Designing With Light: Public Places : Lighting Solutions for Exhibitions, Museums and Historic Spaces (Designing With Light Series)

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How to Light a historic interior appropriately—or create a realistic period look—can be a perplexing problem. Few people want to return to the days when light came mainly from candles, kerosene, gas or available sunlight. But acceptable ways of re-creating old lighting do exist, and Lighting for Historic Buildings shows how to find them. This invaluable guide provides both a history of lighting in America and a catalog of 481 suitable reproductions available today. Noted historian Roger Moss shows how interiors from the 1620s to the 1930s can be well lighted yet still maintain their character. Reproductions are organized by lighting source (candles, burning fluids, kerosene, gas and electricity) and fixture type (chandeliers, wall brackets and hall lights). Also included are chapters on street lighting and specialty items, a glossary and a reading list.

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smooth transaction, exact product, nice&easy supplier.......2007-05-14

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The Resource Reference.......2001-06-04

Noted historian Roger Moss provides a concise history of lighting and a resource of over 480 suitable reproductions organized by light source and fixture type. Includes valuable bibliography, suppliers and glossary. Highly recommended.

Electric Wiring and Lighting in Historic American Buildings

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Electric Wiring and Lighting in Historic American Buildings
Maxmilian L. Ferro Aia Riba , and Melissa L. Cook
Manufacturer: AFC/a Nortek Co.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MIIA34

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Guidelines for restoration and rehabilitation projects 11"L/8.5"W

Electric wiring and lighting in historic American buildings: Guidelines for restoration and rehabilitation projects

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Electric wiring and lighting in historic American buildings: Guidelines for restoration and rehabilitation projects
Maximilian L Ferro
Manufacturer: AFC/A Nortek Company
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Lighting Historic Buildings
Derek Phillips
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Binding: Hardcover

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Ultimate Lighting Design (Ultimate)

ASIN: 0070498644

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Modern lighting techniques help you showcase and beautify historic buildings! Now you can design better, more efficient illumination for older structures with Lighting Historic Buildings by Derek Philips. You'll know how to incorporate modern lighting into buildings built decades--or centuries--before flourescent bulbs, TV screens, computer monitors and OSHA requirements were invented. Whether you're renovating, refurbishing or expanding an illumination system, lighting historic buildings shows you proven strategies and designs for using both natural and artificial light to achieve outstanding results. Plus, over 200 full color illustrations show you the best lighting solutions for offices, residences, churches, industrial facilities, and change-of-use properties worldwide. Uding the expert techniques you'll find in this one-of-kind resource, you'll see how to provide modern and efficient lighting designs while retaining the original beauty and integrity of historic buildings.

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Lighting Historic Buildings: A Prospectus

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Lighting Historic Buildings: A Prospectus
Derek Phillips
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0750633425

Climate in Museums and Historic Buildings (Wissenschaftliche Reihe Schonbrunn)

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Climate in Museums and Historic Buildings (Wissenschaftliche Reihe Schonbrunn)

Manufacturer: Schloss Schonbrunn, Kultur-u. Betriebsges.mbH
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ASIN: 3901568514

Glass fibre-optics lighting for historic building (Technical leaflet)

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Glass fibre-optics lighting for historic building (Technical leaflet)
Gersil Newmark Kay
Manufacturer: American Association for State and Local History
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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LIGHTING HISTORIC BUILDINGS
Derek Phillips
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
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ASIN: B000OG2F7G

The Complete Home Potter: A Practical, Accessable Course in Pottery Skills and Techniques Including Wheel Throwing and Hand-Building; over 800 photographs and 30 step-by-step projects
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Nice Pottery Overview

The Complete Home Potter: A Practical, Accessable Course in Pottery Skills and Techniques Including Wheel Throwing and Hand-Building; over 800 photographs and 30 step-by-step projects
Josie Warshaw
Manufacturer: Lorenz Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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Wheel-Thrown Pottery (DIY): An Illustrated Guide of Basic Techniques from the Hit DIY Show Throwing Clay (DIY Network)

Thrown Pottery Techniques Revealed: The Secrets of Perfect Throwing Shown in Unique Cutaway Photography

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Decorating Techniques (Ceramics Class)

ASIN: 0754815323

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A highly practical, accessible approach to creating bezutiful ceramics.

