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What is a photographic image Can a photograph ever tell the truth These are some of the questions artist Walid Raad born 1967 has been investigating for the past 20 years in a practice that encompasses photography film and video sculpture installation and performance This publication brings together three major bodies of work the photographic and video works produced under the fictional collective name The Atlas Group various series of seemingly straight photography of his native Beirut titled Sweet Talk Commissions Beirut and his most recent project Scratching on Things I Could Disavow A History of Art in the Arab World The publication includes an exchange between the artist and curator Achim BorchardtHume an essay on conceptions of truth by poet and writer Alan Gilbert a text on Raads use of photography and its ties to Beirut by Blake Stimson and an essay by Hélène ChouteauMatikian
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What is a photographic image Can a photograph ever tell the truth These are some of the questions artist Walid Raad born 1967 has been investigating for the past 20 years in a practice that encompasses photography film and video sculpture installation and performance This publication brings together three major bodies of work the photographic and video works produced under the fictional collective name The Atlas Group various series of seemingly straight photography of his native Beirut titled Sweet Talk Commissions Beirut and his most recent project Scratching on Things I Could Disavow A History of Art in the Arab World The publication includes an exchange between the artist and curator Achim BorchardtHume an essay on conceptions of truth by poet and writer Alan Gilbert a text on Raads use of photography and its ties to Beirut by Blake Stimson and an essay by Hélène ChouteauMatikian
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What is a photographic image Can a photograph ever tell the truth These are some of the questions artist Walid Raad born 1967 has been investigating for the past 20 years in a practice that encompasses photography film and video sculpture installation and performance This publication brings together three major bodies of work the photographic and video works produced under the fictional collective name The Atlas Group various series of seemingly straight photography of his native Beirut titled Sweet Talk Commissions Beirut and his most recent project Scratching on Things I Could Disavow A History of Art in the Arab World The publication includes an exchange between the artist and curator Achim BorchardtHume an essay on conceptions of truth by poet and writer Alan Gilbert a text on Raads use of photography and its ties to Beirut by Blake Stimson and an essay by Hélène ChouteauMatikian
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What is a photographic image Can a photograph ever tell the truth These are some of the questions artist Walid Raad born 1967 has been investigating for the past 20 years in a practice that encompasses photography film and video sculpture installation and performance This publication brings together three major bodies of work the photographic and video works produced under the fictional collective name The Atlas Group various series of seemingly straight photography of his native Beirut titled Sweet Talk Commissions Beirut and his most recent project Scratching on Things I Could Disavow A History of Art in the Arab World The publication includes an exchange between the artist and curator Achim BorchardtHume an essay on conceptions of truth by poet and writer Alan Gilbert a text on Raads use of photography and its ties to Beirut by Blake Stimson and an essay by Hélène ChouteauMatikian
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First edition first printing Hardcover Beige clothcovered boards with tippedin fourcolor plate on cover no dust jacket as issued Photographs by Walid Raad Essays by Gunilla Knape and Hélène ChouteauMatikian 120 pp with fourcolor plates throughout 11 x 1134 inches Published on the occasion of the 2011 Hasselblad Award New in publishers shrink wrap slit open for inspection From the publisher Walid Raad b1967 is one of the most original and singular contemporary artists using photography He has been widely acclaimed for his project The Atlas Group in which Raad generated original ideas about the relationship between documentary photography archive and history In order to document and investigate Lebanons contemporary history Raad developed innovative methods of approaching the imagery of war and the way political and social conflict can be explored in art Through Raads work we are able to question the traditional iconography of war photography and speculate productively on visuality memory and violence Walid Raad has been selected as the 31st winner of the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography It is recognized as one of the most important prizes for photography in the world today
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Lebanese artist Walid Raad is an influential voice in art from the Middle East Published for his first comprehensive exhibition in the US this catalogue surveys three decades of Raads practice in photography video and performance Beginning with his groundbreaking project The Atlas Group 19892004 to his recent work on the history of art in the Arab world 2007ongoing it offers an overview of Raads career and features his most momentous bodies of work Raad explores the ways we represent war and history casting doubt on the veracity of photographic and video documentation Essays by scholars place Raads art in the context of contemporary photography and video as well as art made in Lebanon since the 1960s provide an overview of Raads performance lectures and examine Raads most recent bodies of work made in the Islamic galleries at the Louvre and Metropolitan Museum of Art which explore the history collecting and display of historical and modern art and artifacts from the Arab world and Iran A special contribution by Raad presents a fictional interview with multiple artists curators and writersWalid Raad was born in 1967 in Chbanieh Lebanon and moved to Beirut as a child In 1983 at age 16 Raad left Lebanon for the US He enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology to study photography and earned his PhD in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester Raad currently lives in New York and Beirut and has been an Associate Professor of Art at The Cooper Union since 2002
