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The united symbolism of America : deciphering hidden meanings in America's most familiar art, architecture, and logos / by Hieronimus, Robert.(CARDINAL)739988; Cortner, Laura.(CARDINAL)668690;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-302) and index.Introduction to symbol study : why lacking a coherent symbol system is bad for your health -- The eye, the triangle, and whose eye is it, anyway? -- The American flag : an American beauty, a new constellation -- The Statue of Liberty : in America, it's goddesses we trust -- The Liberty Bell : from every mountainside, let freedom ring! -- The eagle : the price of peace is eternal vigilance -- Washington, D.C. : history, mystery, and symbolism in plain sight -- Our founding fathers were not Satanists.
Subjects: Emblems, National; Signs and symbols;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Infinite life : the revolutionary story of eggs, evolution and life on earth / by Howard, Julesauthor(CARDINAL)617491;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Dust from Dust -- The Garden of Mortality -- The Early Womb -- Starbursts on Shores -- Interlude: A post-Ordovician Moment -- A Tale of Two Fishes -- A Most Marvellous Invention -- The Larval Storm -- Interlude: A post-Permian moment -- The Triassic Takeover -- Navel-gazing -- The Art in the Isthmus -- Interlude: A post-Cretaceous moment -- The Invasive Placenta -- Epilogue: a Future for Eggs.Every egg there has ever been, is an emblem of survival. Yet the evolution of the animal egg is the dramatic subplot missing in many accounts of how life on Earth came to be. Quite simply, without this universal biological phenomenon, animals as we know them, including us, could not have evolved and flourished. In Infinite Life, zoology correspondent Jules Howard takes the reader on a mind-bending journey from the churning coastlines of the Cambrian Period and Carboniferous coal forests, where insects were stirring, to the end of the age of dinosaurs when live-birthing mammals began their modern rise to power. Eggs would evolve from out of the sea; be set by animals into soils, sands, canyons and mudflats; be dropped in nests wrapped in silk; hung in stick nests in trees, covered in crystallised shells or secured by placentas. Whether belonging to birds, insects, mammals or millipedes, animal eggs are objects that have been shaped by their ecology, forged by mass extinctions and honed by natural selection to near-perfection. Finally, the epic story of their role in the story of life can be told.
Subjects: Informational works.; Evolution (Biology); Natural selection.; Life; Eggs.; Biology.; Reproduction.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Art and appetite : American painting, culture, and cuisine / by Barter, Judith A.,1951-editor.(CARDINAL)184241; Madsen, Annelise K.(CARDINAL)336795; Oehler, Sarah Kelly.(CARDINAL)336796; Roberts, Ellen E.(CARDINAL)222731; Barter, Judith A.,1951-Thanksgiving.; Art Institute of Chicago.(CARDINAL)137892;
"Food has always been an important source of knowledge about culture and society. Art and Appetite takes a fascinating new look at depictions of food in American art, demonstrating that the artists' representations of edibles offer thoughtful reflection on the cultural, political, economic, and social moments in which they were created. Using food as an emblem, artists were able to both celebrate and critique their society, expressing ideas relating to politics, race, class, gender, and commerce. Focusing on the late 18th century through the Pop artists of the 20th century, this lively publication investigates the many meanings and interpretations of eating in America. Richly illustrated, Art and Appetite features still life and trompe l'oeil painting, sculpture, and other works by such celebrated artists as William Merritt Chase, John Singleton Copley, Elizabeth Paxton, Norman Bel Geddes, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Alice Neel, Wayne Thiebaud, Roy Lichtenstein, and many more. Essays by leading experts address topics including the horticultural and botanical underpinnings of still-life paintings, the history of alcohol consumption in the United States, Thanksgiving, and food in the world of Pop art. In addition to the images and essays, this book includes a selection of 18th- and 19th-century recipes for all-American dishes including molasses cake, stewed terrapin, rice blancmange, and roast calf's head."--Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Food in art; Painting, American; Art and society; Cooking, American.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The true image : gravestone art and the culture of Scotch Irish settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina backcountry / by Patterson, Daniel W.(Daniel Watkins),1928-(CARDINAL)176441;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-470) and indexes.The immigrant craftsmen in Pennsylvania -- The stonecutters' world in the Carolinas -- The Bigham workshop and nearby Scotch Irish stonecutters -- Reading Scotch Irish emblems -- Seeing Scotch Irish inscriptions -- The Scotch Irish in the light of legends -- Reflections on the stonecutters' world -- The Scotch Irish in slave economy and landgrab.A thousand unique gravestones cluster around old Presbyterian churches in the piedmont of the two Carolinas and in central Pennsylvania. Most are the vulnerable legacy of three generations of the Bigham family, Scotch Irish stonecutters whose workshop near Charlotte created the earliest surviving art of British settlers in the region. In The True Image, Daniel Patterson documents the craftsmanship of this group and the current appearance of the stones. In two hundred of his photographs, he records these stones for future generations and compares their iconography and inscriptions with those of other early monuments in the United States, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. Combining his reading of the stones with historical records, previous scholarship, and rich oral lore, Patterson throws new light on the complex culture and experience of the Scotch Irish in America. In so doing, he explores the bright and the dark sides of how they coped with challenges such as backwoods conditions, religious upheavals, war, political conflicts, slavery, and land speculation. He shows that headstones, resting quietly in old graveyards, can reveal fresh insights into the character and history of an influential immigrant group. (Publisher).
Subjects: Sepulchral monuments; Sepulchral monuments; Sepulchral monuments; Scots-Irish; Scots-Irish; Scots-Irish;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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Blue Ridge nature journal : reflections on the Appalachian Mountains in essays and art / by Ellison, George,1941-2023.(CARDINAL)275321; Ellison, Elizabeth.(CARDINAL)279887;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143).The Blue Ridge Province : an overview -- Flora -- The yellow birch and boulder syndrome -- Table mountain pine : arboreal emblem -- Black gum : rabbit traps and bee hives -- Sourwood : natural bends and sled runners -- Sarvis : what's in a name? -- Azaleas and rhododendrons -- Highland doghobble : the black bear's refuge -- Galax : odiferous and decorative -- Oilnut : that most curious fruit -- Hepatica : "the gem of the woods" -- The spring ephemeral strategy -- Plant traps : by devious means -- White snakeroot : the milk sick story -- Winter orchids : puttyroot and cranefly orchis -- Fiddleheads and ferns that walk -- Cherokee mushrooms : slicks, milkys, and wishys -- Cherokee baskets : splints and dyes -- Fauna -- Tlanuwas and uktenas -- Copperheads and timber rattlers -- Bird lore -- Wolf lore -- Panther lore -- Bear lore -- Fox lore -- Raccoon lore -- Skunks : striped and spotted -- Mountain boomers : "our speediest varmint" -- Honeybee lore -- Cherokee cookery : yellow jacket soup & more -- Paintings.
