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Giorgione's Ambiguity
The Venetian painter known as Giorgione or "big George" died at a young age in the dreadful plague of 1510, possibly having painted fewer than twenty-five works.But many of these are among the most mysterious and alluring in the history of art.Paintings such as The Three Philosophers and The Tempest remain compellingly elusive, seeming to deny the viewer the possibility of interpreting their meaning.Tom Nichols argues that this visual elusiveness was essential to Giorgione's sensual approach and that ambiguity is the defining quality of his art.Through detailed discussions of all Giorgione's works, Nichols shows that by abandoning the more intellectual tendencies of much Renaissance art, Giorgione made the world and its meanings appear always more inscrutable.
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Ambitions of Ambiguity
BUFFALO HUNT's latest offering, "Ambitions Of Ambiguity," is a wild and wacky ride through the musical wilderness. From the quirky lyrics to the infectious melodies, this album is a true gem in the indie scene. The opening track, "Lost in the Sauce," sets the tone for the entire record with its blend of psychedelic sounds and playful rhythms. The band's unique instrumentation, including a kazoo solo that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about music. Lead singer Sally's vocals are a highlight throughout the album, ranging from sweet and soothing to powerful and commanding. Her dynamic range is truly impressive, and she effortlessly carries each song to new heights. Songs like "Bubblegum Dreams" and "Funky Chicken" showcase BUFFALO HUNT's ability to blend genres seamlessly, creating a sound that is both familiar and fresh. The band's experimental nature shines through in every track, keeping listeners on their toes and eager for more. Overall, "Ambitions Of Ambiguity" is a must-listen for anyone looking to shake up their music collection. BUFFALO HUNT has proven once again that they are a force to be reckoned with in the indie music scene. So grab your kazoo and get ready for a musical journey like no other.
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The Ambiguity of Play
Every child knows what it means to play, but the rest of us can merely speculate.Is it a kind of adaptation, teaching us skills, inducting us into certain communities?Is it power, pursued in games of prowess? Fate, deployed in games of chance? Daydreaming, enacted in art? Or is it just frivolity? Brian Sutton-Smith, a leading proponent of play theory, considers each possibility as it has been proposed, elaborated, and debated in disciplines from biology, psychology, and education to metaphysics, mathematics, and sociology. Sutton-Smith focuses on play theories rooted in seven distinct “rhetorics”—the ancient discourses of Fate, Power, Communal Identity, and Frivolity and the modern discourses of Progress, the Imaginary, and the Self.In a sweeping analysis that moves from the question of play in child development to the implications of play for the Western work ethic, he explores the values, historical sources, and interests that have dictated the terms and forms of play put forth in each discourse’s “objective” theory. This work reveals more distinctions and disjunctions than affinities, with one striking exception: however different their descriptions and interpretations of play, each rhetoric reveals a quirkiness, redundancy, and flexibility.In light of this, Sutton-Smith suggests that play might provide a model of the variability that allows for “natural” selection.As a form of mental feedback, play might nullify the rigidity that sets in after successful adaption, thus reinforcing animal and human variability.Further, he shows how these discourses, despite their differences, might offer the components for a new social science of play.
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Mitterrand : A Study in Ambiguity
Aesthete, sensualist, bookworm, politician of Machiavellian cunning: François Mitterrand was a man of exceptional gifts and exceptional flaws who, during his fourteen years as President, strove to drag his tradition-bound and change-averse country into the modern world. As a statesman and as a human being, he was the incarnation of the mercurial, contrarian France which Britain and America find so perennially frustrating.He embodied the ambiguities and the contradictions of a nation whose modern identity is founded on a stubborn refusal to fit into the Anglo-American scheme of things.Yet he changed France more profoundly than any of his recent predecessors, arguably including even his great rival, Charles de Gaulle. During the war he was both the leader of a resistance movement and decorated for services to the collaborationist regime in Vichy.After flirting with the far Right, he entered parliament with the backing of conservatives and the Catholic Church before becoming the undisputed leader of the Left. As President he brought the French Communists into the government the better to destroy them. And all the while he managed to find time for an extraordinarily complicated private life. This is a human as much as a political biography, and a captivating portrait of a life that mirrored Mitterrand’s times.
