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PHAIDON ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ART AND ARTISTS.
United Kingdom Phaidon Press Limited 1978 0-7148-1513-6 / 9780714815138 Brown Cloth Near Fine to Fine Very Good Art
1,618 entries. over 1,000 biographies of painters, sculptors, architects and graphic artists. 1,434 illustrations with 301 in color. 704 pages.
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Abbate, Francesco, editor IMPRESSIONISM Its Forerunners and Influences
London Octopus Books 1972 0706400690 / 9780706400694 Very Good Very Good- Art Size: Approx. 5 " x 7" Color Illustrations
The Age of Impressionism describes not so much a style as a dazzling assembly of individuals who shared a common urge to create something new-something unacademic, realist rather than romantic, recording immediate visual impressions. This lucid guide containing 83 full color illustrations embraces every significant direction in the age we now chiefly associate in art with Impressionism. 158 pages including index. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine.Mildly rubbed spine ends. Overall covers are VG+. owner's name and date on free endpaper, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Pictorial dustjacket. Mildly rubbed along edges. Overall VG-
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Cairns, Huntington (edited by) Masterpieces of Painting From the National Gallery of Art
New York Random House 1944 Very Good Good- to Fair Art Size: Approx. 11" x 14" color Plates
Contains 85 superb color plates of masterpieces of paintings from the National Gallery Of Art, each matched with an interpretive passage from the world's literature. Full page color plates of such artists as Botticelli, El Greco, Rubens, Raphael, Rembrandt, Renoir and others. 182 pp. Burnt red covers. Front cover with gilt lettering and "symbol" of the National Gallery of Art. Spot?/stain? at side edge-could be oil? from hand opening book? Only visible at certain angle. Mildly rubbed bottom edge. Overall covers are VG. Small sticker glue residue on free endp. one color plate shows results of sticking to other side of page. otherwise interior is tight,clean and VG+. DJ intact but many tears along borders, spine joints and flaps. Front cover with tiny round sticker with"J". Verso of back cover piece glued back in place. Dj is Good- to Fair
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Canady, John. Metropolitan Seminars in Art-Great Periods in Painting: 12 Portfolios
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The 1959 Good to Very Good. Art Size:10" x 13" color Plates
"Art Seminars in the Home". Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a course on art study. 12 Portfolios: WHAT IS A PAINTING, REALISM, EXPRESSIONISM, ABSTRACTION, COMPOSITION (Pictures as structures), COMPOSITION(Composition as expression), TECHNIQUES(Fresco), TECHNIQUES(Tempera and Oil), TECHNIQUES(Water Color, Pastel, Etching, Engraving), THE ARTIST AS A SOCIAL CRITIC, and THE ARTIST AS A VISIONARY. Each volume has a pocket with colored plates-frameable. Missing 19 of 144 plates. Two plates slightly damaged. Exteriors are Good to Very Good. Interiors are Very Good. Some yellowing in front hinge area.
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Clarke, Isaac Edwards EDUCATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND FINE ARTS IN THE UNITED STATES: PART I. DRAWING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Washington Government Printing Office 1885 Brown Cloth Good Education Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4"
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education. 842 pp. with index. Ex. lib. with stamp and identification numbers on front freepaper and inside front cover. Brown cloth covers have bumped corners, edges rubbed. Library sticker adhered to bottom of spine. Spine head and tail are bent and fraying, spine separated from interior of book, and joints are rubbed to expose boards. Spine loose within interior pages. Interior page edges are browning, but text is easily legible. Book in Good condition.
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45.00 USD
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Cogniat, Raymond CEZANNE
Amsterdam Pantheon Akademische Verlagsanstalt 1939 Brown Linen-like Cloth Very Good Artists Size: Approx. 6 " x 8" Plates
Editions Pierre Tisne, Paris. Printed in France. Text in German. 35 pp. with 112 b/w and color plates, some tipped in. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover corners are bumped and edges rubbed. Foxing to top page edge. Mild browning on pages. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.
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Dore, Gustave THE NEW TESTAMENT IN PICTURES
Brown Imit. Leather Very Good Bible Size: Approx. 5 " x 7" Illustrations
Printed in the Holy Land. No publisher or publication date noted. 64 famous illustrations by Gustave Dore. "For close on a century the famous Bible illustrations of Gustave Dore have served to give people an appreciation of the sublime majesty of the Scriptures. The present little volume is submitted to the public in the hope that this meritorious work may be continued." 64 pages, each with a different illustration with bible verse. Brown imitation leather covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. On front cover, there is a copper plate with image of a castle inset in the imitation leather with 'Jerusalem' printed below it and 'Printed in the Holy Land' on bottom, along with embossed flowers covering. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, spine tips are rubbed and bent, small chip in imitation leather on top front cover. Red page edges. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.
