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Discovering Art History (Third Edition)
by Gerald F. BrommerThis student textbook presents the history of art through the ages. It offers a dynamic format and a flexible structure, with maps, timelines and quotations to add historical perspective to art periods. A teacher's resource binder and disk are available separately.
Discovering Buried Worlds
by André ParrotIn this classic work, the eminent archeologist recounts his historic excavations and the significant Biblical findings they revealed. French archeologist André Parrot led some of the most important digs of the twentieth century. In 1933, he began excavations on the right bank of the Euphrates River in present-day Syria. Uncovering numerous artifacts and architecture, he was able to identify the site as the Mesopotamian city of Mari. In this wide-ranging work, Parrot vividly chronicles his experiences, and shows how ancient discoveries can connect the biblical world to ours. In accessible and engaging prose, Parrot also discusses the history of archeological excavation and many of the civilizations we have learned about through the practice. He also delves into the ways archeological discovery has helped shed light on the Bible itself.
Discovering Cat Island: Photographs and History
by John CuevasCat Island, just off the Mississippi Gulf Coast shoreline, has been home to some of the most dramatic events and remarkable stories in the nation's history. While some of these stories are fact, others are colorful fables passed down through the ages with such conviction they have become true in the hearts and minds of many. Between fact and fiction is the undeniable reality: Cat Island is one of the most historically significant landmarks on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.Featuring over 160 black-and-white photographs by Jason Taylor and a foreword by Mississippi's Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, John Cuevas's Discovering Cat Island guides readers through Cat Island with stories and histories of twenty-nine sites--both real and imagined--of the legendary barrier island. Originally owned by the Cuevas family as part of a Spanish land grant to Juan de Cuevas in 1781, Cat Island boasts a colorful history that includes events related to the notorious pirate Jean Lafitte and the outlaw James Copeland, both of whom were thought to have buried their stolen treasure somewhere on the island; the Battle of New Orleans; and the War of 1812. The island served as one of the staging areas for the Seminole forced to abandon their homes and take part in the Trail of Tears. In the twentieth century, the island was a convenient transfer point for gangsters and local bootleggers shipping booze during Prohibition before becoming a US military training camp site during World War II. In 1988, Cat Island became the location of the first oil drilling ever in the Mississippi Sound and in 2010 was one of the islands devastated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Discovering Drawing
by Ted RoseWith this book, students bridge the gap between art instruction, artistic impression, and personal discovery as they explore all facets of the drawing process. Covers: Exercises, tips and captions enhance student understanding; Techniques and sidebars; Artist biographies and high-interest anecdotes personalize art history and the drawing experience; In-depth artist profiles allow students to examine how contemporary artists view their own work and the creative process.
Discovering Drawing (2nd edition)
by Sallye Mahan-Cox Ted RoseWhat Is Drawing?, Elements and Principles of Design, Basics, Still Life, Drawing Landscapes, The Built Environment, Portraits, The Figure, Drawing Animal, The Expressive Language are explained in ten chapters of this book.
Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning #Vol. 6)
by Kim Solga MaryAnn F. KohlDiscovering Great Artists is a creative collection of easy art-appreciation activities for children. Kids will find 110 amazingly fun and unique projects to experience the styles and techniques of the great masters from the Renaissance to the present. A brief biography of each artist is included with each fully illustrated, child-tested art activity that introduces the featured painting. Artists include painters, sculptors, photographers and more.
