Loving and Studying Nature: Celebrating the Earth Through History, Culture and Education, Skilbeck Malcolm
Автор: Dougill John Название: Japan`s World Heritage Sites: Unique Culture, Unique Nature ISBN: 4805314753 ISBN-13(EAN): 9784805314753 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 28590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Japan`s World Heritage Sites presents the exquisite temples, shrines, gardens, castles and natural wonders found throughout Japan which have now been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This new edition has more convenient size and includes many newly-designated UNESCO sites.
Название: Thinking through fashion ISBN: 1350125202 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350125209 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 23220.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Learning how to think through fashion is both exciting and challenging, being dependent on one's ability to critically engage with an array of theories and concepts. This is the first book designed to accompany readers through the process of thinking through fashion. It aims to help them grasp both the relevance of social and cultural theory to fashion, dress, and material culture and, conversely, the relevance of those fields to social and cultural theory. It does so by offering a guide through the work of selected major thinkers, introducing their concepts and ideas. Each chapter is written by an expert contributor and is devoted to a key thinker, capturing the significance of their thought to the understanding of the field of fashion, while also assessing the importance of this field for a critical engagement with these thinkers' ideas.This is a guide and reference for students and scholars in the fields of fashion, dress and material culture, the creative industries, sociology, cultural history, design and cultural studies.
Автор: Gregg John R. Название: Sex, the World History: Through Time, Religion and Culture ISBN: 1796039454 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781796039450 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 53290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Sex, the World History: Through Time, Religion, and Culture has three sections. Section I of the book is titled The Ancient World: Early Europe to the Renaissance and Islam. It is a daring exploration of human sexuality from the ancient to the modern world. Revealed are sexual practices and beliefs previously omitted or obscured from all historical telling. In a scathing condemnation of religion and its control of sex, the book explores complex relationships between spirituality and sexuality. The relatively recent fall of the mother goddess and her supremacy throughout most of human existence are detailed in both word and image. These pages share erotic artworks and explicit literary excerpts from throughout the world, painstakingly culled from the hidden treasure trove of cultures throughout history. Sex, the Illustrated History traces sexual attitudes from the transcendent to the bizarre throughout the world's cultures. Revealed for the first time is the bisexuality of the majority of human cultures. Before Christianity, Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and most human cultures practiced male/male love along with male/female love. Lesbianism is also treated in depth. It offers, in very readable form, an encyclopedic tour of the sexuality of humankind. Section II entitled Sex, the Illustrated History begins a bold probe of human sexuality from Asia, Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, ancient North and South America, and Africa, and it moves into the modern world. The analysis of gender truths and religion and its control of sex continues as the book pursues intricate relationships between spirituality and sexuality. The book is leagues beyond the classic History of Sexuality by Michael Foucault, which was written in the 1950s. Section III entitled Sex, the Illustrated History begins a courageous exploration of human sexuality from the Enlightenment to the current modern world. It also talks about Europe from the seventeenth century to the modern world, Victorian licentiousness, colonial North and South America to the current day Americas, world wars and sex slavery, Roman Catholic molestations, counterculture love, child brides and forced marriages, and slavery and homosexuality through time. The book explores complicated relationships between modern spirituality and sexuality.
Автор: Beehler Bruce M., Laman Tim Название: New Guinea: Nature and Culture of Earth`s Grandest Island ISBN: 069118030X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691180304 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman
In this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman take the reader on an unforgettable journey through the natural and cultural wonders of the world's grandest island. Skillfully combining a wealth of information, a descriptive and story-filled narrative, and more than 200 stunning color photographs, the book unlocks New Guinea's remarkable secrets like never before.
Lying between the Equator and Australia's north coast, and surrounded by the richest coral reefs on Earth, New Guinea is the world's largest, highest, and most environmentally complex tropical island--home to rainforests with showy rhododendrons, strange and colorful orchids, tree-kangaroos, spiny anteaters, ingenious bowerbirds, and spectacular birds of paradise. New Guinea is also home to more than a thousand traditional human societies, each with its own language and lifestyle, and many of these tribes still live in isolated villages and serve as stewards of the rainforests they inhabit.
Accessible and authoritative, New Guinea provides a comprehensive introduction to the island's environment, animals, plants, and traditional rainforest cultures. Individual chapters cover the island's history of exploration; geology; climate and weather; biogeography; plantlife; insects, spiders, and other invertebrates; freshwater fishes; snakes, lizards, and frogs; birdlife; mammals; paleontology; paleoanthropology; cultural and linguistic diversity; surrounding islands and reefs; the pristine forest of the Foja Mountains; village life; and future sustainability.
Complete with informative illustrations and a large, detailed map, New Guinea offers an enchanting account of the island's unequalled natural and cultural treasures.
