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Category : Handicraft
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Official Report of the Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84
Author: Official report
Author: Calcutta internat. exhib. 1883-84Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Exhibitions, Music and the British Empire
Author: Sarah KirbyPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783276738
Category : Exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"International exhibitions were among the most significant cultural phenomena of the late nineteenth century. These vast events aimed to illustrate, through displays of physical objects, the full spectrum of the world's achievements, from industry and manufacturing, to art and design. But exhibitions were not just visual spaces. Music was ever present, as a fundamental part of these events' sonic landscape, and integral to the visitor experience. This book explores music at international exhibitions held in Australia, India, and the United Kingdom during the 1880s. At these exhibitions, music was codified, ordered, and all-round 'exhibited' in manifold ways. Displays of physical instruments from the past and present were accompanied by performances intended to educate or to entertain, while music was heard at exhibitors' stands, in concert halls, and in the pleasure gardens that surrounded the exhibition buildings. Music was depicted as a symbol of human artistic achievement, or employed for commercial ends. At times it was presented in nationalist terms, at others as a marker of universalism. This book argues, by interrogating the multiple ways that music was used, experienced, and represented, that exhibitions can demonstrate in microcosm many of the broader musical traditions, purposes, arguments, and anxieties of the day. Its nine chapters focus on sociocultural themes, covering issues of race, class, public education, economics, and entertainment in the context of music, trading these through the networks of communication that existed within the British Empire at the time. Combining approaches from reception studies and historical musicology, this book demonstrates how the representation of music at exhibitions drew the press and public into broader debates about music's role in society"--Page 4 of cover.
Official Report of the Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84
Author: Official Report of the Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84: Compiled Under the Orders of the Executive Committee;
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376537178
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
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Official Report of the Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84
Author: Early History of Soybeans and Soyfoods Worldwide (1024 BCE to 1899):
Author: William ShurtleffPublisher: Soyinfo Center
ISBN: 1928914691
Category : Soybean
Languages : en
Pages : 1283
Book Description
The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive index. 351 color photos or illustrations, Free of charge in digital format on Google Books,
"Women, Gender and Art in Asia, c. 1500-1900 "
Author: MeliaBelli BosePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351536567
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Women, Gender and Art in Asia, c. 1500?1900 brings women's engagements with art into a pan-Asian dialogue with essays that examine women as artists, commissioners, collectors, and subjects from India, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan, from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The artistic media includes painting, sculpture, architecture, textiles, and photography. The book is broadly concerned with four salient questions: How unusual was it for women to engage directly with art? What factors precluded more women from doing so? In what ways did women's artwork or commissions differ from those of men? And, what were the range of meanings for woman as subject matter? The chapters deal with historic individuals about whom there is considerable biographical information. Beyond locating these uncommon women within their socio-cultural milieux, contributors consider the multiple strands that twined to comprise their complex identities, and how these impacted their works of art. In many cases, the woman's status-as wife, mother, widow, ruler, or concubine (and multiple combinations thereof), as well as her religion and lineage-determined the media, style, and content of her art. Women, Gender and Art in Asia, c. 1500?1900 adds to our understanding of works of art, their meanings, and functions.
Global Heritage Stone
Author: J.T. HannibalPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1786204088
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Heritage stones are building and ornamental stones that have special significance in human culture. The papers in this volume discuss a wide variety of such materials, including stones from Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. Igneous (basalt, porphyry, granite), sedimentary (sandstone, limestone) and metamorphic (marble, quartzite, gneiss, soapstone, slate) stones are featured. These have been utilized over long periods of time for a wide range of uses contributing to the historic fabric of the built environment. Many of these stones are of international significance, and so are potential Global Heritage Stone Resources, that is stones that have the requisite qualities for international recognition by the Heritage Stones Subcommission of the International Union of Geological Sciences. The papers bring together diverse information on these stones ranging from their geological setting and quarry locations to mechanical properties, current availability, and uses over time. As such the papers can serve as an entry into the literature on these important stones.
History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in South Asia / Indian Subcontinent (1656-2010)
Author: William ShurtleffPublisher: Soyinfo Center
ISBN: 1928914314
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
Covers Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim, and Sri Lanka.