Download or read book Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Technique and History of the Swiss Watch from Its Beginnings to the Present Day written by Eugène Jaquet and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Catalogue of Various Clocks Watches Automata written by Simon Harcourt-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taste for clocks and other mechanical curiosities of the West seems to have invaded the court of China at an early date ; already at the beginning of the fourteenth century a French ironsmith, Guillaume Boucher, probably a prisoner brought back from some Mongol raid into Hungary, had constructed for the first Yuan Emperor of China an elaborate clock with fountains ; and when, in 1599, the great Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci arrived in Peking he secured Imperial favour and an entry to the Court largely by a gift of clocks. It was, however, only at the end of the seventeenth century, in the reign of K'ang Hsi, that clocks in great numbers began to invade the Palace. This enlightened monarch, who was filled with an admiration, rare in his dynasty, for the arts and sciences of Europe, welcomed learned Jesuit mathematicians and philosophers to his Court, and formed a collection of scientific instruments and time-pieces of all descriptions. -- Introduction.

Download or read book Going for Gold written by Tessa Violet Murdoch and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the art of the gold box in 18th and 19th century Europe. Distinguished international scholars explore the contributions made by individual workshops in major European centres of production in the context of contemporary patronage and the international market for such boxes. Consideration is given to the design of gold boxes with reference to the V&A's important collection of design drawings. Leading experts explore the ways in which different techniques of gold box decoration -- portrait miniatures, gems, enamels, mosaics and hard-stones -- were developed. Contributors to the volume include experts from Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and St Petersburg. Senior museum curators, auction house specialists and independent scholars illustrate and discuss examples from private and public collections in their cities and elsewhere. The result is a unique record of the state of knowledge on the European production of gold boxes and of the history of collecting. This book will appeal to international collectors, scholars, dealers, museum curators and museum visitors, and all those interested in gold and silver fine art.

Download or read book Technique and History of the Swiss Watch written by Eugène Jaquet and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Art of the Gold Chaser in Eighteenth century London written by Richard Edgcumbe and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first major study of the virtuoso chasers who decorated London gold boxes and watchcases in the eighteenth century. Offering a biographical dictionary of the chasers, this volume is a major contribution to the study of English goldsmiths' work and of horology, and is likely to become a standard work in the field.

Download or read book Enamels of the World 1700 2000 written by Haydn Williams and published by Khalili Collections. This book was released on 2009 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Enamels of the World 1700-2000', consisting of some twelve hundred works, is the largest and most comprehensive private collection known. It provides an unparalleled opportunity to appreciate the richness and diversity of the art of enamelling during the past three centuries, ranging from the imposing work of Qing dynasty China and Meiji Japan, to the magnificent creations of Romanov Russia and the royal courts of Europe and the East. Formed with the innovative criterion of considering the subject in a globally, it covers work from all major centres of production, allowing the enamelwork of a specific country to be viewed within its own context and as part of a wider history. This volume presents over three hundred pieces from the collection. The survey starts with an account of the evolution and refinement of the different enamelling techniques. Thereafter it studies the subject thematically, considering the impact of patronage and travel, as well as the role of nationalism in the development of historical revivalism. The enamelwork of China, Japan, the Islamic Lands and Europe are examined both in terms of local development and the assimilation of foreign influence. The history of three firms is reviewed in greater focus - Jean George Rémond, Fabergé and Cartier. Representing different periods within three hundred years covered by the collection, the character of these firms, though largely shaped by the genius of their directors, was also formed by the era in which they flourished. Whether looking at the subject in general or in detail, the reader is presented with an illuminating display of the great technical skill and creative ingenuity of the enamellers of the world. The volume is accompanied by a CD that presents the Khalili Collection of 'Enamels of the World 1700-2000' in its entirety.

Download or read book English Clocks for the Eastern Markets written by Ian White and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book De l atelier l usine l horlogerie Saint Imier 1865 1918 written by Patrick Linder and published by Alphil. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Au cours de la première moitié du 19e siècle, le village de Saint-Imier devient un centre de l'industrie horlogère. Les ateliers et les comptoirs s'y développent rapidement. Cependant, à la fin du 19e siècle, apparaissent les premières fabriques. Elles remettent en question le mode d'organisation traditionnel, l'établissage. Cet ouvrage décrit le développement du tissu industriel de la région de Saint-Imier, explorant l'histoire de l'horlogerie en recourant au concept de district industriel. Il s'applique également à décrire les changements des méthodes de fabrication, la transition de l'artisanat à l'industrialisation, qui s'opère dans la région imériale. Entre aspects de l'évolution technologique et mutations organisationnelle de l'horlogerie, ce livre offre un tour d'horizon complet sur une modification considérable dans le paysage horloger suisse : le passage de l'atelier à l'usine.

