Two Statues

Author : Brian Kennelly
Publisher : TAN Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781618907929

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Two Statues by Brian Kennelly Pdf

Masterful storytelling from Catholic fiction author Brian Kennelly,Two Statues is the story of belief in what is unbelievable! Buck Washington moved to the quiet shores of Edisto Island, South Carolina to retire and live out his life in peace. Instead he found a mysterious violin-playing neighbor named Walt...and an adventure he would never forget. A thousand miles away in Worcester, Massachusetts, Father Peter Moore is suffering a crisis of faith. But before he can leave his vocation and the Church he has served since youth, Peter is given a final mission: To investigate whether a strangely-acting statue of the Virgin Mary is a fraud, a freak of nature - or a finger pointing to the providence of God. In Two Statues first-time novelist Brian Kennelly has penned a tale of family, life and adventure that will absorb you as you rush through its pages, and stay with you long after the last one is turned.

Author : John Ma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780199668915

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Statues and Cities by John Ma Pdf

Contains a large quantity and variety of epigraphy - Combines both archaeological and epigraphical material - Offers a new cultural history of the Hellenistic city and a detailed examination of family statues - Illustrated throughout

Author : Julia Harvey
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004497207

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Wooden Statues of the Old Kingdom by Julia Harvey Pdf

About 240 wooden statues survive from the Old Kingdom (c. 2575 - 2134 BC). The statues that can be dated by external criteria have been gathered together into a chronological catalogue and their features studied to establish dating criteria. The criteria are then applied to the remaining statues, enabling many of them to be assigned dates within individual reigns of the Old Kingdom.

Author : R. R. R. Smith,Bryan Ward-Perkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191067594

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The Last Statues of Antiquity by R. R. R. Smith,Bryan Ward-Perkins Pdf

Spanning centuries and the vastness of the Roman Empire, The Last Statues of Antiquity is the first comprehensive survey of Roman honorific statues in the public realm in Late Antiquity. Drawn from a major research project and corresponding online database that collates all the available evidence for the 'statue habit' across the Empire from the late third century AD onwards, the volume examines where, how, and why statues were used, and why these important features of urban life began to decline in number before eventually disappearing around AD 600. Adopting a detailed comparative approach, the collection explores variation between different regions-including North Africa, Asia Minor, and the Near East-as well as individual cities, such as Aphrodisias, Athens, Constantinople, and Rome. A number of thematic chapters also consider the different kinds of honorand, from provincial governors and senators, to women and cultural heroes. Richly illustrated, the volume is the definitive resource for studying the phenomenon of late-antique statues. The collection also incorporates extensive references to the project's database, which is freely accessible online.

Author : Elizabeth Brophy
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784911522

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Royal Statues in Egypt 300 BC-AD 220 by Elizabeth Brophy Pdf

The aim of this book is to approach Ptolemaic and Imperial royal sculpture in Egypt dating between 300 BC and AD 220 from a contextual point of view. To collect together the statuary items that are identifiably royal and have a secure archaeological context, within Egypt.

Author : S. Horton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780230607149

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Living Buddhist Statues in Early Medieval and Modern Japan by S. Horton Pdf

A study of the surprising functions of Buddhist statues, which helped disseminate Buddhist beliefs among the populace in Tenth- and Eleventh-century Japan. Using ethnographic data drawn from present-day fieldwork and marshalling ancient textual evidence, Horton reveals the historical origins and development of modern Japanese beliefs and practices.

Author : Masanori Nagaoka
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030513160

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The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues by Masanori Nagaoka Pdf

This Open Access book explores heritage conservation ethics of post conflict and provides an important historical record of the possible reconstruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, which was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Danger in 2003 as “Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley”. With the condition that most surface of the original fragments of the Buddha statues were lost due to acts of deliberate destruction, this publication explores a reference point for conservation practitioners and policy makers around the world as they consider how to respond to on-going acts of destruction of cultural heritage. Whilst there has been an emerging debate to the ethics and nature of heritage reconstruction, this volume provides a plethora of ideas and approaches concerning the future treatment of the Bamiyan Buddha statues. It also addresses a number of fundamental questions on potential heritage reconstruction: how it will be done; who will decide; and what it should be done for. Moreover when it comes to the inscribed World Heritage properties, how can reconstructed heritage using non-original materials be considered to retain authenticity? With a view to serving as a precedent for potential decisions taken elsewhere in the world for cultural properties impacted by acts of violence and destruction, this volume introduces academic researches, experiences and observations of heritage conservation theory and practice of heritage reconstruction. It also addresses the issue not merely from the point of a material conservation philosophy but within the context of holistic strategies for the protection of human rights and promotion of peace building.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231004193

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The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Andrew Giarelli
Publisher : danzig & unfried
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783902752802

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The Talking Statues by Andrew Giarelli Pdf

What does the message on battered ancient Roman statue Pasquino mean, and why is it seemingly addressed to Charlie Sala, an American scholar writing a book about the city's "talking statues"? Together with enigmatic Czech lighting designer Pavlina Herecová, he will be pulled into the world of pasquinisti, the ragged and erudite crew of street poets preserving a 500-year-old tradition against black marketeers who are using the statues to sell pillaged Near Eastern artifacts. Featuring centuries-old street lore and climaxing in a 21st century light show that makes the statues speak once more, The Talking Statues twists through historical and literary labyrinths against a savory Roman backdrop.

Author : Christopher P. Dickenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000368246

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Public Statues Across Time and Cultures by Christopher P. Dickenson Pdf

This book explores the ways in which statues have been experienced in public in different cultures and the role that has been played by statues in defining publicness itself. The meaning of public statues is examined through discussion of their appearance and their spatial context and of written discourses having to do with how they were experienced. Bringing together experts working on statues in different cultures, the book sheds light on similarities and differences in the role that public statues had in different times and places throughout history. The book will also provide insight into the diverse methods and approaches that scholars working on these different periods use to investigate statues. The book will appeal to historians, art historians and archaeologists of all periods who have an interest in the display of sculpture, the reception of public art or the significance of public monuments.

Author : Aaron J. Keirns
Publisher : Aaron Keirns
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780964780040

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Statues on the Hill by Aaron J. Keirns Pdf

Author : Claudio Margottini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783642300516

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After the Destruction of Giant Buddha Statues in Bamiyan (Afghanistan) in 2001 by Claudio Margottini Pdf

This work reports on a real adventure in earth science and conservation, dealing with the UNESCO’s emergency activities implemented in Bamiyan (Central Afghanistan) for the recovery and rehabilitation of the cliff and niches after the destruction of the two famous Giant Statues in 2001. Since 2002 an international effort has been made to understand the geological characteristics of the area, the mechanical properties of local materials, petro-geophysical and sedimentological details as well as the historical and geological evolution of the Statues and cliff. Taken together, this information serves as a basis for the recovery and rehabilitation of the cliff and niches and is presented in detail.

Author : Peter Hughes
Publisher : Aurum
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780711266148

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A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues by Peter Hughes Pdf

From antiquity to the present day, this book offers a fascinating insight into the histories, movements and conflicts which have come to shape our world, viewed through the stories of the destruction of 21 statues. Confederate soldiers hacked to pieces. A British slave trader dumped in the river. An Aboriginal warrior twice beheaded. A Chinese philosopher consumed by fire. A Greek goddess left to rot in the desert… Statues stand as markers of collective memory connecting us to a shared sense of belonging. When societies fracture into warring tribes, we convince ourselves that the past is irredeemably evil. So, we tear down our statues. But what begins with the destruction of statues, ends with the killing of people. This remarkable book is a compelling history of love and hate spanning every continent, religion and era, told through the destruction of 21 statues. Peter Hughes’ original approach, blending philosophy, psychology and history, explores how these symbols of our identity give us more than an understanding of our past. In the wars that rage around them, they may also hold the key to our future. The 21 statues are Hatshepsut (Ancient Egypt), Nero (Suffolk, UK), Athena (Syria), Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), Hecate (Constantinople), Our Lady of Caversham (near Reading, UK), Huitzilopochtli (Mexico), Confucius (China), Louis XV (France), Mendelssohn (Germany), The Confederate Monument (US), Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada), Christopher Columbus (Venezuela), Edward Colston (Bristol, UK), Cecil Rhodes (South Africa), George Washington (US), Stalin (Hungary), Yagan (Australia), Saddam Hussein (Iraq), B. R. Ambedkar (India) and Frederick Douglass (US). A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues is a profound and necessary meditation on identity which resonates powerfully today as statues tumble around the world.

Author : Simon Connor
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781649032591

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Ancient Egyptian Statues by Simon Connor Pdf

A fascinating, richly illustrated study of the role and significance of ancient statues in Egyptian history and belief Why do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals broken? Although the Late Antiquity period appears to have been one of the major moments of large-scale vandalism against pagan monuments, various contexts bear witness to several phases of reuse, modification, or mutilation of statues throughout and after the pharaonic period. Reasons for this range from a desire to erase the memory of specific rulers or individuals for ideological reasons to personal vengeance, war, tomb plundering, and the avoidance of a curse; or simply the reuse of material for construction or the need to ritually “deactivate” and bury old statues, without the added motive of explicit hostility toward the subject in question. Drawing on the latest scholarship and over 100 carefully selected illustrations, Ancient Egyptian Statues proceeds from a general discussion of the production and meaning of sculptures, and the mechanisms of their destruction, to review the role of ancient statuary in Egyptian history and belief. It then moves on to explore the various means of damage and their significance, and the role of restoration and reuse. Art historian Simon Connor offers an innovative and lucidly written reflection on beliefs and practices relating to statuary, and images more broadly, in ancient Egypt, showing how statues were regarded as the active manifestations of the entities they represented, and the ways in which they could endure many lives before being finally buried or forgotten.

Author : Elisabeth B. MacDougall
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0884022161

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Fountains, Statues, and Flowers by Elisabeth B. MacDougall Pdf

Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.