Download or read book Nature and History in Modern Italy written by Marco Armiero and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marco Armiero is Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council and Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Universitat Aut(noma de Barcelona. He has published extensively on-Italian environmental history and edited Views from the South: Environmental Stories from the Mediterranean World. --
Download or read book Augustine of Hippo written by Peter Brown and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic biography was first published forty-five years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching. The remarkable discovery of a considerable number of letters and sermons by Augustine cast fresh light on the first and last decades of his experience as a bishop. These circumstantial texts have led Peter Brown to reconsider some of his judgments on Augustine, both as the author of the Confessions and as the elderly bishop preaching and writing in the last years of Roman rule in north Africa. Brown's reflections on the significance of these exciting new documents are contained in two chapters of a substantial Epilogue to his biography (the text of which is unaltered). He also reviews the changes in scholarship about Augustine since the 1960s. A personal as well as a scholarly fascination infuse the book-length epilogue and notes that Brown has added to his acclaimed portrait of the bishop of Hippo.
Download or read book Writing Across Cultures written by Angel Rama and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ángel Rama was one of twentieth-century Latin America's most distinguished men of letters. Writing across Cultures is his comprehensive analysis of the varied sources of Latin American literature. Originally published in 1982, the book links Rama's work on Spanish American modernism with his arguments about the innovative nature of regionalist literature, and it foregrounds his thinking about the close relationship between literary movements, such as modernism or regionalism, and global trends in social and economic development. In Writing across Cultures, Rama extends the Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz's theory of transculturation far beyond Cuba, bringing it to bear on regional cultures across Latin America, where new cultural arrangements have been forming among indigenous, African, and European societies for the better part of five centuries. Rama applies this concept to the work of the Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist José María Arguedas, whose writing drew on both Spanish and Quechua, Peru's two major languages and, by extension, cultures. Rama considered Arguedas's novel Los ríos profundos (Deep Rivers) to be the most accomplished example of narrative transculturation in Latin America. Writing across Cultures is the second of Rama's books to be translated into English.
Download or read book Bilingual written by François Grosjean and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether in family life, social interactions, or business negotiations, half the people in the world speak more than one language every day. Yet many myths persist about bilingualism and bilinguals. In a lively and entertaining book, an international authority on bilingualism explores the many facets of life with two or more languages.
Download or read book Born Twice written by Giuseppe Pontiggia and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a breach birth leaves Paulo severely disabled, his father, the articulate, unsentimental Professor Frigerio, struggles to come to terms with his son’s condition. Face to face with his own limitations, Frigerio confronts the strange way society around him handles Paolo’s handicaps and observes his surprising gifts. In spare, deeply affecting episodes, the professor of language explores the nuanced boundaries between “normal” and “disabled” worlds. A remarkable memoir of fathering, winner of the 2001 Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary honor, Born Twice is noted Italian author Guiseppe Pontiggia’s American debut. Sometimes meditative, often humorous, and always probing, Pontiggia’s haunting characters linger and resound long after the book is done.
Download or read book Helgonsk p written by Justin Kroesen and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tabernacle shrines - enclosures containing a single saint's effigy equipped with two, four or more wings - are a neglected form of medieval altar decoration. Although they were common across the Latin West, surviving examples are spread very unevenly over Europe. Most of the c. 500 preserved tabernacle shrines are found in Central Italy, Northern Spain, across Germany, and particularly in Scandinavia. More than one-third of the total European stock is preserved in Sweden, making it the only country where the entire development of such 'Helgonskåp' ('saints' cupboards') can still be gleaned. Departing from the Swedish wealth, this study explores the tabernacle shrine as a European phenomenon in medieval art. The first chapters distinguish and analyse seven different types of tabernacle shrine, while the last sections focus on the object type as an artistic category, as a physical object in medieval church space, and on its remarkable survival in Lutheran Sweden.
Download or read book Malevolent Tales written by Clemente Palma and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book We Came Naked and Barefoot written by Alex D. Krieger and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second place, Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas, 2003 Perhaps no one has ever been such a survivor as álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Member of a 600-man expedition sent out from Spain to colonize "La Florida" in 1527, he survived a failed exploration of the west coast of Florida, an open-boat crossing of the Gulf of Mexico, shipwreck on the Texas coast, six years of captivity among native peoples, and an arduous, overland journey in which he and the three other remaining survivors of the original expedition walked some 1,500 miles from the central Texas coast to the Gulf of California, then another 1,300 miles to Mexico City. The story of Cabeza de Vaca has been told many times, beginning with his own account, Relación de los naufragios, which was included and amplified in Gonzalo Fernando de Oviedo y Váldez's Historia general de las Indias. Yet the route taken by Cabeza de Vaca and his companions remains the subject of enduring controversy. In this book, Alex D. Krieger correlates the accounts in these two primary sources with his own extensive knowledge of the geography, archaeology, and anthropology of southern Texas and northern Mexico to plot out stage by stage the most probable route of the 2,800-mile journey of Cabeza de Vaca. This book consists of several parts, foremost of which is the original English version of Alex Krieger's dissertation (edited by Margery Krieger), in which he traces the route of Cabeza de Vaca and his companions from the coast of Texas to Spanish settlements in western Mexico. This document is rich in information about the native groups, vegetation, geography, and material culture that the companions encountered. Thomas R. Hester's foreword and afterword set the 1955 dissertation in the context of more recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries, some of which have supported Krieger's plot of the journey. Margery Krieger's preface explains how she prepared her late husband's work for publication. Alex Krieger's original translations of the Cabeza de Vaca and Oviedo accounts round out the volume.
Download or read book The Odyssey of Cabeza de Vaca written by Morris Bishop and published by Greenwood Press. This book was released on 1933 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows him on hid journeys through Mexico and South America until his return to Spain and his death.
Download or read book The Poisoned Water written by Fernando Benítez and published by Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first English translation makes available to English-speaking readers a powerful modern Mexican novel, first published in 1961. Fernando Benítez, well-known Mexican author, journalist, and winner of Mexico's 1968 best-book award, exploits a true but little-known incident by building it into a tightly structured, tense, and tragic novel of social protest. The incident on which the novel is based is a bloody rebellion against the village feudal master touched off by joking comment on the "poisoning" of the water as one of Don Ulises's men is pushed into the plaza fountain. Feeding on itself, the rumor spreads that the "boss" has poisoned the local spring, and rebellion follows, with its violent and unforeseen consequences. The result is a frightening look at one of Mexico's major social problems and glaring ironies--that over fifty years after a revolution fought by the peasant and for the peasant, most rural groups are still living below the national economic standard.
Download or read book Ayahuasca Visions written by Pablo Amaringo and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1999-04-28 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A storied journey into the psychedelic realm: unravel the sacred mysteries of Ayahuasca with a renowned Amazonian shaman and anthropologist duo. Unveiling nearly 50 vivid painting masterpieces revealing Ayahuasca's mind-expanding impact on human consciousness. Explore the mesmerizing world of Ayahuasca in this classic volume. Featuring the visionary art of Pablo Amaringo and the anthropological expertise of Luis Eduardo Luna, Ayahuasca Visions presents nearly 50 vibrant, full-color pieces of artwork. Each vision illustrates a deep understanding of how Ayahuasca affects human consciousness. The artworks integrate plant teachers and shamanic powers, like the Three Types of Sorcerers, along with the spirit world, including forest spirits, chthonic spirits, and ouranian spirits. Additionally, they explore concepts related to illness and healing. In an era where Ayahuasca is gaining global popularity for its benefits to spiritual growth, self-exploration, and mental well-being, Ayahuasca Visions is an indispensable guide. It not only documents the rich tapestry of visions induced by this potent brew—it reinforces the profound connection between humans and the natural world. Whether you're embarking on a personal spiritual journey or seeking a deeper understanding of Ayahuasca, this book is your gateway to the mysteries of this remarkable plant teacher. Esteemed scholars such as Professor Richard Schultes, Terence McKenna, and Åke Hultkrantz applaud Ayahuasca Visions for its unique blend of vivid psychedelic art with ethnographic insight. The book serves as an enlightening journey into the Ayahuasca experience, demystifies its profound impact on the psyche, and provides a broad understanding of the plant’s spiritual and therapeutic dimensions within Amazonian shamanism.
