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The Mortal Instruments - La cité des ténébres Tome 2 : La cité des cendres

Le passage en poche de la série best-seller à l'occasion de ses 10 ans ! Le Monde Obscur est en émoi depuis le meurtre mystérieux d'un loup-garou survenu devant le Hunter's Moon, l'un des repaires de lycanthropes les plus fréquentés de New York. Du côté des Chasseurs d'Ombres, l'Inquisitrice, une femme insensible et austère, est dépêchée par l'Enclave pour s'emparer de l'Institut : Valentin est de retour et une guerre sanglante se prépare. Pris dans la tourmente des événements, écartelés entre coeur et raison, Clary et Jace se lancent à corps perdu dans un combat entre les forces du Bien et du Mal, qui les mènera des souterrains de la Cité Silencieuse aux eaux sombres de l'East River...

01/2023

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Mondes fantastiques

The Mortal Instruments - La cité des ténébres Tome 3 : La cité de verre

Le passage en poche de la série best-seller à l'occasion de ses 10 ans ! La lutte entre le bien et le mal se poursuit. Valentin rassemble son armée pour éradiquer la lignée des Chasseurs d'Ombres. Clary se rend dans la Cité de Verre afin de sauver sa mère et découvrir son passé. S'introduire dans la Cité sans l'autorisation de l'Enclave n'est pas sans danger... Au cours de sa quête, Clary rencontre Sébastien, un garçon énigmatique. Avec lui, elle comprend que le seul moyen d'arrêter la fureur de Valentin est de former une alliance entre Chasseurs d'Ombres et Créatures Obscures. Comment conclure une telle union ? Clary saura-t-elle maîtriser ses nouveaux pouvoirs à temps pour cet ultime affrontement ?

09/2023

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Non classé

Living in Two Worlds

This is a study of Singapore pastors' worldview & understanding of the epidemiology, symptomatology and management of possession behaviour. The pastors' accounts are compared with those from the scientific disciplines, and convergences and divergences noted. Factors shaping both the pastors' and the scientific discourses are examined. The pastors are shown to respond to competing scientific paradigms by reinforcing their two-worlds worldview. They either live mainly in the other world, or in each world at a time, or between the two worlds. Based on theological reflection focusing on epistemology, theodicy & cosmology, the author shows that the paradigm of living in both worlds simultaneously is the most appropriate pastoral response. The theological vision of the coexisting worlds and the pastoral task of unmasking and resisting evil in all its varieties and depths are then discussed.

05/1994

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Livres 3 ans et +

Little Zebra is gifted

Little Zebra is at kindergarten. He reads and he has an amazing memory. The teacher wonders if Little Zebra is gifted. She talks to his parents. Then Little Zebra will meet a psychologist with whom he will make funny activities to determine if he is gifted. The psychologist will also explain to Little Zebra, his parents and the teacher what is intellectual precocity.

05/2015

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Critique littéraire

Ancient Greek by Its Translators

When not familiar with the language itself, most readers over the centuries have had access to the ancient Greek texts only or mostly through (Latin or vernacular) translations. Such an approach is not only indirect and mediated, but also distorted and even impoverishing : meaning then prevails over the linguistic form and substance of the texts themselves. What do later or modern readers read when they read translated texts written in an ancient so-called dead language ? They read a given meaning - sometimes unfaithful, often inaccurate - dictated by a genuine understanding, the blind continuation of tradition, or an untold hidden intention. The complex range of significances conveyed by meaning simultaneously reflects the time and space (called synchrony) of when and where a text has been translated, the historical learning and linguistic skills of the translators, as well as their ideas and style. As a contribution to the perennial debate about translation (mere literary transliteration vs. creative transposition), this volume aims at analyzing some striking cases of various (literary or not) texts translated from ancient Greek showing how much for the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries aesthetics and ideology matter as much as - and often even more than - rigorous philology.