Discovering Stage Lighting
by Francis ReidThis guide to the fundamentals of stage lighting includes a series of projects to allow experimentation, discussion and analysis. The necessary equipment is described in relation to its purpose, along with checklists and hints for practical use. The practical handling of light, with observation of the relationship of cause to effect, is central to the study of stage lighting. Rehearsal pressures usually restrict the time available for experimenting with lighting for a performance, but laboratory-style projects can be used to enable specific lighting problems to be solved.The core of this book is a series of 'discovery' projects using minimal resources, to explore the use of light in the theatre, with particular emphasis on the interaction of conflicting visual aims. The projects cover all the major scenarios likely to be encountered by lighting students and have been tried and tested by the author, who has taught lighting students all over the world for over 30 years. The book has been updated to include more on safety and the latest technology including:- fixed instruments using the new lower wattage high efficiency lamps in combination with dichronic reflectors- an increase in the availability, reliability, range and usage of 'moving light' technology based on remotely controlled instruments.New lighting projects have also been added.If you are studying the art and craft of stage lighting this book is an excellent working manual that will provide you with the technical knowledge and skill to cope with a range of lighting situations.
Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second
by Julien R. FieldingTraditionally, university students have gained access to world religions by reading primary texts. Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second takes students beyond the written page, offering an exploration of the same religious traditions through the study of feature films. The many definitions of religion are examined along with its various components, including doctrine, myth, ethics, ritual, and symbol. Specific religious traditions, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, popular religion, and Shinto are examined. Biographical sketches of directors whose films tend to focus on a particular religious tradition are also included, such as Zhang Yimou, Hayao Miyazaki, Deepa Mehta, and Akira Kurosawa. Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second is unique in the area of religion and film studies in that it isn't just a collection of essays. Instead it provides the introductory student with the necessary background information on the various religions before looking at how their ideas can be understood not through texts but through the cinematic medium. To keep the conversation fresh, most of the films used in the book were made within the last decade. Furthermore, examples range from popular, mainstream fare, such as Star Wars and the Lord of the Rings trilogy to lesser-known foreign films, such as The Wooden Man's Bride and The Great Yokai War. Several films with a "cult-like" following are also discussed, including Fight Club, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Jacob's Ladder. This book is also unique in that instead of drawing upon the Judeo-Christian tradition, it draws from Eastern traditions.
Discrete Calculus
by Leo J. Grady Jonathan R. PolimeniThe field of discrete calculus, also known as "discrete exterior calculus", focuses on finding a proper set of definitions and differential operators that make it possible to operate the machinery of multivariate calculus on a finite, discrete space. In contrast to traditional goals of finding an accurate discretization of conventional multivariate calculus, discrete calculus establishes a separate, equivalent calculus that operates purely in the discrete space without any reference to an underlying continuous process. This unique text brings together into a single framework current research in the three areas of discrete calculus, complex networks, and algorithmic content extraction. Although there have been a few intersections in the literature between these disciplines, they have developed largely independently of one another, yet researchers working in any one of these three areas can strongly benefit from the tools and techniques being used in the others. Many example applications from several fields of computational science are provided to demonstrate the usefulness of this framework to a broad range of problems. Readers are assumed to be familiar with the basics of vector calculus, graph theory, and linear algebra. Topics and features: presents a thorough review of discrete calculus, with a focus on key concepts required for successful application; unifies many standard image processing algorithms into a common framework for viewing a wide variety of standard algorithms in filtering, clustering, and manifold learning that may be applied to processing data associated with a graph or network; explains how discrete calculus provides a natural definition of "low-frequency" on a graph, which then yields filtering and denoising algorithms; discusses how filtering algorithms can give rise to clustering algorithms, which can be used to develop manifold learning and data discovery methods; examines ranking algorithms, as well as algorithms for analyzing the structure of a network. Graduate students and researchers interested in discrete calculus, complex networks, image processing and computer graphics will find this text/reference a clear introduction to the foundations of discrete calculus as well as a useful guide to have readily available for their work. Dr. Leo J. Grady is a Senior Research Scientist with Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Dr. Jonathan R. Polimeni is a Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and Instructor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery
by Nicolas Normand Jeanpierre Guédon Florent AutrusseauThisbook constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th IAPR InternationalConference on Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery, DGCI 2016, held in Nantes,France, in April 2016. The 32 revised full papers presented together with 2invited talks were carefully selected from 51 submissions. The papers areorganized in topical sections on combinatorial tools; discretization; discretetomography; discrete and combinatorial topology; shape descriptors; models fordiscrete geometry; circle drawing; morphological analysis; geometrictransforms; and discrete shape representation, recognition and analysis.
Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery: 21st IAPR International Conference, DGCI 2019, Marne-la-Vallée, France, March 26–28, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11414)
by Michel Couprie Jean Cousty Yukiko Kenmochi Nabil MustafaThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 21st IAPR International Conference on Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery, DGCI 2019, held in Marne-la-Vallée, France, in March 2019. The 38 full papers were carefully selected from 50 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on discrete geometric models and transforms; discrete topology; graph-based models, analysis and segmentation; mathematical morphology; shape representation, recognition and analysis; and geometric computation.
Discrete Optimization in Architecture
by Machi ZawidzkiThis book is comprised of two parts, both of which exploremodular systems: Pipe-Z (PZ) and Truss-Z (TZ), respectively. It presents severalmethods of creating PZ and TZ structures subjected to discrete optimization. The algorithms presented employ graph-theoretic and heuristic methods. Theunderlying idea of both systems is to create free-form structures using theminimal number of types of modular elements. PZ is more conceptual, as it formssingle-branch mathematical knots with a single type of module. Conversely, TZis a skeletal system for creating free-form pedestrian ramps and ramp networksamong any number of terminals in space. In physical space, TZ uses two types ofmodules that are mirror reflections of each other. The optimization criteriadiscussed include: the minimal number of units, maximal adherence to the givenguide paths, etc.
Discrete Optimization in Architecture
by Machi ZawidzkiThis book is comprised of two parts, both of which exploremodular systems: Pipe-Z (PZ) and Truss-Z (TZ), respectively. It presents severalmethods of creating PZ and TZ structures subjected to discrete optimization. The algorithms presented employ graph-theoretic and heuristic methods. Theunderlying idea of both systems is to create free-form structures using theminimal number of types of modular elements. PZ is more conceptual, as it formssingle-branch mathematical knots with a single type of module. Conversely, TZis a skeletal system for creating free-form pedestrian ramps and ramp networksamong any number of terminals in space. In physical space, TZ uses two types ofmodules that are mirror reflections of each other. The optimization criteriadiscussed include: the minimal number of units, maximal adherence to the givenguide paths, etc.
Discrete Optimization in Architecture
by Machi ZawidzkiThis book explores the extremely modular systems that meet two criteria: they allow the creation of structurally sound free-form structures, and they are comprised of as few types of modules as possible. Divided into two parts, it presents Pipe-Z (PZ) and Truss-Z (TZ) systems. PZ is more fundamental and forms spatial mathematical knots by assembling one type of unit (PZM). The shape of PZ is controlled by relative twists of a sequence of congruent PZMs. TZ is a skeletal system for creating free-form pedestrian ramps and ramp networks among any number of terminals in space. TZ structures are composed of four variations of a single basic unit subjected to affine transformations (mirror reflection, rotation and combination of both).
Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graphs: 18th Japan Conference, JCDCGG 2015, Kyoto, Japan, September 14-16, 2015, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #9943)
by Jin Akiyama, Hiro Ito, Toshinori Sakai and Yushi UnoThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 18th Japanese Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graphs, JDCDGG 2015, held in Kyoto, Japan, in September 2015. The total of 25 papers included in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. The papers feature advances made in the field of computational geometry and focus on emerging technologies, new methodology and applications, graph theory and dynamics. This proceedings are dedicated to Naoki Katoh on the occasion of his retirement from Kyoto University.
Discrete and Computational Geometry, Graphs, and Games: 21st Japanese Conference, JCDCGGG 2018, Quezon City, Philippines, September 1-3, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13034)
by Jin Akiyama Yushi Uno Reginaldo M. Marcelo Mari-Jo P. RuizThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 21st Japanese Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graphs, JCDCGGG 2018, held in Quezon City, Philippines, in September 2018. The total of 14 papers included in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The papers feature advances made in the field of computational geometry and focus on emerging technologies, new methodology and applications, graph theory and dynamics.
