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Book Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe

Download or read book Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe written by Natalie Zemon Davis and published by Walters Art Gallery. This book was released on 2012 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication accompanies the exhibition Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe, held at the Walters Art Museum from October 14, 2012, to January 21, 2013, and at the Princeton University Art Museum from February 16 to June 9, 2013."

Book When Old Technologies Were New

Download or read book When Old Technologies Were New written by Carolyn Marvin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1990-05-24 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of electronic communication, the last quarter of the nineteenth century holds a special place, for it was during this period that the telephone, phonograph, electric light, wireless, and cinema were all invented. In When old Technologies Were New, Carolyn Marvin explores how two of these new inventions--the telephone and the electric light--were publicly envisioned at the end of the nineteenth century, as seen in specialized engineering journals and popular media. Marvin pays particular attention to the telephone, describing how it disrupted established social relations, unsettling customary ways of dividing the private person and family from the more public setting of the community. On the lighter side, she describes how people spoke louder when calling long distance, and how they worried about catching contagious diseases over the phone. A particularly powerful chapter deals with telephonic precursors of radio broadcasting--the "Telephone Herald" in New York and the "Telefon Hirmondo" of Hungary--and the conflict between the technological development of broadcasting and the attempt to impose a homogenous, ethnocentric variant of Anglo-Saxon culture on the public. While focusing on the way professionals in the electronics field tried to control the new media, Marvin also illuminates the broader social impact, presenting a wide-ranging, informative, and entertaining account of the early years of electronic media.

Book Godard On Godard

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jean-luc Godard
  • Publisher : Da Capo Press
  • Release : 1986-03-22
  • ISBN : 9780306802591
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book Godard On Godard written by Jean-luc Godard and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1986-03-22 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Luc Godard, like many of his European contemporaries, came to filmmaking through film criticism. This collection of essays and interviews, ranging from his early efforts for La Gazette du Cinéma to his later writings for Cahiers du Cinéma, reflects his dazzling intelligence, biting wit, maddening judgments, and complete unpredictability. In writing about Hitchcock, Welles, Bergman, Truffaut, Bresson, and Renoir, Godard is also writing about himself-his own experiments, obsessions, discoveries. This book offers evidence that he may be even more original as a thinker about film than as a director. Covering the period of 1950-1967, the years of Breathless, A Woman Is a Woman, My Life to Live, Alphaville, La Chinoise, and Weekend, this book of writings is an important document and a fascinating study of a vital stage in Godard's career. With commentary by Tom Milne and Richard Roud, and an extensive new foreword by Annette Michelson that reassesses Godard in light of his later films, here is an outrageous self-portrait by a director who, even now, continues to amaze and bedevil, and to chart new directions for cinema and for critical thought about its history.

Book Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

Download or read book Black Africans in Renaissance Europe written by Thomas Foster Earle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly original book opens up the almost entirely neglected area of the black African presence in Western Europe during the Renaissance. Covering history, literature, art history and anthropology, it investigates a whole range of black African experience and representation across Renaissance Europe, from various types of slavery to black musicians and dancers, from real and symbolic Africans at court to the views of the Catholic Church, and from writers of African descent to Black African criminality. Their findings demonstrate the variety and complexity of black African life in fifteenth and sixteenth-century Europe, and how it was affected by firmly held preconceptions relating to the African continent and its inhabitants, reinforced by Renaissance ideas and conditions. Of enormous importance both for European and American history, this book mixes empirical material and theoretical approaches, and addresses such issues as stereotypes, changing black African identity, and cultural representation in art and literature.

Book Antonio Stradivari

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Henry Hill
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1909
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 360 pages

Download or read book Antonio Stradivari written by William Henry Hill and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Thinking About Exhibitions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bruce W. Ferguson
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2005-08-11
  • ISBN : 1134820011
  • Pages : 520 pages

Download or read book Thinking About Exhibitions written by Bruce W. Ferguson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-11 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of writings on exhibition practice from artists, critics, curators and art historians plus artist-curators. It addresses the contradictions posed by museum and gallery sited exhibitions, as well as investigating the challenge of staging art presentations, displays or performances, in settings outside of traditional museum or gallery locales.

