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Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General
Dear reader, if you are holding in your hands the book "Legends of
the Phoenix" by A.V.Trehlebov, then in just a moment a magnificent
journey awaits you filled with fascinating knowledge about the
hidden history of our world and some of the most fascinating
societal processes to ever occur. If you have already read a few
dozen books on the subject but are still asking yourself the
questions "Who am i?" "What is my purpose here?" or "Why do we
die?" then this book will become a treasure within your library. If
you are still searching for the answers to the age old questions of
the origins of life on earth, the origins and evolution of our
modern civilization, the origins of different races, the true
history of the people on earth, our spiritual growth as humans, or
the universal laws of the universe, then this book has come to you
at the right time. Through years of scientific study, this
non-fiction tractate is written in a simple yet fascinating manner
and is suitable for all readers. The phoenix, as in the title of
the book, is an ancient Russian symbol symbolizing the rebirth of
Russia and the Slavic people. From folk tales it is written that
these birds rise from their ashes, are then reborn in a magical
flame and appear in a purer form. Since history has always been
written by, and for the benefit of the current rulers, disregarding
any previous facts or knowledge, we use the experience and heritage
of our ancestors which have been laid out in the "Legends of the
Phoenix." "Legends of the Phoenix" is devoted to the revival of the
ancient, million year old culture and heritage of the Slavic
people. The information in this book has deep roots from the Slavic
Vedas dating back hundreds of thousands of years with knowledge not
yet fully discovered by our modern civilization. Consisting of two
parts, the first part "Origin of the Slavic-Aryans" discusses the
root origins of the Slavic people, the ancient texts and
archaeological monuments, the eon old Slavic ancestry, our beliefs,
morals, commandments, and the answers to the mysterious wise tales
of the Slavs. The second part called "The Path to Light" discusses
the connection and meaning of the Slavic and Hindu Vedas, the
stages of the ancient Slavic spiritual belief "Rodoveriye," the
meaning of spiritual development, the paths and goals of our
ancient societies, the wisdom behind each stage of life and how to
get ready for and create virtuous offspring, the nature of divine
and demonic entities and their purpose, the importance of
understanding your inner self and past lives, the structure of all
our energy bodies, the origins of the Vedas, what it means to have
a non-dualistic view of the universe, and the secrets of the Golden
Path.
Judy Chicago's monumental art installation "The Dinner Party "was
an immediate sensation when it debuted in 1979, and today it is
considered the most popular work of art to emerge from the
second-wave feminist movement. Jane F. Gerhard examines the piece's
popularity to understand how ideas about feminism migrated from
activist and intellectual circles into the American mainstream in
the last three decades of the twentieth century.
More than most social movements, feminism was transmitted and
understood through culture--art installations, "Ms. Magazine," "All
in the Family," and thousands of other cultural artifacts. But the
phenomenon of cultural feminism came under extraordinary criticism
in the late 1970s and 1980s Gerhard analyzes these divisions over
whether cultural feminism was sufficiently activist in light of the
shifting line separating liberalism from radicalism in post-1970s
America. She concludes with a chapter on the 1990s, when "The
Dinner Party" emerged as a target in political struggles over
public funding for the arts, even as academic feminists denounced
the piece for its alleged essentialism.
The path that" The Dinner Party" traveled--from inception (1973) to
completion (1979) to tour (1979-1989) to the permanent collection
of the Brooklyn Museum (2007)--sheds light on the history of
American feminism since 1970 and on the ways popular feminism in
particular can illuminate important trends and transformations in
the broader culture.
A fully illustrated examination of the relationship between money,
power, resistance, and dissent. Money's ubiquity makes it a
powerful vehicle for disseminating the messages of the state to the
public, but the symbolic and nationalistic iconography of currency
can also be subverted in powerful acts of defiance, rebellion, and
propaganda. Accompanying major exhibitions at The Fitzwilliam
Museum in Cambridge and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, this
volume explores the political and social tensions communicated
through the production or defacement of money over the past two
hundred years. Beginning in Britain in the wake of the American and
French Revolutions, it contrasts the use of money by the radicals
of the nineteenth and early twentieth century with the money
produced by European empires as they scrambled for world
domination. The currency histories of the two world wars highlight
the role of money as a tool of occupation, imprisonment,
resistance, and remembrance. The coins countermarked during the
Troubles in Northern Ireland hint at the polarized nature of
political discourse and sectarian violence. The work culminates
with the work of contemporary artists and activists who use money
to highlight the challenges of the modern world, both locally and
globally--as a canvas, a raw material, or a powerful means of
communication. From a unique coin commemorating the Peterloo
Massacre of 1819 to a Syrian banknote refashioned to raise
awareness of the refugee crisis, each object constitutes a witness
statement to its time and its conflict, and each section has its
own story to tell.
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