Le livre de tous les ménages : L'art de conserver pendant plusieurs années toutes les substances animales et végétales est un ouvrage pratique du XIXe siècle, rédigé par M. Appert, inventeur de la méthode de conservation des aliments par stérilisation. Ce livre, véritable guide domestique, s'adresse à toutes les familles, cuisiniers, ménagères et professionnels de l'alimentation dÃ…
Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter Including Sign Painting, and Valuable Hints and Recipes is a comprehensive manual designed for both amateur and professional painters seeking to master the art and science of painting houses, wagons, and automobiles. This detailed guide delves into every aspect of the painting trade, from surface preparation and the selection of brushes and paints t…
Culinary Chemistry: The Scientific Principles of Cookery is a comprehensive exploration of the fascinating intersection between science and the culinary arts. Authored by James Cutbush, this classic work delves into the chemical foundations that underpin everyday cooking processes, offering readers a unique perspective on the art of preparing food. The book meticulously examines the composition…
The Fireless Cook Book: A Manual of the Construction and Use of Appliances for Cooking by Retained Heat, with 250 Recipes, by Margaret J. Mitchell, is a comprehensive guide to the innovative method of fireless cooking, a technique that revolutionized early 20th-century kitchens by allowing meals to be prepared with minimal fuel and effort. This detailed manual provides step-by-step instructions…
Il volume raccoglie i contributi presentati al convegno internazionale Donna Arte Società . Pratiche estetiche femministe dalla metà dell'Ottocento a oggi (Varese, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Villa Toeplitz, 7-8 marzo 2024), organizzato in chiusura della mostra Il Gruppo "Immagine". Una storia di artivismo femminista da Varese alla Biennale di Venezia (Varese, Università degli Stud…
Cada persona que intenta comprender el mundo actual puede encontrar en Antonio Gramsci reflexiones útiles y adaptables a su propio tiempo y a sus circunstancias; sin embargo, para quien se adentra en su estudio –en especial en cuestiones de arte y literatura–, sus artÃculos periodÃsticos y los 'Cuadernos de la cárcel', que conforman el núcleo de su obra, redactados sin recursos de inve…
This smart, provocative book reveals how Useful Art is changing the world. Does art have to be beautiful? What if it can be useful instead? In this cutting-edge book, John Byrne shows how the concept of 'Useful Art' is helping artists and communities fight back against the neoliberal takeover of our spaces, services and lives. Byrne demonstrates that networks of artist-led activism and commun…
A comprehensive exploration of the evolutions, innovations, and legacies of French art from the late eighteenth-century to the present Charting the artistic eras from the transformative upheavals of the French Revolution to the dynamic global intersections of contemporary art in the 21st century, A Companion to French Art, 1789 to the Present provides an unparalleled analysis of French art. Ed…
Bucolic imagery—of shepherds with flocks in idyllic surroundings—has barely been studied in Byzantine art history. These images elude our usual analytical categories of imperial, sacred, and secular art, and challenge our assumptions about visual narrative. This book demonstrates that a "bucolic mode" existed in Byzantium in diverse media, such as textiles, sculpture, mosaics, silver, and m…
Byzantine art is normally explained as devotional, historical, highly intellectualized, but this book argues for an experiential necessity for a fuller, deeper, more ethical approach to this art. Written in response to an exhibition the author curated at The Menil Collection in 2013, this monograph challenges us to search for novel ways to explore and interrogate the art of this distant culture…