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Author : Richard H. Randall
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Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book The Golden Age of Ivory written by Richard H. Randall and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitive illustrated catalogue: every medieval ivory in America. Sets new scholarly standard.
Author : Phillip Allen
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 1785510851
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Chinese Ivory Carvings written by Phillip Allen and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catalogue for a collection of Far Eastern ivories - ranging from religious iconography to sculptures produced for nineteenth-century collectors. Sir Victor Sassoon (1881-1961) lived an extraordinary and colourful life and left a remarkable legacy. He created a trust to preserve his collection of ivories for the benefit of UK citizens. Since its foundation and under the guardianship of the dedicated trustees, the collection has grown by the addition of significant specimens that originally went unrepresented. Chinese Ivory Carvings presents 350 of its most significant artefacts, each illustrated and discussed. Four introductory essays explore the acquisition of the pieces, placing the ivories in their historical and cultural context. In this scholarly celebration of Sassoon's bequest, one can appreciate some of the many facets of Chinese culture both religious and secular. Including minutely carved 'devil's work' spheres, massive figures and exuberantly carved vases, the book is also testament to the technical skills of the craftsmen who produced these wonderful objects.
Author : Eike D. Schmidt
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 089236940X
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Fruits of Desire written by Eike D. Schmidt and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary achievement in terms of its artistic rendering of the human body, its masterful carving of details, and its profound philosophical meaning, Balthasar Griessmann's large ivory goblet in the J. Paul Getty Museum celebrates wine and explores the benefits and risks of its consumption. Culminating with an allegory of youth, it challenges the viewer to think about the degree to which pleasure and duty play their parts in our making life choices. This handsome gift book is illustrated with stunning photographic details and includes an essay that traces the visual and literary sources that inspired Griessmann's designs. Although long considered a master of German Baroque ivory carving, Griessmann was identified by name only fifteen years ago. This photo essay and analysis is the first overview of Griessmann in the English language.
Author : Regalado Trota Jose
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Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Images of Faith written by Regalado Trota Jose and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victoria and Albert Museum
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Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Publication written by Victoria and Albert Museum and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Marie Brown
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1137279370
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Ivory Vikings written by Nancy Marie Brown and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. And finally, it brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.
Author : Art House, Inc., N.Y.
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Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of ... Antique Oriental Art Treasures Belonging to the Art House, Incorporated written by Art House, Inc., N.Y. and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Weller Clement and co
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Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Auction-sale catalogues written by Weller Clement and co and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yamanaka & Company
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Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of Ancient Oriental Imperial Treasures of Rare Artistic Distinction written by Yamanaka & Company and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Frederick Walker
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 155584913X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)
Download or read book Ivory's Ghosts written by John Frederick Walker and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory . . . and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process of this unholy quest.” —The Huffington Post Praised for the nuance and sensitivity with which it approaches one of the most fraught conservation issues we face today, John Frederick Walker’s Ivory’s Ghosts tells the astonishing story of the power of ivory through the ages, and its impact on elephants. Long before gold and gemstones held allure, ivory came to be prized in every culture of the world—from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century America to modern Japan—for its beauty, rarity, and ability to be finely carved. But the beauty came at an unfathomable cost. Walker lays bare the ivory trade’s cruel connection with the slave trade and the increasing slaughter of elephants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By the 1980s, elephant poaching reached levels that threatened the last great herds of the African continent, and led to a worldwide ban on the ancient international trade in tusks. But the ban has failed to stop poaching—or the emotional debate over what to do with the legitimate and growing stockpiles of ivory recovered from elephants that die of natural causes. “Ivory’s Ghost is essential reading for anyone concerned with conservation and with the tenuous future of one of the most magnificent creatures our earth has ever seen.” —George B. Schaller, author of A Naturalist and Other Beast
Author : sir George Christopher M. Birdwood
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Paris universal exhibition of 1878. Handbook to the British Indian section. Presentation ed written by sir George Christopher M. Birdwood and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood
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Total Pages : 194 pages
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Download or read book Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878 written by George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Edward Quibell
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Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Hierakonpolis ...: Plates of discoveries in 1898 by J. E. Quibell, with notes by W. M. F. P[etrie written by James Edward Quibell and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pennsylvania Museum of Art
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Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Exhibition of "fakes" and Reproductions written by Pennsylvania Museum of Art and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 906 pages
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Download or read book Morgan's British Trade Journal and Export Price Current written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Calcutta internat. exhib. 1883-84
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Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Official report written by Calcutta internat. exhib. 1883-84 and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Moses Purnell Handy
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Total Pages : 2108 pages
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Download or read book ... Official Catalogue ... written by Moses Purnell Handy and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 2108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
