Author: Paula Marincola
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Keywords: exhibition, makes
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2007-02-16
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0970834616
ISBN-13: 9780970834614

For better or worse, museums are changing from forbidding bastions of rare art into audience-friendly institutions that often specialize in “blockbuster” exhibitions designed to draw crowds. But in the midst of this sea change, one largely unanswered question stands out: “What makes a great exhibition?” Some of the world’s leading curators and art historians try to answer this question here, as they examine the elements of a museum exhibition from every angle.What Makes a Great Exhibition? investigates the challenges facing American and European contemporary art in particular, explor

Author: John Marincola
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Keywords: classics, surveys, new, historians, greek
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2006-04-10
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 019922501X
ISBN-13: 9780199225019

This survey of recent work on Herodotus, Thucydides, and Polybius focuses on new developments in the study of Greek historiography and synthesises some of the most important research from the last thirty years. There is a detailed treatment of each writer, with an emphasis on analysis of the historians’ sources, their narrative methods, and their use of speeches. Also examined are the structure and themes of each man’s work, together with consideration of the way each historian employs characterisation. The book provides a full bibliography of recent work done mainly (but not ex

Authors:Herodotus, John M. Marincola,
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Keywords: classics, penguin, histories
Number of Pages: 784
Published: 2003-04-29
List price: $11.00
ISBN-10: 0140449086
ISBN-13: 9780140449082

Translated by Aubrey de S&eacutelincourt with an introduction and Notes by John M. Marincola.

Authors:Dirk Nagorsen, Francesco M. Marincola,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: responses, tumor, associated, immune, antigens, cellular, cell, analyze, analyzing
Number of Pages: 313
Published: 2005-11-14
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 1402036221
ISBN-13: 9781402036224

This book reviews, describes, categorizes and provides a critical assessment of all assays that have been used for the monitoring of antigen-specific immune responses. In particular, it emphasizes a global approach to the analysis of T cell mediated target/host interactions at the systemic and the peripheral level when such interactions are supposed to occur. The book, therefore, targets a specialized audience of clinical investigators interested in the strategic planning of monitoring aspects of clinical protocols. In addition, the tools described here could be utilized for the search of surr

Authors:Herodotus, Michael A. Flower, John Marincola,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: latin, classics, greek, cambridge, histories, book, herodotus
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2003-01-20
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0521596505
ISBN-13: 9780521596503

Book IX of Herodotus’ Histories is the conclusive climax to his work, as the victories at Plataea and Mycale complete the improbable Greek victory over Persia. This English commentary treats Herodotus’ work as historical narrative and as literature, incorporating the results of recent scholarly research in Greek history and historiography. It contains a Greek text and detailed philological, literary, and historical notes designed to assist the intermediate Greek student.

Authors:Paula G. Ben-Amos, Ben-Amos, Paula Girshick,
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: century, benin, eighteenth, politics, innovation, art
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1999-08-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0253335035
ISBN-13: 9780253335036

"The wealth of historiographic resources, the command of relevant literature, the ethnographic research and prudent use of oral traditions give this work a high degree of . . . intellectual excitement. . . . a landmark in the field." --Warren d’Azevedo Making use of archival and oral resources in this extensively researched book, Paula Girshick Ben-Amos questions to what extent art operates as political strategy. How do objects acquire political meaning? How does the use of art enhance and embody power and authority?

Author: Paula Fox
Publisher: Front Street Press
Keywords: traces
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1932425438
ISBN-13: 9781932425437

This lyric poem by one of our most revered writers captures those faint glimpses of things that you see but don’t quite recognize, sounds you can almost hear, smells, tastes, feelings that can’t quite name. Each line of the poem and each picture in the book depicts the sensual essence of a child’s day, each of which are totally typical and thoroughly unique.