Decorative arts Books
Pointed Leaf Press Golden Glass Verre Eglomise
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£76.00
Pointed Leaf Press Mark Epstein Designs
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£49.50
83 Press Our Hearts Are in England
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£37.95
83 Press Our Hearts Are in France
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£37.95
Paige Tate Select Florals By Hand: How to Draw and Design Modern
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£25.49
Oro Editions By Western Hands: Functional Art from the Heart
Book SynopsisBy Western Hands: Functional Art from the Heart of the West celebrates the history of rustic design — from the Adirondacks and National Park “parkitecture” style to the work of legendary western furnituremaker Thomas Molesworth — and describes its evolution to the art form it is today, one that is born of an individual artisan’s creative process and uniquely inspired by place. The book includes leading voices in the movement, features original examples of bespoke mountain and rustic interiors, and showcases one-of-a-kind artworks from fifty of the best rustic and western decorative artisans working today. By Western Hands: Functional Art from the Heart of the West is at once a history, a compendium and a curated showcase full of design inspiration, whether one owns a rustic, western or country home, or simply dreams of one.Table of Contents6 Introduction 8 Foreword 12 Rustic Tradition 20 Thomas Molesworth, Cody High Style and Western Design 26 On the Edge of the Wilderness: Fine Art and Cody’s Place in the West 30 Cody Style and the Western Design Renaissance 40 The Switchback Ranch Collection of Western Decorative Arts 42 Interior West: Decorative Arts in the Home 52 The Lodge at Cook Canyon: A Voyage of Discovery 58 By Western Hands Artisans 224 By Western Hands Honorary Artisans 238 Resources 240 About the Contributors 242 Acknowledgments
£48.75
Independently Published Visual Merchandising
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£37.98
Eight Books Out of the Box: A Celebration of Contemporary Box
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£33.25
Editions Flammarion Venice: A Private Invitation
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£41.25
Rizzoli Villa Astor Paradise Restored on the Amalfi Coast
Book SynopsisThis volume showcases the legendary Italian villa that William Waldorf Astor exquisitely curated as a masterpiece of art, architecture, and design. Dominating the Bay of Naples in the charming town of Sorrento, with spectacular views of Mount Vesuvius, Villa Astor is an Italian landmark with a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire. American businessman, collector, and politician William Waldorf Astor—founder of the legendary Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York—fell in love with Italy during his time as American ambassador in Rome. He purchased the villa that now bears his name and turned it into a paradise of art, beauty, architecture, and exquisite gardens. The eccentric, extravagant, and discerning art lover spent a decade restoring and decorating the house and gardens with an outstanding collection of classical artifacts. After Astor’s death in 1919, the villa changed hands. It was recently acquired by new owners, who have restored the villa and gardens to their former splendor with the talented French decorator Jacques Garcia. This volume traces the splendid history of a legendary house, garden, and art collection and the extraordinary life of one of the world’s most enigmatic tycoons.
£30.00
Jbe Books A Banquet of Wonders Delighting in the World
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£30.00
Editions Norma Jean Dunand
Book SynopsisA key figure in the Art Deco movement, artist Jean Dunand (1877-1942) stands out for his multiple talents as a sculptor, goldsmith, copper maker, but also lacquerer, bookbinder and decorator. After having excelled in finishing hammer-mounted vases and brassware, he met Seizo Sugawara in 1912 who led him to become passionate about lacquer, which he made his signature on both his vases and his panels, furniture and bindings. At the head of an important workshop, he participated in the major international exhibitions of his time, in Paris in 1925, 1931 and 1937, in New York in 1939, and was regularly exhibited at the Georges Petit gallery and at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. His singularity and the quality of his creations lead him to become one of the most sought-after portrait painters, immortalising personalities in fashion and the arts such as Jeanne Lanvin, Louise Boulanger, Joséphine Baker as well as from the world of finance such as the Lazards, Carnegie or Louis-Dreyfus. Jean Dunand also worked on remarkable sets in France and the United States such as the music salons of Solomon R. Guggenheim, the apartments of Madame Agnès or Templeton Croker, as well as on the shipyards of the Atlantic and Normandy liners which will crown a rich career of more than two thousand works, presented in a repertoire at the end of the book. Text in French.
