Resultados de búsqueda: Art History from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Harrison House, 1987. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Gilt embossed taupe linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; price clipped else Fine. Gitf dedication to fEP. First published 1973 by Abrams. Collection of the masterful art work of Frederic Remington (1861 - 1909), literally made possible by the friendship and shared interests in the art of American frontier. 26th President Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919) said of Remington's work, "The soldier, the cowboy and rancher, the Indian, the horse and cattle of the plains, will live in his pictures, I verily believe, for all time."; and so it has. Remington's paintings were often large in scale as was the expanse of the west; many are reproduced in fold-out format. Fine copy.

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1990. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Gilt embossed maroon linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; price-clipped (likely by publisher); light edge wear w/rubs to back leading edge & fine abrasion (sensed by the hand) to back surface. Trace smudge to fEP. First published in Spanish under the title: Frida: El Pincel de Angustía; this is both a translation and an abridgement of the original text. An initimate biography of talented Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1910-1954), illustrated with historical photographs and 75 reproductions of Kahlo's works.

New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art & The Los Angles County Museum of Art, 1975. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Lee Boltin (Color Photographs). Text/NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF; sound w/light shelfwear & edge rubs. 1975 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition catalogue to art treasures on loan from 4 Soviet museums. Introductory text is an adaptation of an essay by Dr. Boris Piotrovsky of the Hermitage. The ancient Scythian empire (8th to the 2nd centuries B.C.) centered on the northern shores of the Black Sea and extended from southern Russian to the borders of Persia. 160 pgs w/maps & essays augmented by 32 color plates & 69 b/w photos of artifacts.

New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002. Vol LIX (59), No 4, Spring 2002 . Soft Cover/Stapled. New/None as Issued. Juan Trujillo (Color Photography)_; Adam Hart (Map). BRAND NEW COPY. COVER ART: "Gold Figure Pendant", photo, Juan Trujillo. This Spring 2002 quarterly journal from the Metropolitan Museum of Art is devoted to Pre-Columbian gold objects fashioned in Mexico, Central America, and South America before the Spanish Conquest. A history of gold in the ancient Americas and the forms, techniques & artistry of indigenous peoples.

New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1992. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. 1992 First Edition, 2nd Impression. Softcover/NF w/trace rubs to upper spine edge. Gift inscription to title page. Petite-sized guide to French Impressionism. 242 pages with over 200 color reproductions of masterpieces. Text traces the development from its roots in landscape and Realist painting to its zenith --- to fix on canvas fleeting moods of nature that never stand frozen & still. Fine copy w/a gift inscription.

Madrid, Spain: Campania Bbibliografica Espanola, 1952. 3rd Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Vintage 1952 3rd Edition, First Thus. Soft cover/NF; light edge wear & spot soiling to upper text edge. Guide book to Spain's national art gallery. Established in 1818, a neo-classic building designed by Juan de Villanueva in rose-colored Madrid brick & grey-white Colmenar. Orignally intended for a natural science museum, it is home to the greatest collection of Spanish masters --- Velazquez, El Greco, Zurbaran, Ribera, Murillo, and Goya ---and outstanding examples of Flemish & Venetian art. Text, well illustrated, in 3 sections: 1, General Information; 2, Description of component galleries; and, 3, an alphabetic list of artists. This guide has been translated in German and French as well. Fine copy.

London, UK: Los Angeles County Museum of Art & Univ of New Mexico Press, 1887. Fifth Revised Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. Near Fine/No Jacket. 2 Volume Set. Vintage 1887 publication of the Los Angles County Museum of Art. For both volumes: Text/Near New. Mustard linen boards w/gilt lettering/VG; strong w/light edge rubs, & frays to upper spine edges. Upper text edges in gilt. Frontispiece to both volumes. Volume II has fold-out, detailed illustration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Art historian Franz Theodor von Kugler's (1800 - 1858) Handbook of Painting was first published 1837. In 1851, the portion addressing Italian schools was translated into English & edited by Sir Charles Eastlake, whose preface has been retained. This 5th Edition has been "thoroughly revised and in part rewritten" by Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817 - 1894). Fine copy.

