Royal octavo, orange cloth (hardcover), gilt letters & illustration to upper cover, map illus. endpapers, 63 pp. Fine. From Introduction: In the ruins of the Roman fortress called Babylon or Kasr ash Shammah in Old Cairo, and within its vicinity, there survive twelve Coptic churches whose structure dates from the early centuries of Christianity. Icons in these churches, hung against the whitewashed walls or set in screens of ivory and ebony or cedar inlay, claim attention by their curious representation of Christian saints. The icons selected for illustration in this book are those which p... View More...
Folio, blind stamped black cloth (hardcover), 317 pp. Full-color illus. plates. From Foreword: Reimei (Breaking Light) explores the 20th century arts of Japan. We follow an idiosyncratic path and wind along byways we find interesting and beautiful. The artwork offered includes painting, ceramics, metalwork, lacquers, cloisonne enamels, bamboo art, wood carving and sculpture. All of the pieces were selected for their superior quality. All speak with a clear voice. Japan experienced great change and upheaval in the 20th century. The clouds of war and natural disasters played their part ... View More...
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Seattle, WA: Kagedo Japanese Art, 2005.
Seller ID: 14169kms
Folio, blind-stamped black cloth (hardcover), 229 pp. Fine (As New) in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. Illustrated with full-color plates. From Foreword: Despite the clouds of war, polotical upheaval and social change, the first four and a half decades of the 20th century saw an unprecedented flowering of Japanese painting. The opening of Japan to the West during the preceding years brought many Japanese artists to study in Europe and North America. In addition the founding of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts provided a forum for the study of both Western and Japanese Art. Before this period s... View More...
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Misla: Bozin Pavlovski, (1987). First edition.
Seller ID: vas664
Quarto, wove cloth with gilt lettering, xxix, [3] pp., 68 color plates. Former-owner signature, otherwise Near-Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. View More...
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London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., [1986].
Seller ID: 00353s
Octavo, softbound, 252 pp. Fine. ÒThe grave, sensuous and infinitely varied arts of India have long been admired in the West...Professor Craven tells the story clearly and vividly from the first, still mysterious beginnings in the Indus valley, through the great masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu art to the coming of Islam, the eclectic culture of the Mughal court and the golden age of Indian miniature painting. Much of this art is immediately accessible to the outsider, but much is aslo enigmatic, needing interpretation and guidance before it can be enjoyed in depth: the strange pantheon ... View More...
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New York: Abbeville Press, (1986). First Edition.
Seller ID: qms1643
Signed & Inscribed ÒFor the Yellow Bird,Ó by the Author. Folio, purple cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, full-color illus., 320 pp. Fine (As New) in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. From dust jacket: Works of art meant to be worn, to be animated by te human body. this is the essence of the vital new art movement beautifully documented here: two decades of extraorindary clothing, 170 masterpieces by 62 artists. Art to wear is not a producet of the commercial fashion industry -- though it influences avant-garde designers worldwide. And, while the movement was born of the 1960s cultural revolu... View More...
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Napoli: Francesco Rossi-Romano Editore, 1859.
Seller ID: ess2917
Octavo, leather-backed boards (hardcover), leather labels, gilt letters & decorations to spine, viii + 685 pp. Very Good, with sunning to boards and lightly rubbed edges. View More...
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San Antonio: Unitversity of Texas Press, Austin, (1961).
Seller ID: 158md
Quarto, brown illus. cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xxvi + 68 pp. Near-Fine, with neat former-owner stamp; in a Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: A sensitive and gifted artist, Seth Eastman was nevertheless an able soldier who was brevetted brigadier general upon retirement. He always turned a part of each military assignment into a sketching excursion, and for most of us today the happiest result of his career was his portrayal of nineteenth-century scenes... View More...
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Mexico: Editorial Mexico, S.A., In Collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, n.d.
Seller ID: 05041scs
Royal octavo, full-color illus. stapled wrappers (paperbound), [39] pp. Full-color photographic plates. Very Good+, with light edgewear. ÒEugenio Fischgrund and Editorial Mexico, who were among the first to introduce Mexican art to the public at large through their books, pamphlets and other publications, now present PRe-Hispanic Sculpture, an aspect of antique indigenous art which has attracted major world-wide interest because of its unique forms and high aesthetic value.Ó View More...
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Nevada City, CA: Underwood Books, 2006.
Seller ID: vas979
Quarto, hardcover (slick, full-color illus. white boards), 128 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Every so often an artist comes along who sets the world on its collective ear, a visionary whose works capture the imagination of the public and inspires their fellow creatives. John Foster is such a visionary. As gifted with a paintbrush as he is with such computer graphics programs as Photoshop and Painter, Foster has produced art for comics (including covers for the Star Wars series), books, video games, films, and fantasy card games. The recipient of honors from Spectrum ... View More...
