Author : Virginia Woolf
Publisher : Swedenborg Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 39,25 MB
Release : 2013-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447479147
A delightful collection of essays penned by Woolf for what she saw as the common reader. An informal, informative and witty celebration of our literary and social heritage.
Author : Bosiljka Raditsa
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 14,39 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Art, Renaissance
ISBN : 0870999532
Works in the Museum's collection that embody the Renaissance interest in classical learning, fame, and beautiful objects are illustrated and discussed in this resource and will help educators introduce the richness and diversity of Renaissance art to their students. Primary source texts explore the great cities and powerful personalities of the age. By studying gesture and narrative, students can work as Renaissance artists did when they created paintings and drawings. Learning about perspective, students explore the era's interest in science and mathematics. Through projects based on poetic forms of the time, students write about their responses to art. The activities and lesson plans are designed for a variety of classroom needs and can be adapted to a specific curriculum as well as used for independent study. The resource also includes a bibliography and glossary.
Author : Mark Jones
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 19,14 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520070875
Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.
Author : Michael Bycroft
Publisher : Springer
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 3319963791
This edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology of gems, and it does so against the backdrop of an expanding global trade in gems. The eleven chapters are organised into three parts. The first part sets the scene by describing how gems moved around the early modern world, how they were set in motion, and how they were pulled together in the course of their travels. The second part is about value. It asks why people valued gems, how they determined the value of a given gem, and how the value of a gem was connected to its perceived place of origin. The third part deals with the skills involved in cutting, polishing, and mounting gems, and how these skills were transmitted and articulated by artisans. The common themes of all these chapters are materials, knowledge and global trade. The contributors to this volume focus on the material properties of gems such as their weight and hardness, on the knowledge involved in exchanging them and valuing them, and on the cultural consequences of the expanding trade in gems in Eurasia and the Americas.
Author : Robert Smith Surtees
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 37,91 MB
Release : 2022-05-28
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Walter Besant
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : Travel
ISBN :
"South London" by Walter Besant is a comprehensive and illuminating journey that takes readers on a captivating exploration of the rich tapestry of history, culture, and landmarks that define South London. With meticulous research and a genuine passion for the subject, Besant's narrative unfolds as an invaluable guide for readers eager to uncover the hidden gems and untold stories of this remarkable region. Besant's profound insights provide readers with a deep understanding of South London's historical significance, its evolving landscape, and the unique charm that sets it apart from other locales. As readers traverse the pages of this book, they are invited to embark on a virtual tour, where every street, building, and community comes to life with vivid descriptions and historical anecdotes. "South London" is not merely a book; it is a gateway to the past, a celebration of the present, and an invitation to explore the region's rich heritage. It serves as a testament to the enduring allure of South London and its capacity to capture the hearts and imaginations of all who venture within its borders. For those seeking to delve into the soul of a diverse and vibrant part of the world, Walter Besant's work is an indispensable resource that both informs and inspires, ensuring that the legacy of South London endures for generations to come.
Author : Thomas Edgar Pemberton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 50,66 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
I know that to the majority of people who merely regard the theatre as a place for occasional recreation, it is a subject for amazement that others can exist who, not belonging to the theatrical profession, take an absorbing and lasting interest in the stage, and in those actors and actresses who have made its past history glorious, as well as in the artists who adorn and make it a delight in the present. I wonder how many of us truly realise the weight of Charles Dickens's words: "If any man were to tell me that he denied his acknowledgments to the stage, I would simply put to him one question-whether he remembered his first play?" Not only freely, but with gratitude, I acknowledge my indebtedness to the theatre, and it is certain that from that magic night when for the first time I saw the glitter of the footlights and watched the rise of the curtain, I entered upon a new and most fascinating life. Of course I was called "stage struck," and those who controlled me shook their heads, thought it a great pity, and did their best to thwart my inclinations.
Author : Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Publisher : Inner Traditions
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 31,3 MB
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781644114162
• Corrects the many mistranslations, copyist mistakes, and errors introduced from other editions, drawing on new research and access to Agrippa’s source texts • Restores all of Agrippa’s original illustrations • Presents a nearly complete bibliography of Agrippa’s primary sources One of the most important texts in the Western magical tradition for nearly 500 years, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’s 1533 work Three Books of Occult Philosophy collates a multitude of sources from the Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods and organizes them into a coherent explanation of the magical world. Divided into three parts--the natural world, the celestial world, and the divine world--the book systematically explains the philosophy, logic, and methods of magic and astrology and how they work, offering numerous examples, diagrams, techniques, and analogies. Agrippa’s seminal masterpiece provided the basis for 19th-century magical orders such as the Golden Dawn and has been a primary source for countless books on magical uses of stones, herbs, incense, and astrology. Additionally, Agrippa’s many lists and diagrams, especially the planetary seals and magic squares, have proven invaluable to magicians since the 16th century. Yet, up until now, all English editions of Agrippa’s Three Books were based on the same flawed 1651 translation from the mysterious “J.F.” In this new translation from the original 1533 Latin edition, Eric Purdue corrects the many mistranslations, copyist mistakes, and errors introduced from other editions, as well as restores all of Agrippa’s original illustrations. He notates every correction from earlier editions and offers commentary to rectify the original translator’s mistranslations. Drawing on major developments in the research of older magical and astrological texts since the 1990s, Purdue also presents a nearly complete bibliography of Agrippa’s primary sources, revealing how Agrippa was not writing from missing or secret texts but was a mainstream scholar of his day. Presenting the first new English translation of Three Books of Occult Philosophy in more than 350 years, this three-volume hardcover boxed set repairs the gaps in knowledge pervasive in the original translation as well as restores the magical spirit of Agrippa’s masterpiece, allowing us to hear Agrippa speak again.
Author : Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
Publisher :
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Folklore in literature
ISBN :
Author : Mark Westgarth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 27,57 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 1000050629
Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenthcentury antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent ‘art market turn’ in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialised, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803–1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early nineteenth-century Britain, centred around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialisation of culture and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies and nineteenth-century culture.
