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Author : Mea Allan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)
Download or read book The Tradescants written by Mea Allan and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miriam Volmert
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311066173X
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book European Fans in the 17th and 18th Centuries written by Miriam Volmert and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 17th and 18th century Europe, folding fans were important, socially-coded fashion accessories. In the course of the 18th century, painted and printed fan leaves displayed an increasing variety of visual motifs and artistic subject matter, while many of them also addressed contemporary political and social topics. This book studies the visual and material diversity of fans from an interdisciplinary perspective. The individual essays analyze fans in the context of the fine and applied arts, discussing the role of fans in cultures of communication and examining them as souvenir objects and vehicles for political and social messages.
Author : David Kemp
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550021591
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain written by David Kemp and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1992-01-12 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is a famous queen of Britain really bured beneath platform 10 at King's Cross station in London? What is the telephone number of the National Theatre? what is the best place to eat in Worcester? Where is the National Bagpipe Museum? (Hint: not in Scotland) Was Pointius Pilate born in Pitlochry? The answers to these questions and literally thousands more are to be found in David Kemp's fascinating guidebook, The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain. Nowhere else will the discerning traveller find so much diverse and essential information about British culture gathered together in one volume. With the author as your witty and knowledgeable guide, take a tour through nearly fifty cities, from Penzance to Perth, from London to Cardiff and Belfast. Each city section begins with a concise, readable history and a guided walk around the town, planned to take in as many of the significant local sights as can comfortably be included. Next are exhaustive listings, including telephone numbers and addresses, of everything a culturally curious visitor might want to seek out: theatre, art galleries, museums, antique markets, antiquarian and other bookstores, restaurants, lcoal fairs and festivals and more. Finally, under the headings of Artistic Associations and Ephemera, each section concludes with an entertaining collection of local lore, gossip, legend and anecdote.
Author : Sophie Page
Publisher : Ashmolean Museum Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9781910807248
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Spellbound written by Sophie Page and published by Ashmolean Museum Oxford. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spellbound' explores the concept of 'magical thinking', which describes how people in all ages and cultures have sought to connect with an unseen world of perceived power. This concept of magical thinking is used here to explore the history of medicine and the mind, focusing in particular on magic's secular expressions. Spells, magical objects and rituals are engines of hope, and hope is essential to physical and mental health, indeed to survival. These ideas are explored and conveyed through the extraordinary visual culture of magic, offering an introduction to diverse magical objects, from the exquisite, such as engraved rings and illuminated manuscripts, to the unsettling - a shoe embedded in a wall or a bull's heart pierced with nails. Exhibition: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (31.08.2018 -- 06.01.2019)
Author : R.R. Bowker Company
Publisher : New York : Bowker
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1572 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Art Books, 1950-1979 written by R.R. Bowker Company and published by New York : Bowker. This book was released on 1979 with total page 1572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colum Hourihane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195395360
Total Pages : 4064 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture written by Colum Hourihane and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 4064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in the celebrated 'Grove Dictionary of Art' and adding hundreds of new entries, it offers students, researchers and the general public a reliable, up-to-date, and convenient resource covering this field of major importance in the development of Western history and international art and architecture.
Author : Sara Pennell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441191860
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book The Birth of the English Kitchen, 1600-1850 written by Sara Pennell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the emergence of the domestic kitchen from the 17th to the middle of the 19th century, Sara Pennell explores how the English kitchen became a space of specialised activity, sociability and strife. Drawing upon texts, images, surviving structures and objects, The Birth of the English Kitchen, 1600-1850 opens up the early modern English kitchen as an important historical site in the construction of domestic relations between husband and wife, masters, mistresses and servants and householders and outsiders; and as a crucial resource in contemporary heritage landscapes.
