Power and religion in Baroque Rome : Barberini cultural policies / / by Peter Rietbergen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910169179603321
• Autore: Rietbergen P. J. A. N.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Brill, 2005; Leiden ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2006; ©2006
• ISBN: 90-474-1795-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 437 pages) : digital file(s)
• Collana: Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; volume 135
• Disciplina: 945.63207
• Soggetti: Papacy - History - 1566-1799; Rome (Italy) Civilization Christian influences History 17th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction: When the bees flew -- Prologue: Giacinto Gigli, chronicler, or: power in the streets of Rome -- Chapter One: The Barberini build a chapel, or: rising to power in post-Tridentine Rome -- Chapter Two: Maffeo Barberini-Urban VIII, the Poet-Pope, or: the power of poetic propaganda -- Chapter Three: The ‘Days and Works’ of Francesco, Cardinal Barberini, or: how to be a powerful cardinal-padrone? -- Chapter Four: Prince Eckembergh comes to dinner, or: power through culinary ceremony -- Chapter Five: The Bare Feet of St Augustine, or: the power of religious images -- Chapter Six: Lucas Holste (1596–1661), scholar and librarian, or: the power of books and libraries -- Chapter Seven: Ibrahim al-Hakilani (1605–1664), or: the power of scholarship and publishing -- Chapter Eight: Urban VIII between White Magic and Black Magic, or: holy and unholy power -- Epilogue: The Return of the Muses: Instruments of cultural policy in Barberini Rome, 1623–1644 -- Conclusion: “L’età fortunata del Mele”, or ‘Honey’s Happy Age’: The Barberini pontificate as a generation, a crossroads—problems of perspective -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In ten chapters, partly case-studies, this monograph analyzes the (new) ways in which cultural manifestations were used to create the necessary preconditions for (religious) policy and power in the Rome of Urban VIII ; (1623-1644). It was the intensified interaction between culture and power-politics that created what we now call ‘the Baroque’. Based on a rich variety of, hitherto largely unexplored, primary sources, the book addresses the basic issues of papal power in the post-Tridentine period. It does not study actual papal politics, but rather the cultural forms that were essential to the representation and legitimatization of the papacy’s power, both secular and religious and that (co-)determined the effectiveness of papal policy. Precisely during Urban’s long pontificate, the manifold, always imaginative and often unexpected uses of power representation became, in the end, not so much a series of cultural forms as, in a sense, the structure of early modern (Roman) society.

CCTV surveillance [[electronic resource] ] : video practices and technology / / Herman Kruegle

