Pictures as Language

Pictures as LanguageChristopher Walter's research on Byzantine art emphasises the significance of iconography, as the Byzantines believed pictures could convey messages. This collection of Walters essays explores the way in which images were used in manuscripts, for ecclesiological purposes, to instruct on liturgy, and to depict the role of saints in daily life.

The theoretical perspectives introduced are illustrated through a series of anonymised anecdotes

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in order to conclude this pioneering historiographic account of Australian film studies

Moses –among the most significant leaders in Western civilization – is arguably the quintessential example of leadership from whom much can be learned by people entering and occupying leadership positions

Mobilizing nature traces the environmental history of war and militarisation in France

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Information Technologies and Economic Development in Latin America provides a collection of rigorous empirical studies that contributes to a better understanding of the role and impact of old and new information technologies on Latin American economic development through the use of randomized and quasi-experimental methods