“…Don’t Blame Me - Teddy Wilson 5. Gone With the Wind - Art Tatum 6. Morning Air - Willie “The Lion” Smith 7. …”

“…For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literature and theology. But for most moderns, taking it at face value is incongruous. …”

“…Despite huge advances in education, knowledge and communication, it can often seem we are neither well-trained nor well-practiced in the art of clear thinking. Our powers of reasoning and argument are less confident that they should be, we frequently ignore evidence and we are all too often swayed by rhetoric rather than reason. …”

“…The contributors analyse selected passages from various authors - Greek, Latin and English - in order to demonstrate both how Latin authors created new works of art by imitating earlier passages of literature (sometimes resorting even to self-imitation) and how English poets accomplished the same task by imitating passages of Latin literature. …”
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“…Even if empathy were a simple neurological process, we would still have to differentiate the many possible kinds of empathy in relation to different forms of art. All the complexities of literary and cultural studies have still to be brought to bear to truly understand the dynamics of literature and empathy…”

“…At the same time, multi-level governance has emerged as an important concept, highlighting shifts both in horizontal relations between state and society and in vertical links between actors at different territorial levels. In this state-of-the-art study, Ian Bache traces the relationship between these two key elements, considering the extent to which Europeanization advances multi-level governance within member states through the requirements of EU cohesion policy. …”
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“…These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. …”

“…The term "new media" rose to prominence in the 1990s, superseding "multi-media" in business, art, and culture. The phrase obstinately portrays other media as old or dead. …”

“… The oldest written tradition of European music, the art we know as Gregorian chant, is seen from an entirely new perspective in Katherine Bergeron's engaging and literate study. …”

“…À la fin de chaque partie, un exercice de mise en pratique des notions abordées, présenté sous la forme d’un jeu, permettra de réaliser une carte finalisée.Avec plus de 120 figures inédites, de nombreux encadrés, définitions et compléments pédagogiques, cet ouvrage constitue une véritable initiation à la cartographie, perçue à la fois comme art de représenter le monde et arme de combat pour le décrypter -- Contracubierta…”

“…This volume goes beyond the traditional role of interoception for homeostasis and offers a state-of-the-art overview of and new insights into the role of interoception for mental life, awareness, subjectivity, affect, and cognition. …”

“…First, the authors base their legal analysis primarily on EU law and provide a state of the art-analysis of the relevant secondary legislation. …”

“…He shows how the look, the touch, and the mechanics of any product reflect the way our culture and economy combine -- how we interact, do business, exploit technology, and use art. On this fascinating exploration of the worlds of technology, design, corporate and popular culture, we see how corporations, designers, retailers, advertisers, and other middle-men influence what a thing can be and how it is made. …”

“…Humboldt predicted human-induced climate change as early as 1800, and 'The Invention of Nature' traces his ideas as they go on to revolutionize and shape science, conservation, nature writing, politics, art and the theory of evolution. He wanted to know and understand everything and his way of thinking was so far ahead of his time that it's only coming into its own now. …”

“…He shows how the 1920s witnessed renewed hope and a flourishing of modernist art and literature, but how the decade ended in economic collapse and gave rise to a second, more devastating world war and genocide on an unprecedented scale. …”

“…The film was popular in the Third Reich and elsewhere, and has continued to influence movies, documentaries, and commercials to this day, even as it raises the question over the dividing line between art and morality…”
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“…This is the mantra of the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) in Berkeley California, which, since 1998 has worked with nearly 1,000 organizations around the world and trained more than 15,000 people in the art of digital storytelling. In this revised and updated edition of the CDS's popular guide to digital storytelling, co-founder Joe Lambert details the history and methods of digital storytelling practices. …”

“…Davantage que dans les domaines musicaux et littéraires, il semble que le philosophe ait développé pour les arts visuels une pensée allant à contre-courant de la définition la plus courante du médium qui leur est associé, selon laquelle l'image est la copie d'un substrat originaire ou la trace d'un référent. …”

“…Dès lors, du champ de bataille encore fumant, puis des arts et jusqu'aux manuels scolaires, jaillissent emblèmes et légendes. …”

“…In seeking new purchase on the elusive "literary", the author finds himself reflecting upon the history of Western art as a practice and as an institution. At its heart he finds a closely linked trinity of crucial issues: innovation or invention, the uniqueness or singularity of the artwork and, underlying these, the concept of otherness or alterity. …”
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