Search Results - "Humanities"

The art of humanism / by Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983

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Leonardo on the human body / by Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519

Subjects: “…Human anatomy Early works to 1800.…”
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The ascent of man by Bronowski, Jacob, 1908-1974

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Victor Salmones, sculptor : a sense of human / by Macdonald, Cassidy

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Studies in iconology; humanistic themes in the art of the Renaissance. by Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968

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Giorgio de Chirico : the endless journey by Schmied, Wieland, 1929-

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Fra Angelico : dissemblance & figuration by Didi-Huberman, Georges

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Topics of our time : twentieth-century issues in learning and in art by Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001

Table of Contents: “…An autobiographical sketch -- The embattled humanities : the universities in crisis -- Relativism in the humanities : the debate about human nature -- Relativism in the history of ideas -- Relativism in the appreciation of art -- Approaches to the history of art : three points for discussion -- The conservation of our cities : Ruskin's message for today -- Watching artists at work : commitment and improvisation in the history of drawing -- Plato in modern dress : two eyewitness accounts of the origins of Cubism -- Kokoschka in his time -- Image and word in twentieth-century art -- The wit of Saul Steinberg -- A master of poster design : Abram Games -- The photographer as artist : Henri Cartier-Bresson.…”

Renaissance and renascences in Western art. by Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968

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Mechanization takes command, a contribution to anonymous history. by Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968

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The book of tea by Okakura, Kakuzō, 1862-1913

Table of Contents: “…The cup of humanity -- The schools of tea -- Taoism and Zennism -- The tea-room -- Art appreciation -- Flowers -- Tea-masters -- A biographical sketch.…”

As various as their land : the everyday lives of eighteenth century Americans by Wolf, Stephanie Grauman

Table of Contents: “…The domestic economy -- Be it ever so humble -- Human dynamics -- The invention of childhood -- Making land and reaping the rewards -- "Tinker, tailor ... merchant chief" -- Community neighborhood -- Community: networks.…”
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Signs & symbols in Christian art by Ferguson, George Wells, 1899-

Table of Contents: “…Animals, Birds and Insects -- Flowers, Trees and Plants -- Earth and Sky -- The Human Body -- The Old Testament -- St. John the Baptist -- The Virgin Mary -- Jesus Christ -- The Trinity, the Madonna and Angels -- The Saints -- Radiances Letters, Colors and Numbers -- Religious Dress -- Religious Objects -- Artifacts.…”

Allegories of the virtues and vices in mediaeval art from early Christian times to the thirteenth century by Katzenellenbogen, Adolf Edmund Max, 1901-1964

Table of Contents: “…The illustrated manuscripts of the 'Psychomachia' and their influence -- The virtues triumphant -- Man's arduous ascent to God (the ladder of virtue) -- Static representations of systems of virtues and vices. Virtues in human form -- Particular allegories of virtues and vices -- The virtue and vice cycle of Notre-Dame -- The influence of the virtue and vice cycle of Notre-Dame.…”

The dance of Shiva : fourteen Indian essays by Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947

Table of Contents: “…What has India contributed to human welfare? -- Hindu view of art : historical -- Hindu view of art : theory of beauty -- That beauty is a state -- Buddhist primitives -- The dance of Shiva -- Indian images with many arms -- Indian music -- Status of Indian women -- Sahaja -- Intellectual fraternity -- Cosmopolitan view of Nietzsche -- Young India -- Individuality, autonomy and function.…”

Aging, death, and the completion of being

Table of Contents: “…Van Tassel -- Biomedical aspects of aging / Robert Kohn -- Human values, economic values, and the elderly / Juanita M. …”
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The secret language of symbols : a visual key to symbols and their meanings by Fontana, David

Table of Contents: “…Sun, Moon and Starts. Human and Spiritual Symbols. Sex and Fertility.…”
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20,000 years of fashion : the history of costume and personal adornment by Boucher, François, 1885-1966

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Painting as an art by Wollheim, Richard, 1923-2003

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Learning to Look : 20 works of art across time and cultures