historical dictionary of baroque art and architecture by lillian h zirpolo

... between the shoulder and the chin. stick Thin flexible rod curved along a third of its length and along which hair is stretched. heel The lower end of the bow. frog Sliding part that secures the hair ... to the lower end of the bow; the frog is moved to adjust the tension of the hair. screw Threaded piece that moves the frog. point Part that secures the horsehair to the upper end of the bow. hair ... hair Part of the bow consisting of horsehair that is rubbed across the strings to make them vibrate. handle Part held when the bow is used. head The upper end of the bow. Instruments whose sound,

Ngày tải lên: 19/10/2022, 00:50

... much of which is based on her own relationship with her mother, portrays the life of a traditional woman who has endured a loveless marriage and has resigned herself to her hard lot Although she ... confines of school and romantic love His work touches the core of Chinese modernization and the prices its youth and its country poor have to pay For the depth of his work and his highly imaginative ... Goddess of Mercy—Changsheng is raped while making offerings to Guanyin in hopes of increasing her chances of bearing a son Out of shame, Changsheng commits suicide Her death sets her enraged husband

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... Lu Xinhua’s “Shangheng” (The Scar), which gives the movement its name “Ban zhuren” explores the harmful influence of the Cultural Revolution on the minds of the Chinese youth Through the portrayal ... when the children vie with one another for the fam-ily inheritance Through the vicissitudes in the fortunes of the sons and daughters of a powerful landlord, the novel reveals the intricate histori-cal ... Moscow in which Mao compares the Chinese youths to the morning sun, full of promise and hope A romanticist at heart, Liu sees the world in black and white contrasts in which good always triumphs over

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... with the mainland they left behind when they came to Taiwan with the Nationalist govern-ment The focus is on the son’s perception of his Taiwanese mother and mainlander father by “freezing” the ... pursuit wins her heart before she discovers that he already has a wife and two children Still emotionally entangled with him, Zhang meets another man, who also falls in love with her and who takes ... raise the spirit of the Chinese people and to encourage them to throw off the social and cultural shackles that inhibited their minds and souls Literature became an expedient tool with which Lu

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... instinct rather than on learning Abundant with natural imagery and pulsating with the rhythm of the earth and waters, many of his poems reflect his years in the countryside, which inspired him and nurtured ... focus on the Hui Muslim and the Han population, pushing the Tibetans out to the margin With this novel, the author reclaims her people’s history by placing the Tibetans at the center of this turbulent ... Fiction and prose writer In the 1940s, Mei Niang was as famous as Zhang Ailing, one based in the north (Changchun and Beijing) and the other the south (Shanghai) and both living in the Japanese-occupied

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... Russian and English literature Among the authors he translated are Alexander Pushkin, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats His translation of Byron’s Don Juan, which he finished in the ... metropolis of Shang-hai, exploring the workings of the individual psyche and the perception of reality through the senses Their focus on sensual experiences and the musicality of language set them apart ... 1985 and which he regards as the watershed in his career, his early poetry pays homage to his cultural heritage, with an emphasis on the dichotomy between Sichuan’s ancient shamanist heritage and

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... of a nation and of human existence.” In the view of Han and his colleagues, there was a gap between the ancient past and the present, and in the 20th century, China had experienced a period of ... in rural China as educated youths, eagerly joined the movement Jia Pingwa’s “Shangzhou chu lu” (Stories of Shangzhou), Zhang Chengzhi’s Bei-fang de he (The River in the North), Ah Cheng’s Qi ... by the Western genre of play He wrote and directed historical plays such as Mulan cong jun (A Woman Warrior) and Tao hua shan (The Peach-Blossom Fan) Having established his reputation in the

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... to the center of a heated debate He was denounced by both the left and the right; the left accused him of mis-leading the youth by encouraging them to withdraw from society; the right found his ... widely among the educated youth, showing them the dark realities of the era and giving them hope for a better future In 1973, Shizhi was diagnosed with schizophrenia and has spent much of his time ... officials, and small-town intellectu-als: the wide spectrum of people he met while growing up and through his uncle, the leader of the Society of Brotherhood, a well-known gang in Sichuan The tone he often