02/2022

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Tourisme étranger

Moroccan tracks Volume 11. The sagho djebel

The Sagho djebel is the eastern extension of the Anti-Atlas, a volcanic mountain with granitic mamelons, basaltic organs, chaos of black shales, pink sandstones... at the gates of the Sahara. As far as the eye can see, large wild, arid spaces. A desolate land made for the lonely DPM. And for a thousand miles around, silence is the only companion. Absolute plenitude and the desire to take to the track. From flat expanses to rolling hills, from sharp relief to steep canyons : pure, original nature. The character is strong, rustic but the heart is soft. The colours are soft and gentle. Ochre, pink, brown, violet, the colour chart stretches in a gradation of shimmering pastels, sometimes accompanied by an overwhelming heat. Eldorado in the heart of the desert, rare are the oases ; modest green spots in the infinitely large, they are the reminders that we are on African soil. The wild charm of the Sagho is due to its exceptional geology : high cliffs and steep peaks, tabular escarpments and deep canyons in the middle of which caravans of camels and mules circulate. When you arrive on these immense plateaus, the lunar horizon is so vast that you want to go everywhere at once to see if it is really as beautiful elsewhere ! The Sagho also surprises by the richness of its lights : limpid like those of the nearby Sahara, or sometimes in half-tone, as in the neighbouring Dades valley. The Sagho is also the Morocco of the last Berber nomads, descendants of the ancient lords Aït Atta. In autumn, after leaving the snows of the High Atlas, they set up their dark wool tents on the slopes of the jebel until spring. They can neither read nor write, but they are sure of their way through the Atlas Mountains and the Moroccan desert. In the Sagho, they have built houses of unbaked stone, dug wells, planted almond trees, grown wheat, barley and various vegetables. Others built herds of goats and sheep, and caravans of camels. Most of them are now sedentary, semi-nomadic or nomadic...

08/2022

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Littérature française

Mehersthan Memoir (Meher Baba)

Mehersthan Memoir (Meher Baba) This book is dedicated to the unique One who has assumed a form and name to lead the play of universal existence. He throbs in our loving heart ; He breathes in our living soul. He sings in our fervent spirit and he thinks in our purified mind. That infinite Ancient One from his supernal height, bends towards us to embrace us in his love, and to feed our soul with the nectar of his bliss. Blessed are they that have the mind to know him, the heart to feel him and the love to live in his consciousness ! He may have been born to human parents in Poona, studied in a college, played cricket, left home, have seen great souls, sat alone silent, spoken in gestures, written books - but that is not his history. Many live such a life ; many scholars write books ; many saints sit in contemplation ; many monks leave home for mountain resorts ; but they cannot be one like him. Millions of bulbs challenge in vain the darkness of night. One sun rises and the night dissolves into his golden light. One sun rises and the night dissolves into his golden light. We have seen monks, yogins and saints. Some live alone for peace. Some open Ashrams and collect donations to run them. Some comercialise their name and form. Some display miracles to surprise human minds ; some offer boons ; some predict the future ; some curse you when you do not offer them what they want. Some seek pleasure and treasure. But who seeks God and finds God in the self to awaken God-awareness in other men and women ? Who says "I am God and you are God too"? Who rises above the prattle of words, the rattle of weapons and battle of ideologies to the lofty peace of supersonic silence and pours his blessings from the dizzy height of the soul in tune with God ? Who is he that embraces all in the heart and awakens the soul which has none of the human creations of caste, religion, race, pedigree nor colour ? Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget

07/2017

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Lectures graduées

Death of a Salesman

Willy Loman is a salesman who believes in the American Dream. He has spent his whole career on the road, going all over New England to sell products. At sixty, he is far from retiring : he needs to keep on working to earn money in order to pay his mortgage and loans. But he does not sell as much as he used to and struggles to make ends meet. His relationship with his elder son, Biff, is chaotic : he does not understand why his son does not live up to his expectations. Thus, they fight all the time. But at the heart of the tension between them lies a secret that only the two of them know... Death of a Salesman explores the depth and complexity of human relationships and shows what happens when a man gets lost in his own dreams.

