Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Art and Auctions
Author: The Connoisseur
Author: Apollo
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Includes section "Book reviews."
Art Digest
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Includes section "The great calender of American exhibitions."
Arts Digest
Author: International Art Market
Author: Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period
Author: Kamal-Aldin NiknamiPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303041776X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
This collection of twenty-eight essays presents an up-to-date survey of pre-Islamic Iran, from the earliest dynasty of Illam to the end of Sasanian empire, encompassing a rich diversity of peoples and cultures. Historically, Iran served as a bridge between the earlier Near Eastern cultures and the later classical world of the Mediterranean, and had a profound influence on political, military, economic, and cultural aspects of the ancient world. Written by international scholars and drawing mainly on the field of practical archaeology, which traditionally has shared little in the way of theories and methods, the book provides crucial pieces to the puzzle of the national identity of Iranian cultures from a historical perspective. Revealing the wealth and splendor of ancient Iranian society – its rich archaeological data and sophisticated artistic craftsmanship – most of which has never before been presented outside of Iran, this beautifully illustrated book presents a range of studies addressing specific aspects of Iranian archaeology to show why the artistic masterpieces of ancient Iranians rank among the finest ever produced. Together, the authors analyze how archaeology can inform us about our cultural past, and what remains to still be discovered in this important region.
Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage
Author: Carola HeinPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030002683
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This Open Access book, building on research initiated by scholars from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development (CHGD) and ICOMOS Netherlands, presents multidisciplinary research that connects water to heritage. Through twenty-one chapters it explores landscapes, cities, engineering structures and buildings from around the world. It describes how people have actively shaped the course, form and function of water for human settlement and the development of civilizations, establishing socio-economic structures, policies and cultures; a rich world of narratives, laws and practices; and an extensive network of infrastructure, buildings and urban form. The book is organized in five thematic sections that link practices of the past to the design of the present and visions of the future: part I discusses drinking water management; part II addresses water use in agriculture; part III explores water management for land reclamation and defense; part IV examines river and coastal planning; and part V focuses on port cities and waterfront regeneration. Today, the many complex systems of the past are necessarily the basis for new systems that both preserve the past and manage water today: policy makers and designers can work together to recognize and build on the traditional knowledge and skills that old structure embody. This book argues that there is a need for a common agenda and an integrated policy that addresses the preservation, transformation and adaptive reuse of historic water-related structures. Throughout, it imagines how such efforts will help us develop sustainable futures for cities, landscapes and bodies of water.
The Working of the National Gallery
Author: National Gallery (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds
Author: Francis Orpen MorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description