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Pearls for the crown : art, nature, and race in the age of Spanish expansion / by Domínguez Torres, Mónica,author.(CARDINAL)855677;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index (pages 199-204).Introduction : pearls as imperial gems -- Signs of divine power : pearls and the Immaculate Conception in Habsburg Spain -- Mastering nature : pearls, natural history, and artistic practice in the early modern Spanish world -- Contested stories of wealth : the island of pearls in "New World" chronicles -- A pearl for the grand duke : images of Native American pearl divers in Medici Florence -- Pearl and ebony pleasures : precious collectibles at the court of Augustus the Strong -- Epilogue : pearls, divers, and the order of nature."Examines a selection of artworks featuring pearls and pearl fishing scenes that demonstrate the interplay between materiality, power, labor, trade, and knowledge exchange that drove artistic production in the early modern period, and legitimated hierarchical and inequitable notions about humanity and nature"--
Subjects: Pearl art objects; Pearl art objects; Pearls in art.; Art, Spanish; Art, European; Pearl fisheries;
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Conservation and restoration of works of art and antiquities / by Kühn, Hermann,Dr.(CARDINAL)271330;
Bibliography: volume 1, pages 239-256.Works of art and antiquities -- Easel paintings -- Wood sculpture -- Furniture -- Prints and drawings -- Watercolours -- Books -- Papyrus, inscribed bark -- Textiles -- Ivory and bone -- Objects made of leather -- Objects made of amber -- Objects made of wax -- Objects made of tortoiseshell and horn -- Environment -- Climatic conditions, light, pollution -- Material science -- Amber -- Binding media, adhesives -- Ivory, ivory-like teeth, bone, antler -- Pigments and dyes -- Wood -- Leather -- Solvents -- Paper -- Papyrus -- Parchment -- Pearls, beads and mother of pearl -- Tortoiseshell and horn -- soap and synthetic detergents -- Textile fibres -- Wax.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Art;
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Pearls : a natural history / by Landman, Neil H.(CARDINAL)331450; American Museum of Natural History.(CARDINAL)138269; Field Museum of Natural History.(CARDINAL)143061;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222).Foreword -- Introduction -- Columbus's pearls -- Natural beginnings : pearl mollusks -- The mechanism of luster : physical, chemical, and optical properties of pearls -- Pearls in human history : the European tradition -- Pearls in human history : the non-European tradition -- Getting pearls : the history of harvesting natural pearls -- Making pearls : the methods of perliculture -- Saving pearls : the ecology of pearl-producing mollusks."Pearls are unique among gemstones. Complete as they are found, they require no faceting or shaping to bring out their beauty and luster. Perhaps because of their origin and radiance, pearls have fascinated people from the time they were first found in artifacts in Mesopotamia (c. 2300 B.C.E.), until the present. Rich with new color photography and archival images, Pearls: A Natural History chronicles this enduring obsession. Based on an exhibition mounted by the American Museum of Natural History in New York and The Field Museum in Chicago, Pearls combines science, history, and beautiful objects both natural and crafted. The authors draw on their varied disciplines to explore all aspects of pearls - biology, gemology, anthropology, mineralogy, ecology, and the decorative arts."--Jacket.
Subjects: Pearl oysters.; Mollusks.; Pearls.; Pearl fisheries.; Pearl oyster culture.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Beaded jewelry with found objects : incorporate anything from buttons to shells / by Rodgers, Carole.(CARDINAL)689568;
Subjects: Beadwork.; Found objects (Art); Jewelry making.;
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Disney pirates of the Caribbean : dead man's chest / by Mawhinney, Art.(CARDINAL)639027;
Search for hidden objects in eight extra busy Look and Find scenes-from the decks of the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman to the beach of Isla Cruces, Davy Jones's chest isn't the only thing hidden away in these pages.
