The Riddle of the Image

The Riddle of the Image
Author: Spike Bucklow
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2014-03-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1780233272

From monumental church mosaics to fresco wall-paintings, the medieval period produced some of the most impressive art in history. But how, in a world without the array of technology and access to materials that we now have, did artists produce such incredible works, often on an unbelievably large scale? In The Riddle of the Image, research scientist and art restorer Spike Bucklow discovers the actual materials and methods that lie behind the production of historical paintings. Examining the science of the tools and resources, as well as the techniques of medieval artists, Bucklow adds new layers to our understanding and appreciation of paintings in particular and medieval art more generally. He uses case studies—including The Wilton Diptych, one of the most popular paintings in the National Gallery in London and the altarpiece in front of which English monarchs were crowned for centuries—and analyses of these works, presenting previously unpublished technical details that shed new light on the mysteries of medieval artists. The first account to examine this subject in depth for a general audience, The Riddle of the Image is a beautifully illustrated look at the production of medieval paintings.

The Riddle in the Rare Book

The Riddle in the Rare Book
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442485639

When a series of rare-book thefts strikes the Bloom’s Bookstore & Coffeehouse in River Heights, Nancy Drew finds her only clue in the handwriting of a dead woman.

Year-Round Challenger!

Year-Round Challenger!
Author: Jean Marzollo
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2005-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780439787260

Themed around seasons and holidays including Valentine's Day and Halloween, rhyming verses ask readers to find hidden objects in the photographs.

I Spy Fun House

I Spy Fun House
Author: Jean Marzollo
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2005-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780439787307

Rhyming verses ask readers to find hidden objects in the phohotographs.

I Spy

I Spy
Author: Jean Marzollo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2005-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780439684194

Rhyming verses ask readers to find hidden objects in the photographs.

The Riddle in the Poem

The Riddle in the Poem
Author: Živilė Gimbutas
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2004
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780761828457

The Riddle in the Poem is a study of the ramifications of riddles and riddle elements in the context of selected twentieth-century poetry. It includes works by Francis Ponge, Wallace Stevens, Richard Wilbur, Rainer M. Rilke, and Henrikas Radauskas. This book enlarges the scope of riddles as a "root of lyric" by connecting it with the folkloristic concept of "riddling," essentially a question and answer series, and by tracing the influence of the root in poetic methodology. The Riddle in the Poem may be defined as an attempt to advance the notion, which has been discussed in previous folkloristic and literary studies, which riddle as the root of lyric manifests itself in various ways.

Riddles

Riddles
Author: Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj
Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9517465769

Riddles are a journey into a fascinating world rich in delightful metaphors and ambiguity. This book is based on material drawn from all over the world and analyses both traditional true riddles and contemporary joking questions. It introduces the reader to different riddling situations and the many functions of riddles, wich vary from education to teasing, and from defusing a heated situation to entertainment. In addition to providing a survey of international riddle scholarship, the book has a comprehensive bibliography with suggestions for further reading.

Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language

Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language
Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2024-04-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1666918202

Scientific evidence for the origin of speech is abundant, but evidence for the origin of language as separate from speech as a naming system remains speculative. What evidence can be utilized that will furnish relevant insights on the origin or language? This book attempts to provide an answer by suggesting that the first riddles of humanity, along with the first myths, reveal that language may have emerged as a mode of reflection via metaphor—a mode that involves blending speech forms together to produce complex, abstract cognition.

The Riddle of Christian Mystical Experience

The Riddle of Christian Mystical Experience
Author: Paul Mommaers
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2003
Genre: Experience (Religion).
ISBN: 9789042912328

A distinctive feature of mystical experience is that it is "imageless". Mystics of various traditions witness indeed to their going beyond all intermediaries so as to enjoy immediate union. Understandably, the idea of imageless immediacy is attractive, and it is especially in vogue with those who hope to discover that different (religious) spiritualities converge if only the particularity of, say, the Christian way would be left behind. However, a crucial question arises here. If mystical union consists in simply transcending what is part and parcel of the human condition, where is its relevance? Is the mystic as such in a position to be his or her human self - thinking and loving, enjoying and suffering? Can he or she be active in the world of humankind? Obviously, it is especially in the Christian tradition that this matter comes to the fore as a radical difficulty. For here there is the divine Image and Mediator, so much so that the Humanity of Jesus ought to be integral to a person's union with God. Perhaps the Christian mystic is such an extraordinary figure that the Humanity and all other images and intermediaries are, for him or her, at best a stepping-stone that is bound to disappear? The Riddle of Christian Mystical Experience aims to clarify this issue by analyzing the writings of such visionaries as Julian of Norwich, Teresa of Avila and Maria Petyt; of the ecstasy-minded masters Richard of Saint Victor, Bernard of Clairvaux and Bonaventure (describing Francis of Assisi's experience); of the cream of the Flemish mystics, namely Hadewijch and Jan van Ruusbroec. Nevertheless, the preference for the mystical text does not prevent the Riddle from drawing on the insights of modern philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean-Luc Marion when treating of images and idols, or Michael Polanyi and Ludwig Wittgenstein when reflecting on intermediaries. The main result of this procedure may come as a surprise. Far from turning into a detached creature who forgets about the Humanity and the human, the full-fledged mystic is, as a Flemish mystic puts it, "wholly in God, where he rests in enjoyment, and wholly in himself, where he loves with works". Experiencing union "with intermediary and without intermediary", the true Christian mystic is "unimaged" as well as "imaged upon the humanity of our Lord through heartfelt affection".