Download or read book Acrobats of the Gods written by Joan Dexter Blackmer and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relating the rigors of dance to the travails of the alchemical opus, the author, herself a former Martha Graham dancer, allows us to experience the process that for many gives birth to an enhanced awareness of the Self. A timely reminder of the interaction between body and soul.
Download or read book To Be Like Gods written by Matthew G. Looper and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Association for Latin American Art Book Award, 2010 The Maya of Mexico and Central America have performed ritual dances for more than two millennia. Dance is still an essential component of religious experience today, serving as a medium for communication with the supernatural. During the Late Classic period (AD 600-900), dance assumed additional importance in Maya royal courts through an association with feasting and gift exchange. These performances allowed rulers to forge political alliances and demonstrate their control of trade in luxury goods. The aesthetic values embodied in these performances were closely tied to Maya social structure, expressing notions of gender, rank, and status. Dance was thus not simply entertainment, but was fundamental to ancient Maya notions of social, religious, and political identity. Using an innovative interdisciplinary approach, Matthew Looper examines several types of data relevant to ancient Maya dance, including hieroglyphic texts, pictorial images in diverse media, and architecture. A series of case studies illustrates the application of various analytical methodologies and offers interpretations of the form, meaning, and social significance of dance performance. Although the nuances of movement in Maya dances are impossible to recover, Looper demonstrates that a wealth of other data survives which allows a detailed consideration of many aspects of performance. To Be Like Gods thus provides the first comprehensive interpretation of the role of dance in ancient Maya society and also serves as a model for comparative research in the archaeology of performance.
Download or read book The Dance Gods written by Kenny Pearl and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kenny Pearl arrived in New York City, determined to succeed as a dancer, he was penniless, friendless and jobless. His memories shine against the backdrop of the turbulent ’60s and ’70s, including Vietnam War protests, the military draft and the rampant crime that once plagued the city. From humble beginnings in the hippie-populated Lower East Side, to performing with the greats of the New York modern dance scene—he danced with the companies of both Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey—Pearl’s life is one of tenacity, hard work and passion. This is the engaging story of the hurdles he faced on his unique journey and the remarkable people he met along the way. www.dancegodsbook.com
Download or read book Lives of the Gods Divinity in Maya Art written by Joanne Pillsbury and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the complex stories of Mesoamerican divinity through the carvings, ceramics, and metalwork of the Maya Classic period Lives of the Gods reveals how ancient Maya artists evoked a pantheon as rich and complex as the more familiar Greco-Roman, Hindu-Buddhist, and Egyptian deities. Focusing on the period between A.D. 250 and 900, the authors show how this powerful cosmology informed some of the greatest creative achievements of Maya civilization.
Download or read book Beloved of the Gods written by Jo Ford and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08-08 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As King Ashoka leads his army and elephant cavalry to war, he leaves behind a gilded Palace on Indias Ganges River, a beleaguered Prime Minister to cope with monsoons and a devious princess in the harem plotting to become queen. Instead of being awakened each morning by the High Priest and twenty beautiful women with trumpets, he will be greeted by savage tribesmen in surprise attacks. The young scribe assigned to record glorious victories observes in dismay the Kings excessive wrath in battle. Unexpectedly, however, the Kings love for the tall, blonde leader of the Royal Women Guards and regrets over a village chieftain cause him to question his war of conquest. Back at the Palace, intrigue at court and illicit trysts in the harem threaten the Kings power. The Dwarf, a Palace spy, watches allfrom a concubines erotic seduction of the Prince to violence on the Kings sacred white elephant. Alarmed citizens of Pataliputra from highest to lowest castes wonder when their warrior King will return. Has Ashoka fallen under the influence of a Buddhist holy man in the forest? Will the gods that favored him with two rare, white elephants bless his empire with peace and prosperity?
Download or read book Martha Graham s Cold War written by Victoria Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""I am not a propagandist," declared the matriarch of American modern dance Martha Graham while on her State Department funded-tour in 1955. Graham's claim inspires questions: the United States government exported Graham and her company internationally to over twenty-seven countries in Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Near and Far East, and Russia representing every seated president from Dwight D. Eisenhower through Ronald Reagan, and planned under George H.W. Bush. Although in the diplomatic field, she was titled "The Picasso of modern dance," and "Forever Modern" in later years, Graham proclaimed, "I am not a modernist." During the Cold War, the reconfigured history of modernism as apolitical in its expression of "the heart and soul of mankind," suited political needs abroad. In addition, she declared, "I am not a feminist," yet she intersected with politically powerful women from Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Dulles, sister of Eisenhower's Dulles brothers in the State Department and CIA, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Betty Ford, and political matriarch Barbara Bush. While bringing religious characters on the frontier and biblical characters to the stage in a battle against the atheist communists, Graham explained, "I am not a missionary." Her work promoted the United States as modern, culturally sophisticated, racially and culturally integrated. To her abstract and mythic works, she added the trope of the American frontier. With her tours and Cold War modernism, Graham demonstrates the power of the individual, immigrants, republicanism, and, ultimately freedom from walls and metaphorical fences with cultural diplomacy with the unfettered language of movement and dance"--
Download or read book Gate of the Gods written by Thurman C. Petty and published by Autumn House Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flushed with victory, the young Babylonian prince surveyed the battleground where his army had defeated the Egyptians. In the distance a division of elite soldiers rapidly pursued the fleeing survivors. He mourned the loss of so many brave warriors, but quickly focused on his questto expand Babylons control of world trade. Egypt was only one of the nations to be conquered; before long Lebanon, Phoenicia, Syria, and Judah would feel the edge of Babylonian swords. Soon he, Nebuchadnezzar, would be king, and all the world would pay homage to him
Download or read book Prison of the Gods written by Jason K. Mintel and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08-18 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am the Mosquito Man whispering in your ear, singing all the songs you know you love to hear. Oh horror! Besides being a bad poet, the Mosquito Man is pure evil, fed off of fear, and even worse, he knows the secrets of life! The corporate executives enslave a world of corruption. The fools! They bleed the earth like a rabid dog that will not heel. When the world is a nut, they crack it. Decode my eyes. The sunlight, a set of instructions from the creator, reveals a message of enlightenment. The twelve corporations, each under an astrology sign, scramble to decode and unlock the secrets of life... As a band of off-worlders search for the one with a heart of steel to vanquish the Mosquito Man, they pay the ultimate sacrifice. Will they be able to cast his lot in the tree of knowledge? Is the network called Mindville a bridge to the sun, or is it the path to oblivion? Will the pawns in this game of creation ever find peace? Is this the end? No, it's just the beginning...of the end of the world?
Download or read book Postmodern Artistry in Medievalist Fiction written by Earl R. Anderson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-06-09 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on modern-day fiction set in the Middle Ages or that incorporates medieval elements, this study examines storytelling components and rhetorical tropes in more than 60 works in five languages by more than 40 authors. Medievalist fiction got its "postmodern" start with such authors as Calvino, Fuentes, Carpentier and Eco. Its momentum increased since the 1990s with writers whose work has received less critical attention, like Laura Esquivel, Tariq Ali, Matthew Pearl, Matilde Asensi, Ildefonso Falcones, Andrew Davison, Bernard Cornwell, Donnal Woolfolk Cross, Ariana Franklin, Nicole Griffith, Levi Grossman, Conn Iggulden, Edward Rutherfurd, Javier Sierra, Alan Moore and Brenda Vantrease. The author explores a wide range of "medievalizing" tropes, discusses the negative responses of postmodernism and posits four "hard problems" in medievalist fiction.
