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The beauty of art is necessary for happiness. In everyday life the arts give that extra dimension to life that makes it a great adventure. The art and design in buildings, city planning, gardens and parks, roads, bridges, everything that we use daily contributes to a happy and fulfilling life. Ugly buildings, sloppy design, poor quality workmanship, littering and defacing contributes to a miserable life. Why would you want a miserable life? Why would you want to impose a miserable life on others? Hokusai was not only a truly great artist. He also sent a message to common people, who could afford to buy his low cost prints. He conveyed the beauty of majesty, the mount Fujijama, in life. He conveyed the beauty of scenery, he said to people, look around you and see and enjoy the beauty of the scenery. He conveyed the beauty of a good human life , the craftmanship in making the timber, building the boat, fishing, growing tea, enjoying tea with the scenery. The 36 Views of Mt Fuji are religious prints. But different from the typical Christian religious motif the humans are not shown focused on the diety all the time, even if Mt Fuji is shown to have a pervading influence on their lives. The admiration and worship of Mt Fuji is often shown as incidental a single traveler of the group casting a glance at the majestic mountain while the others are busy with the many other things to do. In other words a very realistic rendition on how the divine is taking part in everyday life.

Hokusai53 Stations of the Tokaido 1802 is something completely different from his first square series 1801. Hokusai here employs the horizontal "landscape" format and abt the double size of his square 1801 series. In this series Hokusai focus on wonderful folkloric scenes of ordinary people going about their work, in addition to the travel scenes. Hokusai also begins to develop the landscapes that were to become a standard for later generations of Tokaido series. Hokusai develops the concept of the Tokaido print from cartoon to folklore and the beginning of landscape. He builds on a b/w guide, Tokaido meisho zue from 1797, ISBN 9781956773316. It was a great and early contribution to the growing Tokaido literature, which Hokusai dominated for some 30 years.

Hokusais 53 Stations of the Tokaido 1806 Horizontal is the last known full Tokaido series by Hokusai. It is different from his famous 36 Views of Mt Fuji, which are sublime artistic expressions distilling a long lifes work. It is different from much of Hokusais other well known work, like his 100 Views of Mt Fuji. But in that series Hokusai still retained a lot of the humor and the caricature found here. It is different from the many other well known 53 Stations of the Tokaido in that Hokusai explores novel ways of designing the print, further developing what he started in the 1804 Horizontal Tokaido. Hokusai experiments with person themes, voids and white space but also do great full landscapes and humorous encounters on the road.

Hokusais 53 Stations of the Tokaido 1804 horizontal is something completely different from his first square edition 1801 and second edition 1802. Hokusai completely changes his style compared to the three previous series, 1801, 1802 and 1804 vertical. These designs are "clean" and a precursor for his famous 36 Views of Mt Fuji some 30 years later. In this series Hokusai focus on wonderful folkloric scenes of ordinary people going about their work, in addition to the travel scenes. Hokusai further develop the themes, touristic curiosities and landscapes that were to become a standard for later generations of Tokaido series. It was a great and beloved contribution to the Tokaido literature, which Hokusai dominated for some 30 years and this series is also much loved in the West.

Visit Edo, modern day Tokyo, as experienced by Utagawa Hiroshige in this wonderful tourist guide from the 1850s. Experience Edo as the Japanese loved it, a sophisticated city catering to a wealthy elite of daimyo, local rulers that regularly had to spend time away from their lands, in Edo, where the shogun could keep an eye on them. The 100 Famous Views of Edo was one of the popular print series made in Japan, like Hokusais series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which had been published earlier in the 1830s and which influenced Hiroshige tremendously (ISBN ES 978-8-411-744-935). But much more important is the influence the 100 Famous Views of Edo had on European impressionists like Van Gogh, Degas, Manet and Monet. Hiroshige impressed with cropped items to create focus and with his horizontal format.

The official title for this work is "Pictures from the Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations". Hiroshige produced these prints in 1855 more than 20 years after his first horizontal Hoeido series published 1833-34, which is included as thumbnails for comparison. It is instructive to see Hiroshiges use of his now mature experience as he develops the vertical format for the narrative. He does designs as he would do a photograph. He set the standard for landscape photography, without a camera. The Tokaido series was the most popular print series ever made in Japan. Hiroshige returned to this theme again and again, with delightful results. It is possible to travel the same road today and some villages are still looking quite like they did back then. The postal stations were constructed between 1601 and 1624.