Discrete and Computational Geometry, Graphs, and Games: 24th Japanese Conference, JCDCGGG 2022, Virtual Event, September 9–11, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14364)
by Jin Akiyama Hiro Ito Toshinori SakaiThis book, LNCS 14364, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th Japanese Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graphs, JCDCGGG 2022, held virtually during September 9-11, 2022. The 22 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers feature advances made in the field of computational geometry and focus on emerging technologies, new methodology and applications, graph theory and dynamics.
Discursive Design: Critical, Speculative, and Alternative Things (Design Thinking, Design Theory)
by Bruce M. Tharp Stephanie M. TharpExploring how design can be used for good—prompting self-reflection, igniting the imagination, and affecting positive social change.Good design provides solutions to problems. It improves our buildings, medical equipment, clothing, and kitchen utensils, among other objects. But what if design could also improve societal problems by prompting positive ideological change? In this book, Bruce and Stephanie Tharp survey recent critical design practices and propose a new, more inclusive field of socially minded practice: discursive design. While many consider good design to be unobtrusive, intuitive, invisible, and undemanding intellectually, discursive design instead targets the intellect, prompting self-reflection and igniting the imagination. Discursive design (derived from “discourse”) expands the boundaries of how we can use design—how objects are, in effect, good(s) for thinking. Discursive Design invites us to see objects in a new light, to understand more than their basic form and utility. Beyond the different foci of critical design, speculative design, design fiction, interrogative design, and adversarial design, Bruce and Stephanie Tharp establish a more comprehensive, unifying vision as well as innovative methods. They not only offer social criticism but also explore how objects can, for example, be used by counselors in therapy sessions, by town councils to facilitate a pre-vote discussions, by activists seeking engagement, and by institutions and industry to better understand the values, beliefs, and attitudes of those whom they serve. Discursive design sparks new ways of thinking, and it is only through new thinking that our sociocultural futures can change.
Discussing Disney
by Amy M. DavisThese scholarly essays examine Disney’s cultural impact from various perspectives—including film studies, history, musicology, gender and more.The academic field of Disney Studies has evolved greatly over the years, as the twelve essays collected in this volume demonstrate. With a diversity of perspectives and concerns, the contributors examine the cultural significance and impact of the Disney Company’s various outputs, such as animated shorts and films, theme park attractions, television shows, books, music, and merchandising. By looking at Disney from some of its many angles—including the history and the persona of its founder, a selection of its successful and not-so-successful films, its approaches to animation, its branding and fandom, and its reception and reinterpreted within popular culture—Discussing Disney offers a more holistic understanding of a company that has been, and continues to be, one of the most important forces in contemporary culture.
Disease Is a Mirror: A Lyric Memoir
by Emily GreenquistInterweaving imagery and prose, Disease Is a Mirror is a lyric memoir exploring illness, identity, intimacy, and the evolving self. Greenquist initially chronicles, and then artfully abstracts, her story, opening “the mirrored door” to the elusive realities of a life-changing diagnosis. Her narrative shows us that a diagnosis is not merely a clinical timeline; it is snails and rabbits, code and lab coats, love and clumsiness. Like an exquisite corpse, Disease Is a Mirror invites readers to explore its intricate and unconventional intersections, each reflection carefully curated; each void, a devastating erasure.
