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In Book III of The Voice of the People by Ellen Glasgow, the narrative reaches its climax, capturing the culmination of Nicholas Burr's political career and the personal conflicts that arise from his journey. This final book delves into themes of...

Westerfelt: A Novel"" is a work by American author Will N. Harben, published in 1901. Will Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919) was known for his stories set in the Southern United States, particularly in the mountainous regions of Georgia, where he was born and...

"The Irrational Knot" by George Bernard Shaw is a novel that delves deeply into the complexities of marriage and divorce within the framework of Victorian society. It explores the conflict between individualism and social norms, portraying how personal...

"The Rivals" is a five-act comedy play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It premiered on January 17, 1775, at the Covent Garden Theatre in London. Known for its witty dialogue, humorous characters, and satirical take on romantic relationships and...

In the post-Civil War South, the story begins with the fall of the Southern aristocracy and the rise of new social and political forces. The main character, Nicholas Burr, is an ambitious young man from a humble agrarian background who dreams of rising...

In Book V of the Voice of the People by Ellen Glasgow, the narrative examines the aftermath of Nicholas Burr's political and personal journey, providing a comprehensive review of his legacy and the final outcomes of his actions. This concluding section...

In Book IV of The Voice of the People by Ellen Glasgow, the narrative draws to a reflective and conclusive end. This final book provides a deep exploration of the legacy left by Nicholas Burr and the ultimate resolution of the themes and conflicts...

In Book II of The Voice of the People by Ellen Glasgow, the narrative delves deeper into the political aspirations and reform movement in the post-Reconstruction Southern United States. The protagonist, Nicholas Burr, now older and more experienced,...

Nomadic people have been associated with storm rather than breeze in terms of their activities across Asia. The collection of essays in this volume however emphasizes both, but gives more space to breeze in terms of cultural interaction and mutual...

Die römische Geschichte und die Merowingerzeit – 2 in 1Die Geschichte Roms und der Merowinger kennenlernenInteressierst Du Dich für die Geschichte Roms und/oder der Merowinger? Willst Du wissen, wie Rom es zu einer beträchtlichen...

Die Muse der Kunst will zusammen mit einem Psychologieprofessoren wissenschaftlich erläutern, warum die Fähigkeit, etwas schön zu finden, so wichtig ist. Wie funktioniert das, was die Psychologen "Schönheitsempfinden" nennen?Auf der Suche nach Antworten...

This book investigates the lesser known aspect of the art produced by Alphonse Mucha, namely the Slavic themes in his art, present throughout his career. Due to the great popularity of Mucha's Art Nouveau posters, panels and book illustrations, other...

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die im vorliegenden Band reproduzierten Modestiche sind in den Jahren zwischen 1867 und 1878 in dem französischen Modemagazin „Le Conseiller des Dames et des...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,7, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) (Institut für Kunst- und Baugeschichte), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar Ästhetiktheorie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: "Die Ästhetik...

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,3, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Institut für Kunstgeschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Venezianische Malerei prägte mehr als sechs...

Inhaltlich unveränderte Neuauflage. Helmut Newton galt als Photograph der Reichen und Schönen und war einer der bekanntesten und einflussreichsten Modephotographen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine Aktphotographien sind nicht weniger berühmt und auf Grund der...

Das Handbuch zum Mittelalter und zur Renaissance in der Romania zeichnet Wissens- und Denktraditionen nach, führt in Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsstrukturen ein und widmet sich Religionen und Kulturkontakten. Ferner werden die wesentlichen Entwicklungen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 2,7, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Kunst und Social Media, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Mona Lisa, wer sie war und...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,3, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Kunstgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Okzident trifft Orient. Türkenkriege und Türkenmode in der Frühen Neuzeit, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 2,0, Universität zu Köln, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Hausarbeit wird die Portraitmedaille Pisanellos von Cecilia Gonzaga untersucht. Für die Kunsthistorik handelt es...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,7, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Kunstgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Methodenseminar afrikanische Kunstgeschichte, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit wird...

Siendo de distintos trasfondos culturales, hemos buscado acercar, hasta donde nos ha sido posible, el término en Esperanto al término que usamos en nuestra cotidianidad. Hemos querido que este diccionario sirva tanto a los que decis vostros como a los...

Eric Gill's small book Twenty-five Nudes is both a record of how he believed the human body should be portrayed, and the written rationale for that approach.

Community Arts is a practice of art within, for, and by the community. It is usually led by a professional Community Arts Facilitator with a community group who may not practice art full time. The goal of the practice is to express the community's...

