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Dumbarton Oaks houses the extraordinary art collection begun by
Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. In this book the museum publishes
the specialist collections in Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art,
along with examples from the Blisses' superb European collection,
for the first time.
When Robert Bliss recalled handling a jade Olmec figurine in
1913, he said, "That day, the collector's microbe took root in--it
must be confessed--very fertile soil." The Blisses' passion for art
bore fruit in a remarkably diverse collection: Flemish tapestries,
Renaissance furniture, and paintings by the likes of El Greco,
Renoir, and Degas. The celebrated Byzantine collection includes
floor mosaics from late antique Antioch, sumptuous jewelry, carved
ivory reliefs, liturgical silver, and a comprehensive coin and
seals collection. The Pre-Columbian collection showcases fine jade
carvings, gold jewelry, monumental sculpture, ritual weaponry,
colorful ceramics, and intricately woven textiles.
The publication of this new guidebook coincides with the
complete refurbishment of Dumbarton Oaks and the creative
reinstallation of the galleries. The curators offer highlights of
the collection, accompanied by a lucid and thought-provoking text.
"Dumbarton Oaks--The Collections" is intended as a valuable
resource and a pleasure to read for scholars and nonspecialists
alike.
For over twenty years, John Hanson Mitchell has visited Beaver
Brook almost daily. This small, slow-flowing Massachusetts stream
was of vital importance for early settlers and an indispensable
resource for the Native peoples who lived and fished along its
shores, but it has been largely forgotten in our own time.
Revisiting the river's oxbows, bends, and marshes over the course
of a year, Legends of the Common Stream combines a natural history
of Beaver Brook with a study of the people who lived on this land
and a meandering, but stunning, examination of the myths and
legends that can help us to better understand humanity's
relationship to the natural world. While Mitchell never leaves the
brook's shores, he draws from a range of traditions and takes
readers on excursions to regions and cultures across the globe and
across time, making the case that our contemporary separation from
nature goes hand in hand with our alienation from the world of
myth. This book seeks to restore these broken relationships and
offers the reminder that while cultures may come and go, the stream
goes on forever.
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History of Liberia
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