Download or read book Identifying Marble written by Jacques Dubarry de Lassale and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information on each kind of marble may include: colored illustration, usual name, trade name, location of quarry, history of quarry, petrography, uses, and references.
Download or read book Everett Grist s Big Book of Marbles written by Everett Grist and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marbles Identification and Price Guide written by Robert Block and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 500 color photos display marbles of all types, including Indians, Aggies, Steelies, transitionals, M.F. Christensen & Son, Akro Agate and more.
Download or read book Collecting Antique Marbles written by Paul Baumann and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marbles evoke memories of childhood and simpler times; perhaps this is why they are collected with such enthusiasm! Marble fans won't want to go without this fantastic reference, which has been the standard collecting guide since its first publication nearly 35 years ago. Collecting Antique Marbles not only provides up-to-date pricing information, it provides collecting tips and advice on the hobby every collector should know. This long-awaited 4th edition provides a full-color look at the rarest and most collectible marbles in the world, aiding in identification and giving marble enthusiasts an eyeful of what's out there. A history of marble types and manufacturers is included in the book, as well as important information on spotting fakes and reproductions. A new chapter on Carpet Bowls joins updated chapters on German Swirls, Onionskins, Clambroths and Indians; Lutz; Sulphides and End-of-Day; Transition and Machine-Made, and many more.
Download or read book Finding My Marbles written by Clare Sente and published by . This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is no accident that you are holding this book right now. Behind the seemingly chaotic unfolding of your life, there exists a harmony where everyone has a special purpose and everything has a perfect moment. But if you'e stuck in the "joyless zone"--that place where joy cannot enter and pain cannot leave--you cannot yet see this harmony. You may feel as if you have "lost your marbles."
Download or read book Collecting Marbles written by Richard Maxwell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-of-kind book on marble collecting for beginners interested in learning about how to identify and value old marbles.
Download or read book Classical Marble Geochemistry Technology Trade written by N. Herz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marble in Ancient Greece and Rome: Geology, Quarries, Commerce, Artifacts Marble remains the sine qua non raw material of the an cient Greeks and Romans. Beginning in the Bronze Age sculptu re began in marble and throughout classical times the most im portant statues, reliefs, monuments and inscriptions were made of it. Yet, quarry sources changed in time as preferences for different marbles were influenced by local traditions, the pos sibilities of transport, esthetic tastes, and economics. Marble studies and the identification of the provenance of marble can thus reveal much about Greek and Roman history, trade, esthe tics and technology. Persons in many disciplines are studying various aspects of Greek and Roman marble usage. Geologists and geochemists are working on methods to determine the provenance of marble; ar chaeologists are noting changing patterns of import and use in excavation~ and discovering how improving quarrying techniques and prelimihary dressing of the extracted material influenced the final shape of artifacts; ancient historians are now under standing quarry organization and bureaucracies that controlled marble production and trade; art historians are seeing how phy sical characteristics of the stone affected the techniques and style of sculpture; architects and engineers are interested in quarry technologies and usage in building construction. These specialists drawn from many disciplines rarely have an opportu nity to compare notes and see how each can contribute to the research effort of others.
Download or read book Field book of common rocks and minerals for identifying the rocks and written by Frederic Brewster Loomis and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marbles Illustrated written by Robert Block and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive guide to the actual selling prices of marbles during the past year. Utilizing a database of prices realized from over 6,000 marbles at auction during the past year, the author provides catalogue descriptions, pictures and values. Listings are categorized by marble type, allowing for easy reference for the collector.
Download or read book Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals for Identifying the Rocks and Minerals of the United States and Interpreting Their Origins and Meanings written by Frederic Brewster Loomis and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supports in Roman Marble Sculpture written by Anna Anguissola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figural and non-figural supports are a ubiquitous feature of Roman marble sculpture; they appear in sculptures ranging in size from miniature to colossal and of all levels of quality. At odds with modern ideas about beauty, completeness, and visual congruence, these elements, especially non-figural struts, have been dismissed by scholars as mere safeguards for production and transport. However, close examination of these features reveals the tastes and expectations of those who commissioned, bought, and displayed marble sculptures throughout the Mediterranean in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Drawing on a large body of examples, Greek and Latin literary sources, and modern theories of visual culture, this study constitutes the first comprehensive investigation of non-figural supports in Roman sculpture. The book overturns previous conceptions of Roman visual values and traditions and challenges our understanding of the Roman reception of Greek art.
Download or read book Pictorial Price Guide of Marbles written by Robert Block and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 520 color photographs display the top-selling marbles from a wide range of categories, including banded, lutz, onionskin, paperweight, and slag, from many major manufacturers. Auction values are provided with each marble illustrated as well as 8,000 additional marbles, making this the most thorough guide available.
Download or read book American Machine Made Marbles written by Dean Six and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 590 color photos display machine-made marbles from the twentieth century, including the most extensive collection of marble packaging ever assembled. Marble factories whose products and packaging are displayed include Akro Agate, Christiansen Agate, Davis Marble, Heaton Agate, Kokomo Opalescent, Libbey-Owens-Ford, Marble King, Peltier, Ravenswood, and Vitro. Values are included in the captions.
Download or read book Marble Collectors Handbook written by Robert S. Block and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 580 color photos display handmade, machine-made, and contemporary handmade and design marbles by many artists. Swirl, Clambroth, Banded Opaque, Indian, Lutz, End of Day, and Single-gather handmade marble designs and machine-made examples by M.F. Christensen & Son, Christensen Agate, Akro Agate, Peltier, Master Marble, Marble King, Ravenswood, and Vitro Agate are found. Values are provided in the captions and tables.
Download or read book Painting in Stone written by Fabio Barry and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stone Spanning almost five millennia, Painting in Stone tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Lavishly illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia revival in 19th-century England. Poetry, the lens for understanding costly marbles as an artistic medium, summoned a spectrum of imaginative associations and responses, from princes and patriarchs to the populace. Three salient themes sustained this “lithic imagination”: marbles as images of their own elemental substance according to premodern concepts of matter and geology; the perceived indwelling of astral light in earthly stones; and the enduring belief that colored marbles exhibited a form of natural—or divine—painting, thanks to their vivacious veining, rainbow palette, and chance images.
Download or read book The World of Cat s Eye Marbles written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World of Cat's Eye Marbles was written for both the newbie and the seasoned collector. Filled with historical research on manufacturers and countries of origin, the book will be of interest to all marble collectors. New collectors will appreciate the identification help contained in the charts of the characteristics of the most common types of marbles. Foreign and USA-based companies are covered as well as special topics such as unusual colors, aventurine, oxblood, colored base glass, jobber boxes, and products made with Cat's Eyes. An appendix contains a timeline of Asian manufacturing from the 1940s to 1980s. The book is complete with a bibliography and index. It measures 8.5 by 11", contains 80 pages, and over 150 photographs.
Download or read book Marbles written by Joanna Cole and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of marbles and marble making, gives instructions for playing various kinds of games, explains related terms, and suggests further activities.
