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Seeing and Knowing

Seeing and Knowing

Bernard Berenson

Literary Licensing, LLC
2013
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Seeing and Knowing is a non-fiction book written by Bernard Berenson. It is a collection of essays that explore the nature of art and the role of the art historian in understanding and interpreting it. The book is divided into two parts: ""Seeing"" and ""Knowing."" In the first section, Berenson examines the visual components of art, such as color, form, and composition, and how they contribute to our perception of a work of art. In the second section, he delves into the historical and cultural context of art, discussing the importance of understanding the artist's background and the social and political climate in which they worked. Throughout the book, Berenson draws on his extensive knowledge of Italian Renaissance art, using examples from the works of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael to illustrate his points. Seeing and Knowing is a thought-provoking and insightful exploration of the complex relationship between art and the viewer, and the ways in which we can deepen our understanding and appreciation of it.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Seeing and Knowing

Seeing and Knowing

Left Coast Press Inc
2011
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The purpose of Seeing and Knowing is to demonstrate the depth and wide geographical impact of David Lewis-Williams’ contribution to rock art research by emphasizing theory and methodology drawn from ethnography. Contributors explore what it means to understand and learn from rock art, and a contrast is drawn between those sites where it is possible to provide a modern, ethnographic context, and those sites where it is not. This is the definitive guide to the interplay between ethnography and rock art interpretation, and is an ideal resource for students and researchers alike.
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Seeing and Knowing

Seeing and Knowing

Blundell Geoffrey; Christopher Chippindale; Clottes Jean; Conkey Margaret W.; Edward B. Eastwood; Francis Julie E.; Helskog Knut; Imogene L. Lim; Loendorf Lawrence L.; Johannes Loubser; David Morris; Sven Ouzman; Neil Price; Saetersdal Tore; Benjamin Smith; Patricia Vinnicombe; Eva Walderhaug; Walker Nick; Whitley David S.

Wits University Press
2010
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This collection focuses on David Lewis-Williams and the extent of his personal impact on the field of rock art research. It is largely through his work that San rock art has come to be understood so well, as a complex symbolic and metaphoric representation of San religious beliefs and practices. The purpose of this volume is to demonstrate the depth and wide geographical impact of Lewis-Williams' contribution, with particular emphasis on the use of theory and methodology drawn from ethnography that he has used with inspirational effect in understanding the meaning and context of rock art in various parts of the world. Seeing and Knowing explores how best archaeologists study rock art when there exist ethnographic or ethno - historic bases of insight, and how they study rock art when there do not appear to exist ethnographic or ethnohistoric bases of insight - in short, how to understand and learn from rock art with and without ethnography. Because many of the chapters are based on solid fieldwork and ethnographic research, they offer a new body of work that provides the evidence for differentiation between knowing and simply seeing.
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Seeing and Knowing

Seeing and Knowing

Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker

Brepols N.V.
2004
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The studies within this volume apply insights gained from gender studies to re-consider the way knowledge and learning was transmitted in medieval Europe 1200-1550. Traditional scholarship has largely concentrated on the clerical and academic context of conventional learning. It tended to focus on the contents and methods of formal education, as well as on a small group of educational institutions from which women were excluded. In this volume, authors consider how learning was transmitted outside the schools, in particular within women's communities. They raise a range of questions: how was knowledge transmitted in an oral context, what varieties of knowledge were available to communities of women? What kinds of learning are characteristic of such communities? What techniques did women develop to preserve and transmit their knowledge and how was it valorized both within their communities, and by 'authoritative' outsiders? Under what circumstances could women themselves gain authority in passing on knowledge to a wider audience?
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Seeing and Knowing the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Seeing and Knowing the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Deborah N. Losse

PETER LANG PUBLISHING INC
2023
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When the Norman and Breton armateurs sent their ships to the New World in the sixteenth century, they had faith that through the ability to negotiate with the Indigenous peoples with whom they sought to trade, the leaders of these expeditions would return to Saint-Malo or Dieppe with precious cargo. Among these were brazilwood (used to dye cloth), chinaroot (to relieve symptoms of the pox), and furs for the European market. Storms or attacks by hostile vessels could destroy or reduce the value of the profit, but over the years the financial return proved advantageous. How and why this risky but profitable venture fell into the hands of Breton and Norman financiers lies at the heart of our story. The consequences of their investment in Brazil, Canada, and Florida would change the world, and the strategies used by the merchant mariners they sent out were key to the success of their enterprise. Seeing and Knowing the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: Exchange and Alliance Between France and the New World During the French Wars of Religion is the first analysis of accounts or relations by French naval expeditions to focus on specific strategies of encounter and trade from Canada to Brazil, including the area of Florida and South Carolina. Since the expeditions took place during the French Wars of Religion an effort is made to examine how differences of religion and character affected the success of the alliance and exchange. The work is suitable for inclusion in undergraduate/graduate French, history, cultural studies, or anthropology courses.
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