Apocalypse
Apocalypse

Author: Camille Flammarion

Publisher: Parkstone International

Published: 2012-03-22

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1780427239

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The final book of the Bible, known both as The Book of Revelation and The Apocalypse of John, is a prophesy of the events that will occur at the end of time. During the Middle Ages, in a society which held a deep belief in God and was mainly ruled by religious authorities, this apocalyptic theme recurs in art, through various media, including tapestries, illuminations, sculpture, and painting. This book pools the most famous pieces of art inspired by this theme, such as the Apocalypse drapery from Angers Cathedral, the carved tympanum of the Autun Cathedral, and the fresco in Albi Cathedral. The theme of the Apocalypse was a means to impress minds, whilst also allowing artists to develop their imaginations; its symbolic content allowing for many different interpretations.

Wonder Woman/Conan
Wonder Woman/Conan

Author: Gail Simone

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2018-06-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1401280218

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She is Diana of Themyscira, warrior princess of the Amazons. He is Conan the Cimmerian, barbarian scourge of a dozen civilizations. Alone, each is unstoppable. But what happens when these two heroes meet face to face? Dark and malicious magic has driven Wonder Woman and Conan together, stripping Diana of her memories and chaining her destiny to this dark-haired and dangerous stranger. Slavers and gladiators, pirates and predators, an army of witches poised to conquer the world on wings of wickedness: these are the foes the Amazon and the Cimmerian must join together to defeat if they are to restore her rightful name, regain their freedom and save their lands from darkness. But for these mighty warriors, passion runs hot and deep. Will a search for love and a lust for vengeance guide them to their final reckoning with the evil out to destroy them, or tear them apart before they can crush their enemies once and for all? Find out in Wonder Woman/Conan! Written by superstar Gail Simone (Birds of Prey) with stunning art from Aaron Lopresti (Justice League International), it's a thrilling fantasy epic starring two of the biggest icons of adventure the comics page and the silver screen have ever seen! Collects Wonder Woman/Conan #1-6.

Studies in Early Greek Philosophy
Studies in Early Greek Philosophy

Author: Jaap Mansfeld

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9004382062

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The collection of nineteen articles in Jaap Mansfeld’s Studies in Early Greek Philosophy span the period from Anaximander to Socrates. Solutions to problems of interpretation are offered through a scrutiny of the sources, and also of the traditions of presentation and reception found in antiquity. Excursions in the history of scholarship help to diagnose discussions of which the primum movens may have been forgotten. General questions are treated, for instance the phenomenon of detheologization in doxographical texts, while problems relating to individual philosophers are also discussed. For example, the history of Anaximander’s cosmos, the status of Parmenides’ human world, and the reliability of what we know about the soul of Anaximenes, and of what Philoponus tells us about the behaviour of Democritus’ atoms.

Future Narratives
Future Narratives

Author: Christoph Bode

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-10-29

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 3110272377

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This head volume of the 'Narrating Futures' series defines and identifies Future Narratives. It parses their characteristic features and aims at an abstract classification of the whole corpus, irrespective of its concrete manifestations across the media. Drawing on different theorems and approaches, it offers a unified theory and a poetics of Future Narratives. Locating the media-historical moment of their emergence, this volume paves the way for the following volumes, which deal with how Future Narratives are refracted through different media.

Science Fiction Literature in East Germany
Science Fiction Literature in East Germany

Author: Sonja Fritzsche

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9783039107391

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East German science fiction enabled its authors to create a subversive space in another time and place. One of the country's most popular genres, it outlined futures that often went beyond the party's official version. Many utopian stories provided a corrective vision, intended to preserve and improve upon East German communism. This study is an introduction to East German science fiction. The book begins with a chapter on German science fiction before 1949. It then spans the entire existence of the country (1949-1990) and outlines key topics essential to understanding the genre: popular literature, socialist realism, censorship, fandom, and international science fiction. An in-depth discussion addresses notions of high and low literature, elements of the fantastic and utopia as critical narrative strategies, ideology and realism in East German literature, gender, and the relation between literature and science. Through a close textual analysis of three science fiction novels, the author expands East German literary history to include science fiction as a valuable source for developing a multi-faceted understanding of the country's short history. Finally, an epilogue notes new titles and developments since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Art in History/History in Art
Art in History/History in Art

Author: David Freedberg

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1996-07-11

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 0892362014

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Historians and art historians provide a critique of existing methodologies and an interdisciplinary inquiry into seventeenth-century Dutch art and culture.

The New 52: Future's End Vol. 1
The New 52: Future's End Vol. 1

Author: Jeff Lemire

Publisher: DC Comics

Published: 2014-12-09

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1401255957

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Five years from now, the DC Universe is reeling from a war with another Earth, leaving the world unprepared for an approaching evil that threatens to destroy the future. As heroes are turned into mindless villains, the planet as we know it is no more. The only salvation lies in the past, where this future apocalypse must be averted. Can a time-traveling Batman Beyond help a massive cast of the DCU's finest avert the impending apocalypse? Written by a cast of the industry's best talents, including Jeff Lemire, Brian Azzarello, Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens, this new epic series will expose the secrets of the New 52 universe! Collects issues #0-17.

The Renewal of Pagan Antiquity
The Renewal of Pagan Antiquity

Author: Aby Warburg

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 872

ISBN-13: 9780892365371

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A collection of essays by the art historian Aby Warburg, these essays look beyond iconography to more psychological aspects of artistic creation: the conditions under which art was practised; its social and cultural contexts; and its conceivable historical meaning.