3 QUOTES WITH «TAPESTRIES»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
tapestries.
My interest in society - at times so pronounced that the word 'snob' comes a little to mind - derives from the fact that I like an immense number of things which society, money, and position bring in their train: painting, tapestries, rare books, smart dresses, dances, gardens, country houses, correct cuisine, and pretty women.
Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and art objects as the spoils of war. Art equaled power, riches and culture.
People like to cherry-pick the parts of their career that they're either in the midst of or that they're the most proud of, but the truth is careers and lives are tapestries.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAPESTRIES»
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tapestries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tapestries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement ...
Extrait de la couverture : "This book tells the story of ordinary women living in terror and extreme poverty under General Pinochet's oppressive rule in Chile (1973-1989) and how their lives did and did not change following his reign.
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Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and ...
Uses selections from stories, oral histories, and poems to depict the daily life of contemporary women, and covers work, racism, poverty, lesbians, and spirituality Aptheker 'weaves together the voices of women survivors of the Holocaust ...
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The
Tapestries: A Novel
Dan's journey from slavery into scandal, and finally to the royal court where he has the chance to win Tai May's heart, is a story of spellbinding drama and intrigue, and, ultimately, the story of a great love affair.
Among the objects mentioned in it is a set of eight Flemish tapestries, with “
figures” and a border of “grotesques”, white and of various colours. Their
measurements are given, and they correspond almost exactly with those of the
Valois ...
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The Unicorn
Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Among the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is a set of tapestries depicting the hunt of the fabled unicorn.
Adolph S. Cavallo, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1998
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Tapestries: An Anthology
An anthology follows the stories of a grieving Hurloon Minotaur, a dragon whelp's hatching egg, and warring armies, and includes the writings of popular fantasy authors David Drake, Morgan Llywelyn, and S. M. Stirling. Original.
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The Conservation of
Tapestries and Embroideries: Proceedings ...
Contributors discuss current research, new findings, and specific problems, innovations, methods, and materials.
Institut royal du patrimoine artistique (Belgium), Getty Conservation Institute, 1990
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French
Tapestries and Textiles in the J. Paul Getty Museum:
For lovers of French decorative arts and connoisseurs of textiles, this book offers a study both of the art of tapestry- and textile-making and of the aesthetic tradition exemplified by these remarkable objects.
Charissa Bremer-David, 1997
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Weaving Sacred Stories: French Choir
Tapestries and the ...
Weaving Sacred Stories is thereby significant not only to the history of medieval art but also to art history and cultural studies in general."
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The Colonial Andes:
Tapestries and Silverwork, 1530-1830
This book accompanies an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (September 29 to December 12, 2004).Elena Phipps is conservator, Textile Conservation, and Johanna Hecht is associate curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, at ...
Johanna Hecht, Cristina Esteras Martín, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAPESTRIES»
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tapestries is used in the context of the following news items.
Ancient unicorn tapestries recreated at Stirling Castle
It was known from royal inventories that when James V built the palace he owned more than 100 tapestries, but there is no record of what happened to them. «BBC News, Jun 15»
Music at Eden's Edge presents 'Musical Tapestries'
Music at Eden's Edge opens its summer concert season with a program of piano and strings featuring Frank Bridge's “Phantasy for Piano Quartet in F-sharp ... «Wicked Local Boxford, Jun 15»
Review: 'Coypel's Don Quixote Tapestries' Weaves a Classic Tale
“Coypel's Don Quixote Tapestries: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in 18th-Century France,” at the Frick Collection, presents an ambitious but not entirely successful ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
'Mediocre' Belgian tapestries restored
She said the Flemish tapestries were nailed to the walls of the hall's Holly and Yellow rooms in the 1760s by the then owner Sir John Delaval, but had ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
'The Art is the Cloth' Tapestry exhibit at Deerfield Academy reveals …
Sidore, a Northampton weaver who made her first tapestry in 1979, has gone on to make tapestries her life's work, including writing about them for various ... «Amherst Bulletin, Mar 15»
Gucci Showcases Medici Tapestries In Rome
Gucci presented the exhibition "Prince of Dreams: The Medici's Joseph Tapestries by Pontormo and Bronzino" in Florence last year. The Italian fashion house ... «Fashion Times, Feb 15»
Sunlight, tapestries fill home with European air
Elegant tapestries and sunlight shower Elton and Ann Calhoun's* home in the Colony Creek subdivision in Victoria. The creme-colored brick home with a ... «Victoria Advocate, Feb 15»
Exhibit brings Picasso tapestries to light
The San Antonio Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of 15 large scale tapestries of works by Picasso commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller on December 17, ... «San Antonio Express-News, Dec 14»
Rare 18th-century tapestries now on display
The large, intricate tapestries-which depict the saga of Greek hero Jason-will be on ... The Jason Tapestries are enormous in size-ranging in height up to 14 feet, ... «West Hartford News, Dec 14»
Wonders unfurl at Getty, Met tapestry shows on Rubens, Coecke
Few tapestries woven in Europe during the Renaissance surpass in sheer beauty, technical mastery and narrative charm one that Pieter Coecke van Aelst ... «Los Angeles Times, Nov 14»
