The ABC of Style

The ABC of Style

Author: Émile Bayard

Publisher: Parkstone International

Published: 2012-05-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1780428863

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Ever wondered why your ceiling is shaped like the arches in a gothic cathedral? Or why your offi ce building looks so different from its neighboring counterparts? The ABC of Style invites you to explore the many different architectural and decorative interior styles from their ancient origins to the 1940s. Take a journey through history to see how the French aristocracy styled their palaces and castles to the simple designs of the Dominican monastic churches during the middle ages. Often, political changes implicate a stylistic transformation. Thus, the different European styles were frequently named after a sovereign or a historical period (Renaissance style, Medieval style). Until the end of the nineteenth century, the stylistic mutations of the time were generally based on the tastes of the royalty. Stylistic expression was, therefore, an affirmation of power.


Van Patten's ABC's of Collecting Nippon Porcelain

Van Patten's ABC's of Collecting Nippon Porcelain

Author: Joan F. Van Patten

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781574324488

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Historical information is included in this new volume Van Patten's ABC's of Collecting Nippon Porcelain, as well as the different designs and techniques that were used. A variety of patterns, designs, decors, and various scenes are showcased. A big chapter on reproductions is also included, and hundreds of backstamps are shown. As the subtitle of the book suggests, this volume is arranged alphabetically by piece. As always, current collector values are provided for every item shown. Hundreds of photographs of vases, tea sets, candlesticks, trays, creamers, plates, urns, and many other types of dishes are featured. Joan Van Patten, co-founder and past president of the International Nippon Collector's Club, is a qualified, trustworthy source for every Nippon collector, and her books are always considered required reading.


A Beauty Collected

A Beauty Collected

Author: Rachel Garahan

Publisher: Familius

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781942934707

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Discover the ABCs of nature with this exploratory, full colored, photography book.


The Dictionary of the Book

The Dictionary of the Book

Author: Sidney E. Berger

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-10-17

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1442263407

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Finally, here is the definitive glossary of the book, offering readers all the terms they will need for thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term --- over 1,300 different words --- that could be used in booksellers’ catalogs, library records, and collectors’ descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary. This authoritative source covers all areas of book knowledge: the book as physical object, typeface terminology, paper, printing, book collecting, book design, bibliography, calligraphy, t he language of manuscripts, writing implements, librarianship, legal issues, the parts of a book, and much more. The definitions are supplemented by more than 100 illustrations showing the book as a physical object: parts of books, kinds of illustrations, kinds of printing techniques, tools that librarians, booksellers, and collectors refer to that are used in the making of books, kinds of binding structures and decoration, kinds of paper decoration, and other things.


ABC Safari

ABC Safari

Author:

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing

Published: 2007-03-10

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1607180154

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Rhyming enumeration of animals, their habitats and traits, presented alphabetically.


Cutting Hair the Vidal Sassoon Way

Cutting Hair the Vidal Sassoon Way

Author: Vidal Sassoon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-14

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 113607726X

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explains exactly how the main basic and most important haircuts are done step by step extensive use of photographs


The ABC of It

The ABC of It

Author: Leonard S. Marcus

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13:

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"Original artwork and materials explore children's literature and its impact in society and culture over time. A favorite childhood book can leave a lasting impression, but as adults we tend to shelve such memories. For fourteen months beginning in June 2013, more than half a million visitors to the New York Public Library viewed an exhibition about the role that children's books play in world culture and in our lives. After the exhibition closed, attendees clamored for a catalog of The ABC of It as well as for children's literature historian Leonard S. Marcus's insightful, wry commentary about the objects on display. Now with this book, a collaboration between the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Collection of Children's Literature and Leonard Marcus, the nostalgia and vision of that exhibit can be experienced anywhere. The story of the origins of children's literature is a tale with memorable characters and deeds, from Hans Christian Andersen and Lewis Carroll to E. B. .


Turtle Island ABC

Turtle Island ABC

Author: Gerald Hausman

Publisher: First Glance Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13:

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An alphabet book of traditional Native American symbols.