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Photography and Italy
In this beautifully illustrated book Maria Antonella Pelizzari traces the history of photography in Italy from its beginnings to the present as she guides us through the history of Italy and its ancient sites and Renaissance landmarks. Pelizzari specifically considers the role of photography in the formation of Italian national identity during times of political struggle, such as the lead up …
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- 9781861898845
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Scandinavian Museums and Cultural Diversity
Museums face the task of representing the similarities and differences that exist between groups, such as national identities and indigenous and minority voices, material and intangible heritage, and current status and past history. In order to achieve this aim, a complex and not always easily compatible set of interests have to be taken into account, from those of the museum itself, to those o…
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- 9781789204049
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Photography and Literature
Aspiring writers are often admonished to "show, not tell, " an instruction that immediately speaks to the relationship between the written word and the visual world. It is a tenuous correspondence—both literature and art are striving toward the same goal of depiction, but the reality they portray is shaped by their chosen tools. As François Brunet argues in Photography and Literature, the ad…
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Feast of AshesThe Life and Art of David Ohannessian
The compelling life story of Armenian ceramicist David Ohannessian, whose work changed the face of Jerusalem—and a granddaughter's search for his legacy. Along the cobbled streets and golden walls of Jerusalem, brilliantly glazed tiles catch the light and beckon the eye. These colorful wares—known as Armenian ceramics—are iconic features of the Holy City. Silently, these works of ceramic…
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- 9781503609150
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- 1 online resource (440 pages)
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Photography and the USA
From Ansel Adams to Carleton Watkins, Diane Arbus to Weegee, Richard Avedon to James VanDerZee, American photographers have recorded their vast, multicultural nation in images that, for more than a hundred years, have come to define the USA. In Photography and the USA, Mick Gidley explores not only the medium of photography and the efforts to capture key events and moments through photographs, …
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Home Made Country Wines - Beer, Mead and Metheglin
A classic book on making country wines, beer, mead and metheglin. Including much information on the processes and many delicious recipes, this book is a must-have for any home brewer or anyone with an interest in the subject. Contents include: "Wine Making", "Beer Brewing", "Some Useful Facts and Figures", "Wine Vocabulary", "Wine-Making", "Competition and Exhibition", "Home Brewed Beer and Cid…
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- 9781447481904
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- 1 online resource (82 pages)
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Reflections on Baroque
From its beginnings in the seventeenth century, the Baroque embraced the whole of Catholic Europe and infiltrated Protestant England, Orthodox Russia and even Muslim Turkey. Architecture, paintings, poetry, music, natural science and new forms of piety all have their places on the Baroque map. In this surprising reinterpretation of the Baroque, Robert Harbison offers new readings that stress it…
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Practical Wood Carving - How to Use the Tools and Make the Designs
Originally published in early 1900s. The illustrated contents include: Materials – Tools and Equipment – Care and Use of Tools – First Steps in Wood Carving – Chip Carving – Incised Work – Relief Carving – Pierced and Laminated Work – Wood Sculpture and Knife Work – Preparation of Designs etc. Many of the earliest hobby and craft books, particularly those dating back to the 19…
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- 9781473351929
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- 1 online resource (84 pages)
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Parallel TextsInterviews and Interventions about Art
Artist and critic Victor Burgin's visual and written works span four decades, and Parallel Texts presents a compilation of essays, interviews, and extracts that evidence the interconnectedness throughout his career of his vast artistic oeuvre exhibited around the world and his influential critical and theoretical writings on art. Organized chronologically, Parallel Texts includes Burgin's tak…
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The Story of Wensleydale Cheese
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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- 9781473356665
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