1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996397424103316

Titolo

Hocus pocus junior [[electronic resource] ] : the anatomy of legerdemain. or, The art of jugling set forth in his proper colours, fully, plainly and exactly so that an ignorant person may thereby learn the full perfection of the same, after a little practise.  Unto each trick is added the figure, where it is needful for instruction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by G. Dawson, and are to be sold by Thomas Vere, at the Angell without Newgate, 1654

Edizione

[The fourth edition, with many additions.]

Descrizione fisica

66 p. : ill. (woodcuts)

Soggetti

Magic tricks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in: British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689627803321

Titolo

Firestone tire recall : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, September 12, 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 113 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Automobiles - Tires - Defects - United States

Product recall - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964796103321

Autore

Carrier David <1944->

Titolo

Museum skepticism : a history of the display of art in public galleries / / David Carrier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2006

ISBN

9786613022165

9781283022163

1283022168

9780822387572

0822387573

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

708.009

Soggetti

Art museums - Social aspects

Art museums - Philosophy

Art - Exhibition techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-304)and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. "Beauty and art, history and fame and power" : on entering the



Louvre -- 2. Art and power : time travel in the museum -- 3. Museum skeptics -- 4. Picturing museum skepticism -- 5. Art museum narratives -- 6. Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum -- 7. Ernest Fenollosa's history of Asian art -- 8. Albert Barnes's foundation and the place of modernist art within the art museum -- 9. The display of absolutely contemporary art in the J. Paul Getty museum -- 10. The end of the modern public art museum : a tale of two cities -- Conclusion : What the public art museum might become

Sommario/riassunto

Prominent art historian looks at the birth of the art museum and contemplates its future as a public institution.