Download or read book Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie pendant les ann es 1768 1772 written by James Bruce and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quatremere de Quincy written by Sylvia Lavin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sylvia Lavin uncovers the origins of one of the fundamental concepts of modern architectural theory, the idea that architecture is a form of language.
Download or read book Bibliography of Natural History Travel Narratives written by Anne S. Troelstra and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Troelstra’s fine bibliography is an outstanding and ground-breaking work. He has provided the academic world with a long-needed bibliographical record of human endeavour in the field of the natural sciences. The travel narratives listed here encompass all aspects of the natural world in every part of the globe, but are especially concerned with its fauna, flora and fossil remains. Such eyewitness accounts have always fascinated their readers, but they were never written solely for entertainment: fragmentary though they often are, these narratives of travel and exploration are of immense importance for our scientific understanding of life on earth, providing us with a window on an ever changing, and often vanishing, natural world. Without such records of the past we could not track, document or understand the significance of changes that are so important for the study of zoogeography. With this book Troelstra gives us a superb overview of natural history travel narratives. The well over four thousand detailed entries, ranging over four centuries and all major western European languages, are drawn from a wide range of sources and include both printed books and periodical contributions. While no subject bibliography by a single author can attain absolute completeness, Troelstra’s work is comprehensive to a truly remarkable degree. The entries are arranged alphabetically by author and chronologically, by the year of first publication, under the author’s name. A brief biography, with the scope and range of their work, is given for each author; every title is set in context, the contents – including illustrations – are described and all known editions and translations are cited. In addition, there is a geographical index that cross refers between authors and the regions visited, and a full list of the bibliographical and biographical sources used in compiling the bibliography.
Download or read book The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books 1881 1900 written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 1444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mineral Occurrences of Ethiopia written by Danilo A. Jelenc and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Churches of Ethiopia written by Mario Di Salvo and published by Skira. This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Churches of Ethiopia" Narga Sellase's monastery sits on a tiny islet in the middle of Lake Tana, the great body of water in the centre of the Ethiopian plateau near to the imperial city of Gondar. Founded in 1748, Narga Sellase is one of the constellation of monasteries on the lake. They are the expression of a civilization which since the 4th century has known the Christianity on which its identity is founded. The extraordinary beauty of the natural surroundings and the concentric space of the monastic complex enclose the holiness of the sanctuary, making Narga Sellase a strikingly suggestive place. The church is one of the masterpieces in the multi-millenial Ethiopian civilization-- an ancient but extant Christian enclave in Africa--, and is noted not only for the superb quality of the paintings which completely cover the walls of the "maqdas," the "sancta sanctorum," but also as a testimony to imperial devotion, as expressed by the prostrate figure of Queen Mentewwab, the foundress, depicted at the feet of the Majesty. Narga Sellase plays an important part in the history of 18th century Ethiopian art, when European, Islamic, and Indian influences gathered into an artistic form which maintained its fundamental Ethiopian features, not only in the magnificent paintings but also in the decoration, well-integrated into the architecture, and the architecture itself. Stanislaw Chojnacki introduces the historical and background references which characterize and distinguish Gondar's imperial court in the 18th century and its effect on art. Mario Di Salvo fits the Lake Tana region into the story of Ethiopia's civilization, describes the architecture of Ethiopian churchesin their rich topographical variety, and leads on to illustrate the monastic complex of Narga Sellase, its structure, its architectural, decorative and pictorial components. Osvaldo Raineri presents, finally in a systematic way, the sources of the paintings, derived both from canonical texts and from Ethiopian tradition, and the new translation of an 18th century manuscript, written in "ge'ez "(Classical Ethiopian) of the "Story of Narga." Stanislaw Chojnacki: founder and curator of the University College Museum (1952-63), then of the Museum of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa and co-director of the "Journal of Ethiopian Studies" (1963-75). In 1966 he founded the Committee for the Preservation of Old Ethiopian Paintings. He is the author of numerous highly authoritative essays on Ethiopian painting and his annotated catalogue of the icons of the Museum of Addis Ababa is soon to be published. Mario Di Salvo: architect; he guided the expedition to Narga in 1997. The author of numerous essays on the anthropological evolution of the territories of various countries, as well as of different publications on various expressions of contemporary art. Osvaldo Raineri: professor of Ethiopian Language and Ethiopian Institutions at the Pontificio Istituto Orientale in Rome, and also assistant at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. He is the author of numerous publications and critical editions of texts on Ethiopian history and classical literature.
Download or read book Explorers and Artists in The Valley of The Kings written by Catharine H.Roehrig and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Europe's rediscovery of the ancient civilization of Egypt through the artists of Europe
Download or read book Subject Catalog of the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin written by State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Library and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Minerva s Message written by Martin S. Staum and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996-10-17 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In theory the CMPS was set up to enshrine the human and social studies that were at the heart of Enlightenment culture. Staum illustrates, however, that the Institute helped transform key ideas of the Enlightenment in order to maintain civil rights while upholding social stability, and that the social and political assumptions on which it was based affected notions of social science. He traces the careers of individual members and the factions within the Institute, arguing that the discord within the CMPS reflects the unravelling of Enlightenment culture. Minerva's Message presents a valuable overview of the intellectual life of the period and brings together new evidence about the social sciences in their nascent period.
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Download or read book Arabic Astronomical and Astrological Sciences in Latin Translation written by Francis J. Carmody and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.
Download or read book A Narrative of Four Journeys Into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffraria written by William Paterson and published by . This book was released on 1789 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Qemant written by Frederick C. Gamst and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Qemant is a 12-month study of an ancient civilization in Ethiopia. The book has been written as a brief introduction to the Qemant & to their religion--a focal point of the Qemant way of life.
Download or read book A History of the Arabs in the Sudan and Some Account of the People who Preceded Them and of the Tribes Inhabiting D rf r written by Harold Alfred MacMichael and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islam in Britain 1558 1685 written by Nabil I. Matar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the impact of Islam on Britain from the accession of Elizabeth to the death of Charles II.
