Category: Art - General

BAROQUE IN ITALY.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford : 1959

Seller ID: 24780

Condition: Very Good

216 pp, large 8vo (9" H). B&w photographs, reproductions, floor plans. "(Lees-Milne writes about) the development of building in Italy from the Mannerist period, that is, the later sixteenth century, to the emergence of Rococo in the early eighteenth century. (He) believes that Baroque in Italy was a religious manifestation, Latin, Catholic and primarily Roman and his book deals largely with ecclesiastical architecture in Rome itself. Piedmont was the next most important influence in the style, and so, after introducting the colossal personalities of Bernini, Borromini and their disciples, he...
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GROPIUS: THE MAN WHO BUILT THE BAUHAUS.

By: MacCarthy, Fiona

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Belknap / Harvard University Press : 2019

Seller ID: 31031

ISBN-13: 9780674737853

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

547 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "The impact of Walter Gropius can be measured in his buildings - Fagus Factory, Bauhaus Dessau, Pan Am - but no less in his students. I.M. Pei, Paul Rudolph, Anni Albers, Philip Johnson, Fumihiko Maki: countless masters were once disciples at the Bauhaus in Berlin and at Harvard. Between 1910 and 1930, Gropius was the center of European modernism, and avant-garde society glamor, only to be exiled to the antimodernist United Kingdom during the Nazi years. Later, under the democratizing influence of American universities, he became an...
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WHAT HAVE THE GREEKS DONE FOR MODERN CIVILISATION? THE LOWELL LECTURES OF 1908-09.

By: Mahaffy, John Pentland.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, NEw York, 1910, 2nd printing.

Seller ID: 18155

263 pp + ads, 8vo (8 7/8" H), hard cover (maroon cloth with gold lettering/banding on spine) - no dust jacket. Top edge gilt. Contents: Preface; Introductory; Greek Poetry; Greek Prose; Greek Art - I: Architecture and Sculpture; Greek Art - II: Pa inting and Music; Science: Grammar - Logic - Mathematics - Medicine; Politics - Sociology - Law; Higher Thinking, Philosophy, Speculative and Practical Theology. A few pages with light wrinkle, light browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block, light edge wear, light wrinkling to top/bottom of spine, one slight corner bump, a few very faint fin...
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DREAMQUESTS: THE ART OF DON MAITZ.

By: Maitz, Don, foreword. Introduction by Raymond E. Feist. Afterword by Janny Wurts.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Novato, California, Underwood-Miller : 1993

Seller ID: 21894

ISBN-13: 9780887331756

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

98 pp, 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated in colour. "Since his professinal debut nearly 20 years ago, artist Don Maitz has been giving form to the fantastic in a way that has won him widespread recognition by both his professional peers and an enthusiastic public. Following up on the success of 'First Maitz', this volume is a lavishly produced collection of some of Maitz's most popular works, as well as some never-before-published paintings. Exhibiting a fanatical attention to detail, the paintings apply surrealist technique to surreal situations. Maitz likes to mix modern imagery with mediev...
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PAUL MANSHIP.

By: Manship, John.

Price: $145.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Abbeville : 1989

Seller ID: 21776

ISBN-13: 9781558590021

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

216 pp, folio (13 1/4" H). Beautifully illustrated in colour and b&w. "From his sexy little bronze nymphs to his soaring golden 'Prometheus' at Rockefeller Center, the sculptures of Paul Manship have beguiled the public through much of (the 20th) century. This dazzling monograph - as elegantly sophisticated as the artist's own oeuvre - celebrates the life's work of America's master of Art Deco. As close to a jet setter as one could be in an era of ocean travel, Manship spent much of the early 1920s in Paris, where he was one of two American sculptors to have work included in the famous 'Exposi...
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IL MANIFESTO ITALIANO.

By: Menegazzi, Luigi.

Price: $105.00 USD

Publisher: Milano, Electa : 1995

Seller ID: 21306

ISBN-13: 9788843552412

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

285 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket and slipcase. Colour reproductions. **ITALIAN TEXT ONLY.** Looks at the incredible Italian advertising art of the end of the 19th and first few decades of the 20th centuries. Sommario: Premessa; Origine della grafica cartellonistica; Il manifesto storico italiano; Daglianni Trenta alla caduta del fascismo; Manifesti italiani; Apparati; Notizie biografiche; Bibliografia. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, very minor rubbing. Slipcase has light rubbing to glossy surfaces, very light wear on bottom surface.
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THE COLOUR OF PARIS. HISTORIC, PERSONAL & LOCAL.

