Verlag: Merrell Publishers, 2018
ISBN 10: 1858946700 ISBN 13: 9781858946702
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: Merrell Nov 2019, 2019
ISBN 10: 1858946794 ISBN 13: 9781858946795
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: NEW. Neuware - Published to mark the reopening of the spectacular baroque interior of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich after a landmark conservation project, The Painted Hall is a wonderful celebration of what has been called 'the Sistine Chapel of the UK'. The ceiling and wall decorations of the Painted Hall were conceived and executed by the artist Sir James Thornhill between 1707 and 1726 - years that witnessed the Act of Union during the reign of Queen Anne and Great Britain's rise to become a dominant Protestant power in a predominantly Catholic Europe. The accessions to the throne of William III and Mary II in 1688 and George I in 1714 form the central narrative of a scheme that also honours Britain's maritime successes and mercantile prosperity. The artist drew on a cast of around 200 figures - a mixture of historical, contemporary, allegorical and mythological characters - to tell a story of political change, scientific and cultural achievements, naval endeavours, and commercial enterprise against a series of magnificent backdrops.
Verlag: Merrell Nov 2018, 2018
ISBN 10: 1858946700 ISBN 13: 9781858946702
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: NEW. Neuware - For more than 600 years the Livery Companies have played a leading role in commercial activities and social and political life in the City of London. These trade associations, each representing a particular craft or profession, were originally responsible for controlling, for example, wages and working conditions. As the Companies were established and incorporated by royal charter, largely in the 14th and 15th centuries, they began acquiring and adapting buildings from which to operate. The Companies' headquarters - the Livery Halls - gradually evolved from large medieval town houses to become an identifiable building type matched in scale and ambition only by the guild houses of northern European mercantile cities and the Venetian scuole. By the time of the Great Fire of London in 1666, there were at least 53 Livery Halls. Of the 40 Halls standing today, half remain on their medieval sites, but all have been rebuilt several times. To give only two examples: there have been six incarnations of Clothworkers' Hall on Mincing Lane and six Salters' Halls on three different City sites. This beautiful book is the first major exploration of these architecturally significant yet under-researched buildings.
Verlag: MERRELL, 2019
ISBN 10: 1858946794 ISBN 13: 9781858946795
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: NEW. Published to mark the reopening of the spectacular 40,000 square feet of ceiling and wall decorations of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich,The Painted Hall is a wonderful celebration of what has been called `the Sistine Chapel of the UK .Klap.
Verlag: MERRELL, 2018
ISBN 10: 1858946700 ISBN 13: 9781858946702
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: NEW. For more than 600 years the Livery Companies have played a leading role in the commerical activities and social and political life in the City of London. In the 14th and 15th centuries they began acquiring, adapting and building headquarters : the Livery H.