Author: Edward Field
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781574230673
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Edward Field writes poetry that is literate, immediate, funny and completely personal--like small essays on the human condition, spoken by a friend we trust.
A Frieze for a Temple of Love
Author: Edward Field
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781574230673
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Edward Field writes poetry that is literate, immediate, funny and completely personal--like small essays on the human condition, spoken by a friend we trust.
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781574230673
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Edward Field writes poetry that is literate, immediate, funny and completely personal--like small essays on the human condition, spoken by a friend we trust.
A Frieze for a Temple of Love
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Temple to Love
Author: Pika Ghosh
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 025302353X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"[A]n excellent analytical study of a sensationally beautiful type of temple. . . . This work is not just art historical but embraces . . . religious studies, anthropology, history, and literature." —Catherine B. Asher "[A]dvances our knowledge of . . . Bengali temple building practices, the complex inter-reliance between religion, state power, and art, and the ways in which Western colonial assumptions have distorted correct interpretation. . . . A splendid book." —Rachel Fell McDermott In the flux created by the Mughal conquest, Hindu landholders of eastern India began to build a spectacularly beautiful new style of brick temple, known as Ratna. This "bejeweled" style combined features of Sultanate mosques and thatched houses, and included second-story rooms conceived as the pleasure grounds of the gods, where Krishna and his beloved Radha could rekindle their passion. Pika Ghosh uses art historical, archaeological, textual, and ethnographic approaches to explore this innovation in the context of its times. Includes 82 stunning black-and-white images of rarely photographed structures. Published in association with the American Institute of Indian Studies
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 025302353X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"[A]n excellent analytical study of a sensationally beautiful type of temple. . . . This work is not just art historical but embraces . . . religious studies, anthropology, history, and literature." —Catherine B. Asher "[A]dvances our knowledge of . . . Bengali temple building practices, the complex inter-reliance between religion, state power, and art, and the ways in which Western colonial assumptions have distorted correct interpretation. . . . A splendid book." —Rachel Fell McDermott In the flux created by the Mughal conquest, Hindu landholders of eastern India began to build a spectacularly beautiful new style of brick temple, known as Ratna. This "bejeweled" style combined features of Sultanate mosques and thatched houses, and included second-story rooms conceived as the pleasure grounds of the gods, where Krishna and his beloved Radha could rekindle their passion. Pika Ghosh uses art historical, archaeological, textual, and ethnographic approaches to explore this innovation in the context of its times. Includes 82 stunning black-and-white images of rarely photographed structures. Published in association with the American Institute of Indian Studies
Contemporary Gay American Poets and Playwrights
Author: Emmanuel S. Nelson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313017093
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Gay presence is nothing new to American verse and theater. Homoerotic themes are discernible in American poetry as early as the 19th century, and identifiably gay characters appeared on the American stage more than 70 years ago. But aside from a few notable exceptions, gay artists of earlier generations felt compelled to avoid sexual candor in their writings. Conversely, most contemporary gay poets and playwrights are free from such constraints and have created a remarkable body of work. This reference is a guide to their creative achievements. Alphabetically arranged entries present 62 contemporary gay American poets and dramatists. While the majority of included writers are younger artists who came of age in the post-Stonewall U.S., some are older authors whose work has continued or persisted into recent decades. A number of these writers are well known, including Edward Albee, Harvey Fierstein, and Allen Ginsberg. Others, such as Alan Bowne, Timothy Liu, and Robert O'Hara, merit wider recognition. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the author's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313017093
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Gay presence is nothing new to American verse and theater. Homoerotic themes are discernible in American poetry as early as the 19th century, and identifiably gay characters appeared on the American stage more than 70 years ago. But aside from a few notable exceptions, gay artists of earlier generations felt compelled to avoid sexual candor in their writings. Conversely, most contemporary gay poets and playwrights are free from such constraints and have created a remarkable body of work. This reference is a guide to their creative achievements. Alphabetically arranged entries present 62 contemporary gay American poets and dramatists. While the majority of included writers are younger artists who came of age in the post-Stonewall U.S., some are older authors whose work has continued or persisted into recent decades. A number of these writers are well known, including Edward Albee, Harvey Fierstein, and Allen Ginsberg. Others, such as Alan Bowne, Timothy Liu, and Robert O'Hara, merit wider recognition. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the author's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies.
The House that Love Built, an Italian Renaissance Temple to Arts and Letters
Author: William Francklyn Paris
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Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets
Author: Terence Diggory
Publisher: Infobase Learning
ISBN: 1438140665
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1921
Book Description
Presents an alphabetical reference guide detailing the lives and works of poets associated with the New York Schools of the early twentieth century.
Publisher: Infobase Learning
ISBN: 1438140665
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1921
Book Description
Presents an alphabetical reference guide detailing the lives and works of poets associated with the New York Schools of the early twentieth century.
Well Worth a Shindy
Author: Sarah Brandes Madry
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059530057X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Well Worth a Shindy tells the story of the Old Well, beloved symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the United States' first public university. The Old Well is a Greco-Roman garden temple built in 1897 over an old water well on the campus. The facts concerning the Old Well's beginnings serve to introduce an historical study of the round temple from Mycenaean tholos tombs and treasuries to eighteenth-century English garden follies. The reasons that the Old Well was built, according to its commissioner, Edwin Alderman, the sixth president of the University of North Carolina, are repetitious of those that directed such as Alexander the Great, Augustus Caesar, and Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain to build round temples to be symbols of their territorial and dynastic desires. The mythological, philosophical, and artistic conventions that Alderman and the designer of the Old Well, Eugene Lewis Harris, used to construct the temple were not new but were ancient guides filtered through Medieval and Renaissance prisms. A catalog of over 100 round structures in 14 countries is provided.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059530057X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Well Worth a Shindy tells the story of the Old Well, beloved symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the United States' first public university. The Old Well is a Greco-Roman garden temple built in 1897 over an old water well on the campus. The facts concerning the Old Well's beginnings serve to introduce an historical study of the round temple from Mycenaean tholos tombs and treasuries to eighteenth-century English garden follies. The reasons that the Old Well was built, according to its commissioner, Edwin Alderman, the sixth president of the University of North Carolina, are repetitious of those that directed such as Alexander the Great, Augustus Caesar, and Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain to build round temples to be symbols of their territorial and dynastic desires. The mythological, philosophical, and artistic conventions that Alderman and the designer of the Old Well, Eugene Lewis Harris, used to construct the temple were not new but were ancient guides filtered through Medieval and Renaissance prisms. A catalog of over 100 round structures in 14 countries is provided.
Rome Is Love Spelled Backward
Author: Judith Testa
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN: 1501757512
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
A celebration of the art, architecture, and timeless human passion of the Eternal City, Rome Is Love Spelled Backward explores Rome's best-known treasures, often revealing secrets overlooked in conventional guidebooks. With the ancient play on "Roma" and "Amor"—ROMAMOR—Testa invites readers to experience the world's long love affair with one of its most beautiful cities.
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN: 1501757512
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
A celebration of the art, architecture, and timeless human passion of the Eternal City, Rome Is Love Spelled Backward explores Rome's best-known treasures, often revealing secrets overlooked in conventional guidebooks. With the ancient play on "Roma" and "Amor"—ROMAMOR—Testa invites readers to experience the world's long love affair with one of its most beautiful cities.
Love and Death
Author: Aurobindo Ghose
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Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Pages : 42
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Square and Compass
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Pages : 372
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Pages : 372
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