By: Messieurs les Academiciens Goncourt. M. Lucien Descaves, editor. Introduction by M.L. Benedite. Essay by Yoshio Markino.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Musson

Seller ID: 30537

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

264 pp, 9 1/2" H. No date, but c1908. Medium brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, black illustration on front board, top edge gilt. Preface in French, all other text in English. 48 colour plates (including tissue-covered frontispiece) plus 12 sepia drawings - all present. Chapter headings: Of the Colour of Paris; Of Open Spaces; Of the Faubourgs: The Working Class; Of Politics and the Political World; Of the Theatre; Of Women in Paris; Of Journalism; Of Military Paris; Of Paris Finance; Of Education and the Paris Schools; Index. Small light mark from old label? and a 1/...
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MIRO: SELECTED PAINTINGS.

By: Millard, Charles W. Foreword by Abram Lerner. (Miro)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C., 1980.

Seller ID: 23053

94 pp, small 4to (10 3/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0874746388 Colour and b&w reproductions. The catalogue of the exhibition. "Referring primarily to works from American collections, Charles Millard comments critically on the nature a nd evolution of Miro's style, showing his indebtedness to the early medieval frescoes of his native Catalonia, as well as the work of Van Gogh, Cezanne, the Cubists and Matisse. The eventual assimilation of these influences freed him to pur s u e h i s own path. Forty-five large colour reproductions in addition to sixteen in black and white amp...
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ART DIRECTOR'S INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHERS 7. VOLUME 1. EUROPE. (I)

By: N/A

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Geneva, RotoVision : 1980

Seller ID: 20071

ISBN-13: 9782880460181

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

398 pp, 4to (12 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w. "As the world of the photograph increases and spreads so must the authoritative book. This volume of European photography contains the work of some 260 top professional photographers throughout the continent and is printed by Roto-Sadag in Geneva, Switzerland, to the high standards demanded by the quality of their work." Trilingual text (English/French/German). Countries covered: Austria, Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Slight waviness to to...
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ARMENIAN ART TREASURES OF JERUSALEM.

By: Narkiss, Bezalel, editor, in collaboration with Michael E. Stone. Historical survey by Avedis K. Sanjian.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: New Rochelle, New York, Caratzas Brothers : 1979

Seller ID: 19016

ISBN-13: 9780892410958

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

174 pp, folio (13 1/8" H). Map endpapers, color and b&w photographs. "(U)nveils a dazzling variety of art objects - sumptuous medieval illuminated manuscripts, printed books, mosaic pavements, painted tiles and ritual objects. The book contains 194 illustrations, of which 131 are in color. A full description of the Armenian art treasures of Jerusalem and their background has been written by Professor Bezalel Narkiss, head of the Department of Art at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. His collaborator, Professor Michael E. Stone, of the Department of Armenian Studies of the same University, has...
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PICASSO ET SES AMIS.

By: Olivier, Fernande. Preface de Paul Leautaud.

Price: $350.00 USD

Publisher: Paris, Libraire Stock : 1954

Seller ID: 30229

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good+

237 pp, 7 3/8" H. 16 b&w illustrations (including 2 page reproduction of letter by Picasso). Bound in full salmon pink leather by A. & R. Maylander, with gilt lettering/date on spine, all edges gilt. Leather, moire (watered) silk and gilt doublures (stamped A. & R. Maylander in gilt on front doublure), moire silk free endpapers, gold ribbon bookmark - over original paper wraps. Pink paper-covered slipcase with matching leather fore edges (also stamped by binder in gilt), white felt lining. *French text.* Reprint of the 1933 first edition. Light browning on spine, previous owner's chop (st...
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THE ART OF WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS: THE GLORY OF FLIGHT.

By: Park, Edwards. Introduction by Stephen Coonts.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Shelton, Connecticut, Greenwich Workshop : 1994

Seller ID: 22239

ISBN-13: 9780867130225

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

172 pp, 4to (12 1/4" H). Profusely and beautifully illustrated in color and b&w with reproductions of the artist's work. "William S. Phillips is a triple threat in the aviation art world. Not only is he a painter who can portray aircraft with exemplary precision, but he can also place that aircraft in a panorama that rivals the work of the finest landscape artist. To top it all off, he is a master of in-flight action; his detail-ed, soaring work communicates the glory of flight. From the thrill of lift-off, the speed of low-level flying, the power of high level bombing, and the danger of th...
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FLOWER DIARY: IN WHICH MARY HIESTER REID PAINTS, TRAVELS, MARRIES & OPENS A DOOR.

