Chora 4

Author : Alberto Pérez Gómez,Stephen Parcell
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0773525041

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Chora by Alberto Pérez Gómez,Stephen Parcell Pdf

Contributors to this volume strive to uncover architectural alternatives to simplistic models based on concepts of aesthetics, technology, or sociology. Seventeen essays explore historical topics ranging from antiquity, with a study of the Roman Colosseum; through early Renaissance subjects, such as the treatises of Luca Pacioli on architecture; through to the modern era and explorations on topics ranging from seventeenth-century Amsterdam to architectural insights that can be found in the works of the poet and mathematician Lewis Carroll. Authors examining contemporary issues seek to explicate the spatial poetics of architecture by invoking other artistic disciplines. Essays in this group include a discussion of the accomplishments of Gordon Matta-Clark, a reading of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, and an analysis of the implications of ethical/formal questions in the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein for architecture. Contributors include Caroline Dionne (Université de Québec à Montréal), Mark Dorrian (University of Edinburgh), Michael Emerson (University of New South Wales), Marc Glaudemans (University of Technology), George Hersey (emeritus, Yale University), Robert Kirkbride (design director, Studiolo), Joanna Merwood (doctoral dissertation, Princeton University), Michel Moussette (Ph.D. at the Université de Montréal), Juhani Pallasmaa (architect, Finland, emeritus Washington University in St. Louis), Alberto Pérez-Gómez (McGill University), David Theodore (McGill University), and Dorian Yurchuk (architect, New York City).

Author : Joseph Coleman Carter,Keith Swift
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 1713 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781477314234

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The Chora of Metaponto 7 by Joseph Coleman Carter,Keith Swift Pdf

The seventh volume in the Institute of Classical Archaeology's series on the rural countryside (chora) of Metaponto is a study of the Greek sanctuary at Pantanello. The site is the first Greek rural sanctuary in southern Italy that has been fully excavated and exhaustively documented. Its evidence—a massive array of distinctive structural remains and 30,000-plus artifacts and ecofacts—offers unparalleled insights into the development of extra-urban cults in Magna Graecia from the seventh to the fourth centuries BC and the initiation rites that took place within the cults. Of particular interest are the analyses of the well-preserved botanical and faunal material, which present the fullest record yet of Greek rural sacrificial offerings, crops, and the natural environment of southern Italy and the Greek world. Excavations from 1974 to 2008 revealed three major phases of the sanctuary, ranging from the Archaic to Early Hellenistic periods. The structures include a natural spring as the earliest locus of the cult, an artificial stream (collecting basin) for the spring's outflow, Archaic and fourth-century BC structures for ritual dining and other cult activities, tantalizing evidence of a Late Archaic Doric temple atop the hill, and a farmhouse and tile factory that postdate the sanctuary's destruction. The extensive catalogs of material and special studies provide an invaluable opportunity to study the development of Greek material culture between the seventh and third centuries BC, with particular emphasis on votive pottery and figurative terracotta plaques.

Author : Alan Dixon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351723909

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Indigenous Management of Wetlands: Experiences in Ethiopia by Alan Dixon Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. There has been increasing recognition around the world that wetlands are fragile ecosystems which require sensitive and sustainable management if they are to continue to provide their range of functions and benefits. These functions and benefits, which include contributions to food security and environmental regulation, play a critical role in sustaining rural livelihoods in many developing countries. Drawing upon research carried out in the area, this book identifies and discusses the importance of wetlands to local communities in south-west Ethiopia, and in particular, how indigenous wetland management practices contribute to sustainable wetland use. As the basis of wetland management, particular attention is paid to the role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and how knowledge of wetland functioning is acquired, disseminated, developed and applied by local communities in their wetland management strategies. Critically, this community knowledge is examined in the context of scientific data, specifically that obtained from a wetland hydrology monitoring programme, thereby drawing attention to the strengths and weaknesses of both systems. This has major implications not only for the ways in which wetlands and other natural resources are managed at the local level, but also for the wider rural development strategies of governments and non-governmental organizations.

Author : Salomon Bochner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0821801775

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Collected Papers of Salomon Bochner, Part 4 by Salomon Bochner Pdf

During his long and productive career, Salomon Bochner worked in a variety of different areas of mathematics. This four-part set brings together his collected papers, illustrating the range and depth of his mathematical interests. The books are available either individually or as a set.

Author : Christina Riggs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199571451

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The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt by Christina Riggs Pdf

This handbook, arranged in seven thematic sections, is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic, and interpretive research.

