Masaccio's 'Trinity' (Masterpieces of Western Painting)

Book Description

Masaccio's "Trinity" examines one of the most influential paintings of the Italian Renaissance. Renowned for the grandeur of its characterizations and for the perspectival illusion of its architectural setting, the fresco was famous from the time it was painted in the 1420s, and remembered despite its having been hidden from view for nearly two centuries. This volume considers the "Trinity" in its historical and spiritual contexts, and describes the significance of Masaccio's innovative depictions of time and space.

Masaccio - Trinity (CV Visual Arts Research S.)

Average customer rating:

Masaccio - Trinity (CV Visual Arts Research S.)
N.P. James
Manufacturer: CV Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Painting | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1904727190

Masaccio's "Trinity".(Review): An article from: Renaissance Quarterly

Average customer rating:

Masaccio's "Trinity".(Review): An article from: Renaissance Quarterly
Patricia Meilman
Manufacturer: Renaissance Society of America
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on December 22, 2000. The length of the article is 1991 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.

Citation Details
Title: Masaccio's "Trinity".(Review)
Author: Patricia Meilman
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 2000
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: 53 Issue: 4 Page: 1215

Article Type: Book Review

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Masaccio's "Trinity".: An article from: Church History

Average customer rating:

Masaccio's "Trinity".: An article from: Church History
Mary Weitzel Gibbons
Manufacturer: American Society of Church History
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Philosophy | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Church History, published by American Society of Church History on September 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1010 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.

Citation Details
Title: Masaccio's "Trinity".
Author: Mary Weitzel Gibbons
Publication: Church History (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1999
Publisher: American Society of Church History
Volume: 68 Issue: 3 Page: 691

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Das Trinitatsfresko von Masaccio und Filippo Brunelleschi in Santa Maria Novella zu Florenz (Tuduv-Studien)

Average customer rating:

Das Trinitatsfresko von Masaccio und Filippo Brunelleschi in Santa Maria Novella zu Florenz (Tuduv-Studien)
Florian Huber
Manufacturer: Tuduv
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Painting | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

German | Foreign Language Nonfiction | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

Arts & Photography | German | Foreign Language Books | Specialty Stores | Books

Nonfiction | German | Foreign Language Books | Specialty Stores | Books

All German Books | German | Foreign Language Books | Specialty Stores | Books
ASIN: 3880733848

Masaccio's Trinity and the Letter to the Hebrews

Average customer rating:

Masaccio's Trinity and the Letter to the Hebrews
Rona Goffen
Manufacturer: Memorie domenicane
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Religious | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Christianity | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0007AX2QM

The perspective scheme of Masaccio's Trinity fresco

Average customer rating:

The perspective scheme of Masaccio's Trinity fresco
Judith Veronica Field
Manufacturer: Leo S. Olschki
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0007C9BEC

Average customer rating:

Best McSweeney's issue

This book radiates

The Best American Book

Extensive overview of comic history. Just beautiful.

The Most Beautiful Book I Own

McSweeney's Issue 13 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern)

Manufacturer: McSweeney's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Comic Strips | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
General | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
General | Graphic Novels | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
General | Humor | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
Literary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

McSweeney's Issue 15 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern)

The Acme Novelty Library

McSweeney's Issue 17 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

McSweeney's Issue 16 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern)

ASIN: 1932416080

Book Description

McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13 is all comics. It is edited by Chris Ware (author of Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth), and features so many artists to know and love: R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Daniel Clowes, Lynda Barry, Los Bros Hernandez, Adrian Tomine, Julie Doucet, and on and on. The issue also includes essays from Michael Chabon, Ira Glass, John Updike, Chip Kidd, and others. A hardcover, clothbound edition, this quarterly comes with an enormous dust jacket that does much more than guard against dust. This one makes our throats go tight.

Customer Reviews:

Best McSweeney's issue.......2007-08-14

To date this has been the best issue of McSweeney's. If you're interested in comics in any way, or even if you just want a pretty book around the house, I highly recommend this.