By: Peacock, Molly.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, ECW Press : 2021

Seller ID: 30845

ISBN-13: 9781770416222

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

436 pp, 8 1/2" H. Pictorial endpapers, colour reproductions. "Born into a patrician American family in the middle of the nineteenth century, Mary Hiester Reid was determined to be a painter and left behind women's design schools to enter the art world of men. After she married fellow artist George Reid, she returned with him to his home country of Canada. There she set about creating over 300 stunning still life and landscape paintings, inhabiting a rich, if sometimes difficult, marriage, coping with a younger rival, exhibiting internationally, and becoming well-reviewed. She studied in Paris...
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GRAPHIS DESIGN 98. THE INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL OF DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION.

By: Pedersen, B. Martin, creative director. Graphis.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Graphis, (New York, 1997).

Seller ID: 7110

248 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. More than 600 full-color images. "...the international showcase or the best work produced in all areas of contemporary graphic design. More than six hundred full-color examples of creative excellence and innovation in graphic design are featured here. The best of international design is categories ranging from annual reports, corporate identity and brochures, to products, promotions and packaging design fill these pages. Insightful commentary b y a r e n o w n d esign historian and case studies of the works of twelve leading design firms are also presen...
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DUNCAN PHILLIPS CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. JUNE 14 TO AUGUST 31, 1986.

By: Phillips, Laughlin, foreword. Introduction by Eliza E. Rathbone. (Law B. Watkins, Erika Pasantino, Sarah Martin.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1986, second edition.

Seller ID: 20593

48 pp, 11" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Illustrated in b&w and color with photographs, reproductions. The catalog of the exhibition. Contents: Foreword; An Introduction to the Exhibition; Duncan Phillips and Color; Chronology; Major Gifts of Duncan Phillips to Other Institutions. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light wear on spine. Very Good+
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NO MAN'S LAND: A POSTWAR SKETCHBOOK OF THE WAR IN THE TRENCHES.

By: Pratt, George. Introduction by Marshall Arisman.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Northampton, MA, Tundra : 1992

Seller ID: 24086

ISBN: 187945064

Binding: Soft Cover with Self Flaps

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated, 12" H. Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour. The artist presents his interpretation of life in the trenches and battles of the First World War and introduces contemporary poems and quotations. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, small crease at top edge of front cover, tiny gouge near top of front hinge.
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"OUR SPECIAL ARTIST": ALFRED R. WAUD'S CIVIL WAR.

By: Ray, Frederic E.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole : 1994

Seller ID: 24176

ISBN-13: 9780811711944

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

192 pp, 10 3/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w reproductions, photographs. "Waud covered the war from the first to the last, initially for the 'New York Illustrated News', and later for 'Harper's'. From the formation of the Confederate government in Montgomery, Alabama, to the last campaigns of Grant's army leading Appomattox, 'Alf' Waud was there, pencil in hand. Waud even went into battle alongside the Yankee troops he accompanied in the field. He was under fire almost as much as they as he frantically sketched the rudiments of the brutal scenes before him, then polished them after the f...
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Image for AUBREY BEARDSLEY EXHIBITION AT THE VICTORIAN AND ALBERT MUSEUM 1966: CATALOGUE OF THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, PAINTINGS; AND OF BOOKS, POSTERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS ETC.

AUBREY BEARDSLEY EXHIBITION AT THE VICTORIAN AND ALBERT MUSEUM 1966: CATALOGUE OF THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, PAINTINGS; AND OF BOOKS, POSTERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS ETC.

By: Reade, Brian and Dickinson, Frank. (Aubrey Beardsley.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Victoria & Albert Museum : 1966

Seller ID: 10640

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated, 8 3/4" H x 4 1/2" D x 5/8" W. Corrigenda laid in. Catalogue of an exhibition of over 600 pieces. Not illustrated. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light browning to covers and edges of textblock, light wear at top of spine, top corners very slightly curled, minor soiling, spine flat and uncreased.
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LEMIEUX.

By: Robert, Guy. Translated by John David Allan.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Gage : 1978

Seller ID: 27066

ISBN-13: 9780771593529

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

304 pp, 4to (12 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour reproductions. The life and work of Quebec artist, Jean Paul Lemieux. Very small dint on top edge of front board - very small shallow dint on top edge of rear board. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling - mainly at top of spine and flap-folds, tiny scuff and tiny dint on fron panel, small sticker very light residue mark on rear panel.
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LEMIEUX.

By: Robert, Guy. Translated by John David Allan.

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Gage : 1978

Seller ID: 30780

ISBN-13: 9780771593529

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

304 pp, 4to (12 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour reproductions. The life and work of Quebec artist, Jean Paul Lemieux. A slight lean to the spine. Dust jacket has some light browning on the inside edges, a few irregar very faint/thin line indentations on the panels.
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Category: Art - General