“…He examines the species of animal bones in ancient rubbish heaps, the prevalence of purification pools and chalk vessels in Judean settlements, the dating of figural representations in decorative and functional arts, evidence of such practices as tefillin and mezuzot, and much more to reconstruct when ancient Judean society first adopted the Torah as authoritative law. …”

“…These solutions, based on state-of the-art research, will be of immense help to workers and leaders as they face the challenges of the modern workplace. …”

“…In Catholic areas baroque art and piety flourished, but the militant Virgin associated with the Counter-Reformation did not always dominate religious devotion. …”

“…Montañas, valles, entornos climáticos específicos y espacios de diversos tipos se convierten en un nuevo medio de expresión artística. La naturaleza y el arte adquieren una visión cosmológica, en la que los límites se diluyen y surgen nuevos entornos significativos que ensalzan las características del emplazamiento e invitan a las personas a reevaluar creativamente el lugar que habitan…”

“…This book traces an entire history of pity, as an emotion and as an element in the arts. Pity represents a combination of fear, helplessness and overwhelming agitation. …”

“…Dass in der EU das Strafrecht nach wie vor zum unumstrittenen Zuständigkeitsbereich der einzelnen Staaten gehört, macht ein Vorverständnis der Art deutlich, dass Strafrecht als kulturgebundene Dimension nicht einfach internationalisiert werden kann und soll. …”

“…The mixed-use project, with wide public spaces and grand-scale buildings, including a 3,050-person–capacity Performance Arts Center, is the center of a twenty-first-century modern city without compromising the outstanding universal values of Istanbul. …”

“…Los ensayos, realizados por especialistas en arquitectura, geografía, historia del arte, sociología o urbanismo, procedentes de diversos países, como Brasil, Canadá, España, Estados Unidos o México, analizan el paisaje como producto social, en tanto que resultado de una transformación colectiva de la naturaleza, que refleja una determinada forma de organizar y experimentar el territorio y se construyen socialmente en el marco de unas complejas y cambiantes relaciones de género, de clase, de etnia y de poder. …”

“…Offering historical overviews and explanations, Philip Shaw looks at: · The legacy of the earliest, classical theories of the sublime through the romantic to the post-modern and avant-garde sublimity · The major theorists of the sublime such as Kant, Burke, Lyotard, Derrida, Lacan and Zizek, offering critical introductions to each · The significance of the concept through a range of literary readings including the Old and New testaments, Homer, Milton and writing from the romantic era · How the concept of the sublime has affected other art forms such as painting and film, from abstract expressionism to David Lynch's neo-noir This remarkably clear study of what is, in essence, a term which evades definition, is essential reading for students of literature, critical and cultural theory…”
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“…Schelling's philosophy of language based on a detailed reading of 73 of Schelling's lectures on the Philosophy of Art. Daniel Whistler argues that the concept of the symbol present in this lecture course, and elsewhere in Schelling's writings of the period, provides the key for a non-referential conception of language, where what matters is the intensity at which identity is produced. …”

“…La vida de uno de los mayores estrategas llega de la mano de la BBC, en esta fabulosa superproducción que combina el drama, las últimas investigaciones históricas y el arte de las animaciones digitales, para lograr que la Historia reviva en la pantalla…”
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“…The book focuses first on the state of the art of history in France, Germany, Britain, and the United States on the eve of World War I. …”

“…Organized chronologically as an illustrated timeline, Silla Mexicana presents a lively history of the chair from folk art to colonial-period manufacturing, culminating in the creations of contemporary architects and designers the chair as a collector's item as well as a functional object. …”

“…Cosa resta dei monumenti, dei complessi architettonici, delle opere d’arte attraverso cui il fascismo intese esplicitamente celebrare e tramandare sé stesso? …”

“…Ackerman's examination of the chief works of each member of the Cambridge group illuminates their primary interests in Greek myth, ritual, and religion and traces the threads of their arguments through the group's writings on the origins of tragedy, comedy, philosophy, art, and sport. In the book's final chapter Ackerman explores the application of myth-ritualist thought to a variety of post-classical literature…”

“…De carácter temático, está estructurado en 17 grandes áreas (Astronomía, Tierra, Reino vegetal, Reino animal, Ser humano, Alimentación y cocina, Casa, Bricolaje y jardinería, Ropa y complementos, Objetos personales, Arte y arquitectura, Comunicación y burocracia, Transportes y máquinas, Energía, Ciencia, Sociedad, Deportes y ocio). …”

“…La arquitectura del vino aúna esos dos mundos tan distintos y tan cercanos, tan magistralmente convocados: el del vino y el de la arquitectura; dos obras de arte que, juntas, se han convertido en verdaderos museos del vino dignos de ser visitados…”

“…Susan Sontag escribió que, para Bresson, «el arte consiste en descubrir lo necesario, en eso y nada más». …”

“…In 1943, hidden by the Resistance in a French convent, Moriz Scheyer began drafting an account of his wartime experiences: a tense, moving, at times almost miraculous story of flight and persecution in Austria and France. As arts editor of Vienna's principal newspaper before the German annexation of Austria, Scheyer had known the city's great artists, including Stefan Zweig and Gustav Mahler, and was himself an important literary journalist. …”

“…Aunque el acercamiento es eminentemente fílmico, no se han descartado otras aproximaciones procedentes de los estudios literarios o la historia del arte. De hecho, la casi totalidad de los autores aquí convocados cultivó diferentes formas expresivas, hasta llegar a constatar que no se puede entender el fenómeno de la vanguardia sin atender conjuntamente a los terrenos literario y visual…”