Form Of Beauty

Author : Swami B. V. Tripurari
Publisher : Mandala Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781886069374
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Form of Beauty written by Swami B. V. Tripurari and published by Mandala Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunningly produced volume, the artist's mastery and devotion are combined with compelling stories depicting the magical life of Krishna. Excerpts from classics such as the Bhagavat Purana and Gopal Champu accompany 180 paintings, wonderfully illuminated by Swami B.V. Tripurari's poetic and informative narrative.

Author : Peter Friederici
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816531927
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Form of Beauty written by Peter Friederici and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemplating humanity's role in the world it is creating, Peter Goin and Peter Friederici ask if the uncertainties inherent in Glen Canyon herald an unpredictable new future. They challenge us to question how we look at the world, how we live in it, and what the future will be.

Author : George Santayana
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sense of Beauty written by George Santayana and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Eldridge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521805216
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art written by Richard Eldridge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Eldridge presents a clear and compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and significance of art. Drawing on materials from classical and contemporary philosophy as well as from literary theory and art criticism, he explores the representational, expressive, and formal dimensions of art, and he argues that works of art present their subject matter in ways that are of enduring cognitive, moral, and social interest. His accessible study will be invaluable to students and to all readers who are interested in the relation between thought and art.

Author : Francesca Aran Murphy
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567097088
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christ the Form of Beauty written by Francesca Aran Murphy and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1995-03-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the importance of the sacramental imagination as the key to the renewal of Christology and of modern Christian literature.

Author : Max Bill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Form, Function, Beauty written by Max Bill and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected writings of Max Bill - this collection makes many of his key texts available in English for the first time.

Author : Richard O. Prum
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385537220
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Beauty written by Richard O. Prum and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste for the beautiful"—create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world. In the great halls of science, dogma holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection explains every branch on the tree of life: which species thrive, which wither away to extinction, and what features each evolves. But can adaptation by natural selection really account for everything we see in nature? Yale University ornithologist Richard Prum—reviving Darwin's own views—thinks not. Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus Pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. In thirty years of fieldwork, Prum has seen numerous display traits that seem disconnected from, if not outright contrary to, selection for individual survival. To explain this, he dusts off Darwin's long-neglected theory of sexual selection in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons—for the mere pleasure of it—is an independent engine of evolutionary change. Mate choice can drive ornamental traits from the constraints of adaptive evolution, allowing them to grow ever more elaborate. It also sets the stakes for sexual conflict, in which the sexual autonomy of the female evolves in response to male sexual control. Most crucially, this framework provides important insights into the evolution of human sexuality, particularly the ways in which female preferences have changed male bodies, and even maleness itself, through evolutionary time. The Evolution of Beauty presents a unique scientific vision for how nature's splendor contributes to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves.

Author : Abigail Zitin
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300244568
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Form written by Abigail Zitin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking study of the development of form in eighteenth-century aesthetics In this original work, Abigail Zitin proposes a new history of the development of form as a concept in and for aesthetics. Her account substitutes women and artisans for the proverbial man of taste, asserting them as central figures in the rise of aesthetics as a field of philosophical inquiry in eighteenth-century Europe. She shows how the idea of formal abstraction so central to conceptions of beauty in this period emerges from the way practitioners think about craft and skill across the domestic, industrial, and so-called high arts. Zitin elegantly maps the complex connections among aesthetics, form, and formalism, drawing out the understated presence of practice in the writings of major eighteenth-century thinkers including Locke, Addison, Burke, and Kant. This new take on an old story ultimately challenges readers to reconsider form and why it matters.

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199229759
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beauty: A Very Short Introduction written by Roger Scruton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in hardback as Beauty, 2009"--T.p. verso.

Author : Devin Brown
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1481716573
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Be Your Own Beautiful written by Devin Brown and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be Your Own Beautiful ~ is a book dedicated to inspiring women of all ages and nationalities to always find the beauty within themselves while learning to love who they are. It is important that, as women, we face our insecurities so that we are able to embrace the fullness of our purpose and who God originally destined us to be. Being a woman who has struggled most of my life with anger, it became important to me to find the root of this anger because it had turned me into a person that many people didnt want to be around, including myself. I chose to share my story because I desire to help as many young ladies/women break free from the pain of their past while embracing the Rare Beauty that awaits within. Once that Rare Beauty is found, I guarantee you will realize that YOU are not an illusion of beauty but the definition of it.