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Book Synopsis Archaeological and Visual Sources of Meditation in the Ancient Monasteries of Kuča by : Angela Howard
Download or read book Archaeological and Visual Sources of Meditation in the Ancient Monasteries of Kuča written by Angela Howard and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Archaeological and Visual Sources of Meditation in the Ancient Monasteries of Kuča, Angela F. Howard and Giuseppe Vignato use diverse methodological approaches from archaeology, art history and religious studies to reconstruct monastic life and practices in the rock monasteries on the northern Silk Route (ca. 200-650). Analysis of the caves’ function, meditation manuals, and the cave murals highlights the centrality of meditation, a fundamental duty of Kuča monastics. This interdisciplinary study utilizes hitherto unpublished line drawings, maps, and photographs to reconstruct and interpret the architecture and décor of Kuča caves, thus revealing the close links between the spiritual and the physical, between doctrinal teaching and practice and the lay-out and décor of the monasteries.
Book Synopsis Provenance and Possession by : K. J. P. Lowe
Download or read book Provenance and Possession written by K. J. P. Lowe and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking study of how knowledge of provenance was not transferred with enslaved people and goods from the Portuguese trading empire to Renaissance Italy In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Renaissance Italy received a bounty of "goods" from Portuguese trading voyages—fruits of empire that included luxury goods, exotic animals and even enslaved people. Many historians hold that this imperial "opening up" of the world transformed the way Europeans understood the global. In this book, K.J.P. Lowe challenges such an assumption, showing that Italians of this era cared more about the possession than the provenance of their newly acquired global goods. With three detailed case studies involving Florence and Rome, and drawing on unpublished archival material, Lowe documents the myriad occasions on which global knowledge became dissociated from overseas objects, animals and people. Fundamental aspects of these imperial imports, including place of origin and provenance, she shows, failed to survive the voyage and make landfall in Europe. Lowe suggests that there were compelling reasons for not knowing or caring about provenance, and concludes that geographical knowledge, like all knowledge, was often restricted and not valued. Examining such documents as ledger entries, journals and public and private correspondence as well as extant objects, and asking previously unasked questions, Lowe meticulously reconstructs the backstories of Portuguese imperial acquisitions, painstakingly supplying the context. She chronicles the phenomenon of mixed-ancestry children at Florence’s foundling hospital; the ownership of inanimate luxury goods, notably those possessed by the Medicis; and the acquisition of enslaved people and animals. How and where goods were acquired, Lowe argues, were of no interest to fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italians; possession was paramount.
Book Synopsis The Art Public by : Oskar Bätschmann
Download or read book The Art Public written by Oskar Bätschmann and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief intellectual history of the idea of the art public. The Art Public explores the history of efforts to imagine a collective, general audience for art in the world. Oskar Bätschmann explores both written and pictorial evidence of the development of the “art public” as an idea and disentangles connections between art production, audiences, and actual reception. Two aspects shape the narrative: the transformation of the audience from passive recipient to active agent as well as satirical jabs at audiences by the likes of Cruikshank, Rowlandson, and Daumier. This sweeping account connects the ancient Greeks with Renaissance painters, modern writers, and contemporary movie stars in a deft survey of the ways we imagine art’s immediate impact on audiences and its afterlives in museums, galleries, and the world.
Book Synopsis The Matter of Mimesis by : Marjolijn Bol
Download or read book The Matter of Mimesis written by Marjolijn Bol and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Matter of Mimesis offers a rich and interdisciplinary perspective on how and why we use materials to copy, from the human body to the entire cosmos, from prehistory to the present day.
Book Synopsis A Companion to the Patriarchate of Constantinople by :
Download or read book A Companion to the Patriarchate of Constantinople written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an overview of the development of the Patriarchate of Constantinople as central ecclesiastical institution of the Byzantine Empire from Late Antiquity to the Early Ottoman period (4th to 15th century CE).
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Book Synopsis German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene by : Caroline Schaumann
Download or read book German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene written by Caroline Schaumann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers essays on both canonical and non-canonical German-language texts and films, advancing ecocritical models for German Studies, and introducing environmental issues in German literature and film to a broader audience. This volume contextualizes the broad-ranging topics and authors in terms of the Anthropocene, beginning with Goethe and the Romantics and extending into twenty-first-century literature and film. Addressing the growing need for environmental awareness in an international humanities curriculum, this book complements ecocritical analyses emerging from North American and British studies with a specifically German Studies perspective, opening the door to a transnational understanding of how the environment plays an integral role in cultural, political, and economic issues.
Book Synopsis Korwars and Korwar Style by : Theodorus Petrus van Baaren
Download or read book Korwars and Korwar Style written by Theodorus Petrus van Baaren and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-10-13 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Korwars and Korwar Style : Art and Ancestor Worship in North-West New Guinea.
