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Author : Sydney Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Golden Tapestry of California written by Sydney Clark and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gregory Kaumans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258483098
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Golden Tapestries written by Gregory Kaumans and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan Groag Bell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520928787
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (287 download)
Download or read book The Lost Tapestries of the City of Ladies written by Susan Groag Bell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-11-29 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a particularly good detective story, this richly textured book follows tantalizing clues in its hunt for a group of missing artistic masterpieces. Susan Bell recounts both her long search for a series of sixteenth-century tapestries that celebrated women and her efforts to understand their meaning for Queen Elizabeth I of England and the other powerful women who owned them. Opening a new window on the lives of noblewomen in the Renaissance, the brilliantly colored tapestries that were the ultimate artistic luxury of the day, and the popular and influential fourteenth-century writer Christine de Pizan, Bell pursues a compelling tale that moves from centuries past to today. The tapestries around which this story revolves are linked to Christine de Pizan's Book of the City of Ladies (1405), orginally published six hundred years ago in 1405. The book is a tribute to women that honors two hundred female warriors, scientists, queens, philosophers, and builders of cities. Though twenty-five manuscripts of the City of Ladies still exist, references to tapestries based on the book are elusive. Bell takes us along as she tracks down records of six sets of tapestries whose owners included Elizabeth I of England; Margaret of Austria; and Anne of Brittany, Queen of France. Bell examines the intriguing details of these women's lives—their arranged marriages, their power, their affairs of state—asking what interest they had in owning these particular tapestries. Could the tapestries have represented their thinking? As she reveals the historical, linguistic, and cultural aspects of this unique story, Bell also gives a fascinating account of medieval and early-Renaissance tapestry production and of Christine de Pizan's remarkable life and legacy.
Author : Una Roman D’Elia
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271077492
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Raphael’s Ostrich written by Una Roman D’Elia and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raphael’s Ostrich begins with a little-studied aspect of Raphael’s painting—the ostrich, which appears as an attribute of Justice, painted in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican. Una Roman D’Elia traces the cultural and artistic history of the ostrich from its appearances in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to the menageries and grotesque ornaments of sixteenth-century Italy. Following the complex history of shifting interpretations given to the ostrich in scientific, literary, religious, poetic, and satirical texts and images, D’Elia demonstrates the rich variety of ways in which people made sense of this living “monster,” which was depicted as the embodiment of heresy, stupidity, perseverance, justice, fortune, gluttony, and other virtues and vices. Because Raphael was revered as a god of art, artists imitated and competed with his ostrich, while religious and cultural critics complained about the potential for misinterpreting such obscure imagery. This book not only considers the history of the ostrich but also explores how Raphael’s painting forced viewers to question how meaning is attributed to the natural world, a debate of central importance in early modern Europe at a time when the disciplines of modern art history and natural history were developing. The strangeness of Raphael’s ostrich, situated at the crossroads of art, religion, myth, and natural history, both reveals lesser-known sides of Raphael’s painting and illuminates major cultural shifts in attitudes toward nature and images in the Renaissance. More than simply an examination of a single artist or a single subject, Raphael’s Ostrich offers an accessible, erudite, and charming alternative to Vasari’s pervasive model of the history of sixteenth-century Italian art.
Author : Cloisters (Museum)
Publisher : Dutton Books
ISBN 13 : 0870991477
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Unicorn Tapestries written by Cloisters (Museum) and published by Dutton Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kien Nguyen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780349116433
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (164 download)
Download or read book The Tapestries written by Kien Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning novel based loosely on the life of the author's grandfather, an embroiderer in the court of the last king of Vietnam in the early 1900s, Kien Nguyen reimagines his grandfather's amazing story to weave a tapestry of his own. Dan Nguyen is seven years old when he marries a woman twenty years his senior. More mother than wife, Ven takes care of Dan until the day he leaves his childhood forever - when he witnesses his father's brutal beheading at the hands of the power-hungry mayor. In order to protect Dan until he is old enough to defend his father's honour, Ven hides him as a servant in the house of the enemy, where he falls in love with the one person he can never have - the mayor's beautiful granddaughter, Tai May. Dan's journey from child to slave to embroiderer in the Royal Court, where he has the chance to win Tai May's heart, is a story of spellbinding drama, intrigue, and an unforgettable love affair.
Author : Heinrich Göbel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Tapestries of the Lowlands written by Heinrich Göbel and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Patrick Campbell
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 030015514X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Tapestry in the Baroque written by Thomas Patrick Campbell and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2010 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated volume is a comprehensive survey of 17th century European tapestry. It features some of the finest surviving examples from many international collections, as well as a number of related designs and oil sketches.
Author : George Leland Hunter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Practical Book of Tapestries written by George Leland Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joanne Soroka
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1785000659
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Tapestry Weaving written by Joanne Soroka and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2015-05-31 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tapestries were among the most prestigious of art forms, created for the mightiest in the land and valued for centuries. Despite its illustrious history, tapestry weaving is actually a simple technique that requires little equipment or expenditure, and can be done anywhere. Written by a prominent tapestry weaver, this lavishly illustrated book gently leads you through the whole process with detailed diagrams and exciting work by contemporary weavers. It will be useful to the absolute beginner, but experienced weavers will also find new ideas and techniques to tempt and inspire them. The book includes a step-by-step guide to setting up a small frame loom and starting to weave; basic and more advanced techniques, and how to create shapes and textures; advice on taking your work into the third dimension, whether bas relief or fully sculptural; information on the qualities of different materials and how they can be used to create the effects you want; and design ideas for tapestry and how to follow supplied designs. This will be an essential source book for experienced and novice weavers, and is beautifully illustrated with 190 colour illustrations and diagrams.
