Early Modern & Modern
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Visions of Antiquity: The Society of Antiquaries of London 1707-2007 [Hardback]
Susan Pearce (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780854312870
Published by : Society of Antiquaries of London
Series: Archaeologia
Volume: 111
This fascinating portrait of the Society of Antiquaries of London, founded in 1707, assesses the impact that individual Fellows and the Society as a whole have had in influencing the way we visualize and understand the past. There are, for exam... .... Learn More -
Studies in the History of Bookbinding: Selected Studies [Hardback]
G.D. Hobson (Author)
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ISBN: 9780907132318
Published by : Pindar Press
Series: Studies in the History of Printing
Volume: 4
The work of G. D. Hobson on the history of bookbinding, in particular English medieval and Renaissance bindings, is well known. His studies on Romanesque English bookbinding marked a pioneer effort to trace the development of the art of binding... .... Learn More -
Studies in Renaissance Art [Hardback]
John White (Author)
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ISBN: 9780907132066
Published by : Pindar Press
Professor White's work on late medieval and Renaissance Italian art needs no introduction. His early articles on Renaissance perspective led on to a book, The Birth and Rebirth of Pictorial Space, which remains the standard work on the subject.... .... Learn More -
Landscape Painting and the Agricultural Revolution [Hardback]
George Edwin Fussell (Author)
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ISBN: 9780907132172
Published by : Pindar Press
The development of landscape painting in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has attracted considerable attention. The art of Gainsborough, Stubbs, Constable, Turner and the Norwich School is accepted as part of the British h... .... Learn More -
Food and Cooking in Eighteenth-Century Britain [Paperback]
Jennifer Stead (Author)
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Food and Cooking in Nineteenth-Century Britain: History and Recipes [Paperback]
Maggie Black (Author)
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ISBN: 9781850745396
Published by : English Heritage
This is an illustrated history, with information on food, cooking equipment, the design of kitchens, the serving of meals and the development of taste and etiquette, with recipes adapted for the modern kitchen. .... Learn More -
Tudor and Stuart Gardens [Paperback]
Justin Jennings (Author)
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ISBN: 9781850749363
Published by : English Heritage
Series: Historic Gardens
Tudor and Stuart Gardens explores the love of formality that characterised gardening in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the influence of Renaissance culture on British gardens. Intricate knot gardens and parterres, the structural use of topiar... .... Learn More -
Art and Imago: Essays on Art as a Species of Autobiography [Hardback]
Seymour Howard (Author)
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ISBN: 9781899828029
Published by : Pindar Press
Professor Seymour Howard's publications over the last forty years have introduced many innovative approaches to research in the history of art and archaeology. The arrangement of these two dozen essays in seven topical groups sugg... .... Learn More -
European Women and Preindustrial Craft [Paperback]
Daryl M. Hafter (Author)
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ISBN: 9780253209436
Published by : Indiana University Press
Volume: 1995
Essays examine key 18th- and 19th-century industries, including spinning, weaving, calico painting, and the lingerie trade. Focusing on links between women's preindustrial craft production and heavy industrialization, this volume shows how wom... .... Learn More -
History and the Testimony of Language [Paperback]
Christopher Ehret (Author)
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ISBN: 9780520262058
Published by : University of California Press
This book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods all... .... Learn More