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First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi's La scienza in cucina e
l'arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most
significant Italian cookbook of modern times. It was reprinted
thirteen times and had sold more than 52,000 copies in the years
before Artusi's death in 1910, with the number of recipes growing
from 475 to 790. And while this figure has not changed, the book
has consistently remained in print. Although Artusi was himself of
the upper classes and it was doubtful he had ever touched a kitchen
utensil or lit a fire under a pot, he wrote the book not for
professional chefs, as was the nineteenth-century custom, but for
middle-class family cooks: housewives and their domestic helpers.
His tone is that of a friendly advisor - humorous and nonchalant.
He indulges in witty anecdotes about many of the recipes,
describing his experiences and the historical relevance of
particular dishes. Artusi's masterpiece is not merely a popular
cookbook; it is a landmark work in Italian culture. This English
edition (first published by Marsilio Publishers in 1997) features a
delightful introduction by Luigi Ballerini that traces the
fascinating history of the book and explains its importance in the
context of Italian history and politics. The illustrations are by
the noted Italian artist Giuliano Della Casa.
From prehistoric stone tools, to machines, to computers, things
have traveled a long road along with human beings. Changing with
the times, places, and methods of their production, emerging from
diverse histories, and enveloped in multiple layers of meaning,
things embody ideas, emotions, and symbols of which we are often
unaware. The meaning of "thing" is richer than that of "object,"
which is something that is manipulated with indifference or
according to impersonal technical procedures. Things also differ
from merchandise, objects that can be sold or exchanged or seen as
status symbols. Things, in the philosophical sense, are nodes of
relationships with the life of others, chains of continuity among
generations, bridges that connect individual and collective
histories, junctions between human civilizations and nature. Things
incite us to listen to reality, to make them part of ourselves,
giving fresh life to an otherwise suffocating interiority. Things
also reveal the hidden aspect of a "subject" in its most secret and
least explored side. Things are the repositories of ideas,
emotions, and symbols whose meaning we often do not understand. In
an unexpected but coherent journey that includes the visions of
classic philosophers from Aristotle to Husserl and from Hegel to
Heidegger, along with the analysis of works of art, Bodei addresses
issues such as fetishism, the memory of things, the emergence of
department stores, consumerism, nostalgia for the past, the
self-portraits of Rembrandt and Dutch still-lifes of the
seventeenth century. The more we are able to recover objects in
their wealth of meanings and integrate them into our mental and
emotional horizons, he argues, the broader and deeper our world
becomes.
A revised and expanded edition of a key text for librarians,
scholars, and museum professionals Metadata provides a means of
indexing, accessing, preserving, and discovering digital resources.
The volume of digital information available over electronic
networks has created a pressing need for standards that ensure
correct and proper use and interpretation of the data by its owners
and users. Well- crafted metadata is needed more now than ever
before and helps users to locate, retrieve, and manage information
in this vast and complex universe. The third edition of
Introduction to Metadata, first published in 1998, provides an
overview of metadata, including its types, roles, and
characteristics; a discussion of metadata as it relates to Web
resources; and a description of methods, tools, standards, and
protocols for publishing and disseminating digital collections.
This revised edition is an indispensable resource in the field,
addressing advances in standards such as Linked Open Data, changes
in intellectual property law, and new computing technologies, and
offering an expanded glossary of essential terms. Praise for the
first edition: "An excellent starting point for information
professionals to gain a basic understanding of fundamental
concepts, then move ahead with a guided path for further research
and study." -Art Documentation
From prehistoric stone tools, to machines, to computers, things
have traveled a long road along with human beings. Changing with
the times, places, and methods of their production, emerging from
diverse histories, and enveloped in multiple layers of meaning,
things embody ideas, emotions, and symbols of which we are often
unaware. The meaning of "thing" is richer than that of "object,"
which is something that is manipulated with indifference or
according to impersonal technical procedures. Things also differ
from merchandise, objects that can be sold or exchanged or seen as
status symbols. Things, in the philosophical sense, are nodes of
relationships with the life of others, chains of continuity among
generations, bridges that connect individual and collective
histories, junctions between human civilizations and nature. Things
incite us to listen to reality, to make them part of ourselves,
giving fresh life to an otherwise suffocating interiority. Things
also reveal the hidden aspect of a "subject" in its most secret and
least explored side. Things are the repositories of ideas,
emotions, and symbols whose meaning we often do not understand. In
an unexpected but coherent journey that includes the visions of
classic philosophers from Aristotle to Husserl and from Hegel to
Heidegger, along with the analysis of works of art, Bodei addresses
issues such as fetishism, the memory of things, the emergence of
department stores, consumerism, nostalgia for the past, the
self-portraits of Rembrandt and Dutch still-lifes of the
seventeenth century. The more we are able to recover objects in
their wealth of meanings and integrate them into our mental and
emotional horizons, he argues, the broader and deeper our world
becomes.
For the first time, under the leadership of the Visual Resources
Association, a cross section of five visual and cultural heritage
experts, along with scores of reviewers from varied institutions,
have created a new data content standard focused on cultural
materials. This cutting-edge reference offers practical resources
for cataloging and flexibility to meet the needs of a wide range of
institutions - from libraries to museums to archives to visual
collections. Consistently following these guidelines for selecting,
ordering, and formatting data used to populate metadata elements in
cultural materials' catalog records: promotes good descriptive
cataloging and reduces redundancy; builds a foundation of shared
documentation; creates data sharing opportunities; and, complements
existing standards (AACR).
The birthplace of Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and the powerful Medici
family, Florence was also the first great banking and commercial
centre of continental Europe. The city's middle-class merchants,
though lacking the literary virtuosity of its most famous sons,
were no less prolific as writers of account books, memoirs, and
diaries. Written by ordinary men, these first-hand accounts of
commercial life recorded the everyday realities of their
businesses, families, and personal lives alongside the high drama
of shipwrecks, plagues, and political conspiracies. Published in
Italian in 1986, Vittore Branca's collection of these accounts
established the importance of the genre to the study of Italian
society and culture. This new English translation of Merchant
Writers includes all the texts from the original Italian edition in
their entirety. Moreover, it offers a gripping personal
introduction to the mercantile world of medieval and Renaissance
Florence.
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