The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music

The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music
Author: Barrie Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 780
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1135950253

The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music, in 7,500 entries, retains the breadth of coverage, clarity, and accessibility of the highly acclaimed Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Music, from which it is derived. Tracing its lineage to the Everyman Dictionary of Music, now out of print, it boasts a distinguished heritage of the finest musical scholarship. This book provides comprehensive coverage of theoretical and technical music terminology, embracing the many genres and forms of classical music, clearly illustrated with examples. It also provides core information on composers and comprehensive lists of works from the earliest exponents of polyphony to present-day composers.

Colors Of The World

Colors Of The World
Author: Jean-Philippe Lenclos
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2004-03-30
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393731477

"Through the visual evidence of over six hundred radiant color photographs, supplemented by watercolor sketches and color synthesis charts, the Lencloses explain their system and provide a pertinent and objective comparison of assorted chromatic microcosms worldwide, as well as a fascinating look at the infinite diversity with which color expresses itself. From the delicate tones of bamboo roofs in Japan to the tangy-hued house facades created from mineral pigments in African soils, Colors of the World offers a visually alluring survey of the significant chromatic personalities within local geographies, histories, and traditions in countries around the world."--BOOK JACKET.

The Big Thaw

The Big Thaw
Author: Ezra B. W. Zubrow
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2019-09-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1438475632

Explores the unprecedented and rapid climate changes occurring in the Arctic environment. Climate change, one of the drivers of global change, is controversial in political circles, but recognized in scientific ones as being of central importance today for the United States and the world. In The Big Thaw, the editors bring together experts, advocates, and academic professionals who address the serious issue of how climate change in the Circumpolar Arctic is affecting and will continue to affect environments, cultures, societies, and economies throughout the world. The contributors discuss a variety of topics, including anthropology, sociology, human geography, community economics, regional development and planning, and political science, as well as biogeophysical sciences such as ecology, human-environmental interactions, and climatology. “This book offers a valuable compendium on a broad spectrum of issues associated with climate change, its implications, and human adaptation in the Arctic.” — Andrey N. Petrov, coauthor of Arctic Sustainability Research: Past, Present, and Future

Psychology and Environment

Psychology and Environment
Author: Claude Levy-Leboyer
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1982-03
Genre: Education
ISBN:

`An excellent translation discussing the present state of environmental psychology...The fundamental data reported will interest a wide range of readers concerned with the diverse psychological aspects of environmental planning. Highly recommended for community college, college, and public library collections.' -- Choice, October 1982 `...a comprehensive text, providing an excellent review of the vast and well-dispersed literature that has been accumulating in the area of environmental psychology...Levy-Leboyer's work is a significant new addition to the literature.' -- Design Book Review, Winter 1983

Building Sustainable Peace

Building Sustainable Peace
Author: Armin Langer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198757271

Countries emerging from civil war or protracted violence often face the daunting challenge of rebuilding their economy while simultaneously creating the political and social conditions for a stable peace. The implicit assumption in the international community that rapid political democratisation along with economic liberalisation holds the key to sustainable peace is belied by the experiences of countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Often, the challenges of post-conflict reconstruction revolve around the timing and sequencing of different reform that may have contradictory implications. Drawing on a range of thematic studies and empirical cases, this book examines how post-conflict reconstruction policies can be better sequenced in order to promote sustainable peace. The book provides evidence that many reforms that are often thought to be imperative in post-conflict societies may be better considered as long-term objectives, and that the immediate imperative for such societies should be 'people-centred' policies.

Add a Little Colour to Your Life

Add a Little Colour to Your Life
Author: Mark Wentworth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2019-03-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781090814555

Have you ever wondered why some colours fill you with joy and inspiration and yet others just leave you cold and flat? Did you know that yellow speeds up decision making and green gives the feeling of slowing down time? Add a Little Colour to Your Life reveals the hidden power of colour, this great little book gives you an introduction to and insight into the silent yet powerful language of colour, including décor, clothing, healing, and how to find your own personal life path colour. A little book that goes a long way.

Color Space and Its Divisions

Color Space and Its Divisions
Author: Rolf G. Kuehni
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2003-04-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0471461466

It has been postulated that humans can differentiate between millions of gradations in color. Not surprisingly, no completely adequate, detailed catalog of colors has yet been devised, however the quest to understand, record, and depict color is as old as the quest to understand the fundamentals of the physical world and the nature of human consciousness. Rolf Kuehni’s Color Space and Its Divisions: Color Order from Antiquity to the Present represents an ambitious and unprecedented history of man’s inquiry into color order, focusing on the practical applications of the most contemporary developments in the field. Kuehni devotes much of his study to geometric, three-dimensional arrangements of color experiences, a type of system developed only in the mid-nineteenth century. Color spaces are of particular interest for color quality-control purposes in the manufacturing and graphics industries. The author analyzes three major color order systems in detail: Munsell, OSA-UCS, and NCS. He presents historical and current information on color space developments in color vision, psychology, psychophysics, and color technology. Chapter topics include: A historical account of color order systems Fundamentals of psychophysics and the relationship between stimuli and experience Results of perceptual scaling of colors according to attributes History of the development of mathematical color space and difference formulas Analysis of the agreements and discrepancies in psychophysical data describing color differences An experimental plan for the reliable, replicated perceptual data necessary to make progress in the field Experts in academia and industry, neuroscientists, designers, art historians, and anyone interested in the nature of color will find Color Space and Its Divisions to be the authoritative reference in its field.

Neo Baroque!

Neo Baroque!
Author: Micaela Giovannotti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Despite postmodernism's inclusive theory, much of its practice is aesthetically minimal. Enter the new Baroque, aglow with brilliant colors, dizzying arabesques and spectacular ornamentation in gold and sparkling crystals. It can also be a bit dark, with provocative narratives and difficult subject matter. The Neo Baroque is evolving radically differently from modernism: as a sensibility rather than a specific style. This genus of work and its practitioners--those considered here include Petah Coyne, Robert Longo, Alexis Rockman, Fred Tomaselli and Kehinde Wiley--offer a visual feast for the senses, and "Neo Baroque " offers proof that the sensibility is infiltrating everything from painting, sculpture, video and photography to performance and installation, a dazzling new cultural signature of the times.

The Poisoned Water

The Poisoned Water
Author: Fernando Benítez
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1973
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This first English translation makes avail­able to English-speaking readers a power­ful modern Mexican novel, first published in 1961. Fernando Benítez, well-known Mexican author, journalist, and winner of Mexico's 1968 best-book award, exploits a true but little-known incident by build­ing it into a tightly structured, tense, and tragic novel of social protest. The incident on which the novel is based is a bloody rebellion against the village feudal master touched off by joking comment on the "poisoning" of the water as one of Don Ulises's men is pushed into the plaza fountain. Feed­ing on itself, the rumor spreads that the "boss" has poisoned the local spring, and rebellion follows, with its violent and unforeseen consequences. The result is a frightening look at one of Mexico's major social problems and glaring ironies--that over fifty years after a revolution fought by the peasant and for the peasant, most rural groups are still living below the national economic standard.

Metacreation

Metacreation
Author: Mitchell Whitelaw
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780262232340

The first detailed examination of a-life art, where new mediaartists adopt, and adapt, techniques from artificial life.