1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461130303321

Autore

Renan Ernest <1823-1892.>

Titolo

Christ in art [[electronic resource] /] / Ernest Renan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Parkstone International, c2010

ISBN

1-283-95683-7

1-78042-877-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Temporis collection

Disciplina

704.9485

Soggetti

Christian art and symbolism

Electronic books.

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Origins of the Story of Christ; The Young Christ; Christ the Teacher; Christ the Messiah; The Final Days and Death of Christ; Christ's Work and Legacy; Bibliography; List of Illustrations

Sommario/riassunto

Since the dawn of Christianity, artists have been fascinated and stirred by the figure of Christ. His likeness appears in frescoes on the walls of catacombs that date from Roman times; he is featured in the stained glass windows of Gothic churches; and he can be found in various forms in today's pop culture. The Biblical Saviour is not a static, immaterial deity: Christ's mortal birth, unusual life and dramatic death make him an accessible subject for religious and secular artists alike.Whether they show the spirituality of God Incarnate or the earthly characteristics of a flesh-and-blood man,



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830556903321

Autore

Breebaart Jeroen

Titolo

Spatial audio processing [[electronic resource] ] : MPEG surround and other applications / / Jeroen Breebaart, Christof Faller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2007

ISBN

1-282-13811-1

9786612138119

0-470-72349-1

0-470-72348-3

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FallerChristof

Disciplina

621.389/3

621.3893

Soggetti

Computer sound processing

Sound - Recording and reproducing - Digital techniques

Multimedia systems - Programming

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. [193]-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Spatial Audio Processing; Contents; Author Biographies; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The human auditory system; 1.2 Spatial audio reproduction; 1.3 Spatial audio coding; 1.4 Book outline; 2 Background; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Spatial audio playback systems; 2.2.1 Stereo audio loudspeaker playback; 2.2.2 Headphone audio playback; 2.2.3 Multi-channel audio playback; 2.3 Audio coding; 2.3.1 Audio signal representation; 2.3.2 Lossless audio coding; 2.3.3 Perceptual audio coding; 2.3.4 Parametric audio coding; 2.3.5 Combining perceptual and parametric audio coding; 2.4 Matrix surround

2.5 Conclusions3 Spatial Hearing; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Physiology of the human hearing system; 3.3 Spatial hearing basics; 3.3.1 Spatial hearing with one sound source; 3.3.2 Ear entrance signal properties and lateralization; 3.3.3 Sound source localization; 3.3.4 Two sound sources: summing localization; 3.3.5 Superposition of signals each evoking one auditory object; 3.4 Spatial hearing in rooms; 3.4.1 Source localization in the presence of reflections: the precedence effect; 3.4.2



Spatial impression; 3.5 Limitations of the human auditory system

3.5.1 Just-noticeable differences in interaural cues3.5.2 Spectro-temporal decomposition; 3.5.3 Localization accuracy of single sources; 3.5.4 Localization accuracy of concurrent sources; 3.5.5 Localization accuracy when reflections are present; 3.6 Source localization in complex listening situations; 3.6.1 Cue selection model; 3.6.2 Simulation examples; 3.7 Conclusions; 4 Spatial Audio Coding; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Related techniques; 4.2.1 Pseudostereophonic processes; 4.2.2 Intensity stereo coding; 4.3 Binaural Cue Coding (BCC); 4.3.1 Time-frequency processing

4.3.2 Down-mixing to one channel4.3.3 'Perceptually relevant differences' between audio channels; 4.3.4 Estimation of spatial cues; 4.3.5 Synthesis of spatial cues; 4.4 Coding of low-frequency effects (LFE) audio channels; 4.5 Subjective performance; 4.6 Generalization to spatial audio coding; 5 Parametric Stereo; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 Development and standardization; 5.1.2 AacPlus v2; 5.2 Interaction between core coder and spatial audio coding; 5.3 Relation to BCC; 5.4 Parametric stereo encoder; 5.4.1 Time/frequency decomposition; 5.4.2 Parameter extraction; 5.4.3 Down-mix

5.4.4 Parameter quantization and coding5.5 Parametric stereo decoder; 5.5.1 Analysis filterbank; 5.5.2 Decorrelation; 5.5.3 Matrixing; 5.5.4 Interpolation; 5.5.5 Synthesis filterbanks; 5.5.6 Parametric stereo in enhanced aacPlus; 5.6 Conclusions; 6 MPEG Surround; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Spatial audio coding; 6.2.1 Concept; 6.2.2 Elementary building blocks; 6.3 MPEG Surround encoder; 6.3.1 Structure; 6.3.2 Pre- and post-gains; 6.3.3 Time-frequency decomposition; 6.3.4 Spatial encoder; 6.3.5 Parameter quantization and coding; 6.3.6 Coding of residual signals; 6.4 MPEG Surround decoder

6.4.1 Structure

Sommario/riassunto

This book collects a wealth of information about spatial audio coding into one comprehensible volume. It is a thorough reference to the 3GPP and MPEG Parametric Stereo standards and the MPEG Surround multi-channel audio coding standard. It describes key developments in coding techniques, which is an important factor in the optimization of advanced entertainment, communications and signal processing applications.  Until recently, technologies for coding audio signals, such as redundancy reduction and sophisticated source and receiver models did not incorporate spatial characteristics of sou