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Ambiguity Machines : and Other stories
Philip K. Dick Award finalistPraise for Vandana Singh:“A most promising and original young writer.”—Ursula K.Le Guin“Lovely! What a pleasure this book is . . . full of warmth, compassion, affection, high comedy and low.”—Molly Gloss, author of The Hearts of Horses“Vandana Singh’s radiant protagonist is a planet unto herself.”—Village Voice“Sweeping starscapes and daring cosmology that make Singh a worthy heir to Cordwainer Smith and Arthur C.Clarke.”—Chris Moriarty, Fantasy & Science Fiction“I’m looking forward to the collection . . . everything I’ve read has impressed me—the past and future visions in ‘Delhi’, the intensity of ‘Thirst’, the feeling of escape at the end of ‘The Tetrahedron’…” —Niall Harrison, Vector (British Science Fiction Association)“…the first writer of Indian origin to make a serious mark in the SF world … she writes with such a beguiling touch of the strange.” —Nilanjana Roy, Business StandardIn her first North American collection, Vandana Singh’s deep humanism interplays with her scientific background in stories that explore and celebrate this world and others and characters who are trying to make sense of the people they meet, what they see, and the challenges they face.An eleventh century poet wakes to find he is as an artificially intelligent companion on a starship.A woman of no account has the ability to look into the past.In "Requiem," a major new novella, a woman goes to Alaska to try and make sense of her aunt’s disappearance. Singh's stories have been performed on BBC radio, been finalists for the British SF Association award, selected for the Tiptree award honor list, and oft reprinted in Best of the Year anthologies.Her dives deep into the vast strangeness of the universe without and within and with her unblinking clear vision she explores the ways we move through space and time: together, yet always apart.
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Prospect Theory : For Risk and Ambiguity
Prospect Theory: For Risk and Ambiguity, provides a comprehensive and accessible textbook treatment of the way decisions are made both when we have the statistical probabilities associated with uncertain future events (risk) and when we lack them (ambiguity).The book presents models, primarily prospect theory, that are both tractable and psychologically realistic.A method of presentation is chosen that makes the empirical meaning of each theoretical model completely transparent.Prospect theory has many applications in a wide variety of disciplines.The material in the book has been carefully organized to allow readers to select pathways through the book relevant to their own interests.With numerous exercises and worked examples, the book is ideally suited to the needs of students taking courses in decision theory in economics, mathematics, finance, psychology, management science, health, computer science, Bayesian statistics, and engineering.
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Anglo-Catholicism : A Study in Religious Ambiguity
A revised and enlarged edition of the most powerful and polemic critique of the Anglo-Catholicism movement.This penetrating and highly readable study has established itself over the years as the standard text on the subject.Rising in the wake of the Oxford Movement, Anglo-Catholicism can be seen as a deliberate attempt to catholicise the Church of England and to make its doctrines and services similar to those of the Roman Catholic Church.Early followers were persecuted, but they became famous for their work and for breaking down the social divisions associated with the Church.The Anglo-Catholic Movement indelibly changed the ethos of the Established Church with the foundation of religious orders, overseas missions, theological colleges and public schools, promoting new social doctrines often associated with socialist ideas.Anglo-Catholicism traces the movement from the origins to the heyday in the 1920s and 1930s.It is the first study which analyses it from the sociological point of view.The book concentrates in the interwar period and the decline of the movement to the present time, showing now the ambiguities and tensions originated and the way they have been dealt with over the years.This revised edition also contains a new chapter examining the impact of women's ordination to priesthood on the movement.
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God and the Problem of Evidential Ambiguity
When it comes to what many of us think of as the deepest questions of existence, the answers can seem difficult to make out.This difficulty, or ambiguity, is the topic of this Element.The Element begins by offering a general account of what evidential ambiguity consists in and uses it to try to make sense of the idea that our world is religiously ambiguous in some sense.It goes on to consider the questions of how we ought to investigate the nature of ultimate reality and whether evidential ambiguity is itself a significant piece of evidence in the quest.
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