“…The purpose of this wide-ranging collection of essays, all by eminent scholars in the humanities and social sciences, is to explore the phenomenal explosion since World War II of interdisciplinary interest in the visual arts. The authors, who represent a cross-section of anthropologists, social historians, literary and film critics, historians of science, musicologists, and art historians, were part of a conference hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study to commemorate Erwin Panofsky, a former professor at the Institute who did much to inspire this trend. …”
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“…Francisco de Goya is represented by several notable paintings, as are a number of late 19th- and early 20th-century Spanish artists working both within and beyond their native country's borders, such as Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, Raimundo de Madrazo, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida and Ignacio Zuloaga. …”

“…The authors focus on six principles that represent the foundational elements for improvement science carried out in networked communities: make the work problem-specific and user-centered; focus on variation in performance; see the system that produces the current outcomes; we cannot improve at scale what we cannot measure; use disciplined inquiry to drive improvement; accelerate learning through networked communities. …”

“…This publication, which offers a fresh and extensive examination of his output, accompanies the first major American survey of Moholy's oeuvre in nearly a half century and represents the most extensive English-language book on the artist in thirty years. …”

“…Legislative privilege is a crucial component of the relationship between a representative body and the other participants in government, including the people. …”
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“…Rather, he argues, they constituted an empty frame, a unique cultic focus that surpassed all known systems in the ancient Near East in the extent of the efforts it represented to prevent an anthropomorphic conception of the deity in a cultic context -- Editor…”

“…The final section presents poetical, exegetical and homiletic works honoring Mary by Hugh, Adam, Richard, Godfrey, and Walter. This rich and representative sampling of Victorine works is a clear window into a world that still has much to offer modern readers.-- Brepols…”

“…The Federalist represents one side of one of the most momentous political debates ever conducted: whether to ratify, or to reject, the newly-drafted American constitution. …”

“…He is remembered for his extensive knowledge of non-Muslim religious communities and his unorthodox views on Islam itself. This book represents an edition and translation of Abu 'Isa's Against the Incarnation, the second and last part of his Refutation of the Three Christian Denominations. …”

“…Combining close readings of the texts and their mythological backgrounds with critical methods, the book argues that the points of similarity between the different letters of the Heroides, so often derided by modern critics, represent a brilliant exploitation of intratextuality, in which the Ovidian heroine self-consciously fashions herself as an alluding author influenced by what she has read within the Heroides. …”

“…The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere represents a rare opportunity to experience a diverse group of preeminent philosophers confronting one pervasive contemporary concern: what role does—or should—religion play in our public lives? …”

“…By comparing canonical and non-canonical gospels holistically—in terms of their codicology (or, in a few cases, ‘voluminology’), production characteristics, scribal tendencies, and textual transmission—Early Christian Gospels represents a major advance in methodology. Its conclusions are compelling, not only by virtue of the exhaustive comparison, but also because several lines of analysis coalesce to confirm the overall findings of the book…”

“…"Un paradoxe affecte les régimes modernes : s'il semble aller de soi qu'ils doivent, pour être légitimes, adopter une forme démocratique et représentative, les crises récurrentes qu'ils traversent conduisent à questionner la forme concrète qu'il convient de leur donner. …”

“…The work will include a Childhoodnature Companion featuring works by children and young people which will effectively enable children and young people to not only undertake their own research, but also author and represent it alongside this Research Handbook on Childhoodnature -- Editor…”

“…A further approach is represented by the encapsulation of P-gp substrate anticancer drugs into liposomes or nanoparticles. …”

“…Each edition obviously represents a financial investment but also an artistic, ideological, pedagogical,...…”

“…Even so, these degrees of freedom represent grossly space-time averaged properties of the atmosphere. …”

“…The data concerning the species biology and the stocks managed by ICCAT are also represented as well as information when available about temperate tunas (albacore, bluefin) and swordfish. …”

“…The data concerning catch at size and the spatio-temporal dynamics of the fisheries managed by the IOTC are also represented. This book is intended for scientists, fishing professionals and decision makers. …”

“…A middleclass, AngloSaxon Protestant and a professional, he represented a link between the nineteenthcentury agrarian and the twentiethcentury urbanite. …”