Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author : James Silk Buckingham
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Page : 854 pages
File Size : 46,35 MB
Release : 1885
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Author : James Silk Buckingham
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Page : 854 pages
File Size : 46,35 MB
Release : 1885
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Author : Marina Belozerskaya
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892367857
Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
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Page : 164 pages
File Size : 30,77 MB
Release : 1987-04-13
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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Author : Esther Singleton
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Page : 690 pages
File Size : 44,9 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Furniture
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Page : 748 pages
File Size : 10,71 MB
Release : 1973
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Author : Juan Facundo Riaño
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Page : 312 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Arts decoratives
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Author : Esther Singleton
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Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,65 MB
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 375243208X
Reproduction of the original: Dutch and Flemish Furniture by Esther Singleton
Author : Raymond Chandler
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 18,43 MB
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : American Art Association
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 39,93 MB
Release : 2017-10-28
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780266885214
Excerpt from English, American, and French Furniture: Oriental Rugs, Antique Fabrics, Chinese Porcelains, Fine Silver and Other Decorations Ribbed baluster pitcher with views of City Hall, New York, and Hospital for Mental Diseases; sauce boat showing Cats kill Mountains, Hudson River; small dish with S. Paul's church, Boston. Pitcher and dish imperfect. [lot] Collection of Alexander M. Hudnut, American Art Associa tion, 1927. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Charles Locke Eastlake
Publisher : London : Longmans, Green
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 11,92 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Decoration and ornament
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