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Author : Parker Lesley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Renaissance Jewels and Jeweled Objects written by Parker Lesley and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Edward Dell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs written by Robert Edward Dell and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hillel Schwartz
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1935408453
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (354 download)
Download or read book The Culture of the Copy written by Hillel Schwartz and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-11-02 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel attempt to make sense of our preoccupation with copies of all kinds—from counterfeits to instant replay, from parrots to photocopies. The Culture of the Copy is a novel attempt to make sense of the Western fascination with replicas, duplicates, and twins. In a work that is breathtaking in its synthetic and critical achievements, Hillel Schwartz charts the repercussions of our entanglement with copies of all kinds, whose presence alternately sustains and overwhelms us. This updated edition takes notice of recent shifts in thought with regard to such issues as biological cloning, conjoined twins, copyright, digital reproduction, and multiple personality disorder. At once abbreviated and refined, it will be of interest to anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality. Through intriguing, and at times humorous, historical analysis and case studies in contemporary culture, Schwartz investigates a stunning array of simulacra: counterfeits, decoys, mannequins, and portraits; ditto marks, genetic cloning, war games, and camouflage; instant replays, digital imaging, parrots, and photocopies; wax museums, apes, and art forgeries—not to mention the very notion of the Real McCoy. Working through a range of theories on biological, mechanical, and electronic reproduction, Schwartz questions the modern esteem for authenticity and uniqueness. The Culture of the Copy shows how the ethical dilemmas central to so many fields of endeavor have become inseparable from our pursuit of copies—of the natural world, of our own creations, indeed of our very selves. The book is an innovative blend of microsociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection, of interest to anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality. Praise for the first edition “[T]he author... brings his considerable synthetic powers to bear on our uneasy preoccupation with doubles, likenesses, facsimiles, replicas and re-enactments. I doubt that these cultural phenomena have ever been more comprehensively or more creatively chronicled.... [A] book that gets you to see the world anew, again.” —The New York Times “A sprightly and disconcerting piece of cultural history” —Terence Hawkes, London Review of Books “In The Culture of the Copy, [Schwartz] has written the perfect book: original and repetitive at once.” —Todd Gitlin, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Author : Angela Bartie
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787354059
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Restaging the Past written by Angela Bartie and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restaging the Past is the first edited collection devoted to the study of historical pageants in Britain, ranging from their Edwardian origins to the present day. Across Britain in the twentieth century, people succumbed to ‘pageant fever’. Thousands dressed up in historical costumes and performed scenes from the history of the places where they lived, and hundreds of thousands more watched them. These pageants were one of the most significant aspects of popular engagement with the past between the 1900s and the 1970s: they took place in large cities, small towns and tiny villages, and engaged a whole range of different organised groups, including Women’s Institutes, political parties, schools, churches and youth organisations. Pageants were community events, bringing large numbers of people together in a shared celebration and performance of the past; they also involved many prominent novelists, professional historians and other writers, as well as featuring repeatedly in popular and highbrow literature. Although the pageant tradition has largely died out, it deserves to be acknowledged as a key aspect of community history during a period of great social and political change. Indeed, as this book shows, some traces of ‘pageant fever’ remain in evidence today.
Author : Gyula Sebestyen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136376941
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)
Download or read book New Architecture and Technology written by Gyula Sebestyen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-06-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books have covered the topics of architecture, materials and technology. 'New Architecture and Technology' is the first to explore the interrelation between these three subjects. It illustrates the impact of modern technology and materials on architecture. The book explores the technical progress of building showing how developments, both past and present, are influenced by design methods. It provides a survey of contemporary architecture, as affected by construction technology. It also explores aspects of building technology within the context of general industrial, social and economic developments. The reader will acquire a vocabulary covering the entire range of structure types and learn a new approach to understanding the development of design.
Author : Ishbel Ross
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Silhouette in Diamonds written by Ishbel Ross and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter Sidney Masterman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book The Wrong Letter written by Walter Sidney Masterman and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Westgarth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000050629
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850 written by Mark Westgarth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenthcentury antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent ‘art market turn’ in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialised, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803–1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early nineteenth-century Britain, centred around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialisation of culture and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies and nineteenth-century culture.
Author : Arthur Symons
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Art of Aubrey Beardsley written by Arthur Symons and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Aubrey Beardsley is a study about English artist and illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, written by British editor and critic Arthur Symons. The book includes biographical essay and numerous illustrations by the artist. Beardsley's drawings in black ink, influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler.
