Author: Emanuele Coccia
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509545689
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing in common. They don’t share the same world: one crawls on the ground and the other flutters its wings in the air. And yet they are one and the same life. Emanuele Coccia argues that metamorphosis – the phenomenon that allows the same life to subsist in disparate bodies – is the relationship that binds all species together and unites the living with the non-living. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, plants, animals: they are all one and the same life. Each species, including the human species, is the metamorphosis of all those that preceded it – the same life, cobbling together a new body and a new form in order to exist differently. And there is no opposition between the living and the non-living: life is always the reincarnation of the non-living, a carnival of the telluric substance of a planet – the Earth – that continually draws new faces and new ways of being out of even the smallest particle of its disparate body. By highlighting what joins humans together with other forms of life, Coccia’s brilliant reflection on metamorphosis encourages us to abandon our view of the human species as static and independent and to recognize instead that we are part of a much larger and interconnected form of life.
Metamorphoses
Author: Emanuele Coccia
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509545689
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing in common. They don’t share the same world: one crawls on the ground and the other flutters its wings in the air. And yet they are one and the same life. Emanuele Coccia argues that metamorphosis – the phenomenon that allows the same life to subsist in disparate bodies – is the relationship that binds all species together and unites the living with the non-living. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, plants, animals: they are all one and the same life. Each species, including the human species, is the metamorphosis of all those that preceded it – the same life, cobbling together a new body and a new form in order to exist differently. And there is no opposition between the living and the non-living: life is always the reincarnation of the non-living, a carnival of the telluric substance of a planet – the Earth – that continually draws new faces and new ways of being out of even the smallest particle of its disparate body. By highlighting what joins humans together with other forms of life, Coccia’s brilliant reflection on metamorphosis encourages us to abandon our view of the human species as static and independent and to recognize instead that we are part of a much larger and interconnected form of life.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509545689
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing in common. They don’t share the same world: one crawls on the ground and the other flutters its wings in the air. And yet they are one and the same life. Emanuele Coccia argues that metamorphosis – the phenomenon that allows the same life to subsist in disparate bodies – is the relationship that binds all species together and unites the living with the non-living. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, plants, animals: they are all one and the same life. Each species, including the human species, is the metamorphosis of all those that preceded it – the same life, cobbling together a new body and a new form in order to exist differently. And there is no opposition between the living and the non-living: life is always the reincarnation of the non-living, a carnival of the telluric substance of a planet – the Earth – that continually draws new faces and new ways of being out of even the smallest particle of its disparate body. By highlighting what joins humans together with other forms of life, Coccia’s brilliant reflection on metamorphosis encourages us to abandon our view of the human species as static and independent and to recognize instead that we are part of a much larger and interconnected form of life.
The Daguerreotype
Author: Dominique de Font-Réaulx
Publisher: 5Continents
ISBN: 9788874394661
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Illustrates the development and rapid spread of Louis Daguerre's photographic invention in France by a variety of daguerreotypes drawn from the collection of the Musee d'Orsay.
Publisher: 5Continents
ISBN: 9788874394661
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Illustrates the development and rapid spread of Louis Daguerre's photographic invention in France by a variety of daguerreotypes drawn from the collection of the Musee d'Orsay.
The Open Work
Author: Umberto Eco
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674639768
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This book is significant for its concept of "openness"--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance--and for its anticipation of two themes of literary theory: the element of multiplicity and plurality in art, and the insistence on literary response as an interaction between reader and text.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674639768
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This book is significant for its concept of "openness"--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance--and for its anticipation of two themes of literary theory: the element of multiplicity and plurality in art, and the insistence on literary response as an interaction between reader and text.
The French Academy
Author: June Ellen Hargrove
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The essays in this volume grew out of a symposium at the University of Maryland's Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The essays in this volume grew out of a symposium at the University of Maryland's Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore.
