Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712

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Author: Central School of Science and Technology (Stoke-on-Trent, England)
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Category : Ceramics
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 940

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Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 1200

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Author: Neil MacGregor
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141966831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564

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This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentally, as prisms through which we can explore past worlds and the lives of the men and women who lived in them. The book's range is enormous. It begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with an object from the 21st century which represents the world we live in today. Neil MacGregor's aim is not simply to describe these remarkable things, but to show us their significance - how a stone pillar tells us about a great Indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people, how Spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency or how an early Victorian tea-set tells us about the impact of empire. Each chapter immerses the reader in a past civilisation accompanied by an exceptionally well-informed guide. Seen through this lens, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imagined. An intellectual and visual feast, it is one of the most engrossing and unusual history books published in years.

Author: New York Public Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 518

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Author: Nicholas Eastaugh
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136373861
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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The Pigment Compendium Dictionary is a comprehensive information source for scientists, art historians, conservators and forensic specialists. Drawn together from extensive analystical research into the physical and chemical properties of pigments, this essential reference to pigment names and synonyms describes the inter-relationship of different names and terms. The Dictionary covers the field worldwide from pre-history to the present day, from rock art to interior decoration, from ethnography to contemporary art. Drawing on hundreds of hard-to-obtain documentary sources as well as modern scientific data each term is discussed in detail, giving both its context and composition.

Author: Thomas Byerly
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 1136

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Languages : en
Pages : 900

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