Though numbering just 35 known works, the œuvre of Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675) is hailed as one of the most important and inspiring portfolios in art history. His paintings have prompted a New York Times bestseller, a film starring Scarlett Johansson, and record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington. Vermeer's subjects focus on daily domestic activities, from letter writing to music playing to preparations in the kitchen. The scenes astound with their meticulous detail, majestic planes of light, and with Vermeer’s extraordinary ability to draw out narrative intrigues. In such ... |
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Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses. Scale addresses big, urgent questions about global sustainability, population explosion, urbanization, ageing, cancer, human lifespans and the increasing pace of life, but also encourages us to question the world around us. Why can we live for 120 years but not for a thousand? Why does the pace of life continually increase? Why do mice live for just two or three years and elephants for up to 75? Why do companies behave like mice, and are they ... |
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The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst. ... Why do human beings behave as they do? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures? This is the exhilarating ... |
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Истинска история и вълнуващ разказ за мъжете, които буквално пренасят на плещите си алпинистите на света до К2. ... 1 август 2008 г. е може би най-трагичната дата в историята на алпинизма. Четиридесет тренирани катерачи се отправят към К2 с намерението да покорят върха, след като седмици наред са очаквали подходящия момент и благоприятни метеорологични условия. Единадесет от тях никога няма да се завърнат у дома и остават погребани сред небесата на осем хиляди метра. Дали богинята Такар Долсангма, пазителка на К2, се е разгневила в онзи ден и търсейки жертви, е напуснала върха, яхнала своя зелен дракон? Само шерпите и ... |
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“ История на българите ” за първи път ще представи летописа на народа ни, а не на българските земи, както повечето досегашни научни трудове. Амбициозният проект е съвместно дело с издателство “Знание”. Сред редакционния съвет на мащабния исторически труд изпъкват имената на водещи наши учени и историци – проф. Д-р Георги Бакалов , проф. Д-р Георги Марков , проф. Д-р Григор Велев доц. Д-р Емил Александров, доц. Д-р Трендафил Митев и доц. Д-р Райна Гаврилова . Идеята на авторите не е да пренапишат или изопачат конкретните факти, а да коригират отдавна наложени погрешни становища и да предложат на настоящите и бъдещите ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. ... Книгата разказва за бита и душевността на българина в периода 1850 - 1950 г. Във филмите ще намерите много исторически факти и информация, възстановки на бита и ежедневието на българите от времето. Разказани са интересни случки, пълни с интригуващи факти и облагородени с чувство за хумор. Това са филми, които не дават оценки - те само разказват истории. В книгата ще откриете кадри от четири уникални, документални филма за историята на България: Копнеж по нови неща Как Европа влезе в България Френската жена на българския подофицер Биографията на една снимка ... |
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Proceedings of the Second International Symposium Blagoevgrad. ... From 12th to October 15th, 2016 at the Southwestern University "Neofit Rilski" was held the "Second International Symposium" Megalithic monuments and cult practices."The symposium was organized by the University research center for ancient European and Eastern Mediterranean cultures at SWU "Neophyte Rilski". Co-organizers were the Faculty of Arts; Department of Cultural Studies; Institute for Space research and technology BAS; Regional Ethnographic Museum - Plovdiv; Association "Boreas". In scientific forum ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. His early work includes the beguiling When You are Old, The Cloths of Heaven and The Lake Isle of Innisfree but, unusually for a poet, Yeats's later works, including Parnell's Funeral, surpass even those of his youth. All are present in this volume, which reproduces the 1933 edition of W. B. Yeats's Collected Poems and also contains an illuminating ... |
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The Hermetic Museum takes readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the medieval cosmogram and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascinating world of alchemy to the art of the Romantic era. The enigmatic hieroglyphs of cabalists, Rosicrucians, and freemasons are shown to be closely linked with the early scientific illustrations in the fields of medicine, chemistry, optics, and color theory. Even for those with no knowledge of the fascinating history of alchemy, this book is a delight to explore. Each richly illustrated chapter begins with an introduction and quotes from alchemists by specialist ... |
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To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition reflects not only a history of seekers, but our journey of artistic expression and the ways we communicate our collective human story. For many in the West, Tarot exists in the shadow place of our cultural consciousness, a metaphysical tradition assigned to the dusty glass cabinets of the arcane. Its history, long and obscure, has been passed down through secret writing, oral tradition, and the scholarly tomes of philosophers and sages. ... |
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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting, drawing, and etching, he changed the course of Western art. His prolific oeuvre encompasses religious, historical, and secular scenes, as well as one of the most extraordinary series of portraits and self-portraits in history. Rembrandt's work foregrounds texture, light, and acute observation. Like sudden, startling apparitions in a shadowy street, his subjects are illuminated against deep, dark backgrounds and rendered with immense physical as well as psychological scrutiny. Whether biblical or ... |
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Книга 9 от поредицата "Bulgarian Academic Monographs". ... Bulgarian Folk Music is a scientific work offering a large-scope investigation of the issue of musical folklore dialects in Bulgaria in connection to the specificity of all-Bulgarian musical folklore style. It is for the first time that the history of Bulgarian musical folkloristics is presented in its entirety - from its initial steps to the latest publications. The activites of Bulgarian folklorists in the basic trends of musical folklore science create a prerequisite for its integration into the world musicology. ... |