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Rethinking J.S. Bach's The Art of Fugue

Rethinking J.S. Bach's The Art of Fugue

The enigmatic character of The Art of Fugue became apparent as early as in its first edition printed more than a year after the composer’s death. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach who published both the first and the second editions raised several unsolved questions regarding this opus. Anatoly P Milka presents a consistent and coherent solution to the unresolved questions about the history structure and appearance of J. S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue opening new perspectives for further exploration of this musical masterpiece. Milka challenges the present scholarly consensus that there exist two different versions of The Art of Fugue (the Autograph and the Original Edition) and argues that Bach had considered four versions of which only two are apparent and have been discussed so far. Only Bach’s illness and death prevented him from fulfilling his plan and publishing a fourth conclusive version of his opus. | Rethinking J. S. Bach's The Art of Fugue

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Ovid's Metamorphoses A Reader for Students in Elementary College Latin

Ovid's Metamorphoses A Reader for Students in Elementary College Latin

Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a Latin reader designed to partner existing elementary Latin textbooks. The book features thirty compelling stories graduated in difficulty and adapted from Ovid’s epic Metamorphoses into prose. The original poem contains many different stories united thematically by the transformation which occurs in all of them; the epic features romance seduction humour violence monsters and misbehaving gods. Each chapter contains: a Latin passage adapted from the epic an accompanying vocabulary list a short commentary to help with translation a concise review of the specific grammar covered a brief comment on a literary aspect of the poem or featured myth. Suitable for college students studying Latin at the elementary level Ovid’s Metamorphoses is designed to be used alongside elementary Latin textbooks. Preserving Ovid’s language and highly vivid descriptions this reader introduces students to the epic masterpiece allows them to consolidate their understanding of Latin prose and offers opportunities for literary discussion. Christine Albright is the 2020 recipient of the CAMWS Bolchazy Pedagogy Book Award. | Ovid's Metamorphoses A Reader for Students in Elementary College Latin

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Theuerdank The Illustrated Epic of a Renaissance Knight

Theuerdank The Illustrated Epic of a Renaissance Knight

Now appearing in its first English translation Theuerdank introduces readers to the fascinating world of the Renaissance. A forerunner of the graphic novel Theuerdank first published in 1517 includes more than 100 woodcuts executed by leading artists of Central Europe. Long hailed by scholars as a masterpiece of German literature Theuerdank is a fictional account of Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I (1508– 19) and his journey to wed one of the most influential princesses of Europe the wealthy heiress Mary of Burgundy. Through word and image this epic poem which casts Maximilian as Knight Theuerdank recounts his adventures overcoming a series of challenges to reach his goal: avalanches lightning strikes shipwrecks murder plots duels and pitched battles. From politics and propaganda to the environment and the natural world from intimate glimpses of daily life to revolutionary innovations in warfare Theuerdank sheds light on those critical changes transforming European society and culture in this period. With the inclusion of an introductory essay chronology genealogical tables maps translator’s note and discussion questions this volume is a useful tool for students of history art history German and Renaissance studies. | Theuerdank The Illustrated Epic of a Renaissance Knight

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Elemental Architecture Temperaments of Sustainability

Elemental Architecture Temperaments of Sustainability

Elemental Architecture presents a new and refreshing approach to sustainable architectural practice. Going beyond the standard performance-based and quantitative sustainable measures it incorporates a broader framework of considerations including the more poetic and noetic possibilities of environmental design. The book is structured around the ancient Greek and medieval alchemists’ system of the Five Temperaments: fire earth air water and ether. Phillip James Tabb examines how these elements produce both positive and negative environmental forces which have an impact on architectural design – from drinking water and fresh air to torrential floods and tornados. He shows how responding to or enhancing these forces can help us to create a more sustainable healthy and purposeful architecture. To illustrate this each chapter draws on seminal contemporary works of architecture from Peter Zumthor’s Bruder-Klaus Field Chapel to Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece at Fallingwater. These examples are accompanied by over a hundred high-quality illustrations. Expanding the discussion of sustainability to include phenomenological as well as qualitative considerations Elemental Architecture is ideal for students and researchers with an interest in sustainable architecture and architectural theory. | Elemental Architecture Temperaments of Sustainability

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Tolstoy on Aesthetics What is Art?

