Biographical Books, 1876-1949
Biographical Books, 1876-1949

Author: R.R. Bowker Company

Publisher: R. R. Bowker

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 1826

ISBN-13: 9780835216036

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"This book is a companion volume to Biographical books, 1950-1980, completing a comprehensive one hundred and five year bibliography of biographical and autobiographical works published or distributed in the United States"--Preface.

Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice
Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice

Author: Arie Wallert

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1995-08-24

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0892363223

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Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Speeches in Stirring Times and Letters to a Son
Speeches in Stirring Times and Letters to a Son

Author: Richard H. Dana Jr.

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-21

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9780365149408

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Excerpt from Speeches in Stirring Times and Letters to a Son: Edited, With Introductory Sketch and Notes By this mental process, he, when twenty-nine years of age, worked out the true rule of law regarding the burden Of proof in criminal trials, in the Peter York case.1 Peter York was charged with murder, and Mr. Dana defended him. Mr. Dana urged that upon the government lay the burden of proving, beyond rea sonable doubt, the malice aforethought as well as the mere killing. The language employed in the legal text-books and in the published judicial opinions was Opposed to Mr. Dana's contention, and the majority of the Massachusetts Supreme Court then decided against him; but Mr. Dana's View has prevailed, as will be told more fully farther on in this sketch, and is now the law of the land. 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.