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By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Genesee Valley Council On the Arts: 1976
Seller ID: 2275135
Condition: Very Good
Spine and wrappers lightly toned, minor ink underlining. 1976 Soft Cover. 63 pp. Number five in a Series published by the Genesee Valley Coucil of the Arts and the State University College at Geneseo, N.Y. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Art and history of Western New York dating from the 1700s to the 1900s. View more info
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By: N/A
Price: $150.00
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co., Publishers: 1876
Seller ID: 2284776
Condition: Very Good
Front joint repaired, edges rubbed, frontispiece foxed, ink name on title page. 1876 Half-Leather. vi, 380 pp. Leather spine and corners, gilt titles, blind stamped compartments, marbled endpapers. A collection of steel engravings and representing the work of a wide range of artists, with articles by various contributors. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: L.C. Page & Company: 1904
Seller ID: 2199664
Condition: Very Good
Early reprint. Spine toned. 1904 Hard Cover. ix, 389 pp. 8vo. Blue-grey cloth, gilt titles, decoration & rules, gilt top page ridge. A survey of the famous gallery which focuses on the Golden Age of painting in Italy. View more info
By: Bazin, Germain
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York Graphic Society: 1956
Seller ID: 2199985
Condition: Good
No jacket, boards toned, pages toned. 1956 Large Hardcover. 21 pp. Colored plates follow text. 54 illustrations with 46 in color. A look at Italian paintings found in the Louvre's collection. Keywords: LOUVRE FRANCE ITALIAN PAINTING ART ARTISTS View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 1967
Seller ID: 2297705
Condition: Very Good
Jacket and endpapers faintly toned. Jacket edges bumped. 1967 Large Hardcover. 441 pp. By a series of cross-sections of Classical civilization at different times, he clarifies the many currents and connections throughout the ancient world during its lengthy history, and expands the theme of Classical art as a unifying force. Greece and Greek influences, East and West; Etruscan and Italic; Rome and Roman influences, East and West--the whole world of Western art is displayed in his text and illustrations, making a vast yet unified picture of the Classical style. ...The work of major sculptors an... View more info
By: Beckford, William [Thomas]; Gemmett, Robert J.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Rutherford / Madison / Teaneck, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press: 1971
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2198602
ISBN: 0838676480
Condition: Very Good
Owner bookplate on front endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed and toned, jacket price clipped. 1971 Hard Cover. 328 pp. 8vo. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Robert J. Gemmett. A travel memoir by the British writer best known for Vathek, a pseudo-Oriental Gothic novel, but also notable for his extensive collection of art (much of which now resides in museums), and his construction of Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower. Practically a verbatim reprint of the suppressed edition of 1783... [published] in 1834 as the first volume of Italy; with some Sketches of Spain and Portugal. The 1783 edit... View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 1959
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2199945
Condition: Good
First edition. Cloth boards faintly toned. Large tear across front and rear of jacket, chip to jacket front. 1959 Hard Cover. 290 pp. Oto Bihalji-Merin was an acclaimed Yugoslav and Serbian writer, art historian, painter and art critic. In the aftermath of World War II, when art circles in Yugoslavia were pressured to adopt the socialist realism state-approved policies of the Soviet Union, Bihalji-Merin used his influence to defend modernist and naïve art styles. For this reason he is thought to have been instrumental in Yugoslavia's departure from the Soviet-style populist and heavily politi... View more info
By: Bramly, Serge; Reynolds, Sian
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Edward Burlingame / Harper Collins: 1991
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 2299290
ISBN: 0060160659
Condition: Very Good
Book club edition. Edges lightly foxed. 1991 Hard Cover. xvii, 439 pp. First published in France, Serge Bramly's acclaimed biography reveals Leonardo to be as complicated, seductive, and profoundly sympathetic as the figures he painted. Bramly spent five years gathering evidence to reconstruct the artist's life--from his early years as an illegitimate child to his death in the arms of the King of France. Includes color and black-and-white images. View more info
By: Brown, Walter R.
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Birmingham Museum of Art: 1991
Seller ID: 2198682
ISBN: 0295971304
Condition: Very Good
Very Good. 1991 Large Softcover. 176 pp. The purpose of this exhibition and catalogue is to take a broad look at the art of the Stuart era and to draw attention to the traditions that it inherited and developed, as well as to the extraordinary innovations and advances that took place during little more than a hundred years from the accession of James I in 1603 to the death of his great-grand-daughter, Queen Anne, in 1714. View more info
By: Byatt, A.S.
