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Book Synopsis 19th Century European Furniture (excluding British) by : Christopher Payne
Download or read book 19th Century European Furniture (excluding British) written by Christopher Payne and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1985 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sheer complexity of the subject of European furniture, ranging through an enormous variety of
Book Synopsis The Wrightsman Collection. Vols. 1 and 2, Furniture, Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelain, Carpets by :
Download or read book The Wrightsman Collection. Vols. 1 and 2, Furniture, Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelain, Carpets written by and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chopin and His World by : Jonathan D. Bellman
Download or read book Chopin and His World written by Jonathan D. Bellman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new look at the life, times, and music of Polish composer and piano virtuoso Fryderyk Chopin Fryderyk Chopin (1810–49), although the most beloved of piano composers, remains a contradictory figure, an artist of virtually universal appeal who preferred the company of only a few sympathetic friends and listeners. Chopin and His World reexamines Chopin and his music in light of the cultural narratives formed during his lifetime. These include the romanticism of the ailing spirit, tragically singing its death-song as life ebbs; the Polish expatriate, helpless witness to the martyrdom of his beloved homeland, exiled among friendly but uncomprehending strangers; the sorcerer-bard of dream, memory, and Gothic terror; and the pianist's pianist, shunning the appreciative crowds yet composing and improvising idealized operas, scenes, dances, and narratives in the shadow of virtuoso-idol Franz Liszt. The international Chopin scholars gathered here demonstrate the ways in which Chopin responded to and was understood to exemplify these narratives, as an artist of his own time and one who transcended it. This collection also offers recently rediscovered artistic representations of his hands (with analysis), and—for the first time in English—an extended tribute to Chopin published in Poland upon his death and contemporary Polish writings contextualizing Chopin's compositional strategies. The contributors are Jonathan D. Bellman, Leon Botstein, Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, Halina Goldberg, Jeffrey Kallberg, David Kasunic, Anatole Leikin, Eric McKee, James Parakilas, John Rink, and Sandra P. Rosenblum. Contemporary documents by Karol Kurpiński, Adam Mickiewicz, and Józef Sikorski are included.
Book Synopsis A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Empire and Industry by : Catherine L. Futter
Download or read book A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Empire and Industry written by Catherine L. Futter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th century in Western culture was a time of both confidence and turbulence. Industrial developments resulted in a number of benefits from a growing middle class to efficiency, convenience and innovation across a range of fields from engineering to architecture. Alongside these improvements, the century began with the extended period of the Napoleonic Wars and was further disrupted by rebellions and revolutions both within Europe and in India, South America and other parts of the world. Slavery was abolished and urbanization increased dramatically. These myriad developments were reflected throughout the period in the proliferation of types of furniture, along with their categorization as 'industrial art' at the international exhibitions and world fairs and the increasingly adventurous range of materials that were sometimes used in their construction. Nonetheless, a strong antiquarian/historicist strand also prompted interest in the revival of past styles in areas of art and design, including furniture. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
Book Synopsis Governance, Growth and Global Leadership by : Dr Espen Moe
Download or read book Governance, Growth and Global Leadership written by Dr Espen Moe and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the role of the state in promoting a country's long-term technological progress and industrial leadership. Throughout history, a nation's rise to dominance has invariably been followed by its fall; the dominant powers of today are not the same ones that controlled the world three hundred years ago. In the same manner, economic dominance has usually been fleeting, as leading nations have routinely been caught up and surpassed by challengers. This study looks at Schumpeterian growth - currently the most important source of economic growth - which credits the ability to use technological progress for the benefit of industrial leadership as the key motor of national development and economic success. Contrasting the experiences of five great powers (Britain, France, Germany, the USA and Japan) during five periods of technological and industrial leadership, from the Industrial Revolution to the beginning of the twenty-first century, the book draws on historical and comparative methods to draw causal inferences about international progress and leadership. It explores various factors that promote or hinder technological advancement and how these can in turn effect national development. It concludes that where states have forged ahead and maintained a lead over their rivals, it is because consensus and cohesion prevented vested interests from growing powerful enough to block structural economic change. By applying economic theory to long-term historical models, this book offers a fascinating perspective on the causes and effects of national growth and industrial leadership. It will be invaluable reading for anyone with an interest in international relations and global economic trends, both modern and historical.
