The Art Of The Warrior

Author : Theodore K. Rabb
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300177518
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Artist and the Warrior written by Theodore K. Rabb and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have artists across the millennia responded to warfare? In this uniquely wide-ranging book, Theodore Rabb blends military history and the history of art to search for the answers. He draws our attention to masterpieces from the ancient world to the twentieth century--paintings, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, engravings, architecture, and photographs--and documents the evolving nature of warfare as artists have perceived it. The selected works represent landmarks in the history of art and are drawn mainly from the western tradition, though important examples from Japan, India, and the Middle East are also brought into the discussion. Together these works tell a story of long centuries during which warfare inspired admiration and celebration. Yet a shift toward criticism and condemnation emerged in the Renaissance, and by the end of the nineteenth century, glorification of the warrior by leading artists had ceased. Rabb traces this progression, from such works as the Column of Trajan and the Titian "Battle of Lepanto", whose makers celebrated glorious victories, to the antiwar depictions created by Brueghel, Goya, Picasso, and others. Richly illustrated and accessibly written, this book presents a study of unprecedented sweep and multidisciplinary interest. -- Book jacket.

Author : Kate Fullagar
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300249276
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist written by Kate Fullagar and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them both Three interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British Empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies. This engaging history brings together the stories of Joshua Reynolds and two Indigenous men, the Cherokee Ostenaco and the Raiatean Mai. Fullagar uncovers the life of Ostenaco, tracing his emergence as a warrior, his engagement with colonists through war and peace, and his eventual rejection of imperial politics during the American Revolution. She delves into the story of Mai, his confrontation with conquest and displacement, his voyage to London on Cook’s imperial expedition, and his return home with a burning ambition to right past wrongs. Woven throughout is a new history of Reynolds, growing up in Devon near a key port in England, becoming a portraitist of empire, rising to the top of Britain’s art world and yet remaining ambivalent about his nation’s expansionist trajectory.

Author : Paul Strathern
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 055338614X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior written by Paul Strathern and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgia—three iconic figures whose intersecting lives provide the basis for this astonishing work of narrative history. They could not have been more different, and they would meet only for a short time in 1502, but the events that transpired when they did would significantly alter each man’s perceptions—and the course of Western history. In 1502, Italy was riven by conflict, with the city of Florence as the ultimate prize. Machiavelli, the consummate political manipulator, attempted to placate the savage Borgia by volunteering Leonardo to be Borgia’s chief military engineer. That autumn, the three men embarked together on a brief, perilous, and fateful journey through the mountains, remote villages, and hill towns of the Italian Romagna—the details of which were revealed in Machiavelli’s frequent dispatches and Leonardo’s meticulous notebooks. Superbly written and thoroughly researched, The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior is a work of narrative genius—whose subject is the nature of genius itself.

Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Black Irish Entertainment LLC
ISBN 13 : 1936891018
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Warrior Ethos written by Steven Pressfield and published by Black Irish Entertainment LLC. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WARS CHANGE, WARRIORS DON'T We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in. Do we fight by a code? If so, what is it? What is the Warrior Ethos? Where did it come from? What form does it take today? How do we (and how can we) use it and be true to it in our internal and external lives? The Warrior Ethos is intended not only for men and women in uniform, but artists, entrepreneurs and other warriors in other walks of life. The book examines the evolution of the warrior code of honor and "mental toughness." It goes back to the ancient Spartans and Athenians, to Caesar's Romans, Alexander's Macedonians and the Persians of Cyrus the Great (not excluding the Garden of Eden and the primitive hunting band). Sources include Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, Xenophon, Vegetius, Arrian and Curtius--and on down to Gen. George Patton, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, and Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan.

Author : Daniel Modell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594395987
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Warrior's Manifesto written by Daniel Modell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Warrior's Manifesto is a brief, dramatic statement of ideals, an integrated framework for understanding the motive force driving those who protect and defend, expressed not merely as a series of abstractions but as animating principles lived through history. It offers a comprehensive account of the what, the why and the way of the warrior.

Author : Chris Crudelli
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756651859
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Way of the Warrior written by Chris Crudelli and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the vast body of styles practiced around the world, including ancient and obscure styles from every continent on the planet, The Way of the Warrior is an indispensable, one-stop reference work for anyone interested in the martial-arts canon.

Author : Christopher Kolenda
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0811770087
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership written by Christopher Kolenda and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Lt. General Harold Moore (USA, Ret.) said it's the “absolute best book on military leadership in peace and war.” This book is for military leaders who want to inspire their teams to achieve their best in combat and peacetime. This wide-ranging anthology brings together noted military minds as they examine the crucial role of leadership in combat, relate the lessons learned, and apply the principles to the stressful world of business. The book covers classic and modern concepts of leadership and uses case studies from Alexander the Great through post-9/11 wars to illustrate the principles of leadership in concrete historical contexts. The most important, most penetrating analysis of military leadership to emerge in a generation, this seminal work features leaders of the armed forces as they learn from the past and present and look toward the future. This edition is fully updated with inclusive language and chapters that speak to leading in a diverse world and organized with summary points for each chapter for a quick overview of essentials.

Author : Sun Tzu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781398844742
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Way of the Warrior written by Sun Tzu and published by . This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Howard Reid
Publisher : Overlook Books
ISBN 13 : 9780879516062
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Way of the Warrior written by Howard Reid and published by Overlook Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of the Warrior has become a true martial arts classic since its first publication in 1991. The combat techniques of the martial arts of India and the Far East have origins shrouded in mystery and practices protected by traditions of secrecy. In The Way of the Warrior, the world's great masters, experts dedicated to the purest expression of the martial arts, reveal the principles and philosophies that inform their discipline, training, and technique. Richly illustrated in full color and a must-read for any enthusiast, The Way of the Warrior demonstrates the essential paradox of the martial arts-that study of a lethal skill can lead to spiritual enlightenment.

Author : HetaQ. DogwI'
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781890065003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Fighting Arts of the Warrior Race: BetleH yIqel written by HetaQ. DogwI' and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: