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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Beauties of Nature and Art Displayed in a Tour Through the World ...
Author: The Beauties of Nature and Art Displayed in a Tour Through the World ...: of Great Britain and Ireland; v. 4-5 of France; v. 5-6 of Italy; v. 7 of Denmark, Norway and Sweden; v. 8 of Asia. v. 9. of India; v. 10 of Barbary; v. 11 Voyages; v. 12-13 Voyages of Capt. Cook
Author: Visual Voyages
Author: Daniela BleichmarPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300224028
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world played a central role in shaping how people on both sides of the Atlantic understood and imaged the region we now know as Latin America. Nature provided incentives for exploration, commodities for trade, specimens for scientific investigation, and manifestations of divine forces. It also yielded a rich trove of representations, created both by natives to the region and visitors, which are the subject of this lushly illustrated book. Author Daniela Bleichmar shows that these images were not only works of art but also instruments for the production of knowledge, with scientific, social, and political repercussions. Early depictions of Latin American nature introduced European audiences to native medicines and religious practices. By the 17th century, revelatory accounts of tobacco, chocolate, and cochineal reshaped science, trade, and empire around the globe. In the 18th and 19th centuries, collections and scientific expeditions produced both patriotic and imperial visions of Latin America. Through an interdisciplinary examination of more than 150 maps, illustrated manuscripts, still lifes, and landscape paintings spanning four hundred years, Visual Voyages establishes Latin America as a critical site for scientific and artistic exploration, affirming that region's transformation and the transformation of Europe as vitally connected histories.
The Atlas of Beauty
Author: Mihaela NorocPublisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0399579966
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Based on the author's online photography project, this stunning collection features portraits of 500 women from more than 50 countries, accompanied by revelatory captions that capture their personal stories. Since 2013 photographer Mihaela Noroc has traveled the world with her backpack and camera taking photos of everyday women to showcase the diversity of beauty all around us. The Atlas of Beauty is a collection of her photographs celebrating women from all corners of the world, revealing that beauty is everywhere, and that it comes in many different sizes and colors. Noroc's colorful and moving portraits feature women in their local communities, ranging from the Amazon rainforest to London city streets, and from markets in India to parks in Harlem, visually juxtaposing the varied physical and social worlds these women inhabit. Packaged as a gift-worthy, hardcover book, The Atlas of Beauty presents a fresh perspective on the global lives of women today.
Four Centuries of Special Geography
Author: O.F.G. SitwellPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774844574
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Geography as an academic discipline dates back to the last few decades of the nineteenth century. However, during the preceding centuries a large body of English-language literature relevant to the field of special geography was published. Four Centuries of Special Geography lists all the works published before 1888 and includes descriptions of each entry and notes on later editions.
A Catalogue of a Curious, Scarce, and Useful Collection of Books, Containing Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes. To which is Added a Select Collection of Prints. ... the Whole Will Begin to be Sold, on Thursday the 31st of July, 1800, ... by John Todd, ... in Stonegate, York, ...
Author: John ToddThe Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue."
A Catalogue of the Library of Brown University
Author: Brown University. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Library of Brown University ... With an Index of Subjects
Author: Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island). - LibraryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The First Part of a Catalogue of the Extensive, Curious, and Valuable Library, of the Late Mr. Gilbert Dyer, Bookseller, Exeter
Author: Mr. CarterPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description