08/2021

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Asie

Hong Kong. 8th edition

Lonely Planet : Pocket guides for quick, easy and accessible information for a short break Lonely Planet's Pocket Hong Kong is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Behold Victoria Peak vista, explore the famous night market and feast on dim sum ; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Hong Kong and make the most of your trip ! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Hong Kong : Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout Highlightsand itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential infoat your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Convenient pull-out Hong Kong map (included in print version), plus over 18 colour neighbourhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Covers Hong Kong Island, Central, Sheung Wan, Lan Kwai Fong, Soho, Admiralty, Kowloon, the New Territories, Macau and more The Perfect Choice : Lonely Planet's Pocket Hong Kong, an easy-to-use guide filled with top experiences - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - that literally fits in your pocket. Make the most of a quick trip to Hong Kong with trusted travel advice to get you straight to the heart of the city.

06/2022

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Histoire de l'art

Paris Moderne, 1914-1945. Art - Design - Architecture - Photography - Literature - Cinema - Fashion

Whether at peace or at war, Paris during the first half of the twentieth century pulsated with frenzied energy. Creatives from across Europe flocked to the French capital where they had free rein to experiment with innovative forms of expression. Inspired by the challenge made possible through technological advances and market expectations, members from every artistic discipline-art, design, architecture, photography, fashion, and cinema-forged the new face of this resolutely modern city. A kaleidoscopic portrait of this exhilarating artistic surge is documented here in dictionary form, through biographical profiles of nearly one hundred leading creators, including Josephine Baker, Coco Chanel, Le Corbusier, Tamara de Lempicka, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Man Ray, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé, Helena Rubinstein, and Gertrude Stein. The richly illustrated volume is completed with a photographic journal of Paris today by Antonio Martinelli, retracing the incredible architectural and urban landscape that still bears the hallmarks of this wildly prodigious period. J-L. C. , G. M. J.

09/2023

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Histoire ancienne

THE ROMAN CAVALRY. From the First to the Third Century AD

The cavalry was a vital part of the army of Rome and played a significant role in the expansion and success of the Roman Empire. Karen R. Dixon and Par Southern describe the origins of the mounted units of the Roman army and trace their development from temporary allied troops to the regular alae and cohorts. They have drawn together evidence from a wide variety of sources: archaeological, epigraphic and literary, as well as comparing ancient testimony with more recent experience of the use of cavalry. Now available in paperback, the book covers the subject from the perspective of both the men and the horses. How were the horses selected and disposed of; how they trained, stabled and fed? How were the men recruited, organized and equipped; and what were the conditions of service for a Roman cavalryman? The authors provide a comprehensive and unique examination of the Roman cavalry, which includes lavish and original illustrations, drawn by Karen R. Dixon.

01/1992

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Littérature française

Tina shot me between the eyes and other stories

"Tidjani Alou's writing sketches the commonplace and the metaphysical, with heft, honesty, and audacity. The range is compelling, as she takes us through lives in places as diverse as Accra and Niamey. The prose is deft, her metaphors sting with accuracy. This is a writer to think and feel with". - Emmanuel Iduma, editor, Saraba Magazine. In fifteen formidable lyrical prose, Tina Shot Me Between the Eyes explores how the self is shaped and transformed by the knots we yearn to tie around ourselves : familial, spousal, parental, and societal. It tackles how we struggle in relationships for nourishment and fulfilment, and how connections could kill us and how we could kill to survive - a potent force for understanding humanity and the nuances of acts of violence, tolerance, faith and love.

11/2017

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12 ans et +

Julie and the Phantoms. Le roman de la série

Depuis la mort de sa mère, Julie a perdu sa passion pour la musique, et elle est sur le point de se faire exclure de son lycée d'arts du spectacle. Tout change quand elle remonte sur scène avec son nouveau groupe, Julie and the Phantoms. Seul hic : tous ses musiciens sont des fantômes. Dans les années 1990, Luke, Reggie et Alex s'apprêtaient à connaître la gloire avec leur groupe de rock, Sunset Curve, quand une triste rencontre avec la street food de Los Angeles a eu raison de leurs rêves et de leurs vies. Désormais, avec leur chanteuse Julie, les garçons ont une seconde chance de réussir et devenir des stars. Mais un puissant fantôme nommé Caleb Covington a d'autres projets pour le groupe. Si Luke, Reggie et Alex ne parviennent pas à briser son mauvais sort, ce sera la fin de Julie and the Phantoms...

