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Albert Joseph Moore (* 4. September 1841 in York; † 25. September 1893 in London) war ein englischer Maler des späten 19. Jahrhunderts und wichtiger Vertreter der Akademischen Kunst und des Ästhetizismus. Moore wurde bekannt durch seine Darstellung von Frauenfiguren in antikisierender Umgebung. Moore war das jüngste von vierzehn Kindern des Künstlers William Moore, der in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts einen beachtlichen Ruf im Norden von England als Maler von Porträts und Landschaften genoss. Bereits in seiner Kindheit zeigte Moore eine große Zuneigung zur Kunst und entschloss sich früh, ermutigt durch seinen Vater und seine Geschwister, eine Künstlerlaufbahn einzuschlagen. Vier seiner Brüder, darunter John Collingham Moore und Henry Moore, wurden später ebenfalls Künstler. Henry Moore erreichte als Marinemaler hohe Bekanntheit. ... Read more

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Survey of the development and evolution of English sounds and inflections from old, middle and modern English. ... Read more

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Chaucer Made Easy - well, almost
Published in 1951 after Moore's death and "revised" by Albert Marckwardt, this book's real claim to fame is the detailed attention to Chaucer and the Old English Inflections.The chapters on the Development of Middle English Inflections isn't bad either.Great resource book. ... Read more

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(Greenspirit Enterprises) An essay by a one-time leader of Greenpeace, economist Patrick Moore, detailing the environmental benefits of using wood as a resource for fuel and other uses, as a part of an overall plan to reverse many current environmental problems. Written in non-technical language with color photos. Softcover. ... Read more

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A review of Green Spirit: Trees Are the Answer
I share a heritage with Patrick Moore, the author of Green Spirit.

In 1971, Moore helped found Greenpeace; he directed it for 17 years. More than three decades later, one fears the good this group did under his leadership is being overshadowed by the damage it is doing now by consistently attempting to impede the progress of mankind, through destructive and fraudulent battles against sound science.

Similarly, in the 1970s, I helped author all of our nation's original environmental legislation intended to create a safety net against the further contamination of our air, water, and soil. While I submit that effort was needed then, I see today it has wrought a command-and-control government approach to environmental issues that now does more harm than good.

Moore grew up in a logging camp at the water's edge on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, following in the footsteps of his father, working for a logging company. Moore knew only this logging camp for his first 15 years before being sent off to a boarding school in the nearby woods, and then on to the University of British Columbia, where eight years later, still in view of the surrounding trees, he emerged with a Ph.D. in forestry.

Through his first-hand research among the trees, more than through his coursework, Moore learned of many destructive forestry practices and spoke out against them, often to the detriment of future career opportunities. That led him to form the activist group Greenpeace, where he worked tirelessly to save the environment from ignorance.


Move Toward Obstructionism

But one day in 1986 he awoke to realize Greenpeace had become an obstructionist and possibly destructive force. He chose to leave, and to return to forestry, where he could once again make positive and constructive contributions to the environment.

Since then, we all know what has happened to the environmental movement, but Moore describes it best:

"In recent years, this original broad-based vision has become increasingly threatened by a new philosophy of radical environmentalism. Faced with the widespread adoption of the environmental agenda by the mainstream of business and government, environmentalists had to choose between switching to working with their former 'enemies' or always adopting more extreme positions. Many chose to become more hard-line. ... In the name of 'deep ecology,' much of the environmental movement has since taken a sharp turn to the ultra-left, ushering in a mood of extremism and intolerance. ... Greenpeace in 1990 called for a 'grassroots revolution against pragmatism and compromise.'"

In the following paragraphs I will touch the high points of this wonderful book, but I will not keep you in suspense over my conclusion regarding its value. Green Spirit is a truly amazing book. It reads like poetry from one who loves the woods and all they hold. It could be a coffee table picture book, with spectacular views of the forests. Each picture was taken with the eye of an artist by the author himself. Finally, while only 151 pages in length, it could be used as both a high school and college textbook on appropriate forest practices.


Exploiting Forests Politically

Radical environmentalists use forests as a sledgehammer in their efforts to stem human progress. Many convey the simplistic and incorrect impression that the choice is between preservation and devastation. We are told the trees that grow back after logging are inferior to the old ones.

