Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto

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Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice, here published in a revised and updated edition, explores the visual tradition of one of the most important centres of the Italian Renaissance through a study of three masters - Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto. These painters dominated and shaped the traditions of Venetian painting in the High and Late Renaissance. Establishing the conditions of painting in Renaissance Venice, including the social, economic and political situation of arts and artists and the aesthetic values that distinguish Venetian painting from that of Central Italy, David Rosand also explores the formal principles and technical procedures that determined the uniqueness of painting in Venice, above all the development of oil painting on canvas. He also analyses individual images, altarpieces and mural paintings within the several contexts of conventions and institutions - artistic, social, historical - of Renaissance Venice.

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Don't be misled by opinionated review!.......2003-11-12

"Ann Arbor" is way off the mark, and did not read the Tintoretto chapter carefully, as it celebrates the depth of the artist's religious imagery. This book is a classic! Gracefully written, deeply learned yet unassuming, and deserving the most attentive close reading you can spare. The introduction is the best, most concise treatment available anywhere of the outstanding contributions of Venetian Renaissance painting. Rosand is possibly the most distinguished scholar now writing about this marvelous topic. Note that the 3 "artist" chapters are not meant to produce a SURVEY of Venetian painting--each has a different THEME that is traced in the art of the master best suited to it. I've been teaching Venetian Renaissance art at the undergrad and grad level for over 20 years, and I can vouch for the excellence of this book.

Good and bad..........2001-06-05

This book would have recieved 5 stars if it wasn't for an apparent misunderstanding of Tintoretto on the part of Prof. Rosand. The first section of the book is oustanding, laying out beutifully such necessary background info/theory as the role of the artist in 16th century Venice and (even better) the aesthtics of the disengo vs. colorito / florence vs. venice controversy. Now for the bad: while it is generally a nice, concise overview of Tintoretto's artistic production, Rosand misses the point in terms of expressive content of his art, debunking the notion that Tintoretto communicates a real, personal passion and piety. He also claims that, contrary to popular scholarship, the Council of Trent had little effect on the outcome of his paintings and "any attempt to link associate specific doctrines may be misleading" (approx. quotation regarding the San Giorgio Maggiore "Last Supper). Despite these questionable views (which he contradicts in other sources, by the way) it is a valuable volume to anyone's personal library.

Great book.......1999-10-17

I haven't seen the book, but i have a feeling it will be grea

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin: Summer 2005, Volume LXIII, Number I: North of the Apennines: Sixteenth-Century Italian Painting in Venice and the Veneto

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin: Summer 2005, Volume LXIII, Number I: North of the Apennines: Sixteenth-Century Italian Painting in Venice and the Veneto
Andrea Bayer
Manufacturer: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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ASIN: B000QUZ7F2

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Illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs and reproductions.

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The year 2000 marks issue 200 and year 20 for i-D magazine. What better way to celebrate than make a book? As founder and editor-in-chief Terry Jones writes, "A cross between a menu and a diary, Smile i-D maps the magazine's journey beyond the veneer of regular fashion." Now that most of us consider i-D a household name, it's interesting to be reminded that 20 years ago, street fashion was a nascent concept. Finding music and street culture more interesting than the traditional fashion world, Terry Jones abandoned his post as Art Director at British Vogue in 1977 to embark on a journey that has revolutionized not only the world of fashion magazines, but arguably fashion itself.

Blending fashion and social documentation, early issues of i-D (major collector items now) were 40 pages stapled together which sold for 50p. Journalistic in spirit and revolutionary in form, the magazine sought to show the world the gritty, real side of fashion as seen in the streets of London- kilts, mohawks, safety pins and all. When newsagents hesitated to sell i-D because of finger injuries resulting from the staples, early supporters helped by selling issues from the trunk of a Cadillac. Lots of teamwork and innovation brought i-D to the forefront of contemporary fashion culture and today it can be found at newsstands practically everywhere on the globe (minus the staples).

Smile i-D incorporates a single spread from each issue of the magazine thus far. Watch out for the stars who appeared here before the rest of the world even knew who they were. And don't forget to check out the Madonna cover from issue 14: why is the mole on the wrong side of her face? You'll have to read the book to find out.

