Results 141 to 150 of about 43,102 (236)

A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Porcelain mortar and pestle [Set C], c1920, 1 from set of 6

open access: yes, 1920
Six porcelain Wedgwood, American circa 1920 mortars and pestles. 4" height and 6 1/4" diameter and pestles are 8" length.circa 1920Mortar Height, Diameter: 10.3cm, 17.63cm (4.02in, 6.88in)Pestle Length, Diameter: 20.02cm, 4.2cm (7.81in, 1 ...

core  

Microplastic Dynamics in Sediment Layers of Two Ramsar‐Designated Wetlands

open access: yesWater and Environment Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the vertical and spatial dynamics of microplastics in relation to hydrology and land use, particularly in African context. This study aimed to assess the abundance, type, colour and vertical distribution of microplastics in sediment from two Ramsar‐designated wetlands, the Makuleke and Nylsvley. Sediment core samples were
Nelisiwe Ngomane   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arcanum: mapping 18th century porcelain

open access: yes, 2005
Installation project that addresses the interface between architecture and ceramics. In this and its companion piece, ‘House for an Art Lover’, an installation at Blackwell, de Waal aimed to interpret particular spaces rather than reproduce solitary ...
de Waal, E.
core  

Porcelain mortar and pestle [Set B], c1920, 6 from set of 6

open access: yes, 1920
Six porcelain mortars in bowl form and pestles by Wedgwood, American circa 1920. Approximately 3 1/4" height and 5" diameter and pestles are 7 1/2" length.circa 1920Mortar Height, Diameter: 7.4cm, 12.7cm (2.89in, 4.95in)Pestle Length, Diameter: 19.4cm, 4.

core  

The Material Basis of 18th‐Century Meissen Porcelain

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 5, Page 908-918, October 2026.
ABSTRACT In the summer of 1708, the quest for making hard‐paste porcelain from Saxonian clay and other mineral resources succeeded. This was achieved by applying as its essential ingredient newly discovered pure kaolin from Heidelsberg near Aue, western Saxon Ore Mountains.
Robert B. Heimann
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy