Author: Signe MayfieldPublisher:
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Category : Fiberwork
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
From Tapestry to Vessel
Author: Signe MayfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiberwork
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Tapestry in the Baroque
Author: Thomas P. CampbellPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392309
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry
Author: Gale R. Owen-CrockerPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843836157
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Harold II is chiefly remembered today, perhaps unfairly, for the brevity of his reign and his death at the Battle of Hastings. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on the man and his milieu before and after that climax. They explore the long career and the dynastic network behind Harold Godwinesson's accession on the death of King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, looking in particular at the important questions as to whether Harold's kingship was opportunist or long-planned; a usurpation or a legitimate succession in terms of his Anglo-Scandinavian kinships? They also examine the posthumous legends that Harold survived Hastings and lived on as a religious recluse. The essays in the second part of the volume focus on the Bayeux Tapestry, bringing out the small details which would have resonated significantly for contemporary audiences, both Norman and English, to suggest how they judged Harold and the other players in the succession drama of 1066. Other aspects of the Tapestry are also covered: the possible patron and locations the Tapestry was produced for; where and how it was designed; and the various sources - artistic and real - employed by the artist.
Steamship and Other Power Vessels
Author: French Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Charissa Bremer-DavidPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606068296
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Vividly illustrated, this is the first comprehensive catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s celebrated collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French silver. The collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French silver at the J. Paul Getty Museum is of exceptional quality and state of preservation. Each piece is remarkable for its beauty, inventive form, skillful execution, illustrious provenance, and the renown of its maker. This volume is the first complete study of these exquisite objects, with more than 250 color photographs bringing into focus extraordinary details such as minuscule makers’ marks, inscriptions, and heraldic armorials. The publication details the formation of the Museum’s collection of French silver, several pieces of which were selected by J. Paul Getty himself, and discusses the regulations of the historic Parisian guild of gold- and silversmiths that set quality controls and consumer protections. Comprehensive entries catalogue a total of thirty-three pieces with descriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and technical information. The related commentaries shed light on the function of these objects and the roles they played in the daily lives of their prosperous owners. The book also includes maker biographies and a full bibliography. The free online edition of this open-access publication is available at getty.edu/publications/french-silver/ and includes 360-degree views and zoomable high-resolution photography. Also available are free PDF and EPUB downloads of the book, and JPG downloads of the main catalogue images.
The Syren & Shipping Illustrated
Author: Anglo-Norman Studies VII
Author: Reginald Allen BrownPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780851154169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1984
Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature: Rh-St
Author: John McClintockPublisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
Book Description
Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
Author: John McClintockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Essays in the Economic History of the Atlantic World
Author: John McCuskerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134703392
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Written by one of the leading authorities on trade and finance in the early modern Atlantic world, these fourteen essays, revised and integrated for this volume, share as their common theme the development of the Atlantic economy, especially British America and the Caribbean. Topics treated range from early attempts in medieval England to measure the carrying capacity of ships, through the advent in Renaissance Italy and England of business newspapers that reported on the traffic of ships, cargoes and market prices, to the state of the economy of France over the two hundred years before the French Revolution and of the British West Indies between 1760 and 1790. Included is the story of Thomas Irving who challenged and thwarted the likes of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.