Subjects: Fiction.; Picture puzzles.; Puzzles and games.; Pirates;
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Rachel Ashwell couture prairie and flea market treasures / by Ashwell, Rachel,author.(CARDINAL)637331; Neunsinger, Amy,photographer.(CARDINAL)354225;
Introduction -- Liliput Lodge -- Three little houses on The Prairie -- Meadow Manor -- Rangers Lounge -- The Pearl Barn -- Hidden gems -- Making magical moments -- Timeworn beauty and imperfect treasures -- Resources."Think Marie Antoinette in jeans and a cowboy hat -- that is Rachel Ashwell's prairie style. Rachel Ashwell Couture Prairie takes her signature pastels, ruffles and whimsical prettiness right to the heart of cowboy country. This is a journey in pictures and words, following Rachel through the fields of a little town called Round Top, home to one of the largest, most eclectic and vibrant antiques and flea markets in the world, and then back to Rachel's newly acquired bed-and-breakfast in Texas. Here Rachel's inspired finds, her creative imagination, eye for detail and her commitment to beauty, comfort and function have finally come together in one location: The Prairie by Rachel Ashwell -- an irresistible destination. This book takes Rachel in a new direction, bringing her eye for cherished patinas and pastel prettiness into the endless landscapes and diverse architectural styles of Texas. Here you will see how her style adapts to corrugated metal sheeting and weathered timbers and how it brings new life to elegant period mansions. Chapter by chapter, the book leads you through Rachel's little houses on the prairie, from the Ranger's Lounge where hearty breakfasts are served, to the Pearl Barn, scene of wedding parties and celebrations, stopping off at the evocatively named guest accommodation: Blue Bonnet Barn, Cornflower Cottage, Meadow Manor, Faith Cottage and Liliput Lodge"--Amazon.com, viewed November 5, 2013.
Subjects: House furnishings.; Interior decoration.; Found objects (Art) in interior decoration.; Bed and breakfast accommodations; Secondhand trade; Flea markets.;
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The art of forgotten things : creating jewelry from objects with a past / by Doerman, Melanie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 158) and index."Discover a masterpiece that gives new life to found objects in The Art of Forgotten Things. Imagine necklaces and bracelets using one-of-a-kind components that hint at fragments of stories that exist only in the mind, evoking a mysterious past. Author Melanie Doerman will teach you how to take esquisite momentoes from history and make them into meaningful works of wearable art. The Art of Forgotten Things offers a brilliant new take on expressing your story within a jewelry design. Melanie shows how to create delicate beaded frames, clasps, nets, and components with seed beads and combine them with mixed-media elements for jewelry with an evocative look and feel. You'll also find an extensive techniques section that includes instructions for flat and tubular peyote, right-angle weave, bead netting, bead embroidery, and picot edges and fringes; basic jewelry techniques such as wire wrapping; mixed-media techniques such as foiling; and additional embellishment. Detailed step-by-step instructions are provided for each project. You'll learn about various types of beads used in the book's projects, from tiny seed beads to crystals, pressed glass, pearls, and more, as well as other materials, tools, and "treasures" that make each creation unique. In addition, Melanie explores using readily available materials and items that you might already have in your collection, along with directions for locating more unusual or vintage items. The Art of Forgotten Things is truly a one-of-a-kind masterpiece for all imaginative jewelry artists. "--"Explore a treasure trove of vintage objects and learn to re-make them into beautiful, exquisitely detailed jewelry pieces that tell their own story"--
Subjects: Jewelry making.; Beadwork.; Salvage (Waste, etc.);
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Ebony G. Patterson : ...while the dew is still on the roses... / by Patterson, Ebony G.,1981-artist.(CARDINAL)884717; Hidalgo, María Eugenia,translator.(CARDINAL)784286; Ostrander, Tobias,1970-contributor.(CARDINAL)290475; Paniagua, Blanca I.,translator.; Senior, Olive,contributor.(CARDINAL)738074; Sirmans, Franklin,writer of preface.(CARDINAL)269984; DelMonico Books,publisher.(CARDINAL)870896; Pérez Art Museum Miami,publisher,host institution.(CARDINAL)855974;
Includes bibliographical references."The artist Ebony G. Patterson explores gardens as spaces of beauty and burial in this monograph filled with spellbinding works. In her celebrated drawings, tapestries, and sculptures, Ebony G. Patterson incorporates glitter, appliqués, pins, embellishments, fabric, tassels, brooches, pearls and beads to tell haunting stories of violence, masculinity, and black youth culture. Bringing together highlights from the artist's work from the past five years, this book features exquisite reproductions that illuminate the works' vibrantly intricate detail. The book reveals the artist's poetic depictions of gardens as environments of beautiful sorrow. Two accompanying essays offer an examination of Patterson's work and a discussion of gardens as a theme in art and literature over the centuries"--Amazon.com." My ongoing body of work explores constructions of the masculine within popular culture -while using Jamaican