Book Reel Time

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Morris Seiler
  • Publisher : Athabasca University Press
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 1926836995
  • Pages : 401 pages

Download or read book Reel Time written by Robert Morris Seiler and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this authoritative work, Seiler and Seiler argues that the establishment and development of moviegoing and movie exhibition in Prairie Canada is best understood in the context of changing late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century social, economic, and technological developments. From the first entrepreneurs who attempted to lure customers in to movie exhibition halls, to the digital revolution and its impact on moviegoing, Reel Time highlights the pivotal role of amusement venues in shaping the leisure activities of working- and middle-class people across North America.

Book Notebook

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cute Little Journals
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2018-11-29
  • ISBN : 9781790526123
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book Notebook written by Cute Little Journals and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Rose Gold and Marble Notebook Journal or Diary features a stylish Rose Gold Letter Monogram on the cover with some beautiful Pink Flowers over a white marble background. This custom personalized Notebook can be used as Composition book or as a Journal. It's perfect for School, College, Campus, Journaling or for writing notes and ideas. Paperback Wide Rule (7.5" x 9.25"). Contains 100 sheets (200 pages).

Book Teaching Basic  Advanced  and Academic Vocabulary

Download or read book Teaching Basic Advanced and Academic Vocabulary written by Robert J. Marzano and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To guarantee students have a working knowledge of appropriate vocabulary before entering secondary school, educators need to establish an effective vocabulary program in their schools and classrooms. In Teaching Basic, Advanced, and Academic Vocabulary: A Comprehensive Framework for Elementary Instruction, author Robert J. Marzano provides elementary educators with a comprehensive framework for vocabulary instruction. Marzano defines three different tiers of vocabulary terms: (1) Tier 1 terms are those words that are frequently used in the English language, (2) Tier 2 terms appear less frequently, and (3) Tier 3 terms are specific to grade level and subject area. By organizing these terms into semantic clusters and subject areas, Marzano creates a powerful and unique approach to ensuring students build their vocabulary. By reading this book, K-5 teachers will obtain the tools and strategies needed to construct a solid foundation for literacy development in their classrooms"--

Book G

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    Book Details:
  • Author : Inspirationzstore Personalize Notebooks
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2019-01-12
  • ISBN : 9781793955968
  • Pages : 122 pages

Download or read book G written by Inspirationzstore Personalize Notebooks and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-12 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floral Personalized Journal Features: Size: In Inches: 6" x 9" inch In cm: 15.2 x 22.9 cm In mm: 152 x 229 mm (The size is very close to A5 notebook size, but a tiny bit bigger) Paper: Lined, College-ruled (aka Medium ruled) Pages: 120 pages (60 sheets) Cover: Soft cover, Matte - - - More about this Product: Rose Gold Monogrammed White Marble Floral Journal For Girls & For Women to write in This beautiful, classic 6 x 9 inch soft cover paperback Letter G Monogram personalized notebook features the initial G in faux rose gold, for those whose surname or first name starts with a capital G.. A pretty flower bouquet of pink roses, tiny blue flowers, and green leaves & foliage, decorate the personal name letter to complete the natural nature inspired design. - Please note the faux rose gold part of this design is called "faux" because it is printed in normal ink and not in special shiny metallic ink. - The monogrammed letter is set on a sleek faux white marble background to give a fancy, sophisticated, professional, elegant, classy look. A light pastel pink polka dot pattern decorates the base of the journal to add a cute girly touch. This clean and white flowery journal is inspired by both timeless, traditional classic luxurious styles where sleek white marble is often associated with luxury, and it's inspired by pretty girly boho floral designs. The interior of this gorgeous, feminine, floral customized journal contains lined / Medium Ruled / College-ruled paper, with 120 pages (60 spreads), and the pages are perfect bound. A cute, classically glamorous, trendy, girlie, sophisticated, chic and beautiful diary, notepad or field book for use at work, in the office, at school, college, university, home or anywhere you desire. The perfect piece of beautful stationery to complete your collection of lovely, fashionable paper writing pads or office supplies. A custom notebook, customised with your own name initial, great for a lady, woman or girl looking for a fancy-looking custom journal that's personalised to be a name-letter customized notebook, for you to have your own personalized journal for your personalised needs! This girly note book may be particularly suitable for women, for girls, for teen girls, for ladies and for formal professional business women to write in. Great for writing, planning, doodling, journaling, note taking and keeping track of your ideas, plans, doodles, notes and thoughts. - - - For customers who speak other languages, this product is a notebook, which in other languages is called: - In Spanish: cuaderno, diario - In German: Notizbuch, Tagebuch - In Italian: taccuino, rivista - In Dutch: notitieboekje, dagboek - In Japanese: ノート, ジャーナル, 日記 - In French: carnet, journal

