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UNINA9910458847403321 |
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Short John R |
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Cartographic encounters [[electronic resource] ] : indigenous peoples and the exploration of the new world / / John Rennie Short |
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London, : Reaktion Books, 2009 |
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1-282-79614-3 |
9786612796142 |
1-86189-749-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (178 p.) |
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Cartography - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century |
Indian cartography - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century |
Indians of North America - First contact with Europeans - West (U.S.) |
Electronic books. |
West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-162) and index. |
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pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Colonial cartographies -- pt. 3. Imperial cartographies -- pt. 4. Conclusions. |
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There's no excuse for getting lost these days-satellite maps on our computers can chart our journey in detail and electronics on our car dashboards instruct us which way to turn. But there was a time when the varied landscape of North America was largely |
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UNINA9910462696203321 |
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Autore |
Libbey James K. |
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Alexander P. de Seversky and the quest for air power / / James K. Libbey |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Potomac Books, , 2013 |
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[First edition.] |
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1 online resource (xii, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ) |
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Aeronautical engineers - United States |
Air power - United States - History - 20th century |
Aeronautics, Military - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index. |
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Introduction: the Russian in the Russian context -- The Russian ace in the Great War -- Revolutionary changes -- The Russian test pilot and consultant in America -- The Russian inventor -- The Russian inventor becomes an American designer -- The innovative designer -- The P-35 manufacturer -- Troubled times -- The P-35 manufacturer loses his company -- The making of an air power prophet -- Prophet of air power -- Victory through air power -- The prophet at home and abroad -- The prophet challenged -- Return of the media personality -- The futurist. |
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UNINA9910495844303321 |
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Autore |
Tillerot Isabelle |
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Beautés arbitraires : Essai sur l’imagination à l’époque moderne / / Isabelle Tillerot |
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Paris, : Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme, 2021 |
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2-88928-082-9 |
2-7351-2822-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Collana |
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Arts & Humanities |
histoire du goût |
philosophie de l’art |
débats académiques |
grotesques |
XVIIIe siècle |
peinture |
opéra |
luxe |
théâtre |
architecture |
gravure |
Antiquité |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Les beautés arbitraires ont une histoire qui précède la question esthétique du beau et la dépasse. Fortes d’un je ne sais quoi qui les fonde à l’écart des systèmes théoriques, elles renversent au XVIIIe siècle la construction sociale du goût. Il se peut que cette conquête soit le plus grand effort de la pensée moderne. Distinguer, du point de vue de l’histoire de l’art, ce que recouvre la notion d’arbitraire, telle est la vaste énigme dénouée dans ce livre. La reconnaissance des beautés |
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arbitraires se heurte à l’absolu d’un modèle antique qu’il est temps de contredire à l’époque moderne. Car il n’est rien de fixe, ni d’immuable dans l’arbitraire de la beauté, tout entier laissé à l’imagination du peintre, du poète, de l’architecte ou du musicien… Beauté chimérique opposée à la beauté véritable, elle revêt soudain valeur de rareté et de distinction et se transforme en beauté nécessaire, liée à l’invention de formes nouvelles qui peuvent plaire et toucher universellement. Entre caprice et convention, non-sens et vraisemblance, raison et sentiment, beautés essentielles et arbitraires échangent leurs rôles pour représenter différemment le monde et ses figures. |
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