In fact, the new forests that grow are as diverse and beautiful as the ones they replace. Moore explains how forests have recovered through time from fire, ice, wind, volcanic eruption, disease, and human disturbance.

He writes, "The only way to stop forests from growing back is by purposefully interfering with the process of renewal, by plowing the land every year and planting crops, by setting so many livestock on it they eat every tree seedling that tries to grow, or by covering the land with cement buildings." A case in point: in 1900 Vermont was so heavily farmed that only 35 percent of its land area was covered by forests. Today, a full 76 percent of the state is forest.

Moore details the life cycles of forests and the waste of letting them die and rot of old age, and he even tackles the spiritual qualities most of us feel while in a forest. He concludes with precise opinions on forest management--including a brilliant explanation of the value of clear-cutting as a productive means of serving the industry, forest preservation, and mankind.

No one has ever tackled this taboo subject as well. Clear-cutting is good for the forest at the right time and place, safest for the loggers, and most productive for society. Trees do grow back, better than ever.


Explaining Biodiversity

Moore is very well-versed in biodiversity. He explains why it is too broad a term, better divided into genetic diversity (an indicator of the degree of variation in the genetic make-up of individuals within a species), species diversity (the number of distinct species in a given ecosystem), and landscape diversity (referring to the variety of distinct ecosystems in a given landscape).

He uses that technical discussion to lay a foundation for charging the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) with blatant fraud in its well-orchestrated 1996 claims that 50,000 species go extinct each year due to human-induced deforestation in industrialized countries. WWF launched that campaign in complete disregard of reports by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which found that forest land acreage in industrialized nations was increasing every year thanks to the reforestation of land previously cleared for farming.

Extinction figures are generated by WWF computer models based on absurd assumptions, while no actual evidence of significant extinctions exists at all. Sadly, Moore reports, even the once-but-no-longer-reputable National Geographic echoed the false charges of WWF and, later, Greenpeace.

To put these lies into perspective, one need only recall the battle over the spotted owl in the Northwest states--a battle that came close to destroying the U.S. forestry industry. "The theory is that each pair of owls requires about 3,500 acres of old-growth forest to survive and that logging any old growth will result in a reduction in the population. As this contravenes the Endangered Species Act, it has been successfully argued in court that logging should be curtailed," explains Moore.

The restriction on logging and the debate about the owl have resulted in a tremendous increase in research on the species. Contrary to environmentalists' claims, it has been found that spotted owls are quite capable of surviving in second-growth forests as well as old growth. When it was irrefutably demonstrated that owls were not only living, but also breeding, in second growth, they were deemed to be "surplus owls" not viable in the long term. Today, though, it appears those owls are as viable as those that live in old growth. In some cases, logging may actually benefit the owl species.


Monocultures, Invasive Species

Similar misconceptions exist regarding forests represented by a single type of tree, or "monoculture." Monocultures are almost always deemed destructive by environmental zealots. In fact, however, it is often quite normal for an original forest to contain a single dominant tree species ... and so it is perfectly reasonable to replace those forests with the same single species after logging. It is very misleading for critics of forest policy to complain about monoculture plantations.

I have been disturbed for some time over new efforts to play God with nature. First we decide that no species should ever be allowed to become extinct, then we mount an equally misguided effort to decide which species are acceptable. These are simply multiple ways of controlling society. Moore speaks to this issue eloquently:

"Now it is fashionable to favor 'native' plants and animals and to perceive exotics as undesirables that should be uprooted and otherwise driven from the land. The language employed is akin to that used by white supremacists and supporters of 'ethnic cleansing' to spread dislike of other races and cultures. Could it be that the campaign against exotic species is just another form of racism, in this case against other species rather than against different races and cultures of our own species?"


Old-Growth Forests

The fate of old-growth forests is second only to clear-cutting as a flashpoint for environmental controversy.

From the perspective of science, an old-growth forest is one made up of trees that have reached maturity--trees that could, in some cases, be less than 50 years old. But conventionally we think of old-growth forests as being more than 200 years old. Environmental advocacy groups have started using the term "ancient" to describe mature forests where they have economic value, in order to dupe the public into opposing any logging.

Moore offers an excellent tutorial that will enable readers to educate friends and family who might support, in a knee-jerk reaction, making all "old trees" off-limits.

