(Part 2) Best art history books according to redditors
We found 1,015 Reddit comments discussing the best art history books. We ranked the 432 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
For reference of some of the things each of them have said, you can check out "The Annotated Mona Lisa", by the wonderful Carol Strickland, which is a quick reference guide to art history that's easily readable and probably available at your local library.
It supports a couple points from each of the previous posters. Namely that Da Vinci's street cred gets it a lot of attention. He's the ultimate "Renaissance Man" and genius.
Also, that it was stolen and possibly hung in Napoleon's bedroom, both more "modern" reasons that it stayed relevant and not replaced with other works.
And also, that it was one of the earliest examples of the sfumato technique, which was using many-many thin layers of translucent paint in an effort to mimic the translucency of human skin. Which was evolved from Da Vinci's study of real human anatomy. Also, not the lips but the HANDS are the anatomical
So, they are both kinda right sometimes, and kinda wrong other times.
Unfortunately the Trump parade is now going after artist Marina Abramovic directly on Amazon and putting satanic reviews of her books, really? If anyone could please report these I would appreciate it.
https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Through-Walls-Marina-Abramovic/product-reviews/1101905042/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=recent
The Dellschau Dilemma
Charles Dellschau was born in Prussia in 1830 and died on April 20th, 1923. Dellschau's relation to the airship mystery is perhaps the strangest of them all.
I recommend the following for an in depth description of this enigmatic figure: The Secrets of Dellschau: The Sonora Aero Club and the Airships of the 1800s, A True Story.
Dellschau “filled at least 13 notebooks with drawings, watercolor paintings and collages depicting fantastical airships.” A single page of one of his notebooks sells for thousands of dollars. Continued from Wikipedia:
>His work was in large part a record of the activities of the Sonora Aero Club, of which he was a purported member. Dellschau's writings describe the club as a secret group of flight enthusiasts who met at Sonora, California in the mid-19th century. One of the members had discovered the formula for an anti-gravity fuel he called "NB Gas." Their mission was to design and build the first navigable aircraft using the NB Gas for lift and propulsion. Dellschau called these flying machines Aeros. Dellschau does not claim to be a pilot of any of the airships; he identifies himself only as a draftsman for the Sonora Aero Club.
Although Wikipedia continues by saying that “it is speculated” that the Sonora Aero Club is a “fiction by Dellschau,” taken in context with the evidence overviewed so far, it seems premature to dismiss Dellschau outright.
According to UFO researcher Pete Navarro, who owns several Dellschau originals and co-wrote The Secrets of Dellschau: “The story of the Sonora Aero Club and their achievements had been cleverly hidden by Dellschau in his drawings using several codes and unconnected sentences hidden throughout the work. Thus, one would have to see all of the Dellschaus to understand the narrative.”
>Dellschau's artistic subjects were invariably of airships, zeppelin-like airships that were seen over Germany during the 1850s, and later during the 1880s and 1890s, principally in California, Texas and the Midwest.
During the 1850's mysterious "airships" regularly crossed the skies of Germany and just before that, probably in the year 1848, Dellschau immigrated to the US.
>Dellschau also made it clear that the Sonora Aero Club was but one such “secret society” attempting to build and fly “aeros” or airships, others being located on the east coast of the US. Furthermore, the activities of these various aerial secret societies were coordinated by a parent body in Germany bearing only the cryptic designation “NYMZA.”
The Wikipedia article also mentions that some of Dellschau's work ended up in the possession of the “DeMenil Museum.” John deMenil is remembered as a patron of the arts, but in conspiracy circles DeMenil is known for his possible connection to the JFK assassination, as alleged by the Torbitt document.
For more information on this subject I recommend NASA, Nazis & JFK: The Torbitt Document & the Kennedy Assassination.
In the interest of brevity (oops, too late!), I'll summarize by quoting Farrell:
>DeMenil was in the circle of Eastern European exiles in texas that clustered around Dallas and Houston (obvious center of America's space program), and indeed, according to Torbitt was a leader of that community and close political supporter of Lyndon Johnson.
>DeMenil, if the Torbitt document is to be believed, was a leader of the Eastern European exile community in Texas, and thus, this would have placed him in a position to know George DeMohrenschildt (Oswald's “handler” in Dallas).
>Since this community was a large component of Nazi General Reinhard Gehlen's Fremde Heer Ost, this placed DeMenil firmly within the orbit of the postwar Fascist organization, which, as the Torbitt document notes, was intimately connected to Permindex (an alleged CIA front organization linked to the JFK assassination).
For more information on these topics, I highly recommend LBJ and the Conspiracy to Kill Kennedy.
There's another contextual connection to Nazis, NASA and JFK:
>One of the reasons many advance for the murder of president Kennedy was his plan for a joint US-Soviet mission to the Moon, and his willingness to share whatever may have been found there. Kennedy also made direct inquiries to the CIA concerning the subject matter of UFOs, and hence, into the actual state of knowledge of the US concerning advanced science and technology.
>Many assassination researchers believe that this inquiry, plus his willingness to share information with the Soviets, was sufficient reason to get him killed, simply for the fact that with the heavy Nazi presence and influence within American black projects at that time, they would have balked at sharing their secrets with their hated Communist enemy.
As for the German Dellschau, Farrell continues by noting the uncanny resemblance between some of Dellschau's illustrated “technologies” and E.O. Lawrence's beta calutrons that wouldn't be invented for decades.
>Dellschau is depicting machinery, some of which bears too uncanny a resemblance to machines not yet officially invented, machines that, in turn, are dependent upon developments in physics that have not yet occurred.
He also referred to technical details that resembled aspects of the technology reported for the Nazi Bell, which is worth mentioning as Dellschau claimed to represent a secret society based in Germany called NYMZA, which supposedly was coordinating the secret development of airships.
>Some of Dellschau's paintings-books were purchased by DeMenil, who has connections to Lyndon Johnson, the Texas East European Exile community, and therefore deeply connected to Nazi General Reinhard Gehlen's postwar military intelligence.
>It is when these points are considered together that one must entertain the possibility that Dellschau did indeed represent some unknown group in Europe developing hidden aerial technologies, and that indeed there may be yet another, little-considered, connection to hidden technologies, groups, and the JFK assassination.