01/2021

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Yaoi/homosexualité masculine

The Secret of Me and My Boss Tome 2

Anezaki et Mikado sont en couple depuis un mois, et tout se passe pour le mieux entre eux... si ce n'est qu'Anezaki est terrifié d'avance à l'idée que leur histoire se termine. Aussi, lorsque Mikado décide de prévoir un voyage de deux jours pour qu'ils partent en amoureux, les choses se compliquent, surtout pour Anezaki, qui n'aime pas particulièrement sortir...

08/2022

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Shojo/fille

Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost Tome 2

Pour éclaircir le mystère de sa naissance et tenter de retrouver sa mère, Belle accepte de travailler comme couturière au château de la Bête, le Prince Cyril, qui lui a sauvé la vie. Mais sa curiosité la pousse à ouvrir une porte interdite, derrière laquelle elle découvre le secret du Prince... De son côté, la Médium, cette cruelle sorcière, essaie de retrouver la trace de son ennemi juré : la Bête !

06/2023

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Romance historique

Garland Cousins. Tome 1 : Primrose and the dreadful duke

Primrose Garland est ravie que son ami Oliver soit rentré des Indes. Le charmant gredin de son enfance a beau avoir hérité d'une couronne ducale, c'est toujours ce cher Ollie avec qui elle prend tant de plaisir à se chamailler. Quand survient une série d'accidents étranges, le doute n'est plus permis : quelqu'un cherche à tuer son ami. Et qui mieux que Prim pourrait le protéger ? Car elle a un secret : un don de téléportation. Une garden-party sera l'occasion idéale pour tendre un piège au meurtrier. Mais il va falloir faire très attention. Le danger rôde... et l'amour aussi !

09/2023

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Mondes fantastiques

The Night and its Moon Tome 1 . Edition collector

D'une beauté surnaturelle car elles sont de sang-mêlé Faé et Humain, Nox et Amaris grandissent dans un orphelinat. Inséparables, les deux jeunes filles se font une promesse : un jour, elles vivront ensemble, loin de cet enfer où elles ne sont que de vulgaires marchandises. Mais lorsque la patronne d'une maison close offre une fortune pour acheter Nox, celle-ci devient esclave de plaisirs au service d'hommes riches et puissants. Amaris réussit alors à s'enfuir dans les montagnes du Royaume du Nord, dans une forteresse où elle s'initie aux arts de la guerre. Malgré la distance et les difficultés, Nox et Amaris n'oublient pas leur promesse et sont prêtes à tout pour se retrouver. Alors qu'une guerre entre Humains et Faés éclate, elles sont entraînées dans un dangereux jeu de complots. Le destin des royaumes est entre les mains des deux orphelines... et de leur amour.

09/2023

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Shojo/fille

Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost Tome 4

Belle, la fiancée de la Bête, se réveille enfin de son long sommeil. Belle la couturière se résout donc à enfouir définitivement ses sentiments pour le Prince Cyril mais voilà que l'autre Belle les révèle au grand jour ! De son côté, la Médium convainc le Roi de prendre une décision qui lui permettra de mettre la touche finale à sa vengeance...

10/2023

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Histoire internationale

Knowledge and Symbolization in Saint John of the Cross

The works of Juan de la Cruz contains numerous passages dealing with human cognition both ordinary and mystical. This study traces San Juan's examination of the mystic's knowledge in and through God. The sixteenth-century Spanish thinker stresses that conditionality is a fundamental character of all human knowledge, and brings to light a complex movement of contiguity between one and another mode of cognitive activity. Also discussed is the expression, through the instruments of prose and poetry, of the mystic's supereminent and therefore ineffable experience of knowledge and love. Relying upon Juan de la Cruz's own texts, it is shown how a relative communication can be effected despite the barriers separating mystical from ordinary cognition.

07/1993

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Non classé

Marriage and Divorce in the Plays of Hermann Sudermann

This study investigates Sudermann's plays from a socio-historical and literary-historical perspective. His plays are a response to a crisis of marriage. That crisis had its roots in the Romantic period and came to a head when the conservative Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch was introduced in 1900. Of particular significance is Es lebe das Leben (1902). The manuscripts of this play reveal that here Sudermann moved from a Realist treatment of marital difficulties to an exploration of the crisis of the realist literary system and a search for a Modernist treatment of divorce. His plays on marriage, divorce, courtship and the problems of single men and women constitute a sustained attempt to modify or at times radically to challenge the presentation of marriage in the Realist literary system.