Author : Antonio Forcellino
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509549242
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Sistine Chapel written by Antonio Forcellino and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorate its ceiling and walls are a testimony to the creative genius of the Renaissance. Two generations of artists worked at the heart of Christianity, over the course of several decades in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, to produce this extraordinary achievement of Western civilization. In this book, the art historian and restorer Antonio Forcellino tells the remarkable story of the Sistine Chapel, bringing his unique combination of knowledge and skills to bear on the conditions that led to its creation. Forcellino shows that Pope Sixtus IV embarked on the project as an attempt to assert papal legitimacy in response to Mehmed II's challenge to the Pope's spiritual leadership. The lower part of the chapel was decorated by a consortium of master painters whose frescoes, so coherent that they seem almost to have been painted by a single hand, represent the highest expression of the Quattrocento Tuscan workshops. Then, in 1505, Sixtus IV's nephew, Julius II, imposed a change in direction. Having been captivated by the prodigious talent of a young Florentine sculptor, Julius II summoned Michelangelo Buonarroti to Rome and commissioned him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Two decades later, Michelangelo returned to paint The Last Judgement, which covers the wall behind the alter. Michelangelo's revolutionary work departed radically from tradition and marked a turning point in the history of Western art. Antonio Forcellino brings to life the wonders of the Sistine Chapel by describing the aims and everyday practices of the protagonists who envisioned it and the artists who created it, reconstructing the material history that underlies this masterpiece.
Author : Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book My Brother's Face written by Dhan Gopal Mukerji and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fernando Checa Cremades
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317135601
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Festival Culture in the World of the Spanish Habsburgs written by Fernando Checa Cremades and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in Early Modern Festivals. These spectacles articulated the self-image of ruling elites and played out the tensions of the diverse social strata. Responding to the growing academic interest in festivals this volume focuses on the early modern Iberian world, in particular the spectacles staged by and for the Spanish Habsburgs. The study of early modern Iberian festival culture in Europe and the wider world is surprisingly limited compared to the published works devoted to other kingdoms at the time. There is a clear need for scholarly publications to examine festivals as a vehicle for the presence of Spanish culture beyond territorial boundaries. The present books responds to this shortcoming. Festivals and ceremonials played a major role in the Spanish world; through them local identities as well as a common Spanish culture made their presence manifest within and beyond the peninsula through ephemeral displays, music and print. Local communities often conflated their symbols of identity with religious images and representations of the Spanish monarchy. The festivals (fiestas in Spanish) materialized the presence of the Spanish diaspora in other European realms. Royal funerals and proclamations served to establish kingly presence in distant and not so distant lands. The socio-political, religious and cultural nuances that were an intrinsic part of the territories of the empire were magnified and celebrated in the Spanish festivals in Europe, Iberia and overseas viceroyalties. Following a foreword and an introduction the remaining 12 chapters are divided up into four sections. The first explores Habsburg Visual culture at court and its relationship with the creation of a language of triumph and the use of tapestries in festivals. The second part examines triumphal entries in Madrid, Lisbon, Cremona, Milan, Pavia and the New World; the third deals with the relationship between religion and the empire through the examination of royal funerals, hagiography and calendric celebrations. The fourth part of the book explores cultural, artistic and musical exchange in Naples and Rome. Taken together these essays contribute further to our growing appreciation of the importance of early-modern festival culture in general, and their significance in the world of the Spanish Habsburgs in particular.
Author : Edward Upham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Mahávansi written by Edward Upham and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Upham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Mahávansi, the Rájá-ratnácari, and the Rájá-vali written by Edward Upham and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Upham
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Mahávansi, the Rájá-Ratnácari, and the Rájá-Vali, Forming the Sacred and Historical Books of Ceylon written by Edward Upham and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 1833 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Upham provides a detailed and engaging look at the history and culture of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) through the lens of its Buddhist texts and literature. The Mahávansi, the Rájá-ratnácari, and the Rájá-vali are some of the most important historical texts of the island, and Upham's translation of them allows readers to gain insight into the unique religious and cultural practices of Sri Lanka. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in Buddhism, South Asian history, or Sri Lankan culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Charissa Bremer-David
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606064614
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Woven Gold written by Charissa Bremer-David and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meticulously woven by hand with wool, silk, and gilt-metal thread, the tapestry collection of the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, represents the highest achievements of the art form. Intended to enhance the king’s reputation by visualizing his manifest glory and to promote the kingdom’s nascent mercantile economy, the royal collection of tapestries included antique and contemporary sets that followed the designs of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including Raphael, Giulio Romano, Rubens, Vouet, and Le Brun. Ranging in date from about 1540 to 1715 and coming from weaving workshops across northern Europe, these remarkable works portray scenes from the bible, history, and mythology. As treasured textiles, the works were traditionally displayed in the royal palaces when the court was in residence and in public on special occasions and feast days. They are still little known, even in France, as they are mostly reserved for the decoration of elite state residences and ministerial offices. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition of fourteen marvelous examples of the former royal collection that will be displayed exclusively at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from December 15, 2015, to May 1, 2016. Lavishly illustrated, the volume presents for the first time in English the latest scholarship of the foremost authorities working in the field.
