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Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...Le Mage. However the question of sources is decided, it is clear that Venetian artistic orientalism depended on a relatively limited repertoire of images, some representing quite distant ‘translations’ of some actual, originary, observation. Gentile Bellini’s Saint Mark Preaching in Alexandria (Figure 27) is one such example. In it Bellini uses similar motifs to...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...les chats’, means that Pierre likes cats. (iii) In saying what he did, John meant that he would be late. (iv) Failure to bring an accurate map with him meant that John would be late. Discussion (i) Natural. If John has no sinus infection, his sneezing could not possibly mean that he had a sinus infection. If it means anything, it would have to mean something else, e.g....
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...les: beginners' Spanish, an Open University language course that concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant

...le i mi os bydd hynny i'w weld yn briodol. Dwi'n gwybod nad oes rhaid gwisgo masgiau mwyach, ond byddwn i'n ei annog os bydd yn gwneud i chi deimlo ychydig yn fwy diogel, a chynllunio'n ofalus iawn, meddwl yn ofalus am ble rydych chi'n mynd, sut allai fod, sut allech chi deimlo pan fyddwch yno, a pheidio â gwneud gormod ar unwaith er mwyn peidio â gorlethu eich hun na...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...le gazon It is forbidden to walk on the turf Attention / Glissant Attention / Slippery Frisch gestrichen! Recently painted! Hombres trabajando Men working Al salir tengan cuidado de no introducir el pie entre coche y andén When you leave, take care not to put your foot in between the train and the platform 一箭双雕 One arrow for two birds 软硬兼施 Soft and hard me...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...He once wrote: ‘Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte_’._ –Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters, Letter XVI, December 1656. Translation: ‘I wrote this very long [letter] because I didn’t have the time to make it shorter’. What do you think Pascal meant by this? [Photo of Claire]Figure 8 ClaireShow descriptionA photograph of Claire. Claire, whose research looks for ......
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The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...les rapports de l’art Vénitiens avec l’art Crétois jusqu’à 1500’, in A. Pertusi (ed.) Venezia e il Levante fino al secolo XV, vol. 2 (Florence), p. 69–124. Chatzidakis, M. (1974b) ‘Les débuts de l’école Crétoise et la question de l’école dite Italogreque’, in Μνημόσυνον Σ. Αντωνιάδη (Venice), p. 169–211. Chaztidakis, M....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol
Education & Development

Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol

...le sefydledig am gyfnodau eithaf hir o astudio, ond bydd angen lleoedd eraill arnoch hefyd ar gyfer sesiynau byrrach o astudio - mae’n rhyfeddol beth y gallwch ei gyflawni mewn 10-20 munud, er enghraifft. Gwrandewch ar recordiad sain yn eich car i adolygu deunydd y cwrs. Astudiwch mewn ystafell aros cyn apwyntiad. Meddyliwch ymlaen llaw am y deunyddiau astudio...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs