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Publisher
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Egypt, the most ancient of the Mediterranean civilizations, inspired neighboring cultures with its art, religion, and learning. Already by around 3000 BC, cultural and artistic exchanges between Egypt and Crete were taking place, and contacts expanded greatly over the centuries with the arrival of Greek merchants, artists, and soldiers in Egypt. The complex interconnections between Egypt and the Classical World over the course of nearly 2,500 years-from...
Publisher
V&A Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Here, ten world-renowned curators from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London tell the story of ten of the most famous and curious objects acquired by the museum over its history. Among these are "Tipu's Tiger," an almost life-size wooden mechanical toy of a tiger mauling a European soldier; the "Great Bed of Ware," a 10 1/2-foot-wide Elizabethan bed; and a "Shakespeare First Folio," one of the few survivors of an estimated 750 that were originally...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Spirited Aimée Leduc, a private investigator based in Paris, has been introduced to the Cao Dai temple by her partner, René, who urges her to learn to meditate as a counterbalance to her frenetic lifestyle. A Vietnamese nun asks her for a favor--to hand over a check and bring a package back to the temple. But this act of kindness ends in a stranger's death and leaves her with a bullet wound in the arm, a check for 50,000 francs and a trove of ancient...
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Using amazing objects from the British Museum, this series of captivating board books encourages children to engage with early learning concepts. Inquisitive toddlers will enjoy learning first words and animals with gorgeous photographic images on every page."--
11) My Rembrandt
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Nederlands
Description
Delves into the world of people who passionately love and collect the paintings of Rembrandt.
14) A few collectors
Author
Publisher
New Vessel Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An utterly charming book by beloved Parisian artist Pierre Le-Tan, filled with dazzling illustrations and intriguing tales about often eccentric art collectors. Le-Tan, known for designing New Yorker magazine covers and collaborations with fashion houses, summons up memories of inveterate collectors in this lavishly illustrated volume. He evokes fascinating, sometimes troubled figures through insightful and curious portraits. With seventy of his...
15) The red moth
Author
Series
Inspector Pekkala volume 4
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
As Hitler's forces smash into Soviet territory, annihilating the Red Army divisions in its path, a lone German scout plane is forced down. Contained within the briefcase of its passenger is the seemingly inconsequential painting of a hyalophoria cecropia, otherwise known as a red moth.
Author
Publisher
SlingShot Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen half-hour tours of the Hermitage Museum collections, highlighting works from ancient China and Egypt and European art from Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the 20th century. Some material on St. Petersburg, Peter the Great, and the architecture of the museum building. Each tour is devoted to a place or period and examines two or three dozen works, with commentary. Guide includes index by artist. Still-frame viewing...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This book gives a fascinating overview of Russian decorative art, revealing a highly accomplished crafts tradition that persisted over nine centuries. It includes works by Peter Carl Faberge and his workshop, jeweled Byzantine icons, silver drinking vessels, and intricate enamels. Featured are two extraordinary Faberge eggs that were once in the Russian Imperial collection, including one that opens up to reveal a miniature gold replica of the Gatchina...
20) Things we create
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
We all live in a world of objects, yet we rarely stop to think about how and why they came to exist, why they look and feel the way they do, or what shapes our preferences and why we own and use the ones we do. In Things We Create, renowned concept designer, cartoonist, and sculptor Axel Brechensbauer pulls back the curtain and provides a visual guide to civilization's endless quest for the perfect human-made object. --from Amazon.
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