Bodies in Balance
Bodies in Balance

Author: Theresia Hofer

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2018-01-08

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0295807083

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Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine is the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the triangular relationship among the Tibetan art and science of healing (Sowa Rigpa), Buddhism, and arts and crafts. Generously illustrated with more than 200 images, Bodies in Balance includes essays on contemporary practice, pharmacology and compounding medicines, astrology and divination, history and foundational treatises. The volume brings to life the theory and practice of this ancient healing art. 2015 Best Art Book Accolade, ICAS Book Prize in the Humanities Category Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine is the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the triangular relationship among the Tibetan art and science of healing (Sowa Rigpa), Buddhism, and arts and crafts. This book is dedicated to the history, theory, and practice of Tibetan medicine, a unique and complex system of understanding body and mind, treating illness, and fostering health and well-being. Sowa Rigpa has been influenced by Chinese, Indian, and Greco-Arab medical traditions but is distinct from them. Developed within the context of Buddhism, Tibetan medicine was adapted over centuries to different health needs and climates across the region encompassing the Tibetan Plateau, the Himalayas, and Mongolia. Its focus on a holistic approach to health has influenced Western medical thinking about the prevention, diagnoses, and treatment of illness. Generously illustrated with more than 200 images, Bodies in Balance includes essays on contemporary practice, pharmacology and compounding medicines, astrology and divination, history and foundational treatises. The volume brings to life the theory and practice of this ancient healing art.

Botticelli Past and Present
Botticelli Past and Present

Author: Ana Debenedetti

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 178735461X

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The recent exhibitions dedicated to Botticelli around the world show, more than ever, the significant and continued debate about the artist. Botticelli Past and Present engages with this debate. The book comprises four thematic parts, spanning four centuries of Botticelli’s artistic fame and reception from the fifteenth century. Each part comprises a number of essays and includes a short introduction which positions them within the wider scholarly literature on Botticelli. The parts are organised chronologically beginning with discussion of the artist and his working practice in his own time, moving onto the progressive rediscovery of his work from the late eighteenth to the turn of the twentieth century, through to his enduring impact on contemporary art and design. Expertly written by researchers and eminent art historians and richly illustrated throughout, the broad range of essays in this book make a valuable contribution to Botticelli studies.

Memory Book Our Baby Boy's First Year
Memory Book Our Baby Boy's First Year

Author:

Publisher: Christian Art Gifts Incorporated

Published: 2020-02-20

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781432131586

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Our Baby Boy's First Year Memory Book is an adorable memory book offering creative ways for parents to capture the special memories in their baby boy's first year.

Painting Dublin, 1886-1949
Painting Dublin, 1886-1949

Author: Kathryn Milligan

Publisher:

Published: 2021-10-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781526161185

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This book explores artists' visualisations of Dublin during a key period of the city's political and social history. Based on close and contextual readings of original paintings and prints, along with new archival research, it shows how artists in Ireland creatively responded to the urban environment where they lived and worked.

Notan
Notan

Author: Dorr Bothwell

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 0486136302

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Guiding principle of Eastern art and design, focusing on the interaction between positive and negative space, demonstrated in six problems of progressive difficulty. Solutions will fascinate artists and designers. 101 illustrations.

Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire
Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire

Author: Christopher Pratt Atwood

Publisher: Facts on File

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 9780816046713

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A comprehensive reference to Mongolia and the Mongols includes alphabetically arranged entries on the region's history, political movements, key figures, culture, languages, religion, economy, sociology, medicine, and climate .

A Complete Guide to the Birds of Malta
A Complete Guide to the Birds of Malta

Author: Natalino Fenech

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789993273103

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Lying in the centre of the Mediterranean, Malta is a natural staging post for migrant birds crossing from Africa to Europe in spring as well as for migrants returning from their breeding grounds in Europe to the African continent in autumn. Birds have attracted man's attention for a long time and this book shows images of birds in prehistory, art, stamps, coins, antique embroidery and so forth. It also speaks about birds in all aspects of Maltese culture, from folklore to language. It is also a photographic record of many of the birds that regularly visit the islands and features ones that are rare or have been recorded a handful of times. It also contains several unpublished records dating from 1958.

American Naive Paintings
American Naive Paintings

Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 9780521443012

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One of a series of systematic catalogues of the National Gallery of Art's collection, this comprehensive volume discusses in detail 310 objects that comprise one of the world's outstanding repositories of American naive paintings. Works by renowned folk artists such as Edward Hicks, Erastus Salisbury Field, and Ammi Phillips are represented in depth and placed in stylistic as well as historical context. This catalogue is an indispensable tool for historians of Amerian painting and folk art, and for students of American life and culture. Thorough documentation and commentary are provided for the first time on some of the most intriguing images produced in America in the past two hundred years.

American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century
American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century

Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13:

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The energy and optimism of the new nation are abundantly apparent in this catalogue. It features some of the icons of American art, such as John Singleton Copley's The Copley Family and Gilbert Stuart's portraits of the first five presidents. Numerous paintings, including Benjamin West's Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), are discussed from a new perspective, the result of information culled from letters, wills, and other previously unpublished documents. The author offers new interpretations of some works, among them Charles Willson Peale's portrait of the Baltimore couple Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming. The volume is richly illustrated, with carefully selected comparative illustrations.