Book Synopsis Napoleon III by : William Herbert Cecil Smith
Download or read book Napoleon III written by William Herbert Cecil Smith and published by Hodder Wayland. This book was released on 1972 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 ? 9 January 1873) was the first President of the French Republic and, as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. Elected President by popular vote in 1848, he initiated a coup d'état in 1851, before ascending the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation. He ruled as Emperor of the French until 4 September 1870. He holds the distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France."--Wikipedia.
Book Synopsis A Cultural History of the Modern Age by : Egon Friedell
Download or read book A Cultural History of the Modern Age written by Egon Friedell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume three of A Cultural History of the Modern Age finishes a journey that begins with Descartes in the first volume and ends with Freud and the psychoanalytical movement in the third volume. Friedell describes the contents of these books as a series of performances, starting with the birth of the man of the Modern Age, followed by flowering of this epoch, and concludes with the death of the Modern Age. This huge landscape provides an intertwining of the material and the cultural, the civil and the military, from the high points of creative flowering in Europe to death and emptiness. The themes convey multiple messages: romanticism and liberalism opens the cultural scene, encased in a movement from The Congress of Vienna and its claims of peaceful co-existence to the Franco-German War. The final segment covers the period from Bismarck's generation to World War I. In each instance, the quotidian life of struggle, racial, religious, and social class is seen through the lens of the mighty figures of the period. The works of the period's great figures are shown in the new light of the human search for symbolism, the search for superman, the rise of individualism and decline of history as a source for knowledge. This third volume is painted in dark colors, a foreboding of the world that was to come, of political extremes, and intellectual exaggerations. The author looks forward to a postmodern Europe in which there is a faint glean of light from the other side. What actually appeared was the glare of Nazism and Communism, each claiming the future.
Book Synopsis France and the Economic Development of Europe, 1800-1914 by : Rondo E. Cameron
Download or read book France and the Economic Development of Europe, 1800-1914 written by Rondo E. Cameron and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Europe, 1783-1914 by : William Simpson
Download or read book Europe, 1783-1914 written by William Simpson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe 17831914is an accessible history of Europe from the advent of the French Revolution to the origins of the First World War, covering political, economic and social aspects of the period. Each chapter is structured with concise backgrounds to events, including tables of key dates, a selection of primary documents and questions to test current interpretations of important themes, and a guide to further reading. Extensively illustrated with maps, contemporary cartoons and portraits, Europe 17831914surveys the following main themes interspersed with studies of significant countries including France, Italy, Germany and Russia: the impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon the Industrial Revolution Nationalism the 1848 Revolutions Imperialism Marxism the origins of the First World War. Europe 17831914is an essential and invaluable introduction to this turbulent and exciting period of European history.
Book Synopsis The Shadow Emperor by : Alan Strauss-Schom
Download or read book The Shadow Emperor written by Alan Strauss-Schom and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breakout biography of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have polarized historians. Considered one of the pre-eminent Napoleon Bonaparte experts, Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Alan Strauss-Schom has turned his sights on another in that dynasty, Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon) overshadowed for too long by his more romanticized forebear. In the first full biography of Napoleon III by an American historian, Strauss-Schom uses his years of primary source research to explore the major cultural, sociological, economical, financial, international, and militaristic long-lasting effects of France's most polarizing emperor. Louis-Napoleon’s achievements have been mixed and confusing, even to historians. He completely revolutionized the infrastructure of the state and the economy, but at the price of financial scandals of imperial proportions. In an age when “colonialism” was expanding, Louis-Napoleon’s colonial designs were both praised by the emperor’s party and the French military and resisted by the socialists. He expanded the nation’s railways to match those of England; created major new transoceanic steamship lines and a new modern navy; introduced a whole new banking sector supported by seemingly unlimited venture capital, while also empowering powerful new state and private banks; and completely rebuilt the heart of Paris, street by street. Napoleon III wanted to surpass the legacy of his famous uncle, Napoleon I. In The Shadow Emperor, Alan Strauss-Schom sets the record straight on Napoleon III's legacy.
Book Synopsis The American Dictionary of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance by : Leo de Colange
Download or read book The American Dictionary of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance written by Leo de Colange and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ridpath's Universal History by : John Clark Ridpath
Download or read book Ridpath's Universal History written by John Clark Ridpath and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The American Encyclopaedia of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance by : Leo de Colange
Download or read book The American Encyclopaedia of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance written by Leo de Colange and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Encyclopædia Britannica: A-ZYM by : Day Otis Kellogg
Download or read book The Encyclopædia Britannica: A-ZYM written by Day Otis Kellogg and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclopædia Britannica written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Napoleon written by Bernard Chevallier and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
