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A rare entry into the nexus of science and art, this thought-provoking exploration introduces the ongoing research by scientists and artists into the fascinating subject of death and mortality. The unique practices of medical and scientific artists share a desire to piece the world together using the power of representational drawing. Their common belief that to draw is to see seeks to answer the riddles of mortality through the cultivation of their art, and what begins as an exploration of death ultimately becomes a celebration of life. This collection presents an introduction to the front lines of medical and scientific art, elaborating upon the ethos of their movement, and showcasing some of their greatest discoveries.
This work explores the question of Vesuvius as an object of study in the early modern science of volcanism from the investigations and opinions of humanists and naturalists in the late Renaissance to the early 18th-century philosophizing on volcanoes and the development of geology later in the century.
Text by Philippe Van Cauteren, Yuko Hasegawa.
This volume concludes this publishing project by analyzing the fascinating and controversial phenomena of contemporary art. It maintains the structure that characterizes the four previous publications, namely a gallery of images, essays by major contemporary critics and the clever juxtaposition of the most diverse objects and topics.
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Apparently, the Louvre has a new policy of showing bits of contemporary art but, until now, they have been small, mixed shows taking not much space. Now, for its first solo show by a living artist, it has chosen a Belgian, Jan Fabre, and given him the whole of the Northern School wing - 40 rooms containing top-notch van Eycks, Bruegels, Rembrandts, Rubenses, Vermeers - to play with. He was allowed to move pictures and rearrange rooms to place his work among the Old Masters.
Ce livre étudie le régime juridique du patrimoine des personnes publiques, de l’expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique et des travaux publics. Il vise à présenter de manière claire, synthétique mais complète et rigoureuse cette discipline si importante dans la formation des juristes de droit public comme de droit privé. Il s’adresse aux étudiants de Licence et Master de droit, Sciences Politiques ou AES mais aussi aux praticiens comme les avocats, juristes, agents publics des différentes fonctions publiques, élus locaux… Il intéressera également les candidats aux concours de la fonction publique et à l’examen d’entrée au CRFPA.
In the seventeenth century the English were often depicted as a nation of barbarians, fanatics, and king-killers. Two hundred years later they were more likely to be seen as the triumphant possessors of a unique political stability, vigorous industrial revolution, and a world-wide empire. These may have been British achievements; but the virtues which brought about this transformation tended to be perceived as specifically English. Ideas of what constituted Englishness changed from a stock notion of waywardness and unpredictability to one of discipline and dedication. The evolution of the so-called national character - today once more the subject of scrutiny and debate - is traced through the impressions and analyses of foreign observers, and related to English ambitions and anxieties during a period of intense change.