Artifact Artifice

Author : Jonathan M. Hall
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226080963

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Artifact & Artifice by Jonathan M. Hall Pdf

Is it possible to trace the footprints of the historical Sokrates in Athens? Was there really an individual named Romulus, and if so, when did he found Rome? Is the tomb beneath the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica home to the apostle Peter? To answer these questions, we need both dirt and words—that is, archaeology and history. Bringing the two fields into conversation, Artifact and Artifice offers an exciting excursion into the relationship between ancient history and archaeology and reveals the possibilities and limitations of using archaeological evidence in writing about the past. Jonathan M. Hall employs a series of well-known cases to investigate how historians may ignore or minimize material evidence that contributes to our knowledge of antiquity unless it correlates with information gleaned from texts. Dismantling the myth that archaeological evidence cannot impart information on its own, he illuminates the methodological and political principles at stake in using such evidence and describes how the disciplines of history and classical archaeology may be enlisted to work together. He also provides a brief sketch of how the discipline of classical archaeology evolved and considers its present and future role in historical approaches to antiquity. Written in clear prose and packed with maps, photos, and drawings, Artifact and Artifice will be an essential book for undergraduates in the humanities.

Author : Barry Allen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780801457029

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Artifice and Design by Barry Allen Pdf

"As familiar and widely appreciated works of modern technology, bridges are a good place to study the relationship between the aesthetic and the technical. Fully engaged technical design is at once aesthetic and structural. In the best work (the best design, the most well made), the look and feel of a device (its aesthetic, perceptual interface) is as important a part of the design problem as its mechanism (the interface of parts and systems). We have no idea how to make something that is merely efficient, a rational instrument blindly indifferent to how it appears. No engineer can design such a thing and none has ever been built."—from Artifice and Design In an intriguing book about the aesthetics of technological objects and the relationship between technical and artistic accomplishment, Barry Allen develops the philosophical implications of a series of interrelated concepts-knowledge, artifact, design, tool, art, and technology-and uses them to explore parallel questions about artistry in technology and technics in art. This may be seen at the heart of Artifice and Design in Allen's discussion of seven bridges: he focuses at length on two New York bridges—the Hell Gate Bridge and the Bayonne Bridge—and makes use of original sources for insight into the designers' ideas about the aesthetic dimensions of their work. Allen starts from the conviction that art and technology must be treated together, as two aspects of a common, technical human nature. The topics covered in Artifice and Design are wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, drawing from evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and the history and anthropology of art and technology. The book concludes that it is a mistake to think of art as something subjective, or as an arbitrary social representation, and of Technology as an instrumental form of purposive rationality. "By segregating art and technology," Allen writes, "we divide ourselves against ourselves, casting up self-made obstacles to the ingenuity of art and technology."

Author : Mónica Díaz
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Caste
ISBN : 9780826357731

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To be Indio in Colonial Spanish America by Mónica Díaz Pdf

Focusing on central Mexico and the Andes (colonial New Spain and Peru), the contributors deepen scholarly knowledge of colonial history and literature, emphasizing the different ways people became and lived their lives as "indios" in this new study.

Author : Jonathan M. Hall
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 022609698X

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Artifact and Artifice by Jonathan M. Hall Pdf

Is it possible to trace the footprints of the historical Sokrates in Athens? Was there really an individual named Romulus, and if so, when did he found Rome? Is the tomb beneath the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica home to the apostle Peter? To answer these questions, we need both dirt and words—that is, archaeology and history. Bringing the two fields into conversation, Artifact and Artifice offers an exciting excursion into the relationship between ancient history and archaeology and reveals the possibilities and limitations of using archaeological evidence in writing about the past. Jonathan M. Hall employs a series of well-known cases to investigate how historians may ignore or minimize material evidence that contributes to our knowledge of antiquity unless it correlates with information gleaned from texts. Dismantling the myth that archaeological evidence cannot impart information on its own, he illuminates the methodological and political principles at stake in using such evidence and describes how the disciplines of history and classical archaeology may be enlisted to work together. He also provides a brief sketch of how the discipline of classical archaeology evolved and considers its present and future role in historical approaches to antiquity. Written in clear prose and packed with maps, photos, and drawings, Artifact and Artifice will be an essential book for undergraduates in the humanities.

