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  • The Redouté brothers

    Masters of scientific illustration in Paris

    by Hans Walter Lack, James A. Compton, Martin W. Callmander ...
    Series series Archives
    This work provides the first comprehensive biography of the three Redouté brothers, Antoine-Ferdinand, Pierre-Joseph and Henri-Joseph. Originating from humble origins in the Ardennes, they all took root in Paris where Antoine-Ferdinand became a decorative painter. By contrast Pierre-Joseph and Henri-Joseph embarked as botanical illustrators on a scientific and aesthetic career including numerous ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Memoirs of an 18th-Century Master Colourist

    by Dominique Cardon ...
    Series Book 26 - Ancient Textiles
    Persian blue, pomegranate flower, spiny lobster, wine soup, pale flesh, dove breast, golden wax, grass green, green sand, rotten olive, modest plum, agate, rich French gray, gunpowder of the English……..just some of the color names of old fabric to fire the imagination. Memoirs on Dyeing concerns a unique manuscript from the eighteenth century; a dyers memoirs from Languedoc, containing recipes for ... Read more

    $32.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blue

    The History of a Color

    by Michel Pastoureau ...
    Series series The History of a Color
    A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color blue throughout the agesBlue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and Europeans now cite it as their favorite color. In this fascinating history, the renowned medievalist Michel Pastoureau traces the changing meanings of blue from its ... Read more

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  • The Information Master

    Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System

    by Jacob Soll ...
    Series series Cultures Of Knowledge In The Early Modern World
    "Colbert has long been celebrated as Louis XIV's minister of finance, trade, and industry. More recently, he has been viewed as his minister of culture and propaganda. In this lively and persuasive book, Jake Soll has given us a third Colbert, the information manager."---Peter Burke, University of Cambridge"Jacob Soll gives us a road map drawn from the French state under Colbert. With a stunning ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • White

    The History of a Color

    by Michel Pastoureau ...
    Translated by Jody Gladding ...
    Series series The History of a Color
    From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of the color white in visual culture, from antiquity to todayAs a pigment, white is often thought to represent an absence of color, but it is without doubt an important color in its own right, just like red, blue, green, or yellow—and, like them, white has its own intriguing history. In this richly illustrated book, Michel ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • French Literature

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Carol Clark ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Boasting one of Western culture's oldest and richest literary traditions, French literature has long been a pioneer of style and innovation. From the farcical comedies of Moliere to the torment of Baudelaire's verse, it has inspired writers and artists everywhere throughout the ages. This comprehensive Beginner's Guide tells French literature's compelling story from the beginning right up to today ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Elephant Slaves & Pampered Parrots

    Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris

    by Louise E. Robbins ...
    Series series Animals, History, Culture
    This lively history "adds a new dimension to our understanding of 18th-century France" by exploring the Parisian fashion of importing exotic animals ( American Historical Review).In 1775, a visitor to Laurent Spinacuta's Grande Ménagerie at the annual winter fair in Paris would have seen two tigers, several kinds of monkeys, an armadillo, an ocelot, and a condor—in all, forty-two live animals. In ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dressing à la Turque

    Ottoman Influence on French Fashion, 1670-1800

    by Van Cleave ...
    Series series Costume Society of America
    Exploring the significant influences of Turkish dress on French fashionWhile French fashion has historically set the bar across the Western world, the cultural influences that inspired it are often obscured. Dressing à la Turque examines the theatrical depictions of Ottoman costumes, or Turkish dress, and demonstrates the French fascination for this foreign culture and its clothing. The impact, ... Read more

    $36.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yellow

    The History of a Color

    by Michel Pastoureau ...
    Translated by Jody Gladding ...
    Series series The History of a Color
    From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the presentIn this richly illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau—a renowned authority on the history of color and the author of celebrated volumes on blue, black, green, and red—now traces the visual, social, and cultural history of yellow. Focusing on European societies, with comparisons from East Asia, ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The First Artists: In Search of the World's Oldest Art

    by Paul Bahn, Michel Lorblanchet ...
    Two of the greatest living authorities on Ice Age art delve hundreds of thousands of years into the human past to discover the earliest works of art ever made, drawing on decades of new researchWhere is the world’s very first art located? When, and why, did people begin experimenting with different materials, forms, and colors? Prehistorians have long been asking these questions, but only recently ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • The New Bibliopolis

    French Book Collectors and the Culture of Print, 1880-1914

    by Willa Z. Silverman ...
    Series series Studies in Book and Print Culture
    The late-nineteenth century in Europe was a period of profound political, social, and technological change. One result of these changes was the rise in France of an upper-bourgeois bohemian class. Many of its members stimulated interest in unique forms of artistic expression such as illustrated books. On account of their influence, an atmosphere of intense bibliophilic activity came to define ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Catching Nature in the Act

    Réaumur & the Practice of Natural History in the Eighteenth Century

    by Mary Terrall ...
    Natural history in the eighteenth century was many things to many people—diversion, obsession, medically or economically useful knowledge, spectacle, evidence for God's providence and wisdom, or even the foundation of all natural knowledge. Because natural history was pursued by such a variety of people around the globe, with practitioners sharing neither methods nor training, it has been ... Read more

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