Final thoughts
It's often speculated that some of the more “fanciful” realities depicted by the entertainment industry are often based on some kernel of truth. Keeping that in mind, when I was first exposed to the 19th century airship mystery, I couldn't help but think of Bioshock Infinite, the entire premise of which is based on exotic technology powering airships in the second half of the 19th century.
I'll conclude by quoting Farrell's final thoughts:
>The propulsion methods and lift generating technologies of the airships do not appear to be conventional by any means, since both electrical systems and compressible gasses are mentioned.
>Significantly, within the same time frame, Tesla will conduct his revolutionary Colorado Springs experiments that will lead, within a decade, to his proposal for wireless transmission of electrical power, one purpose of which he envisions to be flight. This technology is suppressed by his financial backers, and similarly, the airship technology, which promised a revolution in transportation, is never publicly revealed.
>While the historical impetus for the creation of a vast system of hidden finance and alliances between private, government, Axis, and criminal components began after World War Two, this pattern of secret organizations, private finance, and government interface began on a smaller scale sometime in the 19th century, as did the perception of the possibilities of psychological operations in conjunction with it.
Perhaps it was more than just a coincidence that one of the greatest psychological operations of the 20th century occurred almost exactly fifty years after the alleged events in Aurora. For more information on this fascinating subject, I can't recommend the following enough: Roswell and the Reich: The Nazi Connection.
>What began in the 19th century as a secret airship program quickly morphed in the postwar era into a secret space program, one impelled not only by the need to reconnoiter, contain, rollback, and defeat the Soviet Union, but also by the need to discover what strange thing and entities may have been behind clearly hostile actions that were potentially threatening to the vast thermonuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.
And that, my friends, is a story for another time.
You've made a beginner's mistake in assuming that dark = black. It is the other way around. Black is a dark color but it is only one of many. Many beginners use black to induce shadow (and produce light), but in earnest black and white are less useful for the final color composition. For some classical reference: On Divers Arts (amazon link), provides a very interesting set of instructions on the painting of flesh tones from 1122. Still, you likely won't get the best instructions from a 900 year old manual. Color (amazon link) is a great (really great) introduction to color theory.
As for composition, it mostly works in my opinion though I might suggest that the leaf under the eye on the right distracts from the eye itself. Furthermore, the clarity of the leaves and eyes causes the abstract shapes cutting through the painting to be called into question by their unspecific nature. Thereby, there are elements within the painting that are extremely specific and others that do not have purpose past compositional fixes. These 'edges' appear as though chrome and serve to transition and conjoin the disjointed elements within your piece and I might add have a flair for the surreal. I can only suggest that this comes off more as an ends to a means rather than as careful and pointed. Take the 'transition' away and your problem still remains, see what I mean?
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Paglia's magnum opus is Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson, a book hated by feminists as Paglia loves Freud and attempts to explain why men create art to sublimate their libido, and why the ancient Greeks fucked boys.
Paglia is brilliant. If you like Nietzsche I bet you would like her. Except of course many politically active feminists hate her guts. Her writings are all over the web. Her magnum opus, Sexual Personae might be indispensible. It is an abridged version of her Yale PhD thesis, and she complains about the publisher making her cut out 200 important pages. You had better have done a lot of homework if you want to accuse her face-to-face of not putting forward her own feminist vision. She has a debate method of talking so fast that people's heads spin.
Link to Sexual Personae; it is 712 pages long.
So you missed the fact that some of the finest writers and artists started doing Archie?
Seriously, this group has a giant circle jerk for Saga, you must have missed the Fiona Staples issues, written by Mark Waid no less:
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/archie-vol-1-mark-waid/1122258917
Chip Zdarsky on Jughead? Yup.
https://www.amazon.com/Jughead-Vol-1-Chip-Zdarsky/dp/1627388931
Random selection of some of my favorites to help you expand your horizons:
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan is a great introduction to scientific skepticism.
Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris is a succinct refutation of Christianity as it's generally practiced in the US employing crystal-clear logic.
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt is the best biography of one of the most interesting men in history, in my personal opinion.
Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski is a jaw-dropping book on history, journalism, travel, contemporary events, philosophy.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson is a great tome about... everything. Physics, history, biology, art... Plus he's funny as hell. (Check out his In a Sunburned Country for a side-splitting account of his trip to Australia).
The Annotated Mona Lisa by Carol Strickland is a thorough primer on art history. Get it before going to any major museum (Met, Louvre, Tate Modern, Prado, etc).
Not the Impossible Faith by Richard Carrier is a detailed refutation of the whole 'Christianity could not have survived the early years if it weren't for god's providence' argument.
Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman are six of the easier chapters from his '63 Lectures on Physics delivered at CalTech. If you like it and really want to be mind-fucked with science, his QED is a great book on quantum electrodynamics direct from the master.
Lucy's Legacy by Donald Johanson will give you a really great understanding of our family history (homo, australopithecus, ardipithecus, etc). Equally good are Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade and Mapping Human History by Steve Olson, though I personally enjoyed Before the Dawn slightly more.
Memory and the Mediterranean by Fernand Braudel gives you context for all the Bible stories by detailing contemporaneous events from the Levant, Italy, Greece, Egypt, etc.
After the Prophet by Lesley Hazleton is an awesome read if you don't know much about Islam and its early history.
Happy reading!
edit: Also, check out the Reasonable Doubts podcast.
FYI, Amazon has it discounted over $25 as I'm posting this. I bought it.
Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics https://www.amazon.com/dp/090779162X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_QJ4EDbB3R1DCY
Secret Drugs of Buddhism https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692652817/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_wK4EDb733CREK
Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness https://www.amazon.com/dp/1579511414/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_CM4EDb7WCZCJJ
The Effluents of Deity: Alchemy and Psychoactive Sacraments in Medieval and Renaissance Art https://www.amazon.com/dp/161163041X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_PN4EDbMCDQ1CQ
Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy https://www.amazon.com/dp/0892819979/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_gO4EDb3KYSGN5
The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist https://www.amazon.com/dp/089089924X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_FO4EDbH0C12RD
Krishna in the Sky with Diamonds: The Bhagavad Gita as Psychedelic Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00770DJRW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_2Q4EDb7AEKZ2F
Is there something special about that one or did you not know you can get MHI2 for $36 on amazon?
