Author: Richard H. Randall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Definitive illustrated catalogue: every medieval ivory in America. Sets new scholarly standard.
The Golden Age of Ivory
Pericles and the Golden Age of Athens
Author: Evelyn Abbott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
X-Venture The Golden Age of Adventure H10 - Trial Of The Sacred Tribe
Author: Tadatada
Publisher: Kadokawa Gempak Starz Sdn Bhd
ISBN: 9672818998
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Aiming for the top! Uncovering the mystery of the forbidden orb! The Ancient Mariner fights desperately to keep the Sky Demon at bay - but will the marine monarch's mightiest efforts be enough to keep the villain from seizing even more power? Meanwhile, Alex and his allies get a major boost, as the world's most legendary Adventurers prepare to return to duty in full force!
Publisher: Kadokawa Gempak Starz Sdn Bhd
ISBN: 9672818998
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Aiming for the top! Uncovering the mystery of the forbidden orb! The Ancient Mariner fights desperately to keep the Sky Demon at bay - but will the marine monarch's mightiest efforts be enough to keep the villain from seizing even more power? Meanwhile, Alex and his allies get a major boost, as the world's most legendary Adventurers prepare to return to duty in full force!
Dawn of the Golden Age
Author: Wouter T. Kloek
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300060165
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Designed as a catalogue for an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in 1994, this offers a survey of the paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and applied art produced 1580-1620. The book contains five essays followed by a catalogue which reproduces work from the era along with data on the artists.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300060165
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Designed as a catalogue for an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in 1994, this offers a survey of the paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and applied art produced 1580-1620. The book contains five essays followed by a catalogue which reproduces work from the era along with data on the artists.
Vergil's agricultural Golden Age
Author: P.A. Johnston
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004327789
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Preliminary Material /Patricia A. Johnston -- Introduction /Patricia A. Johnston -- The Chronological Context of the Golden Age /Patricia A. Johnston -- The Metallic Myth Before Vergil /Patricia A. Johnston -- Vergil and The Metallic Myth /Patricia A. Johnston -- Saturnus and the Agricultural Golden Age /Patricia A. Johnston -- Vergil's Bees: A Prophecy Fulfilled /Patricia A. Johnston -- Aristaeus the Farmer versus Orpheus the Nomad /Patricia A. Johnston -- The Healing Art of Apollo /Patricia A. Johnston -- Bibliography /Patricia A. Johnston -- Index of Subjects /Patricia A. Johnston -- Index of Passages Cited /Patricia A. Johnston.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004327789
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Preliminary Material /Patricia A. Johnston -- Introduction /Patricia A. Johnston -- The Chronological Context of the Golden Age /Patricia A. Johnston -- The Metallic Myth Before Vergil /Patricia A. Johnston -- Vergil and The Metallic Myth /Patricia A. Johnston -- Saturnus and the Agricultural Golden Age /Patricia A. Johnston -- Vergil's Bees: A Prophecy Fulfilled /Patricia A. Johnston -- Aristaeus the Farmer versus Orpheus the Nomad /Patricia A. Johnston -- The Healing Art of Apollo /Patricia A. Johnston -- Bibliography /Patricia A. Johnston -- Index of Subjects /Patricia A. Johnston -- Index of Passages Cited /Patricia A. Johnston.
Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece
Author: George Sarton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486144984
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Remarkably readable, thoroughly documented, and well illustrated, this fascinating book by an eminent science historian covers problems of mathematics, astronomy, physics, and biology.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486144984
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Remarkably readable, thoroughly documented, and well illustrated, this fascinating book by an eminent science historian covers problems of mathematics, astronomy, physics, and biology.
Venice: The golden age. 2 v
Author: Pompeo Molmenti
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Venice (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Venice (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan
Author: M. Chaiklin
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137363339
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137363339
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Empire of Ivory
Author: Naomi Novik
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345502337
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the fourth volume of the Temeraire series, as the Napoleonic Wars bring Will Laurence and Temeraire to Africa in search of aid. “Temeraire is a dragon for the ages.”—Terry Brooks Tragedy has struck His Majesty's Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defends England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons’ ranks—forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected—and stand as the only means of an airborne defense against France's ever bolder sorties. Bonaparte’s dragons are already harrowing Britain’s ships at sea. Only one recourse remains: Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, must take wing to Africa, whose shores may hold the cure for the mysterious and deadly contagion. On this mission there is no time to waste, and no telling what Don’t miss any of Naomi Novik’s magical Temeraire series HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON • THRONE OF JADE • BLACK POWDER WAR • EMPIRE OF IVORY • VICTORY OF EAGLES • TONGUES OF SERPENTS • CRUCIBLE OF GOLD • BLOOD OF TYRANTS • LEAGUE OF DRAGONS
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345502337
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the fourth volume of the Temeraire series, as the Napoleonic Wars bring Will Laurence and Temeraire to Africa in search of aid. “Temeraire is a dragon for the ages.”—Terry Brooks Tragedy has struck His Majesty's Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defends England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons’ ranks—forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected—and stand as the only means of an airborne defense against France's ever bolder sorties. Bonaparte’s dragons are already harrowing Britain’s ships at sea. Only one recourse remains: Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, must take wing to Africa, whose shores may hold the cure for the mysterious and deadly contagion. On this mission there is no time to waste, and no telling what Don’t miss any of Naomi Novik’s magical Temeraire series HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON • THRONE OF JADE • BLACK POWDER WAR • EMPIRE OF IVORY • VICTORY OF EAGLES • TONGUES OF SERPENTS • CRUCIBLE OF GOLD • BLOOD OF TYRANTS • LEAGUE OF DRAGONS
Re-thinking Renaissance Objects
Author: Peta Motture
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444396765
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Inspired by research undertaken for the new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Re-thinking Renaissance Objects explores and often challenges some of the key issues and current debates relating to Renaissance art and culture. Puts forward original research, including evidence provided by an in-depth study arising from the Medieval & Renaissance Gallery project Contributions are unusual in their combination of a variety of approaches, but with each paper starting with an examination of the objects themselves New theories emerge from several papers, some of which challenge current thinking
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444396765
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Inspired by research undertaken for the new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Re-thinking Renaissance Objects explores and often challenges some of the key issues and current debates relating to Renaissance art and culture. Puts forward original research, including evidence provided by an in-depth study arising from the Medieval & Renaissance Gallery project Contributions are unusual in their combination of a variety of approaches, but with each paper starting with an examination of the objects themselves New theories emerge from several papers, some of which challenge current thinking