A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Serving as both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting and a s a text on how to interpret social history from the style of pictures in a given historical period, this new edition to Baxandall's pre-eminent schol arly volume examines early Renaissance painting, and explains how the style of painting in any society reflects the visual skills and habits that evol ve out of daily life. Renaissance painting, for example, mirrors the experi e... View More...
A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: 'This fascinating book provided me with a whole new way of thinking about t he European Renaissance ... While offereing a series of elegant interpretat ions of art objects exchanged between East and West... this is also an epic story of imperial rivalry exploring the ways in which courts jostled for s upremacy through their display of magnificent art objects, many of which ar e beautifully reproduced here' - The Good Book Guide 'Books of the Year' 'C ultural history needs the wider perspective [the authors] enjoin, and, as t heir reflections sug... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. One of a series introducing major movements in modern art to general readers, students and gallery visitors, this text looks at Cubism, perhaps the seminal movement for the arts of the 20th century, and certainly one of the most complex. Divided between the annual public exhibitions or the emerging network of private galleries, between French and immigrant artists, it was also the product of the decade before the outbreak of war in 1914. Behind the cl... View More...
Includes the revival of institutions, the Christian revival, Nature-Philoso phy, Goethe, Ruskin, Constable, Turner, Baudelaire, etc. 174p. View More...
Sleek, stuffed, buttoned, or bent, in the den or the dining room, the chair is an indicator of its owner's identity. Chairs make up much of the interi or landscape of our homes and workplaces, and a comfortable chair is consid ered a great asset in either location. A rigorous survey of the last 150 ye ars of chairs, 1000 Chairs is a pictorial guide to the axiom "you are where you sit." Writers Charlotte and Peter Fiell argue that, as well as being a n icon of identity, the chair is a form through which designers engage in s ocial, political, and even ergonomic rhetoric. A good example is Georg... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A crisp clean hardcover, no markings throughout, not an ex-lib:(no dustcove r) Examining not only traditional pieces but also works made for the non-elite, this comprehensive, lavishly illustrated history of world art reveals how art reflects and participates in the artists' view of the world in which they live, from the prehistoric world through the twentieth century. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Graphic novels, long stories told in comics format, have enjoyed the fastes t-growing sales of any category of book in the U.S. over the last four year s. This modern renaissance of comics has produced a library of substantial works, whose subjects are not confined to superheroes or fantasy but are as varied and sophisticated as the best films and literature. Graphic Novels presents an accessible, entertaining, and highly illustrated guide to the dive... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The glories of India's five-millennia-old artistic and architectural heritage are illuminated in this scholarly account. The book deals with the entire subcontinent, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Thirty year's research and first-hand knowledge of the area have enabled the author to trace the cultural contacts which have contributed to the rich mosaic of sculpture, temples, mosques, and painting that have gone toward... View More...
Since that windy day in 1903 when the Wright brothers became airborne, the world has witnessed amazing advances in aviation and space flight. Among th e highlights of this definitive pictorial review are the Wright brothers' f lyer, Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, the first airplane to circumnavigate the globe and much more. Full-color illustrations. View More...
During the nineteenth century institutions and attitudes gave way to new fo rms and relationships. Traditions in governmental and social institutions, traditions in social behavior and processes of production, traditions in me thods and materials of construction in architecture and in modes of of repr esentation in the visual arts were discarded. The nineteenth-century artist were therefore called upon to devise forms that would be expressive of Eur opean life which was transforming itself into the industrial and technologi cal age of the twentieth century. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "Notes of a Math Artist" by John Sims. "Traditional Ojibwe Art and Mathematics" by Dennis White. This catalogue is published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name at the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth Nov. 4, 2004 - Jan. 11, 2004. View More...
A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-library edition: Investigating overt sexual representations in the art of Greek and Roman life, Johns explains that many of the objects which Victorians found shocking were not all intended to have an erotic purpose. Many had a religious and apotropaic function, and also shed light on social mores of the time. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. legends of the centuries: looking through a legendary collection, martin bo dmer foundation. This book traces the life and work of Martin Bodmer and offers a glimpse into the collection, which traces intellectual progress of humanity, as represented by some 150 pieces of exceptional quality and rarity. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A superb first edition protected in a slipcase, illustrated b/w and colour photos throughout,Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Since 1842 the city of Turin has been the custodian of one of the most comprehensive and precious collections of ancient Egyptian art. This uses that unique collection to illustrate and describe daily life in Egypt during ancient times. View More...
