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Book For the Sake of a Single Verse

Download or read book For the Sake of a Single Verse written by Ben Shahn and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 1974 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty stories from the Alaskan Tlingit tradition are accompanied by information on its culture, history and art.

Book The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

Download or read book The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive, widely acclaimed translation of the major prose work of one of our century's greatest poets -- "a masterpiece like no other" (Elizabeth Hardwick) -- Rilke's only novel, extraordinary for its structural uniqueness and purity of language. First published in 1910, it has proven to be one of the most influential and enduring works of fiction of our century. Malte Laurids Brigge is a young Danish nobleman and poet living in Paris. Obsessed with death and with the reality that lurks behind appearances, Brigge muses on his family and their history and on the teeming, alien life of the city. Many of the themes and images that occur in Rilke's poetry can also be found in the novel, prefiguring the modernist movement in its self-awareness and imagistic immediacy.

Book Bringing the World Into Culture

Download or read book Bringing the World Into Culture written by Piet Lombaerde and published by ASP / VUBPRESS / UPA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is published on the occasion of the emeritus status awarded to Professor Richard Foque, ir. arch, MSc. His successful career as founder and partner of an architect firm, professor in design theory and Head of the Department of Design Science has provided opportunities to meet colleagues both at home and abroad. --

Book Ben Shahn

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  • Author : Frances Kathryn Pohl
  • Publisher : Pomegranate
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 1566403138
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Ben Shahn written by Frances Kathryn Pohl and published by Pomegranate. This book was released on 1993 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEN SHAHN offers a comprehensive look at the art work of one of the leading social realists of our time. The book includes pieces done in the 1930s depicting the effects of the Depression, urban decay, labor strikes & poverty. Brilliant posters created for the Office of War Information during World War II describe Shahn's work in the 1940s. The book explores the artist's post-war transition from a social realism to a "personal realism," employing allegory & symbolism. Through discussions of his political views, his struggles to maintain artistic integrity, as well as through selections of Shahn's own writings, the author weaves a compelling portrait of the man & his work. BEN SHAHN includes an extensive bibliography. Other Pomegranate books dedicated to twentieth-century American artists: CHILDE HASSAM'S NEW YORK, by Ilene Susan Fort, ISBN 1-55640-317-0, $21.95; EDWARD HOPPER'S NEW ENGLAND, by Carl Little, ISBN 1-55640-315-4, $21.95; & STEWARD DAVIS'S ABSTRACT ARGOT, by William Wilson, ISBN 1-55640-316-2.

Book Encyclopedia of German Literature

Download or read book Encyclopedia of German Literature written by Matthias Konzett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 1159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to provide English readers of German literature the opportunity to familiarize themselves with both the established canon and newly emerging literatures that reflect the concerns of women and ethnic minorities, the Encyclopedia of German Literature includes more than 500 entries on writers, individual work, and topics essential to an understanding of this rich literary tradition. Drawing on the expertise of an international group of experts, the essays in the encyclopedia reflect developments of the latest scholarship in German literature, culture, and history and society. In addition to the essays, author entries include biographies and works lists; and works entries provide information about first editions, selected critical editions, and English-language translations. All entries conclude with a list of further readings.

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Uncollected Poems

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  • Author : Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Publisher : North Point Press
  • Release : 2014-06-03
  • ISBN : 1466872683
  • Pages : 292 pages

Download or read book Uncollected Poems written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Snow's selection of more than one hundred of Rainer Maria Rilke's little-known and neglected poems in this bilingual edition offers the reader a glimpse into one of the most powerful and underrated accomplishments in all of modern poetry. The poems in Uncollected Poems reveal a freer, more dangerous, less self-fashioning Rilke than the poet of the Elegies and the Sonnets; and Snow's translations of them, while always scrupulously faithful to the German, bring Rilke's power and music into English with unmatched grace and intelligence.

Book Rootedness

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  • Author : Juhani Pallasmaa
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2024-02-08
  • ISBN : 1394217072
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Rootedness written by Juhani Pallasmaa and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-02-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: rootedness Discover the insights and lessons of architect Juhani Pallasmaa In Rootedness: Reflections for Young Architects, Juhani Pallasmaa delivers an insightful and expansive collection of his most compelling ideas into architecture’s position among arts and culture. Pallasmaa speaks to architecture students and young professionals, discussing each topic with sincerity and openness, suggesting what can be learned from areas of culture beyond the boundaries of familiar professional disciplines. He outlines the growing need for an architecture based in self-awareness, reconnection to the environment, and a sense of ethical responsibility. Each essay in Rootedness was initially conceived and presented as an educational lecture and has been carefully edited with clarifications, refinements, and valuable expansions. Accompanying sketches by the author emphasize the personal and intimate nature of the essays. The book also includes: Explorations of perception, creative practice, and the need for an ethical stance Thoughts, meditations, and challenges emerging from the author’s search for identity and purpose in his architectural work A wealth of references within the essays, as well as recommendations for books and films from which readers may draw further inspiration Designed for students of architecture at any age, Rootedness: Reflections for Young Architects will also inspire professional architects, designers, and those in other creative professions.

Book The Poetry of Rilke

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  • Author : Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2009-10-13
  • ISBN : 0374235317
  • Pages : 717 pages

Download or read book The Poetry of Rilke written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past twenty-five years, North Point Press has been working with Edward Snow, “Rilke’s best contemporary translator” (Brian Phillips, The New Republic), to bring into English Rilke’s major poetic works. The Poetry of Rilke—the single most comprehensive volume of Rilke’s German poetry ever to be published in English—is the culmination of this effort. With more than two hundred and fifty selected poems by Rilke, including complete translations of the Sonnets to Orpheus and the Duino Elegies, The Poetry of Rilke spans the arc of Rilke’s work, from the breakthrough poems of The Book of Hours to the visionary masterpieces written only weeks before his death. This landmark bilingual edition also contains all of Snow’s commentaries on Rilke, as well as an important new introduction by the award-winning poet Adam Zagajewski. The Poetry of Rilke will stand as the authoritative single-volume translation of Rilke into English for years to come.

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  Third Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1976 with total page 1450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book HA

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  • Author : Gordon Sheppard
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2003-10-07
  • ISBN : 0773577661
  • Pages : 898 pages

Download or read book HA written by Gordon Sheppard and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2003-10-07 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 15 March 1977, with his wife's consent, celebrated writer and former terrorist Hubert Aquin blew his brains out on the grounds of a Montreal convent school. Shocked by this self-murder, a filmmaker friend feels compelled to understand why Aquin killed himself - and discovers, at the heart of the tragedy, an unforgettable love story. A "documentary fiction" - a category which includes In Cold Blood and The Executioner's Song - HA! is a seminal work that reinvents the audio-visual revolution of the last century. Interweaving photographs, documents, and images with testimony from Aquin's friends and contemporaries, Aquin himself, and the writers and artists who influenced him, this intriguing novel takes the reader on a Joycean tour of a metropolis in the midst of political and cultural turmoil.

Book Modern Art  A Critical Introduction

Download or read book Modern Art A Critical Introduction written by Pam Meecham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised and updated edition of one of the most successful 'Critical Introductions' textbooks New features include marginal notes and colour photos New innovative structure, based on feed-back from teachers, focusing on how modern art has been understood rather than a straight chronological account of movements

