V & A Publishing, August 2022. Hardcover. Unique exploration of how the cultural renaissance following independence evolved into today's dynamic African fashion revolution 'We face forward' Kwame Nkrumah, 7th April 1960 From Amanda Gorman in kente cloth (courtesy of Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton) on the cover of US Vogue..... More
Prestel Publishing, December 2013. Oversized Hardcover. Presenting Albrecht Dürer's art alongside the work of his predecessors and contemporaries, this exhaustive survey allows readers to fully grasp the significance of his artistic achievement. This magnificent volume considers every aspect of Albrecht Dürer's astonishing oeuvre. Thematically arranged, the selection of paintings, drawings..... More
Random House, October 2003. Oversized Hardcover. The impulse to do AMERICAN MUSIC, writes famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, came from a desire to return to my original subject and look at it with a mature eye. Bring my experience to it make it a real American tapestry. Her ambitious idea became..... More
Phaidon Press, November 2021. Hardcover. "[A] gorgeous anthology of fashion images ... Leibovitz is nothing less than America's greatest living photographic portraitist ... she has changed fashion photography forever." - Anna Wintour Legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz's surprising account of her encounters with fashion over five decades 'Looking back at my..... More
Wiley-Blackwell, January 1993. Trade Paperback. Current debates about the status of Modernism have led to an increasing interest in critical and aesthetic theories, and to a questioning of some of the traditional assumptions and limits of art history. The aim of this substantial anthology is to equip the student, teacher..... More
Princeton University Press, February 1992. Paper Back. This volume focuses on the decorative arts of a period that has only recently begun to receive serious attention from museums and collectors. It starts with the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 and continues to America's entry into World War 1 in 1916..... More
Gabinete das Relações Internacionais. Oversize Softcover. More
University of Texas Press, July 2008. Trade Paperback. Authoring a film adaptation of a literary source not only requires a media conversion but also a transformation as a result of the differing dramatic demands of cinema. The most critical central step in this transformation of a literary source to the..... More
North Light Books, September 1991. Oversize Softcover. Intended for beginners, this book offers suggestions on equipment and techniques for creating different textures, and gives tips on how to actually see what is being painted. Basic Techniques books offer comprehensive, step-by-step instruction from top North Light artists. Beginners will find information..... More
Reel Art Press, October 2021. Hardcover. How Black culture reinvented and subverted the Ivy Look Named one of the best books of 2021 by The Financial Times From the most avant-garde jazz musicians, visual artists and poets to architects, philosophers and writers, Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style charts a...... More
William Stout Publishers, May 2010. Oversized Hardcover. More
Le Mani-Microart'S. Oversize Softcover. More
Rizzoli International Publications, June 1993. Oversize Softcover. Briefly traces the career of this contemporary American architect and shows examples of his houses, apartment buildings, libraries, museums, schools, hotels, churches, and conference centers. Documents the full range of the architect's career. Minor shelfwear. More
University of Texas Press, March 2015. Trade Paperback. Frederick Aldama's The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez (2014) was the first full-scale study of one of the most prolific and significant Latino directors making films today. In this companion volume, Aldama enlists a corps of experts to analyze a majority of Rodriguez's..... More
Catalogo della Mostra:Published by Annely Juda Fine Art, January 1984. Oversize Softcover. Bottom right corner of the front cover is turned. Other light shelf wear and rubbing. More
Timewarner, January 2004. Trade Paperback. More
Allworth Press, September 1998. Trade Paperback. This collection of essays, interviews, and course syllabi examines how changing professional standards in graphic design have revolutionized the way design is taught, learned, and practiced. Forty-two top designers and educators talk theory, offer proposals, and discuss a wide range of educational concerns, from..... More
Delmonico Books, November 2021. Hardcover. A comprehensive survey of rarely seen collages from the master of abstraction Over the course of more than 50 years, renowned American artist Ellsworth Kelly made approximately 400 postcard collages, some of which served as exploratory musings and others as studies for larger works in..... More
