The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain

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Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1770700706
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain by : David Kemp

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 440 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.

Who's who in Art

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Who's who in Art written by Bernard Dolman and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Art Sales Index

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1518 pages
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John Frederick Lewis, R. A., 1805-1876

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
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Book Synopsis John Frederick Lewis, R. A., 1805-1876 by : Michael Lewis

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The Art Collections of Great Britain and Ireland

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Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
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Book Synopsis The Art Collections of Great Britain and Ireland by : National Art-Collections Fund (Great Britain)

Download or read book The Art Collections of Great Britain and Ireland written by National Art-Collections Fund (Great Britain) and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1986 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300058338
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Book Synopsis Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790 by : Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse

Download or read book Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790 written by Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field covered by this volume includes the work and influence of foreign-born painters such as Holbein and Van Dyck as well as native masters from Gower and Milliard to Gainsborough, Stubbs, and Sandby. We can follow step by step the development and flowering of British painting, and can compare, for example, the work of the English Sir Joshua Reynolds with the Scottish Allan Ramsay. Portrait and landscape, history piece, miniature, watercolour, there is a record of them all. The text is both scholarly and readable and the illustrations include well known examples of British painting and others seldom or never before reproduced between the covers of a book. This is the fifth edition of this work, newly enhanced with colour illustrations.

Pedigree and Panache

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Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 1921313722
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Pedigree and Panache written by Shireen Huda and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Art auctions have long captured the public imagination. They regularly make news headlines and have become synonymous with glamour, money and social distinction. The marketing of auction houses and the works they sell has resulted in firms attaining authoritative positions and the ability both to influence and reflect collecting tastes. Pedigree and panache is the first comprehensive history of the art auction in Australia. In this fascinating work, Shireen Huda investigates the construction of the glamorous reputation of art auctions and art auction houses. Featuring absorbing case studies of key art auctions and major art auction houses in Australia (including Christies, Sothebys and Deutscher-Menzies) the work provides an overview of the origin and international development of art auctions. The development of the Australian marketplace is then explored, detailing colonial inception and continuing until Christies' withdrawal of its saleroom presence in 2006."--Provided by publisher.

The Illustrated London News

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
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Paul Mellon's Legacy

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300117469
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Book Synopsis Paul Mellon's Legacy by : John Baskett

Download or read book Paul Mellon's Legacy written by John Baskett and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Mellon (1907--1999) was an unparalleled collector of British art. His collection, now at Yale in the museum and study center he founded to house it, rivals those in Britain’s national museums and is unquestionably the most comprehensive representation of British art held outside of the United Kingdom. This book and the exhibition that it accompanies celebrate the centenary of his birth. Five introductory essays examine Mellon’s extraordinary collecting activity, as well as his role in creating both the Yale Center for British Art and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London as gifts to his alma mater (Yale 1929). A lavishly illustrated catalogue section showcases 148 of the most exquisite and important paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, sculpture, rare books, and manuscript material in the Yale Center’s collection, including major works by Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, George Stubbs, John Constable, and J. M. W. Turner.

The Year's Art ...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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The Burlington Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
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Book Synopsis The Burlington Magazine by : Robert Edward Dell

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Art for the Nation

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Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719054532
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (545 download)

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Book Synopsis Art for the Nation by : Brandon Taylor

Download or read book Art for the Nation written by Brandon Taylor and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art first became public in Britain through a series of interlocking relationships between national galleries, patrons, collections of art, and sections or classes of the population as a whole. This study concentrates on London, and analyzes the formation of the major national art institutions at its geographical and managerial centre.

The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Know it All, Find it Fast

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Publisher : Facet Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1856046524
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (56 download)

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Book Synopsis Know it All, Find it Fast by : Robert John Duckett

Download or read book Know it All, Find it Fast written by Robert John Duckett and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a queue, the phone is ringing, the photocopier has jammed and your enquirer is waiting for a response. You are stressed and you can feel the panic rising. Where do you go to find the information you need to answer the question promptly and accurately? Answering queries from users is one of the most important services undertaken by library and information staff. Yet it is also one of the most difficult, least understood subjects. There are still very few materials available to help frontline staff - often paraprofessional - develop their reader enquiry skills. This award-winning sourcebook is an essential guide to where to look to find the answers quickly. It is designed as a first point of reference for library and information practitioners, to be depended upon if they are unfamiliar with the subject of an enquiry - or wish to find out more. It is arranged in an easily searchable, fully cross-referenced A-Z list of around 150 of the subject areas most frequently handled at enquiry desks. Each subject entry lists the most important information sources and where to locate them, including printed and electronic sources, relevant websites and useful contacts for referral purposes. The authors use their extensive experience in reference work to offer useful tips, warn of potential pitfalls, and spotlight typical queries and how to tackle them. This new edition has been brought right up-to-date with all sources checked for currency and many new ones added. The searchability is enhanced by a comprehensive index to make those essential sources even easier to find - saving you valuable minutes! Readership: Offering quick and easy pointers to a multitude of information sources, this is an invaluable reference deskbook for all library and information staff in need of a speedy answer, in reference libraries, subject departments and other information units.

The Directory of Museums & Living Displays

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349070149
Total Pages : 1067 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Book Synopsis The Directory of Museums & Living Displays by : Kenneth Hudson

Download or read book The Directory of Museums & Living Displays written by Kenneth Hudson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1985-06-18 with total page 1067 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great British Watercolors

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300116586
Total Pages : 244 pages
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Book Synopsis Great British Watercolors by : Matthew Hargraves

Download or read book Great British Watercolors written by Matthew Hargraves and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Mellon (1907--1999) assembled one of the world’s greatest collections of British drawings and watercolors. In his memoirs he wrote of their “beauty and freshness… their immediacy and sureness of technique, their comprehensiveness of subject matter, their vital qualities, their Englishness.” This catalogue celebrating the centenary of Mellon's birth features eighty-eight outstanding watercolors from the fifty thousand works of art on paper with which he endowed the Yale Center for British Art. The selection spans the emergence of watercolor painting in the mid-18th century to its apogee in the mid-19th. These works highlight the diversity of British watercolors, showcasing both landscape and figurative works by some of the principal artists working in the medium, including Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Rowlandson, William Blake, and J. M.W. Turner.

American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030022589X
Total Pages : 497 pages
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Book Synopsis American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent by : Kathleen A. Foster

Download or read book American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent written by Kathleen A. Foster and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the transformation of American watercolor practice between 1866 and 1925 The formation of the American Watercolor Society in 1866 by a small, dedicated group of painters transformed the perception of what had long been considered a marginal medium. Artists of all ages, styles, and backgrounds took up watercolor in the 1870s, inspiring younger generations of impressionists and modernists. By the 1920s many would claim it as "the American medium." This engaging and comprehensive book tells the definitive story of the metamorphosis of American watercolor practice between 1866 and 1925, identifying the artist constituencies and social forces that drove the new popularity of the medium. The major artists of the movement - Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, William Trost Richards, Thomas Moran, Thomas Eakins, Charles Prendergast, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, Charles Demuth, and many others - are represented with lavish color illustrations. The result is a fresh and beautiful look at watercolor's central place in American art and culture.