“…Les générations se succèdent : les pauvres "maîtres et étudiants ès arts de l'université de Paris", jadis accablés par Tempier et sa commission de seize théologiens, ont cédé la place aux enfants de Billy Graham et de "Mecca-Cola". …”

“…New information has been amassed, sometimes by re-examination of extant literary texts and material artifacts, at other times from new discoveries from the fields of archaeology, epigraphy, art history, and literary studies. The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy marks the first comprehensive introduction to and reference work for the unified study of ancient comedy. …”

“…The Oxford Handbook of Financial Regulation is the first comprehensive, authoritative, and state-of-the-art account of the nature of financial regulation. …”

“…Ogni grande opera d'arte è abitata da una "vera presenza" realmente incontrabile. …”

“…Contiene: 1. Rosetta - Art Tatum 2. Yancey’s Bugle Call - Jimmy Yancey 3. …”

“…Off Minor - Bud Powell 18. Out of Nowhere - Art Tatum 19. Have You Met Miss Jones? - George Shearing 20. …”

“…Author note: Joshua Hirsch is visiting lecturer in Film and Electronic Arts at the California State University, Long Beach…”

“…Attraverso un vasto archivio di fonti filosofiche, storiche e letterarie, Alessandro Mariotti racconta i diversi livelli e le varie modalità di un mito costruito ad arte come strumento di agitazione politica per accendere l'azione violenta delle masse. …”

“…We make it the subject of our literature, our art, our philosophy, and our religion. Our feelings and attitudes toward our mortality and its possible afterlives have evolved greatly from the early days of mankind. …”

“…A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, from it stems much of our modern understanding of the creation and impact of imaginative writing, including poetry, drama, and fiction. For Aristotle, the art of representation conveys universal truths which we can appreciate more easily than the lessons of history or philosophy. …”

“…But Witold Rybczynski disagrees, and in The Look of Architecture, he makes a compelling case for the importance of style to the mother of the arts. This is a book brimming with sharp observations--that form does not follow function; that the best architecture is not timeless but precisely of its time; that details do not merely complement the architecture--details are the architecture. …”

“…Todo lo que queda de esta obra de arte es un único fotograma a partir del cual B. debe intentar recordar de alguna manera la película que podría ser la última gran esperanza de la civilización -- Editor…”

“…In responding to such questions, the author traces the history of medievalism from its earliest appearances in the sixteenth century to the present day, across a range of examples drawn from the spheres of literature, art, architecture, music and more. He identifies two major modes, the grotesque and the romantic, and focuses on key phases of the development of medievalism in Europe: the Reformation, the late eighteenth century, and above all the period between 1815 and 1850, which, he argues, represents the zenith of medievalist cultural production. …”

“…Redescubrir el sentido último del reposo, no como una simple experiencia o sensación, sino como el fruto de un saber o de un arte. Un reto de nuestro tiempo es, por tanto, tomarse el tiempo de vivir, para estar más presente en las cosas y en las personas, para amar, para construir. …”

“…Chapters cover areas including: - A brief history of creativity and pedagogy, including common misconceptions - Strategies for creative learning as well as creative teaching - Creativity in English - Creativity in Mathematics - Creativity in Science and Design and Technology - Creativity in Art and Music - Creativity in History and the Humanities - Creativity in ICT - International perspectives on creativity"--Editor…”

“…En este libro colectivo ofrecemos un conjunto de trabajos que rememoran y analizan aquella "la fiesta más grande del siglo" en algunas de sus principales dimensiones: el contexto internacional, la guerra franco-prusiana y su repercusión en las colonias; las medidas adoptadas, las experiencias de democracia y autogestión y su carácter internacionalista; los debates posteriores en la Primera Internacional en torno al Estado y a la acción política; el papel creciente de las mujeres durante esas jornadas, así como el impacto que tuvo en el arte y la literatura. También se incluye un análisis de su influencia en el Estado español y en los procesos que culminaron en la Primera República Federal y el cantonalismo popular -- Contracubierta…”

“…"The second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Processes provides a state-of-the-art overview of the field of discourse processes, highlighting the subject's interdisciplinary foundations and bringing together established and emergent scholars to provide a dynamic roadmap of the evolution of the field. …”

“…Rather, they saw philosophy as inherently embedded in its time, grappling with pressing issues in religion, social life, art, politics, and education. Kitcher has become increasingly moved by this reformist approach to philosophy, and the published essays included here, alongside a detailed introduction setting out Kitcher's views, provide motivation for his view of the "reconstruction of philosophy." …”

“…Todo esto unido a que nuestra forma de pensar se expresa mejor en ensayos que en tratados y en literatura y arte que en discursos filosóficos convencionales. …”

“…He greatly expanded the cultural space for modern poetry and for the modern arts. Ramanujan was very much a modern poet, instinctively ironic, and had a mind packed with a wide variety of ideas and information. …”