Deals with all facets of constrution project management from the contractor's point of view. It examines the duties that are handled by the project manager, constrution superintendent, and construction engineer throughout the progress of a job, from the configurations of a project team to project closeout.
Russia's rich and varied tradition of enameling can be placed within the context of one of the earliest and most widely practiced forms of decoration. In the 11th century, Kiev closely adhered to the Byzantine traditions in producing the first Russian enamels. Progress was interrupted by the Mongol invasions in the 13th century. There was, however ...
In the mid-19th century, Baltimore businessman William Thompson Walters began to patronize the artists of Maryland. The museum that bears his name, Baltimore's Walters Art Gallery, now excels in diverse fields including Egyptian bronzes, Byzantine silver, illuminated manuscripts, gothic carved ivories, early Renaissance paintings and Chinese ...
The 1970's witnessed widespread recognition of the world as a single, interconnecting whole. The 1980's have shown that this whole is not operating as a self-sustaining system. In short we appear to live in a world in crisis- manifesting itself in hunger, poverty, debt, conflict, statelessness and war, as well as in the accelerating degradation of ...
Many patrons of the arts in nineteenth-century America built collections of paintings and sculpture imported primarily from England or Italy. Collectors in Baltimore - William Walters, George Lucas, the famous Cone sisters, among others - stand out in this milieu for having developed a strikingly different aesthetic for their homes and newly ...
This text gathers over 100 of Carl Faberge's most beautiful creations, combining hardstones and other precious materials. The volume presents the history of the renowned jeweller's work using the rich mineral resources of Russia, from celebrated Easter eggs to delicate animal sculptures. These detailed masterpieces, many rarely exhibited, have ...
Gathering works from the Walters Art Musum in Baltimore, whose collection of the sculptor's work is second to that of the Louvre, this book looks at the artist's animal sculptures, renowned for their technical brilliance.
The Walters Art Gallery was opened to the public on 16 June 1934, a result of the combined efforts of the unique father-and-son collectors, William and Henry Walters. William, Henry's father, was founder of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and began to collect art mainly from France, the Far East and contemporary New York. By the end of his life, ...
Examines the course of the AIDS epidemic over the next 15 years. The authors propose a universal routine voluntary testing programme to avert the impending catastrophe and argue that this can offer one of the best defences against the epidemic.
Frieda Hempel (1885-1955) was among the stars of Opera's Golden Age. Almost 50 years elapsed between the writing and the publication of her autobiography. Elizabeth Johnston, Hempel's student, secretary and companion, arranged safekeeping of her mentor's manuscript.
The 19th-century holdings of the Walters Art Gallery are unique amongst museum collections of art from this period. Not only were William T. Walters (1819-94) and his son Henry (1848-1931) unique in purchasing extensively the art from their own `Gilded Age', but they also acquired works from many key artistic periods. The result is a collection of ...
America has a long tradition of middle-class radicalism, albeit one that intellectual orthodoxy has tended to obscure. The Radical Middle Class seeks to uncover the democratic, populist, and even anticapitalist legacy of the middle class. By examining in particular the independent small business sector or petite bourgeoisie, using Progressive Era ...
"Management, Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation and Drainage Systems (Manual No. 57)" is a revision of the 1980 publication "Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation and Drainage Systems". This manual presents significant new innovations and modifications of procedures that have been implemented throughout the irrigation and drainage industry, ...
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Jennifer Gordon Lovett, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, William R. Johnston, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Md.) Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Louis Marcus Prindle, William Drumm Johnston, Geoffrey William Crickmay, Bennie Wiliam Gandrud, Richard Wellington Smith, United States. Geological survey. [from old catalog], United States. Bureau of mines. [from old catalog]
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