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Japan is a land of earthquakes and typhoons, yet its forests are abundant with durable ‘hinoki' (cypress) timber. Yutaka Saito's anthology on the nature, materiality, and history of Japanese architecture examines 29 religious structures and temples. Built for long-lasting endurance, with an architectural continuity that in some instances has been maintained for more than a millennium, these primarily wooden buildings are the result of specific natural conditions. Saito expertly guides the reader through a richly illustrated analysis of Japan's historic periods and influences, detailing innovations and techniques that have contributed to the essence of its traditional architecture. - The second volume introduces exemplary architectural works spanning the history of Japanese architecture, from medieval Japan to the modern era. Filled with detailed illustrations and photographs, it presents a comprehensive selection of traditional structures and typologies developed in the Muromachi to the Meiji periods, including the shoin (study or library room), chashitsu (tea ceremony structure), jokaku (citadel or castle), teien (garden), minka (vernacular private house), and more. Architect Yutaka Saito offers an essential collection of knowledge that moves beyond the materiality of the first volume to encapsulate the cultural essence of Japanese architecture.

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Hicks, Sheila --- Themes, motives --- Exhibitions

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In this book Saggi sulla teoria della letteratura (“Essays on the Theory of Literature”) Enza Biagini puts in play her rich theoretical background and a vast knowledge of texts and authors to deal with some fundamental problems concerning literature, its status, its metamorphoses and its being necessary. Following modern paths, she leads the readers on the traces of different genres and situations difficult to define (the essay-writing, the unfinished ...), of 'temporary' themes always on the point of becoming something else (the nocturnal, the relationship between text and image. ..). The works revolve around the exergues and the definitions of the dictionaries: a whole world of suggestions and reasoning that the author finely brings not only to the field of theory, but also to the world of the Italian and French narrative.

Fiction --- Literature --- Themes, motives. --- Philosophy.

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Kunst und Zeugenschaft verbindet ein zwiespältiges Verhältnis: Zeugen sollen Tatsachen wiedergeben, nicht als Künstler oder Dichter sprechen. Auf der anderen Seite haben Figurationen der Zeugenschaft die Künste stets fasziniert. Darf Kunst ein Zeugnis sein? Und: Kann sie dies? Der Band betrachtet künstlerische Produktionen von Zeugenschaft in Film, Theater, Literatur, Performance, Bildender Kunst und Fotografie. Künstlerinnen und Künstler haben Zeugenschaft in vielfältigen Formen dargestellt und kommentiert – und sich zuweilen selbst als Bezeugende verstanden und in Szene gesetzt. Die Originalbeiträge arbeiten zum einen gattungsspezifische Aspekte der jeweiligen Kunstformen heraus, thematisieren aber auch gattungsübergreifende Fragen über das Verhältnis von Kunst und Zeugenschaft: Wie wird die kulturelle und gesellschaftliche Rolle von Zeugnissen in der Kunst reflektiert? Wie werden Wahrheit und Fiktion ins Verhältnis gesetzt? Und scheint im Gestus des Bezeugens womöglich eine eminent politische Dimension von Kunst auf?

Artists and community. --- Arts --- Themes, motives.

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Une étude approfondie de la notion d'ambiguïté au sein des oeuvres appartenant à l'art moderne, établissant un historique entre la Renaissance et la fin du XVIIIe siècle et détaillant davantage les périodes des XIXe et XXe siècles. ©Electre 2016

Art, Modern --- Art moderne --- Themes, motives. --- Thèmes, motifs