From this one?
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5
They're 100s of pages each. It's a hell of a weekend read to do them all at once. :)
Still just $32 on Amazon
Bring back the magic lantern show and update it past being just a power point presentation to be clicked through. Make it an animated and moving. Bring back the visual crowd instead of being strictly verbal.
Better ornaments and furniture of the lodge, including CNC ornate goodness. Would love to see Solomonic columns in addition to our five represented.
More artistically done jewels than the current supply store versions.
Updated versions of the Tracing Boards.
Smart phone apps connecting members while being secure. Ability to pay on-line in advance for dinners and events.
Lodge security apps. Ability to be notified of intrusion, fire, and other alarms remotely, and cycle through cameras to see if genuine or false alarm at 2am without having to drive over.
Don't forget to pick up #2. Really good stuff in there.
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Amazon Preview to the rescue.
Should be enough for the missing pages. Just search the book for text near the cut.
Yeah don't buy it from them.
[Amazon.com English Version] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/192677888X) $36.98 + Free Shipping
Amazon.co.jp Japanese Version (used) $32.37 + $10.50 shipping.
Most of my MH books I've ordered from japan if I can't find a retailer here that is cheaper. Note that not all items from amazon.co.jp will do international shipping, the ones that will are usually listed as "Fufilled by Amazon"
I like both books, I have both English and Japanese versions. Other than the language, this is how the Japanese version comes. The English one is both books combined.
If you're in the US try here.
Gardner's Art Through the Ages. It's a staple for art history majors. It's giant though (and pricey) so if you want something lighter, The Annotated Mona Lisa is great.
Gardner's: http://www.amazon.com/Gardners-Art-through-Ages-ArtStudy/dp/0495093076/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321898662&sr=1-1
Annotated Mona Lisa: http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Mona-Lisa-Prehistoric-Post-Modern/dp/0740768727
One of our earliest sources for this sort of thing is a books entitled On Divers Arts by a Benedictine monk named Theophilus. You can find a modern translation here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Divers-Arts-Theophilus/dp/0486237842/
A more archaic translation, with the original Latin text is here: http://books.google.com/books?id=wo4EAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22An%20Essay%20upon%20Various%20Arts%20in%20three%20Books%22&lr&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a&pg=PA154#v=onepage&q&f=false
The short answer, is that bronze gears for clocks, at least in the 12th century, seem to have been largely hand-cut using a hardened steel file, a process that was ridiculously time-consuming, as you might imagine. I think other techniques using a gauge-plate were in existence by the 17th century, though.
Did you buy the Art of Blizzard book?
Not sure if its essential. But i very much liked "Wien - Geist und Gesellschaft im Fin de Siécle" by Carl. E. Schorske.
There is also a version in english.
Also Stefan Zweigs autobiographical book "Die Welt von Gestern".
Drawing & guitar. Adult coloring books are great for when I don't have the patience to draw something out. I'm about to start this one.
Did you know that the Spanish Inquisition, for instance, wasn't established until the tail end of the 15th century? Did you know that traditionally the "Dark Ages" when referenced ends by the mid-Medieval Era (~1000AD) and the Medieval Era as a whole ends traditionally in the late 14th century? That's a 100-500 year margin of error we're talking about here. The big religious wars occurred in the 16th and 17th centuries with the Protestant Revolution and the 30 Years' War.
With that said, I'm going to quote an old post I made on this to tackle another few topics that haven't really been addressed yet:
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The Italian Renaissance was about 100% cultural. Yes, technological advances came from it but it wasn't because of some 'rediscovery' of former painting, sculpting, mosaics, etc. Ironically enough, many of the architectural practices they returned to because of their fascination with Romans and Greeks were inferior to Medieval architectural methods.
I mean seriously, go look at some Medieval Cathedrals sometime. Did you know that they weren't just dark and gloomy? They were actually beautiful and colorful. With modern science we can analyze the microscopic paint chips that remain on these things and see what color they were actually painted back in the day and these towering cathedrals turned out to be painted fantastical colors of bright blues, bright oranges, bright reds and yellows. I've seen pictures of recreations of this from what's called light mapping -- basically using a projection of light to recreate color -- and it's absolutely stunning. These were not places of oppression and despair but livelihood and awe and wanderlust. This is what the inside of one of these Cathedrals looks like. Now imagine all that painted vibrant colors. I wish I had a higher resolution but just look at this beauty.
Nonetheless, the idea that the Greeks or Romans were any "more scientific" than Europe in the Middle Ages is just laughable, no offense. It's a hard thing to deal with that science, as a practice, is a modern phenomena. Another issue with this line of thought is that it treats technological change like a game of Civilization. Real life doesn't have a tech tree. Technology adapts as the needs of the people change. The Romans had hegemony over most of the Mediterranean, were massively agricultural, and had an enormous slave population. So a lot of potential output a lot of land to cover. Thus, they invented things like the aqueduct to transport lots of water across large parts of the Empire and refined ideas like roads to assist travel across their holdings.
The needs of the people in the Medieval Era were different. They by and large did not have huge empires. They also did not have huge slave populations and without a large empire holding formerly inarable lands together with imported foodstuffs, the now artificially large populations began to suffer without sufficient agricultural production. So things like the heavy plough were invented, so that the rough lands of the North could be worked. But horses choke themselves to death with the plough, and their hooves are not good for working the rocky lands. Thus the horse collar and the horseshoe were created. With lower populations contributing, things like the mill (which did formerly exist, but in rudimentary fashions) were refined to automatically hammer metal, churn butter, and grind grain and save labor. I can do this all day.
If you want a really good book that you can pick up for $1.50, On Divers Arts is a translated almanac of sorts from the 12th century on painting, metallurgy, glasswork, and carpentry. It will show you just how clever and intelligent these people really were.
A dark age is a real thing. It's a period of time where we have next to no or absolutely no primary sources from the period or even writing about said period. One such example is the end of the Bronze Age, or more commonly known as the "Bronze Aze collapse". We have no idea what happened, like, at all. There are a lot of theories, there is evidence for a lot of things, but we simply don't know. All we know is that a bunch of prosperous Mediterranean nations suddenly (as in, a few decades) were wiped off the face of the Earth, starting from the Northwest and working its way across and even into Palestine. The only surviving nation was Egypt where we only have a small amount of writing from this event.
