Author : Frank Karslake
Publisher :
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 34,98 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Autographs
ISBN :
A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library
Publisher :
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Shireen Huda
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1921313722
"Art auctions have long captured the public imagination. They regularly make news headlines and have become synonymous with glamour, money and social distinction. The marketing of auction houses and the works they sell has resulted in firms attaining authoritative positions and the ability both to influence and reflect collecting tastes. Pedigree and panache is the first comprehensive history of the art auction in Australia. In this fascinating work, Shireen Huda investigates the construction of the glamorous reputation of art auctions and art auction houses. Featuring absorbing case studies of key art auctions and major art auction houses in Australia (including Christies, Sothebys and Deutscher-Menzies) the work provides an overview of the origin and international development of art auctions. The development of the Australian marketplace is then explored, detailing colonial inception and continuing until Christies' withdrawal of its saleroom presence in 2006."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Larry Schweikart
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1373 pages
File Size : 29,81 MB
Release : 2004-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1101217782
For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way America’s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of America’s patriots and the achievements of “dead white men.” As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin. A Patriot’s History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, America’s discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America’s true and proud history.
Author : Robert Macfarlane
Publisher : Anansi International
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781487005382
From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris, a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations to help readers rediscover the magic of the natural world.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 29,95 MB
Release : 1922
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Robert Macfarlane
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0393242153
National Bestseller • New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year" • NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" • Guardian "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award "Mesmerizing…Underland is a portal of light in dark times." —Terry Tempest Williams, New York Times Book Review In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Traveling through the dizzying expanse of geologic time—from prehistoric art in Norwegian sea caves, to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, to a deep-sunk "hiding place" where nuclear waste will be stored for 100,000 years to come—Underland takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind. Global in its geography and written with great lyricism, Underland speaks powerfully to our present moment. At once ancient and urgent, this is a book that will change the way you see the world.
Author : C. Albert White
Publisher :
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 12,59 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Nelson Downs
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 27,12 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Magic tricks
ISBN :
Author : Marian Shaw
Publisher :
Page : 1384 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Bibliography of bibliographies
ISBN :
