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Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography
The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of world photography up to the beginning of the twentieth century. It sets out to be the standard, definitive reference work on the subject for years to come. Its coverage is global – an important ‘first’ in that authorities from all over the world have contributed their expertise and scholarship towards making this a truly comprehensive publication. The Encyclopedia presents new and ground-breaking research alongside accounts of the major established figures in the nineteenth century arena. Coverage includes all the key people, processes, equipment, movements, styles, debates and groupings which helped photography develop from being ‘a solution in search of a problem’ when first invented, to the essential communication tool, creative medium, and recorder of everyday life which it had become by the dawn of the twentieth century. The sheer breadth of coverage in the 1200 essays makes the Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography an essential reference source for academics, students, researchers and libraries worldwide.
The Complete Illustrated New Testament
The Bible is not only the best-selling book of all time, but it is also the best-selling book of the year…every year! It’s with good reason: Its content is as relevant as ever. That’s why the average household owns four of them. The Complete Illustrated New Testament is unabridged, and delivered in an innovative, easy to read, visual format with carefully selected works of art to help bring the readings to life. This volume is full of stories and parables that ring as true today as when tehy were written centuries ago. Take time to ponder the lessons we can learn from Jesus and the Gospel writers. Together, we can put them into action in our own lives and communities. In a world that is constantly moving pulling our attention to screens, noise, commertcialism, and instant evrything, we all need time to step back, breathe and consider what's most important to us. BONUS: Throughout the book, the most important verses in each chapter of the Bible are printed as pull quotes in varying sizes, each size depending on how many times the specific verse is quoted on the internet, giving the reader a truly unique way to access the New Testament’s most significant teachings.
The Cambridge Companion to Virgil
Presents stimulating chapters on Virgil and his reception, offering an authoritative overview of the current state of Virgilian studies.
Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe
This new textbook provides students with a highly readable synthesis of the major determining features of the European Renaissance, one of the most influential cultural revolutions in history. Professor Nauert's approach is broader than the traditional focus on Italy, and tackles the themes in the wider European context. He traces the origins of the humanist 'movement' and connects it to the social and political environments in which it developed. In a tour-de-force of lucid exposition over six wide-ranging chapters, Nauert charts the key intellectual, social, educational and philosophical concerns of this humanist revolution, using art and biographical sketches of key figures to illuminate the discussion. The study also traces subsequent transformations of humanism and its solvent effect on intellectual developments in the late Renaissance.
Stillness in Motion
Stillness in Motion brings together the writing of scholars, theorists, and artists on the uneasy relationship between Italian culture and photography. Highlighting the depth and complexity of the Italian contribution to the technology and practice of photography, this collection offers essays, interviews, and theoretical reflections at the intersection of comparative, visual, and cultural studies. Its chapters, illustrated with more than 130 black and white images and an eight-page colour section, explore how Italian literature, cinema, popular culture, and politics have engaged with the medium of photography over the course of time. The collection includes topics such as Futurism's ambivalent relationship to photography, the influence of American photography on Italian neorealist cinema, and the connection between the photograph and Duchamp's concept of the Readymade. With contributions from writer and theorist Umberto Eco, photographer Franco Vaccari, art historian Robert Valtorta, and cultural historian Robert Lumley, Stillness in Motion engages with crucial historical and cultural moments in Italian history, examining each one through particular photographic practices.
Clean Water and Our Future
Clean water should be a basic human right. However, there are still 785 million people in the world today who are living without access to safe water. Each year, nearly 1 million people die from water-related illnesses. Your readers will examine the global water crisis. They will learn how the water crisis evolved and about its impact on people, the environment, and the future of our planet. Through studying emerging efforts to solve this important issue and observing real-life examples of young activists, readers will be inspired to become the environmental advocates that Earth needs to ensure a healthy future for all.
Clean Water for All
Today, 785 million people are living without access to safe water. Water-related illnesses are responsible for almost 1 million deaths each year. Clean water should be a basic human right, but far too few people have access to it. With this informative book, readers will study the global water crisis, how it reached its current state, and its impact on the environment and human lives. Real-life examples of the steps being taken to save Earth's water resources and improve the quality and availability of drinking water will inspire budding environmentalists to take action.
MNAF, Museo Nazionale Alinari Della Fotografia
Attraverso sette sezioni, parallele ai criteri espositivi, la guida illustra il Mnaf Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia. Il MNAF ha voluto allargare la sua missione non solo alla storia degli Alinari, ma a tutta la storia della fotografia italiana e mondiale, dal XIX secolo ad oggi, svolgendo un importante ruolo di ricerca, salvaguardia e divulgazione della fotografia. Il Museo di Storia della Fotografia non raccoglie solo le testimonianze dell'opera e dell'evoluzione artistica della fotografia in oltre 160 anni di storia, ma anche gli strumenti che hanno immortalato quelle che a buon diritto possono essere considerate le più belle immagini di un'epoca. Ecco allora che l'importanza di questo Museo si rivela anche nelle raccolte di macchine fotografiche, di pubblicità, di documenti cartacei, di cornici e di tutti quegli oggetti correlati alla fotografia che di diritto devono essere considerati come parte integrante della sua storia.
Forest Talk
Trees are essential. They provide water, shelter, and food for millions of plant and animal species, including humans. They deliver proven health benefits, and they capture and store carbon, which combats climate change. Yet trees are in trouble. Forests are struggling to adapt to climate change, and deforestation is a major threat. Recently, researchers and citizen scientists made the surprising revelation that trees communicate with each other through an underground system of soil fungi and other methods. Complex social networks help trees survive and thrive by transferring resources to each other, sending defense signals, communicating with their kin, and more. Meet the tree scientists and learn more of their fascinating discoveries.
Photography and Sculpture
Ever since the mid-nineteenth century, when the new medium of photography was pressed into service to illustrate sculpture, photographs of sculptural objects have directed viewers as to what, in the course of ambling around a sculpture, was the single perfect moment to stop and look. What is the photograph’s place in writing the history of sculpture? How has it changed according to culture, generation, criti-cal conviction, and changes in media? Photography and Sculpture: The Art Object in Reproduction studies aspects of these questions from the perspectives of sixteen leading art historians. Their essays consider iconic photographs, archival collections, new and forgotten technologies, and conceptual challenges in photographing three-dimensional forms that have directed changing historical and stylistic attitudes about how we see, write about, and narrate histories of sculpture. Chapters on such varied topics as picturing Conceptual art, manipulating sacred images in India to be non-photographs, and framing Roman art with an iPad illustrate the latent visual and narrative powers and ever-expanding potential of these images of sculpture.
