Lois Parkinson Zamora, Monika Kaup, "Baroque New Worlds: Representation, Transculturation, Counterconquest"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0822346303, 0822346427 | PDF | pages: 690 | 7.8 mb
Baroque New Worlds traces the changing nature of Baroque representation in Europe and the Americas across four centuries, from its seventeenth-century origins as a Catholic and monarchical aesthetic and ideology to its contemporary function as a postcolonial ideology aimed at disrupting entrenched power structures and perceptual categories. Baroque forms are exuberant, ample, dynamic, and porous, and in the regions colonized by Catholic Europe, the Baroque was itself eventually colonized. In the New World, its transplants immediately began to reflect the cultural perspectives and iconographies of the indigenous and African artisans who built and decorated Catholic structures, and Europe's own cultural products were radically altered in turn. Today, under the rubric of the Neobaroque, this transculturated Baroque continues to impel artistic expression in literature, the visual arts, architecture, and popular entertainment worldwide.
BARRE CHORDS: GUITAR EXERCISES (The exclusive guitar and bass guitar methods by Luca Mancino) by Luca MAncino, Angelo Blundo
English | July 7, 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B63WLSSY | EPUB | 6.08 Mb
Playing barre chords for a beginner guitarist is really tiring and above all disheartening. This method offers numerous progressive training exercises that will accompany you throughout the journey making enjoyable and fun study. You will be able to study and strengthen the barre also with all four fingers, obtaining in a short time a satisfactory result with no more pain in the hand and no more effort. Finally you can play all the arpeggios and songs you want. Remember, to get a clean sounding barre, you need to be patient and practice daily. All examples are transcribed with standard notation, picking, fingering and tablature. What are you waiting for? Start now!
Awaken the Departed by Steve Preston
English | 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B00TPNM5PG | 200 pages | EPUB | 1.34 Mb
This book is a journey into the in between world of life and death. Many have felt, heard, or sensed their loved ones after they have gone and science tells us this is reasonable. Religions tell us this is desirable, and history tells us this is frequent. Sometimes the images see are of other entities so we must also be cautious and understand who, how, why, and when these apparitions are good, how we can interact, how we can initiate, when and why we should be cautious. The bottom line is that the dead can talk and we should listen.
Authenticating Culture in Imperial Japan: Kuki Shuzo and the Rise of National Aesthetics By Leslie Pincus
1996 | 285 Pages | ISBN: 0520201345 | PDF | 67 MB
During the interwar years in Japan, discourse on culture turned sharply inward after generations of openness to Western ideas. The characterizations that arose-that Japanese culture is unique, essential, and enduring-came to be accepted both inside and outside Japan. Leslie Pincus focuses on the work of Kuki Shuzo, a philosopher and the author of the classic "Iki" no Kozo, to explore culture and theory in Japan during the interwar years. She shows how Japanese intellectual culture ultimately became complicit, even instrumental, in an increasingly repressive and militaristic regime that ultimately brought the world to war.Pincus provides an extensive critical study of Kuki's intellectual lineage and shows how it intersects with a number of central figures in both European and Japanese philosophy. The discussion moves between Germany, France, and Japan, providing a guide to the development of culture in a number of national settings from the turn of the century to the 1930s.Inspired by the work of Foucault, the Marxist culturalists, and the Frankfurt School, Pincus reads against the grain of traditional interpretation. Her theoretically informed approach situates culture in a historical perspective and charts the ideological dimensions of cultural aesthetics in Japan. Authenticating Culture in Imperial Japan makes an important contribution to our understanding of modernity, nationalism, and fascism in the early twentieth century.
Authentic Vietnamese Cuisines: Homemade Unique Vietnamese Cuisines for Beginners and Pros by Keanu Wood
English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09GDSY7V6 | 144 pages | EPUB | 3.70 Mb
I have a cousin, Ralph, who didn't like meals with lots of oil, sugar, and dairy products. He was not just a sucker for meals like that. Hosting him was always a problem because even though I eat healthily, the considerable amount of sugar, oil, and dairy that I prepare my meals with was too much for him.
Authentic Art Deco Jewelry Designs By Franco Deboni
2003 | 96 Pages | ISBN: 048624346X | EPUB | 11 MB
Meticulous reproduction of rare portfolio (1925-30) contains over 700 dazzling designs and motifs for buckles, clips, belts, mirrors, pendants, cigarette cases, rings, chains, necklaces, watchbands, brooches, studs, and charms. Invaluable, copyright-free source of authentic Art Deco designs for artists, jewelers, and period specialists.
Teri James Bellis, "Assessment & Management of Central Auditory Processing Disorders in the Educational Setting: From Science to Practice 2nd Edition"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0769301304 | PDF | pages: 553 | 27.6 mb
Provides the reader with an interpretation of central auditory processing disorders that is both scientific and clinical. The information is presented in an easy to read and understand format. This book is ideal for practicing clinicians who are looking for a review of this complex subject. The text is clearly presented to aid the learning process, with learning objectives set out at the beginning of each chapter, and the inclusion of lots of tables, key notes boxes and highlighted sentences.
Artificial Neural Networks and Structural Equation Modeling: Marketing and Consumer Research Applications
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9811965080 | 350 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 7 MB
This book goes into a detailed investigation of adapting artificial neural network (ANN) and structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques in marketing and consumer research. The aim of using a dual-stage SEM and ANN approach is to obtain linear and non-compensated relationships because the ANN method captures non-compensated relationships based on the black box technology of artificial intelligence. Hence, the ANN approach validates the results of the SEM method. In addition, such the novel emerging approach increases the validity of the prediction by determining the importance of the variables. Consequently, the number of studies using SEM-ANN has increased, but the different types of study cases that show customization of different processes in ANNs method combination with SEM are still unknown, and this aspect will be affecting to the generation results. Thus, there is a need for further investigation in marketing and consumer research. This book bridges the significant gap in this research area.
Archeological Paradise: The Egypt | 100 Glorious Places you Must Visit in Egypt: Travel Lists | Places to Travel | Travel Magazine | Coffee Table Book by PhotoBarrel Editions
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BM92V29Z | 100 pages | EPUB | 21 Mb
Egypt is the site of one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Dating back to 5500 BC, the country was once ruled by the mystical pharaohs. Later, the country was also an important outpost for the Greek and Roman empires.
Ignas Kalpokas, "Algorithmic Governance: Politics and Law in the Post-Human Era"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030319210 | PDF | pages: 125 | 1.8 mb
This book analyses the changes to the regulation of everyday life that have taken place as a result of datafication, the ever-growing analytical, predictive, and structuring role of algorithms, and the prominence of the platform economy. This new form of regulation - algorithmic governance - ranges from nudging individuals towards predefined outcomes to outright structuration of behaviour through digital architecture. The author reveals the strength and pervasiveness of algorithmic politics through a comparison with the main traditional form of regulation: law. These changes are subsequently demonstrated to reflect a broader shift away from anthropocentric accounts of the world. In doing so, the book adopts a posthumanist framework which focuses on deep embeddedness and interactions between humans, the natural environment, technology, and code.