dancehall culture as platform for this discourse. My works seeks to measure the masculine by looking at how popular culture as contributed to these transformations. The early work looked at the fashionable practice of skin bleaching, followed by investigations of so-called ' bling culture' and its relationship to the masculine within an urban context. While still making references to dancehall culture, my work raises larger questions about beauty, gender ideals and constructs of masculinity within so called 'popular black' culture. It examines the similarities and differences between 'camp aesthetics' - the use of feminine gendered adornment - in the construct of the urban masculine within popular culture. This body of work raises questions about body politics, performance of gender, gender and beauty, beauty and stereotyping, race and beauty, and body and ritual. Materially, the work has been a continued exploration of mixed media ranging from drawing and painting, to installation, street projects, mixed media tapestries, mixed media photographs along with three-dimensional objects and wallpaper to expand the discourse formally and conceptually. Combining flower petals, toys, pussy bullets (tampons) etc. along with these images has helped to expand the conversation about gender construction and how ideas about masculinity are indeed shifting in to a kind of faux feminine. Expanding my media choices has allowed for multi-dimensional exploration of image, language and gesture in the construct of gender; presenting or deconstructing notions of masculinity and its parallels with the feminine. Referring to notions of gender and identity as masquerade. The result of this choice has made the work more decorative, decadent, iconic and confrontational. " - Artist statement from:
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Patterson, Ebony G., 1981-; Aesthetics, Black; Art and race.; Art, Jamaican; Artists, Black; Artists; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Femininity in art.; Feminism and art.; Gardens in art; Masculine beauty (Aesthetics); Masculinity in art.; Mixed media (Art); Women artists, Black; LGBTQ+ artists.; LGBTQ+ arts.; Queer (Verb); Queer art.; Queer artists.;
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Lifelike / by Engberg, Siri,author.(CARDINAL)226640; Lobel, Michael,contributor.(CARDINAL)266226; McElheny, Josiah,1966-contributor.(CARDINAL)782664; Steiner, Rochelle,contributor.(CARDINAL)227452; Walker Art Center,organizer,host institution.(CARDINAL)150439; New Orleans Museum of Art,host institution.(CARDINAL)149865; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego,host institution.(CARDINAL)217406; Blanton Museum of Art,host institution.(CARDINAL)282980;
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Lifelike, organized by Siri Engberg for the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis held at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Feb. 25-May 27, 2012; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, Nov. 10-Jan. 27, 2013; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Feb. 24-May 26, 2013; and Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, June 23-Sept. 29, 2013.Includes bibliographical references.Is it real? Lifelike invites a close examination of art since the late 1960s based on commonplace objects and situations that are startlingly realistic, often playful and sometimes surreal--works that investigate the quieter side of the quotidian. While artists such as Vija Celmins, Rudolf Stingel and Paul Sietsema employ illusionistic painting and drawing, others' use of materials is surprising--Thomas Demand's video of what appears to be a rainstorm is made from animated candy wrappers; Susan Collis' sculpture of construction debris is fashioned from exotic hardwoods, mother of pearl and silver. What binds these artists together is their rejection of the easy route technology might offer in favor of labor-intensive fabrication. Featuring painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, video and installations by more than 40 artists, Lifelike is the first publication to address the recent history of artists using these strategies across media.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Realism in art; Material culture in art; Art, Modern; Art, Modern;
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The rock & gem book : ...and other treasures of the natural world / by Green, Dan,1975 June 20-author.(CARDINAL)490739; Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.(CARDINAL)343764; Smithsonian Institution.(CARDINAL)141176;
Our rocky planet -- The rock cycle -- Rocks -- Minerals and gems -- Fossils -- Shells -- Famous treasures.The Rock and Gem Book is packed full of photos of natural wonders, including rocks, minerals, gems, shells and fossils. This children's encyclopedia displays more than 1,200 full-color specimens, from sapphires and rubies to silver and pearl, revealing the unique qualities of each material and how it is used in industry, architecture, art and science. Including precious metals, rare fossils, tiny gemstones and giant shells, the Rock and Gem Book gives a complete overview of the Earth's naturally occurring marvels and the beautiful objects created from them.IG1130L
Subjects: Informational works.; Illustrated works.; Precious stones; Minerals; Rocks; Precious stones; Minerals; Fossils; Gems; Gems;
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 31
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