Come on the journey from Edo, modern day Tokyo, to Kyoto, as experienced by Utagawa Hiroshige in, when he travelled the road to participate in an important procession in 1832. There were 53 post stations along this important road, apart from the start and terminus, in all 55 prints, which are all here in the order from Edo to Kyoto, In the Hoeido edition (1833-34). This was the most popular print series ever made in Japan. It was even more popular than Hokusai series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which had been recently published and which had influenced Hiroshige tremendously (ISBN ES 978-8-411-744-935). It is possible to travel the same road today and some villages are still looking quite like they did back then. The postal stations were constructed between 1601 and 1624.

Hokusais 53 Stations of the Tokaido 1805 - 1806 is something completely different! It is different from his famous 36 Views of Mt Fuji, which are sublime artistic expressions distilling a long lifes work. It is different from much of Hokusais other well known work, like his 100 Views of Mt Fuji. But in that series Hokusai still retained a lot of the humor and the caricature found here. It is different from the many other well known 53 Stations of the Tokaido in that Hokusai does not focus on the landscape and the markers that Hiroshige and others showed. Instead Hokusai focus on the events, the interactions between the travellers, the tales that you will share with your friends when you get back home. It was a great and earlier contribution to the Tokaido literature

Womanism Rising concludes Layli Maparyan s three book exploration of womanist studies The collection showcases new work by emerging womanist authors who expand the womanist idea while extending womanism to new sites new problems and new audiences Maparyan organizes the contributions around five key ideas The first section looks at womanist self care as a life saving strategy The second examines healing the Earth as a prerequisite to healing ourselves In Part Three the essays illuminate how womanism s politics of invitation provides a strategy for enlarging humanity s circle of inclusion while Part Four considers womanism as both a challenge and antidote to dehumanization The final section delves into womanism s potential for constructing worlds and futures In addition Maparyan includes a section of works by womanist visual artists Defiant and far sighted Womanism Rising takes readers on a journey into a new generation of concepts ideas and strategies for womanist studies

Las festividades concretas del año litúrgico y los días que celebramos las fiestas de santos concretos, también tienen unas meditaciones concretas en la colección Hablar con Dios. En el volumen VII se recogen estas fiestas entre los meses de Julio a Diciembre.Las festividades concretas del año litúrgico y los días que celebramos las fiestas de santos concretos, también tienen unas meditaciones concretas en la colección Hablar con Dios. En el volumen VII se recogen estas fiestas entre los meses de Julio a Diciembre.Cristo tiene siempre algo que decirnos, a cada uno en particular, personalmente: en el Evangelio, en la doctrina de la Iglesia, en la liturgia.El lector se siente ayudado a conversar con Dios de la vida misma: de sus situaciones reales cotidianas, de sus penas y afanes concretos. Por eso Hablar con Dios no es un tratado para"especialistas", sino para la gente que encontramos cada dia por la vida: para la madre de familia, para el empleado, para el oficinista, para el sacerdote, para el profesor. Los mas de dos millones de ejemplares vendidos son un ejemplo de esto. El libro no encorseta la oracion; es, mas bien, un manantial de sugerencias abiertas, para cualquier circunstancia vital, pero que apunta a la vez a la concrecion, a una aplicacion efectiva. La oracion diaria se proyecta asi sobre la convivencia y los quehaceres normales de todos los dias. El libro esta lleno de sugerencias para adelantar en el amor a Dios, en la convivencia diaria, en la mejora del caracter y en la perfeccion del trabajo habitual.La obra completa esta compuesta por siete tomos:1. Hablar con Dios I. Adviento, Navidad, Epifania 2. Hablar con Dios II. Cuaresma, S Santa, Pascua3. Hablar con Dios III. Tiempo ordinario (1) 4. Hablar con Dios IV. Tiempo ordinario (2)5. Hablar con Dios V. Tiempo ordinario (3) 6. Hablar con Dios VI. Fiestas y Santos (1)7. Hablar con Dios VII. Fiestas y Santos (2) Francisco Fernandez-Carvajal es Licenciado en Historia por la Universidad de Navarra y Doctor en Derecho Canonico por el Angelicum de Roma. Sacerdote de la Prelatura del Opus Dei ordenado en 1964. Durante mas de diez años fue Redactor-Jefe de la revista ¿Palabra¿. Es uno de los autores contemporaneos de obras de espiritualidad mas conocidos. En Ediciones Palabra ha publicado Hablar con Dios, del que se han editado mas de dos millones de ejemplares. Esta gran obra contiene mas de cuatrocientas cincuenta meditaciones para cada dia del año, en siete tomos. Ha sido traducida al ingles, frances, italiano, portugues, aleman, holandes, rumano, eslovaco y polaco. Actualmente se esta llevando a cabo la traduccion al ruso y al hungaro. Tambien en esta misma editorial se han publicado, con numerosas reediciones, otras obras suyas: Donde duerme la Ilusion (14ª ed. 2007), Vida de Jesus, Hijos de Dios (en colaboracion con Pedro Beteta, 1997), Como quieras Tu (6ª ed.2009), Antologia de textos, con mas de siete mil citas de Santos Padres y otros autores antiguos y modernos (Encuadernacion Rustica 14ª ed 2005., Cartone 15ª ed 2005.) y su ultima obra en 2010: Para llegar a Puerto.