Price: $30.00 $24.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2271605
ISBN: 0701173106
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Pages very faintly toned. 2001 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. ix, 101 pp. A remarkable, sumptuously illustrated exploration of the links between fiction, writers of fiction and portraits -- by the acclaimed Booker Prize winner. Portraits seem the opposite of fiction, fixed in time and space, not running with the curve of a story or a life. Yet since the birth of the novel, writers have been fascinated by portraits as icons, as motifs, as images of character and evocations of past time. A.S. Byatt delves into the co... View more info
By: Cahill, Timothy
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute: 2005
Seller ID: 2295924
ISBN: 0931102634
Condition: Near Fine
A very nice copy. 2005 Large Softcover. 123 pp. Surrounded by 140 acres of expansive lawns, meadows, and walking trails in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is home to exceptional collections of European and American painting and sculpture, master prints and drawings, English silver and porcelain, and early photographs. Published on the occasion of the Clark’s 50th anniversary, this handsome book combines beautiful images with engaging narrative to capture the unique experience of “art in nature” that has made the Clark one of the coun... View more info
By: Cirici-Pellicer, Alexandre
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Skira: 1965
Seller ID: 2051436
Condition: Near Fine
1 inch jacket tear. 1965 Large Hardcover. Great information on the timeless works of art and architecture that has defined Spanish culture. View more info
By: Cochin, Charles-Nicolas; Michel, Christian
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Ecole Française de Roma: 1991
Seller ID: 2198628
ISBN: 2728302359
Condition: Near Fine
Owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1991 Large Hardcover. viii, 510 pp. 57 black-and-white plates. French text. A 1991 facsimile of the 18th century Italian travelogue, originally published in 1758. Edited by Christian Michel. Cochin was a French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic who worked for King Louis XV and traveled with the famous Madame de Pompadour on a study tour of Italy, and later toured the excavations of Herculaneum. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers: 1987
Seller ID: 2292797
ISBN: 0810907364
Condition: Very Good
Jacket edges toned, board edges lightly faded. 1987 Large Hardcover. 364 pp. Looks at a variety of beads produced around the world, discusses their religious and social aspects, and describes beaded clothing in primitive societies. Illustrated within are more than 350 plates, most in full color, showing several thousand examples of beads, beaded jewelry, and beadwork. These splendid examples of beadmaking include a 30,000-year-old necklace, a late 19th-century Cameroon mask, and the stunning wampum beadwork of North American Indians, along with amber, pearls, prized Japanese ojime, eye beads, ... View more info
By: Duclere, Teodoro; Martorell, Luisa; Russo, Mario; Fienga, Andrea
Price: $50.00
Publisher: con-fine edizioni: 2013
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2198627
ISBN: 8896427460
Condition: Near Fine
First edition - a paperback original. 2013 Large Softcover. 351 pp. Italian text. A history of the artistic works of Teodoro Duclere over a period of nearly sixty years, with over 350 images reproduced from the collection in the Museo Correale di Terranova. Dueler was born and died in Naples, Italy. He was part of the School of Posillipo and was known for his landscape paintings. View more info
By: Eco, Umberto
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Yale University Press: 1988
Edition: 4th Printing
Seller ID: 2290207
ISBN: 0300042078
Condition: Very Good
4th printing. Lightly rubbed. 1988 Trade Paperback. In the first English translation of this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. First published twenty years ago and now translated into English for the first time, the book juxtaposes theology and science, poetry and mysticism, in order to explore the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture. View more info
By: Ewing, Douglas C.; Bates, Craig; Brasser, Ted J.
