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In 1731, the elector-king Augustus the Strong of Saxony commissioned the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen to create several hundred life-size porcelain birds and other animals to adourn the Japanese Palace in Dresden. By January 1736, 412 birds and 160 quadrupeds had been delivered His Majesty. This book deals with this subject.

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A collectible, four-color illustrated AZ treasury of gangster rappers, the hip-hop high-life, and notorious pop culture history, told through a series of graphic doodles on 3 x 3 sticky notes.

Four years ago, a Post-it note changed Marlon Sassys life.

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In Japan, the wrapping of a package is truly an art. This book studies the craft of Japanese packaging. It features the traditional Japanese packaging materials in more than two hundred black-and-white photographs.

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Takes us on a European tour through the palaces and the works of art belonging to royal and princely figures who have marked the histories of their dynasties and countries. This book sheds light on European sovereigns and their splendour: from Augustus the Strong and King of Poland to the Emperor Franz Josef and Empress Elizabeth of Austria.

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The Tansey miniatures, now housed in the Bomann Museum in Celle, form one of the most significant collections of European miniature paintings. This volume explores this collection by key periods; 168 works, mostly by French artists, are examined in actual size using the photographs of Birgitt Schmedding.

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'Pietre dure' are mosaic designs made from semi-precious stones. This book aims to capture the beauty and craftsmanship of this ancient technique of 'painting in stone'. Looking at decorative stonework techniques since prehistory, it focuses on the period from its rebirth in 16th-century Rome to the developments of the 19th century.

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World renowned for its collection of Islamic art, the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait also houses an important collection of ancient art. Covering a time span of some 4,000 years, from the Bronze Age up to the dawn of the Islamic era, this book celebrates some of the objects created in the Near East and beyond including Central and South Asia.

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Accompanying the Smithsonian Institutions major exhibition, this book features more than sixty objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran offered to the Tsars of Russia. It explores the reasons why these extraordinary gifts were presented, their artistic and cultural impact.

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Celebrates a private collection of gold, silver and jewelled boxes made to contain cosmetics, lipsticks, mirrors, combs and change. This title displays the examples ranging from an exquisite early-Ching-period box to dazzling contemporary designs.

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A history of the Palace of Versailles as the paradigm of cultural capital in Western architecture, interior design, and material culture from the 17th century to the present.

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The volume presents for the first time the entire glass production by Vittorio Zecchin for the two historical glassworks.

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This catalogue examines the development of arts and crafts from the second half of the 20th century to the present in the context of the outstanding collection of the Museum Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts) in Frankfurt, Germany.

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A history of the Basque sheepherders as told through the engravings they carved into the aspen tress throughout the Northeastern Sierra Nevada. Accompanied by essays translated into Basque, this is an elegant documentation of folk art and solitude.

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By Western Hands: Decorative Art from the Heart of the West celebrates the history of rustic design from the Adirondacks and National Park parkitecture style to the work of legendary western furnituremaker Thomas Molesworth and describes its evolution to the art form it is today.

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Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique is a rare panoramic wallpaper manufactured in France at the beginning of the 19th century. It draws its dramatic subject matter from the exploratory voyages of Europeans to the South Pacific. In this book, four extensive essays examine the collection and reception of Pacific artefacts in Europe.

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The first comprehensive introduction to the more than 2000-year-old tradition and art of painted picture scrolls in Indian Folk Art.

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