Tag archives for ornament
The Art and Architecture of Canadian Cemeteries
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K. Corey Keeble
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n the little Dutch Church Burial Ground in Halifax are the paired tombstones of Philip J. Holland (d.1837) and Sarah Ann Holland (d.1842). Though damaged,...
“Nose Art” In The Royal Canadian Air Force, 1939-1945
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Article by Don B. Smith
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mmortalized in books, movies, and song, the practice of applying illustrative graphics to aircraft during wartime has existed almost since the Wright...
Of Bikes and Bondo: Doc James’s custom creations
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Article by Lee Sheppard
D.J.
Cummings was known only by his middle name, James. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, he ran a shop, an old-time gas...
plain and fancy
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Article by Sheldon Posen
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n his classes at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1970s, anthropologist Ray Birdwhistell sometimes brought in objects to prompt discussion....
deco in the detail
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Article by Paul G. Russell
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he complex background of forces that lies behind what came to be called Art Deco retrospectively in 1966 is an amalgam...
Craft, Space and Interior Design, 1855-2005
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Article by Chloë Catán
Craft, Space and Interior Design, 1855-2005
Eds. Sandra Alfoldy and Janice Helland
Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7546-5706-4 US $99.95
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he collected essays in...