Leonardo's Incessant Last Supper
 The Way to Look at a Classic: You have seen the image hundreds of times. It has been copied and parodied relentlessly for over five hundred years. It shows Jesus at the center of a dining table, flanked by six disciples on either side. Everyone knows [... more]
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The Culture of the Copy: Striking Likenesses, ...
From Amazon.com: Considering how many tricky ethical and legal questions there are with various electronic reproductions, The Culture of the Copy is a timely book. Our fascination with copies, replicas, and reproduction is explored in this unusual and [... more]
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Perspective as Symbolic Form
Interesting book and short: Panofsky's book on perspective, Perspective as Symbolic Form, is a short book about the development of perspective from ancient perspective to the full, abstract space of an Alberti. This is interesting for a number of reasons, [... more]
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The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece
Author: Marcel Detienne Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 180 EAN: 9780942299861 ISBN: 0942299868 Number Of Pages: 229 Publication Date: 1999-08-27 [... more]
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Matter and Memory
extremely difficult work by a forgotten genius: Matter and Memory is often taken as the cornerstone of Bergson's work by the few who still read him, and I can't disagree with them. This is certainly his most radical work, but unfortunately, it is also [... more]
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Nongovernmental Politics
Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 361.7 EAN: 9781890951740 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1890951749 Number Of Pages: 672 Publication Date: 2007-04-01 [... more]
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In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought ...
Author: François Jullien Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 181 EAN: 9781890951429 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1890951420 Number Of Pages: 152 Publication Date: 2007-09-30 [... more]
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Aby Warburg and the Image in Motion
butterflies in the details: It is my hope there will be more such pleasing books and articles about Aby Warburg's life and works. M.'s book suffices to place the Florentine and Native American explorations of Warburg in context and in (usefully) [... more]
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La Jetée: ciné-roman
Author: Chris Marker Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 791 EAN: 9780942299663 ISBN: 0942299663 Number Of Pages: 258 Publication Date: 2008-04-30 [... more]
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Society Against the State: Essays in Political Anthropology
review of Society Against the State: For those interested in international law, a must. An eye-opener: Although a work of anthropology, it helps if you have a background in philosophy, as Pierre Clastres clearly does. Using the "primitive" [... more]
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Who Are You?: Identification, Deception, and ...
Author: Valentin Groebner Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 346.4012 EAN: 9781890951726 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1890951722 Number Of Pages: 349 Publication Date: 2007-03-31 [... more]
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Action and Reaction: The Life and Adventures of a Couple
Author: Jean Starobinski Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 194 EAN: 9781890951207 ISBN: 189095120X Number Of Pages: 450 Publication Date: 2003-06-01 [... more]
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