Author : James Prosek
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300250794

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James Prosek by James Prosek Pdf

Works by Prosek and others are juxtaposed with natural objects in an illuminating interrogation of the artificial boundaries we create between art and nature Award-winning artist, writer, and naturalist James Prosek (b. 1975) has gained a worldwide following for his deep connection with the natural world, which serves as the basis for his art and numerous popular books. In this cross-disciplinary catalogue, Prosek poses the question, What is art and what is artifact—and to what extent do these distinctions matter? Drawing on the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Prosek places man- and nature-made objects on equal footing aesthetically, suggesting that the distinction between them is not as vast as we may believe. In more than 150 full-color plates, objects such as a bird’s nest, dinosaur head, and cuneiform tablet are juxtaposed with Asian handscrolls, an African headdress, modern masterpieces, and more. Artists featured include Albrecht Dürer, Helen Frankenthaler, Vincent van Gogh, Barbara Hepworth, Pablo Picasso, and Jackson Pollack, as well as Prosek himself, whose works depict fish, birds, and endangered wildlife. Also included are an incisive essay by Edith Devaney and texts by Prosek that explore the magnificent productions of our wondrous interconnected world.

Author : Jens Brockmeier,David R Olson,Min Wang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136858031

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Literacy, Narrative and Culture by Jens Brockmeier,David R Olson,Min Wang Pdf

First book from the new World of Writing series Interdisciplinary, drawing on the fields of linguistics, psychology, history, sociology, philosophy, anthropology and history of art Illustrated with black and white plates of works by Wyndham Lewis and David Jones, including the painted frontispiece to T.S. Eliott's A Symposium for his Seventieth Birthday

Author : Vittorio Ferretti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642980909

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Dictionary of Electronics, Computing and Telecommunications/Wörterbuch der Elektronik, Datentechnik und Telekommunikation by Vittorio Ferretti Pdf

Since the first edition was published, new technologies have come up, especially in the area of convergence of Computing and Communications, accompanied by a lot of new technical terms. This second expanded and updated edition has been worked out to cope with this situation. The number of entries has been incremented by 35%. With about 159,000 entries, this dictionary offers a valuable guide to navigate through the entanglement of German and English terminology. The lexicographic concept (indication of the subject field for every term, short definitions, references to synonyms, antonyms, general and derivative terms) has been maintained, as well as the tabular layout.

Author : Bill H. Ritchie
Publisher : Ritchie's Perfect Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Escape Emeralda 2 by Bill H. Ritchie Pdf

Disclosure: This description was prompted and edited by Bill Ritchie, in Microsoft’s current Copilot, an AI text generator for the second volume of Bill H. Ritchie's two-part autobiography. We traverse the years from 1991 to 2023. Ritchie, a trailblazer in the art world continues his life story. In the first book he told how he embarked on a remarkable odyssey that defied convention and reshaped the art, craft, and design of fine art printmaking. At the tender age of 24, Ritchie secured a groundbreaking position—the youngest ever—in the vibrant city of Seattle. His appointment as a teaching artist in fine art printmaking at the University of Washington marked the beginning of a transformative chapter. But this was no ordinary academic journey; Ritchie's innovative spirit would soon set him apart, a maverick in academe. The traditional classroom was too confining for Ritchie. Driven by a hunger for exploration, he wove technology into his art courses in the 1980s. Bill Ritchie's experiments disrupted the staid printmaking department and shocked the UW School of Art. Forced to leave the stifling ivory towers, by the 1990s the emergence of electronic arts opened with the Internet and would extend the boundaries of printmaking. Ritchie's vision blurred the lines between historic creativity and cutting-edge technology, birthing a new era dating back to the Paleolithic era when printmaking was invented. Ritchie pushed the envelope. Printmaking was no longer confined to ink and paper; it now danced with video, performance, computer graphics, and games. His colleagues, patrons, and former students watched in awe, wondering at the audacity of his moves. Telling all, Ritchie weaves rich, detailed tales. In his printed books he placed thousands of pictures to enliven the narrative, capturing moments shared with those who left their marks on his journey. QR codes link videos and backstories, bridging epochs—from prehistoric cave paintings to the digital age. The echoes of ancient handprints resonate, showing that explication transcends time if replicated creatively. In a world illuminated and echoed by electronic media, Ritchie poses a poignant question: "Is there hope?" As climate change and global stressors threaten the future, his words resonate. Whether through brushstrokes or those fleeting, elusive pixels and here in eBook form and auxiliary Read Aloud option, Ritchie's legacy endures—a beacon for students of all ages, urging them to embrace creativity, defy boundaries, and find hope in the interplay of art, technology, and the human imagination.

