Auction catalogue, books of Percival David ... [et al.], 18 to 20 December 1961
Author : Sotheby & Co. (London).
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Sotheby & Co. (London).
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Francis John Bagott Watson
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,14 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Author : Gillian Wilson
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 32,68 MB
Release : 2000-03-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892365625
The Getty Museum’s large and exceptional collection of oriental porcelain embellished with Parisian gilt bronze or silver is comprehensively illustrated in this revised catalogue. The European practice of mounting exotic objects such as oriental porcelain dates from the Middle Ages and found its height of expression during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Chinese and Japanese porcelains reached the West in considerable quantities. To meet the growing taste for such objects in fashionable Parisian society, marchands-merciers—guild members who combined the functions of the modern interior decorator, antique dealer, and picture dealer—devised ingenious settings in silver and gilt bronze for oriental porcelains, adapting their exotic character to the French interiors of the period. With the publication of this catalogue, the beauty and rarity with which buyers of these pieces were so enamored is vividly brought to life.
Author : The J. Paul Getty Museum
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,35 MB
Release : 1989-11-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892361433
The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 16 is a compendium of articles and notes pertaining to the Museum's permanent collections of antiquities, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, and sculpture and works of art. This volume includes a supplement introduced by John Walsh with a fully illustrated checklist of the Getty’s recent acquisitions. Volume 16 includes articles written by Richard A. Gergel, Lee Johnson, Myra D. Orth, Barbra Anderson, Louise Lippincott, Leonard Amico, Peggy Fogelman, Peter Fusco, Gerd Spitzer, and Clare Le Corbeiller.
Author : Kathleen Dardes
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 21,70 MB
Release : 1998-10-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892363843
This volume presents the proceedings of an international symposium organized by the Getty Conservation Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum. The first conference of its kind in twenty years, the symposium assembled an international group of conservators of painted panels, and gave them the opportunity to discuss their philosophies and share their work methods. Illustrated in color throughout, this volume presents thirty-one papers grouped into four topic areas: Wood Science and Technology, History of Panel-Manufacturing Techniques, History of the Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings, and Current Approaches to the Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings.
Author : Peter Dickens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,83 MB
Release : 2007-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 113418980X
Space weaponry, satellite surveillance and communications, and private space travel are all means in which outer space is being humanized: incorporated into society’s projects. But what are the political implications of society not only being globalized, but becoming ‘cosmic’? Our ideas about society have long affected, and been affected by, our understanding of the universe: large sections of our economy and society are now organized around humanity’s use of outer space. Our view of the universe, our increasingly ‘cosmic’ society, and even human consciousness are being transformed by new relations with the cosmos. As the first sociological book to tackle humanity’s relationship with the universe, this fascinating volume links social theory to classical and contemporary science, and proposes a new ‘cosmic’ social theory. Written in a punchy, student-friendly style, this timely book engages with a range of topical issues, including cyberspace, terrorism, tourism, surveillance and globalization.
Author : James R. Houghton
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art museum directors
ISBN : 1588393402
Author : Carolyn Sargentson
Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN :
The role and growth of the marchands merciers and the local and international trade in luxury items that developed in 18th century Paris is the subject of this scholarly study.
Author : Michael Laitman
Publisher : Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 37,49 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 189744849X
This is a collection of quotes and excerpts from generations of great Kabbalists, including Rav Yehuda Ashlag, author of the Sulam [Ladder] commentary of The Book of Zohar. This compilation reveals the spiritual concepts of Kabbalah in every realm of human life, using poignant and thought-provoking passages with accurate references from authentic Kabbalistic sources as well as the greatest Kabbalists of all time. A student or a spiritual searcher can use this book as compass in their quest to find true spirituality. The quotes from Gems of Wisdom: words of the great Kabbalists from all generations will become an indispensable source book the reader will constantly revisit and utilize. It is a priceless gift to any person who is a kabbalah student or wishes to explore this age old wisdom.
Author : Anthony J. Camp
Publisher :
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 24,99 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Favorites, Royal
ISBN : 9780950330822