Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions
Focuses on a group of leading studio furniture artists whose response to the forms, materials, techniques, and meaning of China's rich furniture traditions reveals the creative power of an exchange in art and culture. This graceful book showcases furniture produced by 22 American, Canadian, and Chinese studio furniture makers for the Peabody Essex Museum.
Night in the Middle Ages by Jean Verdon, ISBN 026803656X
"The contemporary world is uncomfortable with night, more precisely with night it has not domesticated with electricity. What was it like in the Middle Ages when darkness was nearly unbroken from the setting to the rising of the sun?" In Night in the Middle Ages renowned medievalist Jean Verdon offers an answer to this intriguing question. His book -- filled with fascinating stories that capture events of the medieval night, from the ordinary to the fantastic -- includes a cast of characters ranging from Duke Louis of Orleans and Chretien de Troyes to students, bailiffs, monks, and workers.
Part 1 of the book describes dark activities that are masked by the cloak of night. Murders, robberies, rape, betrayal, and licentious behavior all figure prominently in this set of stories. Fantasy forces of evil such as witches, werewolves, and even Satan himself, are also discussed. In the second section, Verdon depicts how medieval society attempted to "tame" the night through architecture, improved...
Night in the Middle Ages by Jean Verdon, ISBN 026803656X
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Daphnes: A Practical Guide for Gardeners
This intensely practical account drawn from the long experience of Robin White has been eagerly awaited by Daphne enthusiasts and collectors. Acute observation of the growth, flowering characteristics, and foibles of daphnes documented here will be studied and taken up by gardeners everywhere. A diverse genus, Daphne has a wide distribution ensuring suitable candidates for a variety of garden situations including shade positions, sunny borders, raised beds, containers, and rock gardens. This book will ensure daphnes are better known and more widely grown. It will undoubtedly remain the standard work on daphnes for years to come.
Daphnes: A Practical Guide for Gardeners
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Hidden Treasures: Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture by Leigh Keno, ISBN 0446678163
Featured experts on the popular "Antiques Road Show" share their amazing stories about discovering rare treasures of American antique furniture in the least likely places. Full-color photos throughout.
Hidden Treasures: Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture by Leigh Keno, ISBN 0446678163
Furniture manufactuers of childrens beds > Hidden Treasures: Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture by Leigh Keno, ISBN 0446678163
Night in the Middle Ages by Jean Verdon, ISBN 026803656X
"The contemporary world is uncomfortable with night, more precisely with night it has not domesticated with electricity. What was it like in the Middle Ages when darkness was nearly unbroken from the setting to the rising of the sun?" In Night in the Middle Ages renowned medievalist Jean Verdon offers an answer to this intriguing question. His book -- filled with fascinating stories that capture events of the medieval night, from the ordinary to the fantastic -- includes a cast of characters ranging from Duke Louis of Orleans and Chretien de Troyes to students, bailiffs, monks, and workers.
Part 1 of the book describes dark activities that are masked by the cloak of night. Murders, robberies, rape, betrayal, and licentious behavior all figure prominently in this set of stories. Fantasy forces of evil such as witches, werewolves, and even Satan himself, are also discussed. In the second section, Verdon depicts how medieval society attempted to "tame" the night through architecture, improved...
Night in the Middle Ages by Jean Verdon, ISBN 026803656X
Furniture manufactuers of childrens beds > Night in the Middle Ages by Jean Verdon, ISBN 026803656X
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