279pgs.Decorative endpapers, Blue fabric boards, the extremities have an attractive purple tint from toning. Internally fine, unmarked copy. Hundreds of full color photographs. Unclipped pictorial jacket. When built, the world of Versailles seemed so grandiose that guides and descriptions appeared from the very first years of its construction. This perfect expression of absolute monarchy, every detail of which was overseen by Lois XIV, became the model for European royal palaces thereafter.Full-color photographs taken throughout the year reflect the beauty of Versailles in all four seasons; i... View More...
345pp. Blue boards. gilt lettering on the spine. illustrated endpapers. 350 works reproduced in full color. Light wear to the bottom edge, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket is like new. This richly illustrated survey of the history of Irish painting encompasses the entire span from the middle ages to the mid-twentieth century. The book includes both well-known and virtually unknown artists, Irish artists who worked abroad as well as in Ireland, and major foreign artists who came to Ireland and worked there for extended periods. Drawing on the unique combined experienc... View More...
362pgs. Light Gray boards, black lettering on spine. Over 400 black and white, color illustrations. Light wear to the corners, otherwise an unmarked, as new copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket is like new. in mylar sleeve. This book contains texts on the Bauhaus masters Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Umbo, T. Lux Feininger, Florence Henri, Herbert Bayer, Walter Peterhans, and Moshe Raviv. These are followed by essays covering the various phases of the development of the medium at the Bauhaus, architectural and product photography, applied photography and "typofoto," the egg in 1920s photograph... View More...
unpaginated. Pictorial wraps. Crease, minimal closed tear on the lower right corner, and a larger crease on the rear panel. Internally fine, unmarked. This copy states "Museum of Modern Art Edition 1968" "In this volume of 83 deeply moving and unconventional photographs, Robert Frank portrays the shops, funeral parlors, and Fourth of July jamborees, of picnics, newsstands, crap tables, cocktail parties, jam sessions, and the drive-in movies. Here is the face of America illuminated by an unusual talent". View More...
162pgs. Teal Cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. light wear to the corner tips, otherwise as new. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos, drawings. The limestone reliefs termed "Lisht Blocks" presented in this volume were found by the Metropolitan Museum's Egyptian Expedition, which was active at Lisht from 1906 to 1934. They had been removed from earlier, probably already dilapidated, buildings by Amenemhet I, founder of the XII Dynasty, and used in the construction of his own pyramid and funerary temple. With the passage of time both pyramid and temple fell into disrepair; these b... View More...
159pgs. Black Cloth, blindstamped front panel. 340 illustrations, 70 in full color. The book, save a lightly bumped corner is an unmarked, as new copy. The unclipped pictorial jacket is bright with minute wear at the extremities. in mylar sleeve. A study of the life and work of the graphic designer who created a new look in fashion publications and whose teaching inspired the design profession. View More...
346pp. Dark Cocoa cloth, gilt lettering, mounted color print on the front panel. Over 250 color plates. Unmarked, as new copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has a touch of superficial wear. " Odd Nerdrum is a Norwegian figurative painter, born in Sweden, and considered to be one of the greatest living classical figurative painters, His work is held by museums worldwide. Themes and style in Nerdrum's work reference anecdote and narrative. Primary influences by the painters Rembrandt and Caravaggio help place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable ... View More...
213pp. Green Cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. 198 illustrations, mostly in color. Author's inscription As new,, in a beautiful pictorial dust jacket. in mylar sleeve. "he life of landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826 1900) encompassed an expansive period in United States history, when the nation's commercial, diplomatic, cultural, and scientific achievements blossomed. This lavishly illustrated book-the only comprehensive study of the artist available-describes Church's life and career and details the ways in which the artist played a part in America's development during the ninetee... View More...
88pp.32 fullpage color plates facing color enlargements of particular details. Luxurious red cloth with gilt lettering decorations. Both the book and unclipped pictorial acket have a hint of wear, otherwise fine, Author inscription to Emma Amos, pioneer African-American artist. . An artist's exploration of the erotic through an extraordinary suite of watercolor paintings that incorporate both sexual and ornamental motifs from the great art of the world, East and West, in surprising and amusing juxtapositions. View More...
128pp. 6 Color plates, black and white illustrations throughout. A hint of edgewear, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has edgewear. The author introduces the reader to three contemporary painters Chang Da-chien, Ting Yin-Yung, Ch'eng Shih-fa. the author obtained his information from conversations with the artist's friends and students residing in Hong Kong. View More...
271pp. Blue Cloth, 366 illustrations, including 300 plates in full color. As new in as new jacket. This comprehensive and critical history of pop art charts its international development, and describes and illustrates the work of over 130 artists, including Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Peter Blake, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein.. View More...
599pgs.Brown Cloth, 904 illustrations, including 145 in full color, many with gold, plus 135 plans, elevations, sites and diagrams, and 15 maps and charts. gilt lettering with tipped in Mummy on the front panel. Would be new except for dampstain only on the lower spine which runs to the lower corners of the covers. Gorgeous color jacket has light toning to the edges near the spine, otherwise as new. Housed in a sturdy pictorial slipcase with minor rubs. An exhaustive work covering all aspects of the Art of Ancient Egypt. It covers the area, the artifacts, the pyramdis, temples and the historic... View More...
68p. A very good copy, with a one-quarter inch tear at the top of the front panel at the spine and a two-inch crease at the top forecorner of the back panel. View More...
351 pp. Stiff wraps illustrated with a Dali painting. Translated by Richard Howard. Clean, square and tight throughout. Remnant of price label inside front cover, slight diust soiling to page edges. Originally published in French in 1944 and published in English in 1965, this book is now a classic. Nadeau traces the evolution of Surrealism, bringing to life its many internal debates about politics and art, and relates the movement to its intellectual and artistic environment. View More...
362pgs. White Buckram with tipped in color illustration of elephants on front panel, embossed gilt lettering on the spine. Author signature, date on half-title page. toning to the edges, otherwise fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has toning, superficial wear. 219 color plates, and 75 black and white illustrations. This beautifully produced book contains four color reproductions of every serigraph, lithograph and etching that Neiman has published since he began making prints to 1980. Says "Book-of-the-Month-Club Selection on front flap of DJ, though the quality of the book appear... View More...
62pgs. Pale yellow wraps.65 plates light discoloration to covers, one corner lightly tipped. this is an extensive catalogue of the Painter-Etcher Movement of the late 19th century. Size: Quarto View More...
