Author: Various
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041453209
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine – Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843
Author: Various
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041453209
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041453209
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Catalogue of the Dante Collection Presented by Willard Fiske: pt.2. Works on Dante (H-Z). Supplement. Index of passages of the Divina commedie. Appendix: Iconography. Portraits of Dante. Monuments and statues. Sculpture relating to Dante. Early Italian art illustrative of the Divina commedia. Reproductions from manuscripts. Pictorial illustrations of Dante's life and works
Author: Cornell University. Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Catalogue of the Dante Collection Presented by Willard Fiske
Author: Cornell University. Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Catalogue of the Dante Collection Presented by Willard Fiske: Works on Dante (H-Z). Supplement. Indexes. Appendix
Author: Willard Fiske
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion
Author: Michael Taylor
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1324093935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
“Vivid with a Mesozoic bestiary” (Tom Holland), this on-the-ground, page-turning narrative weaves together the chance discovery of dinosaurs and the rise of the secular age. When the twelve-year-old daughter of a British carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from the country’s southern shoreline in 1811, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning had in fact discovered the “first” ichthyosaur, and over the next seventy-five years—as the science of paleontology developed, as Charles Darwin posited radical new theories of evolutionary biology, and as scholars began to identify the internal inconsistencies of the Scriptures—everything changed. Beginning with the archbishop who dated the creation of the world to 6 p.m. on October 22, 4004 BC, and told through the lives of the nineteenth-century men and women who found and argued about these seemingly impossible, history-rewriting fossils, Impossible Monsters reveals the central role of dinosaurs and their discovery in toppling traditional religious authority, and in changing perceptions about the Bible, history, and mankind’s place in the world.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1324093935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
“Vivid with a Mesozoic bestiary” (Tom Holland), this on-the-ground, page-turning narrative weaves together the chance discovery of dinosaurs and the rise of the secular age. When the twelve-year-old daughter of a British carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from the country’s southern shoreline in 1811, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning had in fact discovered the “first” ichthyosaur, and over the next seventy-five years—as the science of paleontology developed, as Charles Darwin posited radical new theories of evolutionary biology, and as scholars began to identify the internal inconsistencies of the Scriptures—everything changed. Beginning with the archbishop who dated the creation of the world to 6 p.m. on October 22, 4004 BC, and told through the lives of the nineteenth-century men and women who found and argued about these seemingly impossible, history-rewriting fossils, Impossible Monsters reveals the central role of dinosaurs and their discovery in toppling traditional religious authority, and in changing perceptions about the Bible, history, and mankind’s place in the world.
Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750-1850
Author: Diana Donald
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300126792
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
From fine art paintings by such artists as Stubbs and Landseer to zoological illustrations and popular prints, a vast array of animal images was created in Britain during the century from 1750 to 1850. This highly original book investigates the rich meanings of these visual representations as well as the ways in which animals were actually used and abused. What Diana Donald discovers in this fascinating study is a deep and unresolved ambivalence that lies at the heart of human attitudes toward animals. The author brings to light dichotomies in human thinking about animals throughout this key period: awestruck with the beauty and spirit of wild animals, people nevertheless desired to capture and tame them; the belief that other species are inferior was firmly held, yet at the same time animals in stories and fables were given human attributes; though laws against animal cruelty were introduced, the overworking of horses and the allure of sport hunting persisted. Animals are central in cultural history, Donald concludes, and compelling questions about them--then and now--remain unanswered.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300126792
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
From fine art paintings by such artists as Stubbs and Landseer to zoological illustrations and popular prints, a vast array of animal images was created in Britain during the century from 1750 to 1850. This highly original book investigates the rich meanings of these visual representations as well as the ways in which animals were actually used and abused. What Diana Donald discovers in this fascinating study is a deep and unresolved ambivalence that lies at the heart of human attitudes toward animals. The author brings to light dichotomies in human thinking about animals throughout this key period: awestruck with the beauty and spirit of wild animals, people nevertheless desired to capture and tame them; the belief that other species are inferior was firmly held, yet at the same time animals in stories and fables were given human attributes; though laws against animal cruelty were introduced, the overworking of horses and the allure of sport hunting persisted. Animals are central in cultural history, Donald concludes, and compelling questions about them--then and now--remain unanswered.
Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature
Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438109113
Category : Gothic revival (Literature)
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Presents an alphabetical reference guide detailing the lives and works of authors associated with Gothic literature.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438109113
Category : Gothic revival (Literature)
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Presents an alphabetical reference guide detailing the lives and works of authors associated with Gothic literature.
Hawaii Volcano Watch
Author: Thomas L. Wright
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824814789
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
More than 200 years of volcano watching in Hawaii is captured in this pictorial history by three contemporary volcano watchers. The illustrated summary of eruptions and earthquakes on the island of Hawaii includes early maps, paintings, drawings, and photographs. The authors describe the conditions under which the early observers worked, the methods available to them, and the insights they gained through observation. The book also traces the development of volcanology in Hawaii and the history of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824814789
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
More than 200 years of volcano watching in Hawaii is captured in this pictorial history by three contemporary volcano watchers. The illustrated summary of eruptions and earthquakes on the island of Hawaii includes early maps, paintings, drawings, and photographs. The authors describe the conditions under which the early observers worked, the methods available to them, and the insights they gained through observation. The book also traces the development of volcanology in Hawaii and the history of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Bulletin
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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