Chelsea House, October 1977. Oversized Hardcover. 120 pages. Includes an introduction by Kate Millett and full-page black & white portraits of what MacAdams calls 'the new kind of woman,' including Patti Smith, Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem and many other 1970s feminist icons and lesser known figures, including the photographer herself..... More
Oversized Hardcover. More
Mit Press, February 2015. Oversized Hardcover. A generously illustrated examination of the enduring influence of and many variations on the classical Roman capital letter. The fiftieth anniversary of Helvetica, the most famous of all sans serif typefaces, was celebrated with an excitement unusual in the staid world of typography and..... More
Monacelli Press, December 2008. Trade Paperback. First published in 1999, Everyday Urbanism has become a classic in the discussion of cities and real life. Within the context of history, theory, and practice of urban design, the essays explore the city as a social entity that must be responsive to daily..... More
Routledge, October 1996. Trade Paperback. Film Policy is the first comprehensive overview of the workings of the international film industry. The authors examine film cultures and film policy across the world, explaining why Hollywood cinema dominates the global film market, and the effects of the rise of television and video..... More
University of Chicago Press, October 2015. Oversized Hardcover. A century after it began, we still struggle with the terrible reality of the First World War, often through republished photographs of its horrors: the muddy trenches, the devastated battlefields, the maimed survivors. Due to the crude film cameras used at the..... More
Oversize Softcover. Crisp, clean, apparently unused copy. Sixth edition. More
Smithsonian, July 1991. Trade Paperback. When she emerged in the photography world in the mid-1980s, Tina Barney immediately drew attention and acclaim for her large-frame, intensely hued tableaux of upper-crust life. Using a view camera, Barney saturates her film with the intimate moments and underlying tensions of family life. Covers..... More
Whitney Museum of American Art, March 2007. Oversize Softcover. Qualifying the ancient Greek saying "Man is the measure," Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) asserted instead "You are the measure," conveying the defining theme in an oeuvre that would exert a powerful influence on fellow artists and architects. In artworks that combined minimalist..... More
Steidl, February 2022. Hardcover. Class, race and labor in a Pittsburgh plant: a rarely seen series by Gordon Parks By 1944, Gordon Parks had established himself as a photographer who freely navigated the fields of press and commercial photography, with an unparalleled humanist perspective. That year, Roy Stryker--the former Farm..... More
Thames & Hudson, November 2011. Oversized Hardcover. Seven hundred years of architectural innovation make for an international survey of spectacular scope and depth, from the dome of St. Paul's cathedral to the arresting angles of the Sydney Opera House, from the monumental Taj Mahal to Kengo Kuma's attempts "to erase..... More
Grove/Atlantic, November 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. From its humble origins as a dusty California village to the height of movie studio glamor, this entertaining compendium brings Hollywood to life in the words of the people who worked there. A superb anthology . . . A feast for those who love..... More
Steidl, February 2015. Oversized Hardcover. One of the most important photobooks of the 20th century, scrupulously reproduced as a facsimille of the original Within the canon of European photography books it would be difficult to find one more famous, revered and influential as Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment, wrote Jeffrey..... More
Ediciones Poligrafa S.A., February 2010. Oversized Hardcover. Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is without doubt the most important twentieth-century French artist, and one of the great colorists of art history. His work utterly refutes the cliché that the great discoveries of Modernism were attained by a heroic and violent abandonment of the..... More
Prestel, August 2020. Hardcover. In his first published monograph, Tyler Mitchell, one of America's distinguished photographers, imagines what a Black utopia could look like. I Can Make You Feel Good, is a 206-page celebration of photographer and filmmaker Tyler Mitchell's distinctive vision of a Black utopia. The book unifies and..... More
Rizzoli International Publications, April 2022. Hardcover. i-D began as a fanzine dedicated to the street style of punk-era London in 1980 and quickly earned its position at the vanguard of fashion and style, abiding by the premise of "originate--don't imitate." This anniversary volume is the ultimate tribute to the irreverent..... More
Skira, August 2021. Hardcover. Koons by himself: the new definitive overview, featuring the artist's commentary on his works and career This handsomely designed volume brings together more than 60 of the artist's most iconic sculptures and paintings along with new productions and recently completed works. Edited by curator Masimilliano Gioni..... More
