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  • Abstraction and Empathy

    A Contribution to the Psychology of Style

    Wilhelm Worringer's landmark study in the interpretation of modern art, first published in 1908, has seldom been out of print. Its profound impact not only on art historians and theorists but also for generations of creative writers and intellectuals is almost unprecedented. Starting from the notion that beauty derives from our sense of being able to identify with an object, Worringer argues that ... Leer más

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  • Applied Theatre

    International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice

    Theatre practice and applied theatre are areas of growing international interest. Applied Theatre is the first study to assist practitioners and students to develop critical frameworks for planning and implementing their own theatrical projects. This reader-friendly text considers an international range of case studies in applied theatre through discussion questions, practical activities and ... Leer más

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  • The Lost Michelangelos

    Traducido por Lucinda Byatt ...
    Translated by Lucinda ByattThis book tells the remarkable story of a rare discovery: the uncovering of two lost paintings by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo.Like many stories of artistic loss, this one begins in a library in Italy, where Antonio Forcellino - a distinguished Michelangelo scholar and restorer - stumbled across some unpublished letters among the papers of Cardinal Ercole ... Leer más

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  • The Look of the Past

    Visual and Material Evidence in Historical Practice

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  • Spectacular Death

    Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Mortality and (Un)representability

    An interdisciplinary collection of essays on the medical and social articulation of death, this anthology considers to what extent a subject as elusive as death can be examined. Though it touches us all, we can perceive it only in life – with the predictable result that we treat it either as a clinical or social problem to be managed or as a phenomenon to be studied quantitatively. This volume ... Leer más

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  • Music and Riddle Culture in the Renaissance

    Throughout the Renaissance, composers often expressed themselves in a language of riddles and puzzles, which they embedded within the music and lyrics of their compositions. This is the first book on the theory, practice and cultural context of musical riddles during the period. Katelijne Schiltz focuses on the compositional, notational, practical, social and theoretical aspects of musical riddle ... Leer más

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  • Circulations in the Global History of Art

    Series series Studies in Art Historiography
    The project of global art history calls for balanced treatment of artifacts and a unified approach. This volume emphasizes questions of transcultural encounters and exchanges as circulations. It presents a strategy that highlights the processes and connections among cultures, and also responds to the dynamics at work in the current globalized art world. The editors’ introduction provides an ... Leer más

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  • Baroque Visual Rhetoric

    Series series Toronto Italian Studies
    Intricate, expressive, given to grandeur and even excess, Baroque art as a style is inseparable from the meanings it seeks to convey. Vernon Hyde Minor’s Baroque Visual Rhetoric probes this combination of style and message and – equally importantly – the methodological basis on which the critical art historian comes to establish that meaning.Drawing on a breathtaking range of critical literature, ... Leer más

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  • End of an Era

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    This is the true story of the History of the Demolition of the 2 Cooper River bridges . The Grace was complete in August,1929 and the Pearman was completed in 1966. They allowed traffic to flow between Charleston, South Carolina and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The Grace was built in 18 months, was a toll bridge and shortly after it was completed the country went into a deep depression. The ... Leer más

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  • Mysteries In History For Kids: A History Series - Children Explore History Book Edition

    Why is it important to go back to the past? Maybe because you want to understand the present and even foresee the future. It could also be because you want to see the struggles and experience the victories the past generations have seen. These, and more reasons, are cleverly written in the pages of this educational book for kids. Buy a copy today! ... Leer más

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