Author: Jeanne Morgan Zarucchi Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350041262 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 217
Book Description
The Material Culture of Tableware is a fascinating and authoritative study of patterned tableware in the US. The book undertakes a visual analysis of Johnson Brothers patterns of tableware pottery, with reference to comparable designs by other British companies, such as Spode and Adams. It examines how this practical genre reflected the aesthetic values, sense of identity and aspirations of the American consumers who purchased its products. The study also sheds light on British opinions and understandings of American culture. The book's chronological organization shows how tableware designs reflected the cultural developments of American society during the long 20th century. From status-seeking 1890s beaux-arts patterns and the nostalgic historical scenes of the 1930s, to whimsical 1960s patterns and the contemporary motifs of the 1970s, The Material Culture of Tableware tells a compelling story about who 20th century middle-class Americans were and wanted to be.
Author: Marcus Sedgwick Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1596438029 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 249
Book Description
Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined—this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice. An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon grows. What binds these stories together? What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic countryside? And what might be powerful enough to break the cycle of midwinterblood? From award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick comes a book about passion and preservation and ultimately an exploration of the bounds of love. This title has Common Core connections. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013 A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
Author: Adrian Franklin Publisher: UNSW Press ISBN: 1742230016 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 234
Book Description
Taking a decade-by-decade approach, this lavishly illustrated guide to 20th-century collectibles delivers useful information in a lively and entertaining style. Each chapter provides detailed insight into a particular decade and includes two central areas of collecting from that era, whether it is ceramic bathing beauties from the 1920s, vintage clothes from the 1940s, cars from the 1950s, or Memphis design from the 1980s. Covering popular periods such as art nouveau, industrial, art deco, retro, and modern, this is an ideal companion for both serious collectors and those who want a glimpse into the world of 20th-century design.
Author: Ellen Bercovici Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1440225222 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 846
Book Description
Funky, Fabulous, and Fun to Find... ...is the perfect way to describe the quirky collectibles assembled in Collectibles for the Kitchen, Bath & Beyond+ a pictorial price guide to household accessories of years past. Featuring more than a thousand color photographs, Collectibles for the Kitchen, Bath & Beyond takes you back to the days when bright ceramic stringholders kept the kitchen string untangled and fanciful pie birds helped create the perfect crust. You'll find a pageant of graceful napkin dolls, an array of laundry sprinkles and egg timers, whimsical children's cups, tough-guy razor banks - all the things that add both nostalgic warmth and postmodern pastiche to your home or collection. The book includes descriptions, up-to-date values, and special "Wannabes" sections to help collectors distinguish these vintage items from reproduction and look-alike imposters.
Author: Judith Miller Publisher: ISBN: 9781405305976 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 604
Book Description
The best all-new, all-colour price guide to help you identify and value your collectables quickly and easily. Clear and easy-to-use, with over 5,000 collectables featured memorabilia this is the surest route to getting real value for money. A nice little earner Judith Miller knows Collectables The Telegraph
Author: Adrian Franklin Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 9780761967613 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 308
Book Description
`Argued with a real verve, it makes a plea to rethink the role of tourism in modernity seeing it not as a fleeting and marginal element, but as something enduring, emblematic and constitutive of contemporary society. Tourism is seen as a key element of modern life, not an escape from it' - Mike Crang, Department of Geography, University of Durham Tourism is a rapidly growing area of student enrolment. Lecturers and students who have waited patiently for an up-to-date, lucid and indispensable teaching and research text, need wait no more. This book is a matchless guide to understanding the theory, practice, development and effects of tourism. Tourism: An Introduction: - equips students with a critical perspective of the central processes of tourism and the relationship between tourism and culture - places tourism at the heart of modern life rather than as a peripheral feature added on after work - illuminates the relationship between tourism and nation formation, citizenship, consumerism and globalization - reveals the ritual, performative and embodied dimensions of tourist experience This book offers readers a major synthesis of modern thought on tourism. It breaks the mould of approaching tourism as a self-contained, compartment of contemporary life and treats it as a major and exciting cultural phenomenon. This is a landmark work in the study of tourism. Adrian Franklin is the editor of the acclaimed journal Tourist Studies (SAGE Publications).
Author: Judith Miller Publisher: ISBN: 9780756613396 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 604
Book Description
Provides up-to-date values for a wide range of collectibles from Barbie dolls to textiles, and features more than five thousand color photographs for easy identification.
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