Download or read book The New Century Italian Renaissance Encyclopedia written by Catherine B. Avery and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Constructing Cultural and Natural Heritage written by Xavier Roigé Ventura and published by . This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a theoretical and ethnographic contribution to the study of cultural and natural heritage in rural areas. Different authors describe processes of patrimonialization and uses of heritage within the context of policies designed to protect natural spaces. The papers analyse initiatives to revitalize or recreate elements of local culture and rural heritage via the creation of museums, festivals, craftwork, or natural food. The book includes three theoretical papers and twelve case studies based in the South of Europe (Italy, France, Spain and Portugal).\n
Download or read book Paint and Piety written by Noëlle L. W. Streeton and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at a small, two-day forum in 2010, at the University of Olso. Participants from across Europe and the United States participated.
Download or read book Carved Splendor written by Rainer Kahsnitz and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The color photographs, specially commissioned for this project, are an essential feature of the book. Each altarpiece is illustrated in its entirety, with its wings both opened and closed, and in close-up views of its most important carvings and paintings - details that are not available to the average visitor to these sites."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Staging the Liturgy written by Justin E. A. Kroesen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTIONFORMINTRODUCTION Status quaestionis The morphology of the medieval retable in western Europe The retable: definition and origins The panel retable The winged retable THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDIEVALRETABLE IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA The ancestry of the Iberian retable (600-1200)The decoration of the mensa and stipes Ciboria and baldachins Reliquaries combined with altars Objects above and on the mensa Wall and vault paintings SummaryRomanesque altar retables (1000-1250) The oldest known retables SummaryThe retable under French influence (1250-1400) Painted retables Carved retables SummaryThe painted retable under Italian influence (1330-1400) Contacts with Tuscany Catalonia Other parts of Spain SummarySculptured retables in Catalonia (1325-1430) Stone retables in ltalo-Gothic style The Lleida SchoolInternational Gothic SummaryInternational Gothic in retable painting (1380-1450) Catalonia Valencia, Mallorca, Aragon and Navarre Castile SummaryThe import of retables from northern Europe (1390-1520) English alabasters Triptychs from the Southern Netherlands Foreign sculpture, Spanish structure SummaryPainted retables in the Spanish-Flemish style (1430-1510) Catalonia, Valencia and Aragon Castile and Navarre Portugal Summary Sculptured wall retables in the Late Gothic style (1470-1530) Cathedrals Other churches Summary The transition to the Renaissance retable (1490-1530) Painted retables Sculptured retables Summary Relationships to other traditions and genres (1470-1540) Relationships to other traditionsRelationships to other genres SUMMARY THE MEDIEVAL CHOIR IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA:FORM AND LOCATION General characteristics The form of the choir Choir stalls Choir partitions The location of the choir The Romanesque coro in Santiago de Compostela The church of St James and its choir Reasons for the nave location Possible antecedents Gothic nave choirs Monastic churches From mosques to cathedrals Other cathedrals Collegiate and parish churches Exceptions that prove the rule The exceptions Burgos and León The coro alto Monastic churches Secular churches Possible antecedents Summary BETWEEN THE TWO CHOIRS: THE CROSSING AS ACROSSROADS OF ACTIVITY Between the two choirs The crossing as a place for preachingThe high altar visible for both clergy and laity CONSEQUENCES FOR THE RETABLE II. ENVIRONMENT III. MESSAGE INTRODUCTION Word and image in the medieval church interiorThe main features of medieval retable iconography in western Europe INTRODUCTION Status quaestionis The choir in the medieval church interior of western Europe The Office The location of the choir in the church interior Consequences for the use of the church ICONOGRAPHY OF THE MEDIEVAL RETABLE IN THEIBERIAN PENINSULAGeneral tendencies The Eucharistic message The hagiographical message The narrative messageTHE RETABLE IN ITS RELIGIOUS AND HISTORICCONTEXT Backcloth to the Mass From communal celebration to clerical spectacle Enrichment of the ritual and its decor Changing attitudes to the Sacrament Background to the sermon The development of the sermon References to retables in sermons Other uses of imagery by preachersDevotional image The individualisation of devotion Illustrated devotional literature The devotional book and the retable Prestige object The secularisation of the retable Private founding of high altar retables Retable rivalry Mirror of the Reconquest The Reconquest as a holy war From coexistence to Inquisition The Reconquest and the retable Expression of reform The 'Reform of the Catholic Monarchs' Correspondences with the retable Cardinal Cisneros, reformer and Maecenas SUMMARY GENERAL CONCLUSIONS BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX OF PLACES AND PERSONSPLATES.
Download or read book Gothic Painted Wooden Sculpture in Norway 1220 1350 written by Martin Blindheim and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
