1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911096837803321

Autore

La Sizeranne Robert de <1866-1932.>

Titolo

The Pre-Raphaelites / / Robert de la Sizeranne ; [translator, Andrew Byrd]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York] : , : Parkstone International, , [2012]

ISBN

1-283-95231-9

1-78042-815-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Art of century collection

Altri autori (Persone)

ByrdAndrew

Disciplina

759.2

Soggetti

Pre-Raphaelitism

Painting - Great Britain - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; The Origins of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; English Art in 1844; The Pre-Raphaelite Battle; The Definition and Results of Pre-Raphaelitism; Intentions; Major Artists; William Holman Hunt (London, 1827 - London, 1910); Sir John Everett Millais (Southampton, 1829 - London, 1896); Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London, 1828 - Birchington, 1882); Ford Madox Brown (Calais, 1821 - London, 1893); Arthur Hughes (London, 1832 - Kew, 1915); Sir Edward Burne-Jones (Birmingham, 1833 - West Stratton, 1898); William Morris (Walthamstow, 1834 - Kelmscott, 1896); Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Victorian England, with the country swept up in the Industrial Revolution, the Pre-Raphaelites, close to William Morris' Arts and Crafts movement, yearned for a return to bygone values. Wishing to revive the pure and noble forms of the Italian Renaissance, the major painters of the circle such as John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt, in opposition to the academicism of the time, favoured realism and biblical themes over the affected canons of the nineteenth century.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911097711903321

Autore

Miranda Mario J

Titolo

Applied computational economics and finance / / Mario J. Miranda and Paul L. Fackler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-09988-4

9786612099885

0-262-27992-4

0-585-44828-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FacklerPaul L

Disciplina

330/.01/51

Soggetti

Economics - Data processing

Economics, Mathematical

Finance - Data processing

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. [493]-497) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Linear Equations and Computer Basics -- 3 Nonlinear Equations and Complementarity Problems -- 4 Finite-Dimensional Optimization -- 5 Numerical Integration and Differentiation -- 6 Function Approximation -- 7 Discrete Time, Discrete State Dynamic Models -- 8 Discrete Time, Continuous State Dynamic Models: Theory and Examples -- 9 Discrete Time, Continuous State Dynamic Models: Methods -- 10 Continuous Time Models: Theory and Examples -- 11 Continuous Time Models: Solution Methods -- Appendix A: Mathematical Background -- Appendix B: A MATLAB Primer -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a variety of computational methods used to solve dynamic problems in economics and finance. It emphasizes practical numerical methods rather than mathematical proofs and focuses on techniques that apply directly to economic analyses. The examples are drawn from a wide range of subspecialties of economics and finance, with particular emphasis on problems in agricultural and resource economics, macroeconomics, and finance. The book also provides an extensive Web-site library of computer utilities and demonstration



programs.The book is divided into two parts. The first part develops basic numerical methods, including linear and nonlinear equation methods, complementarity methods, finite-dimensional optimization, numerical integration and differentiation, and function approximation. The second part presents methods for solving dynamic stochastic models in economics and finance, including dynamic programming, rational expectations, and arbitrage pricing models in discrete and continuous time. The book uses MATLAB to illustrate the algorithms and includes a utilities toolbox to help readers develop their own computational economics applications.