[PDF] Illustrated Catalogue eBook

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Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,66 MB
Release : 2021-04-13
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ISBN : 9781733622042

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The United States Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection encompasses 7,497 botanical watercolor paintings of evolving fruit and nut varieties; alongside specimens introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Assembled between 1886 and 1942, these remarkable, botanically accurate, watercolors were executed by some 21 professional artists (including nine women). Authored largely before the widespread application of photography, the watercolors were intended to aid accurate identification and examination of fruit varietals , for the nation's fruit growers. Documenting the transformation of American pomology, the science of fruit breeding and production, and the horticultural innovations accountable for contemporary fruit cultivation and consumption, the USDA's collection offers fascinating anthropological and horticultural insights on the fruits we ecstatically devour, and why. Encompassing fruit-suffused anecdotes and observations drawn from the fields of archaeology and anthropology, horticulture and literature, ancient representation and contemporary visual art, Atelier Éditions' kaleidoscopic examination of the USDA's pomological collection, offers readers an engaging, biophillic meditation upon the sweetest of all earth's produce.

Author : Adeze Wilford
Publisher : Walther Konig Verlag
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 18,81 MB
Release : 2021-02-26
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ISBN : 9783960988953

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Adeze Wilford, Alex Poots, Ashley James, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Howardena Pindell

Author : AGNES. DENES
Publisher : Shed
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 16,11 MB
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781732494701

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"Agnes Denes, the queen of land art, made one of New York's greatest public art projects ever in 1982. Now, the world might be catching up with her." -Karrie Jacobs, New York Times Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates accompanies the largest exhibition of the artist's work in New York to date, held at The Shed in fall 2019 as part of the arts space's opening season. Presenting more than 130 works, this comprehensive publication, presented in an embossed slipcase, spans the 50-year career of the path-breaking artist dubbed "the queen of land art" by the New York Times, famed for her iconic Wheatfield--A Confrontation (1982), for which she planted a two-acre wheatfield in Lower Manhattan on the Battery Park Landfill, in the shadow of the then recently erected Twin Towers. A major undertaking, this superb catalog includes a comprehensive text by the exhibition's curator, Emma Enderby, an interview with Denes by Hans Ulrich Obrist, essays by prominent scholars and curators including Caroline A. Jones, Lucy R. Lippard and Timothy Morton that examine Denes' multifaceted practice in new ways, writings by the artist and reflections by curators who have worked with Denes over the course of her career. New works by Denes commissioned by The Shed for the exhibition are presented in a special insert. Budapest-born, New York-based artist Agnes Denes (born 1931) rose to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s as a leading figure in conceptual, environmental and ecological art. A pioneer of several art genres, she has created work in many mediums, utilizing various disciplines--such as science, philosophy, linguistics, ecology and psychology--to analyze, document and ultimately aid humanity.

Author : E.L. Roberts & Co
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 37,81 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780486256979

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Reproduced from a rare 1903 catalog of architectural woodwork, this compilation displays a vast assortment of finely crafted products. Nearly 300 black-and-white illustrations depict interior and exterior millwork, including window blinds, brackets, china closets, church fittings, doors, frames, gable finishes, linen closets, moldings, shingles, sideboards, wainscoting, parquet floors, and other items.

Author : New Hav Cook (G and D ) and Company
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781019755495

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This book is a catalogue of carriages and other horse-drawn vehicles produced by the G. D. Cook Company of New Haven, Connecticut, in the early 20th century. The book includes photographs and descriptions of the company's products, as well as advertisements for related businesses and services. It is a valuable resource for historians of transportation and industry, as well as collectors of antique carriages and other horse-drawn vehicles. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.