We all love the tall, magnificent, redwood forests, and few have ever been considered for logging. But the no-growth, anti-industry, anti-capitalist environmental extremists will use any excuse to stop the harvest of timber. In so doing they end up reducing the health of forests. Moore describes the needs of forest health as follow:

"Why would periodic disturbance make a forest healthier? First, it tends to break the cycles of disease such as mistletoe and fungal root rot, and infestation by insects like bark beetles. Second, it allows new young trees to become established, replacing trees that have gone into decline due to old age. Third, it helps recycle nutrients from the old trees so they are more available to the new trees. It is almost as if forests have come to 'need' disturbance (like humans need a certain level of stress) because they have always experienced it. They are sometimes better adapted to survive disturbance than old age."

There is no denying that many old-growth forests are very beautiful, provide important habitat, and in areas where fires are infrequent, live to be centuries old. There is also no doubt that young forests of every age can be beautiful, provide important habitat, and contribute to our material needs. The choice between the two is not an absolute choice between good and evil. There are actually many choices, and in many of those a balance among the positive features of both old and new forests can be found.


Fire in the Mountains

There are few issues regarding the environment in which the public finds itself more involved or better informed than forest fires. Moore does a brilliant job of explaining the role of fires in our forests. To always favor or oppose allowing forests to burn are equally untenable positions. The most reasonable approach balances forest health, timber supply, human safety, and property protection. In Moore's words, "such a complex mix of factors, each depending on circumstances, cannot be reduced to a simple formula."

Moore explains that the subject of tree disease is equally complex. Trees get old and sick, and there are limitations on what humans can do about it. The best solutions involve gaining a thorough knowledge of critical pest species and developing strategies to deal with their threats.


Wood Values

One of the greatest misunderstandings about forestry is the value of wood in the world's economy. Each year the Earth's population consumes 3.5 billion tons of wood. In North America we primarily use it for houses and furniture, but more than half of the Earth's timber harvest supplies 2.5 billion people with their primary source of fuel because coal and natural gas are too expensive for them. Wood is a renewable resource and is really the best way to harvest solar energy.

Another misconception is that we deforest land to produce paper. We do not. Half the fiber for paper comes from waste wood obtained from sawmills that produce lumber, and the other half comes from pulp wood from tree farms.

It is not widely recognized how many material needs can be met by trees. They have been used for fuel and timber for thousands of years, and this remains the main reason for their consumption today. Recently, the byproducts from sawmilling and dedicated plantations have greatly increased the supply of pulp and paper for communications, packaging, and sanitary products.

Moore notes, "trees provide material and chemicals for a host of other products, and with the knowledge we have gained in working with petrochemicals, they could provide many more." Wood cellulose is used to make rayon, cellophane, and explosives. Pine tree sap is indispensable for a wide range of products including dyes, synthetic rubber, adhesives, paints, and detergents. Lignin alone, which makes up 50 percent of wood, could form the basis of a new chemical industry as important as petrochemicals.

The greatest challenge for forests and foresters, which is becoming increasingly urgent, will be to provide for the rapidly growing demand for forest products while harvesting sustainable volumes of wood and maintaining protected areas of wilderness.


Communicating Fondness for Nature

Moore communicates on many levels in this book. He is able to explain the science and technology while increasing our sensitivity to the beauty of forests. Additionally, he has an extremely practical side. For those of us who may be directly involved in forest management, he offers a 21-point set of "how to" rules for managing our forests, with advice for foresters, environmentalist researchers, government regulators, and industries.

Moore's love of his profession comes through on every page of his book, but so, too, does his concern over the distorted views of Greenpeace, the organization he left behind. As Moore himself summarized:

"Perhaps the most dangerous myth that has been created in the war of words over the environment is that human activity is somehow 'unnatural,' that we are not really part of nature but apart from it. Human intervention in nature is portrayed as fundamentally negative while other species can do no wrong. This gives rise to the perception that humans are not really part of nature, that we are like a cancer on the Earth. There could be no more unfortunate teaching for our children than to further alienate them from an understanding of their place in the natural world."


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Dr. Jay Lehr (lehr@heartland.org) is science director of The Heartland Institute.

