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Forty Plates on Building Construction: A Textbook on the Principles and Details of Modern Construction First Stage (Or Elementary Course) (Mitchell's Building Construction and Drawing #3)
by Charles F. MitchellOriginally published in 1891, this volume was a companion volume to the Elementary and Advanced volumes of Building Construction and Drawing. The exquisite technical drawings give a technical level of detail which is invaluable for the study of late 19th Century construction methods and materials and cover brickwork and masonry, carpentry, joinery, plumbing, roof and iron work.
Anstalten und Einrichtungen des öffentlichen Gesundheitswesens in Preussen: Festschrift zum X. internationalen medizinischen Kongress Berlin 1890
by M. Pistor von Gossler
Die bessere Ausnutzung der Gewässer und der Wasserkräfte: Auf Veranlassung des Vereines deutscher Ingenieure im Jahre 1888 in Aachen und Breslau gehaltene Vorträge
by O. Intze
Die Spät-Renaissance: Kunstgeschichte der europäischen Länder von der Mitte des 16. bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts
by Gustav Ebe
Amber Jane Butchart's Fashion Miscellany: An Elegant Collection of Stories, Quotations, Tips & Trivia from the World of Style
by Amber ButchartStyles come and and go, but fashion has an enduring appeal, a rich history, and an everyday practical relevance for millions.Launched to coincide with London Fashion Week 2014, this book offers a host of new perspectives on a classic subject. Professional fashion expert Amber Jane Butchart casts a quizzical eye over fashion's oddities, revealing the histories of such garments as the Adelaide boot, the origins of many technical terms and a host of entertaining quotes and aphorisms from the field's most colourful names.Specially-commissioned line illustrations from Penelope Beech complete the book, making it a feast for the eyes as well as treat for the stylish soul.
The Graphic Design Bible
by Theo InglisDiscover the history and theory of graphic design from the past 150 years, and how that comes to bear on contemporary design. Designer, writer and lecturer Theo Inglis takes readers through the core building blocks of graphic design such as composition, colour, medium and typography, and explores how each has been utilized and revolutionized by designers through history, and up to the present day.This book will expand your knowledge of the world of design and provide you with practical take-aways to inform your own creative practice.
Plays Volume Two: Volume Two (Maugham Plays)
by W. Somerset MaughamWitty, comedic and engrossing, this second collection showcases the range of W. Somerset Maugham’s talent as a playwright. The delightful satires of marriage Lady Frederick and Home and Beauty are included here alongside the insightful war drama For Services Rendered, and Maugham's tense colonial drama The Letter. Eclectic in theme and sardonic in style, these plays are masterpieces of English social comedy and melodrama.
Stimmen über Kunstgewerbe auf der Ausstellung in Wien 1873: Eine Kritische Beleuchtung
by Hermann Grothe
Ueber die parlamentarische Regierung in England, ihre Entstehung, Entwickelung und praktische Gestaltung: Zweiter Band
by NA Todd R. Assmann
Photographisches Lexikon: Alphabetisches Nachschlagebuch für den praktischen Photographen
by Karl de Roth
Kritik der Parteien in Deutschland vom Standpunkte des Gneist’schen Englischen Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsrechts
by Carl Walcker
Vollständiges Handbuch der Photographie: Die Photographie in ihrer Anwendung auf wissenschaftliche Beobachtung
by K. de Roth
Der Apparat des Photographen: Anfertigung, Beurtheilung, Wirkung und Behandlung der Apparate; nebst Unterweisung in der Aufnahme von Personen, Architekturen, Landschaften und Stereoskopen (pdf)
by Julius Krüger
History of Architecture From the Earliest Times: Its Present Condition in Europe and the United States; with a Biography of Eminent Architects, and a Glossary of Architectural Terms (Routledge Revivals)
by L. C. TuthillOriginally published in 1848, according to the author, ‘every person has an individual interest in Architecture as a useful art, and all who cultivate a taste of the Fine Arts must give it a high place among them.’ The chapters include examinations of many types of architecture such as Egyptian, Persian and Chinese, as well as considering the principles of architectre, the qualifications for an architect and the conteporary state of the art in America.
