Download or read book Hellenisms written by Katerina Zacharia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume casts a fresh look at the multifaceted expressions of diachronic Hellenisms. A distinguished group of historians, classicists, anthropologists, ethnographers, cultural studies, and comparative literature scholars contribute essays exploring the variegated mantles of Greek ethnicity, and the legacy of Greek culture for the ancient and modern Greeks in the homeland and the diaspora, as well as for the ancient Romans and the modern Europeans. Given the scarcity of books on diachronic Hellenism in the English-speaking world, the publication of this volume represents nothing less than a breakthrough. The book provides a valuable forum to reflect on Hellenism, and is certain to generate further academic interest in the topic. The specific contribution of this volume lies in the fact that it problematizes the fluidity of Hellenism and offers a much-needed public dialogue between disparate viewpoints, in the process making a case for the existence and viability of such a polyphony. The chapters in this volume offer a reorientation of the study of Hellenism away from a binary perception to approaches giving priority to fluidity, hybridity, and multi-vocality. The volume also deals with issues of recycling tradition, cultural category, and perceptions of ethnicity. Topics explored range from European Philhellenism to Hellenic Hellenism, from the Athens 2004 Olympics to Greek cinema, from a psychoanalytical engagement with anthropological material to a subtle ethnographic analysis of Greek-American women's material culture. The readership envisaged is both academic and non-specialist; with this aim in mind, all quotations from ancient and modern sources in foreign languages have been translated into English.

Download or read book Journey Beyond Classroom Volume I An Exclusive Anthology by APS Delhi Cantt Students written by Students of APS Delhi Cantt. and published by Astitva Prakashan. This book was released on with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey Beyond Classroom (Volume I): An Exclusive Anthology by APS, Delhi Cantt Students is a collection of short stories spun by the students from the Army Public School, Delhi Cantt. This exceptional anthology takes you on a profound exploration of themes such as Identity, Friendship, Mythology, Exploration and Adventure, Family Bonds, Resilience, and Gender Equality. These young storytellers pour their hearts into tales that reflect the human spirit's triumph over challenges. Journey Beyond Classroom is more than a collection; it's a celebration of diverse experiences that bind us together.

Download or read book Dante s Bones written by Guy P. Raffa and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly detailed graveyard history of the Florentine poet whose dead body shaped Italy from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the Risorgimento, World War I, and Mussolini’s fascist dictatorship. Dante, whose Divine Comedy gave the world its most vividly imagined story of the afterlife, endured an extraordinary afterlife of his own. Exiled in death as in life, the Florentine poet has hardly rested in peace over the centuries. Like a saint’s relics, his bones have been stolen, recovered, reburied, exhumed, examined, and, above all, worshiped. Actors in this graveyard history range from Lorenzo de’ Medici, Michelangelo, and Pope Leo X to the Franciscan friar who hid the bones, the stone mason who accidentally discovered them, and the opportunistic sculptor who accomplished what princes, popes, and politicians could not: delivering to Florence a precious relic of the native son it had banished. In Dante’s Bones, Guy Raffa narrates for the first time the complete course of the poet’s hereafter, from his death and burial in Ravenna in 1321 to a computer-generated reconstruction of his face in 2006. Dante’s posthumous adventures are inextricably tied to major historical events in Italy and its relationship to the wider world. Dante grew in stature as the contested portion of his body diminished in size from skeleton to bones, fragments, and finally dust: During the Renaissance, a political and literary hero in Florence; in the nineteenth century, the ancestral father and prophet of Italy; a nationalist symbol under fascism and amid two world wars; and finally the global icon we know today.

Download or read book Spoils of War written by Elizabeth Simpson and published by Abradale Press. This book was released on 1997-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the three-day symposium, organized by The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, distinguished specialists - government representatives, curators, archaeologists, historians and journalists, former military officers, and experts in art law - took part in spirited, candid, and often moving discussions, which are fully documented only in this unprecedented book.

