This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments.

This volume, inspired by a groundbreaking symposium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, examines topics ranging from the tazze’s representation of the ancient world to their fate in the hands of nineteenth-century collectors, and presents ...

Seen through Lange's eyes, everything from the sandbox to the street becomes vibrant with buried meaning. The Design of Childhood will change the way you view your children's world--and your own.

Outlines the clothing styles worn by the people of the ancient Mediterranean.

First published in 1993, The Ultimate Cigar Book has become a classic in its field, and is generally credited with having helped launch the current cigar smoking craze.

A través de la relación territorio-comunidad o ciudad-nación, este texto __aborda la descripción y análisis de los ceremoniales de la comunidad muisca, cuyo mundo ritual estaba pleno de manifestaciones que se relacionaban con la ...

The perfect shipboard reference, this volume is packed with useful "hands-on" information: sailor's tools, basic knots, and useful hitches; handsewing and canvas work; dozens of other topics. Over 100 illustrations.

Explores the fascinating world of Soviet Military Badges.

A considerable portion of the book concerns the Donation of Constantine, which involves many continental writers, German, French, and Italian.

Professor Chernykh describes successive periods of metallurgical activity in different regions: the Carpatho-Balkan Metallurgical Province of the Copper Age: the Circumpontic of the Early and Middle Bronze Age: and the Eurasian, European ...

A considerable portion of the book concerns the Donation of Constantine, which involves many continental writers, German, French, and Italian.

Professor Chernykh describes successive periods of metallurgical activity in different regions: the Carpatho-Balkan Metallurgical Province of the Copper Age: the Circumpontic of the Early and Middle Bronze Age: and the Eurasian, European ...

DIVAbsorbing, exceptionally detailed study examines early trends, posters, and book illustrations, stylistic influences in architecture; furniture, jewelry, and other applied arts; plus perceptive discussions of artists associated with the ...

La genial e irrepetible Maitena reúne en un solo volumen toda la serie de Mujeres alteradas con historias inéditas, material adicional y un prólogo revelador en el que nos habla de su trabajo a lo largo de todos estos años.

En esta historia, Dika, una símpatica y traviesa perrita, muestra una gran valentía al rebelarse ante la injusticia cometida contra su mejor amigo.

DIVAn entertaining look at the tractors which enthusiasts all know and love—as well as those oddball models that fans find fascinating. /div

This is the perfect book for anyone interested in classic Japanese motorcycles, as well as prepping a bike to build a cafe racer, street tracker, or other custom build.

Nel corso del Settecento le antichità campane si erano imposte all’attenzione internazionale anche a seguito di precise scelte della monarchia borbonica, che dichiarava gli scavi archeologici attività complementari ai successi militari ...

Splendid pictorial documentation, carefully researched, of royal apparel, ecclesiastical dress and vestments, academic and legal garments, and civilian dress of all classes.

This leads on to the creation of new paradigms such as sustainability, which are covered in the final part of the book, Conservation ethics. * Captures current thinking in one volume to give a coherent view of the subject for the first time ...