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OUTSTANDING 5/5!.......2002-03-31

On Page 316 of Smile i-D, there's a reprint of a two-page spread from i-D Magazine's December 1992 issue. The left page is empty, save for a black-and-white photo in the center of the page of a female model in a ripped white t-shirt. The page on the right is exactly the same, except for a similarly sized photograph of two vacuum cleaners. The spread is part of a piece on creating your own couture.

But then again, we're talking about i-D here.

For over two decades, Britain's i-D has had a singular mission of documenting street style, coupled with an utterly innovative artistic vision. Smile i-D is a 600-page retrospective incorporating covers and spreads from the first 200 issues of the magazine. More than this, it's a consummate documentation of the past twenty years of cutting-edge style and culture.

24 years ago, Terry Jones, then Art Director at British Vogue, decided to abandon his post to document underground, "street" style, then an unheard-of concept. The result was the founding of i-D magazine. Taking a journalistic approach, i-D sought to document the spirit and style of the real world by using the streets of London as its canvas.

At times, people ended up in i-D just because they looked either hip, unique, or bizarre enough. More often than not, it was all three.

As a result, every nascent trend of the past twenty years fell into the pages of i-D. Punks, mods, ravers, trustafarians, bikers, hip-hoppers, modern primitives, gearheads, drag queens, club kids, dominatrixes, skinheads, glam rockers, dreads, new wavers, and so on were documented equally with an utter disregard - almost a contempt -- of what the latest news from Milan or Paris was.

Taking the concept of innovation to the next level, i-D began to feature anyone who seemed to be on the verge of crossing over to the mainstream, and as you leaf through the pages of this retrospective, the roster of then-unknowns who graced i-D's pages and covers is nearly breathtaking. Boy George in 1980. Galliano and Margiela years before they became household names among the fashion cognoscenti. Sade in 1983, a full year before her debut album was released. Madonna in 1984, just as "Borderline" was beginning to break radio. The list goes on.

Of course, there is a method to all this madness. Over the course of its 608 pages, it becomes clear that the fever pitch that i-D has sustained into its third decade is the side effect of its goal: the total democratization of style. By highlighting every trend, fad, and style movement in existence it transcends the dictatorial nature of fashion magazines. There is no right or wrong, no "in" or "out". By presenting anything that looks good instead of prescribing a specific look, the concept of fashion is rendered irrelevant, usurped by a manic promotion of individual style. All racial, social and economic boundaries are erased, replaced by the notion of pure individuality.

Accompanying all of this is Jones's unique art direction, which although it has evolved a bit over the course of twenty years, continues to complement the "anything goes" ethos of i-D with a likeminded aesthetic. Minimal layouts are sandwiched in between pages of utter chaos. Text runs in all directions ont any given page. Models fly across the pages, their expressions and bodies frozen in gleeful contortion. Full pages are devoted to minute details, while entire style spreads take up a half-page.

Absorbing all of this in one or two sittings is impossible; the combination of Jones' hyperkinetic visual style and the nonstop barrage of style, music and pop culture will literally make your head spin. Smile i-D is a coffee table book, to be sure, but its eye-popping visuals and undiluted take on everything that has been hip for the past twenty years ensure that it will be a book you come back to again and again.

Superbly chronicled evolution of a top style magazine.......2001-06-23

There's a passage in the introductory text written by former editor Dylan Jones that says: "i-D was the first street fashion magazine, a pick'n'mix grab-bag of punk fashion and DIY style, a pop-cultural sponge soaking up everything with inelegant haste." Very aptly put. And it's all symbolized with an iconic wink (or a gesture suggesting one) on the cover of every issue.

Throughout the nearly 600 pages of this heavy, photo-packed book (which I happily made the time to survey, one page at a time, front to back), you'll see a maturation from a haphazardly compiled fanzine of punk fashion to a more polished journal of all that which is currently fashionable. No subtle difference, indeed. Black and white photos of random subjects sporting the latest in 80's leather, safety pins and spiked hair give way in the 90's to better-produced shots of more recognizable models and artists. I'm impressed that the raw, "immediate" flavor of the photography and design just gets better throughout i-D's first twenty years.

