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Horses
The remarkable relationship between people and horses has been evoked in art from the beginning of the bond between them. In this beautifully illustrated book, Catherine Johns explores the horse in art from the ancient world to the modern era, from the Horse of Selene to Persian miniatures and prints by Duerer, Stubbs, and Hokusai.
Word Into Art
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Crossing the Kingdom
For many people, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia evokes images of deserts, camels, and oil, along with rich sheikh in white robes, oppressed women in black veils, and terrorists. But when Loring Danforth traveled through the country in 2012, he found a world much more complex and inspiring than he could have ever imagined. With vivid descriptions and moving personal narratives, Danforth takes us across the Kingdom, from the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the country’s national oil company on the Persian Gulf, to the centuries-old city of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast with its population of undocumented immigrants from all over the Muslim world. He presents detailed portraits of a young woman jailed for protesting the ban on women driving, a Sufi scholar encouraging Muslims and Christians to struggle together with love to know God, and an artist citing the Quran and using metal gears and chains to celebrate the diversity of the pilgrims who come to Mecca. Crossing the Kingdom paints a lucid portrait of contemporary Saudi culture and the lives of individuals, who like us all grapple with modernity at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Religion and Everyday Life and Culture
This intriguing three-volume set explores the ways in which religion is bound to the practice of daily life and how daily life is bound to religion. In Religion and Everyday Life and Culture, 36 international scholars describe the impact of religious practices around the world, using rich examples drawn from personal observation. Instead of repeating generalizations about what religion should mean, these volumes examine how religions actually influence our public and private lives "on the ground," on a day-to-day basis. Volume one introduces regional histories of the world's religions and discusses major ritual practices, such as the Catholic Mass and the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Volume ...
Adultes dyslexiques
"D'après l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, les troubles dyslexiques touchent de façon plus ou moins sévère de 8 à 12% de la population. En effet ces troubles persistent bien au-delà de l'enfance et de la scolarité. Or comme l'affirment le docteur J Martin et le professeur Colé : " Les déficits persistants en lecture des adultes dyslexiques les placent dans une situation de handicap. La présence de ces déficits souligne l'importance de la poursuite d'aménagements dans le cadre scolaire et universitaire pour les lecteurs dyslexiques. " Nombreux sont les dyslexiques adultes, et notamment les étudiants, même lorsqu'ils ont été pris en charge durant leur scolarité, qui manquent d'informations pour pallier leurs difficultés. Cet ouvrage réunit des conseils pratiques et un ensemble de témoignages pour faciliter leur études et les aider à affronter les difficultés rencontrées dans leur univers professionnel."--Page 4 de la couverture.
Science institutrice (La)
La science participe à notre formation, intellectuelle et morale. Elle nous ins-titue comme êtres humains, c’est-à-dire comme personnes libres. Mais la connaissons-nous bien ? Que savons-nous de sa maturation, de son élaboration, de sa pérégrination, des bonaces et des bourrasques qu’elle traverse ? Son horizon est-il fermé ou bien illimité ? Son ambition est-elle de dé-crire le monde ? de l’expliquer ? de le maîtriser ? Quelle connivence entretient-elle avec le langage, quel lien avec la culture ? Devons-nous la juger aux bienfaits qu’elle sait nous dispenser ou aux méfaits qu’elle peut nous infliger ? C’est à une réflexion sur ces questions que nous convie ce livre qui s’interroge sur les rapports de la science avec sa propre histoire mais aussi avec l’art, la religion, les langues anciennes et les droits de l’homme. Yves Quéré, physicien, fut professeur et directeur de l’enseignement à l’École polytechnique. Membre de l’Académie des sciences, il participe avec Georges Charpak et Pierre Léna au programme La main à la pâte de rénovation de l’enseignement scientifique à l’école primaire.
Art of the Middle East
Artistic expression in the Middle East is experiencing something of a renaissance. Domestic patronage is flourishing, and an impressive array of new museums and art fairs across the region is helping to stimulate international interest in an increasingly influential movement. Art of the Middle East is an accessible overview of modern and contemporary art of the Middle East and Arab world from 1945 to the present, with an emphasis on artists active today. The featured works are divided into seven themed sections - including literature, portraiture and the body, and politics, conflict and war - while extended captions provide an engaging commentary on each artwork and the artist behind its creation. Lavishly illustrated throughout, this landmark publication is an authoritative guide to a challenging and exciting body of work.
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art
The Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art illuminates important artists, styles, and movements of the past 70 years. Beginning with the immediate post-World War II period, it encompasses earlier 20th century masters, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Jean Dubuffet, Stuart Davis, Georgia O’Keeffe, and other well-known figures, who remained creatively productive, while also inspiring younger generations. The book covers subsequent developments, including abstract expressionism, happenings, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, arte povera, feminist art, photorealism, neo-expressionism, and postmodernism, as well as the contributions of su...
