Download or read book The Pittas Collection written by Stefano G. Casu and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pittas of the World written by Johannes Erritzoe and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brightly coloured birds native to the tropics, the pittas are unforgettable for those who have seen them flash past like a living jewel of the rainforest. There are thirty pitta species, most of which live in South-East Asia, though two are found in Africa. Their habitat is under threat, and many species are endangered. This monograph breaks with tradition in a number of ways: besides having all the normal sections for a guide, it also contains a complete list of all scientific synonyms, and a bibliography of more than 1,300 references. It includes a list of all the little-studied islands where pittas have been found, and their status if known. It gives the museum holdings of all pitta skins, skeletons, eggs and fluid specimens in the world. Besides this, it includes a study of a little-known feature, dusky stripes, unique to the pitta family, and which has never before been described in detail. The book also describes the pittas' unique moulting pattern: immature birds moulting into their adult plumage are often found with bald heads and necks. The beautiful illustrations are painted in gouache by Helga Boullet Erritzoe using a dry-brush technique. Each plate has been meticulously laid out to enhance the characteristics of each species. All plates are cross-referenced to the text which contains details of age and sex of bird, and the museum where the depicted bird-skin is kept, with its registration number. Whilst it will be of undoubted interest to amateur bird enthusiasts and lovers of natural history, the book is also academically rigorous and therefore an invaluable and beautiful reference guide for ornithologists, conservationists, museums and collectors of fine bird-books.
Download or read book The Pittas Collection Ediz a Colori written by Anthi Andronikou and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Il volume Pittas III dimostra come la collezione Pittas vanti di attraversare tutta la storia dell'arte, dalla scultura greca a Louis Jean-François Lagrenée a Giorgio de Chirico. Le 100 opere raccolte nel volume, ciascuna con la relativa scheda di approfondimento e con le proprie immagini a confronto, tradiscono tuttavia uno spiccato interesse del collezionista verso la mitologia greca e romana, probabilmente imputabile alle sue origini nel Mediterraneo orientale. Le opere sono disposte pertanto secondo un ordine tematico ruotante intorno alla divinità a cui di volta in volta si ispirano o riferiscono: ogni divinità costituisce un capitolo a sé, offrendo in questo modo al lettore la facoltà di ricavare un percorso armonioso e coerente per ogni esempio riportato.Il volume, a cura di Anthi Andronikou e Peter Humfrey, non intende fornire un modello enciclopedico, bensì accertare il valore artistico di ciascuna opera.
Download or read book The Pittas Collection written by Jamie Mulherron and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture written by Ellen C. Schwartz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This handbook offers a wide-ranging introduction to the richness and diversity of the arts in the Byzantine world. It includes thirty-eight essays by international authors, from prominent researchers to emerging scholars, on various issues and media. Discussions consider art created for religious purposes, to enhance and beautify the Orthodox liturgy and worship space, as well as art made to serve in royal and domestic contexts. While Byzantium is defined as the years 330-1453 CE, some chapters treat the aftermath and influence of Byzantine art on later periods. Arts covered include buildings and objects from the Eastern Mediterranean region, including the Balkans, Russia, North Africa, and the Near East. The volume brings together object-based considerations of themes and monuments which form the backbone of art history, with considerations drawing on many different methodologies-sociology, semiotics, anthropology, archaeology, reception theory, deconstruction theory, among others-all in an up-to-date synthesis of scholarship on Byzantine art and architecture. The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture is a comprehensive overview of a rich field of study, offering a window into the world of this distinct and fascinating period of art"--
Download or read book Italy Cyprus and Artistic Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean written by Anthi Andronikou and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume Anthi Andronikou explores the social, cultural, religious and trade encounters between Italy and Cyprus during the late Middle Ages, from ca. 1200 -1400, and situates them within several Mediterranean contexts. Revealing the complex artistic exchange between the two regions for the first time, she probes the rich but neglected cultural interaction through comparison of the intriguing thirteenth-century wall paintings in rock-cut churches of Apulia and Basilicata, the puzzling panels of the Madonna della Madia and the Madonna di Andria, and painted chapels in Cyprus, Lebanon, and Syria. Andronikou also investigates fourteenth-century cross-currents that have not been adequately studied, notably the cult of Saint Aquinas in Cyprus, Crusader propaganda in Santa Maria Novella in Florence, and a unique series of icons crafted by Venetian painters working in Cyprus. Offering new insights into Italian and Byzantine visual cultures, her book contributes to a broader understanding of cultural production and worldviews of the medieval Mediterranean.
Download or read book The Extended Specimen written by Michael S. Webster and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Extended Specimen highlights the research potential for ornithological specimens, and is meant to encourage ornithologists poised to initiate a renaissance in collections-based ornithological research. Contributors illustrate how collections and specimens are used in novel ways by adopting emerging new technologies and analytical techniques. Case studies use museum specimens and emerging and non-traditional types of specimens, which are developing new methods for making biological collections more accessible and "usable" for ornithological researchers. Published in collaboration with and on behalf of The American Ornithological Society, this volume in the highly-regarded Studies in Avian Biology series documents the power of ornithological collections to address key research questions of global importance.
Download or read book Proceedings written by Royal Society of Edinburgh and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City written by Ellen Potter and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2007 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forced to attend a fancy art school in Manhattan, Olivia's simple life takes a turn for the worse when helping her new friend leads her deep into the New York City subway system--discovering that her ability to speak to ghosts is now the least of her problems.
Download or read book Guide to the Royal Collections of Dresden written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Guide to the Collections in the Manchester Museum written by Manchester Museum (University of Manchester) and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh written by Royal Society of Edinburgh and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of fellows for 1908- in v. 25.
Download or read book Digital Image Processing Algorithms and Applications written by Ioannis Pitas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-02-22 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collection of algorithms and lab experiments for practitioners and researchers of digital image processing technology With the field of digital image processing rapidly expanding, there is a growing need for a book that would go beyond theory and techniques to address the underlying algorithms. Digital Image Processing Algorithms and Applications fills the gap in the field, providing scientists and engineers with a complete library of algorithms for digital image processing, coding, and analysis. Digital image transform algorithms, edge detection algorithms, and image segmentation algorithms are carefully gleaned from the literature for compatibility and a track record of acceptance in the scientific community. The author guides readers through all facets of the technology, supplementing the discussion with detailed lab exercises in EIKONA, his own digital image processing software, as well as useful PDF transparencies. He covers in depth filtering and enhancement, transforms, compression, edge detection, region segmentation, and shape analysis, explaining at every step the relevant theory, algorithm structure, and its use for problem solving in various applications. The availability of the lab exercises and the source code (all algorithms are presented in C-code) over the Internet makes the book an invaluable self-study guide. It also lets interested readers develop digital image processing applications on ordinary desktop computers as well as on Unix machines.
Download or read book Naturalists Explorers and Field Scientists in South East Asia and Australasia written by Indraneil Das and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alfred Russel Wallace- His Predecessors and Successors. Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-east Asia and Australasia. An International Conference" will be the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of studies on Alfred Russel Wallace and other natural historians, past and present, as well as contemporary research on South-east Asian and Australasian biological diversity. The conference will bring together leading researchers including biologists, ecologists, zoologists, botanists, geologists, anthropologists, social scientists and others from around the world. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: history of biology, biodiversity, anthropology, geology, conservation, ecosystem management, environmental impact assessments, environmental law, environmental policies, landscape management and habitat restoration and management.
