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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Art and Auctions
Author: Hyde's Weekly Art News
Author: The Art Gallery
Author: The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide
Author: The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs
Author: Old Furniture
Author: European Clocks and Watches in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Clare VincentPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395790
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Among the world's greatest technological and imaginative achievements is the invention and development of the timepiece. Examining for the first time The Metropolitan Museum of Art's unparalleled collection of European clocks and watches created from the late Renaissance through the nineteenth century, this fascinating book enriches our understanding of the origins and evolution of these ingenious works. It showcases fifty-four clocks, watches, and other timekeeping devices, each represented with an in-depth description and new photography of the exterior and the inner mechanisms. Among these masterpieces is an ornate sixteenth-century celestial timepiece that accurately predicts the trajectory of the sun, moon, and stars; an eighteenth-century longcase clock by David Roentgen that shows the time in the ten most important cities of the day; and a nineteenth-century watch featuring a penetrating portrait of Czar Nicholas I of Russia. Created by the best craftsmen in Austria, England, Flanders, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, these magnificent timepieces have been selected for their remarkable beauty and design, as well as their sophisticated mechanics. Built upon decades of expert research, this publication is a long-overdue survey of these stunning visual and technological marvels.
The Illustrated London News
Author: Christie's Forthcoming Sales
Author: Christie, Manson & WoodsPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Prime Antiques and Their Current Prices
Author: Thomas Hamilton OrmsbeePublisher:
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Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description