Author: Kenneth L. Ames
Publisher:
ISBN: 1566393337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In this provocative look at Victorian America, Kenneth Ames explores the minds of Victorians by examining some of their most distinctive and fascinating creations. Featuring five once-prominent home furnishings, he reconstructs a vanished culture and demonstrates the centrality of the artifact to historical understanding. Richly illustrated with photographs of surviving objects as well as images from a wide variety of period sources, the five essays discuss specific pieces—hallstands, sideboards, embroidered mottoes, parlor organs, and seating furniture—within the context of broader cultural issues and concerns. Ames reveals not only the major outlines of Victorian culture but also the conflicts and tensions deep within that culture. An extraordinary proliferation of goods characterizes the Victorian world. Throughout the study, Ames considers the relationship of some of these household objects to issues of class, gender, and place. For example, the importance of public image was dramatized by the rituals of the front hall in Victorian homes: its placement within the house, the massive hallstand with its receptacles for calling cards and umbrellas, accommodations for temporary and usually uncomfortable seating. The dining room was a shrine to the notion of "man's" dominion over nature—each elaborately carved sideboard displayed a frieze of slaughtered game and harvested vegetation. Parlor organs, a blending of the sacred and the profane, provided an occasion to display feminine accomplishment and to symbolize the role of the bourgeois Christian lady. Ames also discusses how the prevailing class and gender hierarchy was echoed in the posture of seating furniture and its arrangement. The author is one of the premier interpreters of Victorian culture in America. His witty, provocative, and irreverent commentary on the "quaint" fixtures of the Victorian household will fascinate scholars, antique buffs, and collectors on nostalgia. Author note: Kenneth L. Ames is Chief of Historical and Anthropological Surveys at the New York State Museum and was formerly Chair of the Office of Advanced Studies at the Winterthur Museum.
Death in the Dining Room and Other Tales of Victorian Culture
Author: Kenneth L. Ames
Publisher:
ISBN: 1566393337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In this provocative look at Victorian America, Kenneth Ames explores the minds of Victorians by examining some of their most distinctive and fascinating creations. Featuring five once-prominent home furnishings, he reconstructs a vanished culture and demonstrates the centrality of the artifact to historical understanding. Richly illustrated with photographs of surviving objects as well as images from a wide variety of period sources, the five essays discuss specific pieces—hallstands, sideboards, embroidered mottoes, parlor organs, and seating furniture—within the context of broader cultural issues and concerns. Ames reveals not only the major outlines of Victorian culture but also the conflicts and tensions deep within that culture. An extraordinary proliferation of goods characterizes the Victorian world. Throughout the study, Ames considers the relationship of some of these household objects to issues of class, gender, and place. For example, the importance of public image was dramatized by the rituals of the front hall in Victorian homes: its placement within the house, the massive hallstand with its receptacles for calling cards and umbrellas, accommodations for temporary and usually uncomfortable seating. The dining room was a shrine to the notion of "man's" dominion over nature—each elaborately carved sideboard displayed a frieze of slaughtered game and harvested vegetation. Parlor organs, a blending of the sacred and the profane, provided an occasion to display feminine accomplishment and to symbolize the role of the bourgeois Christian lady. Ames also discusses how the prevailing class and gender hierarchy was echoed in the posture of seating furniture and its arrangement. The author is one of the premier interpreters of Victorian culture in America. His witty, provocative, and irreverent commentary on the "quaint" fixtures of the Victorian household will fascinate scholars, antique buffs, and collectors on nostalgia. Author note: Kenneth L. Ames is Chief of Historical and Anthropological Surveys at the New York State Museum and was formerly Chair of the Office of Advanced Studies at the Winterthur Museum.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1566393337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In this provocative look at Victorian America, Kenneth Ames explores the minds of Victorians by examining some of their most distinctive and fascinating creations. Featuring five once-prominent home furnishings, he reconstructs a vanished culture and demonstrates the centrality of the artifact to historical understanding. Richly illustrated with photographs of surviving objects as well as images from a wide variety of period sources, the five essays discuss specific pieces—hallstands, sideboards, embroidered mottoes, parlor organs, and seating furniture—within the context of broader cultural issues and concerns. Ames reveals not only the major outlines of Victorian culture but also the conflicts and tensions deep within that culture. An extraordinary proliferation of goods characterizes the Victorian world. Throughout the study, Ames considers the relationship of some of these household objects to issues of class, gender, and place. For example, the importance of public image was dramatized by the rituals of the front hall in Victorian homes: its placement within the house, the massive hallstand with its receptacles for calling cards and umbrellas, accommodations for temporary and usually uncomfortable seating. The dining room was a shrine to the notion of "man's" dominion over nature—each elaborately carved sideboard displayed a frieze of slaughtered game and harvested vegetation. Parlor organs, a blending of the sacred and the profane, provided an occasion to display feminine accomplishment and to symbolize the role of the bourgeois Christian lady. Ames also discusses how the prevailing class and gender hierarchy was echoed in the posture of seating furniture and its arrangement. The author is one of the premier interpreters of Victorian culture in America. His witty, provocative, and irreverent commentary on the "quaint" fixtures of the Victorian household will fascinate scholars, antique buffs, and collectors on nostalgia. Author note: Kenneth L. Ames is Chief of Historical and Anthropological Surveys at the New York State Museum and was formerly Chair of the Office of Advanced Studies at the Winterthur Museum.
