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The ArtsOctober 2018Study on Survival of Chinese Classical Opera
by Wang Fuya
The book mainly explores Chinese classical opera in terms of the existence, cutural essence and functions, artistic features, and the position in Chinese traditional culture. The author conducts study based on theories of popular culture and folk culture, historical resources of Chinese classical opera, along with various survival tactics for opera like opera adptation and opera prohibition.
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Color and Light -- Western Painting appreciation
by Xi Chuanji
This book tells the history of western art from primitive art to modern art in a simple and easy way in a short space of 25 lectures. The main words are not complicated, and the style is precise. Therefore, it has even been adopted as a textbook by many colleges and vocational schools. For art lovers and ordinary readers, it is also a good concise book for popular art appreciation. An art gallery without walls, Ancient Greece, Impressionism, Romanticism... Twenty-five fine galleries of Western art, each displaying only three or five works. A history of minimalist western art from primitive painting to modern abstract art, under the guidance of an art historian, from form to color, from color to light, from light to shadow, are so three-dimensional and vivid. A new reprint of the once popular Western art appreciation manual, an art bible to take with you. This book is included in the catalogue of Middle and Primary School Reading Books of Zhongnan Media.
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The ArtsJuly 2024Pasticcio opera in Britain
History and context
by Peter Morgan Barnes
This study overturns twentieth-century thinking about pasticcio opera. This radical way of creating opera formed a counterweight, even a relief, to the trenchant masculinity of literate culture in the seventeenth century. It undermined the narrowing of nationalism in the eighteenth century, and was an act of gross sacrilege against the cult of Romantic genius in the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, it found itself on the wrong side of copyright law. However, in the twenty-first century it is enjoying a tentative revival. This book redefines pasticcio as a method rather than a genre of opera and aligns it with other art forms which also created their works from pre-existing parts, including sculpture. A pasticcio opera is created from pre-existing music and text, thus flying in face of insistence on originality and creation by a solo genius.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2015A History of Western Historical Thought
by Pei YU
This book is an intellectual history of Western theory, it focuses on describing the thoughts development and process in different historical periods. It is guided by historical materialism to reveal the evolution of the western theories, and illuminates development of west history thoughts. To some extent, this book reflects Chinese history researchers’ recent development on western historic thoughts research.
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April 2022Tourism Planning and Development in Western Europe
by Konstantinos Andriotis, Carla Pinto Cardoso, Dimitrios Stylidis
For many decades, Western European countries have undertaken diverse pathways in tourism development and planning. Most have experienced fast or even unlimited growth, resulting in overtourism and, now, the introduction of policies that respect the limits of communities and the sustainability of their resources. Focusing exclusively on tourism development, planning and policy, this book draws together new voices to discuss issues across Belgium, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK. It: - Provides both successful and unsuccessful case studies to illuminate real, practical solutions, developed by tourism scholars who are experts in their researched context countries. - Adopts a range of methodological approaches to cover diverse and less-covered areas such as industrial tourism, saltpans, natural and cultural heritage, and micro-destinations. - Considers post-COVID tourism and the significant role of tourism stakeholders in Western Europe's re-development. An invaluable collection for policy-makers, researchers and academics, this book is also an insightful source of engaging contemporary case studies for use in the classroom.
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The ArtsSeptember 2017100 Best Photographic Places in Western Hunan: A Photography Collection
by Ma Shujun
This book is an excellent photography collection of "Mysterious Xiangxi" Top 100 Tourism Photographic Places. The book contains 100 best photographic spots in western Hunan (Fenghuang County, Jishou City, Yongshun County, Longshan County, Guzhang County, Huayuan County, Luxi County, Baojing County) selected in this event. Each photo is presented with a brief description to the content of the photo, highlighting the history, humanities, and natural beauty of western Hunan.
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Insecticide & herbicide technologyDecember 2004Western Corn Rootworm
Ecology and Management
by Edited by Stefan Vidal, Ulrich Kuhlmann, C R Edwards
Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, has been a major economic pest of maize in the Americas for many years. However, since the early 1990's it has become an increasing threat to crops in Europe and is expected to spread to all maize growing areas of the continent. This book provides a comprehensive review of current knowledge of the biology and ecology of this insect pest and how it might be managed in order to limit its damage as it spreads into new agroecological areas. Cultural, biotechnical, and biological control measures are addressed, as are ecological baseline data such as population dynamics, economic thresholds and aspects of its behaviour. The book also examines the potential of plant protection techniques currently used in North America to be applied in Europe.
