Category: Art - General

I DIPINTI GHIRIBIZZOSI DI GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDI., PITTORE ILLUSIONISTA DEL CINQUECENTO (1527-1593).

By: Geiger, Benno. With Lionello Levi and Oskar Kokoschka.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Firenze (Florence), Vallecchi : 1954

Seller ID: 1996

Condition: Very Good

265 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). Small envelope with four colour post cards of Arcimboldi's work laid in. *ITALIAN TEXT ONLY*. Profusely illustrated with tissue-covered colour plates and many b&w reproductions. Contents: Premesa; Giuseppe Arcimboldi; L'Arcimboldi musicisa (Lionello Levi); Epilogo (Oscar Kokoschka); Documenti; Regesti e Bibliografia; Elenco delle opere. The artist is known for his fantastic portraits made up of vegetables, animals, fruit, everyday utensils/instruments, flowers, etc. Very slight browning to page edges and to endpapers, small bump to bottom corner of front board, ...
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Image for PITTSBURGH BIENNIAL. SEPTEMBER 9 - NOVEMBER 6, 1994. BOB BINGHAM, LOWRY BURGESS, DENNIS CHILDERS, JOANNA COMMANDAROS, AARONEL DE ROY GRUBER, THOM DROEGE, CHRISTOPHER L. FETTER, JOSEPH DANIEL FIEDLER, ANN NEAL GILLEN, TIM KAULEN, BOB LA BOBGAH, ET

PITTSBURGH BIENNIAL. SEPTEMBER 9 - NOVEMBER 6, 1994. BOB BINGHAM, LOWRY BURGESS, DENNIS CHILDERS, JOANNA COMMANDAROS, AARONEL DE ROY GRUBER, THOM DROEGE, CHRISTOPHER L. FETTER, JOSEPH DANIEL FIEDLER, ANN NEAL GILLEN, TIM KAULEN, BOB LA BOBGAH, ET

By: Grote, Robert E., foreword. Introduction by Murray Horne. (John Kissick, Eleanor Heartney, Murray Horne.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1994.

Seller ID: 20763

40 pp, 11" H, soft cover. Addendum laid in. Color and b&w illustrations. The catalogue of the exhibition. Artists represented: Bob Bingham; Lowry Burgess; Dennis Childers; JoAnna Commandaros; Aaronel de Roy Gruber; Thom Droege; Christopher L. F etter; Joseph Daniel Fiedler; Ann Neale Gillen; Tim Kaulen; Bob La Bobgah; Bryan Rogers; Phil Rostek; Carolyn P. Speranza; William D. Wade. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear - light at t o p / b o t t om of spine, very light rubbing - mainly on front cover. Very Good
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THE CRAFTS AND MODE OF LIFE IN ARMENIAN MINIATURES.

By: Guevorkian, Astghik.

Price: $85.00 USD

Publisher: Hayastan, Yerevan, 1978.

Seller ID: 14080

Unpaginated (Introductory text and captions in Armenian/Russian/English, 48 color plates with captions on facing page - extensive indices), folio (13 1/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. A collection of secular miniatures from manuscripts depicting the workaday life of medieval Armenia. The plates illustrate: farming, gardening, pasturage, hunting, fishing, navigation, construction, upholstery, blacksmithing, armouring, coppersmithing, pottery, spinning, weaving, writing, garments, dancing, theatre, circus, gymnastics, musical instruments. Very light fading to top/bottom edges of boards an...
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ASIAN ART. VOLUME IV, NUMBER I. WINTER 1991: GAMES.

By: Gunter, Ann C.; Bower, Virginia L.; Simmons, Doreen.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. : 1991

Seller ID: 27142

ISBN: 0894234X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

72 pp, 11" H. Colour and b&w photographs, reproductions. Contents: The Art of Playing; Art from Wisdom: The Invention of Chess and Backgammon; Polo in Tang China: Sport and Art; The Strong Men of the Sacred Circle. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - a few soft wrinkles on covers, tiny dint on front cover.
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DRUMS A'BEATING, TRUMPETS SOUNDING: ARTISTICALLY CARVED POWDER HORNS IN THE PROVINCIAL MANNER 1746-1781.

By: Guthman, William H. Foreword by Robert F. Trent. Preface by Elizabeth Pratt Fox.

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society : 1993

Seller ID: 31079

ISBN-13: 9781881264057

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

232 pp, 12 1/4" H, teale boards with gilt lettering/border on spine, gilt lettering/decoration on front board. Map endpapers, many b&w photographs, 16 color plates. Errata slip tipped in at Foreword. The catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Connecticut Historical Society. Book has light cigarette odour, a few minor light scuff marks on the front board, very minor edge wear.
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A PORTRAIT OF THE HINDUS: BALTHAZAR SOLVYNS & THE EUROPEAN IMAGE OF INDIA 1760-1824.

By: Hardgrave, Robert L., Jr.

Price: $95.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press : 2004

Seller ID: 29291

ISBN-13: 9780195220414

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

568 pp, 12 1/8" H. 79 colour and 285 b&w illustrations. "The Flemish artist Francois Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824) is little known, but his series of etchings of the Hindus provides a rich and compelling portrait of India two hundred years ago. With commitment to faithful representation and with the sensi-bilities of an astutely observant artist, Solvyns portrays the people of India in their occupations, festi-vals and cultural life with immediacy and sympathy. Solvyns' life is itself fascinating, and his portrayal of India constitutes an unrivalled visual account of the people of Bengal i...
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ART AND THE ROMANS. CLASSICAL WORLD SERIES.

By: Haward, Anne.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Bristol Classical Press : 1999

Seller ID: 19165

ISBN-13: 9781853995583

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

99 pp, 8 1/2" H. B&w photographs, drawings. "This survey for the general student looks at the art created for and by the Romans and what they wanted from it. In place of the usual historical outline approach, (it) looks at the subject by genre; the Romans' appreciation of painting, sculpture and the decorative arts, in a society where the majority of work was commissioned, was different from that of the present day. Art for a world without printing or photography to spread visual images meant much more direct contact with the artist and influence by the patron. Drawing on literary sources as ...
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ASIAN ART. VOLUME V, NUMBER 3. SUMMER 1992: INDIAN CRAFT AND RITUAL.

By: Huyler, Stephen P.; Waghorne, Joanne Punzo; Bolon, Carol Radcliffe; Sarin, Amita Vohra; Seth, Pepita.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. : 1991

Seller ID: 27145

ISBN-13: 9780195075342

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

80 pp, 11" H. Colour and b&w photographs, map. Contents: Respecting Material Spirit; Dressing the Body of God: South Indian Bronze Sculpture in Its Temple Setting; Map of India; Bastar Brasses; A Dialogue with Serpents: A Snake Ritual of Kerala. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small bump at top of spine.
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Image for RECENT ACCESSIONS, 1966 - 1972. A BULLETIN/CATALOGUE PREPARED FOR THE EXHIBITION - NEW TREASURES: A SIX YEAR RETROSPECTIVE, OCTOBER 19 TO DECEMBER 10, 1972.

RECENT ACCESSIONS, 1966 - 1972. A BULLETIN/CATALOGUE PREPARED FOR THE EXHIBITION - NEW TREASURES: A SIX YEAR RETROSPECTIVE, OCTOBER 19 TO DECEMBER 10, 1972.

By: Indianapolis Museum of Art. Editor: R.L. Warrum.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 1972.

Seller ID: 19506

129 pp, 10" H, soft cover. B&w photographs. Contents: Dedication; Introduction; American Painting; American Sculpture & Decorative Arts; Classical Art; Contemporary Painting & Sculpture; European Painting; European Sculpture & Decorative Arts; Gr aphic Arts, Drawings & Watercolors; Metalwork, Arms & Armor; Oriental Art; Primitive Art, Textiles & Costumes; List of Illustrations. Interior - small area of surface paper loss on pages 50 & 51 due to glue residue - some loss of text in o n e w o r d , otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, li...
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THE NATIONAL TRUST 1895-1995 100 GREAT TREASURES: 100 CELEBRITIES SELECT THEIR PERSONAL FAVOURITES FROM THE TRUST'S COLLECTION

By: Jackson-Stops, Gervase and Simon, Robin, Editors

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, National Trust / Apollo Magazine : 1995

Seller ID: 25929

ISBN-13: 9780952208150

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

80 pp, 12" H. Profusely illustrated in colour. J. Carter Brown, Nicholas Baring, Mark Girouard, Simon Jervis, Lucinda Lambton, James Lees-Milne, Jonathan Miller, Richard Baker, Lord Menuhin, Christopher Hogwood, Sir Hugh Casson, Lord Rothschild, Lady Emma Tennant, John Julius Norwich, David Gentleman, Bamber Gascoigne, Lady Mary Keen, Auberon Waugh, Sir Roy Strong, et al. describe their favourite furniture, rooms, portraits, landscapes, sculpture, follies, etc. from the National Trust's collection. Interior - several very small printing ink smudges on page 44, otherwise clean and tight with...
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THE ART OF WORLD OF WARCRAFT: CATACLYSM.