Download or read book RGT to Rajasthan Delhi Agra written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra will guide you through India's most colourful and fascinating region, with reliable practical information and clearly explained cultural background. Whether you're looking for great places to eat and drink, inspiring accommodation or the most exciting things to see and do, this guide will provide your solution. Plus you'll find extensive coverage of attractions in the region, from the breathtaking palaces of Jaipur and Udaipur to the imposing forts of Jodhpur and Jaisalmer, and the ever-astonishing beauty of the Taj Mahal to the fascinating treasures hidden in Old Delhi's backstreets. With clear maps, comprehensive listings and sections on arts and crafts, and forts and palaces, The Rough Guide to Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra is your ultimate companion on a visit to this captivating region. Make the most of your time on earth with The Rough Guide to Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra.
Download or read book The Ants of Gods written by W. T. Tyler and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against a bloody Sudanese civil war, a disgraced American mercenary pilot and a missionary’s widow find a love as rich and complicated as its milieu.
Download or read book God s Children and Monkeys Uncles written by Mendell L. Walker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-27 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did we and our fellow creatures arrive through Gods supernatural creation process or did we develop through a process commonly known as evolution? Is supernatural creation a collection of ancient fables integrated into religion? Is evolution simply an unproven theory better known as "Darwinism?" Did God literally mold Adam from mud and breath life into him or did humans evolve from cannibalistic molecules? Are we the result of eons of development from universal particles or are we the direct product of an intelligent designer? Are creation and evolution related? Bizarre questions such as these continually generate strife in society, politics, religion and education. GODS CHILDREN AND MONKEYS UNCLES employs a little science, a little religion, and a little humor to lead intelligent folk down a less tangled path to a thoughtful resolution.
Download or read book The Great Circus Street Parade in Pictures written by Charles Philip Fox and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 183 rare photographs and posters (10 in full color) from 1850s to 1920s. Ornate wagons and chariots, brass bands, elephants, camels, lions, clowns, jugglers, cowboys, Indians, much more. Authentic Americana. Detailed captions. Introduction.
Download or read book The Great Parade written by Pierre Théberge and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful book that showcases how circus figures and artifacts have been portrayed in art over the past two centuries The circus is a dazzling world filled with acrobats and harlequins, tumblers and riders, monsters and celestial creatures. Now this engaging book sets that world in a new light, examining how painters, sculptors, and photographers from the eighteenth century to the present have used the circus as a springboard for their imaginative expression and have envisioned the clown as a metaphor for the modern artist. The book presents more than 175 works by such artists as Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rouault, Picasso, Chagall, and Léger. Some of these are masterful works shown for the first time; these range from the 18-meter stage curtain Picasso designed in 1917 for Erik Satie's ballet Parade to more intimate works such as Nadar and Tournachon's photographs of Pierrot as played by celebrated mime Charles Debureau.
Download or read book The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure written by Adam Williams and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweeping Far Eastern epic in the tradition of James Clavell, a cast of innocents, fanatics, sinners, and lovers are drawn to an infamous brothel that overlooks an execution ground as the Boxer Rebellion erupts in China.
Download or read book Graphic Work of the Egyptian Expedition written by Norman de Garis Davies and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities written by Tamara L. Siuda and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2024-08-26 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting modern devotional perspectives that are rarely covered in other works, this premium hardcover offers comprehensive profiles of more than one hundred Egyptian gods, goddesses, and other divine beings. This thoroughly researched, full-color tome provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of well-known deities, like Anubis, Horus, Isis, Ra, and Sekhmet. It also features demigods, spiritual beings, and deities of neighboring regions who were also honored by the Egyptians, such as Menhyt (the lioness-headed goddess of Nubia) and Harmachis (the spirit that resides in the Giza Sphinx). Each entry includes a remarkable cache of information, including the deity's name in hieroglyphs, festivals, relatives, personality, domain, and more. Also featuring photographs of important sites and antiquities, this impressive collection is the only resource on Egyptian deities you will ever need.