Author : Charlotte Buxton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780199640966

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Oxford English Mini Dictionary by Charlotte Buxton Pdf

An easy-to-use dictionary containing 90,000 up-to-date words, phrases, and definitions.

Author : BPI
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9788121939836

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Blackie's Little English Dictionary by BPI Pdf

An english Dictionary

Author : Chad Douglas Bulau
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466906006

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An Inventor's Dream by Chad Douglas Bulau Pdf

The fourth truth about the ways of the Pythagoreans and the followers of Pythagoras. Set throughout time with magic and technology, both are at their extremities. One has come full force while the other one is still thinking. Making way to a utopia, the two will become revealed in their own time. The Pythagoreans hold the key to survival. It is up to the element to lay out the endemic duel of adversities throughout the universe as we become privileged in the workings of Our Father, the Deity of mankind . . .

Author : Anne Stibbs Kerr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781472968067

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Crossword Lists and Crossword Solver by Anne Stibbs Kerr Pdf

Anyone who regularly tackles challenging crossword puzzles will be familiar with the frustration of unanswered clues blocking the road to completion. Together in one bumper volume, Crossword Lists and Crossword Solver provides the ultimate aid for tracking down those final solutions. The Lists section contains more than 100,000 words and phrases, listed both alphabetically and by number of letters, under category headings such as Volcanoes, Fungi, Gilbert & Sullivan, Clouds, Cheeses, Mottos and Archbishops of Canterbury. As intersecting solutions provide letters of the unanswered clue, locating the correct word or phrase becomes quick and easy. The lists are backed up with a comprehensive index, which also guides the puzzler to associated tables - e.g. when looking for Film Stars; try Stage and Screen Personalities. The Solver section contains more than 100,000 potential solutions, including plurals, comparative and superlative adjectives and inflections of verbs. The list extends to first names, place names, technical terms, compound expressions, abbreviations and euphemisms. Grouped according to number of letters - up to fifteen - this section is easy to use and suitable for all levels of crossword puzzle. At the end a further 3,000 words are listed by category, along with an index of unusual words.

Author : Sabra Moore
Publisher : New Village Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781613320181

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Openings by Sabra Moore Pdf

In this vividly illustrated narrative, author Sabra Moore chronicles twenty-two years of her life and interactions with other women artists finding ways to create politically and personally meaningful artworks, exhibitions, protests, and institutions in response to war, government corruption, struggles for reproductive freedom, and racial tension--all while fighting for greater representation and opportunities for women in the art world. Gracefully mixing bold historical accounts, poignant personal narratives, and nuanced introspection about writing, identity, family, and dreams, Moore illuminates a breadth of women's struggles and triumphs. She writes of her volunteer work in New York City's first legal abortion clinic, her own nearly fatal incomplete abortion in Guinea, and the abuse she experienced in a relationship with her former art teacher. She narrates her work organizing protests against the Museum of Modern Art, creating politically charged exhibitions with her peers in New York and beyond, and publishing a collaborative feminist art journal with the Heresies Collective. The book is printed in full color and illustrated throughout with 950 images of the art, artmaking, posters, news media, and photographic images of these activist women artists. Sabra Moore is an artist, writer, and activist. After moving to New York in 1966, she became a leading creative force within the feminist art movement. Moore's artistic and political involvement was showcased in the feature length film The Heretics (2011). Her newest works are showing May-August 2016 in an exhibition at the New Mexico State Capital Rotunda in Sante Fe, and her most recent solo museum show, Out of the Woods, was at the Harwood Museum in Taos in 2007. She authored and illustrated the trade book Petroglyphs: Ancient Language/ Sacred Art (1997), and her artist's books can be found in several museum collections, including the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Author : Peter Beaven
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780998746517

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Building English Vocabulary with Etymology from Latin Book II by Peter Beaven Pdf

Etymology is the study of word origins and development. It provides one of the easiest and most effective ways to build vocabulary, because knowledge of some common roots and prefixes makes possible the figuring out of new word meanings. English is compounded of several languages, primarily Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) and Latin. Their Latin influence persists notably in the names of English cities ending in "-caster" or "-chester," from the Latin "castra" meaning "encampment." This is the second book of a series that focuses on etymology from Latin and Greek. The texts are designed to aid in learning the definitions of specific, deconstructed words. The meanings of a series of "reusable" classical prefixes and roots are presented that facilitate the deciphering of multiple related words.

Author : United States. Employees' Compensation Appeals Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 940 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Employers' liability
ISBN : MSU:31293012461301

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Decisions of the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board by United States. Employees' Compensation Appeals Board Pdf