Art rules the world. But what about the rules of art? In our current day and age, the general consensus seems to be that creativity, divine inspiration and art can never be bound by rules. Artists need to push the envelope, be ahead of the curve, and if there are any rules out there it is the artist's prerogative, if not God-given right, to break them.

But up to the early 20th century, artists did not have the complete artistic freedom that they are believed to enjoy today. They were bound by...

Voor iedereen die meer wil weten over de rol van taal en tekst in de vorm- en betekenisgeving van onze maatschappij is dit boek een aanrader. Het geeft een inleiding op de kritische discoursanalyse (KDA), een discipline die in de jaren negentig is ontwikkeld en taalkunde en sociologie met elkaar combineert. Kritische discoursanalyse richt zich op de analyse van de relatie tussen taal en de instandhouding van machtsrelaties binnen de maatschappij, binnen organisaties en binnen familieverbanden.

U komt in dit boek verschillende filosofen tegen, zoals Foucault, Bourdieu, Habermas en Gramsci. U raakt vertrouwd met centrale begrippen uit de kritische discoursanalyse zoals narratieven, frames, articulatie, intertextualiteit en interdiscursiviteit. Door de vele voorbeelden uit de praktijk en de actualiteit raakt u snel met deze begrippen vertrouwd en zult u ze ook zelf gaan herkennen. U zult zien dat taal niet alleen een instrument is om te communiceren over deze wereld, maar ook een middel om de werkelijkheid vorm te geven. Door taalgebruik legt u een verband tussen uzelf en anderen; u construeert uw beeld van de werkelijkheid en presenteert dit beeld aan uw gesprekspartners....

Pieter Hoff is the inventor of the Groasis Waterboxx. It was elected the 'Best of What's New 2010' by Popular Science, one of the most influential science magazines with over 3 million readers around the world.The Groasis Waterboxx beat 116 great products mostly from Fortune 500 companies; amongst them, the fantastic Apple iPad and the incredible Philips ledlamp.His innovation allows trees to be planted in deserts, on mountains, eroded areas, rocks and even in the ashes of burned forests. The...

The Art of Bodypainting

Een gedroomde werkelijkheid

The Art of Bodypainting bevat een collectie fascinerende bodypaintings van uitzonderlijke klasse. Het boek geeft een representatief beeld van de kwaliteit van deze kunstvorm anno 2012. De 120 meesterwerken zijn vervaardigd door 45 toonaangevende kunstenaars uit tal van landen, in samenwerking met modellen en fotografen van hoog niveau. Samen schetsen ze de lezer een gedroomde werkelijkheid; een werkelijkheid die de zinnen prikkelt, die verwa...

Since 1846, the Vlisco company, located in Helmond, has supplied the Western and Central African market with Dutch Wax fabrics. This book is an homage to the fabric's fascinating history - more than a hundred years old, born in Indonesia, designed in the Netherlands, loved in Africa and coveted in the West. Full of layered meaning, the fabrics find their way to Parisian fashion shows, markets in Ghana and galleries in London and New York. More than 200 examples of fabrics from the Vlisco arch...

Policy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By exposing the paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions, Policy Paradox shows students that politics cannot be cleansed from the process in favor of "rationality." Author Deborah Stone has fully revised and updated this popular text, which now includes many paradoxes that have arisen since September 11. Examples throughout the book have been updated, and the prose has been streamlined to make a great ...

With its unique approach, Visualizing Physical Geography 2nd Edition captures the reader's attention and demonstrates why physical geography is relevant to them. It relies heavily on the integration of National Geographic and other visuals with narrative to explore key concepts. New emphasis is placed on environmental issues, such as climate change, overpopulation and deforestation, from a geographical perspective.

Readers will appreciate this approach because it vividly illustrates the inter...

To respond to the increasing need to feed the world's population as well as an ever greater demand for a balanced and healthy diet there is a continuing need to produce improved new cultivars or varieties of plants, particularly crop plants. The strategies used to produce these are increasingly based on our knowledge of relevant science, particularly genetics, but involves a multidisciplinary understanding that optimizes the approaches taken. Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding, 2nd Edi...

Epidemiological studies of the association between lung cancer and exposure to radon and its decay products are reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to pooled case-control studies of residential exposures and to cohorts of underground miners exposed to relatively low levels of radon.

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