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Children's & YABenny Beaver. The Great Forest Adventure
by Inga Maria Ramcke/Christine Kugler
Benny Beaver is involved in every adventure. Among other things, he’s a master builder. He’s always eager to learn something new – in the forest and anywhere else. There’s a lot to learn about our environment and Nature. This eventful tale about Benny Beaver and his friends Daisy Duck, Sally Squirrel and Manny Mole is great fun, as is the CD with its sounds of Nature. What happens in the forest? Who creeps, crawls and flies here? And what trees, bushes and fungi grow here? A lively tale about the environment and Nature for nursery school and first year primary school. A picture-book tale, exciting and entertaining – as is the CD with its sounds from Nature. Welcome to the world of Benny Beaver and his friends! Share their adventures in the forest and elsewhere!
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August 2015The Crystallization of Chinese Opera
by The Nanjing Musuem
This is a complete catalogue of the exhibition The Crystallization of Chinese Opera, enhanced by high-quality images of more than 150 pieces (sets) of cultural relics related to various kinds of traditional Chinese operas, including UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Peking Opera and Kun Opera. Exhibition objects are carefully selected and arranged to show the characteristics of Chinese opera in different regions and different times, as well as the role opera played in Chinese people’s daily life. Images of the colorful sculptures and statues, costumes, puppet figures, script books, movable stage, stage props, as well as decorative objects painted with opera scenes, will enable the audience to perceive the charm of various operas.
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Humanities & Social SciencesPeking Opera Codes
by Author： Ione Meyer Illustrator: Pang Yan
In Peking Opera Codes, you can find rich background knowledge, vivid opera stories, original librettos, and photos of opera performances, as well as drawings.
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The ArtsOctober 20174 saints in 3 acts
A snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s
by Patricia Allmer, John Sears
Four Saints in Three Acts by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson was a major avant-garde phenomenon of the 1930s, an experimental opera that nonetheless achieved remarkable popular success. Photography was a key element of that success, but its complex roles in the construction, representation and dissemination of the opera have hitherto received little critical attention. The photographic recording of the all-African American cast in particular affords a unique insight into the complexities of Four Saints in relation to the Harlem Renaissance and the New York avant-gardes of the time. This book, published in collaboration with The Photographers' Gallery, London, presents a wide selection of photographs of the cast, performances, and other material - many images reproduced for the first time - alongside essays by an international range of scholars exploring different aspects of the opera, including dance, fashion, music, and avant-garde writing, as well as photography.
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Shao Dazhen: Ten Lectures on Western Modern Sculpture
by Shao Dazhen
"Ten Lectures on Western Modern Sculpture" is one of the "Shao Dazhen Books" (10 volumes)."Shao Dazhen Books" is a systematic arrangement, revision, arrangement and collection of Mr. Shao Dazhen's current works and articles. These books, articles and translated works, mainly written in the more than 30 years since the reform and opening up, not only help Chinese readers understand the history and current situation of Western art, but also deeply reflect and analyze many issues in the development of Chinese and Western art since the 20th century, with clear and rational personal judgment. The content, artistic views, analytical methods, critical perspectives and even terminology introduced in the book had a wide influence in the art circle and promoted the modernization process of Chinese art.Shao Dazhen has always been concerned about the development of Western sculpture and Chinese modern sculpture, and believes that to improve the overall level of Chinese contemporary sculpture, the main thing is to improve the artistic accomplishment of sculptors and the public's understanding and understanding of sculpture.Ten Lectures on Modern Western Sculpture is a collection of articles on sculpture written by Shao Dazhen. Mr. Shao Dazhen believes that since the popularity of conceptual art in the 1970s, the independent "sculpture art" in the West is in danger of being dissolved. But the traditional forms of sculpture will still have the value of existence, as long as they reflect modern life, modern thoughts, feelings and interests, will have permanent vitality.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2013The Papal Reform of the Eleventh Century
Lives of Pope Leo IX and Pope Gregory VII
by I. Robinson
The eleventh-century papal reform transformed western European Church and society and permanently altered the relations of Church and State in the west. The reform was inaugurated by Pope Leo IX (1048-54) and given a controversial change of direction by Pope Gregory VII (1073-85). This book contains the earliest biographies of both popes, presented here for the first time in English translation with detailed commentaries. The biographers of Leo IX were inspired by his universally acknowledged sanctity, whereas the biographers of Gregory VII wrote to defend his reputation against the hostility generated by his reforming methods and his conflict with King Henry IV. Also included is a translation of Book to a Friend, written by Bishop Bonizo of Sutri soon after the death of Gregory VII, as well as an extract from the violently anti-Gregorian polemic of Bishop Benzo of Alba (1085) and the short biography of Leo IX composed in the papal curia in the 1090s by Bishop Bruno of Segni. These fascinating narrative sources bear witness to the startling impact of the papal reform and of the 'Investiture Contest', the conflict of empire and papacy that was one of its consequences. An essential collection of translated texts for students of medieval history.