Book Historic Wake County

Download or read book Historic Wake County written by K. Todd Johnson and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Seurat  1859 1891

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert L. Herbert
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 0810964104
  • Pages : 462 pages

Download or read book Seurat 1859 1891 written by Robert L. Herbert and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1991 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume which embodies an entire generation of scholarship on the artist. Seurat's brief but brilliant career is traced from his early academic drawings of the 1870s to the paintings of popular entertainments and the serene landscapes of his final years.

Book Texts and Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions

Download or read book Texts and Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions written by Tineke Looijenga and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This source publication of all older runic inscriptions provides fascinating information about the origin and development of runic writing, together with the archaeological and historical contexts of the objects. Moreover elaborate readings and interpretations are given of the runic texts.

Book Two Great Scotsmen

    Book Details:
  • Author : George R. Mather
  • Publisher : Glasgow : J. Maclehoss
  • Release : 1893
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book Two Great Scotsmen written by George R. Mather and published by Glasgow : J. Maclehoss. This book was released on 1893 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Creative Enterprise

    Book Details:
  • Author : Martha Buskirk
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2012-04-12
  • ISBN : 1441188207
  • Pages : 389 pages

Download or read book Creative Enterprise written by Martha Buskirk and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intertwines a dual emphasis on evolving institutional priorities and major shifts in artistic production.

Book Central to Their Lives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lynne Blackman
  • Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
  • Release : 2018-06-20
  • ISBN : 1611179556
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book Central to Their Lives written by Lynne Blackman and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly essays on the achievements of female artists working in and inspired by the American South Looking back at her lengthy career just four years before her death, modernist painter Nell Blaine said, "Art is central to my life. Not being able to make or see art would be a major deprivation." The Virginia native's creative path began early, and, during the course of her life, she overcame significant barriers in her quest to make and even see art, including serious vision problems, polio, and paralysis. And then there was her gender. In 1957 Blaine was hailed by Life magazine as someone to watch, profiled alongside four other emerging painters whom the journalist praised "not as notable women artists but as notable artists who happen to be women." In Central to Their Lives, twenty-six noted art historians offer scholarly insight into the achievements of female artists working in and inspired by the American South. Spanning the decades between the late 1890s and early 1960s, this volume examines the complex challenges these artists faced in a traditionally conservative region during a period in which women's social, cultural, and political roles were being redefined and reinterpreted. The presentation—and its companion exhibition—features artists from all of the Southern states, including Dusti Bongé, Anne Goldthwaite, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Ida Kohlmeyer, Loïs Mailou Jones, Alma Thomas, and Helen Turner. These essays examine how the variables of historical gender norms, educational barriers, race, regionalism, sisterhood, suffrage, and modernism mitigated and motivated these women who were seeking expression on canvas or in clay. Whether working from studio space, in spare rooms at home, or on the world stage, these artists made remarkable contributions to the art world while fostering future generations of artists through instruction, incorporating new aesthetics into the fine arts, and challenging the status quo. Sylvia Yount, the Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, provides a foreword to the volume. Contributors: Sara C. Arnold Daniel Belasco Lynne Blackman Carolyn J. Brown Erin R. Corrales-Diaz John A. Cuthbert Juilee Decker Nancy M. Doll Jane W. Faquin Elizabeth C. Hamilton Elizabeth S. Hawley Maia Jalenak Karen Towers Klacsmann Sandy McCain Dwight McInvaill Courtney A. McNeil Christopher C. Oliver Julie Pierotti Deborah C. Pollack Robin R. Salmon Mary Louise Soldo Schultz Martha R. Severens Evie Torrono Stephen C. Wicks Kristen Miller Zohn

Book Heritage or Heresy

    Book Details:
  • Author : B. Schildgen
  • Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
  • Release : 2008-07-21
  • ISBN : 9780230603295
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Heritage or Heresy written by B. Schildgen and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-07-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of the roles of local and national movements, and of memory and regret in the destruction or preservation of the architectural, artistic, and historic legacy of Europe in which the author examines what is cultural heritage and why it matters.