These rare 17th-century views of celebrated Roman fountains and gardens constitute some of the finest and most accurate landscape drawings of the Italian Baroque period. The only edition in print; this compilation of outstanding engravings will be of immense interest to architectural historians as well as travelers to Rome and lovers of art and architecture.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Not the Buddhas dharmaBy Joel RosenblumBought this book just because it was highly recommended; and I like to find clear expressions of the dharma so that I can suggest them to others.Unfortunately; what I found in this book was a bunch of wonderings from someone who has not apparently had much insight into dependent origination anatta. Mr. Genoud suffers even from the pre vs trans-egoic fallacy (which Ken Wilber loves to point out); almost equating the non-conceptuality of babies (as well as the Hopi tribe) with some type of awakened state. At one point; Mr. Genoud seems to deny the importance of Right View entirely; saying something like "what do we really know about awakening; anyway? How do we know that Christians dont awaken just as well as Buddhists?"The author was really into the whole non-conceptual thing; but that is a trap until you have right view. After all; right view is a conceptual device. It is the "raft" that leads to the "other shore" (nibbana). The other shore is not just non-conceptual. It is without center or background; no splitting of awareness from appearances; no more reifying process into objects; nor more subsuming all into one; as everything is disjoint yet infinitely interpenetrating.Instead of trying to generically "be here now" (which can be done while doing all kinds of unskillful things); try to realize that nobody is here in the great natural automatic perfection. Be here now in this effort to wake up from the delusion of identity.I am not affiliated with this blog; but I gained tremendous benefit from it; so let me just suggest that you google "Thusness six stages of awakening;" and read the various important articles on the blog housing that very important article.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. absolutely beautiful. I hope someday to have the privilege of ...By GaneshaXabsolutely beautiful. I hope someday to have the privilege of studying with Charles Genoud. If I can ever must the money and the time I think it would be well worth it. This book is so beautifully written that I was actually moved to tears.14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. This moment; as is.By Constant readerCharles Genoud is my teacher and friend; so Im not an unbiased reviewer. On the other hand; having attended his retreats and workshops for a dozen years or so; Im in a position to attest that this book achieves something I thought was impossible: it catches on the printed page the flavor of Charless uncatchable work. The Gesture of Awareness exercises that Charles has developed elude description; not because theyre complex but because theyre so subversively simple. Every time you try to make something of them (some effort; some concept; some "special" experience); Charles pulls the rug out from under you once again. Suffice it to say that meditative and spiritual practices generally introduce the dimension of liberation first while doing the practice; with the eventual aim of transcending the practice so that liberation is present while youre doing nothing more cosmic than walking across the room. Charles takes you straight to that dimension while walking across the room.
