Crossing Paths
Crossing Paths

Author: Laurence Steinberg

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2000-05

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0743205537

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Written with warmth, sensitivity, and insight, Crossing Paths shows parents how to get through the worst flash points of an adolescent-induced midlife crisis and how to make this time an opportunity for positive change.

Manifold Mirrors
Manifold Mirrors

Author: Felipe Cucker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-04-25

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 1107354498

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Most works of art, whether illustrative, musical or literary, are created subject to a set of constraints. In many (but not all) cases, these constraints have a mathematical nature, for example, the geometric transformations governing the canons of J. S. Bach, the various projection systems used in classical painting, the catalog of symmetries found in Islamic art, or the rules concerning poetic structure. This fascinating book describes geometric frameworks underlying this constraint-based creation. The author provides both a development in geometry and a description of how these frameworks fit the creative process within several art practices. He furthermore discusses the perceptual effects derived from the presence of particular geometric characteristics. The book began life as a liberal arts course and it is certainly suitable as a textbook. However, anyone interested in the power and ubiquity of mathematics will enjoy this revealing insight into the relationship between mathematics and the arts.

Paths and Walkways
Paths and Walkways

Author: Hazel White

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 1998-02

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780811814294

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Introducing Chronicle's new Garden Design Series--filled with cutting-edge designs from award-winning gardens, step-by-step instructions, tips and techniques--PATHS AND WALKWAYS covers brick, gravel, stone, grass, wood, and concrete, and features easy "recipes" for many special projects, such as a beach trail, a stepping-stone bridge, Mediterranean paving, and more. 100 full-color photos.

The Arthur of the North
The Arthur of the North

Author: Marianne E. Kalinke

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2015-11-20

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1783164557

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The book is a comprehensive survey of medieval and early modern Arthurian literature in the Scandinavian countries The book analyses the transmission of a foreign courtly literature in the non-courtly culture of Iceland The book surveys the acculturation of foreign narrative and style to indigenous literary forms in the North

Narration and Hero
Narration and Hero

Author: Victor Millet

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2014-07-28

Total Pages: 719

ISBN-13: 311036977X

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By the early middle ages vernacular aristocratic traditions of heroic narration were firmly established in Western and Northern Europe. Although there are regional, linguistic and formal differences, one can observe a number of similarities. Oral literature disseminates a range of themes that are shared by narratives in most parts of the continent. In all the European regions, this tradition of heroic narration came into contact with Christianity, which led to modifications. Similar processes of adaptation and transformation can be traced everywhere in this field of early European vernacular narrative. But with the increasing specialization of academic fields over the last half century, inter-disciplinary dialogue has become increasingly difficult. The volume is a contribution to renew the inter-disciplinary dialogue about common themes, topics and motifs in Nordic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Germanic literature, and about the different methodologies to explore them.