£71.25
Les Arts Decoratifs Bronze and Gold
Book SynopsisCreated in 1936, following the bequest of Count Moïse de Camondo to the French State in memory of his son Nissim, who died for France in 1917, the Musée Nissim de Camondo houses a rich collection of 18th-century art objects. Reflecting the donor''s taste for this period of French art, the collection includes a significant number of pieces of furniture and objects embellished with gilded bronze ornaments. Gathered with incredible foresight by Moïse de Camondo between 1890 and 1935, these gilded bronzes reflect the evolution of styles during the 18th century, from the fantasies of rocaille, the severity of the return to the antique model, to the delicacy of the Louis XVI style. This catalogue presents a selection of 30 furniture bronzes, all masterpieces. Signed Osmond, attributed to Jean-Louis Prieur, François Rémond or Jean-Noël Turpin, they testify to the expertise of Parisian gilders in the second half of the 18th century, as well as to their collaboration with other trad
£28.00
Brepols N.V. Manuscript Illumination in Lyons (1473-1530)
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£76.95
ACR Edition Le Sud Marocain
Book SynopsisBuried in deep valleys, there are citadels of ochre earth. Near the sea there are white chalked casbahs and vast tranquil palm-gardens and deserts of coloured sands run into soot black mountains. Pungent and bustling souks offer spices and potions to ward off malevolent spirits. Slender arched doorways open out into darkened alleys. Scented mint tea is served in pattern-draped tents. The sky is as clear as ever over the Sahara. This is the Moroccan South - a legendary land, sumptuous and austere. This series presents a fascinating chronology of the spread of Islamic art in the form of 12 Exhibition Trails in 11 countries. The programme is based on the unique idea of visitors viewing exhibitions without the works of art being transported - discovering artefacts in their natural environments and within their cultural and historical context. Each trail is presented and written by experts who live in the specified areas and are accompanied by beautiful illustrations.Table of ContentsAlso Available: Paris Plaisir ISBN:9782867701139 GBP55.00 Lebanon: The Phoenician Pearl ISBN:9782867701443 GBP55.00
£41.25
Editions Norma Eyre de Lanux
Book SynopsisBorn into the American aristocracy, Elizabeth Eyre de Lanux abandoned high society to pursue an artistic career. Starting her training with Constantin Brancusi, she then arrived in Paris in 1919, following her marriage to French diplomat and writer Pierre de Lanux. She soon met the designer Eileen Gray. Eyre took over Gray's research on laquer and continued experimenting with innovative materials not previously used in furniture, namely cork, amber and linoleum. With Evelyn Wyld, she created a literary universe in which the poetry of her rugs, blended with furniture and lamps in totally new ways, all in an environment of muted shades and modern comfort. An ambitious artist in the Surrealist Paris of the interwar years, she wanted to believe in a peaceful future. But the crash of 1929 and World War II sounded the death knell for the career of this fresh new talent, ensuring that her creations became the rarest of objects. A bridge between the pioneering Eileen Gray and the rational Charlotte Perriand, like them, Eyre de Lanux drew inspiration from Japonism. Neither poor, nor stripped bare, her rare architectured interiors have remained secret until now.Elizabeth Eyre de Lanux is a recognised name but a forgotten talent. With Eileen Gray, Eyre de Lanux, Charlotte Perriand and Maria Pergay, the four cardinal points have now been identified.
£37.50
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Forever Jade: Chinese Jade Miniatures from Four
Book SynopsisLuminous, with a silken glow and soft to the touch, yet harder than steel, created by nature and shaped by human hand: no other material has been more highly valued in China for millennia than jade. Since humanity’s earliest days, magical properties have been attributed to the mineral. As a burial gift it confers immortality and is said to improve health when given as medicine, as a talisman it bestows good fortune and protection. It is hardly surprising that jade objects became sought-after collectables as early as the 10th century. Zurich’s Museum Rietberg is home to an exquisite collection of Chinese jade objects spanning four millennia. In his striking images, Zurich-based photographer Felix Streuli brings them to life and makes them glow. The images reveal the most intricate details and make these works of art almost tangible to the viewer. This book features around 60 of Streuli's outstanding photographs, supplemented with concise texts on the objects they show and an introduction to the history of Chinese jade art. Interspersed short stories and poems revolving around the mythical gemstone and a reflection on the photographer’s gaze round out this carefully designed picture book. Text in English and German.
£43.84
De Gruyter Die Bronzen des Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
Book SynopsisThe striving for a royal crown, the ennobling of a clever financial policy, or the immortalizing of glorious victories—all of this is reflected in the grandeur of the bronzes by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. Individuals who owned the Venus Medici or other full-size copies of ancient sculptures created by the Florentine medallion-maker around 1700, like the Liechtensteins or the Marlboroughs, thus acquired not only a technically brilliant masterpiece, but also a privilege, since they came from one of the most important collections of ancient works of its time, that of the Medici. Soldani, who trained in Rome and Paris at the behest of Grand Duke Cosimo III, produced refined new creations of the originals from antiquity, which could only be obtained through diplomatic networks, long before the art market of the eighteenth century made copies of ancient sculptures a mass product.
