John Taylor writes, "For most Bible readers Ezekiel is almost a closed book...Their knowledge of him extends little further than his mysterious vision of God's chariot-throne, with its wheels within wheels, and the vision of the valley of dry bones." However, the structure of Ezekiel is simple and orderly, and that makes it easy to analyze for ...
The Thaw Collection of American Indian art includes objects from nearly all important American tribes. This book presents 100 of its works - masks, pottery, needlework, beadwork, headdresses, peace pipes and shields - with captions and an introduction by the curator of the collection.
Admirers of the late, legendary art historian Meyer Schapiro will find this first publication of his own artwork a revelation. More than 200 paintings, drawings, and sculptures are reproduced; along with three never-published essays -- "On Representing and Knowing", "Color as Expressive", and "Drawing from the Figure" -- they yield a surprising ...
Throughout history jewellery has expressed a multitude of meanings - social position, marital status, self-esteem. Richly elaborate or elegantly simple, Native American beadwork, Turkoman silver, Burmese jade and other examples of ethnic jewellery are avidly sought by collectors. This book reveals the full splendours and the subtle meanings behind ...
The preeminent private collection of American folk art now becomes public. Showcasing more than 400 outstanding works that comprise the Ralph O. Esmerian gift to the American Folk Art Museum in New York, this sumptuous volume celebrates American folk art in all its vibrant diversity. Combining new research, never-before-published color photographs ...
The connection between price inflation and real economic activity has been a focus of macroeconomic research and debate. Although this connection is crucial to our understanding of what monetary policy can and cannot accomplish, opinions about its basic properties have swung widely over the years. Many studying monetary policy acknowledge that, ...
Between 2700 and 2400 B.C., ancient craftsman in the Cycladic Islands of Greece made marble figures of a level of abstraction and simplicity of form not to be seen again in art until the works of Brancusi and Modigliani in the 20th century. Author Colin Renfrew, the world's leading scholar on Cycladic culture, approaches his subject both as ...
Covering a wide array of great paintings, as well as rarely-published sculptural treasures and numerous masterpieces of the decorative arts, this is an illustrated survey of the Frick Collection, housed in a Fifth Avenue mansion in New York City. It was founded by Henry Clay Frick, an industrialist whose interest in and knowledge of art led him to ...
They may glitter, dazzle, and fool the eye, but one thing is for certain--they are concocted by the world's best-known designer of costume jewelry, Kenneth Jay Lane. His clientele includes first ladies, movie stars, and royalty. This fascinating bon vivant has combined life and work into a seamless string of delightful adventures, all wonderfully ...
Sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, this illustrated history of the Inkas and their predecessors offers a fresh appraisal of a remarkable civilization. Based on recent archaeological studies, this story of the Andean people traces the development of their complex civilization from its beginnings 11,000 years ago to its culmination ...
God's justice has been a favourite subject for Christian commentators, but is not always grounded in Biblical teaching. By opening up the world of the Old Testament to a modern audience, Bishop Taylor sets out to show that Hebrew justice is not the same as Roman justice, nor is an appeal to God's justice the equivalent of demanding human rights. ...
A look at the ways that folk artists around the world use found and recycled materials to create stimulating and often beautiful aesthetic objects. Essays from several distinguished scholars of anthropology, cultural studies, and art history offer a broad perspective in which to view these works from Africa, Central America, India, and the United ...
Renowned as a contemporary designer of fine handbags, Judith Leiber brings together the realms of art and fashion in her creations. Coveted by many, collected by celebrities and socialites, affordable by only a few, Judith Leiber bags are a wearable art-form, appearing in the collections of America's top museums and galleries. Judith Leiber day ...
Throughout history jewellery has expressed a multitude of meanings - social position, marital status, self-esteem. Richly elaborate or elegantly simple, Native American beadwork, Turkoman silver, Burmese jade and other examples of ethnic jewellery are avidly sought by collectors. This book reveals the full splendours and the subtle meanings behind ...
This lavishly illustrated book presents outstanding examples of one-of-a kind jewelry from the 1940s to the present drawn from the collection of the Museum of Arts & Design in New York. The 240 pages guide the reader through a fascinating diversity of materials, technique and approaches that make contemporary jewelry visually exciting and ...
They may glitter, dazzle, and fool the eye, but one thing is for certain--they are concocted by the world's best-known designer of costume jewelry, Kenneth Jay Lane. His clientele includes first ladies, movie stars, and royalty. This fascinating bon vivant has combined life and work into a seamless string of delightful adventures, all wonderfully ...
The number of fighter aircraft in the Air Force inventory is decreasing, but the demand for experienced fighter pilots is increasing. The authors use a dynamic mathematical model to show that, to keep from damaging fighter unit readiness, fighter pilot production in the active Air Force must be reduced and new approaches to developing and managing ...
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