Ce livre entend combler une lacune, celle de la méconnaissance de la contre-culture au Québec, un phénomène majeur qui, au cours d'une décennie particulièrement effervescente, a traîné dans son sillage des milliers de jeunes gens que l'extrême gauche ou le néonationalisme – des courants rivaux, si l'on peut dire – n'attiraient pas. Assez étrangement, peu d'études existent sur ce…
How artists at the turn of the twentieth century broke with traditional ways of posing the bodies of human figures to reflect modern understandings of human consciousness. With this book, Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen brings a new formal and conceptual rubric to the study of turn-of-the-century modernism, transforming our understanding of the era's canonical works. Butterfield-Rosen analyzes…
Este estudio es un replanteamiento de la relación entre canciones y literatura en África oriental. Se examinan, en términos comparativos, las obras literarias y musicales de esta parte del continente con el fin de determinar y describir los caminos a partir de los cuales tales formas de la expresión creativa reflejan y transforman caminos prevalecientes y medios de formación de identidad d…
Leonardo Da Vinci was left-handed. That's probably why he wrote backwards from right to left to avoid smudging ink on his hand as he made notes on his latest works and visionary discoveries. Words could only be read with the help of a mirror making it taxing for anyone but himself to quickly decode his handwriting. There are many theories exploring the reason why he kept using "mirror writing" …
Once seen as a collection of artifacts and ritual objects, African art now commands respect from museums and collectors. Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn explore the reframing of African art through case studies of museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Africa. The authors take a three-pronged approach. Part One ranges from curiosity cabinets to virtual websites to offer…
Soothe your soul and boost your immunity with these easy and delicious soup recipes that incorporate Traditional Chinese Medicine. Combining the trends of culinary medicine and seasonal eating and adding a dash of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Healing Herbal Soups is the first book of its kind to focus on boosting immunity and weathering the seasons, by a mother-daughter, Chinese-America…
Pobre niña rica, coleccionista de maridos y de cuadros, fundadora de la galería y de la colección que dieron entidad al arte del siglo xx, viajera, amante de la noche y de la vida social, gran lectora, divertida, manipuladora, complicada... el perfil humano y profesional de Peggy Guggenheim se desvela por fin en esta biografía breve pero completa, basada en el propio relato de su protagonis…
Natur geschichte nimmt, ausgehend von der Beschreibung und Systematisierung ihrer Objekte, das Prozesshafte der Natur in den Blick und macht Wissen (be-)greifbar. Im Fokus der Beiträge, die Reflexe der Naturgeschichte in der Kunst verhandeln, steht erstmals der Versuch einer Kunstgeschichte der Naturgeschichte für das 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Die Beiträge beziehen Fragestellungen der Kultur-…
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