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Nice Pottery Overview.......2007-09-19

This is a very nice overview of a variety of techniques and some rather complex projects. While it is well illustrated, it isn't for the beginner. I've been turning and hand-building for a couple years (spare time hobby) and there are many projects in this book that I admire but don't quite have the skill set to try to emulate.

I do come back to this book every few months, and always learn something new from it.

If you have other Warshaw pottery books, you may notice the same photos/projects appear in this volume.

The Complete Potter: Throwing (The Complete Potter)

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Excellent starter book, clear text and photographs
The Complete Potter, Throwing

The Complete Potter: Throwing (The Complete Potter)
Richard Phethean
Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0812232992

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Excellent starter book, clear text and photographs.......2004-02-25

I confess that in my 30-second browse of this book at the library, I was not that excited about the book. Most of the photos are black and white and the book is very short. I decided to check it out anyway because I could, but I was sure that I would prefer the other book that I was looking at (Joaquim Chavarria's "Throwing Techniques") because of it's much better "shelf appeal" with glossier pages and color photo's. I read both books cover to cover and the Phethean book is much much better.

The pictures although not glossy, are very clear, and the text is clear and reinforces the pictures. In addition, he shows a color photograph of a completed piece that relates to the technique just demonstrated. He uses examples that are manageable for beginners and this book would nicely supplement a class at a local studio. (Chavarria's book is not teaching what most beginner classes in this country would teach.) Phethean also uses appropriate sizes of clay for a beginner. Some of the pieces he works on in the book are large to get a better view of what is being done, but he gives folks sound advice about slowly increasing the amount of clay. He also gives a table listing an appropriate amount of clay to use for a number of common pieces.

The techniques demonstrated in the Chavarria book are very cumbersome and advanced, I have taken many throwing classes and never encountered some of these techniques. The text is awful, and the authors' attitude is that you must do exactly what he says to master throwing. Consequently most of his text concentrates on where each finger should be and it is difficult to follow.

Phethean has a much more relaxed approach saying that finding what works is personal, he uses pictures to show the position of his hands, but uses the text to describe what the student should be accomplishing with each movement.
All in all, it is an excellent book that I would highly recommend to anyone interested in learning to throw.

The Complete Potter, Throwing.......2000-03-24

The book itself is not of quality binding, but the information contained within is. A good book for beginners and begin-again-ers. Processes are described step by step with excelent photos or line drawing examples.

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When Georgia O'Keeffe first visited New Mexico in 1917, she was instantly drawn to the stark beauty of its unusual architectural and landscape forms. In 1929, she began spending part of almost every year painting there, first in Taos, and subsequently in and around Alcalde, Abiquiu, and Ghost Ranch, with occasional excursions to remote sites she found particularly compelling. Georgia O'Keeffe and New Mexico is the first book to analyze the artist's famous depictions of these Southwestern landscapes.

Beautifully illustrated and gracefully written, the book accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It reproduces the exhibition's 50 paintings and includes striking photographs of the sites that inspired them as well as diagrams of the region's distinctive geology. The book examines the magnificence of O'Keeffe's work through essays by three noted authors. Barbara Buhler Lynes, Curator of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and organizer of the exhibition, discusses the relationship of the artist's paintings to the places that inspired her.

Frederick Turner offers an illuminating essay contrasting O'Keeffe's fabled aloofness from the well-established art colony in Santa Fe with her intense closeness to the local landscape she so fiercely loved. Lesley Poling-Kempes furnishes a fascinating chronicle of O'Keeffe's years in the region as well as a useful explanation of the geological forces that produced the intense colors and dramatic shapes of the landscapes O'Keeffe painted.

