Useless Beauty

Author : Robert K. Johnston
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610978293
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Useless Beauty written by Robert K. Johnston and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals how both contemporary movies and the Book of Ecclesiastes portray life's beauty despite its pain and futility.

Author : Ann Elias
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144388457X
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Useless Beauty written by Ann Elias and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Australian art does not begin and end with landscape. This book puts flowers front and centre, because they have often been ignored in preference for more masculine themes. Departing from where studies of single flower artists leave off, Useless Beauty embraces the general topic of flowers in Australian art and shines new light on a slice of Australian art history that extends from 1880 to 1950. It is the first book of broad chronology to discuss Australian art through blossoms, which it does by addressing stories of major figures including Hans Heysen, Margaret Preston and Sidney Nolan, as well as specific objects such as surreal flowers, Aboriginal flowers and war flowers. Whether modern or conservative, the artists in this study shared an intellectual and emotional passion for flora. This was true for men as well as women, despite blossoms being a more traditionally feminine subject. Through spectacular reproductions of historical and contemporary artworks drawn from collections in Australia, the United States, Britain and New Zealand, Useless Beauty explores how flowers influenced the psyche, governed rituals, defined identity and brought a psychological dimension to the everyday. The peak years for flower-centricity in Australian art were between 1920 and 1940 when flowers were known as the apotheosis of useless beauty.

Author : Guy de Maupassant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Useless Beauty written by Guy de Maupassant and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Guy de Maupassant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strong as death. Useless beauty. Who knows? and other stories written by Guy de Maupassant and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Rothenberg
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408830566
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Survival of the Beautiful written by David Rothenberg and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The peacock's tail makes me sick!' said Charles Darwin. That's because the theory of evolution as adaptation can't explain why nature is so beautiful. It took the concept of sexual selection for Darwin to explain that, a process that has more to do with aesthetic taste than adaptive fitness. Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the interplay of beauty, art, and culture in evolution. Taking inspiration from Darwin's observation that animals have a natural aesthetic sense, philosopher and musician David Rothenberg probes why animals, humans included, have an innate appreciation for beauty - and why nature is, indeed, beautiful.

Author : James E. Perone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313371229
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elvis Costello written by James E. Perone and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-11-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influential rock musician Elvis Costello is recognized for the impressive breadth and scope of his music. His collaborations with such musicians as Tony Bennett and the Count Basie orchestra, however, attest to the many contradictions that define Elvis Costello, the punk rocker. This important guide to his music and career contains over 800 bibliographic citations and a complete discography of Costello's commercially released recordings. The discography, divided into two sections, separately details Costello's career as performer and composer. A brief biography traces his critically acclaimed career and highlights both the influences on his music and the myriad ways in which his music has influenced others. The vast information compiled in this guide to further research is as interesting and diverse as Costello's career. Rock music scholars, musicologists, and Costello enthusiasts will appreciate the videography/filmography, bibliography of musical scores, and list of electronic resources that supplement the extensive discography and annotated bibliography. A works index and a general index make it easy to cross-reference and locate specific information.

Author : Guy de Maupassant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Useless Beauty, and Other Stories written by Guy de Maupassant and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sait Faik Abasiyanik
Publisher : Archipelago
ISBN 13 : 0914671081
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Useless Man written by Sait Faik Abasiyanik and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sait Faik Abasiyanik was born in Adapazari in 1906 and died of cirrhosis in Istanbul in 1954. He wrote twelve books of short stories, two novels, and a book of poetry. His stories celebrate the natural world and trace the plight of iconic characters in society: ancient coffeehouse proprietors and priests, dream-addled fishermen adn poets of the Princes' Isles, lovers and wandering minstrels of another time. Many stories are loosely autobiographical and deal with Sait Faik's frustration with social convention, the relentless pace of westernization, and the slow but steady ethnic cleansing of his city. His fluid, limpid surfaces might seem to be in keeping with the restrictions that the architects of the new Republic placed on language and culture, but the truth lies in their dark, subversive undercurrents. Sait Faik donated his estate to the Daruşafaka foundation for orphans, and this foundation has since been committed to promoting his work. His former family home on Burgazada was recently restored, and now functions as a museum honoring his life and work. He is still greatly revered: Turkey's most prestigious short story award carries his name and nearly every Turk knows by heart a line or a story by Sait Faik.

Author : Guy de Maupassant
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434491293
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant written by Guy de Maupassant and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume collects 128 of Guy de Maupassant's finest short stories, from "Ball-of-Fat" to "The Last Step."

Author : Guy de Maupassant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Useless Beauty written by Guy de Maupassant and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: