Author: Sotheby's Australia Pty. LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Jewellery, Clocks, Watches and Objects of Vertu, the Collection of a Melbourne Deceased Estate, Silver, Ceramics and Applied Arts Sice 1880, European Furniture and Oriental Art; Fine Australian Paintings, Fine English and European Furniture and Decorations
Author: Sotheby's Australia Pty. LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Silver, Objects of Vertu, Jewellery, European and Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art (including Decorative Arts), Wristwatches, Picket Watches, Clocks, Bronzes and Other Works of Art [Sotheby's, 1990].
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Author: Silver and Objects of Vertu, Mantle, Shelf and Wall Clocks, Textiles, Oriental Rugs, Glassware and Art Glass, Pottery and Porcelain, Orientalia, Prints and Paintings, Decorations and Sculpture, Furniture
Author: Samuel T. Freeman & CoSilver & Objects of vertu, ceramics & glass, works of art, clocks, pictures & prints and furniture
Author: Jewellery, Clocks, Watches and Objects of Vertu; the Interior Decorator; Antiques, Decorative Arts and Oriental Art
Author: Sotheby's Australia Pty. LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Jewellery, Clocks, Watches and Objects of Vertu, the Interior Decorator, Antiques, Decorative Arts and Oriental Art [Sotheby's, 1998].
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Author: Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills
Author: Virgil M. HarrisPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills" by Virgil M. Harris. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Selling Russia's Treasures
Author: N. I︠U︡ SemenovaPublisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780789211545
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Selling Russia's Treasures documents one of the great cultural dramas of the twentieth century: the sale, by a cash-hungry Soviet government, of the artistic treasures accumulated by the Russian aristocracy over the centuries and nationalized after the October 1917 revolution. An astonishing variety of objects, from icons and illuminated manuscripts to Fabergé eggs and Old Master paintings, entered the collections of wealthy Westerners like Andrew Mellon and Armand Hammer in the 1920s and 30s. Written by the leading experts in the field and long regarded as the definitive book on the subject, the original Russian edition of Selling Russia's Treasures is sought after scholars and laymen alike. Now, for the first time, it is made available in English, in a revised and expanded edition that includes a new chapter on the secret files of the Hermitage, previously considered lost, as well as new research on the sale of religious art, and of twentieth-century French masterworks from the Museum of New Western Art. Numerous color plates reunite long-dispersed works in a virtual museum that illustrates the powerful blow inflicted on Russia's cultural heritage by these secretive sales, and rare photographs and archival documents help bring this buried history to light.
Divided Kingdoms
Author: John SillsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780956688934
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Power of Stars
Author: Bryan E. PenprasePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319525972
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Completely revised and updated, this new edition provides a readable, beautifully illustrated journey through world cultures and the vibrant array of sky mythology, creation stories, models of the universe, temples and skyscrapers that each culture has created to celebrate and respond to the power of the night sky. Sections on the archaeoastronomy of South Asia and South East Asia have been expanded, with original photography and new research on temple alignments in Southern India, and new material describing the astronomical practices of Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries. Beautiful photographs of temples in India and Asia have been added, as well as new diagrams explaining the alignment of these structures and the astronomical underpinnings of temples within the Pallava and Chola cultures. From new fieldwork in the Four Corners region of North America, Dr. Penprase has included accounts of Pueblo skywatching and photographs of ceremonial kivas that help elucidate the rich astronomical knowledge of the Pueblo people. The popular “Archaeoastronomy of Skyscrapers” section of the book has been updated as well, with new interpretations of skyscrapers in Indonesia, Taiwan and China.With the rapid pace of discovery in astronomy and astrophysics, entirely new perspectives are emerging about dark matter, inflation and the future of the universe. The Power of Stars puts these discoveries in context and describes how they fit into the modern perspective of cosmology, which has arisen from the universal human response to the sky that has inspired both ancient and modern cultures.