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Giovanni Antonio Remondini
Remondini was a firm of print publishers, based in Bassano del Grappa from the mid-17th century to 1860, which was run by consecutive generations of the Remondini family: * Giovanni Antonio (1634–1711), the founder; * Giuseppe (1672–1742), son of the above; * Giovanni Antonio (1700–1769) and Giambattista (1713–1773), sons of the above; * Giuseppe (1745–1811). References Further reading * Bellini, Paolo (1995). "''Dizionario della stampa d'arte: calcografi, silografi, litografi, stampatori, editori, movimenti artistici, scuole regionali e nazionali, riviste illustrate, tecniche"''. (in Italian) ictionary of Art Printmaking: chalcographers, silographers, lithographers, printers, publishers, art movements, regional and national schools, illustrated magazines, techniques 1st ed. MilanA. Vallardi ISBN 978-88-11-91710-6 * Boschloo, Anton Willem (1998). The Prints of the Remondinis'. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. * Fuhring, Peter (1994)"The Remondini Family [R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassano Del Grappa
Bassano del Grappa ( vec, Basan or ''Bassan'', ) is a city and ''comune'', in the Vicenza province, in the region of Veneto, in northern Italy. It bounds the communes of Cassola, Marostica, Solagna, Pove del Grappa, Romano d'Ezzelino, Campolongo sul Brenta, Conco, Rosà, Cartigliano and Nove. Some neighbourhoods of these communes have become in practice a part of the urban area of Bassano, so that the population of the whole conurbation totals around 70,000 people. The 16th century painter Jacopo Bassano was born, worked, and died in Bassano, and took the town name as his own surname. History Prehistoric and Roman periods The city was founded in the 2nd century BC by a Roman called Bassianus, whence the name, as an agricultural estate. However, an ancient bronze sword (called "spada di Riccardo"), found in 2009 and dating back to the 7th century BC, possibly between the 18th and 15th century BC, suggests that the area of Bassano was already inhabited not just in the pre-Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.Among the national museums in London, sculpture and decorative and applied art are in the Victoria and Albert Museum; the British Museum houses earlier art, non-Western art, prints and drawings. The National Gallery holds the national collection of Western European art to about 1900, while art of the 20th century on is at Tate Modern. Tate Britain holds British Art from 1500 onwards. Books, manuscripts and many works on paper are in the British Library. There are significant overlaps between the coverage of the various collections. The British Museum was the first public national museum to cover all fields of knowledge. The museum was established in 1753, largely b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam University Press
Amsterdam University Press (AUP) is a university press that was founded in 1992 by the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is based on the Anglo-Saxon university press model and operates on a not-for-profit basis. AUP publishes scholarly and trade titles in both Dutch and English, predominantly in the humanities and social sciences and has a publishing list of over 1400 titles. It also publishes multiple scholarly journals according to the open access publishing model.AUP Journals , Amsterdam University Press. Retrieved on 24 July 2014. From 2000 until 2013, the AUP published the journal ''Academische Boekengids'' (Academic Book Guide) with book reviews written by editors from multiple Dutch universities. Objectives AUP makes use of the |
