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Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur

Author : University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9780924171550
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur written by University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and published by UPenn Museum of Archaeology. This book was released on 1998 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.

Art of the Royal Court

Author : Wolfram Koeppe
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392880
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Art of the Royal Court written by Wolfram Koeppe and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the royal and princely courts of Europe, artworks made of multicolored semiprecious stones were passionately coveted objects. Known as pietre dure, or hardstones, this type of artistic expression includes?paintings in stone,? which were composed of intricately cut separate pieces that were made into magnificent tabetops, cabinets, and wall decorations. Other works included vessels and ornaments carved with virtuosic skill from a single piece of rare and brilliant lapis lazuli, chalcedony, jasper, or similarly prized substance; exquisite objects such as boxes, clocks, and jewelry; and portraits of nobles sculpted in variously colored stones. Derived from ancient Roman decorative stonework, the art of pietre dure was developed in Renaissance Florence, where the manufacture of such objects was enthusiastically sponsored by Medici princes. Ideally suited for ostentatious display, the works sent an unmistakable message of wealth and political might that was understood in centers of power everywhere. From Italy the medium spread across Europeto Prague, Madrid, Naples, Paris, and later Saint Petersburg. Precious and fragile, pietre dure objects are rarely brought together in large numbers. This richly illustrated catalogue contains more than 150 masterworks from across Europe, dating from five centuries, including almost every artistic use of semiprecious stone during this time as well as some of the finest examples of the medium. Eight essays by European and American experts discuss the individualized development of pietre dure in every European region, the latest developments in scholarship, the interrelationships between art and dynastic politics and between cultures, and a variety of techniques used to produce these luxurious masterworks."--Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Treasures of the Royal Courts

Author : Tessa Murdoch
Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN 13 : 9781851777310
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Treasures of the Royal Courts written by Tessa Murdoch and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to accompany the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Art, Passion & Power

Author : Michael Hall
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473530954
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Art, Passion & Power written by Michael Hall and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hall’s consummate history is not just the story of the evolution of one of the world’s great collections... The book is also a through-the-keyhole insight into the shifting tastes, good or bad, of 1,000 years of monarchs." - The Times The Royal Collection is the last great collection formed by the European monarchies to have survived into the twenty-first century. Containing over a million artworks and objects, it covers all aspects of the fine and decorative arts, from paintings by Rembrandt and Michelangelo to grand sculpture, Fabergé eggs and some of the most exquisite furniture ever made. The Royal Collection also offers a revealing insight into the history of the British monarchy from William the Conqueror to Queen Elizabeth II, recording the tastes and obsessions of kings and queens over the past 500 years. With unprecedented access to the royal residences of St James' Palace, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, Art, Passion & Power traces the history of this national institution from the Middle Ages to the present day, exploring how royalty used the arts to strengthen their position as rulers by divine right and celebrating treasures from the Crown Jewels to the "Abraham" tapestries in Hampton Court Palace. Author Michael Hall examines the monarchy's response to changing attitudes to the arts and sciences during the Enlightenment and celebrates the British monarchy's role in the democratisation of art in the modern world. Packed with glimpses of rarely seen artworks, Art, Passion & Power is a visual treat for all art enthusiasts. Accompanying the BBC television series and a major exhibition at the Royal Academy, Art, Passion & Power is the definitive statement on the British monarchy's treasures of the art world.

The Royal City of Susa

Author : Musée du Louvre
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870996517
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Royal City of Susa written by Musée du Louvre and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1992 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich production followed of objects for daily use, ritual, and luxury living, finely carved in various materials or fashioned of clay. Monumental sculpture was made in stone or bronze, and dramatic friezes were composed of brilliantly glazed bricks. Among the discoveries are tiny, intricately carved cylinder seals and splendid jewelry. Clay balls marked with symbols offer fascinating testimony to the very beginnings of writing; clay tablets from later periods bearing inscriptions in cuneiform record political history, literature, business transactions, and mathematical calculations. A very important group of finds from Susa is made up of objects brought back as booty from conquests in Mesopotamia. These works, many of them the royal monuments of Akkadian and Babylonian monarchs - for instance, the great stele of Naram-Sin - are among the best known of all objects from the ancient Near East.

Royal Treasures from the Louvre

Author : Marc Bascou
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783791352732
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book Royal Treasures from the Louvre written by Marc Bascou and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This breathtaking survey of French royal patronage features full-color illustrations of more than 100 objects, many so precious that they rarely leave the Louvre. French decorative arts reached their pinnacle in craftsmanship and design between the reign of Louis XIV and the Revolution, beginning with the sumptuous works of art made at the Gobelins manufactory, which was established to furnish the royal palaces, and continuing with luxury pieces made in specialist workshops across Paris through the end of the ancient régime. This book reveals the story of patronage and collecting among the French kings and queens with some of the greatest works from the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris, alongside illuminating essays describing the history and background of these beautiful royal objects. Drawing from the Louvre's extraordinary Département des Objets d'Art, Royal Treasures from the Louvre examines the full breadth of decorative arts in 17th- and 18th-century France, offering readers a generous view into the splendor of the French court.

Richard II and the English Royal Treasure

Author : Jenny Stratford
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 1843833786
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Richard II and the English Royal Treasure written by Jenny Stratford and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable treasure of gold and silver from England and France which Richard II had amassed by the end of his reign in 1399 is fully revealed for the first time in this richly illustrated book. The author explores the nature of the objects themselves, their provenance and later fate, and examines the crucial role the treasure played in diplomacy and in financing the Hundred Years War, especially at the time of Agincourt. --

Richard III

Author : Sean Cunningham
Publisher : National Archives
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Richard III written by Sean Cunningham and published by National Archives. This book was released on 2003-03-31 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard III: villain or hero? He was only on the throne for just over two years, yet Richard is probably the most controversial monarch in British history: to some a hunchbacked schemer, usurper and murderer of the 'princes in the Tower', to others a very capable and much maligned ruler. Now you can judge for yourself. Surviving documents from his reign, including letters in Richard's own hand and extracts from official papers, are reproduced here from the 500-year-old originals. Each key document is beautifully reproduced in a double-page spread which also includes an extended contextualising caption and a modern transcription where necessary. The original sources are woven together by a brief narrative history of the reign, fully illustrated in colour with portraits, photographs and other material from the archives. Featured documents include: * Letter from Richard to his mother, 1484 * Richard's official justification for taking the throne, 1484 proclamation against Henry Tudor, 1485 * Richard's letter to the Lord Chancellor requesting the Great Seal 1483

Royal Treasures

Author : Erich Steingräber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Royal Treasures written by Erich Steingräber and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Princely Treasures

Author : Géza von Habsburg
Publisher : Vendome Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Princely Treasures written by Géza von Habsburg and published by Vendome Press. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The princely treasures examined in this book survive from the Renaissance tradition of hoarding wealth not merely for reasons of war and defense but also for the love of collecting beautiful, "marvelous," or rare things. In this all-color book the reader will encounter some of the most fascinating personalities of medieval-Renaissance/Baroque Europe, as well as some of the brightest stars of the European decorative arts: the sculptors Benvenuto Cellini, Adriaen de Vries, and Balthasar Permoser, the silversmiths Wenzel Jamnitzer and Johann Melchior Dinglinger, the Saracchi and Miseroni lapidarists of Milan, the painter Pol and Jean de Limbourg, Jan Vermeyen, and Guiseppe Arcimboldo, the enamalist Pierre Courteys, and the ceramist Bernard Palissy, among scores of others.

A Royal Renaissance Treasure and Its Afterlives

Author : Timothy Schroder
Publisher : British Museum Research Public
ISBN 13 : 9780861592272
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book A Royal Renaissance Treasure and Its Afterlives written by Timothy Schroder and published by British Museum Research Public. This book was released on 2021-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At center stage in this volume is the Royal Clock Salt, a national treasure from the courtly culture of the Renaissance and one of only a handful of treasures surviving from the Jewel House of Henry VIII. The volume sheds new light on an exquisite object that has beguiled owners and viewers for centuries.

Macedonian Treasures

Author : Angeliki Kottaridi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789606878404
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (784 download)

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Download or read book Macedonian Treasures written by Angeliki Kottaridi and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai was built especially to protect the monuments in the burial complex of King Philip II and to facilitate the public's access to their splendid murals, original large-scale paintings of the Classical period. In the form of an ancient tumulus and encasing the monuments, this Museum-Mausoleum is dedicated to the memory of illustrious historical figures familiar to all. This guide to the Museum of the Royal Tombs takes the reader step by step on the tour of this particularly spare and austere, yet simultaneously atmospheric, exhibition of the treasures from these tombs, which are displayed in units. Impressive photographs accompany historical information and the presentation of the exhibits, transporting the visitor through space and time, in the footsteps of the remarkable flowering of culture in the land of Macedonia during Classical Antiquity.

