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Author | : Barbara Baert |
Publisher | : Leuven University Press |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9058677168 |
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How do we relate the body we have and the bodies we see to the mind, or to the soul? Fluid Flesh addresses the relationship between the body, religion, and the visual arts, which is one of both love and tension. Are we able (and allowed) to think of the divine in a corporeal way? Isn't artistic expression, which originated from both the human mind and body, intrinsically a bodily matter?Featuring an introduction from James Elkins, Fluid Flesh covers an array of topics including the visual as a spiritual medium today; iconophilia and iconoclasm in the past and present; the human body, religion and contemporary lifestyles; and premodern and postmodern perspectives on anatomy and the visual arts. Several authors address the presentation of the human form in Christian art and ask whether the body may be present in religious art even without figuration. The authors highlight the intertwined and powerful roles of both the image and the body within a contemporary culture that has seemingly devalued language (in favor of the image) and has renewed a "sinful" conception of the body as in constant need of improvement.
Author | : Barbara Baert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN | : 9789789058679 |
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Author | : Rune Nyord |
Publisher | : Museum Tusculanum Press |
Total Pages | : 662 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Coffin texts |
ISBN | : 8763526050 |
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The ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts form a corpus of ritual spells written on the inside of coffins from the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000-1650 BCE). Thus accompanying the deceased in a very concrete sense, the spells are part of a long Egyptian tradition of equipping the dead with ritual texts ensuring the transition from the state of a living human being to that of a deceased ancestor. The texts present a view of death as entailing threats to the function of the body, often conceptualised as bodily fragmentation or dysfunction. In the transformation of the deceased, the restoration of these bodily dysfunctions is of paramount importance, and the texts provide detailed accounts of the ritual empowerment of the body to achieve this goal. Seen from this perspective, the Coffin Texts provide a rich material for studying ancient Egyptian conceptions of the body by providing insights into the underlying structure of the body as a whole and the proper function of individual part of the body as seen by the ancient Egyptians. Drawing on a theoretical framework from cognitive linguistics and phenomenological anthropology, Breathing Flesh presents an analysis of the conceptualisation of the human body and its individual parts in the ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts. From this starting point, more overarching concepts and cultural models are discussed, including the ritual conceptualisation of the acquisition and use of powerful substances such as "magic", and the role of fertility and procreation in ancient Egyptian mortuary conceptions.
Author | : Description |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1835 |
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Download The description and explanation of a 'universal character'; or, manner of writing, that may be intelligible to the inhabitants of every country Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Marek H. Dominiczak |
Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0723433682 |
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Presenting a concise, accessible account of the metabolic aspects of biochemistry, this title covers all the key concepts medical students need with no gaps. It can be used either as an introduction to a topic, or as a revision aid.
Author | : Piero Camporesi |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1988-04-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521320030 |
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Professor Camporesi examines what significance the body had for the obsessively religious, superstitious, yet materially bound minds of the pre-industrial age? In this extraordinary and often astounding book, Professor Camporesi traces these ideas back to various documents across the centuries and explores the juxtaposition of medicine and sorcery, cookery and surgery, pharmacy and alchemy.
Author | : Charles Loudon Bloxam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 912 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Chemistry |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Sarah Künzler |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2016-08-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110455420 |
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Bodies and their role in cultural discourse have been a constant focus in the humanities and social sciences in recent years, but comparatively few studies exist about Old Norse-Icelandic or early Irish literature. This study aims to redress this imbalance and presents carefully contextualised close readings of medieval texts. The chapters focus on the role of bodies in mediality discourse in various contexts: that of identity in relation to ideas about self and other, of inscribed and marked skin and of natural bodily matters such as defecation, urination and menstruation. By carefully discussing the sources in their cultural contexts, it becomes apparent that medieval Scandinavian and early Irish texts present their very own ideas about bodies and their role in structuring the narrated worlds of the texts. The study presents one of the first systematic examinations of bodies in these two literary traditions in terms of body criticism and emphasises the ingenuity and complexity of medieval texts.
Author | : Garth Chapman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Biological transport |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Aneel Bhangu |
Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2007-01-25 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0723437157 |
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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It presents a concise and accessible account of this key subject in the undergraduate medical curriculum. It covers all the key concepts medical students need with no gaps. It can be used either as an introduction to a topic, or as a revision aid. In Section 1, The Big Picture overview gives a descriptive overview of a subject in 8pp. In the High Return section, 50 fundamental principles underlying a subject are set out. These 50 principles are expanded into double-page spreads in the 'Fleshed Out' section where double-page explanations of the key principles clearly convey what medical students need to know. Difficult concepts are depicted by cartoon-strip style illustrations, which enable rapid understanding and assimilation of information. Big Picture Section - enables readers to relate detail to the subject as a whole High Return Facts - prevents students from having large gaps in their knowledge. Can be used as a revision tool. Reinforces the major points Cartoon-strip illustrations - enable students to visualize difficult concepts in a step-by-step format. Allow information to be chunked into student-friendly sizes. Double-page overviews - students can read summary of topic without cross-referencing to other pages. All laid out on one spread.