10 Corso Como
Author: Carla Sozzani
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847841634
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Carla Sozzani opened Galleria Carla Sozzani in September 1990 as a space for art, photography, and design housed in a converted garage at 10 Corso Como in Milan. Along with American artist Kris Ruhs, Sozzani created a space like no other. Rejecting ordinary retail norms, this concept store has always promoted a different philosophy—that of slow shopping, a succession of spaces and events that prioritize lifestyle over object acquisition. In this book, Sozzani describes her world: her style, personal taste, and opinions on fashion, travel, design, and lifestyle. The Galleria now incorporates a bookshop, a fashion and design store, and a garden café, and it is one of Milan’s hippest and most exquisitely curated spaces—a destination in itself. 10 Corso Como has become the nexus of a global network of cultural exchange through fashion, food, art, and photography that continues to inspire fashion and design. In recent years, two additional locations have been added: 10 Corso Como–Comme des Garçons in Tokyo in 2002 and a Seoul branch in 2008.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847841634
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Carla Sozzani opened Galleria Carla Sozzani in September 1990 as a space for art, photography, and design housed in a converted garage at 10 Corso Como in Milan. Along with American artist Kris Ruhs, Sozzani created a space like no other. Rejecting ordinary retail norms, this concept store has always promoted a different philosophy—that of slow shopping, a succession of spaces and events that prioritize lifestyle over object acquisition. In this book, Sozzani describes her world: her style, personal taste, and opinions on fashion, travel, design, and lifestyle. The Galleria now incorporates a bookshop, a fashion and design store, and a garden café, and it is one of Milan’s hippest and most exquisitely curated spaces—a destination in itself. 10 Corso Como has become the nexus of a global network of cultural exchange through fashion, food, art, and photography that continues to inspire fashion and design. In recent years, two additional locations have been added: 10 Corso Como–Comme des Garçons in Tokyo in 2002 and a Seoul branch in 2008.
An ideal for living
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782909230252
Category : Performing arts
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782909230252
Category : Performing arts
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Armes à feu XVe-XVIIe siècle
Author: José-A. Godoy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782830600957
Category : Bayonets
Languages : fr
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782830600957
Category : Bayonets
Languages : fr
Pages : 404
Book Description
Catalogue des collections composant le Musée royal d'Antiquités, d'Armures & d'Artillerie ... Précédé d'uhe notice historique par Théodore Juste
Author: Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (BRUSSELS). Musée Royal d'Armes et d'Armure
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 424
Book Description
L'Arme Blanche de Guerre Francaise Au 18e Siecle
Author: Maurice Bottet
Publisher: Editions Decoopman
ISBN: 9782369650546
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 98
Book Description
Cette monographie extremement detaillee et precise recense les armes blanches qui ont equipes les regiments militaires au xviiie siecle. Le capitaine Maurice Bottet, expert en la matiere Capitaine de reserve au 51e, membre du Comite de Perfectionnement du Musee de l Armee presente les differents types d epees, de sabres et autres equipements qui ont ete utilises dans toutes les guerres pendant cette periode. a travers les ordonnances qui ont defini le type d armes devolus aux Hussards, Chasseurs, Dragons et corps de troupes, l auteur dresse un inventaire complet qui seduira l amateur d armes anciennes ou le collectionneur car ils trouveront dans cet ouvrage illustre de vingt deux grandes planches, des precisions interessantes sur les raisons de certains equipements militaires qui sont devenus, pour certains d entre eux, de veritables oeuvres d art. "
Publisher: Editions Decoopman
ISBN: 9782369650546
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 98
Book Description
Cette monographie extremement detaillee et precise recense les armes blanches qui ont equipes les regiments militaires au xviiie siecle. Le capitaine Maurice Bottet, expert en la matiere Capitaine de reserve au 51e, membre du Comite de Perfectionnement du Musee de l Armee presente les differents types d epees, de sabres et autres equipements qui ont ete utilises dans toutes les guerres pendant cette periode. a travers les ordonnances qui ont defini le type d armes devolus aux Hussards, Chasseurs, Dragons et corps de troupes, l auteur dresse un inventaire complet qui seduira l amateur d armes anciennes ou le collectionneur car ils trouveront dans cet ouvrage illustre de vingt deux grandes planches, des precisions interessantes sur les raisons de certains equipements militaires qui sont devenus, pour certains d entre eux, de veritables oeuvres d art. "
Au fil de l'épée : art et armes blanches : collection Carl Beck, Sursee : exposition, 22 juin au 15 décembre 2002 à Morges
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783952160633
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 0
Book Description
Deux sabres genevois (pièces n° 50 et 59).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783952160633
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 0
Book Description
Deux sabres genevois (pièces n° 50 et 59).