Product Description: Le Guide du Musée Aga Khan présente de façon accessible aux visiteurs et au public le bâtiment, le parc, les œuvres d’art islamique, et la vision de ce nouveau musée de Toronto. Il donne un aperçu de la formidable richesse historique, intellectuelle et artistique du Musée, dont la collection comprend d’extraordinaires Corans, céramiques, pièces de ferronnerie, instruments scientifiques, objets de luxe, manuscrits enluminés et peints, instruments de musique et fragments architecturaux allant du IXe au XIXe siècle...read more

Product Description: A comprehensive guide to Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum that showcases its building, park, and collection of Islamic works of art. The Aga Khan Museum Guide introduces this new Toronto museum’s vision, building, park, and Islamic works of art in an accessible form to the visitor and general public...read more

Product Description: Post-independence, a generation of Indian women entered career fields such as architecture and design that had previously been closed to them. These educated professionals emerged as a pronounced political force—becoming important patrons of art, architecture, and public space—and increasingly became seen as the arbiters of taste and key shapers of the built environment...read more

Product Description:  On Location: Heritage Cities and Sites merges the material and the social perspectives of preservation and historical interpretation in urban landscapes. The essays in this volume focus on the social life of historic cities and large-scale sites...read more

Index of first lines: Abide with me, fast falls the eventide; All creatures of our God and King; All hail, adored trinity; As now the sun's declining rays; As pants the Hart for cooling streams; As with gladness men of old; Awake, my soul, and with the sun; Bethlehem, of noblest cities; Blest are the pure of heart; Bright the vision that delighted; City of God, how broad and far; Come, let us join our cheerful songs; Dear Lord and Father of mankind; Earth has many a noble city; Father, hear the prayer we offer; Firmly I believe and truly; For Thy mercy and Thy grace; Forty days and forty nights; Glory to Thee, my God, this night; Glory to Thee, who safe hast kept; God of mercy, God of grace; Hail the day that sees him rise; Hark! A herald voice is calling; Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding; How sweet the name of Jesus sounds; In stature grows the heavenly child; Jesus calls us! - O'er the tumult; Jesus Christ is risen today; Jesus shall reign where'er the sun; Jesus, where'er thy people meet; Let saints on earth in concert sing; Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass; Love divine, all loves excelling; My God, and is Thy table spread; New every morning is the love; O for a thousand tongues to sing; O God of bethel, by whose hand; O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace; Praise to the holiest in the height; Rejoice, O land, in God thy might; Saints of God! Lo, Jesu's people; Songs of praise the angels sang; Spirit of mercy, truth, and love; Take up thy cross, the saviour said; The advent of our God; The advent of our King; The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended; The head that once was crowned with thorns; The heavenly child in stature grows; The King of love my shepherd is; We sing the praise of him who died; When I survey they wonderous cross; Ye choirs of new Jerusalem; Ye watchers and ye holy ones.

Is there a universal right to the free expression and preservation of cultural heritage, and if so, where is that right articulated and how can it be protected? No corner of today’s world has escaped the effects of globalization – for better or worse. This volume addresses a deeply political aspect of heritage preservation and management as it relates to human rights.

Product Description: Art History Portable Edition by Marilyn Stokstad offers exactly the same content as Art History, Third Edition but in smaller individual booklets for maximum student portability.  The combined six segment set consists of four booklets that correspond to major periods in Western art and two that cover global art...read more