Conocemos como Biblia Natalis una colección de grabados que narra la vida de Jesús en imágenes y que, bajo la dirección del Padre Jerónimo Nadal SJ, pretendía ofrecer escenas de los Evangelios. Esta edicion reproduce fielmente las laminas originales con una gran calidad de impresion y aporta la novedad de la traduccion al español de los textos latinos. La capacidad descriptiva de los dibujos nos permite situarnos en los escenarios en los que se desarrollo el nacimiento, la vida y la muerte de Jesucristo, asi como otros pasajes del Nuevo Testamento y tradicion devota.

En lo referente a revoluciones radicales en la democratización del conocimiento, la Biblia de Gutenberg se puede comparar con Internet. Fue la primera publicación occidental importante que se imprimio utilizando tipos moviles de metal, una extraordinaria hazaña tecnologica y artistica que anunciaba la era del libro impreso. Esta es una...Considerada el invento mas importante del segundo milenio, la Biblia de Gutenberg se publico en Maguncia, actual Alemania, en la decada de 1450, y fue la primera publicacion occidental importante que se imprimio utilizando tipos moviles de metal, lo que represento el inicio de una nueva era (la edad de la imprenta) en la distribucion del conocimiento con la produccion masiva de libros.Antes de Gutenberg, en Asia ya se utilizaba la impresion con tipos moviles, una tecnica aun por llegar a Europa, donde todos los libros aun tenian que copiarse a mano, un proceso largo y laborioso. La nueva tecnica de Gutenberg no solo hizo posible acelerar significativamente la produccion sin sacrificar la calidad, sino que enriquecio de forma irreversible el conocimiento publico, fue pionero en la comunicacion de masas e hizo posible que la gente accediera a las ideas y participara en las discusiones como nunca antes. En lo referente a grandes revoluciones en los medios de comunicacion, la Biblia de Gutenberg se puede comparar con Internet.Esta meticulosa reimpresion se ha realizado a partir del ejemplar que se conserva en la Biblioteca de Gottingen, una de las poquisimas copias originales en latin sobre papel vitela (pergamino) que sobreviven, uno de los libros mas valiosos del mundo incluido en el Registro de la Memoria del Mundo de la Unesco. Esta edicion incluye las 1.282 paginas de esta obra maestra artistica y tecnologica asi como un cuaderno escrito por Stephan Fussel, titular de la Catedra Gutenberg en la Universidad Johannes Gutenberg de Maguncia, en el que analiza la influencia transformadora de Gutenberg, asi como dos documentos importantes de la epoca: el Manuscrito de Gottingen, que se utilizo para ilustrar la edicion de la Biblioteca de Gottingen, y el unico acta notarial de Ulrich Helmasperger que se conserva como testimonio de la historia de este invento unico y de su producto, la Biblia de Gutenberg.

Fuente clara se escribió entre 1585 y 1590 y ha sido catalogada como una obra de controversia judeo-cristiana. Sin embargo, su autor, un converso de origen hispano-portugués educado en escuelas cristianas, volvio a su fe ancestral abjurando del cristianismo, tal como lo hicieron los muchos conversos que a lo largo del siglo XVI se exiliaron voluntariamente para poder vivir como judios allende nuestras fronteras. Buena parte eligio la Peninsula italiana como lugar de paso previo a su instalacion definitiva en los territorios del Imperio otomano, especialmente en Salonica, que vivio ese siglo su edad de oro. Aunque de hondas raices hispanas, probablemente se escribio en Italia, donde el autor reafirmo su creencia en la superioridad de la fe judia, y trato de atraer a los conversos aun dubitativos. A medio camino entre las obras polemicas medievales y los tratados etico-morales del siglo XVI, en ella abundan las tesis racionalistas que pretenden demostrar la vacuidad de los dogmas cristianos que contravienen la razon y, por tanto, no pueden tener fundamento divino. El estilo es el de un tratado expositivo: sobre la base de un topico se confrontan las doctrinas judias y cristianas, se analizan y debaten hasta que se considera probado que la posicion judia es la correcta.