Author: California. Department of Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Audiotapes
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Catalog of Instructional Tapes for Handicapped Students, Preschool Through University Level, 1980
Author: California. Department of Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Audiotapes
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Audiotapes
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past
Author: Catherine Becker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199359393
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In a wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, from the second and third centuries of the Common Era to the present, Catherine Becker shows how material remains and visual experiences shape and reveal essential human concerns. Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past begins with an analysis of the ornamentation of Andhra's ancient Buddhist sites, such as the lavish limestone reliefs depicting scenes of devotion and lively narratives on the main stupa at Amaravati. As many such monuments have fallen into disrepair, it is temping to view them as ruins; however, through an examination of recent state-sponsored tourism campaigns and new devotional activities at the sites, Becker shows that the monuments are in active use and even ascribed innate power and agency. Becker finds intriguing parallels between the significance of imagery in ancient times and the new social, political, and religious roles of these objects and spaces. While the precise functions expected of these monuments have shifted, the belief that they have the ability to effect spiritual and mental transformation has remained consistent. Becker argues that the efficacy of Buddhist art relies on the careful attention of its makers to the formal properties of art and to the harnessing of the imaginative potential of the human senses. In this respect, Buddhist art mirrors the teaching techniques attributed to the Buddha, who often engaged his pupils' desires and emotions as tools for spiritual progress.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199359393
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In a wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, from the second and third centuries of the Common Era to the present, Catherine Becker shows how material remains and visual experiences shape and reveal essential human concerns. Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past begins with an analysis of the ornamentation of Andhra's ancient Buddhist sites, such as the lavish limestone reliefs depicting scenes of devotion and lively narratives on the main stupa at Amaravati. As many such monuments have fallen into disrepair, it is temping to view them as ruins; however, through an examination of recent state-sponsored tourism campaigns and new devotional activities at the sites, Becker shows that the monuments are in active use and even ascribed innate power and agency. Becker finds intriguing parallels between the significance of imagery in ancient times and the new social, political, and religious roles of these objects and spaces. While the precise functions expected of these monuments have shifted, the belief that they have the ability to effect spiritual and mental transformation has remained consistent. Becker argues that the efficacy of Buddhist art relies on the careful attention of its makers to the formal properties of art and to the harnessing of the imaginative potential of the human senses. In this respect, Buddhist art mirrors the teaching techniques attributed to the Buddha, who often engaged his pupils' desires and emotions as tools for spiritual progress.
The Texas Outlook
Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
The Lion in the Gateway
Author: Mary Renault
Publisher: Harpercollins
ISBN: 9780060248611
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Discusses several Greek battles including Marathon, Salamis, and Thermopylae.
Publisher: Harpercollins
ISBN: 9780060248611
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Discusses several Greek battles including Marathon, Salamis, and Thermopylae.
Course of Study for the Fifth and Sixth Grades
Author: Los Angeles City School District
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A Tour and a Romance
Author: Alice Emily Robbins
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Red Barrel
Author: Hurford Janes
Publisher:
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Category : Brewing
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
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Category : Brewing
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Tarzan and the Lion-Man (泰山系列:泰山與獅人在好萊塢)
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Publisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1059
Book Description
Highly Recommended!Collectors Edition!Edgar rice Burroughs is the master of science fiction fantasy! Eager to know the inside story about the legendary John Carter and the amazing cities and peoples of Barsoom? Tarzan the Ape man and his adventures in jungles vast ? Perhaps your taste is more suited to David Innes and the fantastic lost world at the Earth's core? Or maybe wrong-way Napier and the bizarre civilizations of cloud-enshrouded Venus are more to your liking? These pages contain the wondrous worlds and unforgettable characters penned by the master storyteller Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Publisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1059
Book Description
Highly Recommended!Collectors Edition!Edgar rice Burroughs is the master of science fiction fantasy! Eager to know the inside story about the legendary John Carter and the amazing cities and peoples of Barsoom? Tarzan the Ape man and his adventures in jungles vast ? Perhaps your taste is more suited to David Innes and the fantastic lost world at the Earth's core? Or maybe wrong-way Napier and the bizarre civilizations of cloud-enshrouded Venus are more to your liking? These pages contain the wondrous worlds and unforgettable characters penned by the master storyteller Edgar Rice Burroughs.
School Publication
Author: Los Angeles City School District
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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