Treasures of Early Irish Art, 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D.

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870991647
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Treasures of Early Irish Art, 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D. written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1977 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tomb. Treasures. Mummies. Book One

Author : Dennis Forbes
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781511769242
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (692 download)

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Download or read book Tomb. Treasures. Mummies. Book One written by Dennis Forbes and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book One of a 5-volume updated softcover reprint of the Author's out-of-print 1998 hardcover Tombs. Treasures. Mummies. Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology. Book One deals with the two Royal Mummies Caches, TT320 (1881) and KV35 (1898) & includes a complete inventory of the TT320 mummies, matching them with their coffins. Color photos have been added to the hardcover edition's archival b&w images.

Art in the Age of Queen Victoria

Author : Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300079975
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (799 download)

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Book Synopsis Art in the Age of Queen Victoria by : Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)

Download or read book Art in the Age of Queen Victoria written by Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to accompany the exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London and toured with the assistance of the Denver Art Museum from May 1999 to September 2000 to Denver, Seattle, West Palm Beach, New York City, and Cincinnati.

The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps

Author : Mark Clayton
Publisher : Trafford on Demand Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781425186135
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps written by Mark Clayton and published by Trafford on Demand Pub. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure Hunt in the Arizona Desert Debut Author Reveals Secrets of Stone Maps and Royal Treasure in New Nonfiction Book VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA In his thrilling new nonfiction book, The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps: The King's Royal Treasure (published by Trafford Publishing), debut author Mark Clayton takes readers on the treasure hunt of a lifetime as a group of committed friends set out to discover the long lost royal riches stashed somewhere in the Superstition Mountains of the Arizona Desert. Filled with never before revealed secrets and factual information that promises to electrify every reader's sense of adventure, Clayton's book brings a measure of wonder as well as closure to the mysterious Spanish legend of the King's Royal Fifth, a treasure that has been sought for more than 150 years. Let's not forget about the detailed maps and brilliant pictures first seen here within the pages of The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps. Whether you're interested in buried treasure and let's be honest, who isn't? or just want to learn more about prospecting, deciphering ancient maps, sun symbols, Spanish Mountain monuments, Spanish trail markers or the Arizona Desert, you can't go wrong with Clayton's investigation, The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps. Furthermore, readers will learn all about the history and culture of this fascinating area over the past 300 years with Clayton's unparalleled knowledge of the local peoples, which include the Apache, the Mexican, the Spaniards and the U.S. Calvary. Never before has such a detailed and high-impact interpretation of the Peralta stone maps and the timeless treasure to which they point been so provocative and encompassing. Follow his search for the breakthrough that could change history today, and rekindle your own dormant passion for the discovery of a lifetime in the pages of the inspiring nonfiction book The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps.

Flickering Treasures

Author : Amy Davis
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1421422190
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Flickering Treasures written by Amy Davis and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These vintage and contemporary images of Baltimore movie palaces explore the changing face of Charm City with stories and commentary by filmmakers. Since the dawn of popular cinema, Baltimore has been home to hundreds of movie theaters, many of which became legendary monuments to popular culture. But by 2016, the number of cinemas had dwindled to only three. Many theaters have been boarded up, burned out, or repurposed. In this volume, Baltimore Sun photojournalist Amy Davis pairs vintage black-and-white images of downtown movie palaces and modest neighborhood theaters with her own contemporary color photos. Flickering Treasures delves into Baltimore’s cultural and cinematic history, from its troubling legacy of racial segregation to the technological changes that have shaped both American cities and the movie exhibition business. Images of Electric Park, the Century, the Hippodrome, and scores of other beloved venues are punctuated by stories and interviews, as well as commentary from celebrated Baltimore filmmakers Barry Levinson and John Waters. A map and timeline reveal the one-time presence of movie houses in every corner of the city, and fact boxes include the years of operation, address, architect, and seating capacity for each of the 72 theaters profiled, along with a brief description of each theater’s distinct character.