1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996247897003316

Autore

Johns Elizabeth <1937->

Titolo

Thomas Eakins, the heroism of modern life / / by Elizabeth Johns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1983

©1983

ISBN

0-300-27344-4

1-4008-2025-1

1-322-94932-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

759.13

Soggetti

Painting - Psychological aspects

Painting, American - 19th century - Themes, motives

Portrait painting - United States - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Eakins, modern life, and the portrait -- 2. Max Schmitt in a single scull, or The champion single sculls -- 3. The Gross Clinic, or Portrait of professor Gross -- 4. William Rush carving his allegorical figure of the Schuylkill River -- 5. The concert singer -- 6. Walt Whitman.

Sommario/riassunto

"Why did Thomas Eakins, now considered the foremost American painter of the nineteenth century, make portraiture his main field in an era when other major artists disdained such a choice? With a rich discussion of the cultural and vocational context of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Elizabeth Johns answers this question"--Publisher's description.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910153340303321

Autore

Tison Brigitte

Titolo

Identités, codes et valeurs en Chine / / Brigitte Tison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Harmattan, c2013

ISBN

9782336674520

2336674521

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p. )

Collana

Compétences interculturelles

Disciplina

370

Soggetti

Students - China - Conduct of life

Social values - China

Social ethics - China

Social values - Conduct of life - China

Students - China

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Social Change

China Civilization 21st century

China Social life and customs 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Partant de son expérience d'enseignante dans le nord-est de la République populaire de Chine, Brigitte Tison offre une approche des identités, codes et valeurs chez de jeunes Chinois qui, pour certains d'entre eux, ont émigré en Occident, en France en particulier La Chine, malgré un développement extrêmement rapide, a gardé ses valeurs ancestrales, entraînant la continuité entre hier et aujourd'hui d'une culture chinoise en harmonie avec son passé.