By: James Waugh, Cameron Dayton, Tommy Newcomer, Matt Burns, et al.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: U.S.A., Blizzard Entertainment : 2010

Seller ID: 30940

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

176 pp, 10 5/8" H. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and sepiatone. Contents: Legacy of Destruction: Deathwing; The End of All Things: Twilight's Hammer; A Changing World: Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms; Lock the Doors: Gilneas; Message in a Bottle: Kezan and the Lost Isles; Forgotten Depths: Vashj'ir; Mysteries in the Sand: Uldum; Realm of Fury: The Elemental Plane. Possibly a promotional item as dust jacket front flap contains the statement "Not for Resale". Book is Near Fine. Dust jacket has some very light rubbing and wrinkling at the top edge of the front panel.
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A CATALOGUE OF THE SIGMUND SAMUEL COLLECTION, CANADIANA AND AMERICANA.

By: Jefferys, Charles W., compiled and annotated by. (George T. Pepall, Sigmund Samuel, Lorne Pierce.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press : 1948

Seller ID: 28636

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

180 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). Dark blue boards with gilt lettering/banding spine, gilt lettering and emblem on front board. Pictorial endpapers, 2 colour plates (including the tissue-covered frontis-piece), b&w reproductions. A catalogue of the prints, lithographs, engravings, paintings, etc. in the Sigmund Samuel Collection at the time of printing. Minor wrinke at top of spine. Glassine dust jacket has some edge wrining and small tears.
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A CATALOGUE OF THE SIGMUND SAMUEL COLLECTION, CANADIANA AND AMERICANA.

By: Jefferys, Charles W., compiled and annotated by. (George T. Pepall, Sigmund Samuel, Lorne Pierce.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press : 1948

Seller ID: 28637

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

180 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). Dark blue boards with gilt lettering/banding spine, gilt lettering and emblem on front board. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "With best wishes. / Sigmund Samuel / 2/6/52." Pictorial endpapers, 2 colour plates (including the tissue-covered frontis-piece), b&w reproductions. A catalogue of the prints, lithographs, engravings, paintings, etc. in the Sigmund Samuel Collection at the time of printing. Minor soiling on copywright page, very light corner wear, faint browning and foxing marks at edges of boards, a few tiny foxing marks on top of text block.
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ARS MEDICA: ART, MEDICINE, AND THE HUMAN CONDITION. PRINTS, DRAWINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE PHILADELPHIA MUSUEM OF ART.

By: Karp, Diane R. (Ben Bassham, Mimi Cazort, Martha Chahroudi, Frima Fox Hofrichter, John Ittmann, Ellen Jacobowitz, Ann Percy, Kimerly Rorschach, Darrel Sewell, Aaron Sheon, Faith H. Zieske.)

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art : 1985

Seller ID: 21743

ISBN-13: 9780812279535

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

231 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour. "In an age of laser surgery and artificial organs, it is easy to forget that many medical treatments have been successfully administered for millennia and that previous eras also had their startling medical developments and discoveries: circulation of the blood, vaccination, anesthesia, and public sanitation, to name but a few. The more than 140 works in this volume convey a vital picture of the history of anatomy and medicine since the fifteenth century as well as the artists' reactions to the human condition in its myriad sta...
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STITCHES IN TIME: THE ART AND HISTORY OF EMBROIDERY.

By: Kassell, Hilda.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce : 1966

Seller ID: 3296

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

108 pp, 8 1/4" H. B&w photographs and diagrams of stitches. "(T)races the history of (the United States) through the illustrated stories that were embroidered on samplers. To help encourage this fascinating hobby, easy-to-follow directions and a clearly illustrated dictionary of the best-known stitches can be found in the second part of this book." Minor edgewear to boards. Dust jacket is price clipped, has a few tiny chips, two small closed tears at top of spine with creasing - archivally taped, light edgewear elsewhere, soft crease on back panel/flap - now protected in removable mylar sle...
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MINAS AVETISIAN.

