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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1023 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the regions of the American continents in which two of the world's first civilizations developed: Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador). In both regions, the history of civilization goes back thousands of years. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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Dated at head of the drop-head title: July 7. 1762.

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Film director Jean Renoir was the son of the great impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In this delightful memoir, he tells the story of his famous father, capturing the artist's unpretentious and engaging personality. The author describes his father's early years as a painter of fans and porcelain, evolving thoughts about the effect of light on paintings, and relationships with such luminaries as Monet and Cezanne. Affectionately rendered through the eyes of a loving son, this work is a charming double portrait of both artists. ... Read more

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A little disjointed
A decent if disjointed book.You can tell from reading it that Jean had great respect for his father and loved him very much.Unfortunately, there was a large gap between his father's death and the writing of this book, with Jean working from memory and not notes, and it shows.There are times where it's hard to see where Renior stops and Jean starts, and this can make things a bit confusing.If you are a fan of Renior's however,don't pass this book up.

Two for the Price of One: More Than an Artist's Bio--A Detailed Historial Portrait of 19th C. France
A biography written by a child of someone famous often carries more than one burden, similar to the responsibility or encumbrance of the overshadowing parental fame.However, in filmmaker Jean Renoir's lovingly detailed remembrances of his Impressionist painter father, the reader gleans more than a timeline of an artist's rise to prominence.The author shares a richly detailed account of life in a culture that--in most areas of France save for Paris--was still foremostly agrarian.In this burgeoning Industrial world, Renoir tells of the rise of his father's art and the changing cultural behaviors, shifting societal patterns and troubling questions within that framework.

Beginning at Louis-Philippe's "July Monarchy" (1830-1848)-- generally seen as a period during which the haute bourgeoisie was dominant and the 1840's which saw financial crisises and bad harvests with an ensuing economic depression--we are reminded of the general and specific trends vis-à-vis how they affected the Renoir family's world.Curiously descriptive, this was a world of street oil lamps and chamber pots; anesthesia was not yet invented (nor any antiseptics); butchers slaughtered the animals on site in the back of the shop; great debates about the inferior railroad system and the overall safety of locomotives were waged (could a pregnant woman harm her unborn child by moving a such great speeds?Did the smoke and soot emitted hinder crops in nearby fields from growing).Adding to the vivid and graphic storytelling of French life are vignettes of the senior Renoir's dealings with fellow Impressionists and art dealers as well as his painting process behind some of his masterpieces.Family life, the defining touchstone of the artist as a man, is shared in humorous and matter-of-fact style ("My mother brought a great deal to my father: peace of mind, children whom he could paint; and a good excuse not to have to go out in the evening.")This book, which was first published in the mid-1950's, affords the reader a complete picture of the life of a great artist during a time of vicissitude and excitement in all facets of French society.

An intelligent, perceptive, humane memoir
The great film director Jean Renoir tells the story of the life of one of the great masters of modern painting, his father Auguste Pierre Renoir. He does this in an intelligent, perceptive and humane way. He was close to his father , had many long intimate conversations with him, and truly cared for, honored and admired him.
The story begins in 1915 when the young Renoir who has been wounded in the leg is released from the Army and returns home. He has too received terrible news which has crushed his father. The mother of the family has died. Returning home he and his father develop a closer relationship than they have had before.
Young Renoir traces the history of the family back to the time of his great- grandparents. He tells of the early years of his father , when he worked as craftsman doing portraits on porcelain. He tells of his father's understanding of his art and of the special joy in which he worked and lived.
He describes his father's economical and non- romantic approach to Painting. And he also tells the story of how his father continued to paint also to the very last minutes of his life. And how the honors and wealth which came to Renoir in his last years did not effect his fundamental vision or way of working in life.
What is apparent through this work is that a loving son truly seeks to understand and represent his father truly- and that one great artist has a capacity for understanding another great one.
A wonderful book.

An affectionate rememberance!
An affectionate remembrance of Renoir by his son, concentrating the years up to the turn of the century.

Renoir considered himself an artisan rather than an artist, disliked anything artificial, from margarine to ready-to-wear clothes, had among his friends artists, and musicians who are household names today."It is when you have lost your teeth that you can buy the best beefsteak" he would say, and considering that he became more infirm with age, this truism affected him no less than the rest of us.

Therapy
We adopted "Renoir, My Father" as bedside reading while my wife was recovering from hip surgery, and (aside, perhaps, from "Goodnight, Moon,") I can't imagine better therapy.This is odd, in a way: Claude was an old man (and in pain) when Jean got to know him, and Jean was an old man when he finally brought his recollectios together. You might expect cranky, but nothing of the sort: it's a book full of sunny afterglow.Every parent would hope to be rememnbered so well.

The book might take a bit of getting used to: Jean has his own pace and his own way of telling his story.We did it in small doses and I'm not certain yet that I quite catch the rhythm.None of the rough edges have been smoothed off which, come to think of it, is just as Claude would have wanted: Jean speaks with his own voice.You have to listen well, but you know that the voice is nobody else's.

I suppose it helps to know a bit about the Impressionists to enjoy it all, but I can't say I know all that much, and I didn't feel impaired.Anyway, God bless Google: more than once, when Jean talked about a painting or a subject, I key-clicked my way to an image and completed (as it were) the picture.

Kudos also to NYRB (this time) for producing what it does not always produce: a finished physical specimenThe paper feels like quality; the binding is sturdy, and there is a small but satisfying selection of pictures, both colored and black-and-white.There is even an index of sorts (I assume from the original translator) but it is patchy and incomplete.That last is a shortcoming, but forgivable in light of the book's other virtues.In the NYRB firmament, this is surely a star. ... Read more

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The Clinician's Handbook is the only book currently available that truly integrates three distinct but necessarily related considerations — 1) behavioral descriptors and diagnostic issues, (2) test correlates, and 3) intervention options. The book links common symptoms, personality styles, test patterns, and treatment recommendations with the major psychodiagnostic categories that clinicians use every day. ... Read more

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Clinician
Parallels the DSMIV very wellA good preparation guide for the counselor certification exam.

A comprehensive guidebook
The Clinician's Handbook is in fact well integrated. Each of the majordisorder categories is addressed in general, with detailed discussion ofeach of it's subtypes. This includes a review of major DSM-IV diagnosticcriteria, as well as scale patterns evidenced on major instruments, such asthe MMPI-2, 16PF, and MCMI.

While the 16PF is given it's own regularsection, the MCMI is relegated to the "Other Test-ResponsePatterns", along with the WAIS-R and other possibly informativeinstruments. Considering the popularity of the MCMI I feel it should havebeen given more attention in this text. To the authors credit though itdoes refer to the updated MCMI-III.

The "Treatment Options"sections are well discussed from the point of view of both standardintervention strategies, as well as new concepts and the authors ownclinical experience. The authors personal interjections and comments areboth lively and appropriate. These treatment options are outlined ingeneral terms, and anyone looking for specific treatment plans will bedisappointed. However, as a guide this book is a welcome reference inanyone's collection.

A real gem is Meyer's discussion ofpsychopharmacology, as well as sections looking at malingering, criminalresponsibility, and violence potential. Although these sections are notdetailed, they do outline current issues and suggest practical clinicalpractice. ... Read more

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Two volumes in one book.Volume 21: A Weaver ponders his craft: Collection of controversial essays.Volume 22: Weaving in the past and complete index with references. Apparently these are the final 2 volumes of a 22 volume set, including an index to all 22 volumes. ... Read more

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This Book contains the prize-winning sermons in a contest of sermons written around the general theme of the Meaning of Evangelical Lifestyle, a life of witness for Christ. ... Read more