EXHIBIT SCHEDULE:

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 11-September 12, 2004

Columbus Museum of Art
Columbus, Ohio
October 1, 2004-January 16, 2005

Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Buffalo, New York
January 28-May 08, 2005

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Living in New Mexico.......2007-07-29

I live 12 miles from Abiquiu, New Mexico where Georgia O'Keefe lived and painted the last 39 plus years of her life. One can only imagine the beauty from her paintings unless you've had the opportunity to see it in person. The book does have quite a few of the paintings she did while living in Abiquiu and at Ghost Ranch; however, if you are interested in reading about her life, the book to read is Portrait of An Artist; A Biography of Georgia O'Keefe by Laurie Lisle. I couldn't put the book down!

A Perfect Place.......2005-08-20

I've toured her home in Abiquiu, visited the museum in Santa Fe, and now toured Ghost Ranch to view the locales of many of Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings. This book is a perfect reminder of these experiences and one I already treasure.

Intimate Landscapes: The Canyon Suite of Georgia O'Keeffe

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Intimate Landscapes : The Canyon Suite of Georgia O'Keeffe

Intimate Landscapes: The Canyon Suite of Georgia O'Keeffe
Dana Self
Manufacturer: Universe Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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Hauntingly romantic, the 28 recently discovered watercolors featured in Intimate Landscapes were created by a twentysomething Georgia O'Keeffe when she first moved to the American Southwest to teach art. This stunning volume, which measures only 7 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches, is essential for any O'Keeffe fan. The beautifully reproduced images convey the glory of the Southwest in vivid reds, purples, and golds, revealing the astonishing potency of the young artist's emerging vision. Not only do these works highlight an important period in O'Keeffe's early career and represent a turning point in her personal style, but they also clearly depict her intense relationship with nature. Accompanying the paintings are excerpts from O'Keeffe's letters and writings, as well as musings by such luminaries as Willa Cather and Wassily Kandinsky. The remarkable paintings work on two levels: they present a stirring vision of the majesty of a vast landscape while simultaneously delving into intimate personal territory. For the first time we see the solitude and meditation that characterize much of O'Keeffe's later work.

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Intimate Landscapes : The Canyon Suite of Georgia O'Keeffe.......2001-01-12

Exquisite book - captured my daughter's heart (10 yrs old) when we were waiting for dinner to be served at a B&B in Galisteo N.M. While not O'Keeffe's most famous works, this is an intimate book, with poems. Would love to find one for her.

Georgia O'Keeffe, the artist's landscape

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Wonderful photography

Georgia O'Keeffe, the artist's landscape
Todd Webb
Manufacturer: Twelvetrees Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006EIIW2

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Wonderful photography.......2004-12-29

If you have any interest in Georgia O'Keeffe or the area in New Mexico where she lived, you will definitely appreciate this book. Todd Webb is an exceptional photographer. I treasure my book.

Georgia O'Keeffe: Selections From 100 Flowers In the West and The New York Years

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Selections From 100 Flowers In the West and The New York Years

Manufacturer: Callaway Editions
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0935122788

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One Hundred Flowers brought together 100 of OKeeffes greatest paintings of flowers, many of which hadnt been seen since they were first exhibited in the 1920s. The book is a groundbreaking publication in the history of art publishing. Never before has such a large and expensive art book been so successful. It has been reprinted in a variety of formats and continues to sell in those and in its original size. As the ultimate gift book, One Hundred Flowers is a national treasure. Published by Callaway Editions through Barnes & Noble, hardcover: 13 5/8 inches x 16 3/8 inches, 1st Ed. published 1998.

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After ten years writer Garth Ennis (Preacher) returns to Mega-City One for the ultimate Dredd saga.

In Helter Skelter, the very structure of reality is altered in Mega-City One. Dredd finds himself on the run, pursued by ghosts and demons from his own past. Walls between alternate dimensions are collapsing, unleashing other-Earth counterparts of Dredd's vilest villains. And in charge, the one man to comprehensively bring Mega-City One to its knees on a previous occasion, Chief Judge Cal.

Dredd's only hope of saving the city lies in the reluctant figure of warp specialist Darien Kenzie. All he's got to do is keep her alive. And himself, of course...

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