Peter Humfreys in-depth analysis of the Stafford Gallery, based on original research, shows how during the quarter century of its existence (1806-1830), it represented the greatest art collection in Regency London. It also examines the ways in which the collection was arranged and displayed.
From Big Bang to Big Brother in Fifteen Frantic Chapters
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? These questions form the title of an 1897 painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin. He knew he was pushing the limits of human knowledge by asking them. He also knew they are not new questions. Our ancestors began to ask them on the African savannah. The Roman poet Lucretius posed them in ......
The Prince of Wales Sword, from Charles I to Charles II to The Duke of M
The Sword of Monmouth tells the extraordinary story of King Charles I Prince of Wales sword and how it was handed down to King Charles II and then onto his eldest son the Duke of Monmouth. After the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the sword was first hidden in a haystack, then discovered centuries later as a prop in a pantomime.
In this first book to explore the entire history of triumphal arches, from their Roman origins to the present day, the Classicist and architectural historian Peter Howell describes arches through time, in terms of their cultural and historical significance. He also discusses the form of the arch in Renaissance painting and the rather surprising ......
Ever wondered how it all began? How it will all end? And while were waiting, whats been going on in the meantime? From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch, dark matter to antimatter, The Universe is your pocket guide to everything that ever was and ever will be - a statement that places no undue pressure on the author whatsoever.
Wars are fought by armies. But they are supported by documents--countless documents--from the first declaration to the final truce. The War on Paper shows just how revealing that rarely considered aspect of warfare can be, telling the story of World War II through close looks at twenty key documents from the IWM archives.
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ISBN-13: 9781912423002
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Battlefields, Memorials and Cemeteries of the First World War
The area of Belgium and northern France that was the Western Front is a place like no other. In a line running seven hundred kilometers from the English Channel to the Swiss border the horrors of industrialised war consumed men by the millions for over four years.When the War finally ended, entire societies were in shock and the ensuing ......
