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Автор: Elderfield John, Morton Mary G., Rey Xavier Название: Cezanne Portraits ISBN: 0691177864 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691177861 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 8276.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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A major new study of the portraiture of one of the most important artists of the nineteenth century
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) may be best known for his landscapes, but he also painted some 160 portraits throughout his exceptional career. This major work establishes portraiture as an essential practice for Cezanne, from his earliest self-portraits in the 1860s; to his famous depictions of figures including his wife Hortense Fiquet, the writer Emile Zola, and the art dealer Ambrose Vollard; and concluding with a poignant series of portraits of his gardener Vallier, made shortly before Cezanne's death.
Featured essays by leading experts explore the special pictorial and thematic characteristics of Cezanne's portraits. The authors address the artist's creation of complementary pairs and multiple versions of the same subject, as well as the role of self-portraiture for Cezanne. They investigate the chronological evolution of his portrait work, with an examination of the changes that occurred within his artistic style and method, and in his understanding of resemblance and identity. They also consider the extent to which particular sitters influenced the characteristics and development of Cezanne's practice.
Beautifully illustrated with works of art drawn from public and private collections around the world, Cezanne Portraits presents an astonishingly broad range of images that reveal the most personal and human qualities of this remarkable artist.
Exhibition Schedule: Musee d'Orsay, Paris (June 13 to September 24, 2017) National Portrait Gallery, London (October 26, 2017 to February 11, 2018) National Gallery of Art, Washington (March 25 to July 1, 2018)
Автор: Canonne Xavier Название: Magritte: Lifeline ISBN: 8857238970 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788857238975 Издательство: Thames & Hudson Рейтинг: Цена: 5280.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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Based on Magritte's own vision of his artistic lineage, Life Line traces the "disturbing poetic effect" of his paintings
In 1938, Ren Magritte delivered a lecture entitled "La Ligne de vie" ("The Life Line") in Antwerp--one of the rare occasions in which the artist talked about his work in public. During the hour-long lecture, he illustrated, with the aid of slides, the evolution of his work, and revealed the techniques that had allowed him to create images characterized by what he called a "disturbing poetic effect."
Following the thread laid out by Magritte in that lecture, this catalog retraces the artist's career from its beginnings, featuring over 90 of his works alongside others by artists such as Giorgio de Chirico and Max Ernst, whom Magritte named as among his influences during his early years. Ren Magritte: Life Line takes up the ideas Magritte expressed about his work and extends them, exploring how the artist's approach to creation allowed him to find ever-new sources of inspiration and to produce works of outstanding poetic force right up to the end of his life. The most celebrated Belgian artist of the 20th century, Ren Magritte (1898-1967) is best known for his hyper-illusionistic Surrealist paintings that explore the relationship between image, language and reality. "It is a union that suggests the essential mystery of the world," Magritte said of his strategy of staging strange juxtapositions of objects. "Art for me is not an end in itself, but a means of evoking that mystery."
Автор: Marquez Xavier, Davis J. C., Morrow John Название: Democratic Moments: Reading Democratic Texts ISBN: 1350006173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350006171 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 4117.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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This collection of short essays on texts in the history of democracy shows the diversity of ideas that contributed to the making of our present democratic moment.
The selection of texts goes beyond the standard, Western-centric canonical history of democracy, with its beginnings in ancient Athens and its climax in the French and American revolutions, recovering some of the significant body of democratic and anti-democratic thought in Latin America, Asia, and elsewhere. It includes discussions of well-known philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, but also of a variety of thinkers much less well known in English as writers on democracy: Al Farabi, Bolivar, Gandhi, Radishchev, Lenin, Sun Yat-sen, and many others. The essays thus de-center our understanding of the moments where the idea of democracy was articulated, rejected, and appropriated.
Spanning antiquity to the present and global in scope, with contributions by key scholars of democracy from around the world, Democratic Moments is the ideal text for all students wishing to expand their understanding of the ways in which this contested concept has been understood.