Download or read book I C O M news written by International Council of Museums and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Untraceable written by Sergei Lebedev and published by New Vessel Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thriller dipped in poison ... shares some of le Carré’s fascination with secret worlds and the nature of evil." —The New York Times The terrifying, lengthening list of Russia’s use of lethal poisons against its critics has inspired acclaimed author Sergei Lebedev’s latest novel. With uncanny timing, he examines how and why Russia and the Soviet Union have developed horrendous neurotoxins. At its center is a ruthless chemist named Professor Kalitin, obsessed with developing an absolutely deadly, undetectable and untraceable poison for which there is no antidote. But Kalitin becomes consumed by guilt over countless deaths from his Faustian pact to create the ultimate venom. When the Soviet Union collapses, the chemist defects and is given a new identity in Western Europe. After another Russian is murdered with Kalitin's poison, his cover is blown and he's drawn into an investigation of the death by Western agents. Two special forces killers are sent to silence him―using his own undetectable poison. In this fast-paced, genre-bending tale, Lebedev weaves suspenseful pages of stunningly beautiful prose exploring the historical trajectories of evil. From Nazi labs, Stalinist plots and the Chechen Wars, to present-day Russia, Lebedev probes the ethical responsibilities of scientists supplying modern tyrants and autocrats with ever newer instruments of retribution, destruction and control.

Download or read book The Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Property written by Laurie Watson Rush and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First comprehensive study of Italy's art police, an organisation devoted to protecting cultural artefacts.

Download or read book Treasure Up the Memory written by James Frederick O'Nan and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Onan, an exiled French Huguenot, immigrated from England to King William's Town, Virginia in 1700. His grandson, Denis Onan (b.ca. 1720), lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and the family moved to Virginia, where Denis died after 1776. Descendants lived in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio and elsewhere.

Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1963-01-25 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Download or read book The Law of Treasure written by A.G. Guest and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to provide a reliable guide to the Law of Treasure in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It will be of vital interest and utility to metal detectorists in addition to archaeologists, museums, coroner’s offices, finds liaison officers, farmers and landlords’ associations.

Download or read book Stolen written by Jonathan Webb and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arts.

Download or read book The Lost Masters written by Peter Harclerode and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nazis systematically looted Europe's treasurehouses to accumulate a magnificent hoard of important and priceless art collections. Much loot was recovered at war's end, but vast quantities disappeared again, pillaged by Stalin's Red Army and other Allies alike. To this day, many of those who suffered the loss of their collections remain impoverished and empty-handed." "The Lost Masters is an account of the tragic looting of Europe and the victims' attempts to reclaim the precious art heritage in the face of indifference from governments and the international art trade. It also includes the story of how courage possibly saved from destruction the most famous painting in the world, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book The Expositor s Bible The Book of Job written by Robert A. Watson D.D. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-22 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often considered to be one of the oldest stories in the Bible, the book of Job touches on a lot of mysterious and wisdom issues that plague humanity today. This exposition seeks to deal with the questions about God, the doubt and the faithfulness of Job when his friends try to convince him to give up. The book ends with a triumphant statement by God and Watson deals with the questions and the majesty that Job tends to incur.

Download or read book The Recovery of Stolen Art written by Norman Palmer and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998-07-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heated public debate is in progress on both the national and international fronts. The issues: ethics, law, and morality relating to the return of looted, stolen, and unlawfully excavated art works. An important academic and practical initiative, The Recovery of Stolen Art collects essays by eminent scholars and practitioners that examine in detail the law relating to the recovery of stolen works of art and antiquities. The timing of the publication is particularly apposite, as it coincides with the entry into force of the UNIDROIT Convention in 1998. That a number of countries are actively considering adoption of the Convention necessitates an examination of the current regimes, since the Convention itself will not be retroactive in force. Stolen art is an area of the law where more complexities and underlying issues exist than initially meet the eye. For this reason, practitioners in this area and others affected by it must stay educated on the current state of the law. Its authoritativeness and currency make The Recovery of Stolen Art a critical component in such an effort.

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Download or read book Crimes Against Art written by Bonnie Czegledi and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of International Stolen Art Databases P.95

Download or read book Silver Fork Novels 1826 1841 written by Harriet Devine Jump and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 2839 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novels in this collection present a vivid picture of late-Regency society clinging to modes of behaviour which soon became obsolete and mark an important point of transition to Victorian cultural values.