(Almost) Everything You Need to Know about Culture in 10 Books. By Maria Popova What the limits of the universe have to do with the history of jazz and the secret of happiness.
Last week, I was reorganizing my library and realized that some of my favorite books are ones that introduced me to subjects I either admired but knew little about or was unaware of altogether. The kinds of reads that profoundly enrich one’s lens on the world. So I thought I’d put together a modest reading list of essential primers for, well, everything. Okay, maybe not everything — I’m keenly aware of how laughable that proposition is — but a fair amount to offer a basis for the kind of cross-disciplinary understanding of culture that I believe is crucial to contributing to the world in a meaningful way. Images courtesy of insect54 The idea of a ragtime ballet or opera must have seemed an oxymoron to those on both sides of the great racial divide that characterized turn-of-the-century American society. Popular films are a special kind of drama. Share on Tumblr.
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That is why this little encyclopedia was created. Screws Head Style Drive Types Washer Type Nut Types by Boltdepot.com. Color Test: el significado de los colores. Los profesionales de la comunicación visual, los publicistas, marketing y demás áreas del desarrollo humano, fundamentan gran parte de sus estrategias comunicacionales en el uso adecuado del color, con basamento en estudios científicos sobre nuestro comportamiento emocional y psicológico.
En el área de la psicología, el método “Lüscher” es una de los métodos más utilizados en los laboratorios que estudian la conducta psicológica de los individuos frente a determinados estímulos visuales, dando como resultado la descripción de un comportamiento y un estado psicológico del individuo frente a sus conflictos y desórdenes. Dicho método, ideado por el psicofisiólogo Max Lüscher, consiste en la ordenación jerárquica de ocho (8) tarjetas de colores (test abreviado), colocando las mas agradables al individuo en los primeros lugares y las menos en los últimos.
Los colores de las ocho tarjetas son: gris, negro, azul, marrón, rojo, verde, amarillo y violeta. El gris es el color de la neutralidad. 100 Free Foreign Language Classes Online. March 1st, 2010 If you have always wanted to learn a language but were too put off by the high cost associated with most classes, then take a look at all these great opportunities to learn a foreign language online, at no cost to you.
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