A catalogue of Pictures, Statues, Busts, Antique Columns, Bronzes, Fragments of Antique Buildings, Tables of Florentine and Roman Mosaic Scagliola and Inlaid Wood
A catalogue of Pictures, Statues, Busts, Antique Columns, Bronzes, Fragments of Antique Buildings, Tables of Florentine and Roman Mosaic Scagliola and Inlaid Wood

Author: John Waldie

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-05-04

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 3382326728

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

The History of Museums Vol 4
The History of Museums Vol 4

Author: David Murray

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-05-17

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1040130011

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Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to the sphere of natural history in relation to museums. Similarly, Acland and Ruskin discuss and explore the relationships of art and architecture to museums.

The English as Collectors
The English as Collectors

Author: Frank Herrmann

Publisher: London : Chatto and Windus

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13:

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This interesting and compelling work offers its readers a unique insight into the private lives of the great collectors whose acquisitions became the nucleus of the foremost museums of Great Britain. "The English as Collectors" is beautifully illustrated and written. Herrmann goes behind the scenes to capture the drive, enthusiasm, and eccentricities of these enlightened patrons of the arts. Through ninety-six rare illustrations, more than seventy-five unique personalities are profiled. This very readable book is for the collector in all of us.

The Country House Described
The Country House Described

Author: Michael Holmes

Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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"The aim of this index is to provide a quick reference to the literature on individual country houses in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, held in the National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Over 4,000 country houses are included. The contents of 135 general books on architecture, architectural details and county histories have been indexed, as well as guides to individual country houses, catalogues of collections and sales catalogues. Only a few periodicals, apart from Country Life up to 1982, have been included."--Introduction.