Art
Jay DeFeo
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, August 2015. Hardcover. Published on the occasion of Jay DeFeo's (1929-89) first exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash featuring 50 key works spanning the years 1965-89, this volume examines DeFeo's distinctive exploration of visual vocabulary, rich materiality and experimental process across the mediums of painting, drawing, photography and..... More
In the Land of Temple Caves: From St. Emilion to Paris's St Sulpice
Counterpoint LLC, April 2004. Hardcover. A cri de coeur from one of America's most eloquent and respected naturalists on why Art does matter. In September 2001, following moments when civilization seemed to have unraveled, Frederick Turner undertook a quest for confirmation that Art does matter, that it is the preeminent..... More
Hale Woodruff, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, and the Academy
Published with Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, February 2007. Oversized Hardcover. African American artists Hale Woodruff and Nancy Elizabeth Prophet both worked in Paris before they become colleagues in Atlanta. When Woodruff began teaching drawing and painting at Atlanta University in 1931 he opened a new era of art..... More
Sensation: Young British Artists from The Saatchi Collection
Thames and Hudson Ltd, September 1997. Oversized Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. More
Picasso
Phaidon Inc Ltd, March 1993. Oversize Softcover. The ultimate flower-arrangement reference book from New York's 'go-to' floral designers Putnam & Putnam - how to combine the extraordinary colors in nature to create stunning results Cult floral designers Darroch and Michael Putnam's Flower Color Theory, the follow-up to their acclaimed globally..... More
Writing on Drawing: Essays on Drawing Practice and Research
Intellect Ltd, November 2008. Hardcover. Increased public and academic interest in drawing and sketching, both traditional and digital, has allowed drawing research to emerge recently as a discipline in its own right. In light of this development, Writing on Drawing presents a collection of essays that reveal a provocative agenda..... More
Austrian Expressionism: The Formative Years
Sposs, September 1995. Paper Back. Shrinkwrapped. More
Zen No Sho: The Calligraphy of Fukushima Keido Roshi
Clear Light Publishing, June 2003. Oversize Softcover. Fukushima Roshi is head abbot of Tofuku-ji Monastery. The gentle forms of Fukushima's calligraphy are rife with the erupting force of mushin. This book reproduces 20 pieces of Fukushima's calligraphy. It shows all three generations of bridge builders of one of the most..... More
The Venetian Hours of Henry James, Whistler, and Sargent
Little Brown and Company, September 1991. Hardcover. More
BANQUET YEARS : THE ORIGINS OF THE AVANT GARDE IN FRANCE 1885 TO WORLD WAR I
Anchor / Doubledy, 1961. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with moderate wear, sun tanned spine, and dust stains. Previous readers names. [390 pages]. More
Bonnard: Colour Library
Phaidon Press, August 1998. Oversize Softcover. Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) is acknowledged as one of the great masters of modern art, following in the tradition of the Impressionists. He is best known as a painter of intimate, domestic interiors, but he was also a highly accomplished draughtsman who produced a wealth..... More
A History of Western Art
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, July 2004. Oversize Softcover. Ink-stamped on title page: 'Complimentary Copy-Not For Sale'. More
Echo Objects: The Cognitive Work of Images
University of Chicago Press, June 2007. Hardcover. Barbara Maria Stafford is at the forefront of a growing movement that calls for the humanities to confront the brain's material realities. In Echo Objects, she argues that humanists should seize upon the exciting neuroscientific discoveries that are illuminating the underpinnings of cultural..... More
The book of Job (Masterpieces of the illustrated book)
Paddington, January 1976. Paper Back. Quarto. Clean, sound. Damp staining. [52pages plus 16 pages of illustration]. More
Prints & Drawings of the Danube School: Exhibition of South German & Austrian Graphic Art of 1500-1560 Prepared by a Graduate Seminar…under…Charles Talbot & Alan Shestack, Oct. 9, 1969-March 24, 1970
Yale University Press, January 1969. Paper Back. {7' x 10'} Cover is darkened at margins. Spine sun tanned and worn with superficial tears & chipping. Previous reader's name and a date in ink on title page. {109 pages plus 61 pages of black & white illustrations]. More
Northern Renaissance Art, 1400-1600. (Sources and Documents in the History of Art Series.)
Prentice-Hall, 1966. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Trade paperback with darkened margins to cover and interior pages. Underlining & side notes in inks (black & red). Complete number string. Previous reader's name in ink first inside page. [187 pages]. More
Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art
Penguin (Non-Classics), 199. Paper Back. Why are the paleolithic Venus of Willendorf, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, and Marcel Duchamp's ready-made urinal all considered works of art? Why, strictly speaking, is a Cindy Sherman photograph more art-like than a Da Vinci portrait? How did the painters and sculptors of the Renaissance..... More
Malerei der Donauschule
F. Bruckmann, January 1964. Oversized Hardcover. {10' X 11'} Turquoise blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering. No jacket. Soiling/dust staining to front and rear boards. Discoloration/staining to spine. Tanned/foxing to end pages front and rear. Previous reader's name is in ink upon ffep. Foxing textblock edges. Text is in..... More
Rembrandt, Life and Work -- Revised Edition
Phaidon Publishers, Inc., January 1964. Cloth. UK edition. Quarto in edgeworn dustjacket with foxed verso. Flap is not clipped. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering. Foxing/tanning to end pages. Hinge between front pastedown and ffep is cracked by remains intact. Previous reader's name and a date in ink on..... More
From El Greco to Goya: Painting in Spain 1561-1828
Prentice Hall, September 1997. Trade Paperback. For sophomore/junior/senior-level courses on Spanish Arts, Baroque Arts, and Art and Culture of Europe. This well-illustrated text examines international painting in Spain--in historical context from the reign of the Habsburg King Philip II to the death of Goya--unique in its approach; it goes beyond..... More
The 'art of Italian Renaissance Courts
Pearson College Div, March 2005. Trade Paperback. This text combines a discussion of history and art as it focuses on the smaller courts of Mantua, Ferrara, Naples, and Urbino that produced an extraordinary amount of great art. For introductory college-level courses in art history or the general reader interested in..... More
Cezanne and the End of Impressionism : A Study of the Theory, Technique, and Critical Evaluation of Modern Art
Univ of Chicago Pr, April 1986. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Drawing on a broad foundation in the history of nineteenth-century French art, Richard Shiff offers an innovative interpretation of Cézanne's painting. He shows how Cézanne's style met the emerging criteria of a "technique of originality" and how it satisfied critics..... More
George Inness: Presence of the Unseen, A Centennial Commemoration
Montclair Art Museum, January 1994. First Edition. Paper Back. {11' x 11'} Mild shelfwear. Small grey stain front cover. [60 pages]. More
Crossreference Emory Visual Arts Faculty & Alumni Exhibition 2014 Emory University
Visual Arts Department & Gallery, October 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. {9 & 3/4' x 8 & 1/4'} Pictorial boards issued without dustjacket. Light grey end pages. Appears unread. More