Diseño del Teclado: Los factores históricos, tecnológicos y ergonómicos, la Interacción Humano-Computador y los dispositivos de entrada.
by Salif SilvaLo que proponemos en las páginas de este libro es una serie de ideas que pretenden aclarar el debate actual sobre el teclado, por medio de observaciones documentadas, sedimentando las bases para investigaciones futuras. El objeto de estudio de esta publicación es, por lo tanto, el teclado de ordenador en su aspecto esencial, desde la invención de la máquina de escribir, en 1868, hasta la actualidad. Por lo tanto, pretendemos reflexionar sobre su naturaleza, valorando los aspectos históricos, tecnológicos, estéticos y ergonómicos, a través de un levantamiento de los datos en los más diversos dominios ligados al teclado. Por lo tanto, esperamos permitir el reconocimiento de la realidad de los dispositivos de entrada de datos, y la perspectiva del desarrollo de conceptos innovadores y aplicaciones adaptadas a la realidad actual y futura.
Dishes: 623 Colourful, Wonderful Dinner Plates
by Shax Riegler Robert BeanDishes is the dish obsessive’s dream come true—a definitive guide to the colorful, wonderful dinner plate, with hundreds of patterns organized thematically and annotated with historical details and charming anecdotes that span centuries and continents. The book is chock-full of everything a dish lover could hope for, including more than 600 of history’s most stunning plates; profiles of iconic manufacturers like Wedgwood, Spode, and Homer Laughlin; patterns by world-famous artists and designers, from Frank Lloyd Wright to Vera Wang; and so much more. This chunky, intensely satisfying little package makes the perfect gift for antiques collectors, decorators, brides-to-be, hostesses, and anyone else who finds tableware addictingly irresistible.
Disidentifications: Queers of Color And The Performance of Politics (Cultural Studies of the Americas #2)
by José Esteban MuñozThere is more to identity than identifying with one&’s culture or standing solidly against it. José Esteban Muñoz looks at how those outside the racial and sexual mainstream negotiate majority culture—not by aligning themselves with or against exclusionary works but rather by transforming these works for their own cultural purposes. Muñoz calls this process &“disidentification,&” and through a study of its workings, he develops a new perspective on minority performance, survival, and activism.Disidentifications is also something of a performance in its own right, an attempt to fashion a queer world by working on, with, and against dominant ideology. By examining the process of identification in the work of filmmakers, performance artists, ethnographers, Cuban choteo, forms of gay male mass culture (such as pornography), museums, art photography, camp and drag, and television, Muñoz persistently points to the intersecting and short-circuiting of identities and desires that result from misalignments with the cultural and ideological mainstream in contemporary urban America.Muñoz calls attention to the world-making properties found in performances by queers of color—in Carmelita Tropicana&’s &“Camp/Choteo&” style politics, Marga Gomez&’s performances of queer childhood, Vaginal Creme Davis&’s &“Terrorist Drag,&” Isaac Julien&’s critical melancholia, Jean-Michel Basquiat&’s disidentification with Andy Warhol and pop art, Felix Gonzalez-Torres&’s performances of &“disidentity,&” and the political performance of Pedro Zamora, a person with AIDS, within the otherwise artificial environment of the MTV serialThe Real World.
Disillusioned: Victorian Photography and the Discerning Subject
by Jordan BearHow do photographs compel belief and endow knowledge? To understand the impact of photography in a given era, we must study the adjacent forms of visual persuasion with which photographs compete and collaborate. In photography’s early days, magic shows, scientific demonstrations, and philosophical games repeatedly put the visual credulity of the modern public to the test in ways that shaped, and were shaped by, the reality claims of photography. These venues invited viewers to judge the reliability of their own visual experiences. Photography resided at the center of a constellation of places and practices in which the task of visual discernment—of telling the real from the constructed—became an increasingly crucial element of one’s location in cultural, political, and social relations. In Disillusioned: Victorian Photography and the Discerning Subject, Jordan Bear tells the story of how photographic trickery in the 1850s and 1860s participated in the fashioning of the modern subject. By locating specific mechanisms of photographic deception employed by the leading mid-century photographers within this capacious culture of discernment, Disillusioned integrates some of the most striking—and puzzling—images of the Victorian period into a new and expansive interpretive framework.