Invention of the Visible. The Image in Light of the Arts, Paperback - Patrick Vauday

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

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

Reducere. This is the much-anticipated sequel to IN SIGHT OF THE MOUNTAIN After Anna Gallagher's first climb on Mt. Rainier, she faces a new challenge-enduri...

Bernard continually returns to the classical idea that the quality of desire shapes theological imagination. By attending to the multiple ways he d...

This book analyzes the ideas central to the philosophy of Kant, Hegel, and Kierkegaard to show that they are biblical in origin, both ontologically...

Previously untranslated, this collection of twelve lectures represents a middle point in Rudolf Steiner's unique exposition of the Christian gospel...

Reducere. This book is the first book in the English language dedicated to the subject of the taweez (amulet) and its definition, history and rulings accordi...

Reducere. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame contains one of the largest collections of late nineteenth-century French stained ...

Reducere. This was written in 2006 during a time of tremendous pai and suffering in the author's life. At that time, there was no intention of having it publ...

Offering historical and theoretical positions from a variety of art historians, artists, curators, and writers, this book addresses a longer histor...

Reducere. Only by keeping the end in mind can a person truly learn how to live in the here and now. Living in light of our death reorients us to our limitati...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Jacqui MaloneNumber of pages: 312Collection: Folklore and SocietyPublication date: 1996Dimensions...

Description"I believe if there is any meaning in art, it resides in the physical presence of a work."--Vija Celmins Best known for her striking dra...

Reducere. Rainbows, mirages, multiple moons, black snow, colored shadows, irridescent clouds, halos, green surf, and hundreds of other natural phenomena are ...

Reducere. With reviews on many overlooked, underappreciated gems such as Alice Sweet Alice, Daughters of Darkness, and Zombie, as well as the numerous Stephe...

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...

Reducere. Claire Swedberg and Rita Hupy conducted hundreds of interviews to investigate what role a community plays in the arts, and what the arts can bring ...

Reducere. Don Cusic presents gospel music as part of the history of contemporary Christianity. From the psalms of the early Puritans through the hymns of Isa...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. Then, with the ever-increasing rush...

Paul Klee consistently intertwined the visual and the verbal in his art has long fascinated commentators, including such illustrious figures as Wal...

'Ian Beck sees things in these quiet roads and suburbs and captures them for us and for a future time when we shall all be gone. What mysterious st...

The Heart of Light: A Holistic Primer for a Life and Career in Lighting Design and Production is a fresh look into the ever-evolving fields of ligh...

Artemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as the most important woman artist before the modern period, was a major Italian Baroque painter of the seve...

DescriptionLauded by major contemporary artists and philosophers, Jacques Ranci re's work returns politics to its central place in understanding ar...

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

The Language of the Lens explores the expressive power of the camera lens and the storytelling contributions that this critical tool can make to a ...

Beyond biography: a legendary performer's legacy of symbolismPublisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Bennetta Jules-RosetteIllustration(s...

The Central Park Five holds a reflective mirror up to our present day, going back to another period of rampant race-baiting, racially motivated pol...

Publisher: Kehrer VerlagAuthor(s): Mary BerridgeIllustration(s): 48 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

A comprehensive introduction to the anthropology of the arts, this is the first textbook to go beyond visual art to cover the arts more broadly. Dr...

DescriptionThere are many holy cities in India, but Mumbai is not usually considered one of them. More popular images of the city capture the world...

Contributor(s): Author: Kevin LynchThe classic work on the evaluation of city form.What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live t...

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

Reducere. This book is a culturally relevant presentation of the truth of the Trinity to the Muslim mindset. Originally it was issued through a Turkish secul...

Reducere. Fractals are patterns, infinitely reiterating, self-similar in shape. Benoit Mandelbrot coined the term in the 1970s, but scientists and mathematic...

A unique seventeenth-century account of painting as it was practiced, taught, and discussed during a period of extraordinary artistic and intellect...

Reducere. Béla Balázs's two works, Visible Man (1924) and The Spirit of Film (1930), are published here for the first time in full English translation. The e...

A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.Illustrations: 94 colour illustrations

Reducere. The ethnically and geographically heterogeneous countries that comprise Latin America have each produced music in unique styles and genres - but ho...

Description Many of Bob Dylan's most well-known works date from the 1960s, and can be seen as critical indicators of the changes in American socie...

Examines the administrative system and function of stamp impressions on storage jars in ancient Israel, illustrating the history of Judah during si...

The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages - Geraldine Heng

A decade of mounting tension in a polarized America, from Wall Street to the rural heartlandA decade ago, Ken Light (born 1951) traveled across the...