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This publication brings together 17 visual essays by Walid Raad covering the genesis and development of The Atlas Groupa 12year research project documenting Lebanons recent history with particular emphasis on war from 1975 to 1990
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This is a book of adventure mystery and wisdom A group of merchants carrying their goods to market arrive in Cairo late in the summer of 1934 But theyre also a band of revolutionaries intent on restoring a displaced king to power Walid Shabeezar is a thirteenyearold boy who gets caught up in the midst of it all and discovers some important secrets about his family that hes never suspected As a result hes launched into the most unexpected adventures of his life With the help of a new best friend hell end up in a palace fighting crime grappling with hidden forces and protecting ancient mysteriesA prologue to this story The Oasis Within A Journey of Preparation described a trip across the desert and the important conversations between Walid and his uncle Ali that have brought them and their friends to the brink of the story that begins here The epic adventure launched in these pages can be read with understanding and profit whether that earlier book of ideas has been consulted or not The Golden Palace is the first in a series of actionandadventure novels entitled Walid and the Mysteries of Phi where through some surprising developments ageold secrets and modern challenges come together in such a way as to sketch the outlines of a profound and fascinating philosophical worldview These books have been referred to collectively as The Alchemist Meets Harry Potter Meets Indiana Jones and have been characterized as overflowing with the wisdom we all need in order to live good and powerful lives
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In Renaissance Florence certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession Cults sprung up around these miraculous images in the city and surrounding countryside beginning in the late 13th century In The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence Megan Holmes questions what distinguished these paintings and sculptures from other similar sacred images looking closely at their material and formal properties the process of enshrinement and the foundation legends and miracles associated with specific images Whereas some of the images presented in this fascinating book are well known such as Bernardo Daddis Madonna of Orsanmichele many others have been little studied until now Holmess efforts center on the recovery and contextualization of these revered images reintegrating them and their related cults into an arthistorical account of the period By challenging prevailing views and offering a reassessment of the Renaissance this generously illustrated and comprehensive survey makes a significant contribution to the field
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In Renaissance Florence certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession Cults sprung up around these miraculous images in the city and surrounding countryside beginning in the late 13th century In The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence Megan Holmes questions what distinguished these paintings and sculptures from other similar sacred images looking closely at their material and formal properties the process of enshrinement and the foundation legends and miracles associated with specific images Whereas some of the images presented in this fascinating book are well known such as Bernardo Daddis Madonna of Orsanmichele many others have been little studied until now Holmess efforts center on the recovery and contextualization of these revered images reintegrating them and their related cults into an arthistorical account of the period By challenging prevailing views and offering a reassessment of the Renaissance this generously illustrated and comprehensive survey makes a significant contribution to the field
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For over 5000 years the Jewish people have survived and flourishedagainst all odds Miraculous Journey is more than a mere chronology of historical facts It tells the miraculous story and history of an eternal nation Miraculous Journey is the story of the Jewish people over the last five millenniafrom the beginning of creation to modern times This comprehensive and easytoread Jewish history book is arranged chronologically and systematically and includes a helpful index In Miraculous Journey the historical landscape of the Jewish people comes alive Both adults and young readers learn how world events unfold within the context of the spiritual and physical destiny of the Jewish peoplemaking those events meaningful and relevant Miraculous Journey takes us through the spiritual odyssey and inexplicable survival of the Jewish people through exiles persecutions assimilation and renewal and shows us how the spirit and destiny of the Jewish people can never be denied This story is our storyours for generations to come
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The Nihon ryoiki a collection of setsuwa or anecdotal tales compiled by a monk in lateeighth or earlyninthcentury Japan records the spread of Buddhist ideas in Japan and the ways in which Buddhisms principles were adapted to the conditions of Japanese society Beginning in the time before Buddhism was introduced to Japan the text captures the effects of the nations initial contact with Buddhismbrought by emissaries from the king of the Korean state of Paekcheand the subsequent adoption and dissemination of these new teachings in Japanese towns and citiesThe Nihon ryoiki provides a crucial window into the ways in which Japanese Buddhists began to make sense of the teachings and texts of their religion incorporate religious observances and materials from Korea and China and articulate a popularized form of Buddhist practice and belief that could extend beyond monastic centers The setsuwa genre would become one of the major textual projects of classical and medieval Buddhism with nearly two dozen collections appearing over the next five centuries The Nihon ryoiki serves as a vital reference for these later works with the tales it contains finding their way into folkloric traditions and becoming a major source for Japanese authors well into the modern period