Tolstoy on Aesthetics What is Art?

This title was first published in 2001: Tolstoy's view of art is discussed in most courses in aesthetics particularly his main text What is Art? He believed that the importance of art lies not in its purely aesthetic qualities but in its connection with life and that art becomes decadent where this connection is lost. This view has often been misconceived and its strength overlooked. This book presents a clear exposition of Tolstoy's What is Art? highlighting the value and importance of Tolstoy's views in relation to aesthetics. Mounce considers the problems which exercised Tolstoy and explains their fundamental importance in contemporary disputes. Having viewed these problems of aesthetics as they arise in a classic work Howard Mounce affords readers fresh insights not simply into the problems of aesthetics themselves but also into their contemporary treatment. Students and interested readers of aesthetics and philosophy as well as those exploring the works of Tolstoy in literature will find this book of particular interest and will discover that reading What is Art? with attention affords something of the excitement found in removing the grime from an oil painting - gradually from underneath there appears an authentic masterpiece. | Tolstoy on Aesthetics What is Art?

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Federico Barocci Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

Federico Barocci Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

Reviewers of a recent exhibition termed Federico Barocci (ca. 1533–1612) 'the greatest artist you’ve never heard of'. One of the first original iconographers of the Counter Reformation Barocci was a remarkably inventive religious painter and draftsman and the first Italian artist to incorporate extensive color into his drawings. The purpose of this volume is to offer new insights into Barocci’s work and to accord this artist the dates of whose career fall between the traditional Renaissance and Baroque periods the critical attention he deserves. Employing a range of methodologies the essays include new ideas on Barocci’s masterpiece the Entombment of Christ; fresh thinking about his use of color in his drawings and innovative design methods; insights into his approach to the nude; revelations on a key early patron; a consideration of the reasons behind some of his most original iconography; an analysis of his unusual approach to the marketing of his pictures; an exploration of some little-known aspects of his early production such as his reliance on Italian majolica and contemporary sculpture in developing his compositions; and an examination of a key Barocci document the post mortem inventory of his studio. A translated transcription of the inventory is included as an appendix. | Federico Barocci Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

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The Making of The Wandering Earth A Film Production Handbook

The Making of The Wandering Earth A Film Production Handbook

This handbook takes us through the making of The Wandering Earth one of the highest-grossing non-English films of all time. It is a rare in-depth behind-the-scenes study of the making of a masterpiece taking the reader through the entire production process of a landmark Chinese science fiction film. The book brings to life how The Wandering Earth was created from words to images by a young and innovative professional team assembled by director Frant Gwo. It discusses specialized details of the filmmaking process and the collaborative work of the crew and the cast involved to present an intuitive feeling of the film’s production. A step-by-step guide on the making of a radical large-scale film this handbook critically examines its various stages such as its development and production stages – the planning preparing recruiting setting up departments and processes; writing the screenplay; creating a visual style and the production design; and the principal photography; its challenging post-production stages – the editing visual effects production color mixing; dubbing sound editing; publicity etc. Further the chapters in volume also explore how Chinese science fiction films disrupt the Western narrative context and provide the larger discourse on Chinese science fiction. Richly illustrated with exclusive first-hand visuals from the making of the film this handbook part of the Studies in Global Genre Fiction series will be an essential read for professionals scholars researchers and students of film and media production film studies popular culture cultural studies Chinese studies world literature and science fiction. It will also be of interest to the general reader interested in filmmaking. | The Making of The Wandering Earth A Film Production Handbook

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The Economics of John Maynard Keynes