Автор: Roegiers, Xavier Название: From knowledge to competency ISBN: 2807606245 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782807606241 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 8758.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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We gain knowledge, we obtain qualifications and degrees - but does this allow us to act in the diverse real-life situations we face, from medical diagnosis to essay writing, from mathematical problems to the assessment of a project?
This book addresses the method and results of a wholly original study, based on the following question: what makes us competent? What allows us to act in concrete ways to process situations that require much more than knowledge? The study deconstructs our internal mechanisms and sheds light on the respective roles that cognitive and emotional factors play in our ability to process complex situations.
The results are drawn from a database that includes over 11,000 people from 8 countries across 3 continents, speaking 4 different languages. The results reveal some striking insights into the variables that influence our potential to act, including age, gender, culture, and the relevant areas of competency.
The study offers, in a concrete way, based on a series of multiple-choice questions (MCQ), a way to very precisely determine each person's strengths and weaknesses when it comes to taking action, at both emotional and cognitive levels. It therefore lays the foundations for finding specific ways of increasing everyone's potential.
Описание: "Truly new insights that lead to better decision making. "JELLE PRINS, DESIGN MANAGER, UBER In our changing consumer landscape, it's not enough to produce an outstanding product or service. To grow valuable relationships with customers, organisations must successfully bridge the gap between data and customer experience. This accessible book contains exhilarating practical examples and takes a refreshing look at how small and large businesses can harness the power of data and gain deep insights into customer needs by making a real connection, even at the kitchen table. The tools included are the key to change your organisation's culture to focus on both human relationships and analytics and grow a healthier financial bottom line. Learn how to: -find customers willing to build a long-term relationship -invest in loyal customers without going bankrupt -understand the impact of pricing -explore the power of big data with common sense -discover deeper customer needs Praise for How to Succeed in the Relationship Economy The authors look into the future of subscription economics as few can. It elegantly captures the change in the consumer landscape we are witnessing... This book is a must-read for anyone serious about evolving their business." --STACY SPIKES, Cofounder, MoviePass "A real milestone in a journey every business should have embarked upon a while ago. It's never too late to learn from the best, and I encourage you to dive deep into this most up-to-date guide available on data and customer experience." --VINCENT PEYREGNE, CEO, WAN-IFRA "A fascinating, real-world guide for businesses who want to harness the power of smart analytics to create meaningful and sustainable customer relationships." --DAVID CLINCH, Global News Editor, Storyful "We have moved from a transactional economy to a relational economy. This is a timely book ... because it provides us with the essential tools to manage this shift." --ERIK ROSCAM ABBING, Director, Livework Netherlands
Автор: Julia, Xavier Moreno Название: Blue division ISBN: 1845197372 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781845197377 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 20378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book, translated from the original Spanish, is the primary academic and historical study of the Blue Division -- a Falangist initiative involving the dispatch of some forty-thousand Spanish combatants (over a half of whom paid with their lives, health, or liberty) to the Russian Front during the Second World War. Xavier Moreno Julia does not limit himself to relating their deeds under arms, but also analyses -- for the first time -- the political background in detail: the complex relations between the Spanish government and Hitler's Germany; the internal conflicts between the Falangists and the Army; the rise and fall of Franco's brother-in-law, Minister Ramon Serrano Suner, who inspired the Blue Division and became the second most powerful person in Spain; and the attitude of General Agustin Munoz Grandes, commander of the Blue Division, who was encouraged by Berlin to seriously consider the possibility of taking over the reins of Spanish power. In the end, there were 45,500 reasons that led to joining the Blue Division -- one for each young man who decided to enlist. To understand all of the complex reasons behind their military service under German command is impossible at this juncture. It is an irrecoverable past that lies in Spanish cemeteries and on the Russian steppes. This book, based on massive documentation in German, British and Spanish archives, is an essential source of information to understand Spain in the 1940s -- an epoch when the Caudillo's power and the regime's good fortune were less secure than is often believed. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies, LSE.
Автор: Aloisio Francis Xavier Название: The Age of Magic and Wisdom ISBN: 0983551693 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780983551690 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2750.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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