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784359803321
• Autore: Kruegle Herman
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-74744-7; 9786610747443; 0-08-046818-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (673 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.389/28
• Soggetti: Closed-circuit television - Design and construction; Television in security systems
• 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 (p. 639-641) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I; Chapter 1 Video's Critical Role in the Security Plan; 1.1 Protection of Assets; 1.1.1 Overview; 1.1.2 Background; 1.2 The Role of Video in Asset Protection; 1.2.1 Video as Part of the Emergency and Disaster Plan; 1.2.1.1 Protecting Life and Minimizing Injury; 1.2.1.2 Reducing Exposure of Physical Assets and Optimizing Loss Control; 1.2.1.3 Restoring Normal Operations Quickly; 1.2.1.4 ; Documenting an Emergency; 1.2.1.5 Emergency Shutdown and Restoration; 1.2.1.6 Testing the Plan; 1.2.1.7 Standby Power and Communications1.2.2 Security Investigations; 1.2.3 Safety; 1.2.4 The Role of the Guard; 1.2.5 Employee Training and Education; 1.3 Synergy through Integration; 1.3.1 Integrated Functions; 1.3.2 System Hardware; 1.4 Video's Role and Its Applications; 1.4.1 Video System Solutions; 1.4.2 Overt vs. Covert Video; 1.4.3 Security Surveillance Applications; 1.4.4 Safety Applications; 1.4.5 Video Access Control; 1.5 The Bottom Line; Chapter 2 Video Technology Overview; 2.1 Overview; 2.2 The Video System; 2.2.1 The Role of Light and Reflection; 2.2.2 The Lens Function; 2.2.3 The Camera Function2.2.4 The Transmission Function; 2.2.5 The Monitor Function; 2.2.6 The Recording Function; 2.3 Scene Illumination; 2.3.1 Natural Light; 2.3.2 Artificial Light; 2.4 Scene Characteristics; 2.4.1 Target Size; 2.4.2 Reflectivity; 2.4.3 Effects of Motion; 2.4.4 Scene Temperature; 2.5 Lenses; 2.5.1 Fixed-Focal-Length Lens; 2.5.2 Zoom Lens; 2.5.3 Vari-Focal Lens; 2.5.4 Panoramic-360degree Lens; 2.5.5 Covert Pinhole Lens; 2.5.6 Special Lenses; 2.6 Cameras; 2.6.1 The Scanning Process; 2.6.1.1 Raster Scanning; 2.6.1.2 Digital and Progressive Scan; 2.6.2 Solid-State Cameras; 2.6.2.1 Analog2.6.2.2 Digital; 2.6.2.3 Internet; 2.6.3 Low-Light-Level Intensified Camera; 2.6.4 Thermal Imaging Camera; 2.6.5 Panoramic 360degree Camera; 2.7 Transmission; 2.7.1 Hard-Wired; 2.7.1.1 Coaxial Cable; 2.7.1.2 Unshielded Twisted Pair; 2.7.1.3 LAN, WAN, Intranet and Internet; 2.7.2 Wireless; 2.7.3 Fiber Optics; 2.8 Switchers; 2.8.1 Standard; 2.8.2 Microprocessor-Controlled; 2.9 Quads and Multiplexers; 2.10 Monitors; 2.10.1 Monochrome; 2.10.2 Color; 2.10.3 CRT, LCD, Plasma Displays; 2.10.4 Audio/Video; 2.11 Recorders; 2.11.1 Video Cassette Recorder (VCR); 2.11.2 Digital Video Recorder (DVR)2.11.3 Optical Disk; 2.12 Hard-copy Video Printers; 2.13 Ancillary Equipment; 2.13.1 Camera Housings; 2.13.1.1 Standard-rectangular; 2.13.1.2 Dome; 2.13.1.3 Specialty; 2.13.1.4 Plug and Play; 2.13.2 Pan/Tilt Mounts; 2.13.3 Video Motion Detector (VMD); 2.13.4 Screen Splitter; 2.13.5 Camera Video Annotation; 2.13.5.1 Camera ID; 2.13.5.2 Time and Date; 2.13.6 Image Reversal; 2.14 Summary; Part II; Chapter 3 Natural and Artificial Lighting; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Video Lighting Characteristics; 3.2.1 Scene Illumination; 3.2.1.1 Daytime/Nighttime; 3.2.1.2 Indoor/Outdoor
• Sommario/riassunto: This revision of the classic book on CCTV technology, CCTV Surveillance, provides a comprehensive examination of CCTV, covering the applications of various systems, how to design and install a system, and how to choose the right hardware. Taking into account the ever-changing advances in technology using digital techniques and the Internet, CCTV Surveillance, Second Edition, is completely updated with the recent advancements in digital cameras and digital recorders, remote monitoring via the Internet, and CCTV integration with other security systems. Continuing in th

A companion to the ancient Near East / / edited by Daniel C. Snell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954532303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• ISBN: 9786610198689; 9781405185042; 140518504X; 9781782685739; 1782685731; 9781280198687; 1280198680; 9780470706473; 0470706473; 9780470997086; 0470997087; 9781405137393; 1405137398
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xix, 504 pages : illustrations)
• Collana: Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history
• Altri autori (Persone): SnellDaniel C
• Disciplina: 939/.4
• Soggetti: Middle East Civilization To 622
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [434]-492) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- A COMPANION TO THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I The Shape of the Ancient Near East -- 1 Historical Overview -- 2 From Sedentism to States, 10, 000-3000 BCE -- 3 The Age of Empires, 3100-900 BCE -- 4 World Hegemony, 900-300 BCE -- Part II Discourses on Methods -- 5 Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Methods and Limits -- 6 The Languages of the Ancient Near East -- 7 The Historian's Task -- Part III Economy and Society -- 8 The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment -- 9 Nomadism Through the Ages -- 10 Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside -- 11 Money and Trade -- 12 Working -- 13 ; Law and Practice -- 14 Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East -- 15 Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt -- 16 Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East -- 17 Warfare in Ancient Egypt -- Part IV Culture -- 18 Transmission of Knowledge -- 19 Literature -- 20 Ancient Near Eastern Architecture -- 21 Mesopotamian Art -- 22 Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine -- 23 Mesopotamian Cosmology -- 24 Divine and Non-Divine Kingship -- 25 How Religion Was Done -- Part V Heritage of the Ancient Near East -- 26 The Invention of the Individual -- 27 Ethnicity -- 28 Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East -- 29 Democracy and Freedom -- 30 Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion -- 31 The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East -- 32 Legacies of the Ancient Near East -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander the Great. * Covers the civilizations of the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites and Persians * Places particular emphasis on social and cultural history * Covers the legacy of the Ancient Near East in the medieval and modern worlds * Provides a useful bibliographical guide to this field of study