This visually stunning and technically detailed book is an in-depth analysis of the materials and techniques used on thirty eight of the VAs Renaissance frames. The book will teach the reader to recognise frame style; structure and surface decoration of the period; as well as additions and alterations and later frames in the style. * First detailed technical analysis of the VAs most important Renaissance frames * Highly illustrated with 100 + colour photos of front back and details; digital reconstructions; section profiles; and illustrations of frame types; joints and mouldings. * Provides a comparative reference for Renaissance frames in other publications Christine Powell has worked at the VA since 1993. She is a Senior Furniture Conservator specialising in gilt wood European Furniture; mirror and picture frames. She has also worked at The National Gallery London for seven years as conservator working on European painted and gilt wood altarpieces and frames and The Wallace Collection for two years on European gilt wood frames and furniture. She has taught and published articles on the history; materials techniques and conservation of gilding. Christine studied furniture making and restoration of furniture at the London College of Furniture (latterly the Metropolitan University) including wood finishing; carving and gilding. Before this she worked in private practice for furniture restoration and special paint effects firms. She also attended Epsom School of Art and Design. Zoeuml; Allen first joined the VA in 2000 to work on gilt wooden objects for the British Galleries and returned to the VA in 2003 where she has worked since as Frames and Gilded Furniture Conservator. Before joining the VA full time she worked as a conservator for both public institutions; such as English Heritage; and private practices including projects at the Royal Academy; St Paulrsquo;s Cathedral and Somerset House. Zoeuml; has published articles on her work. After a first degree in French Literature; Zoeuml; studied conservation at the City Guilds of London Art School. Her training covered the conservation of objects made from wood; stone and other sculptural materials; gilding and decorative surfaces. Internships included the National Institute for Restoration; Croatia; the Royal Collection; London and the Museum of London.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. David Managed by GoliathsBy Ravi MadhavanThe Dream Team is a thoughtful book on the rise and fall of DreamWorks SKG. The author points out the main reasons why the company started by heavyweights. Spielberg. Katzenberg and Geffen with so much hype and promise failed to meet the promise. The author attributes DreamWorks failure outside of animation due to initially trying to do it all - film. tv. interactive games. distribution. and music. The large studios (Disney. Time Warner. etc) do all of this with success but as a startup it was impossible. The inability to do all of it of course made DW dependent on film which is difficult as every year you have a few winners and many losers. The larger reason may have been that two of the three founders (S and G) had very little to prove. Spielberg was first and foremost a movie maker and not a movie mogul. He made as many movies for other studios as he did for DW. Geffen having become a billionaire after two successful ventures in the music business had no interest in the day to day operations of DW. Katzenberg was different and hence Dream Works Animation SKG is still a successful independent company. The author also does an admirable job pointing out that none of the main players involved actually failed. In terms of both financially due to the sale to Paramount and the spin off of the Animation unit and from a film perspective some movies that will go down in history as exceptional.The book was informative and easy to read at 206 pages. Mr. Kimmel is not a business journalist so I was left wanting more details of the business side. Also the narrative style as not as interesting as a similar book - "Disney War" which chronicles the downs. ups and then downs of the Walt Disney Company. However it fulfilled its thesis of explaining why Dream Works failed.9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A Must Read For Anyone Who Wants to Understand the Movie IndustryBy Michael A. BursteinDespite not having access to the principal players. Daniel M. Kimmel has written the definitive book on the rise and fall of DreamWorks. He goes into great detail on the companys successes and failures. and presents an insightful analysis explaining what this means about Hollywood in general.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy MuraliFantastic Narration
