Icons of Grief
Author: Alexander Nemerov
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2005-07-18
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0520241002
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Icons of Grief
Author: Alexander Nemerov
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780520240995
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American Icons
Author: Benedikt Feldges
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-12-12
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1135911916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShedding light on the historicity of icons to reframe the history of the screen and dissect the visual core of a medium that is still poorly understood, this book presents new ways of seeing the mechanisms at work in our modern pictorial culture.
When Grief Descends: Suffering, Consolation, And The Book Of Job
Author: Anne MacKie Morelli
Publisher:
Published: 2020-05-22
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781951131036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Grief Descends is recommended for anyone seeking to learn about loss and grief. Through an authentic and well-researched narration, Anne Mackie Morelli unveils a unique interpretation of the Book of Job, an under-appreciated and, at times, misunderstood book of the Bible. Anne shares her faith, theological and counseling background, with a vulnerable sharing of her own journey of suffering.The reader is invited to sit alongside Anne, Job, and the "miserable comforters" on the ash heap outside the city gates, witness their conversations with God and with each other, and learn how to, - Navigate loss and process grief, - Become a more consoling comforter, - Acquire the communication skills and practical strategies essential in consolation, and- Build an understanding of suffering through the lens of the Christian faith.
The Meaning of Icons
Author: Léonide Ouspensky
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 091383677X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The nature of the icon cannot be grasped by means of pure art criticism, nor by the adoption of a sentimental point of view. Its forms are based on the wisdom contained in the theological and liturgical writings of the Eastern Orthodox Church and are imtimately bound up with the experience of the contemplative life. The present work is the first of its kind to give a reliable introduction to the spiritual background of this art. The introduction into the meaning and language of the icons by Ouspensky imparts to us in an admirable way the spiritual conceptions of the Eastern Orthodox Church which are often so foreign to us, but without the knowledge of which we cannot possibly understand the world of the icon." -- Back cover.
Icons - Imaging the Unseen
Author: Dani‰l J. Louw
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Published: 2014-11-01
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1920689125
DOWNLOAD EBOOKÿ The experience of the divine has been referred to by many artists over the centuries, whether their subject was the human figure, landscape, still life or indeed religious or biblical themes. Art therefore requires a kind of openness; a willingness to mediate rather than to control. This sensitivity can best be described as humility, an obeisance to something we are part of. Therefore, to 'see' the 'unseen' in visual arts brings about awe and requires 'iconic viewing'. The spiritual realm, as portrayed by icons, has a healing quality in a world where the news and the arts are so full of tragedy and where the church's message so often sounds escapist or na‹ve.
Icons of War and Terror
Author: John Tulloch
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-07-26
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1136285431
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the ideas of key thinkers and media practitioners who have examined images and icons of war and terror. Icons of War and Terror explores theories of iconic images of war and terror, not as received pieties but as challenging uncertainties; in doing so, it engages with both critical discourse and conventional image-making. The authors draw on these theories to re-investigate the media/global context of some of the most iconic representations of war and terror in the international ‘risk society’. Among these photojournalistic images are: Nick Ut’s Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of a naked girl, Kim Phuc, running burned from a napalm attack in Vietnam in June 1972; a quintessential ‘ethnic cleansing’ image of massacred Kosovar Albanian villagers at Racak on January 15, 1999, which finally propelled a hesitant Western alliance into the first of the ‘new humanitarian wars’; Luis Simco’s photograph of marine James Blake Miller, ‘the Marlboro Man’, at Fallujah, Iraq, 2004; the iconic toppling of the World Trade Centre towers in New York by planes on September 11, 2001; and the ‘Falling Man’ icon – one of the most controversial images of 9/11; the image of one of the authors of this book, as close-up victim of the 7/7 terrorist attack on London, which the media quickly labelled iconic. This book will be of great interest to students of media and war, sociology, communications studies, cultural studies, terrorism studies and security studies in general.
The Icons Within
Author: George Pugh, PhD
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2016-05-18
Total Pages: 167
ISBN-13: 1491767413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you can think differently about your personal problems, which might include the aftermath of traumatic events or deep feelings of rejection, you may find yourself in a positon to overcome hurtful memories that continue to upset you and interfere with your sense of self-worth. George Pugh, Ph.D., a practicing clinical psychologist, helps you find insight and direction in this new approach to understanding yourself and why you struggle with inner self-defeating voices that hold you back. After learning why you are resistant to changing problematic personality traits and why past efforts have left you at a loss and longing for more, you will be encouraged to take part in simple exercises that will remove the troubling inhibitions that prevent you from being who you truly are. In straightforward language you will achieve insights that will help you: understand that the personality forms around the basic principles of survival; recognize that survival strategies that served you well in the past hold you back in the present; release your true voice to speak from a position of honesty, integrity and personal strength; free what you have hidden your passion, connection and commitment to your personal journey. If you are willing to risk brief emotional upheaval and painful moments of reflection you will find your voice and release your true self. This book explains steps that will allow you to break free of a counterproductive lifestyle that binds you to a way of thinking and feeling that is safe but is lacking in joy and authenticity. The Icons Within helps the reader to understand the full effects of Iconic therapy. It provides a sense of hope in a multitude of dimensions hope that healing is possible, hope that life can hold so much more and hope that lifes potential can still be achieved. A. Thomas, therapist
The Last Word
Author: Julia Cooper
Publisher: Coach House Books
Published: 2017-04-17
Total Pages: 115
ISBN-13: 1770565019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Last Word investigates the debased art of eulogy. Through insightful, surprisingly playful readings of famous eulogies (from a scene in Love Actually to Jacques Derrida’s heart-rending essays on the deaths of his peers), Cooper argues against the socially sanctioned desire to avoid thinking about death that results in clichéd memorials, honoring neither the living nor the dead.
Holy Women Icons
Author: Angela Yarber
Publisher:
Published: 2014-04-30
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781936912971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAcrylic paintings representing notable women from all walks of life, as well as Biblical and mythological figures, with commentary on each by the artist.
