Sentences with phrase «encyclopedic volumes»

In this video, Walead Beshty talks about the idea behind the work, how the prints have been created, how they objects are arranged on the wall, and why a series of encyclopedic volumes complements the exhibition.

Judaism: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow by Hans Küng, translated by John Bowden Crossroad, 753 pages, $ 39.50 Readers of Catholic maverick Hans Küng's works have come to expect of him encyclopedic volumes displaying both prodigious scholarship and sharp polemic.

The above diagram, taken from Dr. Gottman's The Science of Trust, displays his findings on the dynamics of loyalty and betrayal and their deep role in predicting the success or failure of our most intimate relationships.Acclaimed by professors and scientists as an «encyclopedic volume» with «authoritative and profound insights into the inner workings of relationships,» the book was nonetheless meant for «the academic, the researcher, the clinician... the game theorist and the mathematician.»

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The most authoritative Islamic writer on the subject, «Abd al - Ghani al - Nabulsi (1641 - 1731), makes an explicit claim for dreams in his two - volume encyclopedic work.

Given Roosevelt's significance and appeal, this volume is an exception to the rule that encyclopedic treatments of single individuals belong only in larger collections.

For those who consider felines the most fascinating quadripeds on the planet, Desmond Morris» Catworld is an exhaustive encyclopedic guide to just about everything you ever wanted to know - and then some.Among the more than 1,000 entries in this captivating photo - and illustration - packed volume, Morris lists some notable ailurophiles - uh, cat lovers - through history: authors Emily Bronte, Jean Cocteau, Colette and Ernest Hemingway, who owned 30; artists Paul Klee, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso; presidents Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy; and composers Frederic Chopin, Maurice Ravel and - natch - Andrew Lloyd Webber.

While neither the collection nor this volume is encyclopedic, the spirit and achievements of postwar art are distilled and amply celebrated here.

The non-circulating collection numbers 100,000 volumes and supports research on all areas of the Museum's encyclopedic collection.