The Imperial Style

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Clothing and dress
ISBN : 9780870992322

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The Imperial Style by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

"This is the book based on the hugely successful exhibition Fashions of the Hapsburg Era: Austria-Hungary, held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 1979 through August 1980. The show presented more than 150 costumes, uniforms, and military and equestrian trappings dating from the eighteenth century in Austria and Hungary to the collapse of the Hapsburg Empire in 1918. But at the heart of the exhibition were the costumes and liveries worn at court in the late nineteenth century, during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth—one of the most highly romantic periods in European history ... Each essay is lavishly illustrated in color and black and white, with eighteen specially commissioned color plates of costumes and accouterments in the exhibition. A detailed chronology of the years between 1699 and 1918 and a selected bibliography are included"--Metropolitan Museum of Art website, viewed May 16, 2022.

Author : Donald J. Munro
Publisher : U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472038244

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The Imperial Style of Inquiry in Twentieth-Century China by Donald J. Munro Pdf

How have traditional Chinese ways of thinking affected problem solving in this century? The traditional, imperial style of inquiry is associated with the belief that the universe is a coherent, internally structured unity understandable through the similarly structured human mind. It involves a reliance on antecedent and authoritarian models, coupled with an introspective focus in investigations, at some cost to objective fact gathering. In contrast, emergent forms of inquiry are guided by the values of individual autonomy and new perspectives on objectivity. In the 1930s and 1940s, some liberal educators held the model of Western science in great esteem, and some scientists practicing objective inquiry helped to create an awareness in the urban areas of inquiry not directed by political values. Drawing on philosophical, social science, and popular culture materials, Donald Munro shows that the two strains coexisted in twentieth century China as mixed motives. Many important figures were motivated by a desire to act consistently with the social values associated with the premodern or received view of knowledge and inquiry. At the same time, these people often had other motives, such as utilitarian values, efficiency, and entrepreneurship. Munro argues that while many competing positions can coexist in the same person, the seeds of the positive, instrumental value of individual autonomy in Chinese inquiry are beginning to compete in both scholarly and popular culture with other, older approaches.

Author : Laura Cerwinske
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517086204

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Russian Imperial Style by Laura Cerwinske Pdf

Author : Laura Cerwinske
Publisher : Wings
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997-09-16
Category : Art patronage
ISBN : 0517187051

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Russian Imperial Style by Laura Cerwinske Pdf

A sumptuously illustrated, full-color book re-creates the Russian aristocracy's world of opulent design, beautiful objects, and magnificent art and architecture through gorgeous pictures and rich text.

Author : Maxwell Craven
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Imperial Families of Ancient Rome by Maxwell Craven Pdf

The Roman Empire was a spectacular polity of unprecedented scale which stretched from Scotland to Sudan and from Portugal to Persia. It survived for over 500 years in the west and 1,480 years in the east. Ruling it was a task of frightening complexity; few emperors made a good fist of it, yet thanks to dynastic connections, an efficient bureaucracy and a governing class eager to attain the kudos of holding the highest offices, it survived the mad, bad and incompetent emperors remarkably well. Although not always apparent, it was the interplay of emperors' kin and family connections which also made a major contribution to controlling the empire. This book aims to put on record the known ancestry, relations and descendants of all emperors, including ephemeral ones and show connections from one dynasty to another as completely as possible, accompanied by concise biographical notes about each ruler and known facts about family members, which include Romans both famous and obscure. It also attempts to distinguish between certainty and possibility and to eliminate obvious fiction. The introduction provides a narrative lead-in to the creation of the empire, attempts to clarify the complexities of Roman genealogy and assess the sources.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0300201559

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Imperial Style by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert G. Wesson
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520368682

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The Imperial Order by Robert G. Wesson Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Author : Laura Cerwinske
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015024806815

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Russian Imperial Style by Laura Cerwinske Pdf

In this text the reader is introduced to the world of pre-revolutionary Russia, where the decorative arts flourished. Since Peter the Great's time, Russian artists and craftsmen had looked westwards for their inspiration but the European styles were transmuted and transformed by the Russian sensibility, producing a style of its own. This book describes that process over two centuries, covering fashion, jewellery, icons, furniture, objects d'art, decorative paintings, porcelain, tableware and the style of life which went with them.