£65.25
De Gruyter Performing Modernism: A Jewish Avant-Garde in
Book SynopsisDer Band befasst sich mit der Moderne in Design und darstellender Kunst im Rumänien der Zwischenkriegszeit. Er folgt den transnationalen Wegen bemerkenswerter jüdischer Künstler/-innen, Schauspieler/-innen und Regisseur/-innen der Avantgarde, die in den 1920er- und 30er-Jahren in Bukarest tätig waren. Das Buch deckt einerseits die Geschichte von Bukarests erster moderner Designinstitution auf und untersucht die Verbindungen zu deutschem Design und Bauhaus. Der Fokus liegt andererseits auf innovativen Kollaborationen im Bereich des jiddischen Theaters, darunter der Aufenthalt der weltbekannten Wilnaer Truppe in Rumänien. Die Autorin zeigt auf, wie Bukarest mit Berlin, Riga und Chicago in Verbindung stand, und beleuchtet den Beitrag jüdischen Kulturschaffens zur Avantgardebewegung in Europa und darüber hinaus.
£31.02
De Gruyter Jugendstil in Berlin: Künstler - Räume - Objekte
Book Synopsis The first comprehensive account of Art Nouveau in Berlin introduces seven artists who shaped Art Nouveau here: Bruno Möhring, Alfred Grenander, Otto Eckmann, Henry van de Velde, August Endell, Theodor Schmuz-Baudiß and Peter Behrens. The second part unfolds a panorama of Art Nouveau works in both public and private spaces, which presented themselves to contemporaries but have largely disappeared today: public and private buildings, transportation buildings, design and furnishings of offices, stores and private homes. Art stores and department stores presented works and goods in Art Nouveau in a great variety and quality. It can be seen that Berlin was a center of Art Nouveau to a far greater extent than previously assumed.
£42.75
De Gruyter Kunstkammer: Weltsicht und Wissen um 1600
Book SynopsisDie Dresdner Kunstkammer im Residenzschloss bietet eine faszinierende Vielfalt von Sammlungsobjekten der Spätrenaissance und des Frühbarock. Dem Gründer der Kunstkammer, Kurfürst August (1526–1586), ist der einzigartige Bestand an schlichten und kunstvoll verzierten Handwerkszeugen zu verdanken. Dabei reicht die Bandbreite von Gartengeräten über Goldschmiede-, Tischler- und eisenbearbeitende Werkzeuge bis zu den sogenannten Brechzeugen (Werkzeug zum Aufsprengen oder Zerbrechen). Darüber hinaus stellt der Museumsführer aufwendig verzierte Kunstkammerschränke, zwei reich ausgestattete Augsburger Kabinettschränke, mit irisierendem Perlmutter eingelegte Tische, kostbare Brettspiele und Musikinstrumente neben filigranen Drechselkunststücken, Werken der Schatzkunst und Gegenständen aus fernen Kulturen vor. Zahlreiche bisher nicht publizierte Meisterwerke der Kunstkammer im Dresdner Residenzschloss
£21.38
de Gruyter Bastowerkstatt
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£25.20
De Gruyter Bröhan 100: Highlights der Sammlung
Book SynopsisDie sehr reich bebilderte Publikation zur Sammlung des Bröhan-Museums, das 1973 von dem Sammler und Unternehmer Karl H. Bröhan (1921–2000) gegründet wurde, gibt einen Überblick über die wichtigsten designhistorischen Strömungen zwischen 1890 und 1940. Vom französischen Art Nouveau und dem englischen Arts and Crafts Movement über den Jugendstil und die deutsche Werkstättenbewegung, die Wiener Moderne und den internationalen Art Déco bis zur funktionalistischen Gestaltung der 1930er-Jahre wird anhand von 100 Objekten oder Objektpaaren lebendige Kunst- und Sammlungsgeschichte vermittelt. Ein eigener Abschnitt ist den Künstlerinnen und Künstlern der Berliner Secession gewidmet. Ein Muss für Fans von Jugendstil, Art Déco und funktionalistischem Design!
