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Book Restaging the Past

    Book Details:
  • Author : Angela Bartie
  • Publisher : UCL Press
  • Release : 2020-08-17
  • ISBN : 1787354059
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Restaging the Past written by Angela Bartie and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restaging the Past is the first edited collection devoted to the study of historical pageants in Britain, ranging from their Edwardian origins to the present day. Across Britain in the twentieth century, people succumbed to ‘pageant fever’. Thousands dressed up in historical costumes and performed scenes from the history of the places where they lived, and hundreds of thousands more watched them. These pageants were one of the most significant aspects of popular engagement with the past between the 1900s and the 1970s: they took place in large cities, small towns and tiny villages, and engaged a whole range of different organised groups, including Women’s Institutes, political parties, schools, churches and youth organisations. Pageants were community events, bringing large numbers of people together in a shared celebration and performance of the past; they also involved many prominent novelists, professional historians and other writers, as well as featuring repeatedly in popular and highbrow literature. Although the pageant tradition has largely died out, it deserves to be acknowledged as a key aspect of community history during a period of great social and political change. Indeed, as this book shows, some traces of ‘pageant fever’ remain in evidence today.

Book The Dancing Hours

Download or read book The Dancing Hours written by Harold Ohlson and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Most Loved Treats

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  • Author : Jean Paré
  • Publisher : Company's Coming Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9781896891903
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book Most Loved Treats written by Jean Paré and published by Company's Coming Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satisfy your sweet tooth with proven favorites

Book Steuben Crystal

Download or read book Steuben Crystal written by Steuben Glass (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gericault

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  • Author : LORENZ E. A. EITNER
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 71 pages

Download or read book Gericault written by LORENZ E. A. EITNER and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fresh from the Farm 6pk

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  • Author : Rigby
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9781418914219
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Fresh from the Farm 6pk written by Rigby and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wayland s Work

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  • Author : Stephen Pollington
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9781898281566
  • Pages : 542 pages

Download or read book Wayland s Work written by Stephen Pollington and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all the metalwork and archaeological oddments we have from the Anglo-Saxon period, is there anything one could call 'art'? The contributors to this book believe that not only was there considerable artistry in the output of early Anglo-Saxon workshops, but that it was vigorous, complex and technically challenging. The designs found on Anglo-Saxon artifacts is never mere ornament. In a society which used visual and verbal signals to demonstrate power, authority, status and ethnicity, no visual statement was ever empty of meaning. The aim of this work is to prompt a better understanding of Anglo-Saxon art and the society which produced it. Stephen Pollington, Lindsay Kerr and Brett Hammond have assembled in these pages much information and many previously unpublished illustrations which show a wide variety of artifacts, designs and motifs. It is hoped that this will help bring about a wider knowledge and appreciation of Anglo-Saxon art.

Book Bulgari

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  • Author : Vincent Meylan
  • Publisher : Acc Art Books
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9781851498796
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Bulgari written by Vincent Meylan and published by Acc Art Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -Compiled with full access to Bulgari's archives A jewel is more than an arrangement of precious stones - it is a story. This is the principle on which Vincent Meylan, author of Christie's: The Jewellery Archives Revealed, Boucheron: The Secret Archives, Van Cleef & Arpels: Treasures and Legends, and Mellerio: Jewellers to the Queens of Europe, has written his latest book. Now, with unparalleled access to the Bulgari archives, Meylan guides us on an intimate journey through the lives of the clients, both famous and infamous, who have given this pre-eminent Mediterranean jeweler their patronage. Paris may be the traditional home of the jeweller elite, but Bulgari embraces its Roman origins. From their early creations, inspired by Byzantine and Islamic architecture, to designs like the Trombino ring and Serpenti bracelets, which are still relevant today, Bulgari gracefully navigates the line between contemporary and timeless. Their client roster reflects their prestige. Nobility and celebrity intermingle; the Countess di Frasso shopped at Bulgari with her Hollywood superstar-beau, Gary Cooper, as did the Infanta Beatriz of Spain and Princess Maria José of Belgium. Richard Burton wooed Elizabeth Taylor with glittering Bulgari jewels, while the decadent marriage of Tyrone Power and Linda Christian featured Bulgari wedding rings. But these jewels tell tales of many genres, not just romance: from exiled Iranian Shahs to Count Cini of Monselice, held for ransom by the SS and released in exchange for Bulgari jewels. Each story is retold with Vincent Meylan's characteristic verve, embellished with original pictures from the archives. Chapters are dedicated to wealthy customers, but also to the stones themselves, tracing the evolution of this iconic Roman company through history, and the development of their jewelry from mine, to workshop, to model.

Book Miche  l   Elizabeth Feller

Download or read book Miche l Elizabeth Feller written by Mary M. Brooks and published by Zebra Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: