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Pygmalion’s PowerRomanesque Sculpture, the Senses, and Religious Experience
Pushed to the height of its illusionistic powers during the first centuries of the Roman Empire, sculpture was largely abandoned with the ascendancy of Christianity, as the apparent animation of the material image and practices associated with sculpture were considered both superstitious and idolatrous. In Pygmalion's Power, Thomas E. A. Dale argues that the reintroduction of architectural scul…
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Brilliant BodiesFashioning Courtly Men in Early Renaissance Italy
Italian court culture of the fifteenth century was a golden age, gleaming with dazzling princes, splendid surfaces, and luminous images that separated the lords from the (literally) lackluster masses. In Brilliant Bodies, Timothy McCall describes and interprets the Renaissance glitterati—gorgeously dressed and adorned men—to reveal how charismatic bodies, in the palazzo and the piazza, sedu…
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1913. Un'altra storia
Un anno imprevedibile e incantato ripercorso attraverso vite fantastiche e tragiche in cui, come nei frammenti di uno specchio, si fissano le speranze e le illusioni di un mondo che oscilla tra modernità e tradizione, futurismo e cubismo, espressionismo e impressionismo. La vita moderna corre veloce. Si può volare da San Pietroburgo a Berlino in sette ore e, a Detroit, Henry Ford avvia la pri…
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Práticas e Poéticas Vocais Empenhadas no Âmbito da Experiência
A voz carrega a trajetória do sujeito (como da personagem) que fala, sua maneira única de pertencer ao mundo. O atual panorama teatral brasileiro sofre constantes mudanças e influências e exige do ator uma adequação em seu treinamento corpóreo vocal. Mas qual seria, então, esse treinamento? O presente trabalho traz a descrição das experiências realizadas com estudantes de Artes Cêni…
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La dieta LeBootCamp
Valérie Orsoni, prima di diventare coach ed esperta di nutrizione, è stata una giovane donna in sovrappeso che è arrivata a sperimentare fino a quaranta tipi di diete. Ogni volta perdeva chili e poi regolarmente li riguadagnava con enorme delusione e parecchi sensi di colpa. Un giorno ha deciso che doveva trovare una soluzione definitiva, sana e senza dover rinunciare ai suoi cibi preferiti.…
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Victor HugoJahrhundertmensch
Hunderttausende feierten am 26. Februar 1881 auf den Straßen von Paris den 79. Geburtstag einer Ikone, die Avenue d'Eylau, die bald in Avenue Victor Hugo umbenannt werden sollte, war erfüllt von den Rufen der Menge: »Vive Victor Hugo! Vive la République!« Wer so bejubelt wird, dessen Leben kann keineswegs nur eine Sache des Papiers sein. Walburga Hülk erzählt einfühlsam und bildreich, …
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AlkamenesMit einer Bibliographie der Schriften von W.-H. Schuchhardt
Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Alkamenes" verfügbar.
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QayrawānThe Amuletic City
In the last years of the nineteenth century, the Tunisian city of Qayraw?n suddenly found itself covered in murals. Concentrated on and around the city's Great Mosque, these monumental artworks were only visible for about fifty years, from the 1880s through the 1930s. This book investigates the fascinating history of who created these outdoor paintings and why. Using visual archaeological meth…
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Alain Tanner50 ans de cinéma d'auteur
Alain Tanner fut une figure majeure du paysage cinématographique suisse. Durant les années 1970 et 1980, il a même bénéficié d'une reconnaissance internationale tout à fait exceptionnelle pour un réalisateur de son pays, en tant qu'ambassadeur d'un cinéma d'auteur novateur aussi bien formellement que sur le plan des représentations sociales. Pourtant, aucun ouvrage n'a abordé à ce j…
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The Enthusiast's Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques49 Photographic Principles You…
If you're a passionate photographer and you're ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast's Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you're diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast's Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography. These handy books don't waste you…
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