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Download or read book Gusto for Things written by Renata Ago and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a material world—our homes are filled with things, from electronics to curios and hand-me-downs, that disclose as much about us and our aspirations as they do about current trends. But we are not the first: the early modern period was a time of expanding consumption, when objects began to play an important role in defining gender as well as social status. Gusto for Things reconstructs the material lives of seventeenth-century Romans, exploring new ways of thinking about the meaning of things as a historical phenomenon. Through creative use of account books, inventories, wills, and other records, Renata Ago examines early modern attitudes toward possessions, asking what people did with their things, why they wrote about them, and how they passed objects on to their heirs. While some inhabitants of Rome were connoisseurs of the paintings, books, and curiosities that made the city famous, Ago shows that men and women of lesser means also filled their homes with a more modest array of goods. She also discovers the genealogies of certain categories of things—for instance, books went from being classed as luxury goods to a category all their own—and considers what that reveals about the early modern era. An animated investigation into the relationship between people and the things they buy, Gusto for Things paints an illuminating portrait of the meaning of objects in preindustrial Europe.
Book Synopsis The Silent Life of Things by : Alan Munton
Download or read book The Silent Life of Things written by Alan Munton and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ever-growing interest in the analysis of materiality has found its expression in many studies of objects and objecthood, of things and “thingness”. Combining cultural, phenomenological, semiotic, and philosophical approaches, this collection of eleven essays proposes a journey into “the silent life of things”, into those aspects of materiality that are not immediately visible and require both increased attention and a sense of intuition. It focuses on the subtle changes that materiality operates upon our subjectivity and upon our status as producers, users, possessors, negotiators and manipulators of objects, and analyses the ways in which materiality is constantly redefined by consumerism and the strategies it adopts in order to resist commodification. In the process, the collection explores different ways of deciphering what materiality, in its reliable concreteness or its “magical materialism”, tries to tell us: all the silent stories that “things” accumulate while circulating among people, societies and cultures; the narratives they weave when amassed, collected, archived or transformed into cultural commodities; the secrets they reveal when witnessing the gradual commodification of their owners – of their bodies, lives and souls. The Silent Life of Things: Representing and Reading Commodified Objecthood establishes a new paradigm for reading and interpreting commodified materiality, and its participation in the establishment of a new aesthetics of consumerism.
Download or read book Molto Gusto written by Mario Batali and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molto Gusto is a glorious collection of mouth-watering recipes for pizza, pasta, and more from Mario Batali’s famed Otto Enoteca Pizzeria in New York City. Chef and restaurateur Batali—a fixture on the Food Network and bestselling author of Italian Grill and Molto Italiano—has been named by Fortune magazine as one of the “100 most recognized personalities in the U.S.” With Molto Gusto, Mario Batali takes food lovers on a spectacular culinary journey—from antipasti to gelati—with nearly 100 scrumptious recipes for “Easy Italian Cooking” and gorgeous full-color photographs.
Book Synopsis Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats by : T. S. Eliot
Download or read book Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats written by T. S. Eliot and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the iconic musical Cats, T. S. Eliot's classic and delightful collection of poetry about cats. These lovable cat poems were written by T. S. Eliot for his godchildren and continue to delight children and adults alike. This collection is a curious and artful homage to felines young and old, merry and fierce, small and unmistakably round. This is the ultimate gift for cat and poetry lovers.
Book Synopsis Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy, 1300-1600 by : Thomas Kuehn
Download or read book Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy, 1300-1600 written by Thomas Kuehn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies family life and gender within Italy through the lens of law and legal disputes.
Book Synopsis The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy by : Abigail Brundin
Download or read book The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy written by Abigail Brundin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy explores the rich devotional life of the Italian household between 1450 and 1600. Rejecting the enduring stereotype of the Renaissance as a secular age, this interdisciplinary study reveals the home to have been an important site of spiritual revitalization. Books, buildings, objects, spaces, images, and archival sources are scrutinized to cast new light on the many ways in which religion infused daily life within the household. Acts of devotion, from routine prayers to extraordinary religious experiences such as miracles and visions, frequently took place at home amid the joys and trials of domestic life — from childbirth and marriage to sickness and death. Breaking free from the usual focus on Venice, Florence, and Rome, The Sacred Home investigates practices of piety across the Italian peninsula, with particular attention paid to the city of Naples, the Marche, and the Venetian mainland. It also looks beyond the elite to consider artisanal and lower-status households, and reveals gender and age as factors that powerfully conditioned religious experience. Recovering a host of lost voices and compelling narratives at the intersection between the divine and the everyday, The Sacred Home offers unprecedented glimpses through the keyhole into the spiritual lives of Renaissance Italians.
