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George Miksch Sutton is one of the best known and most beloved bird artists of the twentieth century. This marvelous book presents thirty-five paintings of downy chicks, nestlings, and fledglings painted from life by Sutton. The exquisite watercolors, housed in the Field Museum of Natural History, span three decades and ...more
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This examination of Vanbrugh's work as a landscape designer also discusses other contemporary architects, designers, botanical collectors and illustrators such as Hawksmoor, Wren, Archer and Lord Burlington, and provides a survey of all the significant baroque landscape designs. An introduction sets the cultural and political scene, describing Vanbrugh's early life, ...more
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This accessible, well-illustrated account of the birth and growth of the national preservation movement describes the history of the protection and appreciation of buildings, archaeological sites and other relics of Britain's man-made past. Experts examine key themes in the development of historical preservation: the role of pressure groups since Victorian ...more
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With colour reproductions of his designs and extracts from his poetry and prose, a biography of William Morris, looking at the man himself, his stormy friendships, his relationship with Jane Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his single-minded devotion to his work. Published to coincide with the centenary of Morris's ...more
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For 250 years chapels have been at the heart of Black Country life - both social and religious. Poor social conditions in this heavily industrialised area stimulated the growth of religious nonconformity, and chapel influence is strong even today, despite many closures and demolitions over the last few years. While ...more
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This book uses illustrations of contemporary paintings, drawings, tomb sculptures and buildings to illuminate a discussion of Shakespeare's theatre, and to give an idea of how Shakespeare's contemporaries would have seen the setting, staging and costuming of his plays. ...more
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