Subjects: Natural history; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 29
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Undaunted Mind The intellectual life of Benjamin Franklin by Hayes, Kevin J. author.(CARDINAL)293061;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-446) and index.Circles of the Mind -- Small Chapmen's Books -- Joyful Schooldays -- Reading by Candlelight -- The Clan of Honest Wags -- The Courant Library -- Reader on the Road -- The Lair of the Green Dragon -- What Franklin Read in London -- Sailing Home with Memories of London -- The Junto -- Richard Lewis and the News -- The Library Company of Philadelphia -- How to Make an Almanac -- Science -- The Philadelphia Academy -- The Northwest Passage -- The Art of War -- An American Intellectual in London -- The Call for Racial Tolerance -- Travels in a Time of Strife -- The Emblems that Made America -- Solon and Sophocles -- The Mystery of the Book Lists -- Franklin Court."Undaunted Mind tells the story of Franklin's intellectual life from the books he read as a child to those he read as he continued his idiosyncratic program of self-education. As an apprentice in his brother's printing house, Franklin's intellectual life developed through his contact with his brother's writerly friends. After running away to Philadelphia, Franklin developed a new group of friends, all of whom loved reading. While in London in his late teens he met several important intellectuals who encouraged his intellectual pursuits. After returning to Philadelphia from London, he and some friends formed the Junto, a club for mutual improvement that made reading and writing important activities. He formed the Library Company of Philadelphia, the first subscription library in colonial America. As a printer he read some of the best writing in the eighteenth century. He became a scientist, assembling a great scientific library, which helped his electrical research. Franklin founded the Philadelphia Academy, which would become the University of Pennsylvania. As agent for the Pennsylvania Assembly, Franklin lived in London for many years, where he befriended some of Britain's greatest minds. Different concentrations of books in his library reveal Franklin's interests in travel and exploration, warfare, and slavery. His time in Paris gave Franklin another great intellectual experience, but he ultimately returned home to live the last five years of his life in Philadelphia, where he imparted his knowledge and experience to a new generation of Americans"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies. ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 ; Associations, institutions, etc. ;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What is veiling? / by Amer, Sahar.(CARDINAL)420283;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Understanding veiling in Islamic sacred texts -- What do progressive Muslims say about veiling? -- Politics and sociocultural practices of veiling -- Veiling in Euro-American societies -- Veils, harems, and the mission to civilize -- Veiling in Western Europe today -- Veiling in the United States of America today -- Veiling in the world and words of women -- Veiling and feminism -- Islamic fashion, beauty pageants, and Muslim dolls -- Veiling through the arts.What Is Veiling? explains one of the most visible, controversial, and least understood emblems of Islam. Ranging from simple head scarf to full-body burqa, the veil is worn by vast numbers of Muslim women around the world.
Subjects: Hijab (Islamic clothing); Veils; Muslim women;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Tiger : the ultimate guide / by Thapar, Valmik.(CARDINAL)327767;
MARCIVE 04/08/08Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-327) and index.
Subjects: Tiger.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hidden in plain view : the secret story of quilts and the underground railroad / by Tobin, Jacqueline,1950-(CARDINAL)684329; Benberry, Cuesta,writer of foreward.(CARDINAL)370707; Coleman, Floyd W.,1939-writer of foreward.(CARDINAL)166707; Dobard, Raymond G.,author.(CARDINAL)654138; Dobard, Raymond G.(CARDINAL)654138; Wahlman, Maude,writer of foreward.(CARDINAL)148550; Doubleday & Company, Inc.,publisher.(CARDINAL)506920;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208).Tobin met Ozella Williams in the Old Market Building in Charleston, South Carolina, and learned of the oral tradition and coded quilts used to navigate escapes on the Underground Railroad. In Hidden in Plain View, historian Jacqueline Tobin and scholar Raymond Dobard offer the first proof that certain quilt patterns, including a prominent one called the Charleston Code, were, in fact, essential tools for escape along the Underground Railroad. In 1993, historian Jacqueline Tobin met African American quilter Ozella Williams amid piles of beautiful handmade quilts in the Old Market Building of Charleston, South Carolina. With the admonition to "write this down," Williams began to describe how slaves made coded quilts and used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad. But just as quickly as she started, Williams stopped, informing Tobin that she would learn the rest when she was "ready." During the three years it took for Williams's narrative to unfold -- and as the friendship and trust between the two women grew -- Tobin enlisted Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., an art history professor and well-known African American quilter, to help unravel the mystery.
Subjects: African American quilts; Ciphers; Fugitive slaves; Underground Railroad.;
Available copies: 37 / Total copies: 45
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An entrance for the eyes : space and meaning in seventeenth-century Dutch art / by Hollander, Martha.(CARDINAL)266362;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index.
Subjects: Painting, Dutch; Space (Art);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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