There are some great pieces of prose by excellent people in the comic community, and even more importantly it's chock full of great independent comics and excerpts. It's like having the biggest Sunday comic section ever made, except all the Nancys and Family Circuses are replaced by the likes of Chester Brown and Joe Sacco.

This book radiates.......2006-02-23

I have had this book for a year now, and I still get fits of joy every time I take it in my hands or just get a glimpse of its spine on the bookshelf. It's the book I always wanted as a child and never got. Though it contains no children's stuff (of airy-fairy kind or other), it somehow touches the wondering child in me. I wish it had nine more volumes - or better still, McSweeney's dedicated itself exclusively to alternative comics. Congratulations for designer and editor Chris Ware for creating a deeply endearing experience instead of what could have been just an ordinary anthology.

The Best American Book.......2005-10-27

One of the best books in the history on humankind... recommended for all who want to know where the book as a form of communication has been going for the last 100 years and will go from here on ...

Extensive overview of comic history. Just beautiful........2005-04-29

For those few who cares, the design of this book is breath-taking. Chris Ware does, not, slack. Every bit of this book is given great level of attention in making sure the details are absolutely perfect.

If you have any love for 1) Comics or 2) Book Design at all, this book is a MUST GET.

Chris Ware; most important Designer and Cartoonist right now.

The Most Beautiful Book I Own.......2005-03-12

No kidding. Even outside of the inherent quality of the content, this thing is a joy.

Book Description

This is not your father's wedding...

From choosing china patterns and invitation designs to color schemes and reception halls, today's grooms are expected to play a much more active role in wedding planning than when their dads walked down the aisle.

The Clueless Groom's Guide offers the 3 million men who get married each year lighthearted commiseration, guidance, and a distinctly male take on the entire process of planning a traditional wedding. Filled with humorous but useful advice and information on wedding issues, this essential guide covers:

Buying the ring that'll make her say yes
Dealing with the future in-laws in a way that will preserve the groom's sanity
Planning the budget without draining anyone's account
Negotiating a guest list with the bride, her family, and his family
Navigating the all-important bachelor party
And much more !

This charmingly illustrated book will not only help guys understand what they're in for--but give them a sorely needed chuckle along the way.

Customer Reviews:

Can I rate this less than 1 star?.......2005-12-02

This has to be the most archaic writing I have ever seen. I am not sure if Mr. van Dijk has ever spoken to or participated in vendor selection. His stereotyping of vendors is offensive and unacceptable!

The sad part is that a groom will pick this book up and think how miserable planning a wedding is and how to skimp on things that he should not.

Peter van Dijk has done more harm to the wedding industry than "The Electric Slide"!

Clueless author is more like it.......2005-12-02

Why isn't there a "zero stars" option?

I'm sorry, but this book contains some of the most gawd awful advice I have ever seen dispensed to anyone planning a wedding.

Is it supposed to be a joke? If it is, Peter van Dijk missed the mark. Don't even file under Humor - file in the trash.

Who's Clueless?.......2005-12-02

If the rest of this book is anything like the section on wedding videography, the author does his readers a great disservice. Evidently, Mr. van Dijk felt he needed a comic-villain to ridicule.

His stereotyping of professional videographers and what we do (yes, I'm one of them) is insulting, based on ignorance, and many years out of date ("ugly Klieg light"? Excuse me? They're almost 100 years old!). Extremely light-sensitive cameras have been around for several years. We don't blind you any more.

Apparently, the author wasn't happy with the person who recorded his wedding. Therefore, he has made it his mission to convince others that they too will be unhappy. Never mind that your children and grandchildren (not to mention even YOU) might cherish your video 25 or 50 years from now, the great van Dijk has spoken!

Are some videographers "miserable little cretins"? I suppose so - just like some photographers, bakers, and authors. But the vast majority of us perform a valuable and creative service for our clients, and take pride in preserving the most important day in a young couple's life.

One star for at least trying to be funny. So you're going to buy this book anyway? "Fine, be that way. But don't come crying to me, Wedding Boy. I told you so. I told you so. I told you so. I told you so."

Gets it right.......2004-06-17

I really got a huge kick out of this book. It has some really useful information. It's funny. But it's also real good spririted. A definite must read for any engaged guy.

Excellent Stuff.......2004-04-23

My mother-in-law gave me this book as a gift shortly after I popped the question. It was full of really great stuff, and it was fun to read. I would wholeheartedly recommend it. "Mom" was also super-cool enough to give me a couple of other excellent gifts -- believe it or not -- that I would also VERY STRONGLY recommend: the book "Men Are From Mars, Women are from Venus" , the DVD "New Sex Now", and "Goddess Worship" on video. All in all these four little gifts made a HUGE impact on some very amazing weeks of my life.

The Clueless Groom's Guide (More Than Any Man Should Ever Know About Getting Married)

Average customer rating:

The Clueless Groom's Guide (More Than Any Man Should Ever Know About Getting Married)
Peter Van Dijk
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFKHCM

Book Description

This book explores Shakespeare films as interpretations of Shakespeare's plays as well as interpreting the place of Shakespeare on screen, within the classroom, and within the English curriculum. Shakespeare on screen is evaluated both in relation to the play texts and in relation to the realms of popular film culture. The book focuses on how Shakespeare is manipulated in film and television through the representation of violence, gender, sexuality, race, and nationalism. DeborahCartmell discusses a wide range of films, including Orson Welles' Othello (1952), Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books (1991), Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1996) and John Madden's Shakespeare in Love (1998).

Customer Reviews:

A very thin book.......2001-06-15

While very clearly written, this book disappoints both in the brevity with which it treats its subject and in the simplistic arguments it makes. The author is upset that filmmakers have not listened to academic (politically correct) critics. Branagh is bashed for being sexist, racist, you name it. Cartmell's book could be pedagogically useful, however, in creating discussion and debate among high school and college students.

Brave New Bard.(best books on Shakespeare in the movies)(Critical Essay): An article from: Cineaste

Average customer rating:

Brave New Bard.(best books on Shakespeare in the movies)(Critical Essay): An article from: Cineaste
Courtney Lehmann
Manufacturer: Cineaste Publishers, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Performing Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Cineaste, published by Cineaste Publishers, Inc. on December 22, 2000. The length of the article is 5316 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.

Citation Details
Title: Brave New Bard.(best books on Shakespeare in the movies)(Critical Essay)
Author: Courtney Lehmann
Publication: Cineaste (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2000
Publisher: Cineaste Publishers, Inc.
Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Page: 62

Article Type: Critical Essay

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Average customer rating:

Interpreting Shakespeare On Screen
Deborah Cartmell
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTJRPG

Average customer rating:

Interpreting Shakespeare on Screen
Deborah Cartmell
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTEVRA

Book Description

From 1933 to 1945, the Reich Chamber of Culture exercised a profound influence over hundreds of thousands of German artists and entertainers. Alan Steinweis focuses on the fields of music, theater, and the visual arts in this first major study of Nazi cultural administration, examining a complex pattern of interaction among leading Nazi figures, German cultural functionaries, ordinary artists, and consumers of culture. Steinweis gives special attention to Nazi efforts to purge the arts of Jews and other so-called undesirables.

Steinweis describes the political, professional, and economic environment in which German artists were compelled to function and explains the structure of decision making, thus showing in whose interest cultural policies were formulated. He discusses such issues as insurance, minimum wage statutes, and certification guidelines, all of which were matters of high priority to the art professions before 1933 as well as after the Nazi seizure of power. By elucidating the economic and professional context of cultural life, Steinweis helps to explain the widespread acquiescence of German artists to artistic censorship and racial 'purification.' His work also sheds new light on the purge of Jews from German cultural life.

Customer Reviews:

From the Back Cover:.......2005-10-27

From 1933 to 1945, the Reich Chamber of Culture exercised a profound influence over hundreds of thousands of German artists and entertainers. Alan Steinweis focuses on the fields of music, theater, and the visual arts in this first major study of Nazi cultural administration, examining a complex pattern of interaction among leading Nazi figures, German cultural functionaries, ordinary artists, and consumers of culture. He gives special attention to Nazi efforts to purge the arts of Jews and other so-called undesirables.

