplies forever with this wonderfully enlightening and quirky exploration of the fascinating backstories of ever...

Reducere. "As soon as she heard me enter, Elvia awoke from a light sleep that had overcome her as she anxiously waited: 'How did it go?' Excited, I exclaimed...

A provocative account showing that "China"-and its 5, 000 years of unified history-is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political ...

Reducere. Explores whether human minds can truly discover God without Christ Does all knowledge of God come through Christ alone, or can human beings discove...

In early 1882, before young Oscar Wilde embarked on his lecture tour across America, he posed for publicity photos taken by a famously eccentric Ne...

Publisher: University of California PressIllustration(s): 74 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 183 x 263 x 17C...

Reducere. In the tradition of Why Nations Fail, this book solves one of the great puzzles of history: Why did the West become the most powerful civilization ...

With trademark versatility and brilliance, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill explores how Christianity transformed humanity's relationship w...