Calligraphy Meets Philosophy - Talk 3Introduction(I)The Calligraphy Meets Philosophy series aims to foster a correct and deeper understanding of traditional Chinese calligraphy and philosophy. It does so by having calligraphies of selected classical...

This book is for a wide readership that will be introduced to:• A personal account of a Holocaust survivor• A Jewish artist’s portrait of Christ• An invitation to Judeo-Christian dialogue• An example of a faith-based community...

The poems collected in Memo from Alamut convey a different meaning for every reader receptive to them as communiques of literary energy bursting into a variety of shapes and structures that address human consciousness and respond according to the ways...

Miguel Covarrubias is best remembered as a celebrity caricaturist. He came to the United States from Mexico at the age of nineteen and was an immediate sensation. Soon after his arrival in New York in 1923, Covarrubias through Carl Van Vechten, became...

顧月華的詩，又有一種渾然天成的詩情畫意，這一點恐怕與她曾經專攻美術與油畫的人生閱歷有 關。請看《迷思》:"總有一個影子/左右不離/且生且滅，且滅且相隨"，詩中嵌畫，畫中蘊詩，人與影不離...

The Sophie Taeuber-Arp Coloring Book has 22 illustrations of Sophie and her work. Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber-Arp was a pioneer of the Dada art movement. She was a painter, dancer, choreographer, puppeteer, weaver, embroiderer, and...

Las diversas figuras de la corporeidad que pueblan la literatura y las artes visuales contemporáneas en América Latina deconstruyen el paradigma humanista y el ideal corporal concomitante, e irrumpen en la teoría, la literatura y las artes para hacer...

The twenty-two illustrated articles in Art in World History put readers in touch with art from the Paleolithic period, to the millennium-long heyday of porcelain, to performance art of the postmodernist world. They explore fundamental questions about the...

Vincent van Gogh was a controversial artist and the life story of the artist has never been told in such a detailed manner. The well-known art critic Julius Meier-Graefe (1867 - 1935) penned this biography of Vincent Van Gogh in the early 1900's...

What is it about nature that makes you want to hang around and stay longer, relax, just one more wave...part of the Blinkies series, hardcover Notebooks with Funky Art covers. The blank (un-ruled) pages are perfect for note-taking without being...

Paul Maher's exhibition "Window on a City" explores the near and far aspects of our world, drawing focus on the familiar and the distant simultaneously. In Maher's oil paintings and watercolours, the immutable natural world is on display alongside...

In the late Edo period, when society was maturing and Japan was moving to open its doors to the outside world, landscapes were undergoing major changes. Many world-famous ukiyo-e painters were active during this period, among them Utagawa Hiroshige...

Light and Photomedia proposes that, regardless of technological change, the history and future of photomedia is essentially connected to light. It is a fundamental property of photomedia, binding with space and time to form and inform new, explicitly...

Duivenvoeder V is de nieuwe gedichtenbundel van Erik de Groot in een jaarlijks te verschijnen reeks. Gedichten schrijven is een uitlaatklep voor hem om de dagelijkse beslommeringen te verwerken. Dit doet op hij op een onconventionele manier, soms rauw,...

An eye-popping, full-color introduction to egg decorating, filled with a whole gallery of gorgeous decorated egg pics! You'll learn how to:Choose and prepare eggsMake dyes (including natural ones)Dip eggs, adding stripes, tie-dyed, marble, and...

In Paul Hartal's Lyco Art, the act of creation inexorably interweaves the logic of passion with the passion of logic through the voyage of consciousness.Paul Hartal, the originator of lyco art, or lyrical conceptualism, presents a stimulating and...

This story begins in the late 1800s with the immigration of an Irish family to the New World. One year after arriving in Boston, brothers Sam and Johnny Shamus travel West to fulfill a family dream. The brothers start a small ranch in the Dakota...

A facsimile reprint of E. O. Randall's classic investigation of the mysterious Great Serpent Mound, of southern Ohio.

The celebrity artist Shen Jiawei’s history paintings are held at the National Museum, Art Museum, and Military Museum in Beijing, as well in public or private collections in the Vatican, Australia, China, the United States, New Zealand, Malaysia,...

This book illuminates various aspects of the spread of Buddhism from its Indian homeland to China and beyond during the first through tenth centuries. The coverage is amazingly broad, ranging from maritime aspects of the propagation of Buddhism to...

By adapting a code of conduct at a young age (the Code of the Trail), Lloyd embarked on a lifelong quest to live out his every dream. He became a pilot, he had a brush with the big time in the NHL, he flew with the Snowbirds, he had remarkable encounters...