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, May 2014. Hardcover. Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon's most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have their memories and personalities repeatedly wiped and replaced with new ones..... More
Newmarket Press, January 2001. Trade Paperback. In this collection of interviews, Academy Award-winning director Elia Kazan ('On the Waterfront, East of Eden, Gentleman's Agreement', and others) reveals with brutal honesty the joys and complications of production. Photos. Index. More
Macmillan UK, June 2009. Hardcover. They're Not Pets, Susan, says a stern father who has just shot a bumblebee, its wings sparkling in the evening sunlight. A lone office worker, less than an inch high, looks out over the river in his lunch break, Dreaming of Packing it All In..... More
SUNY Press, February 2014. Hardcover. The director of such classic Hollywood films as In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, and Rebel Without a Cause, Nicholas Ray nevertheless remained on the margins of the American studio system throughout his career, and despite his cult status among auteurist critics and cinephiles, he..... More
Walther König, Köln, October 2009. Oversize Softcover. Lima-born, Toronto-based artist Luis Jacob's installation Habitat, detailed here, was realized in 2005 at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario. The extensive work comprises six interconnecting rooms for meeting, yoga, DJing, reading, sleep and one devoted to the contrast between hard and soft, which..... More
University of California Press, July 2007. Oversize Softcover. Paris in the 1920s--art, literature, the Lost Generation. The glitterati who inhabited this legendary world--F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Cole Porter, Man Ray, Dorothy Parker, and a host of others--were members of an intimate circle centered around Sara and Gerald..... More
Phaidon Press, January 2007. Flexible Boards. Acclaimed American documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark (b. 1940) became well-known after her photographs of Bombay brothels were published in 1981 in Falkland Road, a book that became legendary and confirmed her status as one of the most prominent and provocative documentary photographers working..... More
Cambridge University Press, September 1990. Hardcover. The Dutch of the seventeenth century were the first Europeans to specialize in marine art, and the achievements of the celebrated Dutch masters attest to the vitality and enduring appeal of Dutch marine art. The Dutch of the seventeenth century were the first Europeans..... More
The MIT Press, December 1988. Paper Back. "Modern Dreams" explores the distinction between the theoretical and sociological production of London in the fifties and conceptually related work of New York in the eighties. The art objects and theoretical strategies presented by the artists, architects, and writers included in this book..... More
Book of the Month Club, January 1985. Trade Paperback. More
Publications International, January 1993. Oversized Hardcover. More
Princeton University Press, June 2000. Oversize Softcover. Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures explores complex American attitudes toward the Near East--as revealed in collected paintings, interior design, and multiple vernacular forms--at the formative moment of industrialization and the crystallization of a truly mass culture. Published to coincide with the multimedia exhibition that..... More
The Gardiner Museum Toronto Canada, January 2008. Soft Cover. More
J. Paul Getty Trust Publications, July 1996. Soft Cover. These essays explore the parameters of Wagner's rich literary and architectural creations. These essays explore the parameters of Wagner's rich literary and architectural creations. More
Oxford University Press, USA, October 2000. Oversized Hardcover. The Oxford History of Western Art is an innovative and challenging reappraisal of how the history of art can be presented and understood. Through a carefully devised modular structure, readers are given insights not only into how and why works of art..... More
University of California Press, November 1998. Soft Cover. What is art? Who defines it? And why is high art so remote from most people? With the same puckish humor and critical genius that made them the betes noires of Soviet cultural commissars, the Russian emigre art team of Vitaly Komar..... More
Random House-Modern Library. Trade Paperback. A bit of cover creasing and soiling, but still a good, clean copy of a scarce title. More
Princeton University Press, April 1997. Trade Paperback. Picasso's extraordinary capacity to work in a variety of mediums and styles has amazed his critics since the first years of the century. This collection of critical and personal reactions to Picasso at every stage of his career provides a remarkable account of..... More
Birkhauser Basel, June 2009. Oversized Hardcover. Nach Jahrzehnten der Verdrängung von Wasser aus dem Siedlungsraum ist dieses in den vergangenen Jahren verstärkt zum gestalterischen Thema geworden. Die Integration natürlicher Wasserläufe in die bebaute Umgebung, die Klimatisierung von Stadträumen durch Wasserskulpturen, aber auch die Schaffung von Ruhe- oder Erlebnisorten wie Brunnen..... More
TASCHEN, January 2017. Oversized Hardcover. Ren Hang, who took his life February 23, 2017, was an unlikely rebel. Slight of build, shy by nature, prone to fits of depression, the 29-year-old Beijing photographer was nonetheless at the forefront Chinese artists' battle for creative freedom. Like his champion Ai Weiwei, Ren..... More
University Press of Mississippi, May 2012. Hardcover. "Show it! Two little words. It's better than five hundred words of discussion." In the early twentieth century, the art world was captivated by the totally original paintings of Henri Rousseau, who, seemingly without formal art training, produced works that astonished not only..... More
Shaanxi peoples's fine arts publishing house, January 1996. Soft Cover. More
Siglio Press, November 2021. Hardcover. A forensic conceptualist's inventory of the ordinary and extraordinary lives in a Venetian hotel In 1981 Sophie Calle took a job as a chambermaid for the Hotel C in Venice, Italy. Stashing her camera and tape recorder in her mop bucket, she not only cleans..... More
Conrad Octopus, March 1996. Oversize Softcover. More
University Press of Mississippi, March 2017. Hardcover. In this volume, editor Suranjan Ganguly collects eight of Stan Brakhage's most important interviews in which the filmmaker describes his conceptual frameworks; his theories of vision and sound; the importance of poetry, music, and the visual arts in relation to his work; his..... More
ABRAMS, January 1981. Oversized Hardcover. Binding a little shaken. More
Stewart Tabori & Chang, October 1996. Oversized Hardcover. More
Re/Search Publications, September 2019. Paper Back. As editor of RE/Search, V. Vale has documented the major underground movements of the past century. Along the way he took over 100,000 photos. Here are 75 images of underground living selected from Vale's vast photographic archive. Includes photographs of early Ramones, William S...... More
Valiz/Trancity, November 2017. Trade Paperback. Urban Challenges, Resilient Solutions offers designers, their commissioners and local governments new models for thinking about sustainability, resiliency, and the social and physical health of contemporary cities, with more than 50 case studies. More
Museum of Modern Art, July 2002. Hardcover. Journeying to the New York City borough of Queens is a much easier and more pleasant experience than the average Manhattanite would imagine. With the temporary relocation of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, to its new quarters at the old Swingline..... More
Delmonico Books, May 2022. Oversized Hardcover. Replete with complexities, abjection, beauty and joy, Women Painting Women offers new ways to imagine the portrayal of women, from Alice Neel to Jordan Casteel A thematic exploration of nearly 50 female artists who choose women as subject matter in their works, Women Painting..... More
powerHouse Books, October 2006. Hardcover. They've been called visionary by both Newsweek and Time, hailed as the ad world's most talked-about agency by USA Today, and dubbed the next big thing by Business 2.0. They launched the Mini car craze in America, took on Big Tobacco in the controversial Truth..... More
Fundació Joan Miró, January 2016. Hardcover. Corners slightly bumped. More
Macmillan General Reference, December 1996. Hardcover. In the early 1900's, Julia Tuell and her family lived on several Indian reservations where she became a photographer. Her keenly sensitive photographs of warriors who fought against Custer, women at work, children at play, and an entire village engaged in a ceremony are..... More
Dover Publications, June 1973. Reprint. Soft Cover. Nearly 100 classic images by noted photographer: Rockefeller Center on the rise, Bowery restaurants, dramatic views of the City's bridges, Washington Square, old movie houses, rows of old tenements laced with laundry, Wall Street, Flatiron Building, waterfront, and many other landmarks. Nearly 100..... More
Frangipani Books Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. In shrink wrap. More
Alexander Gallery, 1987. Cloth. Hardback, cloth covered. Light shelfwear and sun fading on the cover. More
Penguin/Pelican Books, 1972. Paper Back. Darkening. Shelf wear. More
FUEL Publishing, June 2017. Hardcover. The eerie beauty of Ukraine's Lenin statues, toppled in the name of decommunization In the process of decommunisation, Ukraine has toppled all its Lenin monuments. The authors have hunted down and photographed these banned Soviet statues, revealing their inglorious fate. As Russia celebrates the 100th..... More
