Painted By A Distant Hand

Author : Steven A. LeBlanc
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780873654029

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Painted by a Distant Hand by Steven A. LeBlanc Pdf

Highlighting one of the Peabody Museum's most important archaeological expeditions—the excavation of the Swarts Ranch Ruin in southwestern New Mexico by Harriet and Burton Cosgrove in the mid-1920s—Steven LeBlanc's book features rare, never-before-published examples of Mimbres painted pottery, considered by many scholars to be the most unique of all the ancient art traditions of North America. Made between A.D. 1000 and 1150, these pottery bowls and jars depict birds, fish, insects, and mammals that the Mimbres encountered in their daily lives, portray mythical beings, and show humans participating in both ritual and everyday activities. LeBlanc traces the origins of the Mimbres people and what became of them, and he explores our present understanding of what the images mean and what scholars have learned about the Mimbres people in the 75 years since the Cosgroves' expedition.

Author : Vincas P. Steponaitis,C. Margaret Scarry
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813065342

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Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland by Vincas P. Steponaitis,C. Margaret Scarry Pdf

Moundville, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is one of the largest pre-Columbian mound sites in North America. Comprising twenty-nine earthen mounds that were once platforms for chiefly residences and public buildings, Moundville was a major political and religious center for the people living in its region and for the wider Mississippian world. A much-needed synthesis of the rapidly expanding archaeological work that has taken place in the region over the past two decades, this volume presents the results of multifaceted research and new excavations. Using models deeply rooted in local ethnohistory, it ties Moundville and its people more closely than before to the ethnography of native southerners and emphasizes the role of social memory, iconography, and ritual practices both at the mound center and in the rural hinterland, providing an up-to-date and refreshingly nuanced interpretation of Mississippian culture. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

Author : Immanuel Ness
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118970584

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The Global Prehistory of Human Migration by Immanuel Ness Pdf

Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, this work is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the first hominin migrations out of Africa through the end of prehistory. Presents interdisciplinary coverage of this topic, including scholarship from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, genetics, biology, linguistics, and more Includes contributions from a diverse international team of authors, representing 17 countries and a variety of disciplines Divided into two sections, covering the Pleistocene and Holocene; each section examines human migration through chapters that focus on different regional and disciplinary lenses

Author : Lewis F. Day
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547027454

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Windows: A Book About Stained & Painted Glass by Lewis F. Day Pdf

This book about the art of windows painting and staining is an important source for practical and historical information. It is an overview of researching the art, history, and technical aspects of stained and painted glass. A reader can learn a lot about church windows, firms, artists, and designs.

Author : Samuel S Bak
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780253010131

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Painted in Words by Samuel S Bak Pdf

At my first sight of a painting by Samuel Bak, I had the keen sense that he was telling me stories with his brush. Now that at long last he has written this book, I find it no wonder that he has painted with his pen.... Among the tens and hundreds of books I have read about the pre-Shoah and post-Shoah period... Bak’s book is unique. Despite being suffused with a sense of loss, horror, degradation, and death, it is ultimately a sanguine, funny book, full of the love of life, rocking with an almost cathartic joy. At times I found myself bursting out laughing... a marvelous ode, a colorful hymn to the forces of life, love, creation, and the joys of the senses. —From the Foreword by Amos Oz In Painted in Words internationally renowned artist Samuel Bak sets aside his brushes to narrate the stories of his life—as a child in Nazi-occupied Vilna, as a youth in European refugee camps, and as a maturing artist in Israel, France, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States. With gentle humor, the child prodigy of the faraway past and the accomplished artist of today engage in a spirited dialogue from which emerges a self-portrait of "The Artist as a Young—and middle-aged and aging—Survivor." The brilliance, vision, and virtuosity that Bak brings to his painting are equally in evidence in his writing. This deeply touching work is an important contribution to Holocaust literature and art history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Harbors
ISBN : NYPL:33433000204655

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Atlantic Local Coast Pilot by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11538658

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Nautical Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Naval art and science
ISBN : NYPL:33433066364682

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The Nautical Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : JongwooJeremy Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351555371