Book Synopsis Why We Make Things and Why it Matters by : Peter Korn
Download or read book Why We Make Things and Why it Matters written by Peter Korn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we make things? Why do we choose the emotionally and physically demanding work of bringing new objects into the world with creativity and skill? Why does it matter that we make things well? What is the nature of work? And what is the nature of a good life? This January, whether you're honing your craft or turning your hand to a new skill, discover the true value in what it means to be a craftsman in a mass-produced world. Part memoir, part polemic, part philosophical reflection, this is a book about the process of creation. For woodworker Peter Korn, the challenging work of bringing something new and meaningful into the world through one's own efforts is exactly what generates authenticity, meaning, and fulfilment, for which many of us yearn. This is not a 'how-to' book in any sense, Korn wants to get at the 'why' of craft in particular, and the satisfaction of creative work in general, to understand its essential nature. How does the making of objects shape our identities? How do the products of creative work inform society? In short, what does the process of making things reveal to us about ourselves? Korn draws on four decades of hands-on experience to answer these questions eloquently in this heartfelt, personal and revealing book. 'If you are in the building trade or just love creating things as a hobby, you will find this book fascinating' The Sun
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 by : Hamish M. Scott
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 written by Hamish M. Scott and published by Oxford Handbooks. This book was released on 2015 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and scholarly publishing. More recently, however, the unity implied in the notion has fragmented, while the usefulness and even the validity of the term, and the historical periodisation which it incorporates, have been questioned. The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 provides an account of the development of the subject during the past half-century, but primarily offers an integrated and comprehensive survey of present knowledge, together with some suggestions as to how the field is developing. It aims both to interrogate the notion of 'early modernity' itself and to survey early modern Europe as an established field of study. The overriding aim will be to establish that 'early modern' is not simply a chronological label but possesses a substantive integrity. Volume I examines 'Peoples and Place', assessing structural factors such as climate, printing and the revolution in information, social and economic developments, and religion, including chapters on Orthodoxy, Judaism and Islam.
Book Synopsis The Ascent of Mount Carmel by : Marc Foley OCD
Download or read book The Ascent of Mount Carmel written by Marc Foley OCD and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint John of the Cross is one of Christianity’s greatest poets and mystics. Nevertheless, his subject matter and writing style, coupled with his use of Scholastic terminology, can make his prose difficult to understand and intimidating. Readers of The Ascent of Mount Carmel: Reflections will thank Father Marc Foley for making John’s thought accessible and refreshingly contemporary. The author shares with contemporary spiritual seekers his seasoned wisdom, gleaned from years of reading and teaching John of the Cross. He deftly weaves together insights from psychology, theology, and literature to make The Ascent of Mount Carmel both understandable and relevant to daily life.
Book Synopsis Masters of Prose - Rudyard Kipling by : Rudyard Kipling
Download or read book Masters of Prose - Rudyard Kipling written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 2675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Masters of Prose book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors. Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work. This edition is dedicated to the English writer Rudyard Kipling, born in India, which inspired much of his work. He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; with a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Henry James said, "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at 41, its youngest recipient to date. This book contains the following writings: Novels: The Light That Failed; Kim; Captains Courageous; The City of Dreadful Night. Short Stories and Collections: The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book; Indian Tales; Just So Stories; Debits and Credits; Limits and Renewals; Thy Servant a Dog. Biographical: Rudyard Kipling by John Palmer. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
Book Synopsis A Stay of Execution by : Tom Janikowski
Download or read book A Stay of Execution written by Tom Janikowski and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stay of Execution is a collection of 91 pieces of short fiction, ranging in length from the form known as "flash" or "sudden" to the short story. In this second collection of Janikowski's often bizarre work, the stories span a wide expanse of subject matters and moods, which has contributed to his style being likened to "'A Prairie Home Companion' on 'shrooms." Tales of good and evil are set against nightmarish stories - some bordering on the psychedelic, some unashamedly tongue-in-cheek.
Book Synopsis Outline of Psychology by : William McDougall
Download or read book Outline of Psychology written by William McDougall and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Outline of Psychology by : William McDougall
Download or read book An Outline of Psychology written by William McDougall and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Back in the Day written by Michael Powell and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If youre struggling in the modern world, or you just want to increase your repertoire of timeword life skills, what better place to look for inspiration than the past? Its easy to believe that we have all the answers, but theres a whole heap of stuff we have forgotten that folks from days gone by actually knew how to do. Youll be captivated by the ancient tips, careworn advice, and bygone suggestions inside this book. Step-by-step instructions introduce you to 101 of the most important things we dont know how to do anymore. In no time youll be able to fight with a rapier and dagger, thatch a roof, plow a field, wear a Roman toga, lay siege to a castle, pluck a chicken, hurl a battleax, make fire without matches, embalm a body, and use heaps of other know-how from the days of yore. Never again will you be daunted by a hula hoop, a cow that needs milking, or a challenge to pistols at dawn. And you wont believe how you ever managed without knowing how to make a pair of shoes, keep your horse well groomed, live off the land, and pan for gold. So what are you waiting for? Theres no time like the present for traveling back to the past.
Book Synopsis I Love to Go to Daycare by : Shelley Admont
Download or read book I Love to Go to Daycare written by Shelley Admont and published by KidKiddos Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jimmy, the little bunny, is very upset and nervous. Tomorrow is his first day in daycare, but he just wants to stay at home with his mom. Join Jimmy to find out how his friendly teddy bear helps him to feel excited. Finally, he discovers how much fun daycare really is! This children's book may help your little ones overcome their worries of leaving their parents for the first time, while helping them to adjust to new changes.
Download or read book The Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Athenæum written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