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Dutton, Bertha NAVAJO WEAVING TODAY
Santa Fe, New Mexico Museum of New Mexico Press 1963 Third Edition Pamphlet Very Good Native American Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" Photographs
39 pages with suggested reading list. Pamphlet in VG condition with some light handling to covers, interior is tight and clean.
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6.00 USD
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Fitzgerald, Edward Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered Into English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1946 Very Good Poetry Size: Approx. 8" x 11" Sarkis Katchadourian
Each page with illustrations by Sarkis Katchadourian including 11 color plates. Contents include: Notes about the Artist, Introduction by Edward J. Fitzgerald, Fourth Version of the Rubaiyat--1879, and First Version of the Rubaiyat-- 1859. 138 pp. Tan linen-like covers with colored illustration insert on front cover. spine bottom edge bumped, otherwise covers are VG. One inch tear on side edge of title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Omar Khayyám was a Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer who lived in Persia. Sarkis Katchadourian was a prolific artist who created numerous works with an Orientalist, or Persian sensibility.
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Janson, Anthony F. History of Art
Paramus, NJ, U.S.A. Prentice Hall PTR 1971 0-13-389296-4 / 9780133892963 Second Printing Very Good
owner's name in red block letters on free endp. otherwise interior is clean, tight and VG+ condition. Glossy covers. Back cover slightly soiled, otherwise VG to VG+.
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Koehler, S. R. JAPANESE WOOD-CUTTING AND WOOD-CUT PRINTING
Washington Government Printing Office 1893 Disbound Very Good Japan Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9" Plates and Figures
Communicated by T. Tokuno, Chief of Insetsu-Kioku (Bureau of Engraving and Printing) of the Ministry of Finance, Tokio, Japan. Edited and annotated by Koehler, Curator of the Section of Graphic Arts, U.S. National Museum, Washington, DC. Disbound document from the Report of the U.S. National Museum in Washington 1893 (for the year ending June 30, 1892). 52nd Congress, 2nd Session, Mus. Doc. 114, Part 2. Pages 221-244 with Plates IV-XIII and Figures 1-5. Last page is removed from document, and second to last page is starting to separate. Otherwise document is in Very Good condition.
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Library of Congress CLASSIFICATION. Class N. FINE ARTS
Washington Government Printing Office 1910 Paper Wraps Good Library of Congress Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 "
Printed as Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Fine Arts (General); Architecture; Sculpture; Graphic Arts in General-Drawings, Design; Painting; Engraving; and Art Applied to Industry-Decoration and Ornament. 161 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. Faint watermark at spine joint, 1 3/4" to top edge. Doesn't go through. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.
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Miller, Walter Daedalus and Thespis: 2 Volumes on Sculpture, and 2 Volumes on Painting and Allied Arts,
Columbia MO University of Missouri 1931 Stiff Covers Good Greece Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" Photographs
The Contributions of the Ancient Dramatic Poets to Our Knowledge of the Arts and Crafts of Greece. Four "volumes": Volume II, Part I and II on Sculpture 1931. Volume III, Part I and II on Painting and Allied Arts, 1932. The University of Missouri Studies. A Quarterly of Research.Volume II, Part I and II:Sculpture. Contents: Archaic Period; Transition Period; Fifth Century; Sculpture of Unknown Authorship and Unknown Time; Sculpture in the Theater, Wood Carvings; Metal Work, Articles for the Boudoir, for Use in the Service of the gods; Funeral Urns; and Coinage. pp.331-597. 45 illustrations-most full paged. Volume III, Part I and II: Painting and Allied Arts. Painting-The Old Masters, Portrait Painting, and Mythological and Religious Painting; Weaving Tapestry and Embroidery; Mosaics; and Pottery. pp.559-863 including 3 Indexes( Index of Passages Cited from Ancient Authors; Index of Artists and Index of Subjects. 51 illustrations-most full paged. All covers and page edges with mild soiling. One front cover with bottom corner tip missing, and another with bottom corner pages creased back. Mildly faded covers. Spines mildly soiled and rubbed. Volume II's front cover with ex.-mus stamp. Overall covers are Good. All interiors are tight, clean and Very Good +. Scarce to have all 4.
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