Denmark, a Social Laboratory. With 150 Photographs, Illustrating Life and Conditions in Denmark. [With A] Pref. by H.J. Fleure
Title | Denmark, a Social Laboratory. With 150 Photographs, Illustrating Life and Conditions in Denmark. [With A] Pref. by H.J. Fleure PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Manniche |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1939 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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Catalog of the Foreign Relations Library
Title | Catalog of the Foreign Relations Library PDF eBook |
Author | Foreign Relations Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 772 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | International relations |
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Dictionary Catalog of the University Library, 1919-1962
Title | Dictionary Catalog of the University Library, 1919-1962 PDF eBook |
Author | University of California, Los Angeles. Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1044 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Library catalogs |
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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Title | Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 PDF eBook |
Author | New York Public Library. Research Libraries |
Publisher | |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Library catalogs |
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Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Title | Luxury Arts of the Renaissance PDF eBook |
Author | Marina Belozerskaya |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2005-10-01 |
Genre | 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.
Practising Human Geography
Title | Practising Human Geography PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Cloke |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 2004-05-25 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780761973003 |
Practising Human Geography is critical introduction to disciplinary debates about the practice of human geography, that is informed by an inquiry into how geographers actually do research. In examining those methods and practices that are integral to doing geography, the text presents a theoretically-informed reflection on the construction and interpretation of geographical data - including factual and "fictional" sources; the use of core research methodologies; and the interpretative role of the researcher. Framed by an historical overview how ideas of practising human geography have changed, the following three sections offer an comprehensive and integrated overview of research methodologies. Illustrated throughout, the te
Extravagant Inventions
Title | Extravagant Inventions PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfram Koeppe |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 1588394743 |
Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition "Extravagant Inventions: the Princely Furniture of the Roentgens" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 30, 2102, through January 27, 2013.