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"Painted Men in Britain, 1868?918 " by JongwooJeremy Kim Pdf

An original and overdue exploration of the representation of masculinity in British academic art in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Painted Men in Britain, 1868-1918 analyzes transgressions of gender and sexuality as represented in paintings by Leighton, Sargent, Tuke, and their contemporaries in the Royal Academy. This volume treats paintings as eloquent objects, no narratives of which are too elusive to be traced, and challenges conventional binaries of masculine versus feminine or heterosexual versus homosexual. Consulting not only the paintings themselves but also newspapers, journals, criticism, novels, and poetry of the day, Painted Men argues against the misconception of British academic art as merely reactionary and even blind to the dynamism of its own time. Instead, this art is shown to engage with broader social attitudes and contemporary sexual debates. As the book reveals the complexities of specific paintings, it illuminates different and competing attitudes toward masculinity and modernity in British art of the period.

Author : Kristin Hannah
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345450715

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Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah Pdf

After twenty-four years of marriage and two daughters, Elizabeth and Jackson Shore have drifted apart.

Author : Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : UCSC:32106019199758

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Symbols by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11538706

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Notices to Mariners by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michelle Hegmon,B. Sunday Eiselt
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : OSU:32435074656240

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Engaged Anthropology by Michelle Hegmon,B. Sunday Eiselt Pdf

This collection of essays is based on the 2005 Society for American Archaeology symposium and presents research that epitomizes Richard I. Ford’s approach of engaged anthropology. This transdisciplinary approach integrates archaeological research with perspectives from ethnography, history, and ecology, and engages the anthropologist with Native partners and with socio-natural landscapes. Research papers largely focus on the U.S. Southwest, but also consider other areas of North America, issues related to museums collections, and indigenous approaches to materials research.

Author : David B. Mattingly
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781118078044

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The Digital Matte Painting Handbook by David B. Mattingly Pdf

The only how-to guide dedicated to mastering the technique of digital matte painting! Matte painting affords seamless integration between an artist’s painting with live action film footage and allows for greater flexibility and creative input in the appearance of movie settings. This unique book reveals a variety of tools and techniques that are both industry and classroom tested and will enhance your existing skill set. Veteran author and instructor David Mattingly walks you through the process of creating a matte painting, starting with rough concept sketches, working out the perspective drawing, adding light and shadow, and texturing all of the elements in the painting. You’ll gradually upgrade to using Adobe After Effects and Autodesk Maya in order to fulfill your matte painting vision. Escorts you through the process of creating a matte painting, starting with the initial concept sketch, adding light and shadow, texturing elements, and incorporating motion and depth Author is an experienced matte artist and teacher and shares a plethora of unique industry- and classroom-tested tools and techniques Features helpful step-by-step instructions accompanied by screen shots and photos to illustrate the process of creating a matte painting Whether you’re creating a background for a studio production, independent film, TV commercial, or YouTube video, The Digital Matte Painting Handbook helps you successfully complete your project. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Author : Donald Dean Langford
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781641409346

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I'd Rather Be Painting by Donald Dean Langford Pdf

This is a story about one man's forty-year struggle to leave what he thought would be a temporary job in Banking to follow his lifelong dream of becoming an artist. Away from the bank, he took what time he could afford to work toward that goal. After some oil painting lessons, his skills improved. Working in his garage usually at night, he started giving away and selling some of his paintings to friends. Since Banking and Art are quite opposite, he felt as though he was leading a sort of double life. After his skills improved, he attempted to find ways to leave banking, including a wild and crazy decision to open a gallery in Carmel, California. Still living his double life, he hoped the gallery would eventually replace his bank job. It did not. When a benefactor offered to back him financially, he happily left banking, only to reluctantly return to banking when his benefactor could not continue funding. Back to his double life again, he continued painting and sold his work in several galleries. This story takes the reader on many rocky paths, some of which were dead ends, ultimately to one as a full time Artist. When Illness and death took his wife and daughter, his faith was sorely tested, however he never gave up painting. After remarrying, he and his wife returned to the Monterey Bay where the dream is still alive.