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The Chamber Of Curiosity
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Author : Robert Klanten
language : en
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV
Release Date : 2014
The Chamber Of Curiosity written by Robert Klanten and has been published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Apartments categories.
The most fascinating apartments have always been those that reflect the essence of their interesting occupants. These apartments function as showcases for individual character, as chambers of curiosities reflecting unconventional life patterns. The apartment as dandy, as it were. Apartments like these contain a conglomeration of objects and features that underscore the personalities of their occupants. Modern classics meet personal acquisitions and unconventional items with their own backstory. In these out-of-the-ordinary rooms, uniformity is avoided and the historical consorts with the futuristic. Anything goes: muted colors are set against geometric patterns, antiques against ultra-modern lights, an industrial lamp hovers over an oriental carpet, dark wood paneling offsets a Carl Auböck design, and paisley is a backdrop to onyx. The list of contrasts goes on. Like the living spaces of modernist designers and architects, these collage-like interiors are not dull, utilitarian residential units but true chambers of curiosities. The acquisition of rare, weird, and often exotic articles has less to do with money spent and more to do with the fantasy and life path of its occupant and creator.
The Age Of Curiosity
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Author : Simone Broders
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2021-05-10
The Age Of Curiosity written by Simone Broders and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Challenging the ‘success story’ of curiosity from original sin to intellectual virtue, this study uses an innovative methodological approach to the history of ideas as a non-teleological neural network based on current research in information technology and neurophysiology. The network offers a dynamic alternative to the ‘development’ of curiosity within the progress-oriented mythology of the Enlightenment, emphasizing the oscillation and interaction of ideas within the processes of their construction, as well as exposing the power relations behind them. The text corpus focuses on enactments of curiosity in English literature of the 'Long' Eighteenth Century (c. 1680-1818), such as transgression of boundaries, breach of taboo, gendered curiosity, sensationalism, or academic endeavour, bringing together a variety of examples from all major genres. The Age of Curiosity contributes to current debates on a post-Foucauldian renewal of Lovejoy’s history of ideas in Enlightenment studies, exploring both curiosity as an indispensable trait for the search of answers to the fundamental yet unresolved questions of ‘identity’ or ‘truth’, and its potential as cura, the care for others and the world.
A Natural Curiosity
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Author : Margaret Drabble
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2013-10-01
A Natural Curiosity written by Margaret Drabble and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Fiction categories.
An “engrossing” novel following three women as they confront the darkness and danger of their world, by the author of The Radiant Way (People). Sweeping from smart London townhouses to a rundown embassy in the Middle East, from the splendors of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris to drowsy afternoons in the hills of sunny Italy, this novel tells the intertwined stories of three Cambridge-educated women living in Margaret Thatcher’s England. Whether it is a conscientious social worker’s quest to befriend a convicted killer; an affair with a stranger after a husband’s suicide; or an attempt to rescue a friend who’s been kidnapped by terrorists, this is a novel rich with dramatic events and deeply intriguing characters who find the courage to persevere through trying times, in the hopes of finding some sort of justice and truth. “[Drabble] invites us to see beyond the filth and horror of modern life to the world of possibilities in our own lives, where we also have the power to write our own endings.” —Winnipeg Free Press “The diverse plotlines develop amidst an abundance of social detail about 1980s Britain, providing a rich and fascinating texture. A winner.” —Library Journal
Andr Gide And Curiosity
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Author : Victoria Reid
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Andr Gide And Curiosity written by Victoria Reid and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Social Science categories.