The Economics of John Maynard Keynes

Widely recognized as one of the greatest economists in history there has been a surge of interest in the work of John Maynard Keynes since the financial crisis of 2008 with people looking for solutions to rebalance the economy. Presciently Keynes argued that free markets are unable to fully organize economic activity and that the steadying and reforming hand of the State is needed for capitalism to function properly. In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008 exacerbated by a global pandemic these ideas are more timely than ever. This book provides an introduction to Keynes’ thoughts on capitalism the State and macroeconomics. It starts with Keynes’ epistemological theory of his A Treatise on Probability (1921) from which aspects such as uncertainty and the decision-making process both later important in his economic work can be drawn. The book then pursues Keynes’ economic writings. From A Tract on the Monetary Reform (1923) and A Treatise on Money (1930) it shows Keynes’ pursuit of a full understanding of the role of money in the economy. Keynes masterfully demonstrated the knowledge he gained through his 1936 masterpiece The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money. Going beyond Keynes’ classic this book also explores his later work on economic policy prescriptions and finally his concept of State and economic development. This accessible introduction to the economic thought of Keynes will be essential reading for those interested in the history and development of economics as well as political scientists sociologists historians and others seeking an overview of these foundational economic ideas. | The Economics of John Maynard Keynes

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Tractatus in Context The Essential Background for Appreciating Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Tractatus in Context The Essential Background for Appreciating Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s brief Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) is one of the most important philosophical works of the twentieth century yet it offers little orientation for the reader. The first-time reader is left wondering what it could be about and the scholar is left with little guidance for interpretation. In Tractatus in Context James C. Klagge presents the vital background necessary for appreciating Wittgenstein’s gnomic masterpiece. Tractatus in Context contains the early reactions to the Tractatus including the initial reviews written in 1922-1924. And while we can’t talk with Wittgenstein we can do the next best thing—hear what he had to say about the Tractatus. Klagge thus presents what Wittgenstein thought about germane issues leading up to his writing the book in discussions and correspondence with others about his ideas and what he had to say about the Tractatus after it was written—in letters lectures and conversations. It offers you might say Wittgenstein’s own commentary on the book. Key Features: Illuminates what is at stake in the Tractatus by providing the views of others that engaged Wittgenstein as he was writing it. Includes Wittgenstein’s earlier thoughts on ideas in the book as recorded in his notebooks letters and conversations as well as his later retrospective comments on those ideas. Draws on new or little-known sources such as Wittgenstein’s coded notebooks Hermine’s notes Frege’s letters Hänsel’s diary Ramsey’s notes and Skinner’s dictations. Draws connections between the background context and specific passages in the Tractatus using a proposition-by-proposition commentary. | Tractatus in Context The Essential Background for Appreciating Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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Magnolias without Moonlight The American South from Regional Confederacy to National Integration

Magnolias without Moonlight The American South from Regional Confederacy to National Integration

The eleven ex-Confederate states continue to be thoroughly American and at the same time an exception to the national mainstream. The region's dual personality how it came into being and the purposes and interests it served is examined here as well as its central role in the politics and culture wars flowing from the transformative Civil Rights Movement and the other social justice movements of the 1950s and 1960s. The essays on this theme include a penetrating explication of C. Vann Woodward's masterpiece Origins of the New South 1877-1913 which is explicitly informed by the scholarship of the fifty years since the book's original publication. Hackney explores the political transformation of the South and the identity politics that continue to structure national political competition. The bi-racial nature of Southern society lies at the heart of Southern identity in all of its varieties. Understanding that identity is a purpose that underlies all of the chapters. Hackney uses quantitative analysis of hom-icide data to establish beyond doubt for the first time that the South has long been more violent and that there is a cultural component of that violence that exists beyond the usual social predictors of higher homicide rates in the United States. He muses over the failure of the usual social predictors of votes for the Democratic Party to predict the party's performance in the region. Timely elegantly written and wide in intellectual scope Magnolias without Moonlight will be of interest to a broad readership of historians cultural studies specialists political scientists and sociologists. | Magnolias without Moonlight The American South from Regional Confederacy to National Integration

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