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Book Synopsis Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks by : Karl A. Taube
Download or read book Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks written by Karl A. Taube and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Olmec portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It illustrates all thirty-nine Olmec art objects in color plates and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, amplified only slightly since his death, is a remarkably significant collection. In addition to their aesthetic quality and artistic significance, the objects hold much information regarding the social worlds and religious and symbolic views of the people who made and used them before the arrival of Europeans in the New World. This volume is the second in a series of catalogues that will treat objects in the Bliss Pre-Columbian Collection. The majority of the Olmec objects in the collection are made of jade, the most precious material for the peoples of ancient Mesoamerica from early times through the sixteenth century. Various items such as masks, statuettes, jewelry, and replicas of weapons and tools were used for ceremonial purposes and served as offerings. Karl Taube brings his expertise on the lifeways and beliefs of ancient Mesoamerican peoples to his study of the Olmec objects in teh Bliss collection. His understanding of jade covers a broad range of knowledge from chemical compositions to geological sources to craft technology to the symbolic power of the green stone. Throughout the book the author emphasizes the role of jade as a powerful symbol of water, fertility, and particularly, of the maize plant which was the fundamental source of life and sustenance for the Olmec. The shiny green of the stone was analogous to the green growth of maize. This fundamental concept was elaborated in specific religious beliefs, many of which were continued and elaborated by later Mesoamerican peoples, such as the Maya. Karl Taube employs his substantial knowledge of Pre-Columbian cultures to explore and explicate Olmec symbolism in this catalogue.
Book Synopsis A Home of the Humanities by : James N. Carder
Download or read book A Home of the Humanities written by James N. Carder and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss were consummate collectors and patrons. The illustrated essays in this volume reveal how the Blisses' wide-ranging interests in art, music, gardens, architecture, and interior design resulted in the creation of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection--what they came to call their "home of the humanities."
Book Synopsis American Garden Literature in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (1785-1900) by : Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn
Download or read book American Garden Literature in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (1785-1900) written by Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated listing of titles held at the Garden Library at Dumbarton Oaks, with an introduction discussing the evolution of American garden culture and landscape architecture in the course of the 19th century. Includes a chronological list of titles as well as an index and a good selection of bandw illustrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture by : Stephen D. Houston
Download or read book Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture written by Stephen D. Houston and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1998 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These articles mark a significant stage in the study of Maya architecture and the society that built it. They represent advances in our understandings of the past, point toward avenues for further studies, and note the distance yet to travel in fully appreciating and understanding this ancient American culture and its material remains.
Book Synopsis Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks by : Diane K. McGuire
Download or read book Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks written by Diane K. McGuire and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1980 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks was prepared as a resource for those charged with maintenance of the gardens following their acquisition by Harvard University in 1941. Beatrix Farrand here explains the reasoning behind her plan for each of the gardens and stipulates how each should be cared for in order that its basic character remain intact. Her resourceful suggestions for alternative plantings, her rigorous strictures concerning pruning and replacement, her exposition of the overall concept that underlies each detail, and the plant lists that accompany her discussion of each garden make this a volume of interest to every student, practitioner, and lover of landscape design.
Book Synopsis The Dumbarton Oaks Conversations and the United Nations, 1944-1994 by : Ernest R. May
Download or read book The Dumbarton Oaks Conversations and the United Nations, 1944-1994 written by Ernest R. May and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1998 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944, as the end of World War II approached, an important series of talks was held to plan the formation of postwar international institutions. The site for the conversations was Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., a research institute administered by Harvard University. In a spirit of optimism, Secretary of State Cordell Hull said that the purpose was "to create the institutional foundations for a just and enduring peace," while Soviet ambassador Andrei Gromyko spoke of an international organization that would "guarantee for the peoples peace, security, and prosperity in the future." The meetings, which included debates on a variety of issues, were a first step toward the creation of the United Nations. In 1994, the "Dumbarton Oaks Conference, 1944-1994" brought together scholars and policymakers who have been involved with the study of international organizations or have played important roles in them. The conference papers in this volume examine both the formation of the United Nations and a number of current issues, including human rights, collective economic sanctions, peacekeeping operations, and the evolution of the role of the secretary-general.