There were also the Greek Dark Ages, which happened around the time of the former but was more severe from around 1100 to 800 BC. To quote wikipedia:
> With the collapse of the palatial centres, no more monumental stone buildings were built and the practice of wall painting may have ceased; writing in the Linear B script ceased, vital trade links were lost, and towns and villages were abandoned. The population of Greece was reduced,[5] and the world of organized state armies, kings, officials, and redistributive systems disappeared.
What happened in the Medieval Era was not that. It's not even close to either of those. The term dark age referring to the Middle Ages comes from the monumental loser and tragic genius named Petrarch. Petrarch was a monk in the 14th century, during the bubonic plague as you might also know. Basically, Petrarch was a fucking prodigy. He knew a crap ton of languages and basically read every single book out there. A lot of which were saved texts from the Greeks and Romans.
You know how your grandma always talks about how it was better back in her day? Well imagine that x100. It wasn't actually better back then, it's just nostalgia and selective thinking makes her think like that. That's what happened with Petrarch and his reading. Now combine that with the fact he lived during the most destructive disease in world history, watching nearly all of Europe get obliterated by this scourge and I think you're starting to put two and two together here. Petrarch saw the end of the bubonic plague, and saw the writings of the Greeks and Romans and thought "Man, everything much have been so much better back then! Truly we are leaving this era of darkness."
That isn't a direct quote, obviously, but the "era of darkness" is roughly a real thing he said. He had a skewed vision, and his writings lived on. Combine this with the fact that until about the mid 19th century or so we had very little primary sources of the Medieval Era (like, an actual dark age!) and Petrarch calling it an "era of darkness" and all the death that came from the Plague and I think you can see where this myth originates from.
There are academic studies and a significant body of literature on this topic.
Vince Horn does a concise job of teaching the controversy.
Some people think psychedelics can enhance meditation practice, while others think they're cheating.
Unless you place a high value on purity, I'd recommend doing some light experimentation to see what works for you personally.
Intro to psychology and anthropology?
From her Wikipedia entry -
Camille Anna Paglia (/ˈpɑːliə/; born April 2, 1947) is an American academic and social critic. Paglia, a self-described dissident feminist, has been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1984. The New York Times has described her as "first and foremost an educator".
She is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) and a collection of essays, Sex, Art, and American Culture (1992). Her other books and essays include an analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and Break, Blow, Burn (2005) on poetry. Her most recent book is 2012's Glittering Images. She is a critic of American feminism and of post-structuralist theory as well as a commentator on multiple aspects of U.S. social culture such as its visual art, music, and film history.
Here are some of my favorite quotes of her's....
"Let's get rid of Infirmary Feminism, with its bedlam of bellyachers, anorexics, bulimics, depressives, rape victims, and incest survivors. Feminism has become a catch-all vegetable drawer where bunches of clingy sob sisters can store their moldy neuroses."
"White middle-class girls at the elite colleges and universities seem to want the world handed to them on a platter. They have been sheltered, coddled and flattered. Having taught at a wide variety of institutions over my ill-starred career, I have observed that working-class or lower-middle-class girls, who are from financially struggling families and must take a patchwork of menial jobs to stay in school, are usually the least hospitable to feminist rhetoric. They see life as it is and have fewer illusions about sex. It is affluent, upper-middle class students who most spout the party line — as if the grisly hyperemotionalism of feminist jargon satisfies their hunger for meaningful experiences outside their eventless upbringing. In the absence of war, invent one."
"We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible."
These are not the book you are referring too but i wonder if anyone else has these on their Christmas list?
http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Hunter-Illustrations-Capcom/dp/1926778170
http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Hunter-Illustrations-2-Capcom/dp/192677888X
I had a post regarding my recommended books on the rise of Islam. I'll post it here again for your benefit:
> Here's the best ones: Efraim Karsh's Islamic Imperialism: A History and Robert Hoyland's In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
> Edit: I have read the two books aforementioned, but I'd also recommend this book, which I haven't read: Hugh Kennedy's The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In. All these books fit your criteria. I also have Tom Holland's In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire, but I think this is the least recommendable because of the controversy swirling around it and the documentary it spawned. But it is interesting nevertheless.
I hope this will help!
EDIT: I'll add more recommendations, in regards to the Golden Age of Islam:
If you mean Guren's novel, it's currently being scheduled for release on January 26.
Well there is, Siavash, Kaveh, Fereydoon, Farzad, Farshad, Farhad, Farbod, Farid, Fardin, lol I know a lot of Far-s. Khosro, Rostam, Bahman, Ramin, Esfandiyar, Ardeshir, Cyrus, Darius and more.
Read Shahnameh. A lot of names in there. And a good fictional, mythological, poetry book.
https://www.amazon.com/Shahnameh-Epic-Persian-Kings-Ferdowsi/dp/1593720513/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482359064&sr=8-1&keywords=shahnameh+english
Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen is 50% off amazon
Guren Ichinose: Castastrophe at Sixteen
Telecosm: How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our World
by George Gilder
The computer age is over.
After a cataclysmic global run of thirty years, it has given birth to the age of the telecosm -- the world enabled and defined by new communications technology. Chips and software will continue to make great contributions to our lives, but the action is elsewhere. To seek the key to great wealth and to understand the bewildering ways that high tech is restructuring our lives, look not to chip speed but to communication power, or bandwidth. Bandwidth is exploding, and its abundance is the most important social and economic fact of our time.
George Gilder is one of the great technological visionaries, and "the man who put the 's' in 'telecosm'" (Telephony magazine). He is equally famous for understanding and predicting the nuts and bolts of complex technologies, and for putting it all together in a soaring view of why things change, and what it means for our daily lives. His track record of futurist predictions is one of the best, often proving to be right even when initially opposed by mighty corporations and governments. He foresaw the power of fiber and wireless optics, the decline of the telephone regime, and the explosion of handheld computers, among many trends. His list of favored companies outpaced even the soaring Nasdaq in 1999 by more than double.
