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Renaissance / by Graham-Dixon, Andrew.(CARDINAL)208294;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-333) and index.Foreword -- In search of origins -- The pure radiance of the past -- The journey of the Magus -- Apocalypse -- Light and liberty -- The end of the Renaissance.The Renaissance was one of the great periods of creative and intellectual achievement. This "age of genius," from its origins in the thirteenth century to its zenith in sixteenth-century Rome, produced some of the most fascinating and dynamic artists of all time--Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, and Leonardo da Vinci. In this adventurous new book, art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a fresh look at this most exciting period in art history, placing the time in its historical and political context, while challenging many of the myths and misconceptions surrounding the Renaissance.
Subjects: Renaissance.; Art, Renaissance.; Architecture, Renaissance.; Art, Renaissance; Renaissance; Renaissance.; Art de la Renaissance.;
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The first last man : Mary Shelley and the postapocalyptic imagination / by Hunt, Eileen M.,1971-author.(CARDINAL)845753;
Includes bibliographical references and index."By reading Mary Shelley's pandemic novel The Last Man and gothic romance "The Invisible Girl" against the background of plague literature and international thought from ancient Greece to Covid-19, this book reveals how she shaped the classics of modern existentialism and dystopian political science fiction from H. G. Wells to Emily St. John Mandel. It is this Shelleyan literary tradition that has generated modern postapocalyptic political thought, which uses writing and other art to reflect upon the global existential question: What is to be done after a massive, human-made disaster?" --
Subjects: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851; Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.; Apocalypse in literature.; Survival in literature.; Plague in literature.; Pandemics in literature.; Existentialism in literature.; Science fiction; Fantasy fiction;
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Our father who art in hell / by Reston, James,Jr.,1941-2023.(CARDINAL)131361;
The bishop's sanctuary -- The power of the profane word -- Jann -- The child in the triangle -- The greatest decision in history -- Tricking the natives -- To Russia, wistfully -- Mirrors and prisms -- Phantoms large and small -- May 13, 1978 -- The last of Jim Jones -- Apocalypse.Tells the story of Jim Jones and People Temple in Guyana and the events that led to the mass suicide of 913 members of People's Temple.This is the definitive work on the Guyana tragedy when on November 18, 1978, 913 followers of a captivating American preacher named Reverend Jim Jones and members of the People's Temple cult joined in a mass suicide, drinking poison (or having it injected into them) and lying down quietly to die together. Through the Freedom of Information Act, author James Reston, Jr. obtained more than 800 hours of tape recordings made in the jungle. Reston chronicles the descent into madness of the cult leader, the Reverend Jim Jones. How could this have happened and why? Who was Jim Jones and what were his techniques? What was the shape of his descent into barbarism in the jungle? Who were his followers and what was the nature of their choice, if any, when Jones proposed that they all die together? - Publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Jones, Jim, 1931-1978.; Peoples Temple; North Caroliniana.; Mass suicide;
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Heart of darkness : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism / by Conrad, Joseph,1857-1924.(CARDINAL)141202; Armstrong, Paul B.,1949-(CARDINAL)730149;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-514).
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.; Europeans; Trading posts; Degeneration; Imperialism;
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John Constantine, Hellblazer. by Carey, Mike,1959-author.(CARDINAL)687733; Jock,artist.(CARDINAL)433776; Bermejo, Lee,artist.(CARDINAL)340005; Frusin, Marcelo,artist.(CARDINAL)422087;
Continuing Mike Carey's acclaimed run on HELLBLAZER, BLACK FLOWERS rachets up the suspense as Constantine begins to see - and battle - the signs of a coming apocalypse in the stories "The Game of Cat and Mouse," the 2-part "Black Flowers" and the 3-part "Third Worlds" from issues #181-186."Suggested for mature readers"--Back cover.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Constantine, John (Fictitious character);
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The last days of Pompeii : decadence, apocalypse, resurrection / by Gardner Coates, Victoria C.(CARDINAL)687656; Lapatin, Kenneth D. S.(CARDINAL)286508; Seydl, Jon L.,1969-(CARDINAL)306442; Cleveland Museum of Art.(CARDINAL)137341; J. Paul Getty Museum.(CARDINAL)140825; Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.(CARDINAL)291971;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-254) and index.
Subjects: Art.; Exhibition catalogs.; Disasters in art; Art and history; Art, Modern;
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Devil's contract : the history of the Faustian bargain / by Simon, Ed(Writer),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargain--the exchange of one's soul in return for untold riches and power--has exerted a magnetic pull upon our collective imaginations. Scholar Ed Simon takes us on a historical tour of the Faustian bargain, from the Bible to blues, and illustrates how the impulse to sacrifice our principles in exchange for power is present in all kinds of social ills, from colonialism to nuclear warfare, from social media to climate change to AI, and beyond. In doing so, Simon conveys just how much the Faustian bargain shows us about power and evil ... and ourselves."--
Subjects: Faust (Legendary character); Decision making; Good and evil; Ethics in literature.;
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Apocalypse bow wow / by Proimos, James,III,author.(CARDINAL)407824; Proimos, James,illustrator.(CARDINAL)645947;
Apollo and Brownie are unaware that the apocalypse is at hand, but when their owners do not return and they run out of food and water, the dogs venture into the world, where they team up with a police dog, a flea that quotes Sun Tzu's The art of war, and others in an attempt to survive.GN530LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Fiction.; Dogs; Survival; Graphic novels; Dogs; Survival; Humorous stories;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 14
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Dark Romanticism : from Goya to Max Ernst / by Borgards, Roland.(CARDINAL)881373; Hollein, Max.(CARDINAL)277531; Krämer, Felix,1971-(CARDINAL)305901; Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main.(CARDINAL)170970;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294) and index.Essays. -- Dark Romanticism : an approach / Felix Krämer -- Uncanny images : the "night sides" of the visual arts around 1800 / Johannes Grave -- Nightmare-anxiety-apocalypse : the uncanny and catastrophic in the art of Modernism / Hubertus Kohle -- Catalogue. -- Goya and the dark beauty / Manuela B. Mena Marqués -- Moments of the sublime : Fuseli and aspects of dark Romanticism in British art / Franziska Lentzsch -- Satan's heirs : the legacy of irrationality in French Romanticism / Nerina Santorius -- What you have seen in the darkness... : dark Romanticism in German painting before 1850 / Mareike Hennig -- The decadence and demonism of the self : French and Belgian symbolism / Dorothee Gerkens -- "Sapere aude" : Dark Romantic symbolism in an enlightened time / Claudia Wagner -- The omnipotence of the dream : Romanticism and Surrealism / Ingo Borges -- Essays. -- "The light was removed" : on dark Romantic literature / Roland Borgards -- The sound of painting : dark Romanticism in opera / Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach -- Living images : dark Romanticism in cinema / Claudia Dillmann.From its very inception in the late eighteenth century, Romanticism's celebration of euphoria and sublimity has been dogged by its equally intense fascination with melancholia, insanity, crime, the grotesque and the irrational. In 1930, the famous literary theorist Mario Praz named this strain in literature "Dark Romanticism," but its equivalent in art has never been thoroughly assessed in art history. This volume is the first to examine a current that runs from Goya's war etchings through Symbolism and up to Surrealism, presenting Romanticism as an intellectual position that was embraced throughout Europe and that endured into the twentieth century.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Arts, European; Arts, European; Arts, European; Romanticism in art;
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Magical girl apocalypse. by Satō, Kentarō,1986-author,artist.(CARDINAL)678736; Bridges, Wesley,translator.(CARDINAL)629719; Houck, Janet,adapter.(CARDINAL)593626; Tucker, Meaghan,letterer.;
Kii and the others made it through the wormhole and into the future, but their troubles are far from over. The time of Himeji Wataru's revival and the beginning of his destructive ritual has arrive. With only seconds left until his body is restored, the group from the past had better act quick of they want to save the universe!Older teen (16+).
Subjects: Horror comics.; Science fiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Young adult fiction.; Comics (Graphic works); Teenage girls; Time travel; Goth culture (Subculture); Magic;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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