This comprehensive exploration of curiosity in the fiction and life-writing of André Gide (1869–1951) is an important modernist contribution to the field of curiosity in literature and cultural studies more broadly. Curiosity was a credo for Gide. By observing the world and then manifesting in writing these observations, he stimulates the curiosity of readers, conceived as virtual conduits of a curiosity once his own. Using a thematic structure of sexual, scientific and writerly curiosity, this volume identifies processes of curiosity in the life-writing (including the travel-writing) which illuminate processes in the fiction, and vice versa. Theories of fetishism, gender and sexuality are applied to Gide’s corpus to illustrate his championing of a masculine curiosity of enlightenment and adventure over a feminised ‘curiosité-défaillance’ of disobedience and harm, and to explore objects eliciting his incuriosity. Gide’s creativity is nourished by his curiosity, as close readings of his work informed by Melanie Klein’s psychoanalytic writing on epistemophilia reveal. Curiosity is a rewarding, non-reductionist perspective from which the exceptional variety of Gide’s subject matter, style and genre can be more coherently understood. Research draws principally on the six Pléiade volumes of Gide’s œuvre, published 1996–2009.
Master Humphrey S Clock The Old Curiosity Shop
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Author : Charles Dickens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1841
Master Humphrey S Clock The Old Curiosity Shop written by Charles Dickens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1841 with England categories.
The Old Curiosity Shop By Charles Dickens
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Author : Charles Dickens
language : en
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Release Date : 2021-01-01
The Old Curiosity Shop By Charles Dickens written by Charles Dickens and has been published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Step into a world of mystery and intrigue with The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens. This captivating novel follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, as they navigate through adversity in the underbelly of Victorian London. The Old Curiosity Shop masterfully combines elements of drama, adventure, and romance, underlined with Dickens' unique style and social commentary. This novel takes readers on an emotional rollercoaster, making it a compelling read from start to finish. Experience the powerful storytelling of Dickens with The Old Curiosity Shop. Order your copy today and delve into this literary masterpiece.
Curiosity House The Shrunken Head Book One
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Author : Lauren Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-10-08
Curiosity House The Shrunken Head Book One written by Lauren Oliver and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-08 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The book is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head. Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up happily in Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. Philippa is a powerful mentalist, Sam is the world's strongest boy, and Thomas can squeeze himself into a space no bigger than a bread box. The children live happily with museum owner Mr. Dumfrey, alongside other misfits. But when a fourth child, Max, a knife-thrower, joins the group, it sets off an unforgettable chain of events. When the museum's Amazonian shrunken head is stolen, the four are determined to get it back. But their search leads them to a series of murders and an explosive secret about their pasts.
Art And Curiosity Cabinets Of The Late Renaissance
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Author : Julius von Schlosser
language : en
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Release Date : 2021-01-19
Art And Curiosity Cabinets Of The Late Renaissance written by Julius von Schlosser and has been published by Getty Research Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-19 with Art categories.
For the first time, the pioneering book that launched the study of art and curiosity cabinets is available in English. Julius von Schlosser’s Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Spätrenaissance (Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance) is a seminal work in the history of art and collecting. Originally published in German in 1908, it was the first study to interpret sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cabinets of wonder as precursors to the modern museum, situating them within a history of collecting going back to Greco-Roman antiquity. In its comparative approach and broad geographical scope, Schlosser’s book introduced an interdisciplinary and global perspective to the study of art and material culture, laying the foundation for museum studies and the history of collections. Schlosser was an Austrian professor, curator, museum director, and leading figure of the Vienna School of art history whose work has not achieved the prominence of his contemporaries until now. This eloquent and informed translation is preceded by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann’s substantial introduction. Tracing Schlosser’s biography and intellectual formation in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, it contextualizes his work among that of his contemporaries, offering a wealth of insights along the way.
Cardinal De Retz A Literary Curiosity From The Original Memoirs
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Author : Jean François Paul de GONDI (Cardinal de Retz, Archbishop of Paris.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1844
Cardinal De Retz A Literary Curiosity From The Original Memoirs written by Jean François Paul de GONDI (Cardinal de Retz, Archbishop of Paris.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1844 with categories.
A Companion To All The Principal Places Of Curiosity And Entertainment In And About London And Westminster
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1801
A Companion To All The Principal Places Of Curiosity And Entertainment In And About London And Westminster written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1801 with London (England) categories.