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HOGARTH: THE COMPLETE ENGRAVINGS
Written by Joseph Burke; Colin Caldwell.
Illustrated by Hogarth; William Hogarth.
Stock no. 1829517
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1974.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
267 b/w engravings with commentary following which explains the story embodied in each print. Large format. Heavy. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and publisher vignette to front. ISBN: 0500230854. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Faint browning to pastedowns. Top corner crease to a couple of pages and vertical crease to rear endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.
ART AND POWER: EUROPE UNDER THE DICTATORS 1930-45
Written by Dawn Ades.
Stock no. 1829477
Published by Hayward Gallery.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
This book is about the relationship between art and politics in the 1930s, in the Europe of the dictators. It provides a history of the plight of individual artists and architects under totalitarian rule, structured around the four capital cities of Paris, Rome, Moscow and Berlin. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name organized by the Hayward Gallery, London, running from 1996 - 1996. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 360 pages. ISBN: 1853321486. A lovely copy with some minor staining to lower edge of text block else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ARCHITECTURE
RODRIGO MOYNIHAN: PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER
Written by Richard Shone; John Ashbery.
Illustrated by Rodrigo Moynihan.
Stock no. 1829476
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Abstracts, Landscape, Portraiture and still-life. Foreword by John Ashbery. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt publisher's logo to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. 140 pages. ISBN: 0500973709. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed, rear panel has remains of an old label and is slightly faded.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PORTRAITURE
- STILL LIFE
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM
Written by David King.
Stock no. 1829475
Published by Butterworth Architecture.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The eighteenth century architects Robert and James Adam gave their name to a classical style of architecture, a castle style of architecture and to a style of decoration. This book is the first complete catalogue of their executed works. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams throughout, a few colour photos. xii and 447 pages including index. ISBN: 075061286X. Light rubbing to base of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- DESIGN
- ART
- BUILDINGS
LUCA, ANDREA, GIOVANNI DELLA ROBBIA
Written by G. Gaeta Bertela.
Illustrated by Luca Della Robbia; Andrea Della Robbia; Giovanni Della Robbia.
Stock no. 1829464
Published by Constable.
Very good condition.
The work of the Della Robbia family constitutes a unique chapter in the history of Renaissance art. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 0094632901. Undated. Base of spine is lightly worn. Rear cover has a small mark from the remains of a label. Contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- RENAISSANCE
- SCULPTURE
REDON
Written by Michael Gibson.
Illustrated by Odilon Redon.
Stock no. 1829463
Published by Taschen.
Circa
2017.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A major Symbolist artist, Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was also a painter of scenic and emotional extremes. Until around 1890, he was renowned for work in black and white only. White boads, black titles. ISBN: 9783836553216. Still in original shrinkwrap!
- Categorised in:
- ART
HITLER AT HOME
Written by Despina Stratigakos.
Stock no. 1829440
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Adolf Hitler's makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid-1930s. This provocative book exposes the dictator's preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by the aesthetic and idealogical management of his domestic architecture. A rare glimpse into the decisions involved in the making of Hitler's homes and into the sheer power of the propaganda that influenced how the world saw him. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & a few colour illustrations. x and 373 pages. ISBN: 9780300183818. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor scuffs.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- ART
- WORLD WAR II
- NAZIS
FEDERICO BAROCCI: RENAISSANCE MASTER OF COLOUR AND LINE
Written by Judith W. Mann; Babette Bohn; Carol Plazzotta.
Illustrated by Federico Barocci.
Stock no. 1829433
Published by The Saint Louis Art Museum.
1st
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Federico Barocci was one of the most innovative Italian artists of the second half of the 16th century. His art combines the Renaissance focus on the human body with an unparalleled use of colour and light. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name which ran from October 2012 to January 2013 and February 2013 to May 2013. Large heavy format. Orange cloth boards with gilt title. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. xv and 360 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300174779. A lovely copy with a few pale foxspots to top edge of text block else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine and justa little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- RENAISSANCE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
DUTCH SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY GENRE PAINTING: ITS STYLISTIC AND THEMATIC EVOLUTION
Written by Wayne Franits.
Stock no. 1829430
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2004.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This comprehensive book explores the evolution of genre painting throughout the Dutch Golden Age, beginning in the early 1600s and continuing through the opening years of the next century. Large heavy format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. vii and 328 pages including index. ISBN: 0300102372. Slight bumping to top & tail of spine and corners. Text block a little grubby. Title page is grubby with imprinting from ink on facing frontis at edges. Else contents clean. Black pictorial dust wrapper is lightly worn at edges, a little scuffed and some foxing to verso.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- DUTCH PAINTING
- ART HISTORY
THE ART OF JACK RUSSELL: NEW HORIZONS
Written by Jack Russell; Jim Ruston.
Illustrated by Jack Russell.
Stock no. 1829425
Published by Jr Marketing.
1st
2007.
Very good condition.
Gloucestershire inspired oil paintings by Jack Russell of Chipping Sodbury. Large oblong format. Matt white boards with illustration to both boards. 125 pages. ISBN: 0954043014. SIGNED by the author/artist to title page (no dedication). White boards a little grubby. Image to front board is fade to one side. Rear board is scuffed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- OIL PAINTING
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
EDWARD SEAGO: THE VINTAGE YEARS
Written by Ron Ranson.
Illustrated by Edward Seago.
Stock no. 1829424
Published by David & Charles.
1st
1992.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Seago's finest and most characteristic landscape paintings. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0715399276. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Large grubby mark to lower margin of page 69 slightly affecting the text but not the picture. Otherwise one or two minor marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.
THE LOWRY LEXICON: AN A-Z OF L.S. LOWRY
Written by Shelley Rohde.
Illustrated by L.S. Lowry.
Stock no. 1829422
Published by The Lowry Centre.
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
In this entertaining and skilfully presented gift-book, Lowry biographer Shelley Rohde uses her great skills as a writer to present a sequence of often amusing and always revealing anecdotes from the life of the artist. Square format. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 190297011X. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.