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Book Catalogus tentoonstelling van aquarellen  teekeningen  graphische kunst en beeldhouwwerken  vervaardigd door werkende leden van het Genootschap  geopend van Vrijdag 4 November tot Zondag 4 December 1910

Download or read book Catalogus tentoonstelling van aquarellen teekeningen graphische kunst en beeldhouwwerken vervaardigd door werkende leden van het Genootschap geopend van Vrijdag 4 November tot Zondag 4 December 1910 written by Pulchri-Studio ('s-Gravenhage) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogus van de schilderijen  teekeningen en beeldhouwwerken op de eerste tentoonstelling in het gebouw van het Genootschap van Kunstenaren  Moderne Kunst Kring   Cerle de l Art Moderne

Download or read book Catalogus van de schilderijen teekeningen en beeldhouwwerken op de eerste tentoonstelling in het gebouw van het Genootschap van Kunstenaren Moderne Kunst Kring Cerle de l Art Moderne written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tentoonstelling van werken der leden

Download or read book Tentoonstelling van werken der leden written by Kunst Zij Ons Doel (Haarlem) and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van overleden meesters  werkende leden

Download or read book Catalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van overleden meesters werkende leden written by Pulchri Studio (Hague, Netherlands) and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tentoonstelling 1939

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vereeniging van Beeldende Kunstenaars Laren-Blaricum
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1939
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 16 pages

Download or read book Tentoonstelling 1939 written by Vereeniging van Beeldende Kunstenaars Laren-Blaricum and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Orpheus Clock

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  • Author : Simon Goodman
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2016-08-16
  • ISBN : 1451697643
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book The Orpheus Clock written by Simon Goodman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The passionate, true story of one man's quest to reclaim what the Nazis stole from his family--their beloved art collection--and to restore their legacy. Simon Goodman's grandparents came from German Jewish banking dynasties and perished in concentration camps. And that's almost all he knew--his father rarely spoke of their family history or heritage. But when he passed away, and Simon received his father's papers, a story began to emerge. The Gutmanns, as they were known then, rose from a small Bohemian hamlet to become one of Germany's most powerful banking families. They also amassed a world-class art collection that included works by Degas, Renoir, Botticelli, and many others, including a Renaissance clock engraved with scenes from the legend of Orpheus. The Nazi regime snatched everything the Gutmanns had labored to build: their art, their wealth, their social standing, and their very lives. Simon grew up in London with little knowledge of his father's efforts to recover their family's possessions. It was only after his father's death that Simon began to piece together the clues about the stolen legacy and the Nazi looting machine. He learned much of the collection had gone to Hitler and Goring; other works had been smuggled through Switzerland, sold and resold, with many pieces now in famous museums. More still had been recovered by Allied forces only to be stolen again by bureaucrats-- European governments quietly absorbed thousands of works of art into their own collections. Through painstaking detective work across two continents, Simon proved that many pieces belonged to his family, and successfully secured their return-- the first Nazi looting case to be settled in the United States. Goodman's dramatic story reveals a rich family history almost obliterated by the Nazis. It is not only the account of a twenty-year long detective hunt for family treasure, but an unforgettable tale of redemption and restoration.

Book The Man Who Made Vermeers

Download or read book The Man Who Made Vermeers written by Jonathan Lopez and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering in mockery of the Nazis. And it's a story that's been believed ever since. Too bad it isn't true. Jonathan Lopez has drawn on never-before-seen documents from dozens of archives to write a revelatory new biography of the world's most famous forger. Neither unappreciated artist nor antifascist hero, Van Meegeren emerges as an ingenious, dyed-in-the-wool crook--a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush. Lopez explores a network of illicit commerce that operated across Europe: Not only was Van Meegeren a key player in that high-stakes game in the 1920s and '30s, landing fakes with famous collectors such as Andrew Mellon, but he and his associates later cashed in on the Nazi occupation. The Man Who Made Vermeers is a long-overdue unvarnishing of Van Meegeren's legend and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world.

Book Now is the Time

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  • Author : Terry Eagleton
  • Publisher : Nai010 Publishers
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 206 pages

Download or read book Now is the Time written by Terry Eagleton and published by Nai010 Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthology of essays about seven pressing social and art-specific themes that encompass the full scope of the force-field of the visual arts. Renowned international theorists and promising young art critics and curators share their visions on a range of issues in accessible essays: What is the impact of 9/11 on our visual culture and the visual arts? What role does religion play in polarization? What are the consequences of ongoing globalization for the visual arts? How can we explain the revival of interest in canons and what function do they attribute to art? These socially engaged themes are alternated with topics that are traditionally more rooted in art, such as the return of Romanticism, the relative novelty of new media in the 'post-medium' era, and the utopian ideals of design. With such a varied selection of subjects and authors, the book builds a bridge between art and theory as well as between art and society, at a level attuned to academic discourse yet at the same time accessible for a wide-ranging public with an interest in art.

Book Disasters and History

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  • Author : Bas van Bavel
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2020-10-22
  • ISBN : 1108752381
  • Pages : 243 pages

Download or read book Disasters and History written by Bas van Bavel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Fukushima disaster, the authors examine how societies dealt with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. They reveal the ways in which the consequences and outcomes of these disasters varied widely not only between societies but also within the same societies according to social groups, ethnicity and gender. They also demonstrate how studying past disasters, including earthquakes, droughts, floods and epidemics, can provide a lens through which to understand the social, economic and political functioning of past societies and reveal features of a society which may otherwise remain hidden from view. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Book Present Past

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  • Author : Richard Terdiman
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2018-05-31
  • ISBN : 150171760X
  • Pages : 405 pages

Download or read book Present Past written by Richard Terdiman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about memory—about how the past persists into the present, and about how this persistence has been understood over the past two centuries. Since the French Revolution, memory has been the source of an intense disquiet. Fundamental cultural theories have sought to understand it, and have striven to represent its stresses.

Book Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

Download or read book Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction written by Ben Wisner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 1191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowledge and available tools. Organized into five inter-related sections, this Handbook contains sixty-five contributions from leading scholars. Section one situates hazards and disasters in their broad political, cultural, economic, and environmental context. Section two contains treatments of potentially damaging natural events/phenomena organized by major earth system. Section three critically reviews progress in responding to disasters including warning, relief and recovery. Section four addresses mitigation of potential loss and prevention of disasters under two sub-headings: governance, advocacy and self-help, and communication and participation. Section five ends with a concluding chapter by the editors. The engaging international contributions reflect upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practice applied hazard research and disaster risk reduction. This Handbook provides a wealth of interdisciplinary information and will appeal to students and practitioners interested in Geography, Environment Studies and Development Studies.

Book Captain Cook s Journal

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  • Author : James Cook
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2015-04-09
  • ISBN : 9781511658386
  • Pages : 456 pages

Download or read book Captain Cook s Journal written by James Cook and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Captain Cook's Journal" from James Cook. British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy (1728-1779).

Book An Essay of the Bots of Horses  and Other Animals

Download or read book An Essay of the Bots of Horses and Other Animals written by Bracy Clark and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Cultural Life of Catastrophes and Crises

Download or read book The Cultural Life of Catastrophes and Crises written by Carsten Meiner and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catastrophes and crises are exceptions. They are disruptions of order. In various ways and to different degrees, they change and subvert what we regard as normal. They may occur on a personal level in the form of traumatic or stressful situations, on a social level in the form of unstable political, financial or religious situations, or on a global level in the form of environmental states of emergency. The main assumption in this book is that, in contrast to the directness of any given catastrophe and its obvious physical, economical and psychological consequences our understanding of catastrophes and crises is shaped by our cultural imagination. No matter in which eruptive and traumatizing form we encounter them, our collective repertoire of symbolic forms, historical sensibilities, modes of representation, and patterns of imagination determine how we identify, analyze and deal with catastrophes and crises.This book presents a series of articles investigating how we address and interpret catastrophes and crises in film, literature, art and theory, ranging from Voltaire’s eighteenth-century Europe, haunted by revolutions and earthquakes, to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to the bleak, prophetic landscapes of Cormac McCarthy.