Author: Elizabeth Frances BattyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Engraved title-page with vignette, 60 copper-engraved plates and an engraved end-page vignette.
Italian Scenery from Drawings Made in 1817
Author: Elizabeth Frances BattyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Engraved title-page with vignette, 60 copper-engraved plates and an engraved end-page vignette.
Landscapes and Landforms of Italy
Author: Mauro SoldatiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319261940
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The book deals with the most striking landscapes and landforms of Italy. Attention is given to landform diversity and landscape evolution through time which has been controlled by very diverse geological conditions and dramatic climate changes that have characterized the Italian peninsula and islands since the end of the last glaciation. In addition, various examples of human impact on the landscape are presented. Landscapes and Landforms of Italy contains more than thirty case studies of a multitude of Italian geographical landmarks. The topics and sites described in this book range from the Alpine glaciers to the Etna and Vesuvius volcanoes, taking into account the most representative fluvial, coastal, gravity-induced, karst and structural landscapes of the country. Chapters on the geomorphological landmarks of the cities of Rome and Venice are also included. The book provides the readers with the opportunity to explore the variety of Italian landscapes and landforms through informative texts illustrated with several color maps and photos. This book will be relevant to scientists, scholars and any readers interested in geology, physical geography, geomorphology, landscape tourism, geoheritage and environmental protection.
Italian Scenery;
Author: Italy: the New Domestic Landscape
Author: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: New York Graphic Society Books
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
"During the last decade, the emergence of Italy as the dominant force in design has had a profound influence in Europe and the Americas. The phenomenon is important not only because of the high quality and diversity of the forms produced, but also because it has generated a lively debate on the sociocultural implications of product design, raising questions of vital concern to designers throughout the world. For many designers, the aesthetic quality of individual objects intended for private consumption have become irrelevant in the face of such pressing problems as poverty, urban decay, and the pollution of the environment now encountered in all industrialized countries. Consequently, they are increasingly shifting he focus of their attention from the well-designed object to man's total environment, seeing the designer's function as one that can mold patterns of behavior by creating new settings for freer, more adaptable lifestyles. Some, however, despairing of effecting social change through design, regard their task as essentially a political one. They therefore abstain from the physical designing of either objects or environments and channel their energies into the staging of events and the issuing of polemical statements. Their approach thus parallels that of many artists in other mediums who view their art in primarily conceptual terms. This publication, issued in conjunction with a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, is the first to deal comprehensively with these challenging developments. Over 150 objects of Italian design of the past ten years have been selected for the show and are all reproduced in color and black-and-white, as are the dozen environments by well-known Italian designers specially commissioned for the occasion, and the two awarded prizes in a concurrent competition for young designers under thirty-five sponsored by the Museum. Each environment is accompanied by a statement in which the individual or group responsible for the project clarifies his position regarding the present and future role of design. In addition to essays by Emilio Ambasz, Curator of Design at the Museum of Modern Art and director of the exhibition, the book contains contributions by a number of outstanding Italian critics and art historians. Together, these comprise the first historical survey of contemporary Italian design and a critical analysis of its intellectual and formal positions within the context of international design today." -- Publisher's description
The Correspondence of Washington Allston
Author: Washington AllstonPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813117089
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
This volume offers a fuller picture of Allston's life than any other biography yet published. It also contains descriptions of all his artistic productions and writings, and citations to all the books he owned. In the notes, his paintings and writings--which are vitally related--are for the first time collated.
Handbook for travellers in central Italy [by O. Blewitt].
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Author: Octavian BlewittPassages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Six Months in Italy
Author: George Stillman HillardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Italian Renaissanc in Its Historical Background
Author: Denys HayPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The suburban gardener, and villa companion
Author: John Claudius LoudonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description