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The Oxford Book of Latin Verse: From the Earliest Fragments to the End of the Vth Century A.D.
История, Культурология

The Oxford Book of Latin Verse: From the Earliest Fragments to the End of the Vth Century A.D.

Автор: Garrod H. W.
Язык: английский
Год: 1912
Статус: Закончена
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Latin poetry begins where almost all poetry begins—in the rude ceremonial of a primitive people placating an unknown and dreaded spiritual world. The earliest fragments are priestly incantations. In one of these fragments the Salii placate...
Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples
История, Культурология

Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples

Автор: Pritzker Barry M. M.
Язык: английский
Год: 2000
Статус: Закончена
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Dispelling myths, answering questions, and stimulating thoughtful avenues for further inquiry, this highly absorbing reference provides a wealth of specific information about over 200 North American Indian groups in Canada and the United States....
Greeks and Pre-Greeks: Aegean Prehistory and Greek Heroic Tradition
История, Культурология

Greeks and Pre-Greeks: Aegean Prehistory and Greek Heroic Tradition

Автор: Finkelberg Margalit
Язык: английский
Год: 2009
Статус: Закончена
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Systematically confronting Greek tradition of the Heroic Age with the evidence of both linguistics and archaeology, Margalit Finkelberg proposes an interdisciplinary assessment of the ethnic, linguistic and cultural situation in Greece in the...
Joachim Wtewael: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
Изобразительное искусство, фотография

Joachim Wtewael: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

Автор: Lowenthal Anne W.
Язык: английский
Год: 1995
Статус: Закончена
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The Dutch history painter Joachim Wtewael is widely admired for his astonishing small paintings on copper. The Getty Museum’s Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan is one of his finest works in this unusually demanding medium. Though only eight...
Alphonse Mucha: The complete grafic works
Изобразительное искусство, фотография

Alphonse Mucha: The complete grafic works

Автор: Bridges Ann
Язык: английский
Год: 1980
Статус: Закончена
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Art lovers around the world recall with delight Mucha's wonderful portraits of Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha single-handedly revolutionized French poster art at the turn of the century with art nouveau advertisements for Moet & Chandon, Job, Nestle's,...
The News: A User's Manual
Культурология

The News: A User's Manual

Автор: Де Боттон Ален
Язык: английский
Год: 2014
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The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton...