Vanishing Beauty

2016-01-01 Art

Author : Madhuvanti Ghose
Release : 2016-01-01
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 847/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Vanishing Beauty written by Madhuvanti Ghose. This book was released on 2016-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book commemorates the remarkable gift of over 400 works from the collection of Barbara and David Kipper to the Art Institute of Chicago. These outstanding pieces of jewelry and ritual objects offer a material record of vanishing ways of life. Used as portable forms of wealth, as personal adornment, and in religious practice, they represent a broad spectrum of cultures. The majority comes from the Himalayan region, including Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia, and other pieces hail from Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The catalogue showcases stunning works--including delicate amulet boxes, other Tibetan Buddhist artifacts, and ornate Turkmen jewelry--through dramatic photography undertaken specifically for this publication. With five essays placing the objects in the contexts of their native regions, Vanishing Beauty offers a beautiful presentation of creativity and craftsmanship from across Asia.

The Vanished Collection

2022-01-11 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Pauline Baer de Perignon
Release : 2022-01-11
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 991/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Vanished Collection written by Pauline Baer de Perignon. This book was released on 2022-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Engrossing ... The book reads like a detective story."―The Washington Post It all started with a list of paintings. There, scribbled by a cousin she hadn't seen for years, were the names of the masters whose works once belonged to her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss: Renoir, Monet, Degas, Tiepolo, and more. Pauline Baer de Perignon knew little to nothing about Strauss, or about his vanished, precious art collection. But the list drove her on a frenzied trail of research in the archives of the Louvre and the Dresden museums, through Gestapo records, and to consult with Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano. What happened in 1942? And what became of the collection after Nazis seized her great-grandparents’ elegant Parisian apartment? The quest takes Pauline Baer de Perignon from the Occupation of France to the present day as she breaks the silence around the wrenching experiences her family never fully transmitted, and asks what art itself is capable of conveying over time.

Goosebumps Vanishing Collection

2004-11

Author : R. L. Stine
Release : 2004-11
Genre :
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Book Rating : 382/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Goosebumps Vanishing Collection written by R. L. Stine. This book was released on 2004-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vanishing Georgia

2002-08-01 History

Author : Georgia Dept of Archives and History
Release : 2002-08-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 957/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Vanishing Georgia written by Georgia Dept of Archives and History. This book was released on 2002-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The absorbing vintage photographs brought together in Vanishing Georgia recall life in the state from halfway through the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Pictured here are both great events and commonplace occurrences: Atlanta in the wake of Sherman's march and a small town bedecked in flags on the Fourth of July; paddlewheelers loaded with barrels of turpentine and proud owners of new automobiles; a get-together with neighbors for a corn shucking and a crowd straining to hear the last words of a convicted man. Vanishing Georgia is an engaging entree into the state's vast and varied history, a treasure for both casual browsers and serious scholars.

Vanishing Asia

2021-11-23

Author : Kevin Kelly
Release : 2021-11-23
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Book Rating : 067/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Vanishing Asia written by Kevin Kelly. This book was released on 2021-11-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a 3-volume set of oversize books that span the continent of Asia. Ancient and beautiful traditions in Asia that are rapidly disappearing are recorded here in 9,000 images on 1,000 pages. The author has visited 35 countries in Asia and has travelled to the end of the road in its most remote places to capture the costumes, architecture, festivals, and lifestyles that are vanishing. The diverse cultures range from Turkey in the west to Japan in the east, from Siberia in the north to Indonesia in the south, and everything in between. Volume 1 covers West Asia, Volume 2 Central Asia, and Volume 3 East Asia. Every one of its 1,000 pages is uniquely designed, and every one of its 9,000 images is captioned. This is an ambitious and extreme passion project that the author/photographer has worked on for 49 years. Many of the scenes depicted in the book are now gone from the world, and others are becoming rarer by the day. There is no other book like it.

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