His long-awaited Telecosm is a bible of the new age of communications. Equal parts science story, business history, social analysis, and prediction, it is the one book you need to make sense of the titanic changes underway in our lives. Whether you surf the net constantly or not at all, whether you live on your cell phone or hate it for its invasion of private life, you need this book. It has been less than two decades since the introduction of the IBM personal computer, and yet the enormous changes wrought in our lives by the computer will pale beside the changes of the telecosm. Gilder explains why computers will "empty out," with their components migrating to the net; why hundreds of low-flying satellites will enable hand-held computers and communicators to become ubiquitous; why television will die; why newspapers and magazines will revive; why advertising will become less obnoxious; and why companies will never be able to waste your time again.
Along the way you will meet the movers and shakers who have made the telecosm possible. From Charles Townes and Gordon Gould, who invented the laser, to the story of JDS Uniphase, "the Intel of the Telecosm," to the birthing of fiberless optics pioneer TeraBeam, here are the inventors and entrepreneurs who will be hailed as the next Edison or Gates. From hardware to software to chips to storage, here are the technologies that will soon be as basic as the air we breathe.
https://www.amazon.com/Telecosm-Infinite-Bandwidth-Revolutionize-World-ebook/dp/B000FC0V9I
Migration on Wings
Aerodynamics and Energetics
Authors: Kantha, Lakshmi
This book is an effort to explore the technical aspects associated with bird flight and migration on wings. After a short introduction on the birds migration, the book reviews the aerodynamics and Energetics of Flight and presents the calculation of the Migration Range. In addition, the authors explains aerodynamics of the formation flight and finally introduces great flight diagrams.
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642279249
Sophie Calle: Rachel Monique
by Sophie Calle
The haunting story of Sophie Calle’s mother, told through diary excerpts and family photographs
“She was called successively Rachel, Monique, Szyndler, Calle, Pagliero, Gonthier, Sindler,” reads the first lines of Sophie Calle: Rachel Monique, embroidered on the cover. “My mother liked people to talk about her. Her life did not appear in my work, and that annoyed her. When I set up my camera at the bottom of the bed in which she lay dying―fearing that she would pass away in my absence, whereas I wanted to be present and hear her last words―she exclaimed, ‘Finally.’”
Sophie Calle: Rachel Monique tells the story of Monique Szyndler, Sophie Calle’s mother who died in 2007, through diary excerpts and photographs selected by the artist from family albums. Described as “haunting” and “a mystery novel that tirelessly searches for a missing person,” the Rachel Monique project honors a daughter’s complicated relationship with her mother and the artist’s deeply felt grief.
This volume, presenting Calle’s installation of Rachel Monique at the Palais de Tokyo, was designed in close collaboration with the artist. The cover text is embroidered to create a precious object, and all of the texts relating to the installation are beautifully embossed. Sophie Calle: Rachel Monique is a highly personal and moving book, intimate and universal in its expressions of mourning and memory.
https://www.amazon.com/Sophie-Calle-Rachel-Monique/dp/2365111173
Titles of unidentified books: "How to Love.." "Birds..."
Book about "Beatrix Potter" (haven't identified the particular publication)
Though Potter was typical of women of her generation in having limited opportunities for higher education, her study and watercolours of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties, Potter self-published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Following this, Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full-time.
Potter was also a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and a prosperous farmer keenly interested in land preservation. Beatrix and her brother were allowed great freedom in the country and both children became adept students of natural history. he Journal, decoded and transcribed by Leslie Linder in 1958, does not provide an intimate record of her personal life, but it is an invaluable source for understanding a vibrant part of British society in the late 19th century. It describes Potter's maturing artistic and intellectual interests, her often amusing insights on the places she visited, and her unusual ability to observe nature and to describe it. Started in 1881, her journal ends in 1897 when her artistic and intellectual energies were absorbed in scientific study and in efforts to publish her drawings.
Beatrix Potter was interested in every branch of natural science save astronomy. By the 1890s her scientific interests centered on mycology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
by Marina Abramovic
“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.”
In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović’s MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance that lasted more than 700 hours. This celebration of nearly fifty years of groundbreaking performance art demonstrated once again that Marina Abramović is truly a force of nature.
The child of Communist war-hero parents under Tito’s regime in postwar Yugoslavia, she was raised with a relentless work ethic. Even as she was beginning to build an international artistic career, Marina lived at home under her mother’s abusive control, strictly obeying a 10 p.m. curfew. But nothing could quell her insatiable curiosity, her desire to connect with people, or her distinctly Balkan sense of humor—all of which informs her art and her life. The beating heart of Walk Through Walls is an operatic love story—a twelve-year collaboration with fellow performance artist Ulay, much of which was spent penniless in a van traveling across Europe—a relationship that began to unravel and came to a dramatic end atop the Great Wall of China.
Marina’s story, by turns moving, epic, and dryly funny, informs an incomparable artistic career that involves pushing her body past the limits of fear, pain, exhaustion, and danger in an uncompromising quest for emotional and spiritual transformation. A remarkable work of performance in its own right, Walk Through Walls is a vivid and powerful rendering of the unparalleled life of an extraordinary artist.
https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Through-Walls-Marina-Abramovic/dp/1101905042
Ok, in addition to the paper/booklet posted earlier from acedemia.edu about the lorica segmentata here are some other resources discussing armor and some on metal work techniques. Much of what is available is medieval period but many of the skills and techniques are similar.
On Divers Arts by Theophilus is a treatise on painting, glass making, and metalwork from roughly 1122ad. ISBN:978-0486237848
De Re Metalica by Georgius Agricola is a scientific book on mining and metallurgy from around 1556ad. ISBN: 978-0486600062
The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio is a treatise on metallurgy and alchemy/chemistry from 1540ad. ISBN:978-0486261348
Techniques of Medieval Armor Reproduction: The Fourteenth Century is an awesome book covering various metalwork techniques as applied to making 14th century armor. ISBN: 978-1581605365 He talks about tools you will need and some modifications to make to them for ease of use. He even gives you some ideas on finding good sources for drawing inspiration from for your armor patterns. If you are starting with making armor and don't have anyone nearby to help you learn this is a good guide to buy.
Best of the Hammer is a black and white series of booklets that have great info on medieval metalwork from chainmail to bladesmithing. ISBN:978-0943228044
Roman Body Armor, by Hilary & John Travis is a good re-examining of the data on Roman armor up until this point. ISBN: 978-1445608037
Just a taste of this pyscho woman.