Book Synopsis Justifying Transgression by : Gijs Kruijtzer
Download or read book Justifying Transgression written by Gijs Kruijtzer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How do people justify what others see as transgression? Taking that question to the Persian-Muslim and Latin-Christian worlds over the period 1200 to 1700, this book shows that people in both these worlds invested considerable energy in worrying, debating, and writing about proscribed practices. It compares how people in the two worlds came to terms with the proscriptions of sodomy, idolatry, and usury. When historians speak of the gap between premodern practice and the legal theory of the time, they tend to ignore the myriad of justifications that filled this gap. Moreover, a focus on justification evens out many of the contrasts that have been alleged to exist between the two worlds, or the Muslim and Christian worlds more generally. The similarities outweigh the differences in the ways people came to terms with the various rules of divine law. The level of flexibility of the theologians and jurists in charge of divine law varied more over time and by topic than between the two worlds. Both worlds also saw the development of ever more sophisticated justifications. Amid the increasing complexity of justifications, a particular kind of reasoning emerged: that good outcomes are more important than upholding rules for their own sake"--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of a very important collection of books and periodical sets on the Indian Archipelago by : Martinus Nijhoff
Download or read book Catalogue of a very important collection of books and periodical sets on the Indian Archipelago written by Martinus Nijhoff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library by :
Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Der sokratische Künstler by : Jürgen Müller
Download or read book Der sokratische Künstler written by Jürgen Müller and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-02-04 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Im Fokus der Studie steht eine neue Deutung von Rembrandts Nachtwache aus dem Jahre 1642. Zentral ist dabei die Auseinandersetzung des Malers mit der klassizistischen Kunsttheorie von Franciscus Junius. Dessen Werk "De pictura veterum" war 1637 in lateinischer und 1641 in niederländischer Sprache erschienen. So lautet die These, dass Rembrandts Gruppenporträt auf eine Kritik italienisch-klassizistischer Imitatio-Konzepte zielt und zugleich Werke der Antike und der italienischen Hochrenaissance ironisiert. Der Leidener Maler orientiert sich an Raffaels Schule von Athen, um damit implizit die Frage angemessener und unangemessener Nachahmung zu stellen. Die Studie insgesamt will zeigen, wie differenziert Rembrandt mit Vorbildern umzugehen vermag. Steht auch die Nachtwache im Zentrum der Untersuchung, so werden auch andere Gemälde sowie Radierungen und Zeichnungen interpretiert und nach der ironischen Dimension von Rembrandts Kunst im Ganzen gefragt. The focus of Müller’s study is a new interpretation of Rembrandt’s Night Watch from 1642, which highlights the painter’s engagement with the classical art theory of Franciscus Junius. Junius’s treatise, "De pictura veterum", was published in Latin in 1637 and in Dutch in 1641. Ultimately, Müller argues that Rembrandt’s group portrait was designed to present a critique of the Italianate/classical concepts of Imitatio in addition to offering an ironic commentary on artworks of the Antique and High Renaissance periods. The Dutch artist takes Raphael’s School of Athens as a reference point, thereby implicitly posing questions about appropriate and inappropriate forms of imitation. The study as a whole shows how complex and witty Rembrandt’s approach to his models could be. Although the Night Watch occupies a central place in the inquiry, the author also engages with other paintings, etchings and drawings in order to sketch the contours of Rembrandt’s ironic image making.
Book Synopsis Mani in Dublin by : Siegfried G. Richter
Download or read book Mani in Dublin written by Siegfried G. Richter and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2009 the Seventh International Conference of Manichaean Studies was held at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. The 22 selected papers of this volume offer a deep insight into the faith of Manichaean communities ranging from the very beginning of the 3rd century up to the last traces of worship today. Among others the authors deal with sources from Augustin, John the Grammarian, Ephrem the Syrian and further sources written in Coptic, Sogdian, Middle Persian, Parthian and Chinese. Several studies about Manichaean art and iconography offer a visual impression, which gives a new opportunity for understanding the religion of Light.
Book Synopsis Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years ... by : British Museum
Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years ... written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reinterpreting the Dutch Forty Years War, 1672–1713 by : David Onnekink
Download or read book Reinterpreting the Dutch Forty Years War, 1672–1713 written by David Onnekink and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to reinterpret current perceptions of the Dutch Forty Years War (1672-1713), usually regarded as a struggle against the expansionism of Louis XIV, birthing the European balance of power. Particular attention is given to recent international relations theory, through the examination of popular and official documents, as well as political and diplomatic correspondence. While focusing on the emergence and appropriation of Universal Monarchy and Balance of Power discourses, this book also provides counter discourses, allowing readers to explore the lively domestic debate on foreign policy along partisan lines.
Book Synopsis Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome by : Tonio Hölscher
Download or read book Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome written by Tonio Hölscher and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life. Appearance and experience of beings and things was of paramount importance. In Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome, Tonio Hölscher explores the fundamental phenomena of Greek and Roman visual culture and their enormous impact on the ancient world, considering memory over time, personal appearance, conceptualization and representation of reality, and significant decoration as fundamental categories of art as well as of social practice. With an emphasis on public spaces such as sanctuaries, agora and forum, Hölscher investigates the ways in which these spaces were used, viewed, and experienced in religious rituals, political manifestations, and social interaction.
Book Synopsis Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years ... by : British Museum
Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years ... written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
