A Culture of Stone: Inka Perspectives on Rock
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A major contribution to both art history and Latin American studies, A Culture of Stone offers sophisticated new insights into Inka culture and the interpretation of non-Western art. |
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Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity
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As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient. |
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Memory, Metaphor, and Aby Warburg's Atlas of Images (Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought)
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The work of German cultural theorist and art historian Aby Warburg (1866–1929) has had a lasting effect on how we think about images. This book is the first in English to focus on his last project, the encyclopedic Atlas of Images: Mnemosyne. |
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The Aesthetic Mind: Philosophy and Psychology
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Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Other | 2 October 2014 |
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The Aesthetic Mind breaks new ground in bringing together empirical sciences and philosophy to enhance our understanding of aesthetics and the experience of art. |
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On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
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Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Other | 30 September 2014 |
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ON BEING CERTAIN is a revolutionary look at how we know what we know. At stake is the commonly held belief that we can logically and reasonably determine when our thoughts are correct. |
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