Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Ordre des livres

A new study of Ibram Lassaw's wearable sculptures in conjunction with an exhibition at the Figge Art Museum. Remembered as a pioneering and prolific Abstract Expressionist artist of otherworldly sculptures, Ibram Lassaw (1913-2003) is less well-known for his wearable sculptures. Like his large-scale works, the "Bosom Sculptures," with their innovative use of alloys, were inspired by Lassaw's readings on such varied topics as Zen Buddhism, cosmology, and quantum physics. Lassaw's welded and braised necklaces, though simple in design, remind us of everything from sea anemones to nebulae with their elaborate biomorphic tendrils and interconnected clusters. Published to coincide with an exhibition at Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, Quanta of Space: The Bosom Sculpture of Ibram Lassaw features thirty-seven unique pendants and necklaces alongside nine full-size sculptures that Lassaw created between 1938 and 1996. Supplemental essays by Nancy G. Heller, Denise Lassaw, and Marin R. Sullivan offer insight into his life and times and illustrate Lassaw's contribution to Modernist studio jewelry.

This study will appeal to students and scholars of literature, history, and culture who are interested in Rome's persistence in medieval and early modern Britain.

Written by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, one of the world's foremost scholars on Roman social and cultural history, this introduction to Rome in the Age of Augustus provides a fascinating insight into the social and physical contexts of Augustan politics and poetry, exploring in detail the impact of the new regime of government on society. Taking an interpretative approach, the ideas and environment manipulated by Augustus are explored, along with reactions to that manipulation. Emphasizing the role and impact of art and architecture of the time, and on Roman attitudes and values, Augustan Rome explains how the victory of Octavian at Actium transformed Rome and Roman life. The second edition features a new introductory section on literary figures under Augustus, a final chapter on the reception of Augustus in later periods, updated references to recent scholarship, new figures and an expanded list of further reading. This thought-provoking yet concise volume sets political changes in the context of their impact on Roman values, on the imaginative world of poetry, on the visual world of art, and on the fabric of the city of Rome.

Concise and authoritative monograph, geared toward advanced undergraduate and graduate students, covers linear sections, singular and hyperplane sections, Lefschetz's first and second theorems, the Poincaré formula, and invariant and relative cycles. 1958 edition.