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Bernard Dejonghe, Ceramics, Glass & Anthony Benjamin Works on Paper
Author: Bernard Dejonghe & Anthony Benjamin
Author: Twelve Artists
Author: Twelve Artist
Author: Hans Coper Gordon Baldwin Joanna Constandindis (Anthony Benjamin, Bernard Dejonghe, Ruth Duckworth, Ewen Henderson, Jennifer Lee, Machiko Ogawa, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Lucie Rie, James tower)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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The Long Day Wanes
Author: Anthony BurgessPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393309430
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Set in postwar Malaya at the time when people and governments alike are bemused and dazzled by the turmoil of independence, this three-part novel is rich in hilarious comedy and razor-sharp in observation. The protagonist of the work is Victor Crabbe, a teacher in a multiracial school in a squalid village, who moves upward in position as he and his wife maintain a steady decadent progress backward. A sweetly satiric look at the twilight days of colonialism.
The Renewal of Pagan Antiquity
Author: Aby WarburgPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892365371
Category : Art, Renaissance
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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A collection of essays by the art historian Aby Warburg, these essays look beyond iconography to more psychological aspects of artistic creation: the conditions under which art was practised; its social and cultural contexts; and its conceivable historical meaning.
10 000 years of luxury
Author: Olivier GabetPublisher: Art Book Magazine Distribution
ISBN: 2821601395
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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The exhibition "10,000 Years of Luxury" (Louvre Abu Dhabi, 30 October 2019–18 February 2020) explores the multifaceted nature of luxury from ancient times to the present day. Its catalogue allows the reader to explore luxury through fashion, jewellery, visual art, furniture and design with masterpieces from the collections of international institutions and brands. Highlights among the objects presentes include the oldest pearl in the world, the renowned Boscoreale Treasure – one of the largest collections of silverware preserved from Roman Antiquity – and dresses and jewellery from design houses such as Cartier, Maison Van Cleef & Arpels, CHANEL, Christian Dior, ELIE SAAB and Yves Saint Laurent.
The Navy List
Author: Great Britain. Ministry of DefencePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Painting and publishing as cultural industries
Author: Claartje RasterhoffPublisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9048524113
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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Painting and Publishing as Cultural Industries, 1580-1800 addresses how a small country like the Dutch Republic could become a major player in the creation of cultural goods during the Golden Age. On the basis of quantitative and qualitative sources from art history and book history, Claartje Rasterhoff traces the evolution of the painting and publishing industries from modest trades to booming industries. Informed by studies on cultural industries, she focuses on the role of industrial organization in shaping patterns of growth and innovation. Much like their present-day counterparts, early modern Dutch cultural industries were spatially concentrated, highly networked, and institutionally embedded. This distinct organizational structure helped to reduce uncertainty in the market and stimulated the commercial and creative potential of painters and publishers, for a century at least. Dutch painters and publishers had catered to their markets so rapidly and in such variety, that the exceptional levels of output, quality, and innovation accomplished during the first half of the seventeenth century could not be sustained. As producers came to face saturated domestic markets, they took to limiting risks and strenghtening their distribution and marketing activities. By introducing the concepts of business cycles and spatial clusters, Rasterhoff offers a novel explanation
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