03/1996

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Philosophie

Issues in the Philosophy of Language Past and Present

In the light of contemporary perspectives a good deal of traditional philosophical thought can be read as relating to the issue of 'Language versus Reality'. The chapters of this book vindicate this claim ; bringing together thinkers different both in temperament and interests like Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Aquinas, Heidegger and Gadamer they suggest that some of their major tenets reflect conceptual assumptions concerning linguistic meaning and reference. In trying to both identify and elucidate the assumptions at stake the author shows, both historically and systematically, that some of the problems experienced in the past as well as much of our contemporary concern with the same issue form a continuous line and a common endeavour ; and they have not yet come to an end.

11/1999

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Sciences politiques

European Union Foreign Policy and the Global Climate Regime

Ever since the first international negotiations on climate change in the early 1990s, the European Union has aspired to play a leading role in global climate politics. This book engages in a longitudinal analysis of the EU's participation in and impact on the United Nations climate regime. It provides not only comprehensive insights into the evolution of EU foreign climate policy, but also a thought-provoking audit of the potential and limits of the EU's influence in a major domain of global affairs.

03/1993

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Non classé

The best Approximation and Optimization in Locally Convex Spaces

This book presents several new results on the best simultaneous approximation in locally convex spaces. The concept of nuclear cone is systematically used to establish some interesting relations with Pareto optimization and the duality for vectorial optimization programs with multifunctions.

01/1993

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Non classé

Willibald Alexis' Zeitroman «Das Haus Düsterweg» and the «Vormärz»

On publication in 1835 Willibald Alexis' Zeitroman Das Haus Düsterweg sparked controversy only to be subsequently ignored by specialists on the Vormärz (1815-48). It has been viewed as an anomaly in Alexis' literary production, but in fact lies at the core of the intellectual interests and formal experimentation of Alexis, the prominent Vormärz author, theorist, critic and journalist. Based on techniques derived from Walter Scott, it anticipates the theory and practice of Gutzkow's "Roman des Nebeneinander". Under the aspect of Zerrissenheit it records and analyzes the psychological and political agony of the contemporary scene.

12/1984

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Non classé

Frontier and Utopia in the Fiction of Charles Sealsfield

This study examines the work of Charles Sealsfield (1793-1864), the Moravian-American writer, whose fiction marked the first serious literary treatment of America in the German language. More specifically, Sealsfield's work is discussed in the light of his experience in America and, above all, in the light of his change of identity from Karl Anton Postl - Moravian monk to Charles Sealsfield - American writer. It employs two concepts - frontier and utopia - to show how Sealsfield was influenced by the antebellum tradition in America, and how he, in turn, used the governing myths and symbols of his time to create an important statement about the relationship between ideology and power in the Age of Jackson.

12/1986

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Non classé

Ambivalence and Irony in the Works of Joseph Roth

Did Joseph Roth, the socialist, revolutionary and sceptic, become a monarchist, reactionary and believer ? This work attributes the contradictory manifestations in the life and personality of Roth to the attitude of ambivalence and irony that characterised him and his generation. The historical and intellectual situation that led to the dominance of this attitude and Roth's susceptibility to it due to the circumstances of his life are discussed. A meticulous study of Roth's letters, journalistic work and novels follows substantiating the thesis advanced.

12/1984

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Non classé

Black and White Speech in the Southern United States

This study compares the pronunciation of the stressed vowel nuclei of black and white southerners interviewed for the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States. The informants from Maryland (two pairs), Virginia (seven pairs), and North Carolina (seven pairs), were all interviewed in the period 1933-1939 by a single field worker, Guy S. Lowman, Jr., and were matched as closely as possible for age, education, social class, and geographical proximity. The principal findings of the study are that systematic differences exist between black and white speakers in the pronunciation of the stressed vowels, on the phonic or subphonemic level. This is the same type of variation that is used to characterize dialect differences in the United States. The differences in speech, however, while systematic, are not categorical : i.e., there are no speech features examined that exist solely for black or white speakers. Another finding was that regional variation in speech was less apparent for black speakers than for white speakers.