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More than a coming of age story Bette unveils not only her life but also her heritage Beginning with potential death and loss surrounding her birth The dramatic telling takes you from ancient Israel to the 60 year time in US history including the Cuban Missile crises and the assassination of JFK Traverse from Massachusetts to California Learn how a Jewish girl loses her faith only to find something bigger Beginning with a mystical out of body experience continuing by witnessing miracles beyond belief Join Bette through her life and discover with her the incredible magnificence of God in our lives
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1903 1981 was an influential French violin teacher of the 20th century He taught violin at the Curtis Institute of Music beginning in 1944 and became the head of the violin department at the Juilliard School in 1946Galamian incorporated aspects of both the Russian and French schools of violin technique in his approach
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WINNER OF A 2018 TEEN CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED SERIESEvery story has a beginning Discover how Marinette and Adrien two high school students practically like everyone else became Ladybug and Cat Noir and why Hawk Moth is their sworn enemy This is the PERFECT jumping on point for new readersBased on the Animated Series by Zag EntertainmentAdapted by Cheryl Black and Nicole DAndria
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Drawing upon the religious writings of southern evangelicals John Boles asserts that the extraordinary crowds and miraculous transformations that distinguished the Souths First Great Awakening were not simply instances of emotional excess but the expression of widespread and complex attitudes toward God Converted southerners were starkly individualistic interested more in gaining personal salvation in a hopelessly evil world than in improving society As Boles shows in this landmark study the effect of the Revival was to throw over the region a conservative cast that remains dominant in contemporary southern thought and life
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Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year A bold and allembracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of todays great thinkers Throughout history mankind has struggled to understand lifes mysteries from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous In this important new book David Deutsch an awardwinning pioneer in the field of quantum computation argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe They have unlimited scope and power to cause change and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach according to Deutsch we are subject only to the laws of physics and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand control and achieve In his previous book The Fabric of Reality Deutsch describe the four deepest strands of existing knowledgethe theories of evolution quantum physics knowledge and computationarguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality In this new book he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice optimism scientific explanation and the evolution of culture The Beginning of Infinity is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind
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A bold and allembracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of todays great thinkers Throughout history mankind has struggled to understand lifes mysteries from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous In this important new book David Deutsch an awardwinning pioneer in the field of quantum computation argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe They have unlimited scope and power to cause change and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach according to Deutsch we are subject only to the laws of physics and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand control and achieve In his previous book The Fabric of Reality Deutsch describe the four deepest strands of existing knowledgethe theories of evolution quantum physics knowledge and computationarguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality In this new book he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice optimism scientific explanation and the evolution of culture The Beginning of Infinity is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind
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A bold and allembracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of todays great thinkers Throughout history mankind has struggled to understand lifes mysteries from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous In this important new book David Deutsch an awardwinning pioneer in the field of quantum computation argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe They have unlimited scope and power to cause change and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach according to Deutsch we are subject only to the laws of physics and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand control and achieve In his previous book The Fabric of Reality Deutsch describe the four deepest strands of existing knowledgethe theories of evolution quantum physics knowledge and computationarguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality In this new book he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice optimism scientific explanation and the evolution of culture The Beginning of Infinity is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind
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