Download or read book A Visual Dictionary of Victorian Life written by Bobbie Kalman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains illustrations and descriptions of various aspects of Victorian life, including homes, different rooms, fashions, games and toys, celebrations, transportation, and more.
Download or read book A Visual Dictionary of Victorian Life written by Bobbie Kalman and published by Crabtree Visual Dictionaries. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about Victorian times in this illustrated dictonary from Crabtree Publishing.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Victorian London written by Lee Jackson and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
Download or read book Passing English of the Victorian Era written by J Redding Ware and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Download or read book A Visual Dictionary of Christmas Long Ago written by Bobbie Kalman and published by Crabtree Visual Dictionaries. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces readers to early celebrations of Christmas around the world and includes illustrations that focus on customs and traditions of the Victorian era, each featuring a particular Christmas theme and explanation of its origin.
Download or read book Daily Life in Victorian England written by Sally Mitchell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-11-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was life really like in Victorian England during its transition from provincial society into modern urban power? Discover the effects of increased women's rights, technological advances, and Charles Darwin's discoveries on everyday life. This volume offers a fascinating glimpse into Victorian daily living, including women's roles; Victorian Morality; leisure; health and medicine; and life in all settings, from workhouses to country estates. This edition features an extensive guide to contemporary primary source material and further research, including information about finding authoritative sources easily on the Web. Illustrations, interactive sidebars, a chronology and glossary further illuminate the details of Victorian culture. This volume is an ideal source for students and teachers alike. Discover the effects of increased women's rights, technological advances, and Charles Darwin's discoveries on everyday life. Engaging narrative chapters explore all aspects of the Victorian experience, including: fashion, morality, courtship and mourning rituals, crime and punishment, public school requirements, legal status (marriage, divorce, inheritance, guardians, and bankruptcy), sports like croquet and foxhunting, and the importance of religion.
Download or read book Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas written by Sharon Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 845 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Edition of Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas: Enhancing Knowledge in the Disciplines provides readers with the knowledge, motivation, tools, and confidence for integrating literacy in their disciplinary classrooms. Offering an original, literature-based approach to teaching disciplinary literacy, the new edition shares important ways in which teachers of courses in the disciplines can enhance student learning of subject matter and skills while also fostering their growth in the many facets of literacy. Throughout each chapter, Kane provides engaging and creative strategies and activities to make literacy come alive in discipline-specific courses and to encourage students to explore and learn in the classroom. Embedded in each chapter are examples, resources, and strategies to help readers actively engage with and implement literacy practices. These features include Teaching in Action examples by subject area; Activating Prior Knowledge activities to stimulate critical thinking to prepare readers to learn complex theoretical and conceptual material about teaching, learning, and literacy; and end-of-chapter Application Activities to apply field experiences to classroom use. New to the Fourth Edition Every chapter of this new edition is updated to reflect the current approaches, standards, and benchmarks for discipline-specific literacy. Enhanced Companion Website with BookTalks to introduce relevant books in many genres and subjects, encouraging readers to explore the books for themselves and providing a model for BookTalks in their own classrooms. Expanded practical instructional strategies for teaching literacy in math, science, and social studies. Updated to include newly published titles in children’s literature, young adult literature, and nonfiction.
Download or read book A Visual Dictionary of the Old West written by Bobbie Kalman and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual dictionary of the Old West that focuses on the life of cowboys, western settlers, boomtowns, and the gold rush.
Download or read book Pictorial Webster s written by John M. Carrera and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 1,500 engravings that originally graced the pages of Webster's dictionaries in the 19th century, this volume is an irresistible treasure trove for art lovers, designers, and anyone with an interest in visual history. Meticulously cleaned and restored by fine-press bookmaker Johnny Carrera, the engravings in Pictorial Webster's have been compiled into an alluring and unusual visual reference guide for the modern day. Images range from the entirely mysterious to the classically iconic. From Acorns to Zebras, Bell Jars to Velocipedes, these alphabetically arranged archetypes and curiosities create enigmatic juxtapositions and illustrate the items deemed important to the Victorian mind. Sure to inspire and delight, Pictorial Webster's is at once a fascinating historical record and a stunning jewel of a book.
