Extravagant Inventions
Title | Extravagant Inventions PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfram Koeppe |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | 308 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 1588394743 |
Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition "Extravagant Inventions: the Princely Furniture of the Roentgens" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 30, 2102, through January 27, 2013.
Extravagant Inventions
Title | Extravagant Inventions PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfram Koeppe |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 291 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Cabinetwork |
ISBN |
"During the second half of the 18th century, the German workshop of Abraham and David Roentgen was among Europe's most successful cabinetmaking enterprises. The Roentgens' pieces combined innovative designs with intriguing mechanical devices that revolutionized traditional types of European furniture. An important key to their success was the pairing of the skilled craftsman Abraham with his brashly entrepreneurial son David, whose clients included Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette of France as well as Catherine the Great of Russia. This landmark publication is the first comprehensive survey, in nearly four decades, of the firm from its founding in about 1742 to its closing in the late 1790s. The Roentgen workshop perfected the practice of adapting prefabricated elements according to the specifications of the customers. Detailed discussions of these extraordinary pieces are complemented by illustrations showing them in their contemporary interiors, design drawings, portraits, and previously unpublished historical documents from the Roentgen estate. This fascinating book provides an essential contribution to the study of European furniture."--Publisher's website.
The Inventions of History
Title | The Inventions of History PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Bann |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 266 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Historiography |
ISBN | 9780719032974 |
This collection of essays concentrates on the structures and connections which have made it possible, over the last two centuries, for an integrated regime of historical representation to emerge. It also touches upon the debate about the contemporary uses of history - whether it is a matter of new versus traditional approaches to the school curriculum, or of the need to historicize museums, houses and gardens and so avoid the blandness of an uninformed display.
The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Age
Title | The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Age PDF eBook |
Author | John Colin Dunlop |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 454 |
Release | 1814 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Outrageous Inventions
Title | Outrageous Inventions PDF eBook |
Author | John Townsend |
Publisher | Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Total Pages | 60 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781410923790 |
Discusses some really weird inventions and those who invented them.
The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain
Title | The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Inigo Jones |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 432 |
Release | 1725 |
Genre | Megalithic monuments |
ISBN |
The American Language
Title | The American Language PDF eBook |
Author | H. L. Mencken |
Publisher | e-artnow |
Total Pages | 341 |
Release | 2021-05-21 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
The American Language is a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States. The book is Menken's research of the differences between English and American language. Mencken wanted to defend "Americanisms" against a steady stream of English critics, who usually isolated Americanisms as borderline "perversions" of the "mother tongue". The book discusses the beginnings of "American" variations from "English", the spread of these variations, American names and slang. According to Mencken, American English was more colorful, vivid, and creative than its British counterpart. The book concludes with the observation in the norms of use of the proper names in America, including surnames, given names, geographical names, Menken's analysis on the American slang, and forecast on the further language development.