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Author: Jorge SampaioPublisher:
ISBN: 9789728740153
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Medalha, que mensagem para o futuro? : Art Medal World Congress - Congresso Mundial de Medalhística - FIDEM XXIX 2004, Seixal, Portugal ; [catalogue for the International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals at the former Mundet canteens, from 25 October to 27 November 2004 ...]
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Author: Jorge SampaioPublisher:
ISBN: 9789728740153
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals (Classic Reprint)
Author: American Numismatic SocietyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780366911271
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Excerpt from Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals The revised edition has been a somewhat laborious undertaking, inas much as it was imperative to return the medals immediately upon the con elusion of the exhibition, and the material which it was subsequently planned to incorporate in the new edition had to be secured by correspon dence. The Society desires to thank the artists cordially for their great assistance in facilitating the expansion of the descriptive lists and the re vision of the biographical notices. Thanks are also due to Dr. W. R. Martin Librarian of The Hispanic Society of America, for reading the proof of the first edition, and translating many newly added biographies in the second. Some of the material for the sketches given in the first edition was freely drawn from Mr. L. Forrer's Biographical Dictionary of Medalists, and for the new edition Mr. Forrer has kindly sent us certain information which we had been unable to obtain. The artists were urged to give full details, and only in a few instances are the biographies less complete than might be wished. The f orm of the sketches shows considerable variation, as they were partly composed by the artists themselves and partly adapted from printed sources. Ah effort has been made, however, in this second edition to harmonize them without disturbing the individual note so often contributed by the writers, producing a more satisfactory result than would uni form notices in condensed, encyclopedic style. The titles of the medals have been corrected and expanded, and dates, processes, metals or materials, sizes, etc., added where possible. The new volume is equipped with an introduction, and also an index of artists and their works. As large a number of artists as possible have been represented in the illustrations. Many of the exhibitors f urnished supplementary photographs of their works, which have been utilized to the extent com patible with the size of a single volume. This new edition will, it is hoped, fill a need felt by the lovers of the medallic art. It is an attempt to supply in English a sort of text-book from which to begin the study of the modern or, more accurately, the contem poraneous medal. This catalogue of medals, with its illustrations, and the brief outline of the history of the medallic art given in the introduction, are designed to place the reader in a position to pursue the study of medallic art in the numerous foreign works dealing with the subject. The stress laid by modern critics and collectors upon the purely artistic quality of the medal is a comparatively recent viewpoint. Furthermore, the element of technique has played no minor role in the evolution of style; hence, a clear understanding of the technical processes should conduce to an appreciation of the conceptions of the artistic nature and function of the medal held by present-day artists of different temperaments and nationalities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Catalogue of the international exhibition of contemporary medals
Author: International Exhibition of Medals ...
Author: Frankfort on the Main. Kunstgewerbe. MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Medals Today
Author: Social Innovations in the Urban Context
Author: Taco BrandsenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319215515
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
This book addresses the practice of social innovation, which is currently very much in the public eye. New ideas and approaches are needed to tackle the severe and wicked problems with which contemporary societies are struggling. Especially in times of economic crisis, social innovation is regarded as one of the crucial elements needed to move forward. Our knowledge of its dynamics has significantly progressed, thanks to an abundance of studies on social innovation both general and sector-specific. However, despite the valuable research conducted over the past years, the systematic analysis of social innovation is still contested and incomplete. The questions asked in the book will be the following: 1. What is the nature of social innovations? 2.What patterns can be identified in social innovations emerging at the local level? 3.How is the emergence and spread of social innovations related to urban governance? More precisely, which conditions and arrangements facilitate and hinders social innovation? We explore these questions using different types of data and methods, and studying different contexts. In particular, we focus on innovations that aim at solving problems of the young unemployed, single parents and migrants. This analysis is based on original research carried out in the period 2010-2013 in the framework of a European project with a specific empirical research strategy. Research was carried out in 20 cities in 10 different European countries.
Chemist and Druggist
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pharmaceutical industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
The Printed Picture
Author: Richard BensonPublisher: The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN: 9780870707216
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Relief printing : woodcut, metal type, and wood engraving -- Intaglio and planographic printing : engraving, etching, mezzotint, and lithography -- Color printing : hand coloring and multiple-impression color -- Bits and pieces : modern art prints, oddities, and photographic precursors -- Early photography in silver : daguerreotypes, early silver paper processes and tintypes -- Non-silver processes : carbon, blueprint, platinum, and a couple of others -- Modern photography : developing-out gelatin silver printing -- Color notes : primary colors and neutrality -- Color photography : separation-based processes and chromogenic prints -- Photography in ink : relief and intaglio printing : the letterpress halftone and gravure printing -- Photography in ink : planographic printing : collotype and photo offset lithography -- Digital processes : binary issues, inkjet, dye sublimation, and digital C-prints -- Where do we go from here? : some questions about the future
An Obsession With Butterflies
Author: Sharman Apt RussellPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786740604
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Sharman Apt Russell again blends her lush voice and keen scientific eye in this marvelous book about butterflies. From Hindu mythology to Aztec sacrifices, butterflies have served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation. Even during World War II, children in a Polish death camp scratched hundreds of butterflies onto the walls of their barracks. But as Russell points out in this rich and lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of obsession. From the beastly horned caterpillar, whose blood helps it count time, to the peacock butterfly, with wings that hiss like a snake, Russell traces the butterflies through their life cycles, exploring the creatures' own obsessions with eating, mating, and migrating. In this way, she reveals the logic behind our endless fascination with butterflies as well as the driving passion of such legendary collectors as the tragic Eleanor Glanville, whose children declared her mad because of her compulsive butterfly collecting, and the brilliant Henry Walter Bates, whose collections from the Amazon in 1858 helped develop his theory of mimicry in nature. Russell also takes us inside some of the world's most prestigious natural history museums, where scientists painstakingly catalogue and categorize new species of Lepidoptera, hoping to shed light on insect genetics and evolution. A luminous journey through an exotic world of obsession and strange beauty, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who's ever watched a butterfly mid-flight and thought, as Russell has, "I've entered another dimension."
Author: Alice Brown