Author : Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300212879
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Asia in Amsterdam written by Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the Asian luxury goods that were imported into the Netherlands during the 17th century and demonstrates the overwhelming impact these works of art had on Dutch life and art during the Golden Age
Author : George Egerton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Keynotes written by George Egerton and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clive Wainwright
Publisher : Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780300042252
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (422 download)
Download or read book The Romantic Interior written by Clive Wainwright and published by Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies. This book was released on 1989 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Malcolm Easton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Aubrey and the Dying Lady written by Malcolm Easton and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A non-traditional biographical study of enigmatic artist and illustrator Aubrey Beadsley in which the author scrutinizes the artist in his personal social context. Easton analyzes Beardsley's subtle relationships with collegues, friends, craftsmen and publishers but above all studies his intricate relationship with his sister Mabel. The title of this work is derived from the fact that Mabel, a dynamic and beautiful actress, would become the "Dying Lady" of W.B. Yeats' moving sequence of poems. "The author opens up new perspectives on Beardsley's inimitable graphic work by scrutinising the artist in his social context, and analyzing his subtle relationships with colleagues, with friends, with publishers, with craftsmen."
Author : Robert Tichane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780873416634
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Copper Red Glazes written by Robert Tichane and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Potters everywhere will welcome "Copper Red Glazes", the ultimate reference for this tricky but stunning glaze. Finally potters can master ancient secrets without expensive and frustrating experimentation. 50 color photos.
Author : Ruoming Wu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783867050746
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Origines of Kraak Porcelain in the Late Ming Dynasty written by Ruoming Wu and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kraak porcelain is a Chinese export characterized mainly by blue and white painting and paneled decoration with popular motifs from the late Ming Dynasty. This study sets focus on the origins of Kraak porcelain based on its concept, type, and decoration, supported by the use of philological and archeological methods. 0The analysis leads to the conclusion that the origins of Kraak porcelain are not an accidental result of Chinese porcelain development but the achievement of various influences, both from East and West.0The origins of decoration and iconography were derived from Chinese ink painting and woodblock prints of the Ming Dynasty. The art of Southeast Asia, The Middle East, and Europe influenced the prototype of the creation of Kraak ware in type and ornament, which was designed specifically for these markets.0The pluralistic impact also considers European ornaments, Islamic pottery paintings, and contemporary popular religious elements.
Author : William Thomas Stead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979111600
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (116 download)
Download or read book The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon written by William Thomas Stead and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The persistence of organized prostitution reflected one of the less savory aspects of Victorian life. In particular, attention was increasingly paid to the large number of young girls drawn into this way of life. Legislation, in the form of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, was introduced in Parliament in the early 1880s with the intent of protecting young women. This was to be done through the dual means of raising the age of female consent from 13 to 16 and making brothels more susceptible to legal controls. For several years the Bill languished in Parliament. At a crucial moment, support for it was energized by a sensational report, serialized in the daily Pall Mall Gazette in 1885, documenting the complexity and reach of organized prostitution as an industry and its reliance on sophisticated techniques for the entrapment of young girls. The full text of this report, by the crusading journalist W.T. Stead, is reprinted here in its entirety for the first time since its original publication. Its impact was tremendous and the report itself is thought to have provided the necessary impetus for the enactment of the most influential piece of legislation in British history relating to sexuality and its exploitation. It is a major primary source documenting Victorian attitudes toward female sexuality and its exploitation and is here generally accessible to the modern reader for the first time. Annotations to the original text identify people and places mentioned and other references made by Stead. An introductory essay places Stead's work in its historical context and identifies the various legal efforts made to combat organized prostitution from the 1820s onward. This essay also addresses one section of the Act, the so-called Labouchère Amendment, which provided the principal legal means for harassing homosexuals for the following eighty years."--From publisher description.
Author : Brigid Brophy
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Beardsley and His World written by Brigid Brophy and published by Harmony. This book was released on 1976 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cogent portrait of Beardsley and his work. "Twenty-five years was the terrifyingly brief span of Beardsley's life. For him the world ceased on 16 March 1898. But the world he had created - in just a handful of years - survives in all its economy and wit. It is a major and still potent influence on 'modern' art and design; and it deeply affects our view of the 1890s, a decade rich in revolutionary talents - and savage reactions to them. In Beardsley's own sheer black and white world late Victorianism is stripped of its grossness, gaudiness and hypocrisy. The result is naked art that is still shocking ..."
