Surveillance, Maintenance and Diagnosis of Flood Protection Dikes

Surveillance, Maintenance and Diagnosis of Flood Protection Dikes
Author: Patrice Mériaux
Publisher: Editions Quae
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2007-10-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 275920037X

This technical guide is intended for personnel within services or structures involved in managing dikes that protect against floods in the case of a rise in river levels. It is intended for an audience of technicians and it aims to popularise: the functioning principles concerning a system of dikes, the risks run, monitoring methods and maintenance methods. Its aim is to justify and describe all the necessary measures to ensure the long life and security of the constructions.

Caravaggio

Caravaggio
Author: John Varriano
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780271047034

In Caravaggio, Varriano uncovers the principles and practices that guided Caravaggio's brush as he made some of the most controversial paintings in the history of art. He sheds an important new light on these disputes by tracing the autobiographical threads in Caravaggio's paintings, framing these within the context of contemporary Italian culture.