There's not enough space to detail all the things I liked about this book, but I found especially interesting the early photos of some models and pop icons before they became widely known. I thought the numerous quotes by artists/actors/musicians added a good comical complement to the pictures. Also, the refinement (my opinion) of grahic design techinque is evident with the aging of i-D: it's not unlike looking at a scrapbook of an acne-ridden adolescent who grows into a hip and handsome young adult. Although i-D is somewhat new to me, it's now one of my favorite style publications. I wish I hadn't missed the first couple hundred issues, but I'm glad I got this book.

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Taking a break from the familiar catastrophes of the gymkhana and the trials of Penelope and her beloved but irrascible Kipper, Therwell slips on a stetson, leaps into the saddle from the upstairs window of the Golden Nugget Saloon and goes west.

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re-release of three of his best!.......2000-05-31

Pony Panorama is a re-release of "Thelwell Goes West," "Penelope," and Gymkhana." These are three of my all-time favorite Thelwell books. At last, we don't have to haunt the used bookstores any more!

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Pony Panorama
Thelwell
Manufacturer: Mandarin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0749300949

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What grandmother never told you, Advice from the Attic does! These authentic excerpts from the 19th and 20th centuries range from the amusingly absurd to the truly bizarre. Discover advice on cultivating the perfectly placid face, the charm of hiding intelligence, inhibiting improper laughter, the dangers of bobbed hair, strange shampoo formulas, eccentric exercises for face and body, and more.

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The Newest History Book you MUST HAVE!.......2006-03-24

This book is so wonderful to read! It is a fun romp through history from a very REAL perspective! Everyone knows the story of Christopher Columbus and who the first person to walk on the moon was... This "Marvel of Reading" will bring it all home! How about the REAL advice for people to brush their teeth with SOOT. How about the reference from a book written in 1936 "Ladies do not chew gum"? The entries are very funny and the pictures are even better! To hear an interview with the author and to learn more about the book, log on to www.SmileHelp.com and click on the Smile Help Radio Button. There you can hear an interview with Monica Dale.

Emphatically not a practical resource for contemporary women.......2003-05-23

Advice From The Attic: Precious Pearls Of Wisdom On Beauty, Charm, And Etiquette is a lighthearted guide of advice for women, compiled by Monica Dale who has assembled a variety of authentic excerpts from the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphatically not a practical resource for contemporary women, Advice From The Attic is intended for amusement and humor, as it preserves memories of the extreme lengths of what society used to expect and demand from women scarcely a few generations ago. Eyebrow-raising articles include "The Dangers of Bobbed Hair"; "Banishing Slang from the Vocabulary"; "The Charm of Hiding Intelligence"; and many more. A fascinating window through time into the social attitudes of the past, Advice From The Attic is unabashedly funny, often surprising, and truly fascinating reading from cover to cover.

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Part authorised biography of Geoff Travis, part history of punk and independent music and part an exercise in nostalgia, DIY: An Oral History of Rough Trade will be an essential music book for serious music fans, in the vein of Jon Savage's England's Dreaming (Faber), David Cavanagh's The Creation Records Story (Virgin) and Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head (Pimlico).

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Break through tough levels

This book is great!

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I think it was a great book.

This book helped me out a lot

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Steve Honeywell
Manufacturer: Prima Games
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Binding: Paperback

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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Advanced Strategies (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

ASIN: 0761518568
Release Date: 1999-08-25

Book Description

Tactics for multiplayer and AI play
Complete strategy for every NOD and GDI mission
Side-by-side comparison of all forces
In-depth resource management and building tactics
Reach your full Tiberium yield potential
Complete mission tree!

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Break through tough levels.......2007-05-19

This was a huge help to me to get through some tough levels that I was really stuck on. It is not so much a "cheat" as a walkthrough of what is going to happen. I only gave the book four stars because I thought it could have gone over actual in game controls more thoroughly.

This book is great!.......2000-12-01

It includes instructions on how to beat the individual missions, tips for playing the AI, differences between Nod and GDI. A great book for a great game! A definite buy!

I think it was a great book........1999-11-04

This book helped me beat Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun. It helped because I was stuck on the last GDI mission and the sixth Nod mission. The book helped me beat these missions so that I can go on.

I think it was a great book........1999-11-04

This book helped me beat Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun. It helped because I was stuck on the last GDI mission and the sixth Nod mission. The book helped me beat these missions so that I can go on.

