Author: Theophilus QUINPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Biographical Exemplar; Comprising Memoirs of Persons who Have Risen to Eminence by Industry and Perseverance in the Beneficial Occupations of Life, Etc
Author: Theophilus QUINPanoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 1
Author: Laurie GarrisonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040128963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
The panorama is primarily a visual medium, but a variety of print matter mediated its viewing; adverts, reviews, handbills and a descriptive programme accompanied by an annotated key to the canvas. The short accounts, programs, reviews, articles and lectures collected here are the primary historical sources left to us.
The Panorama
Author: Stephan OettermannPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The significance of panorama painting in the nineteenth century is frequently cited in contemporary debates about visuality and the emergence of the modern spectator. Stephan Oettermann's The Panorama is the first major historical study to appear in English of the rich phenomenon of the panorama, one of the most influential forms of visual entertainment in the nineteenth century. In this richly illustrated book Oettermann gives readers a concrete sense of the structural and experiential reality of the panorama, and the many forms it took throughout Europe and North America--a crucial task given that very few of the original nineteenth-century panoramas survive. At the same time, he outlines the many ways in which these remarkable and often immense 360-degree images were part of a larger transformation of the status of the observer and of popular culture. Thus, the panorama is treated not only as a new kind of image but also as an architectural and informational component of the new urban spaces and media networks.
Years of adventure, 1874-1920
Author: Herbert HooverPublisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Author: John Relly BeardPublisher:
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Self-help with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance
Author: Samuel SmilesPublisher:
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Autobiography
Author: John Stuart MillThe Biographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco
Author: Giovanni Battista LemoynePublisher:
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Category : Christian saints
Languages : en
Pages :
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Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
Author: Elizabeth BlackwellPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Elizabeth Blackwell, though born in England, was reared in the United States and was the first woman to receive a medical degree here, obtaining it from the Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York, in 1849. A pioneer in opening the medical profession to women, she founded hospitals and medical schools for women in both the United States and England. She was a lecturer and writer as well as an able physician and organizer. -- H.W. Orr.
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Author: Frederick DouglassPublisher:
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Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Frederick Douglass recounts early years of abuse, his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. It is also the only of Douglass's autobiographies to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American presidents such as Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield.