Download or read book The Collection of Jewels Plate and Other Works of Art Bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Collection of Jewels Plate and Other Works of Art Bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild M P a Trustee of the Museum written by Charles Hercules Read and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Waddesdon Bequest written by Ferdinand Rothschild and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-27 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Waddesdon Bequest The Collection of Jewels Plate Other Works of Art Bequeathed to the British Museum written by British Museum and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed guide to the Waddesdon Bequest, a collection of precious jewels, decorative arts, and other treasures bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild in the late 19th century. Lavishly illustrated and expertly curated, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of decorative arts and the treasures of European aristocracy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Collection of Jewels Plate and Other Works of Art written by Baron Museum Rothschild and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Collection of Jewels, Plate, and Other Works of Art: Bequeathed to the British Museum Baron Ferdinand also bequeath ed to the Museum a number of fine manuscripts, but these not being subject to the same conditions as the rest Of the bequest, are preserved in the Department of Manuscripts, and will be on exhibition in the Manuscript Saloon on the ground oor Of the Museum. The collection, which is brie y catalogued in the following pages, is of exceptional richness, and of a kind that is only to be Obtained by those who possess the amplest resources. In nearly all the classes of works of art of which it is composed there are pieces of the highest quality. The prevailing tone of richness and splendour of colour evidences a taste rather for the fully developed productions of the later Renaissance than for the more severe Gothic or quattro-cento styles, where the artist is fettered by the conventions of an immature art. The Classical period is represented by four examples only, but of these, two beautiful heads in high relief may well claim to be in the first rank, and their refined style shows that they date from the period when art had reached its highest point (no. 1, Pl. I). The serene beauty of these heads places them in quite a different category from the great proportion of the rest of the collection; the only other pieces that are at all comparable with them, though far removed in date, are the two busts which have been fancifully called Charles the Bold and his wife (n o. 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 Jewels Plate and Other Works of Art Bequeated by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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