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January 201711 Classical Stories of Kunqu Opera
by Ke Jun
This book is a visual discussion on China's classical opera, Kunqu. Regarded as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, the aim is to introduce the opera to contemporary audiences.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2023Eternal light and earthly concerns
Belief and the shaping of medieval society
by Paul Fouracre
In early Christianity it was established that every church should have a light burning on the altar at all times. In this unique study, Eternal light and earthly concerns, looks at the material and social consequences of maintaining these 'eternal' lights. It investigates how the cost of lighting was met across western Europe throughout the whole of the Middle Ages, revealing the social organisation that was built up around maintaining the lights in the belief that burning them reduced the time spent in Purgatory. When that belief collapsed in the Reformation the eternal lights were summarily extinguished. The history of the lights thus offers not only a new account of change in medieval Europe, but also a sustained examination of the relationship between materiality and belief.
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Children's & YAInseparable
by Xue Tao
Xiaoju, a girl who loves Peking Opera, accidentally saw an interview with the Peking Opera master Mr. Mei from the TV show. She decided to run away from home to visit him. During her adventure, she built a mysterious but deep friendship with little frogs, crows, and old lady Linglong. But she didn't hear anything from her father, and even made a confusion between dad and the crow. Things got confusing. This is a story of a girl chasing the dream of Peking Opera, that father and daughter across time and space warm each other, and that everything in the nature can speak and give the power of growth.
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April 2022Corona Chaos. Confessions from a pharmacist
by Simon Krivec
More than two years of pandemic is more than two years of corona clutter. Only a staggering level of helpfulness, improvisation and flexibility prevented the healthcare system from collapsing completely. In this highly topical book, pharmacist Simon Krivec tells of his incredible experiences and the stormy ups and downs of pandemic madness, missing masks and disinfectants, and the feeling of having been totally abandoned by a helpless state. We learn, for instance, of the short-term procurement of large quantities of ethanol and the transportation of the highly flammable substance, and just what lured the author – and 71,400 euros in cash – to visit the port of Neuss at night.
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Medieval historyMay 2006The life–cycle in Western Europe, c.1300–c.1500
by Deborah Youngs
This is the first study to examine the entire life cycle in the Middle Ages. Drawing on a wide range of secondary and primary material, the book explores the timing and experiences of infancy, childhood, adolescence and youth, adulthood, old age and, finally, death. It discusses attitudes towards ageing, rites of passage, age stereotypes in operation, and the means by which age was used as a form of social control, compelling individuals to work, govern, marry and pay taxes. The wide scope of the study allows contrasts and comparisons to be made across gender, social status and geographical location. It considers whether men and women experienced the ageing process in the same way, and examines the differences that can be discerned between northern and southern Europe. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries suffered famine, warfare, plague and population collapse. This fascinating consideration of the life cycle adds a new dimension to the debate over continuity and change in a period of social and demographic upheaval.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2020The life–cycle in Western Europe, c.1300–c.1500
by S. H. Rigby, Deborah Youngs
This is the first study to examine the entire life cycle in the Middle Ages. Drawing on a wide range of secondary and primary material, the book explores the timing and experiences of infancy, childhood, adolescence and youth, adulthood, old age and, finally, death. It discusses attitudes towards ageing, rites of passage, age stereotypes in operation, and the means by which age was used as a form of social control, compelling individuals to work, govern, marry and pay taxes. The wide scope of the study allows contrasts and comparisons to be made across gender, social status and geographical location. It considers whether men and women experienced the ageing process in the same way, and examines the differences that can be discerned between northern and southern Europe. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries suffered famine, warfare, plague and population collapse. This fascinating consideration of the life cycle adds a new dimension to the debate over continuity and change in a period of social and demographic upheaval.