Автор: Alberti Samuel J. M. M. Название: Nature and Culture: Objects, Disciplines and the Manchester Museum ISBN: 0719089034 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719089039 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 28150.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Nature and Culture asks how objects were collected and displayed in the twentieth century. It explores natural and cultural objects in the Manchester Museum, a major university collection. How did these specimens come to be there? What happened to them in the collection, and who used them? -- .
Автор: Silbergeld, J., Wang, E.Y., et al. Название: The Zoomorphic Imagination in Chinese Art and Culture ISBN: 0824846761 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824846763 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 62700.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: China has an age-old zoomorphic tradition. The First Emperor was famously said to have had the heart of a tiger and a wolf. The names of foreign tribes were traditionally written with characters that included animal radicals. In modern times, the communistgovernment frequently referred to Nationalists as “running dogs,” and President Xi Jinping, vowing to quell corruption at all levels, pledged to capture both “the tigers” and “the flies.” Splendidly illustrated with works ranging from Bronze Age vessels to twentieth-century conceptual pieces, this volume is a wide-ranging look at zoomorphic and anthropomorphic imagery in Chinese art. The contributors, leading scholars in Chinese art history and related fields, consider depictions of animals not as simple, one-for-one symbolic equivalents: they pursue in depth, in complexity, and in multiple dimensions the ways that Chinese have used animals from earliest times to the present day to represent and rhetorically stage complex ideas about the world around them, examining what this means about China, past and present.In each chapter, a specific example or theme based on real or mythic creatures is derived from religious, political, or other sources, providing the detailed and learned examination needed to understand the means by which such imagery was embedded in Chinese cultural life. Bronze Age taotie motifs, calendrical animals, zoomorphic modes in Tantric Buddhist art, Song dragons and their painters, animal rebuses, Heaven-sent auspicious horses and foreign-sent tribute giraffes, the fantastic specimens depicted in the Qing Manual of Sea Oddities, the weirdly indeterminate creatures found in the contemporary art of Huang Yong Ping—these and other notable examples reveal Chinese attitudes over time toward the animal realm, exploreChinese psychology and patterns of imagination, and explain some of the critical means and motives of Chinese visual culture.The Zoomorphic Imagination in Chinese Art and Culture will find a ready audience among East Asian art and visual culture specialists and those with an interest in literary or visual rhetoric.
Автор: Hepworth Adrian Название: Costa Rica: A Journey Through Nature ISBN: 0801453062 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801453069 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 41190.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
Adrian Hepworth's Costa Rica: A Journey through Nature takes readers on a spectacular photographic journey through one of the most biologically diverse countries on the planet. Above a trail, a puma stands majestically on a tree limb surveying the forest below; an iridescent blue butterfly flutters through the air; the jewel-like feathers of a resplendent quetzal sparkle in a cloud forest; a female sea snake and her newly born offspring struggle across a beach under a relentless sun; and early morning light reveals a turtle spraying clouds of sand over its nest.The second edition of this book includes over 100 new photographs, new maps, a new introduction, and updated text throughout. Bringing together dramatic images and informative descriptions, this book provides a remarkable account of wild animals in Costa Rica, their behavior, and the sublime landscapes that they inhabit.
A beautiful adult coloring book featuring gorgeous designs celebrating Native American culture. Contains 60 full-page illustrations. Carefully curated designs will provide hours of fun, stress relief, creativity, and relaxation. A variety of styles from simpler to complex allows colorists of all levels to enjoy and create.
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Автор: Simmons, Clare A. Название: Medievalist traditions in nineteenth-century bri - celebrating the calendar year ISBN: 1843845733 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843845737 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 89760.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: A survey of the rituals of the year in Victorian England, showing the influence of the Middle Ages.
Автор: Paintner Christine Valters Название: Earth, Our Original Monastery: Cultivating Wonder and Gratitude Through Intimacy with Nature ISBN: 193205720X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781932057201 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 15590.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: How can we meet God in our everyday lives? In Earth Is the Original Monastery, Christine Valters Paintner, bestselling author and online abbess for Abbey of the Arts, shares how living contemplatively with an appreciation for the natural world can make us more aware of the presence of God in every aspect of our lives. She explores monks, mystics, and saints who have experienced the goodness of the Divine in nature and invites us to find solace and spiritual revelation in the wonder of God's creation.
Автор: Olwig Kenneth R., Olwig K. R. Название: The Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage ISBN: 1138976822 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138976825 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 46950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The idea that the heritage of nature is fundamentally cultural is provocative to many, but it is becoming increasingly accepted in the context of heritage preservation. It is argued here that perspectives on natural vs. cultural heritage as a contested patrimony are, to some extent, governed by intellectual and geographical positions.
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