Book Description

BradyGames' Beyond Good and Evil Official Strategy Guide features a comprehensive walkthrough. All 56 animal species locations are revealed, with tips showing how to nab pictures of them all! Masterful fighting strategies. Maps of key levels that point out important items, ideal photo spots and more! Species checklist helps players keep track of which animals still need to be photographed.

This product is available for sale worldwide, excluding France, Germany & Japan.

Customer Reviews:

Beyond the boring.......2005-10-12

What can one say about such a unique and different game as Beyond Good and Evil, except that it is one great experience!

You are Jade a journalist with a mission. Take photos of the species around the Islands where you live. But the sweet exterior hides a sinister and conspiratorial interior. People are being taken from their homes and lands, you must find out who is taking them, where they are being taken, and why they are being taken there.

With simple controls and a mixture of platform and adventure, and an opportunity to use your brain not a weapon, this game is a must. Clever in its story line and with unique gameplay (click goes the camera, click goes your mind), it goes far Beyond Good and Evil.

Dazzers tip.......2004-05-20

it's overall a very good game with a good story all the way through. as you sneak and battle through countless maps to uncover a conspirisy that has lasted year's. I think this would be a five star game if it were not for the ultra hard boss leading to the worst end sequence ever...

Good but..........2004-01-02

There are some games that pretty much play themselves. As far as primary objectives go, Beyond Good and Evil is one of them. The game is good, but the puzzles are relatively uncomplicated for a stealth based game, and fighting is just as straightforward. In this context, it's fair to ask what purpose a strategy guide serves. Sarcasm aside, the top answer has to be that it is a cool souvenir.

Well, there are some other things. The walkthrough will get you photos of all the creatures needed for the subquest, and that is an important source of early game cash. Since there aren't dependable sources of income that is a valuable service. Ditto for making sure you find all the pearls lying about. But, for the most part, this is a well-written, intelligent guide for a game that doesn't need one.

Oddly enough, this is one of the best practical guides I've seen this year. It sticks to providing a clear, timely walkthrough with a minimum of fluff, fan service shots of Jade, or extended biographies of momentary characters. The big, overdone 300 page monstrosities that pass for strategy guides should only be this good. Whether you want this guide will depend on if you really want to accomplish everything there is to accomplish. If you do, then this guide really will help you track down those last elusive clues.

Amazon.com

Let's say you're trying to convince a new employer to sweeten its job offer to you. Or perhaps you're buying or selling a company. Or maybe you're even solving for peace in the Middle East. If any of these scenarios is yours, Roger Fisher, Daniel Shapiro, and their colleagues at the Harvard Negotiation Project have ideas that they would like to share. Fisher's previous book, Getting to Yes, stands today as a seminal work in negotiations theory. Businesspeople in a wide variety of industries have drawn from the book's tips for deal-making and its larger framework for "interest-based negotiation", which focuses on understanding each side's interests and working together to produce proverbial win-win outcomes. In Beyond Reason, Fisher and Shapiro go one step further.

To the authors' credit, they started this new book with a clear understanding of the previous one's chief shortcoming. Though Getting to Yes introduced a powerful paradigm for negotiations, it did not fully address a critical element of most deals: emotions, and the messy human details that can distract from purely rational decision-making. If both negotiators are consistently lucid, fair, and calm, the game has a certain set of rules, but if--as in most situations--the different parties get excited, angry, sad, insulted, and so on, then those rules change. That expanded focus forms the basis for Beyond Reason.

Fisher and Shapiro have structured this latest work around five key emotions which they identify as most critical to productive negotiations. Even though each situation has its own dynamics, they point to appreciation, affiliation, autonomy, status, and role as the most important for making each party comfortable enough to grasp the principles of rationality that maximize the chances for a win-win result.

Critics may deride this book as still too simplistic, too black-and-white, and unappreciative of life's shades of gray. The authors' pragmatic bent comes in the book's final two chapters. One takes readers through the overall process for negotiations--not just the parry-and-thrust of conversations with the other party, but also pre-conversation preparation. It's in this preparatory stage, the authors contend, where a thoughtful consideration of potential emotional dynamics can help prevent later problems. To synthesize many of the lessons they impart, Fisher and Shapiro then close their work by inviting guest commentary from the former President of Ecuador, Jamil Mahuad, who explains how he applied interest-based negotiations theory to highly charged negotiations between his country and Peru, on a border dispute in the late 1990s. It's this kind of real-life application of Fisher and Shapiro's theories that continue to give them relevance. --Peter Han

Book Description

In Getting to Yes, renowned educator and negotiator Roger Fisher presented a universally applicable method for effectively negotiating personal and professional disputes. Building on his work as director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, Fisher now teams with Harvard psychologist Daniel Shapiro, an expert on the emotional dimension of negotiation. In Beyond Reason, they show readers how to use emotions to turn a disagreement—big or small, professional or personal—into an opportunity for mutual gain.

Customer Reviews:

Worth a quick reading.......2007-10-04

I read this book right after reading "Starting with NO" by Jim Camp. My key takeaway is the awareness about the core concerns that stimulate emotions during negotiation - Appreciation, Autonomy, Affiliation, Status & Role.

It was hard for me to sustain interest with the book. I felt that there is more theory than real life stories & examples. Anyways, it is worth a quick reading.

Good intentions, but misses some key points...........2007-07-29

This book is a little simplistic, especially considering who it is written by. It mentions taking care of your own core needs so that you won't let emotions take you over, but does not do a good job of explaining just how to do it. Emotional responses are often accompanied with actual physical tension in your body, and once the cycle starts, it is hard to stop feeding into your emotions. Emotional control isn't just a mental acknowledgement of "I have autonomy", it also requires control of your physical state. For this purpose, I think the book "Fight Your Fear and Win" is muuuuch better at teaching people to keep their cool. I am not affiliated with that author in any way, but I feel his book is very underrated. You should check it out if you want to learn how to handle stressful situations with grace.

Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate.......2007-03-17

This is a great book for helping individuals, families, businesses, and governments maintain relationships and resolve differences. There are real examples of how the concepts have worked in situations as difficult as international conflicts. If this book was widely used as a guide in conflict resolution, there would be hope for world peace!

Makes you take a step back!.......2007-03-09

I hate it when I get sucked into an emotionally-charged argument and I feel like my mouth and feelings are totally out of control. This book does a great job in deconstructing typical arguments and examining what is happening in each step of the conversation. It helped me understand people's mindsets better, and it places me in a better position to stay calm and in control next time I have a tough conversation, while also better understanding what the other parties possibly want.

An Easy, Straightforward Read.......2007-02-18

I read this book having no prior experience in negotiation, yet I found it simple, straightforward and easy to understand. The main thrust of this book is acknowledging the emotional aspect of negotiation, thereby strengthening your ability to negotiate to your fullest potential. Negotiation, as used in this text, can range from personal day-to-day interaction, to international dispute resolution.

In order to categorize the ideas that the authors consider under the umbrella of "emotion," they have listed them as: Expressing Appreciation, Building Affiliation, Respecting Autonomy, and Acknowledging Status.

With in each of these categories the authors detail things to be aware of, how to balance your emotions and how to be prepared. What I really appreciated about this text was the follow-up to the academic side with practical application and their own personal experience. The whole last chapter is aptly delegated to how these principles worked in action when the presidents of Peru and Equator met to negotiate a land settlement in the late 90's. The president of Equator had previously taken classes in these principles from one of the authors, and applied them in these negotiations.

I found this an interesting and applicable read and recommend it to those who are looking for a rounding to their understanding of negotiation.

Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate

Average customer rating:

Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate
Shapiro, Roger, Daniel Fisher
Manufacturer: audible.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Download
ASIN: B000CCE4LC

Average customer rating:

Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate

Manufacturer: Books on Tape
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: 1415923108

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books