An Alternative View of Forests Based on Hard Science
Ever sense that television news is more about cosmetics, sound bites, and talk-show celebrity journalism than it is about digging for hard facts and verifying authentic sources? Misinformation about forests and forestry appears to be like that - superficial and unsubstantiated. The problem with lazy thinking like "where there's smoke, there's fire" is that any actual firefighter can tell you it is smoke that kills, almost never fire. Yet society sits in judgement amid great black clouds of speculation while never acquiring expertise or determining who is blowing smoke.

What is amazing is that Patrick Moore's highly educated and scientific position on forest management should be so widely assailed in the court of common knowledge and public opinion. There is very little examination of fact. Widespread untruths circulate freely, and every opposing viewpoint is demonized. Further reason to carefully consider Patrick Moore's contrarian view and verifiable science -- and note his incredible courage to put his personal reputation on the line, given the fact that his name is in the pantheon of great environmentalists of the 20th Century.

Eye-opening is an understatement. The facts presented in this book alone should warrant a careful reexamination of public opinion, government policy, and precipitate an audit of facts presented by various sides of environmental issues. Most people want to do the right thing to insure a vigorously healthy environment. What we don't need is to give over leadership of human destiny to extremist viewpoints which are founded on a belief that humans are a cancer on the face of the Earth, that technology and science are evil, and that the only solution is rolling back the clock 500 years to a pre-Columbian Garden of Eden.

Green Spirit has the courage to look at the environmental movement in a constructive way and say, "The Emperor Has No Clothes." On the issue of forests, it is as if some crazy Theodore Kaczynski is head environmental activist, public opinion trendsetter, and public policy oracle. Who can deny that the show is being run based on some kind of anti-human, anti-technology Unibomber manifesto? ... Read more

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART I

CONCERNING GENERAL IDEAS IMPORTANT TO THE
COMPREHENSION OF DUeRER'S LIFE AND ART

I. THE IDEA OF PROPORTION
II THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON THE CREATIVE IMPULSE

PART II

DUeRER'S LIFE IN RELATION TO THE TIMES
IN WHICH HE LIVED

I. DUeRER'S ORIGIN, YOUTH, AND EDUCATION
II. THE WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVED
III. DUeRER AT VENICE
IV. HIS PATRONS AND FRIENDS
V. DUeRER, LUTHER, AND THE HUMANISTS
VI. DUeRER'S JOURNEY TO THE NETHERLANDS
VII. DUeRER'S LAST YEARS

PART III

DUeRER AS A CREATOR

I. DUeRER'S PICTURES
II. DUeRER'S PORTRAITS
III. DUeRER'S DRAWINGS
IV. DUeRER'S METAL ENGRAVINGS
V. DUeRER'S WOODCUTS
VI. DUeRER'S INFLUENCES AND VERSES

PART IV

DUeRER'S IDEAS

I. THE IDEA OF A CANON OF PROPORTION FOR THE HUMAN FIGURE
II. THE IMPORTANCE OF DOCILITY
III. THE LAST TRADITION
IV. BEAUTY
V. NATURE
VI. THE CHOICE OF AN ARTIST
VII. TECHNICAL PRECEPTS
VIII. IN CONCLUSION



ILLUSTRATIONS

Apollo and Diana, Metal Engraving
Water-colour drawing of a Hare
Pilate Washing his Hands. Metal Engraving
Agnes Frey
"Mein Angnes"
Wilibald Pirkheimer
Hans Burgkmair
Adoration of the Trinity
St. Christopher
Assumption of the Magdalen
Duerer's Mother
Maximilian
Frederick the Wise
Silver-point Portrait
Erasmus
Drawing of a Lion
Lucas van der Leyden
Peter and John at the Beautiful Gate. Metal Engraving
St. George and St. Eustache
Martyrdom of Ten Thousand Saints
Road to Calvary
Portrait of Duerer
Portrait of Duerer
Albert Duerer the Elder
Gswolt Krel
Portrait at Hampton Court
Portrait of a Lady
Michel Wolgemuth
Hans Imhof
"Jakob Muffel"
Study of a Hound
Memento Mei
Silver-point Portrait
Portrait in Black Chalk
Cherub for a Crucifixion
Apollo and Diana
An Old Castle
Melancholia
Detail from "The Agony in the Garden"
Angel with Sudarium
The Small Horse
The Great Fortune, or Nemesis
Silver-point Drawing
St. Michael and the Dragon
Detail from "The Meeting at the Golden Gate"
Detail from "The Nativity"
Duerer's Armorial Bearings
Christ haled before Annas
The Last Supper
Saint Antony, Metal Engraving
"In the Eighteenth Year"
"Una Vilana Wendisch"
Charcoal Drawing




