Download or read book Ivory and the Elephant in Art in Archaeology and in Science Classic Reprint written by George Frederick Kunz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science In citing these few names from among those of the many able writers who have treated of the artistic use of ivory, we have merely aimed to indicate some of the more exhaustive or better known literature, and must refer those seeking for detailed information to the catalogues of the principal libra ries. The splendid lecture by Sir Richard Owen, delivered before the London Society of Arts in 1856, contained much of value and interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ivory and the Elephant in Art in Archaeology and in Science written by George Frederick Kunz and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ivory and the Elephant written by George Frederick Kunz and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1916 Edition.
Download or read book Ivory and the Elephant in Art in Archaeology and in Science written by George Frederick Kunz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-13 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Collected Books written by Allen Ahearn and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to and advice on book collecting with a glossary of terms and tips on how to identify first editions and estimated values for over 20,000 collectible books published in English (including translations) over the last three centuries-about half are literary titles in the broadest sense (novels, poetry, plays, mysteries, science fiction, and children's books); and the other half are non-fiction (Americana, travel and exploration, finance, cookbooks, color plate, medicine, science, photography, Mormonism, sports, et al).
Download or read book Library Catalog written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World written by Kenneth D. S. Lapatin and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composite statues of gold (chrysos), ivory (elephas), and other precious materials were the most celebrated artworks of classical antiquity. Greek and Latin authors leave no doubt that such images provided a centrepiece for religious and civic life and that vast sums were spent to producethem. A number of these statues were the creations of antiquity's most highly acclaimed artists: Polykleitos, Alkamenes, Leochares, and, of course, Pheidias, whose magnificent Zeus Olympios came to be ranked among the Seven Wonders of the World. Although a few individual images such as Pheidias'Athena Parthenos have been the subject of detailed scholarly analysis, chryselephantine statuary as a class, from the exquisite statuettes of Minoan Crete to the majestic temple images constructed by classical Greek city-states and imitated by the Romans, has not received comprehensive study since1815. This book presents not only the ancient literary and epigraphical evidence for lost statues and examines representations of them in other media, but also assembles and analyses much-neglected physical survivals, elucidating throughout the innovative techniques, such as ivory-bending, employedin their production as well as the variety of social, religious, and political roles they played within the ancient societies that produced them.
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Download or read book Ivory Apes and Peacocks written by Horace Waller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-02 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ivory, Apes, and Peacocks: An African Contemplation As the New Year Opens out it may be well to review three circumstances which combine to make Africa more than ordinarily interesting to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ivory s Ghosts written by John Frederick Walker and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory . . . and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process of this unholy quest.” —The Huffington Post Praised for the nuance and sensitivity with which it approaches one of the most fraught conservation issues we face today, John Frederick Walker’s Ivory’s Ghosts tells the astonishing story of the power of ivory through the ages, and its impact on elephants. Long before gold and gemstones held allure, ivory came to be prized in every culture of the world—from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century America to modern Japan—for its beauty, rarity, and ability to be finely carved. But the beauty came at an unfathomable cost. Walker lays bare the ivory trade’s cruel connection with the slave trade and the increasing slaughter of elephants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By the 1980s, elephant poaching reached levels that threatened the last great herds of the African continent, and led to a worldwide ban on the ancient international trade in tusks. But the ban has failed to stop poaching—or the emotional debate over what to do with the legitimate and growing stockpiles of ivory recovered from elephants that die of natural causes. “Ivory’s Ghost is essential reading for anyone concerned with conservation and with the tenuous future of one of the most magnificent creatures our earth has ever seen.” —George B. Schaller, author of A Naturalist and Other Beast
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Download or read book Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology written by Barbara Ann Kipfer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-04-30 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern, comprehensive compilation of more than 7,000 entries covering themes, concepts, and discoveries in archaeology written in nontechnical language and tailored to meet the needs of professionals, students and general readers. The main subject areas include artifacts; branches of archaeology, chronology; culture; features; flora and fauna; geography; geology; language; people; related fields; sites; structures; techniques and methods; terms and theories; and tools.