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Ghylen Press: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2292799
ISBN: 1558217932
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Near fine. 1982 Large Hardcover. 401, [3] pp. The study of the native arts of North America is still in its infancy, and it will be many years until a sufficient number of objects is published to permit an overview of this artistic heritage. A principal purpose of this catalogue is to increase the number of objects easily available for study and comparison, and to introduce a large number of exceptional works of art. Pleasing the Spirits is a catalogue of a collection of American Indian art. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: European Review of Native American Studies / University of Washington Press: 2001
Seller ID: 2293145
ISBN: 3000058710
Condition: Near Fine
2001 Large Softcover. 208 pp. A collection of ethnographic studies focusing on Native American artwork, published as a memorial tribute to Norman Feder, an influential figure in the field. View more info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Abrams: 1975
Seller ID: 2204858
ISBN: 0810990075
Condition: Very Good
Tiny stain to jacket. 1975 Hard Cover. 160 pp. A loving tribute to the world of Walt Disney & his creations, drawing on unprecedented access to the Disney archives, interviews with current & past employees, & previously unpublished art work. View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Abrams: 1975
Seller ID: 2264381
ISBN: 0810990075
Condition: Good
Spine base a bit stained. 1975 Hard Cover. 160 pp. A loving tribute to the world of Walt Disney & his creations, drawing on unprecedented access to the Disney archives, interviews with current & past employees, & previously unpublished art work. View more info
By: Freeman, Margaret B.; Rorimer, James J.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: The Cloisters / The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1958
Seller ID: 2195558
Condition: Near Fine
Includes original slipcase. Book excellent. Slipcase label lightly toned, gift card affixed to front slipcase panel with handwritten note ('a very merry / Christmas to my / favorite teacher / Gretchen Boland'). A few tears and a 1 inch chip along edges of onion skin jacket, with some Japanese tissue repairs on reverse. 1958 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. 8vo. The Belles Heures, from which the ex libris and thirty-two illuminations are here reproduced in facsimile, is one of the celebrated Books of Hours created in the second decade of the fifteenth century for Jean, Duke of Berry, Prince of France (... View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Princeton University Press: 1987
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 2200645
ISBN: 0691038929
Condition: Near Fine
1987 third edition. xvi, 378 pp. A scholarly work of art history focusing on exhibitions of Chinese art that feature 41 works by 24 artists from the 14th to 20th centuries. Color frontispiece, black-and-white reproductions throughout text, with an emphasis on the historical context of the works and their value in artistic study. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Chapman and Hall: 1896
Seller ID: 2299762
Condition: Good
No jacket. Top edge lightly stained, one plate loose but included, top page ridge and a few pages lightly foxed. 1896 Hard Cover. xvi, 202 pp. With 134 illustrations. CONTENTS: Italian Art Renaissance Ironwork; German Renaissance Ironwork; Renaissance Ironwork in the Netherlands; Spanish Ironwork; Renaissance Ironwork in France; The Baroque and Rococo Periods in France, and Their Influence; Appendix: Alphabetical List of Illustrations of Ironwork Published in France, and in Germany, between the Sixteenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Index. View more info
By: Garrett, Wendell D.; Norton, Paul F.; Gowans, Alan; Butler, Joseph T.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2165558
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Faint wrinkle to jacket spine. Very Good. 1969 Large Hardcover. 412 pp. A study of various artistic disciplines during America's first full century as an independent nation, featuring chapters by four writers with diverse backgrounds related to art history. Bibliography and index follow text. View more info
By: Ginzburg, Ralph; Reik, Theodor; Nathan, George Jean
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Helmsman Press: 1958
Seller ID: 2290622
Condition: Very Good
Collector's edition. Slipcase lightly rubbed, with repair along top slipcase edge. 1958 Hard Cover. A survey of erotic art throughout history, based on the explosive Esquire magazine article. View more info
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Harper & Row: 1980
Seller ID: 2281305
ISBN: 0064300951
Condition: Good
Ink underlining. 1980 Trade Paperback. This encyclopedic guide explores the rich and varied meanings of more than 2,000 symbols—from amethyst to Zodiac. View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Paul Hamlyn: 1970
Seller ID: 2278875
ISBN: 060001245X
Condition: Good
Lightly rubbed, small wrinkle to endpaper. 1970 Hard Cover. Full-color photographs and historical information on the art of the Empire period of French history. View more info
By: Gump, Richard
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Doubleday: 1980
Edition: 8th Printing
Seller ID: 2282785
ISBN: 0385017057
Condition: Good
8th printing. Ink inscription on endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed. 1980 Hard Cover. A history of the exotic stone, from its natural history through its appearance in culture, including information through the 20th century. View more info
By: Hale, Walter
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Century Co.: 1916
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2265807
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Title page and frontispiece foxed, a few other pages foxed more lightly, small dealer bookplate on front endpaper. 1916 Hard Cover. xii, [4], 283, [3] pp. 8vo. A firsthand account of World War I France, with notes, drawings, and photographs. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Cambridge: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2204344
ISBN: 0521340160
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Light edge wear to jacket. 1986 Large Hardcover. Masterpieces of early Netherlandish painting such as Jan van Eyck's Annunciation, Rogier van der Weyden's Saint George and the Dragon, and Gerard David's Rest on the Flight into Egypt--among the greatest examples of northern Renaissance panel painting in North America--are included in this volume. The social, economic, and religious contexts of the paintings are explored, and questions of attribution and iconography are addressed. View more info