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Austrian here :-). I am living in Vienna and basically the whole fin de siecle time was the golden era of the city (Freud, Kokoschka, Klimt, ..) and tons of buildings from then still exist and are in use
so I might suggest you this one, an American friend of mine loved it:
http://www.amazon.com/Fin---Siecle-Vienna-Politics-Culture/dp/0394744780/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317593149&sr=8-1 ( here is a brief abstract: http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/personal/reading/schorske-siecle.html).
regarding fiction I would highly recommend to read something from Arthur Schnitzler, who also wrote the novel to which "eyes wide shut" is refering. i.e. http://www.amazon.com/Night-Games-Other-Stories-Novellas/dp/1566635063/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317593454&sr=1-1
This all is of course just relevant if you even visit Vienna ;-). If you would like some recommendations for places/restaurants/sights etc. here just pm me.
I enjoy Clive Barker's books. The Hellbound Heart is the basis for the Hellraiser films. There are so many to list but off the top of my head The Great and Secret Show, The Books of Blood, The Damnation Game, and Weaveworld are all great stories. The Thief of Always, while a childrens book, is also a good read. Enjoy and good luck
You may like this gorgeous book.
I actually know lodges that open with having the newest EA draw the board on a chalkboard on the ground.
Get this one!
Yeah, the immediate negative reaction to "Western science" has more to do with many Muslims around the world having a bad taste in their mouths regarding the West in general (can't blame them, Europe did invade and carve up their nations).
Here's a few good books to look into:
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Challenge-History-Lectures-Series/dp/0300159110/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1404626540&sr=8-3&keywords=islam+science
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Enduring-Scientists-Thinkers/dp/1426202806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404626582&sr=8-1&keywords=lost+history
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Islamic-History-Firas-Alkhateeb/dp/1849043973/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390934800&sr=8-1&keywords=lost+islamic+history
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This is a great idea for a contest. I would love to gift my friend Amber this amazing coloring book. She's been my best friend for 16 years and she would just adore it.
Awesome contest! Thank you for it and remember to share the love :D
There's a new run of Archie comics (by Mark Waid) that a fan of Riverdale would probably like! They're more updated than the classic Archie comics and are definitely geared towards a modern teen audience. There's also new runs of Betty and Veronica and Jughead, but I think the Archie ones are the best/most similar to Riverdale (I really like both the comics and the show).
She might also like gear from the show, like a Pop's shirt or a Serpents jacket! Hot Topic actually has a ton of Riverdale stuff.
Clive Barker's Weaveworld should fit. It actually has two protagonists, a male and female, and romance is only a minor footnote for the male.
It's also a lot different than most fantasy when it comes to style, setting and imagery.
Can't recommend it enough.
Those do sound like they would fun to color. Medieval seems easier than towns, though here's a city:
https://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Cities-Coloring-Amazing-Imagined/dp/1452149577
https://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Structures-Coloring-Buildings-Imagined/dp/145215323X
Medieval:
https://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Medieval-Times-celebrated-illustrator/dp/1600584039
There's several books of castles:
https://www.amazon.com/Castles-World-Coloring-Dover-History/dp/0486251861
https://www.amazon.com/Castles-World-Coloring-Dover-History/dp/0486251861
I ran across some images from this one today:
https://www.amazon.com/Romantic-Country-Fantasy-Coloring-Book/dp/1250094461
I got this one last week and am pleased with it:
https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Tapestries-Coloring-Dover-Fashion/dp/0486436861
I don't know if you're a fan, but there's one for Game of Thrones
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1101965762/
Here's some free coloring pages
http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/coloring-pages-about-the-middle-ages/
You should check out this book.
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Legacy-Art-Packaging/dp/1613779437
I also recommend going on Deviantart as there seems to be some good artists on there and you may be able to talk to some to doing something custom for you.
public and private space, but more specifically, 19th century urbanism... mostly because the initial conjunction of the city and capitalism called for more legally definable public and private spaces which nation-states could capitalize on... thus shifting the variation in ways in which we experience place, people. And it's still so relevant! the vast majority of our cities in Europe and America are designs by 19th century capitalists and modern urban thinkers, and yet no one seems to talk about it besides scholars. I have been vigorously reading many books on the subject and I am seeking out places where I can discuss it, hopefully with people more educated on the matter. I am a artist and learning about the city as a function of social systems helps me make connections in the work I do. If there are any online forums anyone can suggest, that would be awesome. As for the OP (or anyone else), here are some great books if my comment has caught your eye and you are interested. David Harvey has written most extensively on the subject, but I also recommend him because I lean more towards marxist approaches to urban theory.
The Urban Experience by David Harvey
Fin-De-Siecle Vienna by Carl E. Schorske ...particularly the chapter on Vienna's Ringstrasse, an excellently interesting massive urban reform project that isn't frequently talked about.
tl;dr the way cities work is inneresting! people should learn more about them if they live in them!
Are you just learning to art or do you have goals?
Dynamic Figure Drawing The early bits of learning to draw focus on correct proportions, but just knowing the facts doesn't mean you understand what you're looking at. Learning about weight and line of action can make figure drawings a lot more interesting.
If you're interested in comics Understanding Comics helps you understand how they work, but not how to draw them.
Do you have access to art classes? Have you done any art history? Art history is pretty great for knowing about the masters and the people that paved the way for today's artists. The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern This book tries to give a short and succinct summary of most of the art movements, but it's worthwhile to get deeper into parts that interest you. The Ninja Turtles (Michaelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael) are icons of the Renaissance, and I imagine the 11 pages for that time period fail to cover quite a lot of the Renaissance. Art is more than the paintings, it's the culture that is responsible for patronizing their work, it's the lessons they learned in pursuit of grander and grander works (The Monalisa represents a lighting choice - twilight hours with indirect lighting; On either side of her is two-point perspective and atmospheric perspective), the men and women that created these works, how these ideas traveled through the regions, and what their work meant to the artists in the time period they lived in.
we haven't even started on this one https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Through-Walls-Marina-Abramovic/dp/1101905042/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479958047&sr=8-1&keywords=abramovic+book
http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Tapestries-Coloring-Dover-Fashion/dp/0486436861/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=ITPV52B41KA8&coliid=I3RP2L4ADOCPJU
The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern is by far my favorite art history book. After reading it, I am now able to offer interesting insights to friends and relatives whenever I am at an art museum.