Thames & Hudson, June 2022. Paper Back. Polaroid: The Complete Guide to Experimental Instant Photography is the go-to resource for all lovers of instant photography. Divided into two main parts, "Camera and Film Format Guide" and "Creative Techniques," this unique reference offers a comprehensive introduction to instant photography, including a...... More
Harry N. Abrams, April 1991. Cloth. Quarto in edgeworn dustjacket. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. 'Design & Cabinetry Inc' sticker affixed upon upper right corner, Library style pocket with sign out slip tucked into place is affixed to rear free end page. [318 pages]. More
Garland, January 1989. Cloth. Blue cloth without dust jacket. Signed & inscribed by Adamczyk on title page. More
Prestel Publishing, May 2021. Paper Back. Get a glimpse into the life and work of painter, sculptor, and printmaker Edgar Degas, who is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. Best known for his depictions of young dancers on the stage and in the studio, Degas was an accomplished..... More
Bulfinch, October 1986. First Edition. Cloth. A beautiful collection of Adams' work, hand-picked by himself--a last statement portfolio to represent his life's work. 76 duotones. Small quarto. Black cloth covered boards with white lettering along spine. In edgeworn DJ with heavy wear top & bottom of spine and at corners..... More
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, July 2004. Oversize Softcover. Ink-stamped on title page: 'Complimentary Copy-Not For Sale'. More
Thames & Hudson, November 2021. Paper Back. In this revised and updated edition of art historian Dawn Ades's seminal study of Salvador Dalí, based on interviews with the artist, Ades examines what accounts for Dalí's popularity, exploring such issues as the accessibility of his imagery and his talent as a...... More
Houghton Mifflin (T), September 1988. Trade Paperback. Contains inscription from previous owner. More
The Centre, January 1994. Stapled Soft Cover. Small quarto. More
Quartier, October 1998. Soft Cover. More
Voyageur Press (MN), October 1992. Oversize Softcover. "A good introduction to the area for newcomers, and a refresher for those who have been here awhile". Arizona Republic. More
Detroit Institue of Arts, January 1974. Limited. Paper Back. Quarto. {8 & 3/4' x 10'} Darkened margins. 1500 copies printed. lnternal text unmarked. [184 pages]. More
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2022. Hardcover. We are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the "supertall" megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. Cities around the world are racing to build the first mile-high building, stretching..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2022. Hardcover. We are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the "supertall" megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. Cities around the world are racing to build the first mile-high building, stretching..... More
Birmingham Museum of Art, December 2000. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Very good all round. More
Galerie Andre Francois Petit, February 1984. Stapled Soft Cover. Stapled quarto. 20 pages. 8 black & white plates. More
Museo 'Fournier' de Naipes, January 1991. Soft Cover. Quarto. More
University of California Press, October 2001. Trade Paperback. In this utterly original book, Anita Albus tells the story--in the birth and triumph of oil painting, the creation of perspective, and the very nature of paint itself--of how, when, and why the eye became king of all the senses. Albus's subjects..... More
Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, January 2015. Oversized Hardcover. More
Thames & Hudson, October 1985. Trade Paperback. Surrealism was a revolution. Unlike other modern movements such as cubism and geometrical abstraction, it was not based purely on artistic innovation; its aim was nothing less than the liberation, in art and in life, of the resources of the subconscious mind. Sarane..... More
Dover Publications, June 1993. Oversize Softcover. Important examples of French provincial furniture in museums and private collections in France. Most are of grand scale: draped poster beds, armoires, secretaries, buffets, credenzas and commodes. But chairs, tables, clocks and other accessories are depicted as well, often in typical room arrangements. Most..... More
Pocket Books, 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. Movie (Frank Sinatra) cover. Second printing; some stains on the back cover and minor creasing of edges. More
Societe de'exploitation de l'imprimerie espic, May 1988. Limited. Stapled Soft Cover. Limited edition of 500; Clean & sound stapled quarto. More
Arcadia Publishing, November 2005. First Thus. Paper Back. Architecturally imposing, historically rich, and socially important, Chicago's magnificent grand hotels have fascinated generations of Chicagoans and have pleased generations of guests. The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago have come to represent a collective formal living room for..... More