New York, NY: Harper & Bros, 1951. First Edition, 4th Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Text/VG; Strong, sound, & bright w/discoloration to c. 20 pgs (markedly to 3) from pressing flowers --- removed except for one (pg 783). Bi-color boards/VG w/rubs to upper lower edges. DJ/VG; intact w/nips, chips, losses to edges. Light soiling to lower text edge. 1951 Classic, intellectual history & critique of Western art. Art historian & teacher David M. Robb (- 1990) considers formal patterns of painting within the context of historical & philosophical thought of the times as well as the state of the art in terms of artistic materials & implements. Author, a Guggenheim fellow & Fulbright scholar, also published ''The Art of the Illuminated Manuscript'', and collaborated with J. J. Garrison in the ''Art in the Western World.'' Strong copy despite flaws.

New York, NY: Mentor/New American Library, 1959. First Edition, 10th Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW w/trace margin discoloration. Vintage 1959, First Edition. Illustrated soft cover/VG; Strong & sound w/rubs to leading edges. Trace humidity soiling to lower edge of first 30 pgs. Study of the evolution of Western painting, sculpture, architecture, and arts & crafts. 12 chapters: 1, Prehistoric Art in Europe; 2, Egyptian Art; 3, Ancient Near Eastern Art; 4, Greek Art; 5, Etruscan & Roman Art; 6. Early Christian & Byzantine Art; 7, Early Medieval & Romanesque Art; 8, Gothic Art; 9. Renaissance Art; 10, Baroque & Rococo Art; 11, Modern Art in Europe; and, 12, Art in the United States. Strong copy.

San Marino, CA: Huntington Library Press, 1970. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated (detail, Constable, View on the Stour) soft cover/NF w/light edge wear. Handbook/guide to the Huntington Museum. Former residence of Henry E. Huntington (1850 - 1927), the Huntington Art Gallery opened in 1928 with a prize collection of 18th-century British art, including the celebrated Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough and Pinkie by Thomas Lawrence. The collection has grown to include art works of the Italian, French and Netherlandish schools, as well as additional British art and design of the 17th to the early 20th century. The highly specialized collection benefits from a setting of period furniture & decorative objects.

Boston, MA: Bates & Guild, 1904. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New w/creasing to upper corner tip of pg 107. 4th Edition of 1904. Gilt embossed taupe linen boards/VG; sound w/edge rubs & fraying to upper/lower spine. DJ/None. PO name (in admirable penmanship) dated 1906 to front endpaper. Study of classical & medieval lettering styles of master printers w/samples of how pages looked when composed in words. Monograph from Minnesota-born architect Frank Chouteau Brown (1876 - 1947), editor of the Architectural Review periodical, and from 1919, head of Boston Univ, Depart of Art & Architecture. 214 pgs, 211 illustrations, in 5 parts: I, Roman Capitals; II, Modern Roman Letters; III, Gothic Letters; IV, Italic & Script; and V, To the Beginner.

Tokyo, Japan: Paper Museum, 1979. Revised & Enlarged Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Red endpapers. Author Kiyofusa Narita is the Director of the Paper Museum. Tokyo, Japan. Text first introduces Chinese official Ts'ai Lung of the court of Emperor Ho of the Later Han Dynasty, c AD 105, and his techniques and methodology. Chinese methods were introduced to Japan (via Korea) in 610 and soon brittleness was solved through usage of kozo tree bark, laying the basis of Japan's papermaking industry. 6 chapters: 1, A Life of Ts'ai Lung, The Inventor of Paper; 2, A Brief History of Japanese Hand-Made Paper; 3, Making Paper by Hand in Japan; 4, Suminagashi, Ink-Floating Paper or Marbled Paper; 5. Patterned Paper, Ebosho & Watermarked Paper; and, The First Marchine-Made Paper in Japn.

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973. First Edition, 4th Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/VG w/light edge wear & faint humidity staining to back. PO name to fEP. An intimate portrait of the great Belgian painter Rene Francois Ghislain Magritte (1898-1960) and his works. Cited frequently as the embodiment of Surrealism, Magritte is known for startling and/or amusing juxtaposition of the ordinary, the strange images with disquieting realism appearing in incongruous settings in deliberate defiance of common sense. Suzi Gablik classifies Magritte's works thematically and establishes positional values within sequences. This methodology reveal processes of systematic problem solving underlying the paintings. Also considered is Magritte's work in the historical context of Surrealism, tension between reality and illusion, and presage of Pop Art. Fine copy despite soiling to back cover.