Dining with the Dead
Author: Mariana Nuno Ruiz McEnroe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940322384
Category : All Souls' Day
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dining with the Dead is an unforgettable cultural and culinary odyssey. Traditional, celebratory Mexican food is the soul of this one-of-a-kind cookbook. Make tamales, pozoles, pan de muerto, and many other festive, iconic dishes. Learn about altars, sugar skulls, and decorations. Unlock the essence of chiles, make scratch tortillas, and perfect the king of the moles. Highlights:? 112+ delicious recipes? 540+ beautiful and mouthwatering photos? 8 x 10-inch hardcover? Ingredients and how to find them and treat them? Numbered instructions? Photographic step-by-step instructions? Homemade foods, created from scratch? Crafting instructions included as well? Learn the origins of Día de Muertos? Learn about altars and ofrendas (offerings)? Venture into the night vigil at the cemetery in Mexico
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940322384
Category : All Souls' Day
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dining with the Dead is an unforgettable cultural and culinary odyssey. Traditional, celebratory Mexican food is the soul of this one-of-a-kind cookbook. Make tamales, pozoles, pan de muerto, and many other festive, iconic dishes. Learn about altars, sugar skulls, and decorations. Unlock the essence of chiles, make scratch tortillas, and perfect the king of the moles. Highlights:? 112+ delicious recipes? 540+ beautiful and mouthwatering photos? 8 x 10-inch hardcover? Ingredients and how to find them and treat them? Numbered instructions? Photographic step-by-step instructions? Homemade foods, created from scratch? Crafting instructions included as well? Learn the origins of Día de Muertos? Learn about altars and ofrendas (offerings)? Venture into the night vigil at the cemetery in Mexico
Dead in the Dining Room
Author: Leighann Dobbs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siamese cat
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
"When the patriarch of Moorecliff Manor drops dead at dinner, it's up to Aunt Araminta and her Siamese cats, Arun and Sasha, to uncover the identity of the killer. It will be no easy task, as there is no shortage of suspects...including the butler. But Araminta soon finds herself with more questions than answers. What was the mysterious phone call about? Who has been removing heirlooms and why? How did they manage to get poison into Archie's dinner and not poison everyone at the table? Who was the mystery man that Daisy met in the garden? And why does Harold, the butler, never answer the door? As Araminta and the cats follow the clues, it becomes clear that she will have a hard decision to make because the clues are pointing in one unmistakable direction--someone in the Moorecliff family is a cold-blooded killer.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siamese cat
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
"When the patriarch of Moorecliff Manor drops dead at dinner, it's up to Aunt Araminta and her Siamese cats, Arun and Sasha, to uncover the identity of the killer. It will be no easy task, as there is no shortage of suspects...including the butler. But Araminta soon finds herself with more questions than answers. What was the mysterious phone call about? Who has been removing heirlooms and why? How did they manage to get poison into Archie's dinner and not poison everyone at the table? Who was the mystery man that Daisy met in the garden? And why does Harold, the butler, never answer the door? As Araminta and the cats follow the clues, it becomes clear that she will have a hard decision to make because the clues are pointing in one unmistakable direction--someone in the Moorecliff family is a cold-blooded killer.
Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1286
Book Description
"Our Women in the War."