Also, art museums are pretty good at publishing materials about their works. If you have a particular art museum that you like start there. A visit to the museum is so much more enjoyable when you have an understanding of what you are looking at.
Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen Books 1-6 can be purchased from Amazon in 3 volumes. Vol 1 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1941220983/ref=cm_sw_su_dp - There is no ebook version and Book 7 isn't out in English yet.
The Story of Vampire Michaela is not available in English, though fan translations exist.
Guren Ichinose: World Resurrection at Nineteen is not finished yet, though fan translations exist.
Lucifer was a spinoff of the Sandman series and I think you can get the collection on Amazon:
You can also find the entire collection on the piratebay.
You'll need a torrent program and you'll need to make sure your security settings are set up correctly.
You'll need a comic reader if you want to read it on your computer:
It was originally published as 75 issues; it was subsequently published as a (full) collection twice: once in 11 tradeback volumes, once in 5. See more at Wikipedia. Here's US Amazon links for the 5-volume collection:
It is a continuation of the story started in Sandman: Season of Mists, which in turn is the fourth collection of the Sandman universe, but the synopsis in the Wikipedia article summarises it decently enough (though if you have a chance to read that as well, I fully recommend it... as well as the rest of Sandman stories, and those about his sister Death.
There has been more Lucifer stories since, but AFAIK they are not considered canon...
There are free ways to read them online, if you hit Google they are fairly easy to find; though I am unsure of their legality. If you like them, buy them - writing and drawing comics are not the most lucrative sources of income.
pretty sure it was this one http://www.amazon.com/Shahnameh-The-Epic-Persian-Kings/dp/1593720513/ref=pd_sim_b_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=0WYJ8SAG84SMDB5N3MRP
I've only had one, and my dog won it!!
This? or... This?
Gubbinz - Them things over there, All of them, See the lamp? That's a gubbin.
The short answer to this question is "no". Quite a large number of what might today be considered "UFO" reports (both "lights in the sky" and closer encounters) are on record from the late 19th century on, but the correlation that exists is between the invention of terrestrial forms of flight and such reports, not discussion of "aliens from another world." Typically, the source of these earlier reports - if they were assumed genuine, that is - was taken to be, first, inventors or groups of inventors (this was commonly the case, for example, for the first wave of US "mystery airship" reports in the 1890s) and later, "spy" overflights by aircraft operated by foreign powers (which was assumed to be the case in the large number of waves of "mystery airship" and "mystery aeroplane" reports that occurred around 1909-1914.) These reports, incidentally, occurred even in places where logically it would have been very difficult for enemy aircraft to operate. For example, there were "mystery aircraft" reports from both Australia and New Zealand before World War I. This is a good reason, in my view, for supposing that such reports were the products of media reports, culture and expectant attention, not real things seen in real skies.
Things changed after World War II when the first UFO-style wave of reports took place in 1946 and consisted of "ghost rockets" sighted over Scandinavia, which it is possible to see as possibly the products of the extensive news reporting of German V-weapons. "Flying saucers" with supposedly extraterrestrial origins don't crop up in a major way till 1947 and the period thereafter, and here again some cultural historians have proposed a correlation not so much with "extraterrestrial discussion" as with the production of sci-fi movies.
Some very interesting work has also been done on UFO-style reports in countries that were not heavily exposed to western style media. One of the most fascinating concerns Algeria, where as late as the early 1980s "things seen in the sky" were still quite likely to be interpreted as the results of the activity of genies - djinns.
There is an extensive literature on all this but a good place to start is the work of David Clarke, a folklorist who has worked with the British National Archives on its UFO files.
The files
Clarke's National Archives podcasts
Clarke's latest book
Also see Nigel Watson's UFOs of the First World War
The Algerian case study, by Thierry Pinvidic, based on his time in that country as a school teacher, is not available online. It appeared in the magazine Magonia, issue 14 (1983), and I summarised its contents here.
A bizarre case involving airships supposedly flown by a mysterious group of secretive inventors, the "Sonora Aero Club," was "documented" in the paintings of the outsider artist Charles A.A. Dellschau, whose images are strangely beautiful. For a book on this case (written by UFO "believers"), see Crenshaw and Navarro's The Secrets of Dellschau.
Check this book out if you haven't already.
A coloring book of medieval tapestries because coloring is FUN.
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I would strongly suggest learning enough German to get basic stuff done. You can find some pretty decent crash courses on spotify if you have this. i would also strongly suggest reading this book as it gives you a pretty good perspective on the city's rich cultural traditions. if you cant speak the language it definitely helps to know and be interested in their culture. they actually really like it when you do.
Some must see things are the kunsthistorisches museum, anything in district 1, mariahilfstrasse and nachtsmarkt. also seek out any museum w gustav klimmt works. the stadtpark is quite a cool place to people watch
if you meet some locals definitely mention you want to check out cafe sperl. its really one of those places they wont serve you unless you are local but if you drop that name to a wiener they will be impressed. its the typical viennese coffee house. also must eats are a schnitzel at figlmuller and a kasekronner from any street vendor. just be warned there is no ice anywhere and cokes/water cost just as much as beer
also the subway system rivals new york city. see if you can get a monthly discount through your university. it takes you everywhere
if you see someone before lunch you greet them with morgen. around lunch is typically mahlzeit and any other time is usually servus.
good luck man. the croatian women around there are the most beautiful in the entire world
That link didn't work for me but I got it by just searching on Amazon. Try this
https://smile.amazon.com/Leonardo-Vinci-Beginning-Biographies-Painters-ebook/dp/B01MSL98U2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549647996&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=kindle+leonardo+da+vinci+a+life+from+beginning+to+end&dpPl=1&dpID=61Xskc%2BfvmL&ref=plSrch
Edit: Can someone explain how you make those shorter links? Thanks!