Author : Viviane Frings-Hessami,Fiorella Foscarini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031192890

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Archives in a Changing Climate - Part I & Part II by Viviane Frings-Hessami,Fiorella Foscarini Pdf

This book contains the first and second volume papers from the 8th International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA 8). Contributors present articles that propose new solutions and aspirations for a new era in the technology of archives and recordkeeping. Topics cover rethinking the role played by archivists, and reframing recordkeeping practices that focus on the rights of the subjects of the records. This text appeals to students, researchers and professionals in the field. Previously published in: Archival Science: "Special Issue: Archives in a Changing Climate - Part I" and "Archives in a Changing Climate - Part II" Chapter "Displaced archives": proposing a research agenda is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones used in Antiquity. International Symposium
Publisher : Presses Univ de Bordeaux
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2867812445

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ASMOSIA 4 by Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones used in Antiquity. International Symposium Pdf

Author : Ioannis Polemis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755651405

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Theodore Metochites by Ioannis Polemis Pdf

The statesman and scholar Theodore Metochites was one of the most important personalities of the fourteenth-century Byzantine Empire. A close advisor to the emperor Andronikos II and restorer of the famous monastery of Chora in Constantinople, Metochites left various writings including orations, poems, essays and commentaries on classical and religious texts, in which he discusses the numerous problems that troubled him and his contemporaries, such as the decline of the state and the tension between public life and that of the philosopher. In this book, Ioannis Polemis provides the first in-depth study of Metochites' oeuvre, revealing the complex way he represented the authorial self to critique the politics and mores of his day, whilst at the same time shielding himself from potential criticism. Polemis details the way Metochites deftly manipulated figures and tropes from classical antiquity and early Christianity to justify his role in public life, which was traditionally shunned by scholars in the pursuit of 'logos'. The book provides unique insights into one of the late Empire's most important figures, as well as more widely deepening our understanding of classical reception in Byzantium and the social, political and intellectual climate of Constantinople in the fourteenth century.

Author : Sir William Gell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : Greece
ISBN : PRNC:32101037633086

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The Itinerary of Greece by Sir William Gell Pdf

Author : United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : CORNELL:31924067325864

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Report - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics by United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Pdf

Author : India. Great Trigonometrical Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU04018109

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Synopsis of the Results of the Operations by India. Great Trigonometrical Survey Pdf

Author : Mogens Herman Hansen,Thomas Heine Nielsen,Københavns universitet. Polis centret
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1413 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198140993

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An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman Hansen,Thomas Heine Nielsen,Københavns universitet. Polis centret Pdf

This is the first ever documented study of the 1,035 identifiable Greek city states (poleis) of the Archaic and Classical periods (c.650-325 BC). Previous studies of the Greek polis have focused on Athens and Sparta, and the result has been a view of Greek society dominated by Sophokles', Plato's, and Demosthenes' view of what the polis was. This study includes descriptions of Athens and Sparta, but its main purpose is to explore the history andorganization of the thousand other city states.The main part of the book is a regionally organized inventory of all identifiable poleis covering the Greek world from Spain to the Caucasus and from the Crimea to Libya. This inventory is the work of 47 specialists, and is divided into 46 chapters, each covering a region. Each chapter contains an account of the region, a list of second-order settlements, and an alphabetically ordered description of the poleis. This description covers such topics as polis status,territory, settlement pattern, urban centre, city walls and monumental architecture, population, military strength, constitution, alliance membership, colonization, coinage, and Panhellenic victors.The first part of the book is a description of the method and principles applied in the construction of the inventory and an analysis of some of the results to be obtained by a comparative study of the 1,035 poleis included in it. The ancient Greek concept of polis is distinguished from the modern term `city state', which historians use to cover many other historic civilizations, from ancient Sumeria to the West African cultures absorbed by the nineteenth-century colonializingpowers. The focus of this project is what the Greeks themselves considered a polis to be.

Author : Camilla Colombi,Valeria Parisi,Ortwin Dally,Martin Guggisberg,Giorgio Piras
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783110752151

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Comparing Greek Colonies by Camilla Colombi,Valeria Parisi,Ortwin Dally,Martin Guggisberg,Giorgio Piras Pdf

The need for a "new" book on Greek colonization arose to analyse this phenomenon as a long-term process in a wide geographic area. The events related to individual cities and regions, although geographically very distant from each other, are linked through an articulated network of material and immaterial relations and have to be considered as part of a broader mobility process in a Mediterranean perspective. The intention of "Comparing Greek Colonies" is to bring geographically and culturally distant regions such as Southern Italy/Sicily and the Black Sea, closer together, not merely to find "similarities and differences", but to broaden the scholars’ perspective and overcome existing, generalizing, and biased models, that are often rooted in local scientific traditions. The proceedings of the international conference "Comparing Greek Colonies. Mobility and Settlement Consolidation from Southern Italy to the Black Sea (8th – 6th century BC)", 7.–9.11.2018 in Rome, are structured around three core topics (economic system; relationships with the indigenous populations; social and territorial systems) that constitute the cornerstones of the political formation of the polis in the Archaic period and for its development during the Classical and Hellenistic Ages.

Author : United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1462 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024166089

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Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics by United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : NYPL:33433066589569

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Goodwin's Official Annual Turf Guide for ... by Anonim Pdf