Firstlight : from the Renaissance to Romanticism in Europe and the Pacific /

The chapters of this book discuss in differing ways the transition in the second millennium of the Common Era from the Renaissance, through Enlightenment and subsequently, Romanticism, with a focus in Europe and the Pacific from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. The book highlights salient...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strongman, Luke (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015]
Colección:Focus on civilizations and cultures.
Temas:
Philosophy, Modern > History.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Philosophy, Modern.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • FIRSTLIGHT: FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO ROMANTICISM IN EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC; FIRSTLIGHT: FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO ROMANTICISM IN EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: ""LIBERALIS"
  • RENAISSANCE HUMANISM; MACHIAVELLI AND STATECRAFT; MONTAIGNE AND HUMANISM; RENAISSANCE VERSE; Chapter 2: ""TO FURNISH THEE TO BELMONT" -WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE"S "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE"; Chapter 3: ""L"UOMO UNIVERSALE"
  • LEONARDO DA VINCI"S"VITRUVIAN MAN"; Chapter 4: ""LINEARIS"
  • RENAISSANCE LINEAR PERSPECTIVE; ARCHITECTURE AND THE FRAME.
  • MASACCIO"S TRINITYLINEAR PERSPECTIVE; THE HYPERBOLIC CURVE; VANISHING POINTS; DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY; Chapter 5: DEUS EX MACHINE
  • GOETHE"S "FAUST: A TRAGEDY"; LAYERS AND SURFACES; THE PART WHICH WAS ABSOLUTE; TO BECOME FULLY HUMAN; THE SPIRIT THAT DENIES; Chapter 6: THE MAN "WITH ROMAN IDEAS" -NAPOLEONIC PORTRAITURE; Chapter 7: ""LIKE A PICTURE"
  • ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE AESTHETIC APPRECIATION OF NATURE IN BRITAIN; Chapter 8: ""THE PENSIVE WAND"RER IN THEIR SHADES" -THE EVANGELISTS, MUNGO PARK AND THE SLAVE WRITERS; MUNGO PARK AND THE SOURCE OF THE NIGER RIVER; THE SLAVE WRITINGS.
  • Chapter 9: ""THE MOST VALUABLE CARGO ..."-EARLY COLONIAL CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS IN NEW ZEALANDCAPTAIN JAMES COOK RN; REYNOLD"S OMAI AND THE "NOBLE SAVAGE"; WILLIAM HODGES AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE "NOBLE SAVAGE"; Chapter 10: ""THE DOLPHIN AND THE SEXTANT" -TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND MODERNITY IN POLYNESIAN NAVIGATION; Chapter 11: ""LONESOME SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH POLE" -CAPTAIN COOK"S VOYAGES AND COLERIDGE"S "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER"; Chapter 12: XANADU
  • SYMBOLISM AND IMAGINATION IN SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE"S "KUBLA KAHN"; OPIUM INDUCED IMAGINATION.
  • Coleridge"s "kubla kahn" and orientalismcoleridge"s childhood landscape; the royal pavilion and "kubla kahn"; conclusion; references; index.

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