Treasures Into Tractors

by Anne Odom

Author	: Anne Odom
Publisher	: Hillwood Museum & Gardens
Total Pages	: 452
Release	: 2009
Genre	: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN	:

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Sixteen scholars from Russia, Vienna, and the United States explore the fate of Russian art collections and libraries following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the institutions and individuals responsible for their sale, and the prominent collectors, libraries, and museums that acquired them. Unlike the widely publicized controversy surrounding Soviet-Nazi war loot and its restitution, the sales of the interwar period are not well known outside a small scholarly community. This volume reveals the extent of the Soviet government's voluntary ?realization? of Russia's cultural patrimony between 1918 and 1938 and its consequences for both the international art market and the perception of Russian art. The imperial Easter eggs by Fabergé and Old-Master paintings purchased by Andrew Mellon from the State Hermitage and now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. are the most celebrated works that changed hands. Equally significant are the bibliographic rarities from imperial libraries, icons and liturgical art from churches and monasteries, and antiques, furnishings and fine art from estates, palaces, and private homes. See the review in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/ggantiques/list.html

Reclaiming and Redefining American Exhibitions of Russian Art

by Roann Barris

Author	: Roann Barris
Publisher	: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages	: 208
Release	: 2023-08-23
Genre	: Art
ISBN	: 1000927660

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This book examines the history of American exhibitions of Russian art in the twentieth century in the context of the Cold War. Because this history reflects changes in museological theory and the role of governments in facilitating or preventing intercultural cooperation, it uncovers a story that is far more complex than a chronological listing of exhibition names and art works. Roann Barris considers questions of stylistic appropriations and influences and the role of museum exhibitions in promoting international and artistic exchanges. Barris reveals that Soviet and American exchanges in the world of art were extensive and persistent despite political disagreements before, during, and after the Cold War. It also reveals that these early exhibitions communicated contradictory and historically invalid pictures of the Russian or Soviet avant-garde. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, and Russian studies.

Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors

by Robert N. Pripps

Author	: Robert N. Pripps
Publisher	: Voyageur Press
Total Pages	: 208
Release	: 2016-07-01
Genre	: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN	: 0760351295

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All the classic farm tractors you remember, plus new ones to discover, are all here in this complete photo-packed collection. A classic farm tractor is a conversation starter and a comforting reminder of childhoods on the farm and adulthoods twisting a wrench in the driveshaft. Tractors are cultural touchstones of another era, as familiar as the smell of apple pie baking in a farmhouse kitchen. All of that nostalgia is here in Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors. In this photo-saturated guidebook, you'll recognize the big brands of classic farm tractors, such as Allis-Chalmers, J. I. Case, Caterpillar, John Deere, Ford, and International Harvester (including Farmall). Also well-represented are small and no-longer-existing brands like Advance-Rumely, Cockshutt, Eagle, Fate-Root-Heath, Harry Ferguson, Friday Tractor, Hart-Parr, and Minneapolis-Moline. There are tractors from the United States, Canada, and Europe. Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors includes more than just handsome color photos of these powerful machines. Each model description includes all the pertinent details: engine rpms, type of fuel, maximum speed, wheel configurations, weight, number of plows the tractor can handle, and variations. With more than five hundred tractor models and an array of color photographs depicting the most iconic ones, Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors is a valued addition to any tractor lover's bookshelf.

Selling Russia's Treasures

by N. I︠U︡ Semenova

Author	: N. I︠U︡ Semenova
Publisher	: Abbeville Press
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2013
Genre	: Art
ISBN	: 9780789211545

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Selling Russia's Treasures documents one of the great cultural dramas of the twentieth century: the sale, by a cash-hungry Soviet government, of the artistic treasures accumulated by the Russian aristocracy over the centuries and nationalized after the October 1917 revolution. An astonishing variety of objects, from icons and illuminated manuscripts to Fabergé eggs and Old Master paintings, entered the collections of wealthy Westerners like Andrew Mellon and Armand Hammer in the 1920s and 30s. Written by the leading experts in the field and long regarded as the definitive book on the subject, the original Russian edition of Selling Russia's Treasures is sought after scholars and laymen alike. Now, for the first time, it is made available in English, in a revised and expanded edition that includes a new chapter on the secret files of the Hermitage, previously considered lost, as well as new research on the sale of religious art, and of twentieth-century French masterworks from the Museum of New Western Art. Numerous color plates reunite long-dispersed works in a virtual museum that illustrates the powerful blow inflicted on Russia's cultural heritage by these secretive sales, and rare photographs and archival documents help bring this buried history to light.

The Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors, Expanded Edition

by Robert N. Pripps

Author	: Robert N. Pripps
Publisher	: Motorbooks
Total Pages	: 259
Release	: 2020-10-20
Genre	: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN	: 0760368449

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All of the history, tech data, and design of collectible farm tractors are captured in this expanded edition. You'll find all of the landmark models from all of the marquee brands.

Christmas at the Beach: A Holiday Duo Box Set

by Jan Moran

Author	: Jan Moran
Publisher	: Sunny Palms Press
Total Pages	: 471
Release	: 2022-10-20
Genre	: Fiction
ISBN	: 1647781302

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Limited Edition Holiday Book Duo! Celebrate a joyous and heartwarming holiday season with two enchanting, full-length holiday novels from the USA Today bestselling author of the Summer Beach and Coral Cottage series. Families and friends come together in the seaside community of Summer Beach, where a unique discovery awaits in an old beach house inn, and a summer holiday musical production brings the community together at a new amphitheater. Seabreeze Christmas - When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay discover crates of vintage Christmas decorations at the Seabreeze Inn, they decide to open their historic beach house to the village of Summer Beach. From a Gingerbread Bake-off and a Santa Sprint on the beach to a mysterious guest who has an unusual effect on those around him, the Seabreeze Inn is the place to be this holiday season. Families and friends come together, and love is in the air—until a priceless discovery at the beachside inn complicates matters. Coral Holiday - Marina Moore's new Coral Cafe is a Summer Beach favorite of locals and visitors alike. When her sister Kai throws her energy into helping create a Summer Beach performing arts theater, the entire family gets involved. Soon they are in a race to open by the holiday season. Join residents and guests in this small beach village for the warmest of holiday gatherings as sleigh bells ring across the beach in a delightful holiday novel. Celebrate Christmas and a season of joy in the small town of Summer Beach. This delightful duo is available for a limited time this holiday season! Read these as stand-alone novels or, even better, as part of the Summer Beach and Coral Cottage series. (For the Summer Beach series, begin with Seabreeze Inn. For the Coral Cottage series, begin with Coral Cottage. Seabreeze Inn is the recommended entry into the Summer Beach world.)

The Life Cycle of Russian Things

by Matthew P. Romaniello

Author	: Matthew P. Romaniello
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages	: 411
Release	: 2021-09-09
Genre	: History
ISBN	: 135018604X

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The Life Cycle of Russian Things re-orients commodity studies using interdisciplinary and comparative methods to foreground unique Russian and Soviet materials as varied as apothecary wares, isinglass, limestone and tanks. It also transforms modernist and Western interpretations of the material by emphasizing the commonalities of the Russian experience. Expert contributors from across the United States, Canada, Britain, and Germany come together to situate Russian material culture studies at an interdisciplinary crossroads. Drawing upon theory from anthropology, history, and literary and museum studies, the volume presents a complex narrative, not only in terms of material consumption but also in terms of production and the secondary life of inheritance, preservation, or even destruction. In doing so, the book reconceptualises material culture as a lived experience of sensory interaction. The Life Cycle of Russian Things sheds new light on economic history and consumption studies by reflecting the diversity of Russia's experiences over the last 400 years.

Visualizing Russia

by Cynthia Hyla Whittaker

Author	: Cynthia Hyla Whittaker
Publisher	: BRILL
Total Pages	: 216
Release	: 2010-07-14
Genre	: History
ISBN	: 9004191852

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The Romantic search for a national past was a European preoccupation in the first half of the nineteenth century. In Russia, this process led to the formation of the Russian style that has to today so captivated the world's imagination. While the manifestations of this style are easily recognizable in gleaming gilt, vibrant colors, onion domes, peasant costume, and tsarist regalia, hardly anyone has realized the pioneering and defining role that Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892) played in the development of a Russian national aesthetic. This book rescues Solntsev from obscurity and celebrates his major contributions to the arts, archaeology, architecture, ethnography, icon painting, restoration work, and Russian nationalist ideology as well as place his work in a general European context. Contributors include: Marc Raeff, Wendy Salmond, Richard Wortman, Anne Odom, Irina Bogatskaia, Marina Evtushenko, Olenka Pevny, Irina Reyfman, Nathaniel Knight, Lauren M. O'Connell, and J. Robert Wright.

Heritage under Socialism

by Eszter Gantner

Author	: Eszter Gantner
Publisher	: Berghahn Books
Total Pages	: 362
Release	: 2021-10-15
Genre	: History
ISBN	: 1805393790

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How was heritage understood and implemented in European socialist states after World War II? By exploring national and regional specificities within the broader context of internationalization, this volume enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical scope of heritage studies through a series of fascinating case studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist world’s diverse interpretations of heritage and the ways in which they have shaped the trajectories of present-day preservation practices.