This book helped me out a lot.......1999-10-27

This is a really good book i don't think that i cold have beaten the game without this book it tells u all about the units and what to do in each of the missions

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Advanced Strategies (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

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This can be a great book......
An awesome guide
A Great Strategy Guide

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Advanced Strategies (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
Jason Young
Manufacturer: Prima Games
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0761526358
Release Date: 2000-03-24

Book Description

Thought you could conquer Kane?

• Base-building tactics to blow away the competition
• Walkthroughs of all GDI and Nod Missions
• World-dominating multiplayer tactics
• Exclusive interview with Tiberian Sun producer, Rade Stojsavljevic
• Tips for maximizing your economy
• Covers Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™ missions

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This can be a great book.............2001-08-12

This can be a great book if you use the tips and stratageys correctly! That means"Do not follow the tips blindly! Modify them so your playing style will work well with the tips! Not the other way around!". Also if you hate being talked through a misson, avoid this book! Also somtimes your own strategys are better than the ones in this book! I Made it to the last NOD misson with only cosulting the book in 1 or 2 missons. So be carful if you buy this and use it right!

An awesome guide.......2000-05-03

I got stuck in one of the Nod mission and it was until I got this awesome guide did I manage to pass through it.I rated it 5 stars because it has extremely detailed walkthrough for all of the missions.This guide is a must for all those C&C fans out there!

A Great Strategy Guide.......2000-04-12

This is a great guide. It has a compleat walkthrough of Tiberian Sun and Firestorm. The missons stategies help alot, plus they are perfect when you get stuck. The stategies for multiplayer are excellent. It got a 4 star rating because the walkthrough of the Tiberian Sun Missons are identical to the first guide.

Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun & Expansion Pack: Firestorm Bundle

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Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun & Expansion Pack: Firestorm Bundle

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Binding: Perfect Paperback

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For one or more players using LAN or Internet connection, tactical combat game using futuristic armies
Play as one of two factions, develop strategies as your units mature into veterans
Destroyable terrain and unpredictable weather,
New GDI and NOD units for solo and multiplayer action
New multiplayer maps and enhanced random map generator, new unit upgrades and new indigenous life forms

ASIN: 9753425279

Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun W/Items Card for Babbages

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Prima
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ASIN: 0761523987

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ASIN: 0761523650

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On the heels of a decade of scandals and the new pressures brought on by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporations expect far more from their CFOs than simply managing the numbers.

They expect decision-making support and performance insights that can improve bottom-line results. Unfortunately, the complexity and detail inherent in CFOs’ jobs keep them shackled to budgeting and transaction-processing systems that leave little time for value-adding activities.

Grounded in extensive research, Reinventing the CFO outlines seven critical roles—from streamlining redundant processes to regulating risk to identifying a few key measures—that CFOs must take on in order to successfully transform the finance operation.

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A Great new angle of Financial Visiton.......2007-09-07

I just received this book last week and started reading. This has been an easy read with lots of good pointers. I kept a highligter close by the entire time I have been reading. As a CFO I often feel buried in beurocracy but this book gives ways the CFO can free themselves from some of this drudgery.

Well-written proposal for a new role of the CFO.......2007-04-13

Jeremy Hope's well-written and well-documented proposals deserve careful reading by every financial executive. It is no news that the job of the Chief Financial Officer is changing. However, he points out, few CFOs understand or accept the steps they should take to prepare themselves for the demands of a new role. Hope explains what they need to do clearly and concisely, mincing no words about the troubled state of the CFO profession today. We recommend this book to CFOs and other financial professionals who want to become strategic partners in their organizations.

Required reading for leadership.......2007-03-09

I'll be brief given the previous detailed reviews. My view is that the author provides great insight based on my experience working for large companies struggling with many of the issues described in the book. The author did his homework. The principles are clear and nicely discussed. This reading is valuable to those aspiring to finance leadership.

I don't agree with everything the author states; more tangible examples would have been helpful; and some, important points were noticeably left out (in my view). Nevertheless, it is a great, insightful piece of work worth serious consideration by those in the business.

Reinventing or sidelined.......2006-12-02

I have read this book. I would like to offer a brief review. A solid book to challenge the accounting profession to be more relevant, strategic and value-adding in view of current business environment. Indeed, CFOs need to re-invent their roles and functions or else they will be sidelined (extinct? probably not due to statutory provision).

I always don't see eye-to-eye with traditional accountant in its approach and emphasis and after reading this book, I am glad I am not alone!

