Author: Simon Pietersz Verelst
Publisher: Humanities Press International
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Category : Flowers in art
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Languages : en
Pages : 55

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Author: John C. Barentine
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319227955
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Casual stargazers are familiar with many classical figures and asterisms composed of bright stars (e.g., Orion and the Plough), but this book reveals not just the constellations of today but those of yesteryear. The history of the human identification of constellations among the stars is explored through the stories of some influential celestial cartographers whose works determined whether new inventions survived. The history of how the modern set of 88 constellations was defined by the professional astronomy community is recounted, explaining how the constellations described in the book became permanently “extinct.” Dr. Barentine addresses why some figures were tried and discarded, and also directs observers to how those figures can still be picked out on a clear night if one knows where to look. These lost constellations are described in great detail using historical references, enabling observers to rediscover them on their own surveys of the sky. Treatment of the obsolete constellations as extant features of the night sky adds a new dimension to stargazing that merges history with the accessibility and immediacy of the night sky.

Author: Richard Green (Gallery : London, England)
Publisher:
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Category : Painting, European
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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Author: Karen Pierce Goulding
Publisher: Crimson
ISBN: 178059125X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Where is the only tube station where a crown prince has died? Where is the oak tree where Good Queen Bess took her rest? Which Queen befriended the Elephant Man – and played a part in the development of the modern Olympic Games? Where are the favourite shopping haunts of today’s young royals? From Westminster to Greenwich, Kensington to the Tower of London, no other city in the world is steeped in quite as much royal history as London. Overflowing with royal boroughs, royal palaces, royal parks and gardens, London has played host to key historical events for over a thousand years. Royal London brings together the best of the drama and intrigue of royal history, and guides readers to the very spot where the events happened. Topics covered also include: • Royals round the monopoly board • Royals sporting London • Royal stops on the underground • Royal food and drink • Areas named after royals • Royal monuments/statues/plaques • Royals and the military • Royal plots and conspiracies A unique and indispensable guide for Londoners and visitors alike with an interest in all things royal.

Author: Andrea Zuvich
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1526753081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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An expert in Stuart England examines the sexual lives of Britons in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in this frank, informative, and revealing history. Acclaimed Stuart historian Andrea Zuvich explores the sexual mores of Stuart Britain, including surprising beliefs, bizarre practices, and ingenious solutions for infertility, impotence, sexually transmitted diseases, and more. Along the way, she reveals much about the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behavior. Zuvich sheds light not only on the saucy love lives of the Royal Stuarts, but also on the dark underbelly of the Stuart era with histories of prostitution, sexual violence, infanticide, and sexual deviance. She looks at everything from what was considered sexually attractive to the penalties for adultery, incest, and fornication. Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain touches on the fashion, food, science, art, medicine, magic, literature, love, politics, faith and superstition of the day.

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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 728

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Author: Nathaniel Wolloch
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783277254
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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A new intellectual biography of Thomas Babington Macaulay, showing how nineteenth-century British liberal culture retained and transformed the ideas of the Enlightenment in a rapidly changing world.

Author: Sir Robert Clermont Witt
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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