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The first detailed discussion of the greatest timepieces from the
exceptional collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Among the
world's great technological and imaginative achievements is the
invention and development of the timepiece. Examining for the first
time the Metropolitan Museum's unparalleled collection of European
clocks and watches created from the early middle ages through the
19th century, this fascinating book enriches our understanding of
the origins and evolution of these ingenious works. It showcases 54
extraordinary clocks, watches, and other timekeeping devices, each
represented with an in-depth description and new photography
showing the exterior as well as the inner mechanisms. Included are
an ornate celestial timepiece that accurately predicts the
trajectory of the sun, moon, and stars and a longcase clock by
David Roentgen that shows the time in the ten most important cities
of the day. These works, created by clockmakers, scientists, and
artists in England, Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands,
have been selected for their artistic beauty and design excellence,
as well as for their sophisticated and awe-inspiring mechanics.
Built upon decades of expert research, this publication is a
long-overdue survey of these stunning visual and technological
marvels. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by
Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum
of Art (10/26/15-05/22/16)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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