Author: News and Courier, Charleston, S. C.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Divine Shot
Author: Betty Mann
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450271073
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Edna has led a normal suburban life until she takes a solo road trip to visit family in a nearby state. Her life is changed forever when she stops along the way for lunch. In the restaurant she has chosen she finds herself face-to-face with a heavily armed terrorist intent on murder Edna carries a concealed weapon, but it is only a small caliber pistol, and is no match for the terrorists high powered weapons. She is faced with a life-altering decision; to attempt to defend herself and take another persons life, or face certain death. Her decision will have consequences, not only for her, but for people around her, as well. This tragic event leaves deep psychological scars on some. For others, it leads to new, loving relationships between strangers who otherwise might never have met. Sadness and despair are replaced by: new friends, new love, new family bonds, a new understanding of a Divine presence in their lives.. by new beginnings.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450271073
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Edna has led a normal suburban life until she takes a solo road trip to visit family in a nearby state. Her life is changed forever when she stops along the way for lunch. In the restaurant she has chosen she finds herself face-to-face with a heavily armed terrorist intent on murder Edna carries a concealed weapon, but it is only a small caliber pistol, and is no match for the terrorists high powered weapons. She is faced with a life-altering decision; to attempt to defend herself and take another persons life, or face certain death. Her decision will have consequences, not only for her, but for people around her, as well. This tragic event leaves deep psychological scars on some. For others, it leads to new, loving relationships between strangers who otherwise might never have met. Sadness and despair are replaced by: new friends, new love, new family bonds, a new understanding of a Divine presence in their lives.. by new beginnings.
Annual Report
Author: Massachusetts. Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Dead Voices
Author: Katherine Arden
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525515070
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in the critically acclaimed Small Spaces Quartet. Now in paperback. Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling man in Small Spaces, newly minted best friends Ollie, Coco, and Brian are ready to spend a relaxing winter break skiing together with their parents at Mount Hemlock Resort. But when a snowstorm sets in, causing the power to flicker out and the cold to creep closer and closer, the three are forced to settle for hot chocolate and board games by the fire. Ollie, Coco, and Brian are determined to make the best of being snowed in, but odd things keep happening. Coco is convinced she has seen a ghost, and Ollie is having nightmares about frostbitten girls pleading for help. Then Mr. Voland, a mysterious ghost hunter, arrives in the midst of the storm to investigate the hauntings at Hemlock Lodge. Ollie, Coco, and Brian want to trust him, but Ollie's watch, which once saved them from the smiling man, has a new cautionary message: BEWARE. With Mr. Voland's help, Ollie, Coco, and Brian reach out to the dead voices at Mount Hemlock. Maybe the ghosts need their help--or maybe not all ghosts can or should be trusted. Dead Voices is a terrifying follow-up to Small Spaces with thrills and chills galore and the captive foreboding of a classic ghost story.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525515070
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in the critically acclaimed Small Spaces Quartet. Now in paperback. Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling man in Small Spaces, newly minted best friends Ollie, Coco, and Brian are ready to spend a relaxing winter break skiing together with their parents at Mount Hemlock Resort. But when a snowstorm sets in, causing the power to flicker out and the cold to creep closer and closer, the three are forced to settle for hot chocolate and board games by the fire. Ollie, Coco, and Brian are determined to make the best of being snowed in, but odd things keep happening. Coco is convinced she has seen a ghost, and Ollie is having nightmares about frostbitten girls pleading for help. Then Mr. Voland, a mysterious ghost hunter, arrives in the midst of the storm to investigate the hauntings at Hemlock Lodge. Ollie, Coco, and Brian want to trust him, but Ollie's watch, which once saved them from the smiling man, has a new cautionary message: BEWARE. With Mr. Voland's help, Ollie, Coco, and Brian reach out to the dead voices at Mount Hemlock. Maybe the ghosts need their help--or maybe not all ghosts can or should be trusted. Dead Voices is a terrifying follow-up to Small Spaces with thrills and chills galore and the captive foreboding of a classic ghost story.
The Ansley Wilcox House and Its Furnishings
Author: David H. Wallace
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buffalo (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buffalo (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Down to Earth
Author: Neil & Campbell Paynter, Iain
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications
ISBN: 1905010915
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A book about searching for, and finding, Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit in down-to-earth places. 'Neil writes about a world where hearts matter and in which vulnerable folk can teach us much.' - Peter Millar, from the Foreword
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications
ISBN: 1905010915
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A book about searching for, and finding, Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit in down-to-earth places. 'Neil writes about a world where hearts matter and in which vulnerable folk can teach us much.' - Peter Millar, from the Foreword