Author: Paul C. Helmreich
Publisher: Columbus : Ohio State University Press
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Category : Paris Peace Conference
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Following the end of the First World War, elated and distinguished statesmen representing the victorious powers gathered in Paris, London, and San Remo to draft terms that were to be imposed on their defeated enemies as safeguards of a hard-won peace. Of the five pacts that were ultimately concluded, the treaty with the Ottoman Empire took by far the longest to negotiate; for it involved not only the drafting of the peace terms themselves, but also the division that was to be made among the victors of vast territorial spoils. Professor Helmreich traces the troubled history of the negotiations among those nations -- which included, for a time, the United States -- that ultimately produced the remarkable document known, by virtue of the place in which it was signed, as the Treaty of Sevres. -- book jacket
Author: Charles Bertram BLACK
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Author: Leonard Williams
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Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Author: United States Centennial Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Centennial Exhibition
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Author: United States Centennial Commission
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Category : Centennial Exhibition
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Author: United States Centennial Commission
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Category : Centennial Exhibition
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Author: Karl Baedeker
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Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Author: William Phipps Blake
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Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Author: Beatrice Pannequin
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300073380
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 431
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The tumultuous years of the French Revolution left France’s prestigious decorative arts industries poised on the brink of ruin. It was not until after the fall of the monarchy and the ascendancy of the Consulat and Empire under Napoleon that they began to recover so that by the middle of the nineteenth century they stood at the pinnacle of their achievement. This book is the first in depth study of the renowned porcelain works at Sèvres during its virtual rebirth under the 47 year direction of the scientist, teacher, and administrator Alexandre Brongniart. Some 110 working drawings from the Sèvres Archive are reproduced here for the first time in color. They celebrate the high skill of the artists whose work often documented contemporary events in France. There are table services in the 'Egyptian' and 'Etruscan' taste as well as individual pieces that recall Napoleonic military campaigns. There are also exquisite Neoclassical decorations using motifs such as birds, butterflies, and insects that reflect the century’s early fascination with the natural sciences. The repertoire of nineteenth century eclecticism is evident in the output of Sèvres from the revival of Gothic and renaissance motifs to the outburst of naturalism. Eleven essays by leading authorities assess this dynamic period.