Download or read book Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture written by Jonathan Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-06 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated account of Darwin's visual representations of his theories, and their influence on Victorian literature, art and culture, first published in 2006.
Download or read book Victorian Life and Victorian Fiction written by Jo McMurtry and published by Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McMurtry describes aspects of Victorian life: titles and social rank, fashions, heirarchies of servants, religious custom and controversy, politics, education, courtship and marriage, crime, money, and the whole system of subtle graded snobbery that is important for the understanding of social satire and comedy from the Victorian era.
Download or read book Design History written by Hazel Conway and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hazel Conway introduces the student new to the subject to different areas of design history and shows some of the ways in which it can be studied and some of its delights and difficulties. No background knowledge of design history, art or architecture is assumed.
Download or read book A Visual Dictionary of Decorative and Domestic Arts written by Nancy Odegaard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-02-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Visual Dictionary of Decorative and Domestic Arts provides a common and unambiguous vocabulary for the parts of handcrafted decorative, domestic, and artistic items. Terminology for a broad array of object types is presented alongside original 3D illustrations that facilitate objective referencing. The reference enhances learning, labeling, and discussing various craft items in great physical detail. Sixty-four 3D graphic illustrations provide an effective visual format for identifying the vocabulary/location of the parts on individual objects. The dictionary is divided into five major sections: Decorative Objects such as a basket, jar/jug, flatware Domestic Furnishings such as a bed with bedding, upholstered chairs, tables Artistic Works and Tools such as books, prints, paintings, photographs, and sculpture Jewelry Adornment Items such as earrings, necklaces, pins, and watches Accessory Articles such as a hat, pipe, comb, and fan The thoroughness of the annotations makes this volume an essential tool for museum curators and conservators, librarians, connoisseurs, buyers and dealers; artists and crafts persons, collectors, designers, registrars and anyone with an interest in visual history.
Download or read book A Visual Dictionary of Architecture written by Francis D. K. Ching and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic, bestselling reference on architecture now revised and expanded! An essential one-volume reference of architectural topics using Francis D.K. Ching's signature presentation. It is the only dictionary that provides concise, accurate definitions illustrated with finely detailed, hand-rendered drawings. From Arch to Wood, every concept, technology, material and detail important to architects and designers are presented in Ching's unique style. Combining text and drawing, each term is given a minimum double-page spread on large format trim size, so that the term can be comprehensively explored, graphically showing relations between concepts and sub-terms A comprehensive index permits the reader to locate any important word in the text. This long-awaited revision brings the latest concepts and technology of 21st century architecture, design and construction to this classic reference work It is sure to be by the side of and used by any serious architect or designer, students of architecture, interior designers, and those in construction.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World written by Melinda Corey and published by Henry Holt & Company. This book was released on 1996-01 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers Victorian life from culture to politics to recreation
Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Joel Shrock and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-06-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gilded Age—the time between Reconstruction and the Spanish-American War—marked the beginnings of modern America. The advertising industry became an important part of selling the American Dream. Americans dined out more than ever before, and began to take leisure activities more seriously. Women's fashion gradually grew less restrictive, and architecture experienced an American Renaissance. Twelve narrative chapters chronicle how American culture changed and grew near the end of the 20th century. Included are chapter bibliographies, a timeline, a cost comparison, and a suggested reading list for students. This latest addition to Greenwood's American Popular Culture Through History series is an invaluable contribution to the study of American popular culture. American Popular Culture Through History is the only reference series that presents a detailed, narrative discussion of U.S. popular culture. This volume is one of 17 in the series, each of which presents essays on Everyday America, The World of Youth, Advertising, Architecture, Fashion, Food, Leisure Activities, Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Travel, and Visual Arts
Download or read book The Visual Dictionary of Interior Architecture and Design written by Michael Coates and published by AVA Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-29 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do designers and architects think? In words? No! They think in pictures, in colors, in spatial relations. Packed with more than 250 full-color images and definitions, The Visual Dictionary of Interior Architecture and Design is the ideal resource for design and architecture students, professionals, and visual thinkers everywhere. Beautifully presented and illustrated, this guide to the many terms used in interior design and architecture defines hundreds of terms, both modern and traditional, with clear explanations and full-color pictures. Small enough for a backpack yet full of practical information, this is the definitive take-along book for job site or classroom.