PART I

CONCERNING GENERAL IDEAS IMPORTANT TO THE COMPREHENSION OF DUeRER'S LIFE
AND ART




CHAPTER I

THE IDEA OF PROPORTION


I

Ich hab vernomen wie der siben weysen aus kriechenland ainer gelert hab
das dymass in allen dingen sitlichen und naturlichen das pest sey.

DUeRER, British Museum MS., vol. iv., 82a.

I have heard how one of the Seven Sages of Greece taught that measure is
in all things, physical and moral, best.

La souveraine habilete consiste a bien connaitre le prix des choses. LA
ROCHEFOUCAULD, III. 252.

Sovereign skill consists in thoroughly understanding the value of
things.

The attempt that the last quarter century has witnessed, to introduce
the methods of science into the criticism of works of art, has tended,
it seems to me, to put the question of their value into the background.
The easily scandalous inquiries, "Who?" "When?" "Where?" have assumed an
impertinent predominance. When I hear people very decidedly asserting
that such a picture was painted by such an one, not generally supposed
to be the author, at such a time, &c. &c., I often feel uneasy in the
same way as one does on being addressed in a loud voice in a church or a
picture gallery, where other persons are absorbed in an acknowledged and
respected contemplation or study. I feel inclined to blush and whisper,
for fear of being supposed to know the speaker too well. It is an
awkward moment with me, for I am in fact very good friends with many
such persons. "Sovereign skill consists in thoroughly understanding the
value of things"--not their commercial value only, though that is
sovereign skill on the Exchange, but their value for those whose chief
riches are within them. The value of works of art is an intimate
experience, and cannot be estimated by the methods of exact science as
the weight of a planet can. ... Read more

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Pacific Spirit departs from the main by celebrating thesplendour of new forests. A personal essay in words and photographs,it explores the beauty, biodiversity and spirit of the new forests ofBritish Columbia and the Pacific Northwest growing back afterlogging. It conveys the timely message that our forests are capable ofreturning to their full grandeur, even after large-scale clearcutting,and the spirit of the forest need not be lost in this transition.

Patrick Moore's message is based on personal knowledge and experience-- as a member of a family who have been logging on northern VancouverIsland for three generations -- and as a lifelong environmentalist whowas a founding member of Greenpeace. A forest ecologist by profession,he has a strong love for the rainforests of British Columbia. Writtenin clear non-technical prose, Pacific Spirit presents a powerfulcounterpoint to the claims of some environmental groups. ... Read more

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If you have an interest in the forests, this is a must read
For anyone who has or may have anything to do with forests, now or in the future, including environmentalists, students, educators and the like, this book is a must read.

The author takes a touchy subject by the horns andwithout wresteling it to the ground, certainly shakes it.

The authorhas his points well thought out, and very well proven as well.

If youthink the practice of clear cutting is cut and dry then you should probablyhave a gander at this book.No doubt it will shake what small eyed viewyou may have of the world we live in.

If you have an interest in the forests, this is a must read
For anyone who has or may have anything to do with forests, now or in the future, including environmentalists, students, educators and the like, this book is a must read.

The author takes a touchy subject by the horns andwithout wresteling it to the ground, certainly shakes it.

The authorhas his points well thought out, and very well proven as well.

If youthink the practice of clear cutting is cut and dry then you should probablyhave a gander at this book.No doubt it will shake what small eyed viewyou may have of the world we live in. ... Read more

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Backgrounds of English Literature, 1700-1760 was first published in 1953. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions

In "Whig Panegyric Verse", the ideals of the Whig party, as expressed by poets of the time, are examined in relation to Shaftesbury's moral philosophy. In "John Dunton: Pietist and Impostor", the morbid gloom familiar in the "graveyard poets" is seen to reflect a widespread popular taste. That the melancholia of the period was so common as to be considered a national characteristic appears from "The English Malady", which ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more