Author: Ellsworth Paine KillipPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Supplemental Notes on the American Species of Passifloraceae with Descriptions of New Species
Author: Ellsworth Paine KillipPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Supplemental Notes on the American Species of Passifloraceae with Descriptions of New Species
Author: Ellsworth Paine KillipPublisher:
ISBN: 9780598401809
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: United States National MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A Selected Guide to the Literature of the Flowering Plants of Mexico
Author: Ida Kaplan LangmanPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512803375
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
This bibliography is a guide to the literature on Mexican flowering plants, beginning with the days of the discovery and conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards in the early sixteenth century.
Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the U.S. National Museum During the Year Ending June 30 ...
Author: United States National MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1812
Book Description
Architecture for the Shroud
Author: John Beldon ScottPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226743165
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The famed linen cloth preserved in Turin Cathedral has provoked pious devotion, scientific scrutiny, and morbid curiosity. Imprinted with an image many faithful have traditionally believed to be that of the crucified Christ "painted in his own blood," the Shroud remains an object of intense debate and notoriety yet today. In this amply illustrated volume, John Beldon Scott traces the history of the unique relic, focusing especially on the black-marble and gilt-bronze structure Guarino Guarini designed to house and exhibit it. A key Baroque monument, the chapel comprises many unusual architectural features, which Scott identifies and explains, particulary how the chapel's unprecedented geometry and bizarre imagery convey to the viewer the supernatural powers of the object enshrined there. Drawing on early plans and documents, he demonstrates how the architect's design mirrors the Shroud's strange history as well as political aspirations of its owners, the Dukes of Savoy. Exhibiting it ritually, the Savoy prized their relic with its godly vestige as a means to link their dynasty with divine purposes. Guarini, too, promoted this end by fashioning an illusionary world and sacred space that positioned the duke visually so that he appeared close to the Shroud during its ceremonial display. Finally, Scott describes how the additional need for an outdoor stage for the public showing of the relic to the thousands who came to Turin to see it also helped shape the urban plan of the city and its transformation into the Savoyard capital. Exploring the mystique of this enigmatic relic and investigating its architectural and urban history for the first time, Architecture for the Shroud will appeal to anyone curious about the textile, its display, and the architectural settings designed to enhance its veneration and boost the political agenda of the ruling family.
Annual Report
Author: United States National MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
Author: Umberto QuattrocchiPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000897729
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from D to L.
Chemical Mediation of Coevolution
Author: Kevin C. SpencerPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483259412
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Chemical Mediation of Coevolution explores the degree to which chemicals are the currency of information exchange in coevolved systems; it also reexamines existing concepts of coevolution through interpretation of chemical parameters. The contents of this volume are based on the ""Chemical Mediation of Coevolution"" symposium held on 14-15 August 1985 as part of the 36th annual AIBS meeting at the University of Florida. The volume contains 18 chapters majority of which address plant-chemical-insect systems. Explorations are also made into mammalian systems and into insect mimicry, as that process derives ultimately from herbivory upon plants. The data thus presented will specifically address chemistry as a factor in the establishment and maintenance of coevolution, and test coevolutionary concepts for their pertinence to chemically mediated systems. It is hoped that this collected work will provide an impetus for careful reconsideration of the possible roles played by chemistry in the establishment, maintenance, and fate of coevolutionary relationships.