Excellent re-inventing materials but in my working context would be difficult to implement in companies I worked in (I am a Malaysian and have been working in Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia) as the companies I have worked in were "top-down" command and control type. They expect CFOs/Accountants to behave in the traditional way (details complexity, conservative and bean counting).

Dear author Mr. Jeremy Hope, do write more books to guide and challenge us! More books on "how to".

How to redefine a role "that is fast becoming obsolete".......2006-09-25

I agree with Jeremy Hope that those who are -- or who aspire to become -- a CFO need to understand that, as Hope explains, "too many CFOs...remain prisoners of dysfiunctional systems and mental models that were developed for a role that is fast becoming obsolete." That is to say, the position of CFO must be reinvented. However, my own opinion is that that will not happen unless and until governing boards and CEOs insist that CFOs be centrally involved as part of the senior-management team running the given business. The same is also true of CIOs and heads of HR. Today, CFOs face a number of extrernal pressures. For example, new success drivers such as strategic planning, resource allocation, and performance measuring systems as well as a new regulatory environment and more demaning shareholders. With regard to internal pressures, they include too much detail and complexity, inadequate forecasting capability, too little understanding of how to reduce costs, and a lack of risk management expertise.

In this volume, Hope addresses with rigor and eloquence a number of key issues that the CFO and her or his finance team must accommodate to transform the finance operation. He suggests that the CFO be viewed in several different roles:

As a "freedom fighter" who liberates both finance and business managers from "huge amounts of detail and the proliferaion of complex systems that increase their workload and deny them time for reflection and analysis"

As "analyst and adviser" who, by breaking free from detail and complexity, "creates time for finance to provide the information that managers need to make effective decisions"

As "architect of adaptive management" who enables managers to be liberated by releasing them from "the chains of the detailed annual planning cycle" by replacing targets and budgets with "effective steering mechanisms, including continuous planning reviews and rolling forecasts, that enable managers to sense and respond more rapidly to unpredictable events and to changing markets and customers"

As "warrior against waste" who with her or his finance team is able to focus on "huge swathes of costs that have remained unchallenged for years"

As "master of measurement" who brings measurement back under control and provides clear guidance about its meaning to managers at every level who, with rare exception, only need six or seven measures

As "regulator of risk" who provides an effective framework for good governance and risk management "by using multiple levers of control that support corporate governance controls, internal controls, strategic controls, and feedback controls"

In the final chapter, Hope focuses on the CFO as "champion of change." He cites a number of exemplary CFOs who have transformed their finance operations, examining how they started, what vision or goals they set for themselves, how they got buy-in from key people, and how they implemented the changes. His case examples include American Express, Tomkins, and the World Bank.

Hope devotes a separate chapter to each of these "roles," explaining how the reinvention of the CFO inolves a multi-dimensional process of increased involvement in management at the highest level. To repeat, this will not happen unless and until the governning board and CEO insist upon and support, then sustain that process.

In this context, I am reminded of what Robert Kaplan and David Norton characterize as "the strategy-focused organization," one which is guided and informed by five core initiatives: translating strategy to operational terms, aligning the organization to the strategy, viewing strategy as everyone's job, making strategy a continual process, and mobilizing change through executive leadership. The first four principles focus on the Balanced Scorecard tool, framework, and supporting resources; the importance of the fifth principle is self-evident. "With a Balanced Scorecard that tells the story of the strategy, " Kaplan and Norton suggest, "we now have a reliable foundation for the design of a management system to create Strategy-Focused Organizations."

Hedre's a key question: When embarked on the reinvention process, how to gain the support of key people? In response, Hope stresses the importance of involving operating people in the change process, avoiding more complexity, showing some "early wins" (i.e. picking "low-hanging fruit"), and being patient while maintaining momentum. He makes a convincing case that financial managers really can "transform their roles and add greater value" but only if they are allowed to do so. Moreover, they must be actively involved in a process, a "journey," shared with others. Only then can everyone on the senior-management team, working effectively together, establish and then strengthen "a more adaptive, lean, and ethical organization."

That is a journey all senior-level executives in a given organization must complete together, with the active involvement and solid support of governing board members. Hope explains not only why that is imperative but also how to do it effectively, to the substantial benefit of all stakeholders.

Well-done!

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