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Languages : en
Pages : 192
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ART TREASURES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Author: Art Treasures of the British Museum
Author: Geoffrey GrigsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Art Treasures of the British Museum
Author: British Museum (Londres)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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Art treasures of the British Museum: chosen and introduced by Geoffrey Grigson and photographed by Edwin Smith...
Author: British MuseumArt Treasures of the British Museum
Author: Geoffrey Grigson (ed)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 71
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Masterpieces of the British Museum
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
ISBN: 9780714151052
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This new and updated edition includes many recent acquisitions and new discoveries, such as Picasso's stunning Vollard Suite and the intriguing Vale of York Viking hoard, and showcases a selection of more than 250 of the most beautiful and important objects drawn from across the Museum. Each object is presented with its own fascinating story and is strikingly illustrated in full colour. From the Warren Cup to Durers Rhinoceros, the Lewis Chessmen to the Aztec turquoise serpent and the Gayer-Anderson Cat, the iconic objects of the British Museum are here presented in an exciting and accessible new way, highlighting the superb craftsmanship and ingenuity of those who created each of these splendid pieces.
Treasures of the British Museum
Author: Marjorie CaygillPublisher: ABRAMS
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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The treasures include the Rosetta Stone, the Sutton Hoo ship burial, the Elgin Marbles, the Isle of Lewis chessmen, the Portland Vase, the Aztec turquoise mosaics, relics of the royal cemetery at Ur and the bronze Bodhisattva Tara.
Saving Britain's Art Treasures
Author: N. J. McCamleyPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783379049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This book explains for the first time the full story of the wartime adventures of Britain's greatest art treasures. At first the pictures and other artifacts were distributed amongst a number of large country houses. Initially the owners of these houses almost fought one another for the right to house the Treasures. Later, when further accommodation was needed for treasures from the provincial museums, the tables turned and the Office of Works was reduced to bribing owners by promising that they would be spared billetees, and that their houses would be immune from requisitioning. By mid 1940 however, circumstances transpired that made the country houses untenable. German air bases in northern France made the whole of Britain vulnerable. Eventually two deep underground repositories were constructed, one in Wales and one in Wiltshire, and by the end of 1942 virtually all the cultural heritage of the nation was concentrated there. Building and operation of these underground treasure houses did not, however, go smoothly, as described here.
Treasures of the British Museum
Author: Marjorie CaygillPublisher:
ISBN: 9780714117270
Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Art Treasures of the British Museum
Author: Geoffrey Edward Harvey GrigsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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