The Architecture of Modern Italy: Volume II

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This groundbreaking and authoritative two-volume survey is the first truly comprehensive history of modern Italian architecture and urbanism to appear in any language. Told in lively prose, it recounts more than 250 years of experimentation, creativity, and turmoil that have shaped the landscape of contemporary Italy.
Volume II: Visions of Utopia, 1900 Present, tracks the development of Italy s architectural avant-garde through the upheavals of the twentieth century. Beginning with the development of Italian art nouveau--"stile liberty"--and moving through futurism, fascism, rationalism, and on to the creative experimentation of the present day, it explores the work of such pivotal figures as Raimondo d Aronco, Antonio Sant Elia, Adalberto Libera, Giuseppe Terragni, Pier Luigi Nervi, Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, Aldo Rossi, and Renzo Piano.
The Architecture of Modern Italy is exhaustively illustrated with rare period images, new photography, maps, drawings, and plans. With Colin Rowe's Italian Architecture of the 16th Century, it provides a nearly complete overview of the history of Italian architecture.

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Conceptualizing the Discipline - Rethinking Art History.......2003-07-21

I was "anonymous" ... Robert Summers:
"In a word: Brilliant. In a sentence: This book has changed (and continues to change) the trajectory and velocity of "art history".
Without a doubt, the ideas that are explored, the questions that are raised, and the arguments that are made in this vastly important text MUST be reckoned with if art history is to mean and/or do anything in the present and the future -- as opposed to remaining on the track(s) it is currently on, which is like a Mobius strip in which "we" find ourselves in the same old places (indeed, "one place after another" that is in no way "new" or "other than"), and that are (repetitive) conservative ideas and ideologies.
In my professional opinion, anyone who works in and/or around "art history" and its corollaries (e.g., art criticism, museology, and "visual culture") will do well by engaging with this important work (of art [techne]-in its own right).
Now, whether you agree or disagree-or both, simultaneously-with "Preziosi," engaging, being-with, reckoning with what he brings up and which is contained-and not "contained" by-in this rich text will, I believe, bring a productive and fresh dialogue to this discipline we have been calling "art history" for over 200+ years (pace JJ Winckelmann).
I know this text has been published for over 10+ years, but I believe "we" must return to many of the ideas that are/were explored, the questions that are/were raised, and the arguments that are/were made in this timely/un-timely text, Rethinking Art History. It would also do the reader well to read "Preziosi's" recently published text The Brain of the Earth's Body, which were a series of papers, works-in-progress, notes, delivered as the 2001 Slade Lectures in Fine Arts at Oxford University.
As a brief comparison, just as the work of Judith Butler is to women's studies and queer studies and theory, and Peggy Pheland is to performance studies, the work of Donald Preziosi is to art history (and museology) and the radical (as to the "root") re-thinking of a discipline many of us have dedicated our (academic, personal/public, and political) lives to re-thinking and re-formatting."

Rethinking Art History Meditations on a Coy Science

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Rethinking Art History Meditations on a Coy Science
Preziosi, Donald
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Rethinking Art History: Meditations on a Coy Science.

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A Trip To The Past

Alice's World: The Life and Photography of an American Original, Alice Austen, 1866-1952
Ann Novotny
Manufacturer: Devin-Adair Pub
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ASIN: 0856991287

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A Trip To The Past.......2001-12-30

A wonderful book chock full of fabulous photos of old New York and of the subjects home town of Staten Island. The photos take you back to a gentile era. Read of the life of Alice- from her days as a well to do lady to her struggle to hold onto her old ways after the "crash". Victorian life lovers will linger over this photo feast. A+++++++.

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From The Metropolitan Museum of Art's vast holdings comes this charming collection of fine art felines. Cats of all types provide the artistic mews for the gallery of images presented here, all perfectly paired with quips about cats from some of our most famous writers, thinkers, and humorists, among them Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, and Gertrude Stein. The face of a cat superimposed on an artist’s self-portrait is accompanied by Mark Twain's dry wit: "If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat." Cats have been captivating artists and thinkers for centuries, and nowhere is it more apparent than in this heartwarming homage—from an ancient Egyptian statue of a cat, to a medieval illumination of a tiny cat sharpening its claws on the manuscript, to a Japanese painting of a cat patiently stalking a spider. This gift of a book, filled with the most exquisite portraits of cats doing what they do best, is guaranteed to enchant.

The Artful Cat: 12 Full-Color Magnetic Postcards to Send or Save

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The Artful Cat: 12 Full-Color Magnetic Postcards to Send or Save
Running Press
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Great postcards deserve to line on as decoration for the refrigerator door, and these engaging portraits of cats, by renowned artists including Hiroshige, Renoir, and Currier & Ives, are magnetized for just such decorative purposes. The poostcard book features a dozen illustrations, perfect for art lovers and feline fanciers.

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Why nature created cats

The Artful Cat
Mark Bryant
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Why nature created cats.......2006-10-19

This book is a collection of short quotes from literature in association with artwork depicting cats. In the paintings, the felines are depicted doing what felines generally do, lying around showing humans what it means to relax, getting into typical kitty mischief and looking at you with that sense of superiority that only a cat can express. A book for cat lovers everywhere, in it you can see the many of the reasons why nature created cats.

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The Artful Cat
Prima
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ARTFUL CATS
NORMAN LINDSAY
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Artful Cats

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The Artful Kitten
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The Artful Cat-1994 Calendar
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The Artful Cat-1995 Calendar
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Cal 96 Artful Cat

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Introduction to Finance: Banking, Securities & Insurance

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Introduction to Finance: Banking, Securities & Insurance
Lloyd Lin
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Introduction to Financial Products/Book and Chart

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Introduction to Financial Products/Book and Chart
Dearborn Financial Publishing
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In this dynamic book, based on the most effective strategies of IBM and other market leaders, managers will learn to successfully transform their organizations into a business prepared to compete in a networked age. Mainframes, client servers, PCs, networks, e-business, the Internet, databases, technical management--indeed, in the brave new business world facing today's firms only one thing is certain: change. And when looking for a model for corporate change, one should look no further than IBM. In this decade, IBM has gone from a company with less than $60 billion in unprofitable revenue to a highly profitable $85 billion-plus enterprise. In a company whose major source of revenue was once hardware, services now account for more than a third of its revenue. IBM Global Services, only seven years old and $25 billion strong, draws most of its revenue from helping businesses to do successfully what IBM has done: transform themselves. In five down-to-earth sections, the authors share their vast experience, apply case studies, chart trends and describe in-depth the practices that allowed IBM to transform itself, and to show the way for other firms. The result is an essential handbook for anyone charged with leading their firm in an economy that is global, increasingly reliant on information systems, and teeming with rapidly emerging markets--and competitors. Written by a staff of experts and renowned business thinkers, Into the Networked Age is today's ultimate guide for success in tomorrow's business world.

Into the Networked Age : How IBM and Other Firms Are Getting There Now

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Into the Networked Age : How IBM and Other Firms Are Getting There Now
James W.; Hargraves, Thomas S. Cortada
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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This digital document is an article from Labour/Le Travail, published by Canadian Committee on Labour History on September 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1546 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Colliers Across the Sea: A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830-1924. (Reviews/Comptes Rendus). (book review)
Author: David Frank
Publication: Labour/Le Travail (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2001
Publisher: Canadian Committee on Labour History
Page: 306(3)

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