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The History of the Suez Canal - Ferdinand de LESSEPS
The History of the Suez Canal - Ferdinand de LESSEPS
- Author: Ferdinand de LESSEPS
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
A lively picture of the origin and completion of the Suez Canal (built between 1859 and 1869) and his architect, Vicomte de Lesseps. This is the translation of a lecture given before the Societe de Gens Lettres in Paris, in April 1870 by de Lesseps...
Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia - Giovanni Battista BELZONI
Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia - Giovanni Battista BELZONI
- Author: Giovanni Battista BELZONI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778 – 1823) was an Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He is known for his removal to England of the seven ton bust of Ramesses II, the clearing of sand from the entrance of the great...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a...
The Art of Bookbinding - Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf
The Art of Bookbinding - Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf
- Author: Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture
This handbook explains the art of bookbinding and simultaneously reminds us what a complex technology is to make books! Zaehnsdorf, bookbinder and son of a bookbinder, made this second edition of his book to enlighten amateurs and tradesmen alike....
Dress Design: An Account of Costume for Artists and Dressmakers - Talbot Hughes
Dress Design: An Account of Costume for Artists and Dressmakers - Talbot Hughes
- Author: Talbot Hughes
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / History
Explanations of Western European trends in men and women's fashion from prehistoric times to the Victorian Era. (Summary by Libby Gohn)...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 8 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 8 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri) is a collection of...
Four Masters of Etching - Frederick Wedmore
Four Masters of Etching - Frederick Wedmore
- Author: Frederick Wedmore
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography
Frederick Wedmore presents short vignettes of influential artists of the 19th century who were noted for their mastery of etching: Seymour Haden, Jules Jacquemart, J. A. M. Whistler, and Alphonse Legros. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
Gloves Past and Present - Willard M. Smith
Gloves Past and Present - Willard M. Smith
- Author: Willard M. Smith
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Business & Economics
From the preface: "For thirty years I have devoted myself to the practical problems of the glove industry, and my connection with one of the substantial firms of master-merchant-glovers in the world has taught me how little gloves are known or...
The waning of the middle ages: a study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the XIVth and XVth centuries - Johan Huizinga
The waning of the middle ages: a study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the XIVth and XVth centuries - Johan Huizinga
- Author: Johan Huizinga
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Middle Ages/Middle History
The Waning of the Middle Ages (also known as The Autumn of the Middle Ages, or Autumntide of the Middle Ages), subtitled A study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, is Johan...
Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art - William Henry Holmes
Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art - William Henry Holmes
- Author: William Henry Holmes
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Art / Design & Architecture
A study of ceramics in the Americas: its form, function and ornamentation as well as its history. Produced by the Smithsonian's Department of Ethnology. Listeners are referred to the text for the illustrations and figures. ( Lynne Thompson)...
The Medici, Volume 1 - G. F. Young
The Medici, Volume 1 - G. F. Young
- Author: G. F. Young
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography / History
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zenith of power and influence, to its eventual decay and ruin. It outlines their history in conjunction with the...
A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania - Margaretta Archambault
A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania - Margaretta Archambault
- Author: Margaretta Archambault
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Travel & Geography
This book was curated by the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women for tourists' use on a journey to Pennsylvania. Each of Pennsylvania's 67 counties has its own chapter, discussing beautiful art and buildings that may be found there (or, in lieu...
The Artist - B. F. Gandee
The Artist - B. F. Gandee
- Author: B. F. Gandee
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Art / Design & Architecture / Crafts & Hobbies
The Artist, or Young Ladies' Instructor in Ornamental Painting, Drawing etc. is a delightful art instruction book from 1835. Follow Charlotte as she teaches her cousin Ellen a range of art forms that were widely taught at the time, from painting in...
Essays on Art - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Essays on Art - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Genre: Plays / Art / Design & Architecture / Essays & Short Works
Essays on art, letters, thoughts, aphorisms - Goethe's thoughts were dealing with artworks of every branch of arts. He addressed many aspects of the artistic process and described his impressions of works of arts - and even dilettantism - in his...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 6 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 6 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri) is a collection of...
The Age of the Condottieri: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530 - Oscar Browning
The Age of the Condottieri: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530 - Oscar Browning
- Author: Oscar Browning
- Genre: War & Military / Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography
Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary companies and multinational armies who fought in the service of city states, monarchs, and the Pope. Some like...
Mount Rushmore National Memorial - Various
Mount Rushmore National Memorial - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture
This publication of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society of the Black Hills presents the history and description of one of the most iconic colossal sculptures of the world. Originally conceived by Doane Robinson of South Dakota, the memorial...
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening - William Chambers
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening - William Chambers
- Author: William Chambers
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Gardening
A little essay on the Chinese style of gardening, as opposed to the continental style, which the author finds too formal with too many straight lines, and the English style, about which he is equally disparaging. In his preface, he says that his...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 7 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 7 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri) is a collection of...
The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture - Benvenuto CELLINI
The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture - Benvenuto CELLINI
- Author: Benvenuto CELLINI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture
Benvenuto Cellini, a 16th century Florentine goldsmith and sculptor, is perhaps better known for his colorful autobiography than his works of art. In his "Trattati", Cellini explains how he made his intricate pieces in gold, such as the salt cellar...
Understanding English Cathedrals: Terminology, Architecture, Organization, And Personnel - Esther Singleton
Understanding English Cathedrals: Terminology, Architecture, Organization, And Personnel - Esther Singleton
- Author: Esther Singleton
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Religion
This recording comprises chapters from two different works: How To Visit The English Cathedrals (1912) by Esther Singleton, and The Cathedral Churches Of England (1911) by Helen Marshall Pratt. Each book devotes a chapter to each cathedral, but this...
Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon - Austen Layard
Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon - Austen Layard
- Author: Austen Layard
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Memoirs / Antiquity
Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, named after...
