THE JEWELS OF JEAN SCHLUMBERGER PUBLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EXHIBITION ENTITLED UN DIAMANT DANS LA VILLE, PARIS, OCT. 19, 1995-FEB. 25, 1996
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Published: 2001
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Author: MUSEE DES ARTS DECORATIFS.
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Published: 2001
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Chantal Bizot
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Published: 2001-05
Total Pages: 178
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarlinespikes and Monkey's Fists: Traditional Arts and Knot-Tying Skills of Maritime Workersexplores the knot-tying traditions and artistry of maritime workers in the Great Lakes region. It contains a glossary of knot-tying terms, biographical sketches of fifteen knot-tyers, an 18-page essay describing various knot-tying customs such as decorating the workplace and personalizing tools, and experiences of the knot-tyers themselves: their careers, how they learn and pass on knot-tying techniques, and how they view the purpose and importance of the tradition.
Author: New York Public Library. Art and Architecture Division
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 568
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 157
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jean Schlumberger
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 32
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 157
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Published: 1961*
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kristin Reed
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2009-11-15
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0520258223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter decades of civil war and instability, the African country of Angola is experiencing a spectacular economic boom thanks to its most valuable natural resource: oil. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, Reed explores the exclusion, degradation, and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola.
Author: Sofia Zoitou
Publisher: Mediterranean Art Histories
Published: 2020-12-17
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9789004436855
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In Staging Holiness. The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) Sofia Zoitou offers a study of the history of relic collections, devotional rituals and sites invested with special meaning in Rhodes, during a time when the island became one of the most frequented ports of call for ships carrying pilgrims from Venice to the Holy Land. Scrutinizing late medieval travel reports by pilgrims from all over Europe along with extant historical, archaeological, visual and material evidence, Sofia Zoitou traces the various forms of the Rhodian cultic sites' evolution and perception, ultimately considered as an overall artistic strategy for the staging of the sacred"--
Author: Paul Metzner
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2024-07-26
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 0520377400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound audiences. Who these characters were, how they attained their fame, and why Paris became the focal point of their activities is the subject of Paul Metzner's absorbing study. Covering the years 1775 to 1850, Metzner describes the careers of a handful of virtuosos: chess masters who played several games at once; a chef who sculpted hundreds of four-foot-tall architectural fantasies in sugar; the first police detective, whose memoirs inspired the invention of the detective story; a violinist who played whole pieces on a single string. He examines these virtuosos as a group in the context of the society that was then the capital of Western civilization. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.