Book Inseminations

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  • Author : Juhani Pallasmaa
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2020-06-02
  • ISBN : 1119622182
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Inseminations written by Juhani Pallasmaa and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the writing of the highly influential architect, Juhani Pallasmaa, presented in short, easily accessible, and condensed ideas ideal for students Juhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland’s most distinguished architects and architectural thinkers, publishing around 60 books and several hundred essays and shorter pieces over his career. His influential works have inspired undergraduate and postgraduate students of architecture and related disciplines for decades. In this compilation of excerpts of his writing, readers can discover his key concepts and thoughts in one easily accessible, comprehensive volume. Inseminations: Seeds for Architectural Thought is a delightful collection of thoughtful ideas and compositions that float between academic essay and philosophical reflection. Wide in scope, it offers entries covering: atmospheres; biophilic beauty; embodied understanding; imperfection; light and shadow; newness and nowness; nostalgia; phenomenology of architecture; sensory thought; silence; time and eternity; uncertainty, and much more. Makes the wider work of Pallasmaa accessible to students across the globe, introducing them to his key concepts and thoughts Exposes students to a broad range of issues on which Pallasmaa has a view Features an alphabetized structure that makes serendipitous discovery or linking of concepts more likely Presents material in short, condensed manner that can be easily digested by students Inseminations: Seeds for Architectural Thought will appeal to undergraduate students in architecture, design, urban studies, and related disciplines worldwide.

Book Simone Weil and Theology

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  • Author : A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2013-07-18
  • ISBN : 0567424308
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Simone Weil and Theology written by A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simone Weil - philosopher, religious thinker, mystic, social/political activist - is notoriously difficult to categorize, since her life and writings challenge traditional academic boundaries. As many scholars have recognized, she set out few, if any, systematic theories, especially when it came to religious ideas. In this book, A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone and Lucian Stone illuminate the ways in which Weil stands outside Western theological tradition by her use of paradox to resist the clamoring for greater degrees of certainty. Beyond a facile fallibilism, Simone Weil's ideas about the super-natural, love, Christianity, and spiritual action, and indeed, her seeming endorsement of a sort of atheism, detachment, foolishness, and passivity, begin to unravel old assumptions about what it is to encounter the divine.

Book Drawing Thought

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  • Author : Andrea Kantrowitz
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2022-10-11
  • ISBN : 0262544326
  • Pages : 189 pages

Download or read book Drawing Thought written by Andrea Kantrowitz and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing as a tool of thought: an investigation of drawing, cognition, and creativity that integrates text and hand-drawn images. Drawing is a way of constructing ideas and observations as much as it is a means of expressing them. When we are not ready or able to put our thoughts into words, we can sometimes put them down in arrangements of lines and marks. Artists, designers, architects, and others draw to generate, explore, and test perceptions and mental models. In Drawing Thought, artist-educator Andrea Kantrowitz invites readers to use drawing to extend and reflect on their own thought processes. She interweaves illuminating hand-drawn images with text, integrating recent findings in cognitive psychology and neuroscience with accounts of her own artistic and teaching practices. The practice of drawing seems to be found across almost all known human cultures, with its past stretching back into the caves of prehistory. It takes advantage of the ways in which human cognition is embodied and situated in relationship to the environments in which we find ourselves. We become more aware of the interplay between our external surroundings and the inner workings of our minds as we draw. We can trace moments of perception and understanding in a sketchbook that might otherwise be lost, and go back to reexamine and revise those traces later. Kantrowitz encourages readers to draw out their own ideas and observations through a series of guided exercises and experiments, with her lively drawings and engaging text pointing the way. Drawing is a tool for thought in anyone’s hands; it is creativity in action.

Book Selected Poems

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  • Author : Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2019-09-19
  • ISBN : 0359928781
  • Pages : 96 pages

Download or read book Selected Poems written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifty poems presented here in chronological order were written by Rilke between 1897 (he was twenty-one) and 1926, the year of his death from leukemia at the age of fifty-one. They come from his early poems, his volumes "The book of images", "New poems, I & II", and from the uncollected poems of his last twenty years. They were chosen for their rhymed and metered composition, characteristic of Rilke's art in the major part of his poetical oeuvre, except for the Duino Elegies, which were written in free verse. Rilke considered as a betrayal of his poetry any translation that would not reproduce, together with his thinking, the internal movement, the rhythm, the rhyme, the music of the original. The goal of the translator has been to make that music "heard" as much as possible, to try and reproduce the structure, rhyme and rhythm, of the poems, in order for these translations to sound as echoes of the originals.