History of Architecture From the Earliest Times: Its Present Condition in Europe and the United States; with a Biography of Eminent Architects, and a Glossary of Architectural Terms (Routledge Revivals)
by L. C. TuthillOriginally published in 1848, according to the author, ‘every person has an individual interest in Architecture as a useful art, and all who cultivate a taste of the Fine Arts must give it a high place among them.’ The chapters include examinations of many types of architecture such as Egyptian, Persian and Chinese, as well as considering the principles of architectre, the qualifications for an architect and the conteporary state of the art in America.
Diverse Histories: A source book for teaching Black, Asian and minority ethnic histories at Key Stage 3, in association with The National Archives (The\johns Hopkins University Studies In Historical And Political Science Ser. #123)
by Clare Horrie Rachel HillmanThe ultimate resource for developing a diverse history curriculum in secondary schools.Exclusively based on historical sources from The National Archives, this book is an indispensable tool for history departments to diversify their Key Stage 3 curriculum and uncover important stories from British history that are often missing from textbooks.With downloadable sources, exciting lesson plans, activities and photocopiable resources, this is a must-have book for every humanities department in every secondary school. Allowing for a unique enquiry-based approach for teaching history, this is a flexible resource that will save teachers hours of searching for authentic sources online and ensure that students develop a diverse knowledge of British history.In addition to John Blanke, Euan Lucie-Smith, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh and the arrival of the Empire Windrush, students will learn about key figures and events in British history that don't always come up in history lessons. From Shapurji Saklatvala, one of the first people of Indian heritage to become an MP in Britain, to the British Black Power movement in the 1970s, Diverse Histories allows teachers to offer comprehensive and inclusive history lessons that both prepare students for their assessments and enrich their learning.
V&A Introduces: William Morris
by William MorrisAn accessible and exciting approach to William Morris, a true art and design hero. The beautifully designed book will look at William Morris as an artist and culture shaper and include his most famous works.
What is Art?: What Is Art? The Christian Teaching - Scholar's Choice Edition (Barnes And Noble Digital Library)
by Leo Tolstoy Larissa Volokhonsky Richard PevearDuring his decades of world fame as a novelist, Tolstoy also wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. These works culminated in What is Art?, published in 1898. Impassioned and iconoclastic, this powerfully influential work both criticizes the elitist nature of art in nineteenth-century Western society, and rejects the idea that its sole purpose should be the creation of beauty. The works of Dante, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Beethoven, Baudelaire and Wagner are all vigorously condemned, as Tolstoy explores what he believes to be the spiritual role of the artist - arguing that true art must work with religion and science as a force for the advancement of mankind.
Constable: A Portrait
by James HamiltonONE OF THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES' BEST BOOKS FOR 2022'Eye-opening and full of surprises . . . A treasure' Sunday Times'A biography as rich with colourful characters as any novel' TelegraphJohn Constable, the revolutionary nineteenth-century painter of the landscapes and skies of southern England, is Britain's best-loved but perhaps least understood artist.His paintings reflect visions of landscape that shocked and perplexed his contemporaries: attentive to detail, spontaneous in gesture, brave in their use of colour. What we learn from his landscapes is that Constable had sharp local knowledge of Suffolk, a clarity of expression of the skyscapes above Hampstead, an understanding of the human tides in London and Brighton, and a rare ability in his late paintings of Salisbury Cathedral to transform silent suppressed passion into paint.Yet Constable was also an active and energetic correspondent. His letters and diaries - there are over one thousand letters from and to him - reveal a man of passion, opinion and discord, while his character and personality is concealed behind the high shimmering colour of his paintings. They reveal too the lives and circumstances of his brothers and his sisters, his cousins and his aunts, who serve to define the social and economic landscape against which he can be most clearly seen. These multifaceted reflections draw a sharp picture of the person, as well as the painter.James Hamilton's biography reveals a complex, troubled man, and explodes previous mythologies about this timeless artist, and establishes him in his proper context as a giant of European art.