The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection
Author: Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 116
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Author: Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Valerie D. Mendes
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis museum has the world's greatest collection of 20th century British fabrics. Advanced design was the basis upon which the fabrics were selected and they were acquired at, or just after, the date of manufacture.
Author: Neale M. Albert
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780910672672
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCatalogue of an exhibition of Neale M. Albert's collection of specially-commissioned miniature designer bindings, held at the Grolier Club September 13-November 4, 2006.
Author: Albert Einstein
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2016-09-06
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1504040317
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThree captivating volumes reveal how Einstein viewed both the physical universe and the everyday world in which he lived. A century after his theory of general relativity shook the foundations of the scientific world, Albert Einstein’s name is still synonymous with genius. This collection is an introduction to one of the world’s greatest minds. Essays in Humanism Nuclear proliferation, Zionism, and the global economy are just a few of the insightful and surprisingly prescient topics scientist Albert Einstein discusses in this volume of collected essays from between 1931 and 1950. With a clear voice and a thoughtful perspective on the effects of science, economics, and politics in daily life, Einstein’s essays provide an intriguing view inside the mind of a genius as he addresses the philosophical challenges presented during the turbulence of the Great Depression, World War II, and the dawn of the Cold War. The Theory of Relativity and Other Essays E=mc2 may be Einstein’s most well-known contribution to modern science. Now, on the one-hundredth anniversary of the theory of general relativity, discover the thought process behind this famous equation. In this collection of his seven most important essays on physics, Einstein guides his reader through the many layers of scientific theory that formed a starting point for his discoveries. By both supporting and refuting the theories and scientific efforts of his predecessors, he reveals the origins and meaning of such significant topics as physics and reality, the fundamentals of theoretical physics, the common language of science, the laws of science and of ethics, and an elementary derivation of the equivalence of mass and energy. This remarkable collection, authorized by the Albert Einstein archives, allows the non-scientist to understand not only the significance of Einstein’s masterpiece, but also the brilliant mind behind it. The World As I See It Authorized by the Albert Einstein Archives, this is a fascinating collection of observations about life, religion, nationalism, and a host of personal topics that engaged the intellect of one of the world’s greatest minds. In the aftermath of World War I, Einstein writes about his hopes for the League of Nations, his feelings as a German citizen about the growing anti-Semitism and nationalism of his country, and his opinions about the current affairs of his day. In addition to these political perspectives, The World As I See It reveals the idealistic, spiritual, and witty side of this great intellectual as he approaches topics including “Good and Evil,” “Religion and Science,” “Active Pacifism,” “Christianity and Judaism,” and “Minorities.” Including letters, speeches, articles and essays written before 1935, this collection offers a complete portrait of Einstein as a humanitarian and as a human being trying to make sense of the changing world around him. This authorized ebook features new introductions by Neil Berger and an illustrated biography of Albert Einstein, which includes rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Author: Victoria and Albert museum
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Published: 1885
Total Pages: 282
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Published: 1952
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Morris
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1989-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780486261058
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHandsome motifs from elegant textiles, tapestries, embroideries, carpets designed by important Victorian artist and craftsman. Rose and Thistle, Strawberry Thief, Peacock and Dragon, more. Ideal for informal notes, personal collections.
Author: Jonathan Marsden
Publisher: Royal Collection Trust
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 490
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Victorian era is unquestionably one of the high points in the history of British art--and the culture of that period was defined, as much as anything, by the artistic tastes of Queen Victoria and her beloved Prince Albert. From Victoria's accession in 1837 to Albert's death in 1861, Buckingham Palace was known as "the headquarters of taste," and in a time when royal patronage was still essential to a successful artistic career, the pair enthusiastically collected paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and furniture from a wide range of British and European artists. Victoria & Albert presents the highlights of that extensive collection through more than four hundred beautifully produced full-color illustrations. In addition to the many artworks, both familiar and little-known, that Victoria and Albert collected, the book also features the monarchs' own creations, from paintings, drawings, and etchings to the loving souvenir albums they assembled to record their travels and commemorate the major events of their lives. Opening a window onto the lives of two people as passionate about art as they were about each other, Victoria & Albert will be a comprehensive resource for scholars of British art and the royal family.
Author: Albert Field
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780880790338
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn informative retrospective tracing the history of transformational cards, and their delightful artwork that cleverly incorporates the suit marks into the drawings. Includes eight color plates.
Author: Rowan Bain
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2019-09-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0500480451
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA beautiful and informative gift book devoted to designs by William Morris that incorporate flowers—a central motif in his oeuvre and one that played a part in the majority of his designs. The leading figure of the Arts and Crafts Movement, William Morris (1834–1896) is one of the best-known and most popular of all British designers. A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass production, he designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his spectacular carpet, fabric, and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the popular imagination and influence interior designers and the decorative arts. Around six hundred such designs are attributed to Morris, most of which are based on nature, including trees, plants, and flowers. This beautifully designed, accessibly priced gift book offers a wealth of designs by Morris where flowers are the principal motif. The text traces the origins of Morris’s flower-based designs: his own gardens at the Red House in Kent; sixteenth- and seventeenth-century herbals; illuminated medieval manuscripts; late medieval and Renaissance tapestries; and the range of decorated objects, particularly from the Islamic world, that Morris studied at the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum. Authored by Rowan Bain, senior curator at the William Morris Gallery, and lavishly illustrated with over one hundred color illustrations, William Morris’s Flowers will both inform and delight.