By: Khachaturian, Shahen. (Minas Avetisian.)

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: AAA Publishing House, [Montreal, Canada], (1996), Ist edition.

Seller ID: 14074

208 pp, 4to (12" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "150 colour plates representing Minas's easel paintings, stage designs and frescoes. In addition there are also 30 reproductions of his drawings and 20 archival photographs." "...an artist of enormous talent, who tragically died young and at the peak of his creative career. The standard bearer of art in the 1960's, (Armenian artist) Minas Avetisian represented freedom and boldness rarely found among those whose careers coincided with the Soviet era. He asserted artistic freedom, and it can be said he died early because of his defiance...Apar...
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NEW ZEALAND WOMEN ARTISTS: A SURVEY OF 150 YEARS.

By: Kirker, Anne.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Tortola, BVI, Craftsman House : 1993

Seller ID: 16660

ISBN-13: 9789768097309

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

255 pp, 4to (12 3/16" H). Colour and b&w photographs, reproductions. "The identities of serious women artists have too often been omitted from historical accounts and their achievements have been misunderstood or undervalued. By comparison, their male counterparts have invariably been accorded most attention and given the status of innovators. (This book) is the first comprehensive study of the subject, and makes a significant contribution towards redressing the balance. In tracing the lives and careers of over eighty of these women, it shows that New Zealand women painters, sculptors and ot...
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CHINESE PAINTINGS BY LAI CHIN-CHENG. (SELECTED PAINTINGS OF) VOLUME 6.

By: Lai Chin-Cheng. Introduction by Jefferson Liu.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Taipei, Taiwan, Lai Chin-Cheng : 1975

Seller ID: 22426

Binding: Soft Cover with Self Flaps

Condition: Very Good-

56 monotone and colour plates, plus Biography, Introduction and Contents list in English & Chinese,10 1/4" H. Reproduces 56 examples of works by the Chinese artist Lai Chin-Cheng, consisting largely of traditional landscapes and floral studies in colour and b&w. Biographical notes and Introduction. Bilingual (English / Chinese characters). Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light rubbing, fading to colour and light wrinkles on spine, small loss of color on rear cover due to pencil erasure, light edgewear, crease at top of rear cover.
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Image for NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, OTTAWA, BULLETIN 24/1974. MILLET'S "SAINT JEROME TEMPTED" AND "OEDIPUS TAKEN DOWN FROM TREE": DISCOVERY OF LOST PAINTING / CLODIAN STATUETTE IN NATIONAL GALLERY / MASSIMILIANO SOLDANI'S "VENUS PLUCKING THE WINGS OF CUPID

NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, OTTAWA, BULLETIN 24/1974. MILLET'S "SAINT JEROME TEMPTED" AND "OEDIPUS TAKEN DOWN FROM TREE": DISCOVERY OF LOST PAINTING / CLODIAN STATUETTE IN NATIONAL GALLERY / MASSIMILIANO SOLDANI'S "VENUS PLUCKING THE WINGS OF CUPID

By: Laughton, Bruce; Hodgkinson, Terence; Montagu, Jennifer.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1974.

Seller ID: 20605

36 pp, 10" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w illustrations. Contents: Millet's "Saint Jerome Tempted" and "Oedipus Taken Down from the Tree": The Discovery of a Lost Painting; A Clodian Statuette in the National Gallery of Canada; Massimilian o Soldani's "Venus Plucking the Wings of Cupid". The main text is in English with 'Resumes' in French, captions in English and French. Interior - minor browning, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - slig h t d a r k e n ing to edges of front cover, light rubbing on rear cover, small museum label on rear cover, ...
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HARLEQUIN ON THE MOON: COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE AND THE VISUAL ARTS.

By: Lawner, Lynne.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams : 1998

Seller ID: 25561

ISBN-13: 9780810911949

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

208 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w. "Commedia dell'arte is the first modern theater - inspiration to Shakespeare, Moliere, Goldoni, Mozart, and Balanchine and forerunner of the modern stage comedy. Since its invention as a popular entertainment in Renaissance Italy, commedia, with its stock characters, its absurd and witty plots, and its utterly charming personalities, has captivated audiences high and low, from the street fairs where Punch and Judy reigned to the exquisitely refined court of the Sun King. This book traces the history of commedia from its beginni...
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Category: Art - General