12/1986

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Documentaires jeunesse

Quentin Blake and the Demoiselles des Bords de Seine

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known illustrators of our time. He was Roald Dahl's regular illustrator, and their books have enjoyed world popularity with generations of children. Blake has collaborated with many other well-known authors and also created his own picture-books such as Clown and Zagazoo. Quentin Blake was born in England in 1932. For more than 20 years he taught in and then led the illustration department of the Royal College of Art. In 1999 he became the first Children's Laureate and in 2005 was appointed CBE for his services to children's literature. In France, where he spends a great deal of his time and where he has been published by Gallimard for the past 30 years, Quentin Blake has the same huge reputation as in Great Britain. His work has been exhibited there, and he has produced several books especially for French readers. In 2002 he was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. It was on account of this reputation that he was invited by the Petit Palais to select and present the exhibition Quentin Blake et les Demoiselles des Bords de Seine, and in the exhibition and this book he displays his enthusiasm for 19th century French art with a perceptiveness and liveliness which will speak to readers of all ages.

12/2005

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Shojo/fille

Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost Tome 1

Les cheveux mauves de Belle ne ressemblent ni à ceux de sa mère ni à ceux de son père. Lorsque cettejeune fille à part brise l'interdit et s'aventure dans la forêt, elle croise le chemin d'une Bête qui a la réputation d'enlever les femmes d'une beauté rare pour les enfermer dans son château. La mère de Belle se sacrifie alors pour sauver sa fille, qui s'attire ainsi les foudres de son père. Dévoré par la rancoeur et le chagrin, celui-ci la retient prisonnière de leur maison. Les années passent puis un jour, la Bête croise à nouveau le chemin de Belle...

04/2023

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Mouvements artistiques

Hockney's Eye. The Art and Technology of Depiction

David Hockney is the best known and most widely admired painter in the world. This vibrant catalogue accompanies a major exhibition at the The Fitzwilliam Museum and the Heong Gallery in Cambridge, as well as the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Throughout his long career, David Hockney has insistently explored diverse ways of depicting the visible world. He has scrutinised the methods of the old masters, and explored radical departures from their cherished assumptions The exhibition and accompanying book are the first to focus on this central theme in his art. "Western art" from the Renaissance until at least the late 19th century has been dominated by the depiction of nature. Was this to be accomplished by direct looking (called "eyeballing" by Hockney) or with the assistance of optical theory and devices, such as cameras ? Hockney has experimented with the full range of existing strategies, overtly using perspective in some of his classic pictures and rigorously investigating optical aids for the imitation of nature, including the camera obscura and camera lucida. Yet he has come to reject the photograph as the definitive image of what we see. Along the way, he has identified a "camera culture'' in European painting from 1400, arguing very controversially that the supreme naturalism of painters like Jan van Eyck are the product of optical devices. His book, Secret Knowledge (2001), with its majestic panorama of paintings over the course of five centuries, claims that art historians have missed the central aspect of painters' practice. The "Hockney thesis" has been received more favourably outside the professional world of art history than in it. His own artistic practice has been in vigorous dialogue with his radical thesis, and he has progressively demonstrated new and dynamic ways of characterising the visual world without perspective and other conventional techniques. This quest results a series of joyous challenges to our ways of seeing in the major exhibition in Cambridge at the Fitzwilliam Museum and in the Heong Gallery (Downing College). It will look at the whole span of Hockney's varied career and at the nature of the optical devices he has tested. His vision will be explored in the setting of traditional masterpieces of naturalistic observation, and in the context of modern sciences and technologies of seeing. The first section of the book looks at his thrilling experiments in seeing and representing in broad historical and contemporary contexts. This is followed by discussions of pre-photographic devices for capturing the appearances of things by optical means. The third section includes essays on Hockney's experiments from the perspectives of neuroscience and computer vision. In short, it reveals in a new way the working of Hockney's unique eye.

04/2022