The Origins of Baroque Art in Rome

The Origins of Baroque Art in Rome
By:"Alois Riegl","Andrew Hopkins","Arnold Alexander Witte","Alina Alexandra Payne"
Published on 2010 by Getty Publications

Delivered three times between 1898 and 1902 and subsequently revised with an eye toward publication, Alois Riegl's lectures on the origins of Baroque art in Rome broke new ground in its field. In his approach and content, Riegl offered a markedly different account from that of Heinrich Wölfflin and other contemporaries: the beginning of the new artistic era extending from the 1520s to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was to be judged by its own rules and not merely as a period of decline. This first English translation brings Riegl's compelling vision of the Baroque to life and amply illustrates his charisma as a lecturer. His text is full of perceptive observations on the most important artists of the period from Michelangelo to Caravaggio. By taking the spectator into consideration, Riegl identifies a crucial defining change between Renaissance and Baroque art and provides invaluable inspiration for present-day readers.

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Photography and Philosophy

Photography and Philosophy
By:"Scott Walden"
Published on 2010-03-29 by John Wiley & Sons

PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHILOSOPHY ESSAYS ON THE PENCIL OF NATURE \

This Book was ranked 36 by Google Books for keyword photography.

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On the Beauty of Women

On the Beauty of Women
By:"Agnolo Firenzuola","Konrad Eisenbichler","Jacqueline Murray"
Published on 1992 by University of Pennsylvania Press

First published in 1548, On the Beauty of Women purports to record two conversations shared by a young gentleman, Celso, and four ladies of the upper bourgeoisie in the vicinity of Florence. One afternoon Celso and the ladies consider universal beauty. On a subsequent evening, they attempt to fashion a composite picture of perfect beauty by combining the beautiful features of women they know. The standards of beauty established in the garden give way to the artistic, creative imagination of the human spirit, and the group's movement from garden to hall seems to echo the dialogue's movement from Nature to Art, from divinely to humanly created beauty. Konrad Eisenbichler and Jacqueline Murray have provided the first translation into English of Firenzuola's dialogue since the nineteenth century. In their introduction, they argue that Firenzuola's work presents a useful point of entry into the society and values of the mid-sixteenth century. In its discussion of beauty, the dialogue reveals the intersection of Neoplantonic philosophy and mathematically based artistic theory, both inherited from classical antiquity. Indeed, Firenzuola's treatise has been assessed as one of the most significant expositions of Renaissance aesthetics.

This Book was ranked 37 by Google Books for keyword beauty.

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Biba's Northern Italian Cooking

Biba's Northern Italian Cooking
By:"Biba Caggiano"
Published on 2002-01 by Penguin

An updated edition of the classic guide to northern Italian cookery features more than two hundred recipes that represent the best in authentic Italian cuisine, including Minestrone Soup, Tagliatelle Bolognese Style, Buschetta with Fresh Tomatoes and Basil, and Roasted Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Rosemary. Original.

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Scouting for Girls

Scouting for Girls
By:"Tammy M. Proctor"
Published on 2009 by ABC-CLIO

This volume examines scouting—the largest voluntary movement for girls—in its first century of existence, seeking to understand how the organization has lasted and how it has changed.

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Yoga Girl

Yoga Girl
By:"Rachel Brathen"
Published on 2015-03-24 by Simon and Schuster

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER By the yoga instructor who inspires more than one million followers on Instagram every day. Whether she’s practicing handstands on her stand-up paddleboard or teaching Downward-Facing Dog to the masses, Rachel Brathen—Instagram’s @Yoga_Girl—has made it her mission to share inspirational messages with people from all corners of the world. In Yoga Girl, Brathen takes readers beyond her Instagram feed and shares her journey like never before—from her self-destructive teenage years in her hometown in Sweden to her adventures in the jungles of Costa Rica, and finally to the beautiful and bohemian life she’s built through yoga and meditation in Aruba today. Featuring spectacular photos of Brathen practicing yoga with breathtaking tropical backdrops, along with step-by-step yoga sequences and simple recipes for a healthy, happy, and fearless lifestyle—Yoga Girl is like an armchair vacation to a Caribbean spa.

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The Love Poems of John Keats

The Love Poems of John Keats
By:"John Keats","David Stanford Burr"
Published on 1990 by Macmillan

This collection of twenty-six love poems includes such works as \

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