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Romanesque mural painting was arguably the most visible field for religious images in Western churches between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Beyond its traditional justification as Bible of the illiterate mural painting demarcated the principal functional spaces within the church and propagated the sacred narratives, the systems of belief and institutional politics. The present volume provides the first accessible collection of essays devoted exclusively to the contextual interpretation of Romanesque mural painting. They are offered in homage to Otto Demus, who established the essential parameters for the field with his unsurpassed survey of the field over thirty years ago. Presenting previously unpublished research on individual case studies from Italy, France and Spain, the collection of essays published here pursues Demus's premise that mural painting was designed both to shape the experience and ritual use of distinctive spaces within the medieval church, and to advertise certain institutional affiliations and political agendas. The introduction, by Thomas Dale, provides a methodological overview to the field, assessing Demus's contribution to the study of Romanesque mural painting and surveying the scholarship of the past thirty years. It also furnishes the first overview of primary texts that refer to the functions and exegesis of mural painting between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. The ten essays are grouped under four topics 1. Patterns of Narrative Disposition in Sacred Space 2. Reinforcing the Praesentia of the Saints: The Church as Locus Sanctus 3. The Burial Crypt as Mediator between the Living and the Dead, Terrestrial and Celestial Space 4. Ecclesiastical Politics and Institutional Identity.

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In Bound by Muscle, Andrew Brown details the lives and achievements of two physiologists, Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977) and Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884-1951). Hill and Meyerhof shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to metabolic changes underlying muscle activity. Bound by Muscle describes how Hill and Meyerhof's lives and careers intersected and diverged and how their work changed the course of biological science. Bound by Muscle is organized chronologically. The first four chapters consider Hill and Meyerhof's childhoods and early careers; subsequent chapters address the Nobel Prize nomination and award and how their lives were affected by the World Wars. Bound by Muscle details Hill and Meyerhof's scientific breakthroughs and professional accomplishments. The book also examines the historical context that shaped their work and how the two men differed. Hill embodied the pragmatic style of British science. He became an outspoken critic of fascism as well as an effective humanitarian. As a senior scientist, he played major roles in preparing Great Britain for World War II. In contrast, Meyerhof was shy and philosophical. A non-observant Jew, he was reluctant to leave his superb laboratory in Heidelberg as the Nazi threat became apparent. His dramatic eventual escape is described in detail for the first time. Throughout, Bound by Muscle reflects on how individual differences and historical events have shaped the trajectory of science.

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Fundamentals of hotel construction Around 1890, the advance of alpinism and Alpine tourism necessitated the building of accommodation for visitors to the mountain worlds of South Tyrol and neighboring regions. Hotels were built in remote high-mountain landscapes. These were integrated into the regional context, while at the same time symbolized a claiming of political and economic space. The architectural creation of mountain hotels was based on innovative design methods along serial or modular lines. The author examines the genesis of this building type against the background of international hotel construction, from design practice to the artistic interpretation of inspirational ideas from interior design, starting from the premise that the hotel represents “a synthesis of clinic, railroad sleeping car and machine” (J. A. Lux). Tourist architectural history of South Tyrol in two volumes Architectural photos, advertising graphics, drawings, plans from the turn of the twentieth century The economic, scientific, social, and cultural contexts explained in an understandable way

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Holder of the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves and Swords, Otto Weidinger was the last commander of SS-Regiment “Der Führer.” Among the best field officers of the Waffen-SS, he graduated from SS officer school and served throughout the war. This fully revised and expanded edition of his authorized biography provides a wealth of information for the historian and military collector. Lavishly illustrated with more than 130 photographs and documents, many never before seen, the volume covers Weidinger’s military career and life in complete detail. This vastly expanded classic is an essential study of one of the most decorated officers of the 2.SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich.”

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When Otto Frank unwrapped his daughter's diary with trembling hands and began to read the first pages, he discovered a side to Anne that was as much a revelation to him as it would be to the rest of the world. Little did Otto know he was about to create an icon recognised the world over for her bravery, sometimes brutal teenage honesty and determination to see beauty even where its light was most hidden. Nor did he realise that publication would spark a bitter battle that would embroil him in years of legal contest and eventually drive him to a nervous breakdown and a new life in Switzerland. Today, more than seventy-five years after Anne's death, the diary is at the centre of a multi-million-pound industry, with competing foundations, cultural critics and former friends and relatives fighting for the right to control it. In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Karen Bartlett tells the full story of The Diary of Anne Frank, the highly controversial part it played in twentieth-century history, and its fundamental role in shaping our understanding of the Holocaust. At the same time, she sheds new light on the life and character of Otto Frank, the complex, driven and deeply human figure who lived in the shadows of the terrible events that robbed him of his family, while he painstakingly crafted and controlled his daughter's story.

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Dans ce volume se trouvent recueillies les contributions au colloque international qui reunissait, a Louvain en octobre 2002, une douzaine de specialistes autour de l'objet musico-litteraire "Pierrot Lunaire". Issu d'un projet de recherche interdisciplinaire dont il constitue l'aboutissement, ce colloque s'inscrivait dans l'intersection entre les recherches musicologiques et litteraires les plus recentes sur le sujet afin d'en confronter les resultats et d'en dresser le bilan. Focalisee sur les differentes transformations tant litteraires que musicales subies par l'oeuvre - du recueil en vers d'Albert Giraud a la traduction allemande par Otto Erich Hartleben et de la composition musicale d'Arnold Schoenberg a la retraduction en francais de l'oeuvre - la discussion engagee ici n'a pas neglige le contexte culturel et historique avec lequel ces differentes mutations interferent et qui les explique en partie. Aussi la reception des differents etats de l'oeuvre par le public contemporain a-t-elle recu une attention particuliere.Les editeurs ont renonce a l'idee d'une publication unilingue de ces Actes. Ce volume trilingue traduira tant la nature interdisciplinaire de l'objet d'etude que son retentissement international.Ce colloque constituait en meme temps l'encadrement scientifique d'un concert par la London Sinfonietta dirigee par Diego Masson, avec Alison Wells (Sprechstimme) et Dirk Roofthooft (recitant).

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