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Book Synopsis The Book of Jade by : David Park Barnitz
Download or read book The Book of Jade written by David Park Barnitz and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2024-03-22T20:54:00Z with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who reads The Book of Jade will quickly notice a few things: the author of this collection of poems holds a pessimistic, misanthropic view of life, and his obsessions lean towards the macabre, particularly focusing on themes of death, darkness, graves, corpses, and a longing to rest among the worms. The collection presents a world where God is portrayed as foolish, other people as imbeciles, and the fate of the dead as something to be envied. Certainly not light-hearted fare! Although The Book of Jade was initially published anonymously, it didn’t take long for readers to discover the identity of its author when the obituary of David Park Barnitz, a young oriental studies scholar who passed away mere weeks after the book’s publication, admitted as much. Though somewhat uneven in quality, the work has garnered admiration from figures such as H. P. Lovecraft, Donald Wandrei, and Clark Ashton Smith, firmly establishing its place in the canon of decadent literature. This edition includes all the poems of the original 1901 edition, as well as the poem “After-Life,” which was published in Overland Monthly. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Book Synopsis Official catalogue of the contents of the Birmingham museum & art gallery, with notes upon the industrial exhibits, compiled by W. Wallis and A. St. Johnston. [The wrapper, which bears the date, is entitled] Handbook of the art exhibition at the inauguration of the Museum & art gallery, and official catalogue by : sir Whitworth Wallis
Download or read book Official catalogue of the contents of the Birmingham museum & art gallery, with notes upon the industrial exhibits, compiled by W. Wallis and A. St. Johnston. [The wrapper, which bears the date, is entitled] Handbook of the art exhibition at the inauguration of the Museum & art gallery, and official catalogue written by sir Whitworth Wallis and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Philippine Jade Bi written by J.G. Cheock and published by J.G. Cheock. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the Nephrite Jade Bi disk, and its evolution over the Ages, we connect the dots of history in a way that makes the past come alive. Through the tangible form of a material harder than most iron or steel, considered by our ancestors to be divine and more precious than gold, the Bi disk gives us inside information that illuminates the murky waters of Philippine Prehistory.
Author :University of Pennsylvania. University Museum Department of Archaeology Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :232 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Bulletin by : University of Pennsylvania. University Museum Department of Archaeology
Download or read book Bulletin written by University of Pennsylvania. University Museum Department of Archaeology and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scientific Examination of Art written by and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the application of scientific methods to the study and conservation of art and cultural properties. This work addresses scientific topics of broad interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines and attracting up to 250 leadingresearchers in the field.
Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Archaeologist written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Golden Kingdoms by : Joanne Pillsbury
Download or read book Golden Kingdoms written by Joanne Pillsbury and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume accompanies a major international loan exhibition featuring more than three hundred works of art, many rarely or never before seen in the United States. It traces the development of gold working and other luxury arts in the Americas from antiquity until the arrival of Europeans in the early sixteenth century. Presenting spectacular works from recent excavations in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico, this exhibition focuses on specific places and times—crucibles of innovation—where artistic exchange, rivalry, and creativity led to the production of some of the greatest works of art known from the ancient Americas. The book and exhibition explore not only artistic practices but also the historical, cultural, social, and political conditions in which luxury arts were produced and circulated, alongside their religious meanings and ritual functions. Golden Kingdoms creates new understandings of ancient American art through a thematic exploration of indigenous ideas of value and luxury. Central to the book is the idea of the exchange of materials and ideas across regions and across time: works of great value would often be transported over long distances, or passed down over generations, in both cases attracting new audiences and inspiring new artists. The idea of exchange is at the intellectual heart of this volume, researched and written by twenty scholars based in the United States and Latin America.
Book Synopsis Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals by : Patti Polk
Download or read book Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals written by Patti Polk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike the dense and highly technical academic tomes that are text-heavy, poorly organized and intimidating, this colorful and easy-to-use reference guide dedicated to collecting rocks, gems and minerals is ideal for readers who want to expand their understanding without getting lost in a labyrinth of science. Beautifully illustrated with 700 color photographs providing wonderful detail and smartly organized to take the hassle out identification, you will enjoy the simplicity of the guide and the enthusiasm and knowledge of author Patti Polk, one of the top agate collectors in the world and a self-proclaimed "rockhound." You will also enjoy two areas that our competitors don't bother with. First it includes values, and second, it covers an introduction to lapidary, which is the cutting and polishing of rocks and gemstones for jewelry or display.
Book Synopsis Bulletin by : University of Pennsylvania. University Museum
Download or read book Bulletin written by University of Pennsylvania. University Museum and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book China's Cultural Relics written by Li Li and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's Cultural Relics provides an illustrated introduction to ancient Chinese artifacts and the preservation of these relics in modern times.
Book Synopsis Illustrated Catalogue of the Rare and Beautiful Oriental Art Treasures of Supreme Quality by : Yamanaka & Company
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of the Rare and Beautiful Oriental Art Treasures of Supreme Quality written by Yamanaka & Company and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Stone of Kings by : Gerard Helferich
Download or read book Stone of Kings written by Gerard Helferich and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book perfectly timed for the re-setting of the Maya calendar in 2012.... Part history, popular science, armchair travel, and real-life treasure hunt, this is the story of pre-Columbian jade—the precious stone revered by ancient Aztecs, Incans, and Maya—and the scientists, collectors, explorers and entrepreneurs who have been searching for the mythical jade mines for more than a century. “A compelling tale.... This well-focused and well-told account brings America’s most mythologized gemstone into sharp relief.” —Wall Street Journal “[T]he story of the search for the long-vanished mines of the Mayas . . . [with] engaging digressions into plate tectonics, the technology of jade carving and the brutal history of the regimes of a succession of Guatemalan generals. . . . [Prospectors] Ridinger and Johnson endured earthquakes, coups, kidnapping, even civil war. But eventually they stumbled upon huge blocks of the alluring, elusive stone.” —New York Times Book Review Selected as an Indie Next List “Great Read” “The search for the sources of this mysterious rock reads like detective fiction, and involves geologists, archaeologists, entrepreneurs, poachers, and a host of other characters, but it’s all true. A wonderful read!” —Michael D. Coe, author of Breaking the Maya Code
Download or read book Ignis written by Kate Copeseeley and published by Kate Copeseeley. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikka, Zyander, and Luka have returned, though one of them is no longer in the nation of the Five Tribes. Nikka is still reeling from the damage she took during her stay with the Terris. Her body and her powers are broken. Can she still help her tribe, despite it? Zyander has been thrust into leadership of his tribe, but will discover that no path to power is without hardships. Luka has gone with Khara to her island of griffins. She promised him an army to fight against Surgal, but life among the others of her kind is as terrible as she hinted. Great change is coming; are they prepared to fight for the survival of their home?
Download or read book Possessing the Past written by 國立故宮博物院 and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1996 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major scholarly work, published in conjunction with the exhibition titled "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei" (on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during 1996, and scheduled for several other American cities during 1996-1997). Written by scholars of both Chinese and Western cultural backgrounds and conceived as a cultural history, the book synthesizes scholarship of the past three decades to present the historical and cultural significance of individual works of art and analyses of their aesthetic content, as well as reevaluation of the cultural dynamics of Chinese history. Includes some 600 illustrations, 436 in color. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis A Brief History of Mexico by : Lynn V. Foster
Download or read book A Brief History of Mexico written by Lynn V. Foster and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of Mexico, from pre-Columbian times through the early 2000s.
Book Synopsis Collection of Ancient Chinese Cultural Relics, Volume 1 by : Wang Guozhen
Download or read book Collection of Ancient Chinese Cultural Relics, Volume 1 written by Wang Guozhen and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides images in colour and describes Chinese relics from the primitive period, the Xia and Shang dynasties, 21st to 11th century BC.