Author : Kimberly Kagan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0674054091

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The Imperial Moment by Kimberly Kagan Pdf

In a provocative study on comparative empire, noted historians identify periods of transition across history that reveal how and why empires emerge. Loren J. Samons on Athens and Arthur Eckstein on Rome examine classical Western empires. Nicholas Canny discusses the British experience, Paul Bushkovitch analyzes the case of imperial Russia, and Pamela Kyle Crossley studies Qing China's beginnings. Frank Ninkovich tackles the actions of the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, which many view as imperial behavior. What were the critical characteristics that distinguished the imperial period of the state from its pre-imperial period? When did the state develop those characteristics sufficiently to be called an empire? The authors indicate the domestic political, social, economic, or military institutions that made empire formation possible and address how intentional the transition to empire was. They investigate the actions that drove imperial consolidation and consider the international environment in which the empire formed. Kimberly Kagan provides a concluding essay that probes the historical cases for insights into policymaking and the nature of imperial power.

Author : Frances F. Berdan
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0884022110

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Aztec Imperial Strategies by Frances F. Berdan Pdf

Papers from the 1986 Summer Seminar, "Empire, Province, and Village in Aztec History."

Author : Nancy Condee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780190451226

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The Imperial Trace by Nancy Condee Pdf

The collapse of the USSR seemed to spell the end of the empire, yet it by no means foreclosed on Russia's enduring imperial preoccupations, which had extended from the reign of Ivan IV over four and a half centuries. Examining a host of films from contemporary Russian cinema, Nancy Condee argues that we cannot make sense of current Russian culture without accounting for the region's habits of imperial identification. But is this something made legible through narrative alone-Chechen wars at the periphery, costume dramas set in the capital-or could an imperial trace be sought in other, more embedded qualities, such as the structure of representation, the conditions of production, or the preoccupations of its filmmakers? This expansive study takes up this complex question through a commanding analysis of the late Soviet and post-Soviet period auteurists, Kira Muratova, Vadim Abdrashitov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksei German, Aleksandr Sokurov and Aleksei Balabanov.

Author : Harsha Ram
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0299181944

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The Imperial Sublime by Harsha Ram Pdf

The Imperial Sublime examines the rise of the Russian empire as a literary theme simultaneous with the evolution of Russian poetry between the 1730s and 1840—the century during which poets defined the main questions facing Russian literature and society. Harsha Ram shows how imperial ideology became implicated in an unexpectedly wide range of issues, from formal problems of genre, style, and lyric voice to the vexed relationship between the poet and the ruling monarch.

Author : Louis G. Perez,R. W. Purdy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216172079

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Modern Japan by Louis G. Perez,R. W. Purdy Pdf

Organized by theme, this comprehensive encyclopedia examines all aspects of life in Japan, from geography and government to food and etiquette and much more. Japan, or the "Land of the Rising Sun," is home to more than 126 million people, nearly 10 million of whom live in Tokyo alone. How did this tiny island nation become such a powerhouse in the 21st century, and where will it go from here? Modern Japan examines history and contemporary life through thematic entries organized into chapters covering such topics as geography; history; government and politics; economy; religion and thought; social classes and ethnicity; gender, marriage, and sexuality; education; language; etiquette; literature and drama; art and architecture; music and dance; food; leisure and sports; and media and popular culture. Each chapter contains an overview of the topic and alphabetized entries on examples of each theme. A chronology covers from prehistoric times to the present, and special appendices offer profiles of a typical day in the life of representative members of Japanese society, key facts and figures about Japan, and a holiday chart. This volume is ideal for students researching Japan, as well as general readers interested in learning more about the country.

Author : Ulrich Hofmeister,Florian Riedler
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000968842

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Imperial Cities in the Tsarist, the Habsburg, and the Ottoman Empires by Ulrich Hofmeister,Florian Riedler Pdf

This book explores the various ways imperial rule constituted and shaped the cities of Eastern Europe until the First World War in the Tsarist, Habsburg, and Ottoman empires. In these three empires, the cities served as hubs of imperial rule: their institutions and infrastructures enabled the diffusion of power within the empires while they also served as the stages where the empire was displayed in monumental architecture and public rituals. To this day, many cities possess a distinctively imperial legacy in the form of material remnants, groups of inhabitants, or memories that shape the perceptions of in- and outsiders. The contributions to this volume address in detail the imperial entanglements of a dozen cities from a long-term perspective reaching back to the eighteenth century. They analyze the imperial capitals as well as smaller cities in the periphery. All of them are "imperial cities" in the sense that they possess traces of imperial rule. By comparing the three empires of Eastern Europe this volume seeks to establish commonalities in this particular geography and highlight trans-imperial exchanges and entanglements. This volume is essential reading to students and scholars alike interested in imperial and colonial history, urban history and European history.

Author : Alexandra Mack
Publisher : Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8179360040

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Spiritual Journey, Imperial City by Alexandra Mack Pdf