Salt Lake City, UT: Starstone, 1980. First Edition, 14th Printing of 1997 . Soft Cover/Stapled. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated, stapled soft cover/NF w/trace edge wear & light surface scratch to upper left corner by spine. Map of the Four Corners area to rear cover verso. First published 1980; this copy is 14th Printing of 1997. Monograph of salient motifs and symbolism of Native American tribal rock art. Fine copy.

Münster, Germany: Verlag Regensberg, 1969. First English Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW Copy. Textured red cloth boards embossed in gilt/Fine. Illustrated DJ/NF w/light edge wear, small soil (coffee?) spot to mid-upper front, & trace soiling. Printed on hi-gloss paper with 98 illustrations. Frontispiece: Engraving of The Old Town Hall in Mûnster, capital of Westphalia and a beautiful, old town in Germany. A scholarly presentation of the town's history and cultural riches.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/As New & Bright. 1954 Vintage Fist Edition, First Thus. Bi-color boards/VG w/light edge wear & discoloration to upper front edge w/slight lean to spine. DJ/None. Frontispiece: Goya, Colossus. Collection of prints & drawings of modern times with brief comments beginning with the ancestors of Modern Art. Selected, with explanations, by art historian Paul Joseph Sachs (1878 - 1965) who was an associate director of the Fogg Art Museum. 261 pgs in 10 chapters: I, (A) David & the Great Moderns of the Past, (B), Manet & the Impressionists; II, Cezanne & Post-Impressionism; III, The School of Paris, Matisse & the Fauves; IV, Cubism, Surrealism, Other Movements; V, Expressionism & Abstract Art in Northern Europe; VI, Italy; VII, England; VIII, Mexico; IX, United States; and X, Technical Processes. Strong copy despite flaws.

Santa Fe, NM: Bear & Company, 1998. First American Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Peter Cox & John Gilkes (Illustrators). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Soft cover/NF w/light shelfwear to edges & corner tips. First published in UK, 1997; this is the 1998 1st American Edition, 1st Thus. Archaeological mystery of 13 crystal skulls of varying sizes --- carvings of clear, milky quartz (known in the art world as "rock crystal") that thrilled the world. Claimed pre-Columbian finds from Maya temples. Overtime, specimens held by the British Museum & the Smithsonian show they were actually produced in 19th century Europe w/modern tool & Brazilian rock crystals . Popular speculations generated volumes in print, film & games. 387 pgs w/photos (color & b/w) & illustrations, an evolution in 25 chapters.

Florence, Italy: Il Turismo, 1966. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Pocket-size. Softcover w/wrap-around flaps/NF. Vintage, 1966, First Edition. NOTE: Book published with a "Monumental Map" tucked in, not included. Illustrated w/some 70 b/w & color photos. The focus of this handy tour guide is on art history --- both Florence & Tuscany are birthplaces of the Renaissance, and home to masterpieces of art & architecture, particularly to terra-cotta-tiled domed Florence Cathedral by Brunelleschi & its Giotto bell tower, Michelangelo's David, Vinci's Annunciation, as well as Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.

Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art/The Art Institute of Chicago, 1989. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. 1989 Stated First Edition. Softcover/Fine; w/small rub to front lower spine edge. Exhibition catalogue prepared for showings at the Nat'l Gallery of Art (May 7 - July 30, 1989); Art Institute of Chicago (Sept 16 - Nov 26, 1989); and, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Dec 21, 1989 - Feb 25, 1990). History of photography through major American & European collections. Presentation, with some 198 color & 252 duotone plates, in 4 parts: I, Inventing Photography, 1839-1879 (Joel Snyder); II, The Curious Contagion of the Camera, 1880-1918 (Sara Greenough); III, Ephemeral Truths, 1919-1945 (David Travis); and IV, Beyond the Photographic Frame, 1946-1989 (Colin Westerbeck).

Xian, China: Museum of Qin Shi Huang, 1981. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated softcover/NF w/trace surface wear & showing light discoloration. Archaeological excavation records of Pits 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the city-sized mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang (Chin Shih-huang) (259 BC - 210 BC), the First Emperor of China who ruled from 246 B.C. to 210 B.C. Grand Historian Sima Qian, writing a century after the Emperor's death, records some 700,000 men were conscripted to construct the vault, traces of which were first unearthed March, 1974.