Author : Marcia R. Pointon
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719005930
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Milton & English Art written by Marcia R. Pointon and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book ARTnews written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stuart Fisher
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472900847
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book British River Navigations written by Stuart Fisher and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's rivers deserve to be better known. Teeming with wildlife, steeped in history, sporting bridges, docks and stunning architecture, not to mention supporting riverside pubs, waterways museums and a variety of places of interest, they are the country's essential arteries, connecting inland Britain with the sea. From such world-renowned rivers as the Trent and Severn to little known tributaries like the Wharf, Wissey and Lark, British River Navigations celebrates England's inland rivers which have been improved for navigation, initially for commercial use, but now mostly carrying leisure craft. A fantastic celebration in its own right, alongside the author's previous Canals of Britain and Rivers of Britain this new book completes a trilogy on the different routes that can be used by large and small craft through the inland as well as tidal rivers of Britain. As with his other two books, it takes a wide ranging and detailed look at the built and natural environments surrounding these waterway gems. It explores the history, folklore, wildlife, literature and nearby towns and villages, all illustrated with beautiful maps and colour photographs. So much more than just a guidebook, it contains fascinating detail about our often surprising waterways right across the country. For anyone enjoying England's rivers for recreation or transportation, this captivating guide gives a fascinating insight into the lifeblood of our countryside.
Author : Mark Girouard
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300058703
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (587 download)
Download or read book Life in the English Country House written by Mark Girouard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ethan W. Lasser
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030022592X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy Chamber written by Ethan W. Lasser and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication accompanies the exhibition The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard's Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820, on view at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from May 19 through December 31, 2017, and at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 2018."
Author : Tim Jepson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426215533
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
Download or read book National Geographic the British World written by Tim Jepson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating heritage in breathtaking National Geographic style with gorgeous photographs and artwork, engaging narrative, information sidebars, and premium-quality maps specially commissioned for this book.
Author : John Oakley
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782976639
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Athenian Potters and Painters III written by John Oakley and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2014-08-31 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athenian Potters and Painters III presents a rich mass of new material on Greek vases, including finds from excavations at the Kerameikos in Athens and Despotiko in the Cyclades. Some contributions focus on painters or workshops Ð Paseas, the Robinson Group, and the structure of the figured pottery industry in Athens; others on vase forms Ð plates, phialai, cups, and the change in shapes at the end of the sixth century BC. Context, trade, kalos inscriptions, reception, the fabrication of inscribed paintersÕ names to create a fictitious biography, and the reconstruction of the contents of an Etruscan tomb are also explored. The iconography and iconology of various types of figured scenes on Attic pottery serve as the subject of a wide range of papers Ð chariots, dogs, baskets, heads, departures, an Amazonomachy, Menelaus and Helen, red-figure komasts, symposia, and scenes of pursuit. Among the special vases presented are a black spotlight stamnos and a column krater by the Suessula Painter. Athenian Potters and Painters III, the proceedings of an international conference held at the College of William and Mary in Virginia in 2012, will, like the previous two volumes, become a standard reference work in the study of Greek pottery.
Author : Chloe Wigston Smith
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030027078X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Novels, Needleworks, and Empire written by Chloe Wigston Smith and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first sustained study of the vibrant links between domestic craft and British colonialism In the eighteenth century, women's contributions to empire took fewer official forms than those collected in state archives. Their traces were recorded in material ways, through the ink they applied to paper or the artifacts they created with muslin, silk threads, feathers, and shells. Handiwork, such as sewing, knitting, embroidery, and other crafts, formed a familiar presence in the lives and learning of girls and women across social classes, and it was deeply connected to colonialism. Chloe Wigston Smith follows the material and visual images of the Atlantic world that found their way into the hands of women and girls in Britain and early America--in the objects they made, the books they held, the stories they read--and in doing so adjusted and altered the form and content of print and material culture. A range of artifacts made by women, including makers of color, brought the global into conversation with domestic crafts and consequently placed images of empire and colonialism within arm's reach. Together, fiction and handicrafts offer new evidence of women's material contributions to the home's place within the global eighteenth century, revealing the rich and complex connections between the global and the domestic.
Author : Christopher Wright
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300117301
Total Pages : 950 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (173 download)
Download or read book British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections written by Christopher Wright and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets a new standard as a work of reference. It covers British and Irish art in public collections from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth, and it encompasses nearly 9,000 painters and 90,000 paintings in more than 1,700 separate collections. The book includes as well pictures that are now lost, some as a consequence of the Second World War and others because of de-accessioning, mostly from 1950 to about 1975 when Victorian art was out of fashion. By listing many tens of thousands of previously unpublished works, including around 13,000 which do not yet have any form of attribution, this book becomes a unique and indispensable work of reference, one that will transform the study of British and Irish painting.
