“francesco vezzoli”

Francesco Vezzoli's "Trilogia della Morte" ("Trilogy of Death") explores video and embroidery, an unconventional combination unified by both passion and effectiveness. "The 120 Seats of Sodom," inspired by the Italian director and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini's "The 120 Days of Sodom," aligns 120 black ... More

Francesco Vezzoli caused a flurry with his 2005 video, "Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's "Caligula,"" a salacious hit starring Benicio Del Toro, Helen Mirren and Karen Black, as well as his 2007 Venice Biennale TV spots (starring Sharon Stone and Bernard-Henri Levy), which advertised a mock U.S.... More

Following the blazing success of Martin Parr's edition of the experimental large-format "Fashion Magazine," which featured work shot exclusively by Parr, even down to the ads, and sold out almost immediately upon publication in the UK last year, Magnum Photos presents the next instant collector's it... More

The contributors to this volume present research concerning the cognitive structures and development of nonhuman primates from a cognitive psychological perspective. The authors and researchers come to this project from the study of humans and apply their knowledge to research on nonhumans. For prof... More

Aging of the Autonomic Nervous System is the first book devoted to the aging of the autonomic nervous system. The book presents the most recent findings on topics such as general aspects of the autonomic nervous system, main neurotransmitter systems, age-dependent changes of neuroeffector mechanisms... More

Bank capital management is a major concern for banking and finance today due to Basel II, a set of regulatory guidelines aimed at promoting greater consistency in the way bands and banking regulators approach risk management across national borders. The combination of discussions about sophisticated... More

Bubbly, stylish, and super-friendly, Cassie Knight is the fashion queen at her Texas school. But when her father's job moves the family to cold, snowy Maine, Cassie's in for a huge culture shock. At her new prep school, the students are prim and proper, and worst of all, they don't find Cassie as fa... More

This book, designed for advanced graduate students and post-graduate researchers, provides an introduction to Lie algebras and some of their applications to the spectroscopy of molecules, atoms, nuclei and hadrons. In the first part, a concise exposition is given of the basic concepts of Lie algebra... More