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Frank Cheney: Inventor, Manufacturer, Traveller
Alice Bushnell CheneyDescribes Frank Cheney's trip to California via Panama on his way to Shanghai, China to purchase raw silk for the Cheney Brothers silk mills in Manchester, Conn., his inability to book passage to China because sailors deserted to search for ...
The Homes of Giorgio Vasari
Liana CheneyThis book is the first to focus on Vasari’s decorative cycles for his homes in Arezzo and Florence, revealing the significance of the artistic, cultural, and historical milieu of the sixteenth century.
Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America
Dick CheneyA new book by former Vice President and #1 New York Times bestselling author Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney.
Readings in Italian Mannerism
Liana De Girolami CheneyThe aim of this book is to focus on the origin of the historiography of the terms "Mannerism" and "Maniera" in paintings and drawings of the sixteenth-century in Italy.
Essays on women artists: "the most excellent"
Liana CheneyThis two-volume collection of essays celebrates the diversity of artistic style and thematic contributions of female artists from the Renaissance period to the present day.
Dictionary of Artists' Models
Jill Berk JiminezADVISERS Susan P. Casteras Liana De Girolami Cheney Marie Lathers Jan Marsh Pamela Gerrish Nunn Gill Saunders CONTRIBUTORS Henry Adams Sherman Reed Anderson Christopher D.M. Atkins Colin B. Bailey Suzanne Bailey ...
The Land and the Loom: Peasants and Profit in Northern ...
Liana VardiAbout the Author Liana Vardi is Assistant Professor of History at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vardi, Liana. The land and the loom : peasants and profit in northern France , ...
Giorgio Vasari's Teachers: Sacred & Profane Art
Liana CheneyThis book examines the artistic, cultural, and historical influence of Giorgio Vasari’s teachers, mentors, and patrons on his sacred and profane paintings.
Giorgio Vasari's Prefaces: Art & Theory
Liana CheneyBy virtue of this text, Vasari was knows as the "first art historian" since Pliny the Elder. This volume provides an opportunity to study and understand the art, theory, and visual culture of Giorgio Vasari and sixteenth century Italy.
Edward Burne-Jones' Mythical Paintings: The Pygmalion of the ...
Liana CheneyThis book focuses on Sir Edward Burne-Jones mythical paintings from 1868 to 1886 and analyzes two main concepts: Burne-Jones assimilation of Neoplatonic ideal beauty as depicted in his solo and narrative paintings, and Burne-Jones fusion of ...
Descendants of Richard Cheney of Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Reverdy Lewin OrrellRichard Cheney was born ca. 1630 in England.
Dairy Queens: The Politics of Pastoral Architecture from ...
Meredith Martin161– 187. SaintLambert's sentimental view of the peasantry is discussed in Liana Vardi, “Imagining the Harvest in Early Modern Europe,” American Historical Review, 101, no. 5 (December 1996): 1395 – 1396. 21 Liana Vardi, “Rewriting the ...
Boston in Motion
Frank CheneyAuthors Frank Cheney and Anthony M. Sammarco trace the stories from the earliest days of public transport with the Winnissimmet Ferry to the MBTA of today.
Why: The Serial Killer in America
Margaret CheneyAs a former chief psyciatrist of a maximum-security prison, I find Margaret Cheney's book truly prophetic." Philip S. Hick, MD., San Quentin Prison.
The History and Science of Commerce in the Century of ...
Paul Burton CheneyFrance, 1713-1789 Paul Burton Cheney. The History and Science of Commerce in the Century of Enlightenment: France, 1713-1789 Paul Burton Cheney Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy ...
Asian Children's Favorite Stories: A Treasury of Folktales ...
David CongerAsian Children's Favorite Stories retold by David Conger, Kay Lyons, Liana Romulo, Joan Suyenaga and Marian Davies Toth illustrations by Patrick Yee edited by Liana Romulo TUTTLE PUBLISHING Tokyo • Rutland, Vermont • Singapore ...
Dick Cheney Saves Paris
Ryan ForsytheWith insight, humor, and a bit of "I don't know what," Ryan Forsythe turns the modern political satire on its head in this alternative historical novel exploring why Dick Cheney has done the things he's done.
Tesla: Man Out of Time
Margaret CheneyIn Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists and inventors.
Revolutionary Commerce: Globalization and the French Monarchy
Paul Burton CheneyCombining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France.
Analysis for Applied Mathematics
Ward CheneyWard Cheney Department of Mathematics University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1082 USA Editorial Board S. Axler Mathematics Department San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132 USA F.W. Gehring Mathematics ...
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