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100 Best Paintings in New York is an amalgam of commentary and
tourist guide leading to a greater understanding and appreciation
of thr paintings chosen. The descriptions draw attention to
fascinating details in each work and look at why, where or for what
occasion they were painted. A biographical chronology of each
artist accompanies the essays as well as a sample listing of works
by other contemporary painters. From Jan van Eyck to Mark Rothko;
from Diego Velazquez to Georgia O'Keefe, 100 Best Paintings in New
York covers the complete spectrum of masterpieces in New York's
great galleries.
Between 1640 and 1660 the British Isles witnessed a power struggle
between king and parliament of a scale and intensity never
witnessed, either before or since. Although often characterised as
a straight fight between royalists and parliamentarians, recent
scholarship has highlighted the complex and fluid nature of the
conflict, showing how it was waged on a variety of fronts,
military, political, cultural and religious, at local, national and
international levels. In a melting pot of competing loyalties,
shifting allegiances and varying military fortunes, it is hardly
surprising that agents, conspirators and spies came to play key
roles in shaping events and determining policies. In this
groundbreaking study, the role of a fluctuating collection of
loyal, resourceful and courageous royalist agents is uncovered and
examined. By shifting the focus of attention from royal ministers,
councillors, generals and senior courtiers to the agents, who
operated several rungs lower down in the hierarchy of the king's
supporters, a unique picture of the royalist cause is presented.
The book depicts a world of feuds, jealousies and rivalries that
divided and disorganised the leadership of the king's party,
creating fluid and unpredictable conditions in which loyalties were
frequently to individuals or factions rather than to any
theoretical principle of allegiance to the crown. Lacking the firm
directing hand of a Walsingham or Thurloe, the agents looked to
patrons for protection, employment and advancement. Grounded on a
wealth of primary source material, this book cuts through a fog of
deceit and secrecy to expose the murky world of seventeenth-century
espionage. Written in a lively yet scholarly style, it reveals much
about the nature of the dynamics of the royalist cause, about the
role of the activists, and why, despite a long series of political
and military defeats, royalism survived. Simultaneously, the book
offers fascinating accounts of the remarkable activities of a
number of very colourful individuals.
This book presents a comprehensive mathematical theory that
explains precisely what information flow is, how it can be assessed
quantitatively - so bringing precise meaning to the intuition that
certain information leaks are small enough to be tolerated - and
how systems can be constructed that achieve rigorous, quantitative
information-flow guarantees in those terms. It addresses the
fundamental challenge that functional and practical requirements
frequently conflict with the goal of preserving confidentiality,
making perfect security unattainable. Topics include: a systematic
presentation of how unwanted information flow, i.e., "leaks", can
be quantified in operationally significant ways and then bounded,
both with respect to estimated benefit for an attacking adversary
and by comparisons between alternative implementations; a detailed
study of capacity, refinement, and Dalenius leakage, supporting
robust leakage assessments; a unification of information-theoretic
channels and information-leaking sequential programs within the
same framework; and a collection of case studies, showing how the
theory can be applied to interesting realistic scenarios. The text
is unified, self-contained and comprehensive, accessible to
students and researchers with some knowledge of discrete
probability and undergraduate mathematics, and contains exercises
to facilitate its use as a course textbook.
'100 Best Paintings in London' is an amalgam of commentary and
tourist guide. From Duccio and van Eyck to Mark Rothko and Anselm
Kiefer, '100 Best Paintings in London' covers the complete spectrum
of masterpieces in London's unsurpassed galleries.
The only book to provide a single volume introduction to the finest
art in London. 100 Best Paintings in London is an essential guide
to the cream of the great public collection of art in the capital.
Each of the 100 chosen paintings is reproduced in full-color with a
vivid description that provides both appreciation and analysis and
includes fascinating details of why, how and where the picture was
painted. A biographical chronology of the artist's life accompanies
each entry together with a listing of works by contemporary
painters. Geoffrey Smith's illuminating text makes you want to look
afresh at favorite paintings and invites you to discover some that
are not so familiar. From Duccio and van Eyck to Mark Rothko and
Anselm Kiefer, 100 Best Paintings in London covers the complete
spectrum of the treasures to be found in the city's unsurpassed
galleries. Everyone will have a view about the selection contained
here-why hasn't your favorite painting been included? If you want
to have your say visit the website at
www.interlinkbooks.com/100bestlondon/haveyoursay. Contains
descriptions of works from: The Courtauld Institute * Dulwich
Picture Gallery * The Estorick Collection * Kenwood House * The
National Gallery * Sir John Soane's Museum * Tate Britain * Tate
Modern * The V & A * The Wallace Collection.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
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++++ The Morality Of Public Men: A Letter To The Right Hon. The
Earl Of Derby 3 Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Edward George Geoffrey
Smith Stanley Derby (Earl of) James Ridgway, 1852 Biography &
Autobiography; Political; Biography & Autobiography /
Political; Great Britain
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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