Zig zag zen should be right up your alley. Very interesting read.
http://www.amazon.com/Zig-Zag-Zen-Buddhism-Psychedelics/dp/090779162X
The Tattoo Coloring Book
Weaveworld
Because I saw you have Imajica on your list and I love Weaveworld
My favorite Christmas song is from Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. Keep Christmas With You! Sing and sign.
Video: http://youtu.be/Sd5PEVKuAro
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486436861/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_7AzxwbS9NE8HC
This is my collection from back in 2015. I was in the middle of moving, hence the box, but it's grown since then. My favorite addition since then is the Art of Blizzard art book. So yes, I collect art books.
Amazon
\>>> When they go in the back of the bookstore, we can see an easter-egg from Brit: on the table is a message that reads: "How art can make you happy". If you see the interview that Brit gave for the "offCamera with Sam Jones", you'll understand. :D
The books on that table (they all are linked with the interview):
Making Things Right: The Simple Philosophy of a Working Life
by Ole Thorstensen
A celebration of craftsmanship, teamwork, and the relationship between contractor and client.
Making Things Right is the simple yet captivating story of a loft renovation, from the moment master carpenter and contractor Ole Thorstensen submits an estimate for the job to when the space is ready for occupation. As the project unfolds, we see the construction through Ole's eyes: the meticulous detail, the pesky splinters, the problem solving, patience, and teamwork required for its completion. Yet Ole's narrative encompasses more than just the fine mechanics of his craft. His labor and passion drive him toward deeper reflections on the nature of work, the academy versus the trades, identity, and life itself.
The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now
by Thich Nhat Hanh
In troubled times, there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh--one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today--reveals an art of living in mindfulness that helps us answer life’s deepest questions and experience the happiness and freedom we desire.
Thich Nhat Hanh presents, for the first time, seven transformative meditations that open up new perspectives on our lives, our relationships and our interconnectedness with the world around us. Based on the last full talks before his sudden hospitalization, and drawing on intimate examples from his own life, Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how these seven meditations can free us to live a happy, peaceful and active life, and face ageing and dying with curiosity and joy and without fear.
Your Art Will Save Your Life - also a direct hint which is linked with the interview
by Beth Pickens
Writing in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, Beth Pickens reminds burgeoning artists that their work is more important now than ever, and advises on fostering creativity, sustaining an innovative practice, and navigating institutional funding as an individual. Partially a self-help book, partially a political manifesto, Pickens combines practical advice for those seeking out a creative career while contextualising it for the current time.
\>>> We can also see a book by (or about) Marina Abramović, perhaps is this one:
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
by Marina Abramović
“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.” Marina’s story, by turns moving, epic, and dryly funny, informs an incomparable artistic career that involves pushing her body past the limits of fear, pain, exhaustion, and danger in an uncompromising quest for emotional and spiritual transformation. A remarkable work of performance in its own right, Walk Through Walls is a vivid and powerful rendering of the unparalleled life of an extraordinary artist.
\>>> And way in back - on the wall - I spotted this book:
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
"One of the most delightful and enduring classics of children's literature, The Secret Garden by Victorian author Frances Hodgson Burnett has remained a firm favorite with children the world over ever since it made its first appearance. Initially published as a serial story in 1910 in The American Magazine, it was brought out in novel form in 1911".
The plot centers round Mary Lennox, a young English girl who returns to England from India, having suffered the immense trauma by losing both her parents in a cholera epidemic. However, her memories of her parents are not pleasant, as they were a selfish, neglectful and pleasure-seeking couple. Mary is given to the care of her uncle Archibald Craven, whom she has never met. She travels to his home, Misselthwaite Manor located in the gloomy Yorkshire, a vast change from the sunny and warm climate she was used to. When she arrives, she is a rude, stubborn and given to stormy temper tantrums. However, her nature undergoes a gradual transformation when she learns of the tragedies that have befallen her strict and disciplinarian uncle whom she earlier feared and despised. Once when he's away from home, Mary discovers a charming walled garden which is always kept locked. The mystery deepens when she hears sounds of sobbing from somewhere within her uncle's vast mansion. The kindly servants ignore her queries or pretend they haven't heard, spiking Mary's curiosity.
PS: There is one book which I can't find at all (Best Forever by Tim Wiles).
Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics
INTERNET (my mother picked mine up when she went to new york but this is also an option)
Apparently a sub-Reddit can have three settings. "Private", you have to join to be able to read and write. "Restricted", everybody can read, but you have to join to be able to post. This was the setting that I checked. Strangely enough non-members can't make new posts, but they can reply, so what's the use of that? And how should a user ask to be added? So now that I know that, I chose the option "public". I guess that means that everybody can read and write. Let's see how that goes about.
Rees, yes he wrote a very interesting and an 'alright' book. I hadn't heard of this interview (or the website for that matter), so thanks for sharing.
Hi there! I'm exactly like you and have been inspired by so many things that I've grown up with in the fantasy and sci-fi world. I've also started learning the path digital art (and traditional art in general) literally a couple of weeks ago, so here are my observations with my research on this subreddit and other stuff.
I'm a huge Blizzard Entertainment fan and I actually just ordered this book to inspire me. Here's to both our journeys starting new!
Didn't listen to this yet, but have read a couple of his books and heard him before on similar shows. He's an entertaining writer and speaker, but fills in the blanks between data points with so much speculation that much of his work is basically fiction. I've read all known existing source material on NYMZA, the Sonora Aero Club, and Dellschau. Bosley's whole story about German nationalists running the early flying machine clubs, feuding with another sect, and evolving into a breakaway civilization, is a narrative that he came up with all by himself. There's literally none of that in the source material. If you're into this story, start with the Secrets of Dellschau by Dennis Crenshaw.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1933665351/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506591430&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=dellschau&dpPl=1&dpID=51D-yVoZCRL&ref=plSrch
In terms of the modern scientific method, it can very well be argued that he gave birth to it because of the emphasis on independent verification. He included his methodology as well as his ideas in his Book of Optics, and challenged his readers to repeat his experiments. As far as we know nobody has done anything like that before him. So it's absolutely noteworthy.
And it's not just about the scientific method? What are you talking about? Muslims have made many fundamental contributions in the fields of physics, medicine, chemistry, opthamology, geography, and more.
Keep your shame with you. I'm proud of our history.
Here stimulate your mind: Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists | Michael H. Morgan