Author: S. William BeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glove industry
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Gloves, Their Annals and Associations
Author: S. William BeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glove industry
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Gloves, Their Annals and Associations. A Chapter of Trade and Social History
Author: S. William BeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glove industry
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The Finger
Author: Angus TrumblePublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429945613
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
FROM THE AUTHOR OF A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SMILE, A COMPLETE INDEX OF THE DIGIT In this collision between art and science, history and pop culture, the acclaimed art historian Angus Trumble examines the finger from every possible angle. His inquiries into its representation in art take us from Buddhist statues in Kyoto to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, from cave art to Picasso's Guernica, from Van Dyck's and Rubens's winning ways with gloves to the longstanding French taste for tapering digits. But Trumble also asks intriguing questions about the finger in general: How do fingers work, and why do most of us have five on each hand? Why do we bite our nails? This witty, odd, and fascinating book is filled with diverse anecdotes about the silent language of gesture, the game of love, the spinning of balls, superstitions relating to the severed fingers of thieves, and systems of computation that were used on wharves and in shops, markets, granaries, and warehouses throughout the ancient Roman world. Side by side with historical discussions of rings and gloves and nail polish are meditations on the finger's essential role in writing, speech, sports, crime, law, sex, worhsip, memory, scratching politely at eighteenth-century French doors (instead of crudely knocking), or merely satisfying an itch—and, of course, in the eponymous show of contempt.
Fashion and Costume in American Popular Culture
Author: Valerie OliverPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313033269
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Providing a convenient and unique look at fashion and costume literature and how it has developed historically, this volume discusses monographic and reference literature and provides information on periodicals, research centers, and costume museums and collections. It also provides a new way of looking at the literature through a database of 58 Library of Congress subject headings. It covers topics from jeans to wedding dresses and features popular examples of how clothing is used and reflected in our culture through the literature discussed. Of interest to scholars, students, and anyone curious about the unique power clothing holds in our lives. Various types of reference sources are discussed including other guides to the literature, encyclopedia, dictionaries, biographical dictionaries, specialized bibliographies, and indexing and abstracting services. Electronic CD-ROM and online databases equivalents are included in the presentation of indexing and abstracting services with major networks such as OCLC, RLIN, Lexis/Nexis, and Dialog mentioned as well. In addition a list of 123 research centers, mainly libraries, is provided and arranged geographically by state, some 176 costume museums and collections of costumes located at colleges and universities are listed alphabetically, and a list of 278 periodicals on fashion, costume, clothing and related topics is provided. A database of some 58 clothing and accessory subject headings is analyzed in the Worldcat database with the literature of the top ten specific clothing and accessory subject terms limited to media publication format are covered. Additionally, histories of costume and fashion in the U.S. and works which concentrate on psychological, sociological or cultural aspects are outlined. An appendix, including the clothing and accessory database, and author and subject indexes conclude the volume.
Nelson's Perpetual Loose-leaf Encyclopædia
Author: John Huston FinleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Nelson's Perpetual Loose-leaf Encyclopaedia
Author: John Huston FinleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The Modern Factory System
Author: Richard Whately Cooke-TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Factory laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Class List of the Books in the Reference Library
Author: Nottingham (England). Free Public Reference LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Accessories of Dress
Author: Katherine LesterPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140490
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Illustrations of hats, veils, wigs, cravats, shawls, shoes, gloves, and other accessories enhance an engaging commentary that reveals the humor and charm of the many-sided story of accessorized apparel. 644 figures and 59 plates.
Author: Eliakim Littell