Francesca Malatesta's Books

Disorder and the Disinformation Society

The Social Dynamics of Information, Networks and Software

By: Jonathan Paul Marshall,James Goodman,Didar Zowghi,Francesca da Rimini

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Disorder and the Disinformation Society

The Social Dynamics of Information, Networks and Software

By: Jonathan Paul Marshall,James Goodman,Didar Zowghi,Francesca da Rimini

This book is the first general social analysis that seriously considers the daily experience of information disruption and software failure within contemporary Western society. Through an investigation of informationalism, defined as a contemporary form of capitalism, it describes the social processes producing informational disorder. While most social theory sees disorder as secondary, pathological or uninteresting, this book takes disordering processes as central to social life. The book engages with theories of information society which privilege information order, offering a strong counterpoint centred on "disinformation." Disorder and the Disinformation Society offers a practical agenda, arguing that difficulties in producing software are both inherent to the process of developing software and in the social dynamics of informationalism. It outlines the dynamics of software failure as they impinge on of information workers and on daily life, explores why computerized finance has become inherently self-disruptive, asks how digital enclosure and intellectual property create conflicts over cultural creativity and disrupt informational accuracy and scholarship, and reveals how social media can extend, but also distort, the development of social movements.

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Routledge

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1317436385

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9781317436386

Delphi Complete Works of Piero della Francesca (Illustrated)

By: Piero della Francesca

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Delphi Complete Works of Piero della Francesca (Illustrated)

By: Piero della Francesca

The fifteenth century artist Piero della Francesca produced works that are characterised by their serene, disciplined exploration, providing a major, though largely unrecognised contribution to the development of the Italian Renaissance. His fervent interest in the theoretical study of perspective and his contemplative approach are apparent in all of his extant paintings. Highlights of Piero’s work include his masterful depiction of light and atmospheric effects, his attention to naturalistic detail and his pioneering approach to portraiture. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Piero’s complete works in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Piero della Francesca – over 200 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare and disputed paintings * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Piero’s works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smartphones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings * Easily locate the artworks you wish to view * Features two biographies, including Vasari’s seminal ‘Life’ – discover Piero’s world CONTENTS: The Highlights Polyptych of the Misericordia (1445-62) Baptism of Christ (c. 1448-50) Saint Jerome in Penitence (c. 1449-51) Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (c. 1451) The History of the True Cross (c. 1455-64) Flagellation of Christ (c. 1460) Polyptych of Saint Augustine (1460-70) Madonna of Parturition (c. 1460) Resurrection (c. 1463) Hercules (c. 1465) Polyptych of Perugia (c. 1470) Brera Madonna (1474) The Duke and Duchess of Urbino (c. 1472) Madonna di Senigallia (c. 1474) Nativity (c. 1475) The Paintings The Complete Paintings Alphabetical List of Paintings The Biographies Life of Piero Della Francesca (1550) by Giorgio Vasari Piero da San Sepolcro (1913) by George Kriehn Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

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391

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Delphi Classics

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1801700079

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9781801700078

Sentinel

The Unlikely Origins of the Statue of Liberty

By: Francesca Lidia Viano

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Sentinel

The Unlikely Origins of the Statue of Liberty

By: Francesca Lidia Viano

The story of the improbable campaign that created America’s most enduring monument. The Statue of Liberty is an icon of freedom, a monument to America’s multiethnic democracy, and a memorial to Franco-American friendship. That much we know. But the lofty ideals we associate with the statue today can obscure its turbulent origins and layers of meaning. Francesca Lidia Viano reveals that history in the fullest account yet of the people and ideas that brought the lady of the harbor to life. Our protagonists are the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and his collaborator, the politician and intellectual Édouard de Laboulaye. Viano draws on an unprecedented range of sources to follow the pair as they chase their artistic and political ambitions across a global stage dominated by imperial rivalry and ideological ferment. The tale stretches from the cobblestones of northeastern France, through the hallways of international exhibitions in London and Paris, to the copper mines of Norway and Chile, the battlegrounds of the Franco-Prussian War, the deserts of Egypt, and the streets of New York. It features profound technical challenges, hot air balloon rides, secret “magnetic” séances, and grand visions of a Franco-American partnership in the coming world order. The irrepressible collaborators bring to their project the high ideals of liberalism and republicanism, but also crude calculations of national advantage and eccentric notions adopted from orientalism, freemasonry, and Saint-Simonianism. As entertaining as it is illuminating, Sentinel gives new flesh and spirit to a landmark we all recognize but only dimly understand.

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617

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Harvard University Press

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0674916344

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9780674916340

Strange Sisters

Literature and Aesthetics in the Nineteenth Century

By: Francesca Orestano

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Strange Sisters

Literature and Aesthetics in the Nineteenth Century

By: Francesca Orestano

This collection of essays stems from the conference 'Nineteenth-Century Literature and Aesthetics', which was held at the University of Milan in 2006 and organised by the editors of this volume. The interface between word and image covered in these essays embraces the fields of literature, architecture, painting, photography, music and art criticism. The authors stress the role of aesthetics in a number of contexts ranging from the early 1830s to the fin de siècle and beyond, as far as the last influences of Victorian taste on the early years of the twentieth century. During the nineteenth century the ancient interaction between literature and aesthetics was challenged and criticised by Martineau, Rossetti, Ruskin, Pater, Wilde, Beardsley, Cameron and Carroll, among others: their awareness of the complexity of visual perception problematised the existing categories of realism, artistic conventions, discourse of description, translation and representation. The essays cover almost a century of debate between literature and aesthetics. They focus on the intersection of word and image by emphasising transgressions in art hierarchies, forms and languages, which restyle existing categories and project them into new aesthetic dimensions beyond the conventional idea of the sister arts.

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332

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Peter Lang

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3039118404

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9783039118403

Trust, Politics and Revolution

A European History

By: Francesca Granelli

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Trust, Politics and Revolution

A European History

By: Francesca Granelli

Tracing the relationships and networks of trust in Western European revolutionary situations from the Ancient Greeks to the French Revolution and beyond, Francesca Granelli here shows the essential role of trust in both revolution and government, arguing that without trust, both governments and revolutionary movements are liable to fail. The first study to combine the important of trust and the significance of revolution, this book offers a new lens through which to interpret revolution, in an essential work book for all scholars of political science and historians of revolution.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1788315731

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1000 Years of World Architecture

An Illustrated Guide

By: Francesca Prina,Elena Demartini

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1000 Years of World Architecture

An Illustrated Guide

By: Francesca Prina,Elena Demartini

This volume is a guide to the main characteristics, movements and regional variants of a millennium of Western architecture, from the early Romanesque to the most recent contemporary trends.

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