Most Popular Books by Royal Ontario Museum

An exploration of the arctic sky--its constellations, legends and mythology, the sun, moon, planets, and ''shooting stars, '' as well as atmospheric phenomena such as aurora borealis. Combining interviews with the Inuit elders and the historical records of arctic explorers and other keen observers, The Arctic Sky is a guided tour of the arctic universe.

The seven-hundred year period beginning with the Six Dynasties and ending with the Five Dynasties may be likened to a germination stage in Chinese ceramics. Styles and techniques developed during those centuries made possible the incomparable excellence of Sung Dynasty stonewares which followed.--Introduction.

A non-fiction book for children

The 1950s were the golden years of haute couture, captured by iconic images of glamorous models wearing dramatic clothes. Yet the real women who wore these clothes adapted them to suit their own tastes, altered them to extend their life, and often could not bear to part with them long after the dresses had outlived their use. This gorgeously illustrated book demonstrates why so many of these designs are still in existence and why we are fascinated by them fifty years later. Couture and Commerce investigates how and why postwar couture fashion was important in its own day. The Paris couture houses survived due to the enthusiasm of the North American fashion press and commercial buyers. Alexandra Palmer traces the European haute couture trade with North America by following actual surviving couture dresses from the design house sketch, through the model used in New York fashion shows and as a template for copies and knock-offs, and finally to the consumer. Couture and Commerce is a remarkable mixture of accessible text, color photographs of the original garments, design house sketches and photographs, retailers’ advertisements, and society page images. Weaving together analysis of the clothes and interviews with those who traded, sold, and wore couture, Alexandra Palmer vividly recreates the 1950s fashion world.

"This manual discusses the Algonkians of the Upper Great Lakes."-- p.2 (Ontario, Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota).

"The present volume attempts to make known in published form the fine ethnological material from New Guinea and adjacent islands held by the Royal Ontario Museum, and the peoples who made these items."--Introduction.