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Download or read book Histoire de la pendulerie neuch teloise written by Alfred Chapuis and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyse: Contient des notes biographiques, des renseignements sur les cadrans solaires, les sabliers et le chant du guet dans le canton.

Download or read book La neuch teloise written by Régis Huguenin and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Majestueuse ? Austère ? Désuète ? Mythique ? La pendule dite "neuchâteloise" est une pendule très largement diffusée, qui orne bon nombre d'intérieurs, d'appartements, de salles et de salons officiels bien au-delà des frontières cantonales neuchâteloises. Objet familier et courant, facilement reconnaissable dans sa forme classique, la pendule neuchâteloise est un objet identitaire, alchimie de savoir-faire techniques et esthétiques. Les familles d'horlogers les plus célèbres sont associées à cette pendulerie : Jaquet Droz, Courvoisier, Robert, Billon, Ducommun. Un siècle après la publication par Alfred Chapuis de son Histoire de la pendulerie neuchâteloise, alors que les regards des manufactures, des médias et des amateurs d'horlogerie sont tournés vers la montre connectée et ses potentielles conséquences économiques, sociales et culturelles, la pendule paraît bien loin des préoccupations, comme définitivement enterrée. Faut-il pourtant mettre un voile sur cette histoire ? La pendule neuchâteloise ne constituerait-elle pas un cas à étudier de plus près pour questionner et comprendre le cycle de vie d'un produit, les raisons d'un déclin ou d'une renaissance ? Comment se fait-il que le savoir-faire neuchâtelois dans le domaine de la pendulerie, reconnu de par le monde au xviiie siècle, soit pratiquement absent de la production horlogère industrielle contemporaine, et que seuls quelques rares artisans entretiennent encore cette tradition au travers de la restauration ? Cet ouvrage prolonge l'exposition La neuchâteloise, présentée de façon complémentaire et simultanée au Musée d'horlogerie du Locle - Château des Monts et au Musée international d'horlogerie de La Chaux-de-Fonds. Il propose une lecture actuelle de la pendule neuchâteloise par des questionnements contemporains : quelles sont les spécificités techniques et esthétiques d'une pendule neuchâteloise ? Comment s'est-elle imposée dans ses formes caractéristiques ? Qui sont les acteurs de cette renommée ? Quelles sont les causes de la disparition de cette industrie au xixe siècle ? Comment et sous quelles formes la pendule neuchâteloise parvient-elle à rencontrer les faveurs du public au xxe siècle ? Qu'en reste-t-il aujourd'hui ?

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Download or read book La classification horlog re des calibres de montres et des fournitures d horlogerie suisse written by Albert Ferdinand Jobin and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Histoire de l horlogerie written by Pierre Dubois and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depuis l'antiquite, les hommes se sont employes a mesurer le temps, forgeant ainsi les premisses d'une science toujours actuelle: l'Horlogerie. Dans cet ouvrage magistral, l'Histoire de l'Horlogerie, Pierre Dubois, horloger de profession, presente l'etat des connaissances de cet art depuis son origine jusqu'a son epoque (1849). Il en decrit les evolutions successives, puis detaille avec precision les differentes techniques inventees au fil du temps: les echappements, le ressort-spiral, le balancier, etc. Tout en exposant des regles techniques tres sophistiquees, il les explique de maniere simple, facile a comprendre, interessant l'amateur autant que le professionnel. On trouvera aussi plusieurs manieres d'executer des cadrans solaires, des clepsydres simples et a rouages, des horloges monumentales, des montres marines et diverses autres pieces de haute horlogerie. De nombreuses illustrations enrichissent ces descriptions. En fin d'ouvrage sont rassemblees les biographies des horlogers les plus celebres dont les noms illustres sont encore associes aux plus grandes marques de montres et horloges actuelles. L'horlogerie demeure une des plus belles sciences de nos temps modernes. A partir d'une vaste documentation, Pierre Dubois retrace cette belle aventure humaine et ses brillantes decouvertes, rendant hommage a l'extraordinaire genie humain. Une etude historique et technique remarquable.