Still Life: A History de Ebert-Schifferer, Sybille - 1999

Harry N. Abrams, 1999-06-01. hardcover. Acceptable. 11x1x13.

Harry N. Abrams, 1999-06-01T00:00:01Z. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1999 Harry N. Abrams (New York), a massive 11 1/4 x 13 inches tall x 1 1/2 inches thick red cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, grey endpapers, copiously illustrated with mostly full color photographs and reproductions of artwork, index, 419 pp. Very slight bumping to the lower tip of the rear cover. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP32~ [8.5P] Full of new information and beautiful illustrations, this fascinating history of the European still life from the ancient world to the twentieth century is a pleasure to read and a joy to look at. Readers will learn about the still life's origin in Greco-Roman images of xenia, or… Leer más

Abrams, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Pub, 1999. HC. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 0810941902 420pp.

USA: Abrams, 1999. 1st US Ed.. Cloth. About Fine/About Fine. Large 4to. Hardcover in complete dj. 278 colour plates and 60 b/w illustrations. Bibliography and index. Rem-Mark Translated from the German.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. First edition in English, 1999. 13" x 11 1/8", 420 pages, 338 illustrations, including 278 plates in colour, general and artist bibliographies. Full of new information and beautiful illustrations, this fascinating history of the European still life from the ancient world to the twentieth century is a pleasure to read and a joy to look at, the handsome colour plates bringing the work of these great artists to life. Hb in dw, discreet remainder mark on underside of page edges, otherwise a near fine copy. Note - this is a very heavy book, additional postage may be requested. .

Harry N. Abrams, 1999-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. Fine/Fine. [New York]: Harry N. Abrams, [1999]. First American Edition. Large quarto; publisher's cloth in glossy pictorial dust jacket; 420pp.; color frontispiece and extensively illus. throughout. Just About Fine.

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 420 pages with 338 illustrations, including 278 plates in full color. Large heavy folio. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462632

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. Translated from the German by Russell Stockman. 4to bright red cloth. 420pp. Stunningly illustrated, one of the very best that Abrams produced, and that's saying a lot because their art books are sumptuous. General Bibliography. Artist Bibliographies. Index, Photo Credits. The art reproductions are brilliant & the "author's sparkling text" make this book a treasure for the mind & a visual bacchanalia. A big art book, but published in quarto rather than folio or oblong, it will rest in your lap easily for hours while you read & look at it. The author has a solid résumé as a scholar of the fine arts & as a museum director. Lovers of fine art are attracted, at one time or another, to one style or another of still life painting. This book comes as close to having "it all" as anything published on the subject. Sections: "The Legacy of Antiquity", "Precursors of the Autonomous Still Life", "The First Modern Still Lifes, Around… Leer más