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 The Sistine Chapel: A New Vision By Heinrich W. Pfeiffer 2007 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 0789209349 | PDF | 129 MB The frescoes of the Sistine Chapel are often viewed as a striking study in the contrast between the middle and High Renaissance styles. On the one hand, the scenes painted on the chapel's walls by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Rosselli, and Signorelli (1481-82), which depict parallel events in the lives of Moses and Jesus (and allegorically legitimize the power of the pope), exemplify the narrative art developed in quattrocento Florence, in which multiple incidents and numerous draped figures are depicted in a single view. On the other hand, Michelangelo's scenes from Genesis on the chapel's ceiling (1508-12) epitomize the art of the High Renaissance, with its emphasis on compositional clarity and the human form, and his immense Last Judgment on the chapel's altar wall (1536-41) even anticipates Mannerism, which pushed the expressive power of the nude hypertrophied and elaborately posed to its limit.In this boldly original book, sure to inspire lively discussion among all students and enthusiasts of art history, noted scholar Heinrich Pfeiffer reveals that, despite their stylistic diversity, the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel display an iconographic unity of hitherto-unsuspected depth. Drawing on years of research, he argues that neither the frescoes of the quattrocento masters nor even those of Michelangelo are free artistic embellishments on the prescribed themes; rather, their every detail has a specific symbolic meaning that is to be discovered only in the texts available to contemporary papal theologians. As a whole, he asserts, this symbolism constitutes a single iconographic program that underlies (without supplanting) the frescoes more obvious thematic and allegorical meanings, and that expresses metaphorically a number of key theological concepts, such as the Trinity and the analogy of Christ and His Church to groom and bride.With his clearly reasoned text, Pfeiffer leads us to a new understanding of the Sistine Chapel as a collaborative creation, encompassing not only the agony and the ecstasy of Michelangelo and his artistic forebears but also the faith and erudition of the theologians who closely advised them. He inspires us to take a fresh look at this great monument, the entirety of which is illustrated here in stunning full- and double-page photographs that faithfully reproduce the brilliant colors revealed by the frescoes recent restoration. Just as significantly, he reminds us of the importance of iconography to the full appreciation of art, and of the close links that so often exist between text and image.  Ian K. Smith M.D., "The Shred Power Cleanse: Eat Clean. Get Lean. Burn Fat." English | ISBN: 1250061229 | 2015 | 224 pages | EPUB | 12 MB Dr. Ian is answering Shredder Nation's call for a short-term, fast-acting cleanse that will help you reset and power through to your new weight loss goal!
 The Sculpt Plan by Rincon, Anita; English | 2023 | ISBN: 0760377065 | 405 pages | True EPUB | 10.03 MB
 THE ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF CRITICAL PHILANTHROPY AND HUMANITARIANISM by Edited by Katharyne Mitchell English | 2023 | ISBN: 0367741040 | 333 pages | True EPUB | 8.9 MB  The Riders Come Out at Night by Ali Winston, Darwin BondGraham English | 2023 | ISBN: 1982168595 | 474 pages | True EPUB | 14.97 MB
 The Real Witches' Craft: Magical Techniques and Guidance for a Full Year of Practising the Craft By Kate West 2005 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 000719417X | PDF | 10 MB A follow-up to the best selling The Real Witches' Handbook. The book includes more practical advice on becoming a Wiccan and teaches the skills and techniques necessary for celebrating this craft.This book enables you to take your magic on to the next level and provides the further skills and techniques for powerful magic making. It provides the sort of guidance and development usually found in the first year of Coven life.The Real Witches' Craft moves on from the simple spells and rituals of The Real Witches' Handbook to more advanced magic, teaching the skills and techniques of practising magic.This book will teach you how to:- Balance the elements to create effective magic.- Raise, focus and direct magical energy to powerful effect.- Strengthen the five senses in order to help towards developing the 6th sense.- Use divination and scrying - tarot, runes, fire, etc.- Design your own spells.- Use the Moon's phases for magic.  Andrew Norman, "The Real Peter Sellers" English | ISBN: 1526786834 | 2022 | 208 pages | EPUB | 8 MB Throughout the world, people regard Peter Sellers purely as a comedic genius: surely, one of the greatest ever to have lived. But, the astute observer will notice that he always appeared to be acting, even when being interviewed. So, who was Peter Sellers?  Vikas Kumar Jha, "The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of Usha Uthup" English | ISBN: 0670095877 | 2022 | 320 pages | EPUB | 4 MB Usha Uthup, India's undisputed icon of pop music, has serenaded an entire generation of listeners with her unforgettable voice and continues to do so. Completing fifty years as a professional singer in 2020 is just another milestone in her fabled career.  The Power of Humility in Leadership: Influencing as a Role Model by Franziska Frank English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032414200 | 330 pages | True PDF | 22.62 MB  Edwin Black, "The Plan: How to Rescue Society the Day the Oil Stops-or the Day Before" English | ISBN: 0914153072 | 2008 | 144 pages | EPUB | 395 KB Edwin Black's controversial and bitter-pill crisis plan to rescue America once the oilstops. The must-have go-to book once the oil stops or perhaps just before it does. Companion to the best selling, award-winning InternalCombustion (St. Martins 2006). Seewww.Planforoilcrisis.compluswww.internalcombustionbook.com. By the author of IBM and the Holocaust and Internal Combustion. |
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