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A journey through art : a global history
A Journey Through Art is a global history of art with a time- travel twist, taking young readers on a expedition from the Paleolithic period to the present day, voyaging to thirty locations around the world. As readers travel from one incredible destination to the next, they discover the amazing network of caves carved into the rock in AD 500 at Ajanta, India; Cambodia s Angkor Wat as it stood in AD 1200; the glories of Renaissance Florence in AD 1500; and the remarkable energy of New York in the 1950s.
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The Watchman in Pieces
Spanning nearly 500 years of cultural and social history, this book examines the ways that literature and surveillance have developed together, as kindred modern practices. As ideas about personhood-what constitutes a self-have changed over time, so too have ideas about how to represent, shape, or invade the self. The authors show that, since the Renaissance, changes in observation strategies have driven innovations in literature; literature, in turn, has provided a laboratory and forum for the way we think about surveillance and privacy. Ultimately, they contend that the habits of mind cultivated by literature make rational and self-aware participation in contemporary surveillance environments possible. In a society increasingly dominated by interlocking surveillance systems, these habits of mind are consequently necessary for fully realized liberal citizenship.
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Yotvata
This book presents the final report of the excavations at
Yotvata, the largest oasis in the Arabah Valley, conducted by the
Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv
University in 1974-1980 under the direction of Dr. Zeʾev Meshel.
The report covers two central sites: a fortified Iron I site and an
Early Islamic settlement.
The Iron I remains consist of an irregular casemate wall
surrounding a courtyard. The location of this site suggests that
the settlement was established in order to protect the water
sources and to overlook and supervise the nearby crossroads. Based
on the relative proximity of the site to Timna, it may be concluded
that the oasis formed the main source of water and wood for the
population involved in copper production in that region.
The rich finds uncovered at the Early Islamic
settlement-including a large courtyard building and a nearby
bathhouse, among other structures-point to habitation from the end
of the seventh to the early ninth century CE. The proximity of the
settlement to a sophisticated irrigation system ( qanat )
and the administrative/economic ostraca discovered at the site
suggest that it served as the center of an agricultural estate
owned by an elite Muslim family. Among the unique finds is a large
assemblage of locally produced, handmade pottery, which is
thoroughly studied here.
The findings from the excavations at the Yotvata oasis have made
a major contribution to the study of Early Islamic settlement and
material culture in the greater Arabah region and beyond.
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5000 years of awesome objects : a history of art for children
Imagine having 5,000 years of human history's most amazing artworks at your fingertips! Go on a trip through the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art without ever leaving your home. Prepare to explore the treasures of the world's civilisations - from ancient Egyptian amulets, Mayan jewellery, and prehistoric tools - to Medieval tapestries, Renaissance suits of armour, and modern-day baseball cards. Each page brings you closer to the past as you learn about the people of different ages through the objects they left behind.
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