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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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A Pulitzer Prize–winning dance critic teaches us to appreciate-and enact-grace in every dimension, from the physical to the emotional. We are naturally drawn to smooth, harmonious movement. Both social and physical graces have been taught since the dawn of civilization. Yet grace seems forgotten in our pushy, hectic modern world. Sarah L. Kaufman argues that we bring it back. She celebrates grace in the way bodies move, exploring how to stand,...
Author
Publisher
Continuum
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"The Good, the True and the Beautiful asks questions about who we are and what makes life worthwhile. Michael Boylan offers an introduction to philosophy, exploring issues to do with ethics, knowledge and aesthetics and how they relate to our everyday lives. He proposes an understanding of the good, the true and the beautiful that seeks to answer many of the questions that have traditionally occupied philosophers. Using thought experiments to engage...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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'Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects. April recommended reading by the New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, Goodreads, Jezebel, and Next Big Idea Club One of Curbed’s best architecture, design, and urbanism books of the spring A most anticipated book of 2023 by The Millions Katy Kelleher has spent much...
Author
Publisher
Lemniscaat USA
Pub. Date
c2012
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A man who lives in a house on top of a mountain freely shares the happiness of a beautiful landscape painting with the people of the village, until one day a stranger tells him how much his painting is worth.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the role that art and culture play in nature and the evolutionary process. Taking his inspiration from Charles Darwin's observation that birds have a natural aesthetic sense, Rothenberg dives into the mysteries of why we create art, and why animals, humans included, have innate appreciation for beauty.Sexual selection may explain why animals desire, but it says very little about what...
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Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1974.
Language
English
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Contains black-and-white reproductions of sketches by nineteenth-century biologist Ernst Haeckel in which he depicts a multitude of unusual life forms. Includes all one hundred plates from the 1904 publication "Kunstformen der Natur."
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this inclusive, illustrated history and guide to skin care and beauty, journalist and founder of Very Good Light David Yi teaches us that self-care, wellness, and feeling beautiful transcends time, boundaries, and binaries-and that pretty boys can change the world. Pretty Boys unearths diverse and surprising beauty icons who have redefined what masculinity and gender expression look like throughout history, to empower us to live and look our truths....
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Showcasing 65 poems that span Frost's writing career, beginning in the 1890s and ending with ""Directive"" from the 1940s, this book offers a detailed account of each poem and assesses the particular nature of the poet's style, discussing how it changes over time and relates to the works of contemporary poets and movements."
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