Download or read book The Antique Flea Markets of Italy written by Marina Seveso and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether searching for turn-of-the-century botanical prints, biscotti tins, or vintage linens, travelers will find this slim, handsome volume an indispensable passport to Italy's most authentic and enjoyable shopping. The great antique and flea markets of Italy often remain hard to locate, and once discovered, tourists still face the challenge of deciphering complicated seasonal schedules as well as finding out what each market offers. Comprehensive and easy to use, The Antique & Flea Markets of Italy guides shoppers to the best markets in all regions. It also provides specific information about each market's merchandise, from furniture, jewelry, and postcards to enamel signs, perfume bottles, and fedoras from the Forties. Listings include location and directions, opening days and hours, and telephone contact information.
Download or read book The Antique Store Cat written by Leslie A. Baker and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1992 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice the mischievous cat escapes from her third-story apartment and makes her way to an antique store filled with all kinds of wonderful, fascinating objects.
Download or read book The Clue in the Antique Trunk written by Carolyn Keene and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dilettanti written by Bruce Redford and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Redford re-creates the vibrant culture of connoisseurship in Enlightenment England by investigating the multifaceted activities and achievements of the Society of Dilettani. Elegantly and wittily he dissects the British connoisseurs whose expeditions, collections, and publications laid the groundwork for the Neoclassical revival and for the scholarly study of Graeco-Roman antiquity. After the foundation of the society in 1732, the Dilettani commissioned portraits of the members. Including a striking group of mock-classical and mock-religious representations, these portraits were painted by George Knapton, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Sir Thomas Lawrence. During the second half of the century, the society’s expeditions to the Levant yielded a series of pioneering architectural folios, beginning with the first volume The Antiquities of Athens in 1762. These monumental volumes aspired to empirical exactitude in text and image alike. They prepared the way for Specimens of Antient Sculpture (1809), which combines the didactic (detailed investigations into technique, condition, restoration, and provenance) with the connoisseurial (plates that bring the illustration of ancient sculpture to new artistic heights). The Society of Dilettanti’s projects and publications exemplify the Enlightenment ideal of the gentleman amateur, which is linked in turn to a culture of wide-ranging curiosity.
Download or read book Forgetting English written by Midge Raymond and published by Ashland Creek Press. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction In this new, expanded edition of her prize-winning collection, which includes a reading group guide, Midge Raymond stretches the boundaries of place as she explores the indelible imprint of home upon the self and the ways in which new frontiers both defy and confirm who we are. The characters who inhabit these stories travel for business or for pleasure, sometimes out of duty and sometimes in search of freedom, and each encounters the unexpected. From a biologist navigating the stark, icy moonscape of Antarctica to a businesswoman seeking refuge in the lonely islands of the South Pacific, the characters in these stories abandon their native landscapes—only to find that, once separated from the ordinary, they must confront new interpretations of whom they really are, and who they’re meant to be.
Download or read book The Place of the Antique in Early Modern Europe written by Rowland and published by University of Chicago David & Alfred. This book was released on 1999 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholar's desk, a warlord's castle, a pope's altar, the mouth of a volcano: in the minds of early modern Europeans, all evoked memories of ancient times, from Egyptian pharaohs to Roman emperors. The essays in this catalog explore the influence of antiquity on a broad spectrum of artistic production in Europe, from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. They include investigations of proto-scientific imagery, Ovidian myth, allegorical devices, the papal banquet, and the growing importance of Greece to understandings of the ancient world. Together, these essays reveal much about the continual remaking of the antique in the visual culture of Europe.
Download or read book The Antique Hunter s Guide to Murder written by C.L. Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former antique hunter investigates the suspicious death of her estranged mentor at an isolated English manor and is drawn back into the dangerous world of repatriating stolen artifacts in this irresistible mystery debut for fans of Richard Osman. Freya, it’s up to you to finish what I started… Freya Lockwood has avoided the quaint English village where she grew up for the last twenty years. That is, until her eccentric Aunt Carole breaks the news that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and Freya’s estranged mentor, has unexpectedly died. Then Freya receives a letter from Arthur, sent just days before his death, warning her that she is in danger. Suspecting he may have been murdered, she and Carole begin to investigate. When they discover Arthur’s journals and an invitation to an antiques enthusiasts’ weekend, Freya finds herself pulled back into a life she swore to leave behind. Once more Freya is on the hunt. Following the clues and her rusty antique hunting instincts, she and Carole attend the retreat at an old manor where all is not as it seems. The antiques are bad reproductions, and the other guests are menacing and secretive. Can Freya and Carole solve the mystery before the killer strikes again?
Download or read book The Clue in the Antique Trunk written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-09-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a town as pretty as a picture postcard, Nancy seeks the key to a picture-perfect crime! Nancy has come to White Falls, Massachusetts, to visit her former neighbor, Vera Alexander. The town is rich in history, and Vera wants to preserve a piece of its past. But her plan to convert the old Caulder Cutlery factory into a museum turns suddenly ominous when someone threatens her life. Why was Vera's antique trunk stolen? What dark secrets has she unwittingly disturbed? The answers are hidden in the past. Fifty years ago the owner of Caulder Cutlery was killed by his own knife -- and Nancy knows that before she can solve the present-day case, she must first uncover the haunting truth behind an old-fashioned murder.
Download or read book Catalogue of Statues Busts Studies Etc Forming the Collection of the Antique School of the National Academy of Design written by National Academy of Design (U.S.). and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Explanatory Catalogue of the Proof impressions of the Antique Gems Possessed by the Late Prince Poniatowski and Now in the Possession of John Tyrrell written by James Prendeville and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Antique Collector written by and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quest of the Antique written by Robert Shackleton and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Search of the Antique written by Thomas Rohan and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Antique Gems and Rings written by C. King and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-22 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Download or read book The Antiques Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Essay on the Means of Distinguishing Antique from Counterfeit Coins and Medals written by Guillaume Beauvais and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
