Curtains is a dizzying photographic foray into the hidden realities lurking in the folds of puddled curtains that the photographer, John Briggs, found in windows of a central London office building. The photographer puts the curtain folds though simple transformations that result in strange creatures and eerie landscapes. World-renowned black and white photographer Paul Caponigro has called the 32 pages of the curtain series “innuendos for the eye.” Eric Lewis, composer and violinist of Manhattan String Quartet and Prometheus fame calls them “alluring mysteries of abstract, like sensuous musical shapes formed in the mind and filled with undefinable feelings.” The photographer himself wonders playfully (but perhaps seriously) if the folds of these curtains “are examples of what’s hidden in plain sight all around us, alternative versions of the marvelous unreality we live in.” The book includes an introduction in which Briggs, who has a Ph.D. in aesthetics, also discusses the nature of abstract art.

Curtains: Windows on the Unreality We Live In

Arts & Photography

Briggs, MR John

Photography & Video

Between Lines Books & Arts, LLC

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A Textbook Of Precis Writing (1906)

Literature & Fiction

Jackson, T. C.

Literary

Kessinger Publishing

A Sermon Preached at Whitehall Chapel, at the Consecration of the Right Reverend Father in God Beilby, Lord Bishop of Chester, on Sunday, February 9, 1777. by John Briggs, ...

History

World

Gale ECCO, Print Editions

A Letter On The Indian Army, Addressed To The ... Marquess Of Tweeddale

Palala Press

Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos: Discovering a New Aesthetic of Art, Science, and Nature (A Touchstone Book)

Fractals are unique patterns left behind by the unpredictable movement-the chaos-of the world at work. The branching patterns of trees, the veins in a hand, water twisting out of a running tap-all are fractals. Learn to recognize them and the world will never look the same again. Fractals permeate our lives, appearing in places as tiny as the surface of a virus cell and as majestic as the Grand Canyon. From ancient tribal peoples to modern painters to Star Wars animators, artists have been captivated by fractals and have used them in their work. Fans of computer science and math whizzes are wild about fractals as well, for the interesting programming and math problems they present. In Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos, science writer John Briggs uses over 170 illustrations to clearly explain the significance and beauty of fractals. He describes how fractals were discovered, how they are formed, and the unique properties different fractals share. Fractals is a breathtaking guided tour of a remarkable frontier in art, science, and nature. It will revolutionize the way you see the world and your place in it.

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Echo Point Books & Media

The Sunday School Movement (Studies in Christian History and Thought)

From a historical point of view Sunday schools have immense significance. In the nineteenth century Sunday schools were part of general educational provision and represented the Christian philanthropic impulse to provide a basic education to the population at large and at low cost. In this book a range of experts assess different aspects of the history of the Sunday school movement. Contributors include Clyde Binfield, Faith Bowers, John Briggs, Grayson Ditchfield, Hugh McLeod, Stephen Orchard, Jack Priestley, Geoffrey Robson, and Doreen Rosman.

The Sunday School Movement: Studies in the Growth and Decline of Sunday Schools (Studies in Christian History and Thought)

Religion & Spirituality

Orchard, Stephen

Christian Books & Bibles

Paternoster Publishing

Crime And Punishment In England: An Introductory History

An introductory text on the social history of crime, deviancy and criminal behaviour from 1100 to the present day.

Briggs, John

McInnes, Angus

Music

Routledge

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