Robert villard (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 357 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ; LCCN 93014293 ; LC T17 .G54 1994 ; Dewey 609.4/09/02 ; ISBN 9780060165901, 0060165901 ; OCLC 28293398 ; dark orange and black cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents" Nimrod's Tower, Noah's Ark -- The triumphs and failures of ancient technology -- The not so Dark Ages: A.D. 500-900 -- The Asian connection -- The technology of the commercial revolution: 900-1200 -- The High Middle Ages: 1200-1400 -- Leonardo and Columbus: the end of the Middle Ages ; [BOMC] ; In this account of Europe's rise to world leadership in technology, Frances and Joseph Gies make use of recent scholarship to destroy two time-honored myths. Myth One: that Europe's leap forward occurred suddenly in the "Renaissance," following centuries of medieval stagnation. Not so, say the Gieses: Early modern technology and experimental science were direct outgrowths of the decisive innovations of medieval Europe, in the tools and techniques of agriculture, craft industry, metallurgy, building construction, navigation, and war. Myth Two: that Europe achieved its primacy through "Western" superiority. On the contrary, the authors report, many of Europe's most important inventions - the horse harness, the stirrup, the magnetic compass, cotton and silk cultivation and manufacture, papermaking, firearms, "Arabic" numerals - had their origins outside Europe, in China, India, and Islam. The Gieses show how Europe synthesized its own innovations - the three-field system, water power in industry, the full-rigged ship, the putting-out system - into a powerful new combination of technology, economics, and politics. From the expansion of medieval man's capabilities, the voyage of Columbus with all its fateful consequences is seen as an inevitable product, while even the genius of Leonardo da Vinci emerges from the context of earlier and lesser-known dreamers and tinkerers. Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel is illustrated with more than 90 photographs and drawings. It is a Split Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

couverture souple. Aux Portes du Large | Nantes 1946 | 32 x 43.50 cm | en feuilles sous deux chemises | Edition originale tirée à seulement 180 exemplaires, le nôtre, l'un des 38 exemplaires avec suite sur pur fil de Renage. Les douze lithographies de Robert Villard retracent et rendent hommage au bombardement de Nantes les 16 et 23 septembre 1943. La justification du tirage ainsi que chaque planche - y compris celles de la suite, sont signées par l'artiste. Quelques rousseurs sur les premiers feuillets et mors un peu fendu, sinon bel exemplaire. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition limited to only 180 copies, ours being one of the 38 copies with duplicate suite on pure Renage thread. The twelve lithographs by Robert Villard retrace and pay homage to the bombing of Nantes on September 16 and 23, 1943. The justification page as well as each plate - including those of the suite, are signed by the artist. Some foxing on the first leaves and joints slightly cracked, otherwise a handsome copy. *.…

Hardcover. Orig dec cloth; worn, rebacked preserving backstrip. Occasional spotting; text margins sl browned; ink name on title of the architect John R Clayton. The lithograph plates, drawn for Lassus in 1851 by Gustave Jules Leroy, had been published in 1858 (the year after Lassus' early death) in a French edition by his pupil Alfred Darcel, incorporating Quicherat's 1849 commentary. They are seductively vivid, with some tone & colour, but as Carl F Barnes points out cannot be relied upon for details of Villard's drawing style. Willis' contribution is still invaluable: 'the discussions of the architectural plates, and those which relate to geometry and mechanics, have either received large additions, or are entirely new'. The title is found in two slightly differently worded states. VILLARD.…

En Feuilles. Zustand: Très bon. En feuilles - Sans lieu , ni date - 10 magnifiques bois gravés - Tirage à 50 exemplaires sur papier d'Arches - Celui-ci numéroté 31 - In folio Robert Villard , injustement méconnu fut un peintre et illustrateur Nantais - Il fut professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Nantes. Robert Villard (illustrator). …