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Author : Ann Sumner
Publisher : Philip Wilson Publishers
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 085667706X
The arts, tennis.
Author : United States. Customs Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Customs administration
ISBN : UOM:39015076036683
Author : Wolfram Koeppe,Anna Maria Giusti,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Incrustation (Stone carving)
ISBN : 9781588392886
"In the royal and princely courts of Europe, artworks made of multicolored semiprecious stones were passionately coveted objects. Known as pietre dure, or hardstones, this type of artistic expression includes?paintings in stone,? which were composed of intricately cut separate pieces that were made into magnificent tabetops, cabinets, and wall decorations. Other works included vessels and ornaments carved with virtuosic skill from a single piece of rare and brilliant lapis lazuli, chalcedony, jasper, or similarly prized substance; exquisite objects such as boxes, clocks, and jewelry; and portraits of nobles sculpted in variously colored stones. Derived from ancient Roman decorative stonework, the art of pietre dure was developed in Renaissance Florence, where the manufacture of such objects was enthusiastically sponsored by Medici princes. Ideally suited for ostentatious display, the works sent an unmistakable message of wealth and political might that was understood in centers of power everywhere. From Italy the medium spread across Europeto Prague, Madrid, Naples, Paris, and later Saint Petersburg. Precious and fragile, pietre dure objects are rarely brought together in large numbers. This richly illustrated catalogue contains more than 150 masterworks from across Europe, dating from five centuries, including almost every artistic use of semiprecious stone during this time as well as some of the finest examples of the medium. Eight essays by European and American experts discuss the individualized development of pietre dure in every European region, the latest developments in scholarship, the interrelationships between art and dynastic politics and between cultures, and a variety of techniques used to produce these luxurious masterworks."--Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Author : New York (State). Courts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : IOWA:31858018883367
Author : Robert J. Lake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781315533551
Tennis is one of the world’s most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate. Moreover, tennis has always been one of the world’s most significant sports, expressing crucial fractures of social class, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity - both on and off court. This is the first book to undertake a survey of the historical and socio-cultural sweep of tennis, exploring key themes from governance, development and social inclusion to national identity and the role of the media. It is presented in three parts: historical developments; culture and representations; and politics and social issues, and features contributions by leading tennis scholars from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The most authoritative book published to date on the history, culture and politics of tennis, this is an essential reference for any course or program examining the history, sociology, politics or culture of sport.
Author : Arthur George Liddon Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : WISC:89047225818
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
ISBN : PSU:000047197008
Author : Caryl Phillips
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307490179
From stately lawns and gentlemen players to Andre Agassi and Venus Williams: 65 great writings on tennis that chronicle the transformation of the sport. Since its inception, tennis has embraced traditions more patrician than plebeian. But times--and tennis--have changed. The game once reserved for royalty has moved from estate lawns to the concrete courts of the city. Old guard amateurs have given way to prodigies plastered with corporate logos. And while barriers of gender, race, and class have been shattered, the modern plagues of self-promotion, the paparazzi, and challengers of ever-escalating talent loom large. In The Right Set, award-winning novelist and editor Caryl Phillips presents a collection of writings on the remarkable evolution of a gentleman's pastime into a sport of jet-set players of athletic and psychological genius. Here are the stories of champions, from the Renshaw twins to "ghetto Cinderella" Venus Williams. Here, too, are volleys between tradition and innovation--debates on everything from etiquette and earnings to André Agassi's rejection of the customary tennis whites. Insightful, informative, wonderfully entertaining, The Right Set is as colorful and surprising as the game itself. John McPhee on Ashe vs. Graebner David Higdon on Venus Williams James Thurber on Helen Wills Martina Navratilova on Bad Losers Martin Amis on Smashing the Rackets and more
Author : James E. Thorold Rogers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 795 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108036566
This immensely detailed eight-piece compilation documents the fluctuating prices of agricultural produce in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Volume 6 (from 1887) presents in tabular form data from 1583 to 1702, showing the prices of a range of products in towns and cities across the country.
Author : Arthur George Liddon Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Agricultural prices
ISBN : OXFORD:590850467
Author : Martin Wiggins,Catherine Richardson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199265725
Volume 3 covers the years 1590-1597 and sees the start of Shakespeare's career as a dramatist.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1833
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044092653161
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UIUC:30112058307163
Author : Great Britain. Courts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063125913
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : HARVARD:HL094J