Book Description
An original and revelatory exploration in the hands of an accomplished artist and author, using the human form as a means to introduce the reader to the technique of mosaic- making.
Author : Elaine M. Goodwin
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,86 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Ceramics & glass
ISBN : 9781861269812
An original and revelatory exploration in the hands of an accomplished artist and author, using the human form as a means to introduce the reader to the technique of mosaic- making.
Author : Auguste Le Pileur
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Anatomy
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Author : Auguste LE PILEUR
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 13,48 MB
Release : 1871
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Author : Rāḥēl Ḥaḵlîlî
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 48,4 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9004167544
This publication is engaged in issues, trends, and themes depicted on mosaic pavements discovered in Israel, the Gaza Strip and Petra (the provinces of ancient Palaestina Prima, Secunda and Tertia) with comparable floors in Jordan (Arabia). The majority of the mosaic pavements discussed in this study are dated to the 4th-8th centuries CE. Mosaic pavements were the normal medium for decorating the floors of synagogues, churches, monasteries, and chapels, as well as public and private buildings. Inscriptions found on many of the pavements commemorate the donors, refer to the artists, and sometimes date the mosaics. The ornamentation of the mosaics in this region is remarkable, rich, and varied in its themes and provides many insights into the contemporary artistic and social cultures.
Author : Lilian Broca
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789652295606
A stunning art book, but far more. In addition to glittering reproductions, details and working drawings of the ten mammoth pieces in this award-winning series about Esther of the Bible, the book features the artist's own story, illuminating her journey from war-torn Romania to Israel to Canada, what drew her to Esther and mosaics as a medium, and how she employed ancient techniques with a contemporary sensibility. An art historian provides a chapter comparing Broca's interpretation of Esther to that of such past artists as Rembrandt and Artemisia Gentileschi. The book finishes with a provocative, lyrical prose-poem written in the imagined voice of Esther by a prominent rabbi and scholar. An appendix provides the full text of Esther in beautiful calligraphed Hebrew with an accompanying English translation.
Author : Placide Auguste Le Pileur
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 37,64 MB
Release : 1871
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Author : Sonia King
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 19,36 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Design making
ISBN : 1402740611
This visually arresting volume showcases mosaics from all corners of the globe and teaches the skills needed to produce 15 beautiful pieces of your own.
Author : David W. Jorgensen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 23,81 MB
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3110478080
This reception history of the Gospel of Matthew utilizes theoretical frameworks and literary sources from two typically distinct disciplines, patristic studies and Valentinian (a.k.a. “Gnostic”) studies. The author shows how in the second and third centuries, the Valentinians were important contributors to a shared culture of early Christian exegesis. By examining the use of the same Matthean pericopes by both Valentinian and patristic exegetes, the author demonstrates that certain Valentinian exegetical innovations were influential upon, and ultimately adopted by, patristic authors. Chief among Valentinian contributions include the allegorical interpretation of texts that would become part of the New Testament, a sophisticated theory of the historical and theological relationship between Christians and Jews, and indeed the very conceptualization of the Gospel of Matthew as sacred scripture. This study demonstrates that what would eventually emerge from this period as the ecclesiological and theological center cannot be adequately understood without attending to some groups and individuals that have often been depicted, both by subsequent ecclesiastical leaders and modern scholars, as marginal and heretical.
Author : Erik Thunø
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 39,28 MB
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1107069904
This book focuses on apse mosaics in Rome and engages topics including time, intercession, materiality, repetition, and vision.
Author : Daphna Joel
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0316534625
With profound implications for our most foundational assumptions about gender, Gender Mosaic explains why there is no such thing as a male or female brain. For generations, we've been taught that women and men differ in profound and important ways. Women are more sensitive and emotional, whereas men are more aggressive and sexual, because this or that region in the brains of women is smaller or larger than in men, or because they have more or less of this or that hormone. This story seems to provide us with a neat biological explanation for much of what we encounter in day-to-day life. But is it true? According to neuroscientist Daphna Joel, it's not. And in Gender Mosaic, she sets forth a bold and compelling argument that debunks the notion of female and male brains. Drawing on the latest scientific evidence, including the groundbreaking results of her own studies, Dr. Joel explains that every human brain is a unique mixture -- or mosaic -- of "male" and "female" features, and that these mosaics don't map neatly into two categories. With urgent practical implications for the way we understand ourselves and the world around us, Gender Mosaic is a fascinating look at the science of gender, sex and the brain, and at how freeing ourselves from the gender binary can help us all reach our full human potential.