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... as “Shujia xiongdi” (The Shu Broth-ers ), “Nanfang de duoluo” (The Degeneration of the South), “Ciqing shidai” (The Era of Tattoos), “Chengbei didai” (The Northern Part of the Town), and the loosely ... although he was by then a member of the intelligentsia Friends with Lu Xun, with whom he shared a penchant for ironic detachment and for the use of imageries, Tai devoted a good portion of his ... Tai Jingnong published his first collection of short stories, Di zhi zi (Son of the Earth), about the tragic lives of the peasants, which placed him among the pioneers of the so-called rural

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... GUANG-ZHONG; YU LIHUA; YUAN QIONGQIONG; ZHANG DACHUN; ZHANG GUIXING; ZHANG XIAOFENG; ZHANG XIGUO; ZHENG CHOUYU; ZHONG LIHE; ZHONG ZHAOZHEN; ZHU TIANWEN; ZHU TIANXIN; ZHU XINING TANG REN, PEN NAME OF ... Other books of his, similar in theme and style, include Jiang houzhu milu (Secret Records of the Ex-Emperor Chiang) and Beiyang junfa yanyi (The Historical Romance of the Northern Warlords) His ... YO; ZHENG YI TIBET As part of the People’s Republic of China, Tibet is situated in the western part of the country and is known as the “roof of the world,” a nickname that comes from the majestic

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... Atrium of the Heart), Hai shui tian ya Zhongguoren (The Ocean, the Edge of the Sky, and the Chinese) are all expressions of his love for his home and his home country Another prominent theme of his ... of his peers Although a pessimist and fatalist at heart, he eventually discovers love: love for his mother and sisters and the love he and his friends have for one another, which brings him hope ... memories of her childhood and youth Another novel, Xiang Meili zai Shanghai (Emily Hahn in Shanghai), looks at the colorful life of the American writer, particularly her romantic entangle-ment in the

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... Trang 1the father and continues through the various attempts that his wife and son make to bring him home The novel’s focus is on the son’s guilty feelings about his mistreatment of his father, ... Jinjian: The History of a Fallen Woman), and Bashan xiucai (The Talented Scholar of Sichuan) He continued to bring out more box office successes in the 1990s with the productions of Xi zhao Qishan ... immersed in a world of dreams and memories Her poetry is romantic and surreal, enhanced by the pathos of the Tibetan nation and by her own sense of loss and sentimentality Her other works include

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... young philosopher living in Japanese-occupied Shanghai and his relationships with three beautiful women: a Chinese dancing girl and two American women he has met at a birthday party at the home of ... with a mythical dimension What characterizes Xu’s fiction is her probing of the inner world of women, the mystery of their desires and experiences, and their percep-tion of the self in society and ... Nüwa (The Goddess Nüwa), which portrays the life of a woman from 1930, when she was brought at the age of 10 as a child bride into her husband’s family, to 1990, when she reigns over a clan of four

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 07:20

... courses on Renaissance art through the art of the 18th cen- tury. Obviously she has a specialization, which is Renaissance and Baroque art, on which she has written extensively. This is quite normal for ... types, and materials in world architecture. Allison Lee Palmer is professor of art history at the University of Oklahoma. ARTS • ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY Architecture Arc hitecture HD Architecture. indd ... Lee Palmer, who is an associate professor of art history at the University of Oklahoma, a place where ar- chitecture is particularly appreciated. There she teaches in the School of Art, giving...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 21:20

... Taiwan and China, The Theme of Exile in Chinese Poetry and Fiction, Chi- nese Theater, and others. Along with various articles and papers, she has written the book Cihai wenhui (Magic of the Word: ... Univer- sity of Texas, she reacquainted herself with the Chinese literary tradi- tion that she had grown up with and enrolled in a combined program of English and American literature and Chinese literature. ... Zhenyun.” In The Mouth That Begs: Hunger, Cannibalism, and the Politics of Eating in Modern China. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999, 228–62. 466 • ABOUT THE AUTHOR phy and has taught...

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