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The nude The nude Pavel Machotka xv, 322 p. : ill. ; 27 cm OL115254W
The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media Gwyn Symonds "The topic of violence in the media has been very widely covered. Countless studies and research projects have been conducted, most of which argue its negative effects on society. Gwyn Symonds takes … OL11962524W
Antiques Antiques Leon Rosenstein "In Antiques: The History of an Idea, Leon Rosenstein, a distinguished philosopher who has also been an antiques dealer for more than twenty years, offers a sweeping and lively account of the origin … OL11994340W
Aesthetics & ethics Aesthetics & ethics Thomas Claviez In the first part, this study analyzes what role “otherness” plays in the most influential moral-philosophical approaches to date - from Aristotle and the Neo-Aristotelians (Alasdair MacIntyre, Marth… OL12643369W
Gozar el arte, gozar la arquitectura Gozar el arte, gozar la arquitectura Marta Zátonyi "Important landmarks of architecture in relation to universal art are the essence of this new title by the author who is a professor of architecture and esthetics at the University of Buenos Aires"--… OL13646048W
KIERKEGAARD Den første Kærlighed og andre tekster om drama, ved Jens Staubrand KIERKEGAARD Den første Kærlighed og andre tekster om drama, ved Jens Staubrand Søren Kierkegaard Bog – den første – med alle Søren Kierkegaards teater- og dramafilosofiske tekster, samt hans egne forsøg som dramatiker. Udvalg og indledende noter ved filosof, mag.art. Jens Staubrand. Læs mere på… OL15166383W
Style, gender, and fantasy in nineteenth-century American women's writing Style, gender, and fantasy in nineteenth-century American women's writing Dorri Beam "Dorri Beam presents an important contribution to nineteenth-century fiction by examining how and why a florid and sensuous style came to be adopted by so many authors. Discussing a diverse range of … OL15537055W
The postmodern condition The postmodern condition Jean-François Lyotard Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends th… OL15963846W
The embodied image The embodied image Juhani Pallasmaa Architecture is usually analysed and taught as a discipline that articulates space and geometry, but the mental impact of architecture arises significantly from its image quality that integrates the … OL16636054W
The World in a Frame The World in a Frame Leo Braudy Now a classic, *The World in a Frame* covers the history of popular American films from the 1930s to the 1970s. Leo Braudy, one of America's leading film critics, gives an account of the histories of… OL17697783W
Helmut Jahn, architecture engineering Helmut Jahn, architecture engineering Werner Blaser 263 p. : 27 cm OL18208510W
Aesthetics and Cognition in Kant's Critical Philosophy Aesthetics and Cognition in Kant's Critical Philosophy Rebecca Kukla 1 v. ; 23 cm OL19341437W
Style in history Style in history Peter Gay A guide for the reading of four historians: Gibbon, Ranke, Macaulay and Burckhardt. OL24301021W
Saber ver la arquitectura Saber ver la arquitectura Francesca Prina A través de dos mil años de construcciones civiles, residenciales, militares y religiosas, el libro propone un estudio de la arquitectura, la composición y los estilos, a la vez que traza un recorrid… OL24733616W
What Is Art? What Is Art? Tiziana Andina 88 pages ; 24 cm OL25873255W
Biographia literaria Biographia literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 work Biographia Literaria is an autobiography in discourse; loosely structured and non-linear, the work is meditative and contains numerous philosophical essays. Initia… OL26129W
Judaism and the Visual Image Judaism and the Visual Image Melissa Raphael It is now widely agreed that the biblical Second Commandment neither limits Jewish art to the production of ceremonial artifacts nor to abstract or distorted images. Raphael goes further and argues … OL2618276W
Introduction to Philosophy Introduction to Philosophy Brian C. Barnett,Todd R. Long,Monica C. Poole,K. S. Sangeetha,Brian C. Barnett (Book Editor),Christina Hendricks (Series Editor),Daniel Massey,William D. Rowley,Jonathan Lopez,Guy Axtell <p><strong><em>Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology</em></strong> engages first-time philosophy readers on a guided tour through the core concepts, questions, methods, arguments, and theories of … OL27777600W
Chroniques subjectives du cinéma contemporain Chroniques subjectives du cinéma contemporain Thomas Roussot Ce recueil de chroniques est né d'une frustration : n'avoir le plus souvent comme alternative que le choix entre des chroniques de cinéphiles, partiales et orientées, tantôt techniques et théoriques,… OL28173384W
Le montreur d'ombre Le montreur d'ombre J. Aumont Héritier des procédés photographiques, c'est d'abord la lumière qui semble s'imposer dans le cinéma. De la lumière, il en faut pour capter et enregistrer l'image, puis pour la projeter. N'est-il donc… OL32221872W
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