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Enchanted Objects
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Author : David Rose
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-04-28
Enchanted Objects written by David Rose and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-28 with Business & Economics categories.
We are now standing at the precipice of the next transformative development: the Internet of Things. Soon, connected technology will be embedded in hundreds of everyday objects we already use: our cars, wallets, watches, umbrellas, even our trash cans. These objects will respond to our needs, come to know us, and learn to think on our behalf. David Rose calls these devices--which are just beginning to creep into the marketplace--Enchanted Objects. Some believe the future will look like more of the same--more smartphones, tablets, screens embedded in every conceivable surface. Rose has a different vision: technology that atomizes, combining itself with the objects that make up the very fabric of daily living. Such technology will be woven into the background of our environment, enhancing human relationships and channeling desires for omniscience, long life, and creative expression. The enchanted objects of fairy tales and science fiction will enter real life. Groundbreaking, timely, and provocative, Enchanted Objects is a blueprint for a better future, where efficient solutions come hand in hand with technology that delights our senses.
Enchanted Objects
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Author : Allan Hepburn
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Enchanted Objects written by Allan Hepburn and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Art categories.
Enchanted Objects investigates the relationship between visual art and contemporary fiction, addressing the problems that arise when paintings, deluxe books, porcelains, or statues are represented in contemporary novels. The distinction between objects and art objects depends on aesthetics. While some objects are authenticated through museum exhibits, others are hidden, broken, neglected, coveted, hoarded, or salvaged. Allan Hepburn asks four broad questions about aesthetics and value: What is a detail in visual art? Is all art ornamental? Does the value of an object increase because it is fragile? What defines ugliness? Contemporary novels, such as Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, Barry Unsworth's Stone Virgin, and Bruce Chatwin's Utz offer implicit answers to these questions while critiquing museums and the determination to invest objects with value through display. Addressing current debates in museum studies, cultural studies, art history, and literary criticism, Enchanted Objects develops an extensive theory of how contemporary literature engages with and relates to aesthetic objects.
Enchanted Objects
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Author : David Rose
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-07-15
Enchanted Objects written by David Rose and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-15 with Business & Economics categories.
Essential reading for designers, business leaders, technologists and entrepreneurs, an MIT Media Lab scientist and founder of Ambient Devices presents a blueprint for a better future where efficient solutions come hand in hand with technology that delights our senses.
Enchanted Objects Ya Witch Series
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Author : Kristen Middleton
language : en
Publisher: Kristen Middleton
Release Date : 2016-05-05
Enchanted Objects Ya Witch Series written by Kristen Middleton and has been published by Kristen Middleton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-05 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
The second installment (following Enchanted Secrets - FREE on Google Play!) The clock ticks once again... Kendra goes in search of a legendary wand in Salem. Meanwhile, her long,lost cousin, Willow, tries to stop another family curse, by enlisting the help of a dark witch. A woman on her own agenda.
Enchanted Objects
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Author : Kristen Middleton
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-08-15
Enchanted Objects written by Kristen Middleton and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with Fiction categories.
The second installment (following Enchanted Secrets) The clock ticks once again... Kendra goes in search of a legendary wand in Salem. Meanwhile, her long, lost cousin, Willow, tries to stop another family curse, by enlisting the help of a dark witch. A woman on her own agenda...
Enchanted Lives Enchanted Objects
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Author : Dianne Sachko Macleod
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Enchanted Lives Enchanted Objects written by Dianne Sachko Macleod and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
This insightful and beautifully illustrated book offers the first feminist analysis of the phenomenon of women art collectors in America. Dianne Sachko Macleod brings a surprising paradox to light, showing that collecting, which provided wealthy women with a private sense of solace, also liberated them to venture into the public sphere and make a lasting contribution to the emerging American culture. Beginning in the antebellum period, continuing through the Gilded Age, and reaching well into the twentieth century, Macleod shows how elite women enlisted the objets d'art and avant-garde paintings in their collections in causes ranging from the founding of modern museums to the campaign for women's suffrage.