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Book Synopsis Byzantium, a World Civilization by : Angeliki E. Laiou
Download or read book Byzantium, a World Civilization written by Angeliki E. Laiou and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1992 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These seven chapters, originally given as lectures honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Dumbarton Oaks, cover a wide range of topics, from the relationship of Byzantium with its Islamic, Slavic, and Western European neighbors to the modern reception of Byzantine art.
Author :Dorothée Imbert Publisher :Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium Series in the History of Landscape Architecture ISBN 13 :9780884024040 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (24 download)
Book Synopsis Food and the City by : Dorothée Imbert
Download or read book Food and the City written by Dorothée Imbert and published by Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium Series in the History of Landscape Architecture. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food and the City explores the physical, social, and political relations between the production of food and urban settlements. Essays offer a variety of perspectives--from landscape and architectural history to geography--on the multiple scales and ideologies of productive landscapes across the globe from the sixteenth century to the present.
Book Synopsis Byzantine Garden Culture by : Antony Robert Littlewood
Download or read book Byzantine Garden Culture written by Antony Robert Littlewood and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 2002 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individual essays discuss Byzantine conceptions of paradise, the textual evidence for monastic horticulture, animal and game parks, herbs in medicinal pharmacy, and the famous illustrated copy of Dioskorides's herbal manual in Vienna. An opening chapter explores questions and observations from the point of view of a non-Byzantine garden historian, and the closing chapter suggests possible directions for future scholarship in the field.
Book Synopsis Dumbarton Oaks by : Robert C. Hilderbrand
Download or read book Dumbarton Oaks written by Robert C. Hilderbrand and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilderbrand explains why, with the Second World War moving toward an Allied victory in the summer of 1944, the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China began to give greater priority to protecting their own sovereignty than to preventing
Book Synopsis The Arundel Lyrics. The Poems of Hugh Primas by : Christopher J. McDonough
Download or read book The Arundel Lyrics. The Poems of Hugh Primas written by Christopher J. McDonough and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. The collection is further augmented by verse as varied as Christmas poems and satires on the venality of the Roman Curia and immoral bishops.
Book Synopsis Flowers, Butterflies and Insects by : Maria Sibylla Merian
Download or read book Flowers, Butterflies and Insects written by Maria Sibylla Merian and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fine-line images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. These plates are considered among the finest achievements of a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art. Reprinted from the classic, influential works of the famed artist/entomologist Merian (1647–1717). New English captions.
Book Synopsis Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks by : Dumbarton Oaks
Download or read book Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks written by Dumbarton Oaks and published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to Maya art is based on study of one of the most important collections in the United States, assembled by Robert Woods Bliss between 1935 and 1962. The catalogue, written by leading Maya scholars, contains detailed analyses of specific works of art along with thematic essays situating them within the context of Maya culture.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, 3: Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717-1081 by : Philip Grierson
Download or read book Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, 3: Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717-1081 written by Philip Grierson and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1973 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In volume three of this series, Part I covers the period between Leo III to Michale III (867-1081), while Part II covers Bail I to Nicephorus III (867-1081).
Book Synopsis The Dumbarton Oaks Anthology of Chinese Garden Literature by : Duncan Murray Campbell
Download or read book The Dumbarton Oaks Anthology of Chinese Garden Literature written by Duncan Murray Campbell and published by Ex Horto: Dumbarton Oaks Texts in Garden and Landscape Studies. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dumbarton Oaks Anthology of Chinese Garden Literature is the first comprehensive collection in English of over two millennia of Chinese writing about gardens and landscape. Featuring new and previously published translations, this anthology includes a glossary of translated names, Chinese names, and binomials.
Book Synopsis Byzantine Coinage by : Philip Grierson
Download or read book Byzantine Coinage written by Philip Grierson and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1999 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first part [of this publication] is a second edition of Byzantine coinage, originally published in 1982 as number 4 in the series Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications ... The second part ... is a condensation of a much longer unpublished typescript, produced for the Coin Room at Dumbarton Oaks, describing the formation of the collection and its publication."--Preface.