The Vanishing Trick
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Author : Jenni Spangler
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK
Release Date : 2020-04-30
The Vanishing Trick written by Jenni Spangler and has been published by Simon & Schuster Children's UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
'A thrilling, original, evocative and eerie tale - I adored it!’ Michelle Harrison, author of A Pinch of Magic 'A thrilling page-turner. Madame Pinchbeck is a gloriously Dickensian villain’ Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song 'Ghosts, gadgets, likeable villains and unlikely heroes: The Vanishing Trick is a dark and dazzling adventure’ Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse 'A completely enthralling tale, oozing with atmosphere and originality’ Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper's Island 'Jenni Spangler is the next big voice in children’s magical history novels’ Lucy Powrie, author of The Paper & Hearts Society 'Deliciously dark and atmospheric … I couldn’t get enough' Nizrana Farook, author of The Girl Who Stole An Elephant 'A spectacular heart-stopping adventure in a dark and dangerous Victorian world' Tamsin Winter, author of Jemima Small Versus the Universe 'An eventful gothic adventure full of secrets and surprises' Sunday Times Book of The Week? Step into a world of secrets, folklore and illusions, where nothing is as it seems and magic is at play… Madame Augustina Pinchbeck, travels the country conjuring the spirits of dearly departed loved ones... for a price. Whilst her ability to contact ghosts is a game of smoke and mirrors, there is real magic behind her tricks too - if you know where to look. Through a magical trade, she persuades children to part with precious objects, promising to use her powers to help them. But Pinchbeck is a deceiver, instead turning their items into enchanted Cabinets that bind the children to her and into which she can vanish and summon them at will. When Pinchbeck captures orphan Leander, events are set into motion that see him and his new friends Charlotte and Felix, in a race against time to break Pinchbeck’s spell, before one of them vanishes forever… #TheVanishingTrick A historical adventure with a magical twist from an outstanding debut talent. Perfect for fans of Michelle Harrison, Sophie Anderson and Emma Carroll.
Enchanted Objects
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Author : Kristen Middleton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Enchanted Objects written by Kristen Middleton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
The clock ticks once again...Kendra goes in search of a legendary wand in Salem. Meanwhile, her long,lost cousin, Willow, tries to stop another family curse, by enlisting the help of a dark witch. A woman on her own agenda...For ages thirteen and older.
Enchanted Things
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Author : Phil Smith
language : en
Publisher: Triarchy Press Limited
Release Date : 2014-03
Enchanted Things written by Phil Smith and has been published by Triarchy Press Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"The world is on the move; seas rise, villages are emptied, coastlines are redrawn, deserts spread to the suburbs, snowfall increases and lost battlefields re-emerge. Only soap operas give any impression of permanence. Traditional fortresses like home, dwelling and nation are increasingly exposed as porous, fabricated and expensive things. The ways are opening for a pervasive and benevolent nomadism, a new art of living, on both grand and individuated scales." In this lovely photo-essay, Phil Smith - playwright, walk-performance artist (Wrights & Sites and Crabman) and author (Mis-Guides, Mythogeography, On Walking and Counter-Tourism) draws our attention to a "chorus of surprises" "yelling from the sides of the road like particularly unruly spectators at a parade". Focusing on signs, simulacra, objects and places that prove to be more, less or other than what they seem (all illustrated throughout the book) the author encourages us to look afresh at our quotidian urban and rural surroundings to see what lies just beneath the surface. Once identified, these absurd, empty, recalcitrant enchantments can transform the way we live and think and occupy our inner and outer landscapes. Urging us to "hypersensitize ourselves to the full blast of contemporary landscape's intensity", Phil Smith explains how to "let our tentacles unfurl" in order to explore and see the world around us in all its glory.
The Long Life Of Magical Objects
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Author : Allegra Iafrate
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2020-01-17
The Long Life Of Magical Objects written by Allegra Iafrate and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-17 with Art categories.
This book explores a series of powerful artifacts associated with King Solomon via legendary or extracanonical textual sources. Tracing their cultural resonance throughout history, art historian Allegra Iafrate delivers exciting insights into these objects and interrogates the ways in which magic manifests itself at a material level. Each chapter focuses on a different Solomonic object: a ring used to control demons; a mysterious set of bottles that constrain evil forces; an endless knot or seal with similar properties; the shamir, known for its supernatural ability to cut through stone; and a flying carpet that can bring the sitter anywhere he desires. Taken together, these chapters constitute a study on the reception of the figure of Solomon, but they are also cultural biographies of these magical objects and their inherent aesthetic, morphological, and technical qualities. Thought-provoking and engaging, Iafrate’s study shows how ancient magic artifacts live on in our imagination, in items such as Sauron’s ring of power, Aladdin’s lamp, and the magic carpet. It will appeal to historians of art, religion, folklore, and literature.