£23.25
De Gruyter Glanzvolle Glückwünsche: Geburtstagsgaben für
Book SynopsisInstitutionen, Vereine und Gremien überreichten Prinzregent Luitpold von Bayern (1821-1912), einem der bekanntesten Vertreter des Hauses Wittelsbach, anlässlich seiner runden Geburtstage 1891, 1901 und 1911 prächtige Glückwunschadressen. Als hochrangige Arbeiten des Kunsthandwerks kombinieren sie künstlerische Techniken von der Goldschmiedekunst über den Lederschnitt bis zur Aquarellmalerei. Ihr stilistisches Spektrum reicht von den Spielarten des Historismus bis zum Jugendstil. Mit diesen im Bayerischen Nationalmuseum aufbewahrten Kleinoden fällt ein Schlaglicht auf die vitale kulturelle Entwicklung der nach dem Jubilar als Prinzregentenzeit bekannten Zeitspanne um 1900 und die bravourösen Geburtstagsfeierlichkeiten eines Fürsten kurz vor dem Ende der Monarchien in Deutschland. Ausstellung im Bayerischen Nationalmuseum 23. September 2021 - 27. März 2022
£27.08
Harrassowitz Turinschriften Im Naos Des Hathortempels Von
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£237.50
Dietrich Reimer Karl Ernst Osthaus Und Der Hohenhof in Hagen: Ein
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£50.82
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Die Iranische Moderen in Der Bildenenden Kunst.
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£49.40
Twentysix Papiermaché Figuren selbst gebaut: Workshop für
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£14.88
Twentysix Papiermaché Ideen für die Weihnachtszeit:
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£15.12
Koenemann Art Nouveau München, Wien, Praha
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£37.46
Koenemann.Com GmbH Art Nouveau Paris Bruxelles Barcelona Art Periods
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£18.76
Koenemann.Com GmbH Art Nouveau 2 Muenchen Wien Praha Art Periods
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£17.25
Hatje Cantz Landmarks: The Modern House in Denmark
Book SynopsisThe human being was at the center of Danish Modernism. Traditional craftsmanship and a high degree of quality influenced both design and architecture. Besides numerous groundbreaking public buildings, the fifties and sixties saw the design of many nearly ideal single-family homes based on an aesthetic that focused on being true to the materials, honesty in construction, and the reduction of form. Built of wood and brick and with practical, informal floor plans and large glass surfaces that opened up the interior of the house to nature, the best of these homes still fulfill their tasks to this day.This is a compendium of selected buildings in detail, including icons such as Utzon House by Jørn Utzon, Arne Jacobsen’s Siesby House, or the Bøgh Andersen House by Jørgen Bo and Vilhelm Wohlert. It includes new, four-color photographs that document the buildings as well as discussions on the history of each one’s design and construction. Biographies of the architects round out the volume.
£46.55
Hatje Cantz Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Book SynopsisFew materials have experienced a similar revaluation in contemporary art as clay has in the past few years. This timely publication accompanies a large-scale exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, exploring how contemporary artists are using clay and ceramics in inventive and surprising ways, and pushing the boundaries of the medium. Featuring the work of over 20 international artists—from Grayson Perry to Woody De Othello—an introductory essay by curator Cliff Lauson, a text on the history of fine art and ceramics by writer and critic Amy Sherlock, and a round table discussion with artists from the exhibition, this catalogue is a meaningful contribution to the ongoing conversation about the relationship between art and craft.
£32.00
Hirmer Verlag Fascinating Glass: The Renate and Dietrich Götze
Book SynopsisGlass is a magical material through which light can shine. Throughout its millennial history, its colourful splendour and malleability have always exerted a particular fascination and a creative attraction. The book offers a profound and lavishly documented panorama of artistic glass design in Europe and the United States since the 1870s. Over many years Renate und Dietrich Götze have assembled one of the world’s most important collections of glass vessels, comprising some 500 exclusive objects. It reflects not only the collectors’ passion for this luminous material and its unlimited opportunities for inspiring the imagination, but also their tremendous expertise. The volume is a compendium of glass art with numerous artist biographies, a directory of the glass foundries, their techniques and symbols – and, above all: a feast for the eyes!
£41.25
Hirmer Verlag Appropriations and Invention: Three Centuries of
Book SynopsisDrawing from the renowned collection of Latin American Art at the Denver Art Museum, this catalogue examines the processes of appropriation and invention in the arts of Spanish America from the 1520s to the 1820s. The catalogue highlights Latin American masterpieces, including paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts, made shortly after the conquest and before the independence movements. Arranged regionally, the essays explore how artists found freedom despite colonial authority. While pleasing clients, many artists of Indigenous and African descent also reclaimed and reshaped the arts for themselves and their new colonial realities. Epilogue essays will consider modern and contemporary trends.
£31.96
Hirmer Verlag Kubra Khademi (Multi-lingual edition): Political
Book SynopsisThe artist Kubra Khademi (b. 1989) lives in Paris and focuses in her work on her life as a woman and a person with direct experience as a refugee. This makes it both political and highly topical. Multi-faceted themes pervade her art, including her function as mouthpiece and as an element in the fight for the fundamental rights of women, as well as artistic work in exile and in a Muslim society. In paintings and more recently with the use of photographic techniques and embroidery, Khademi presents tranquil nude female figures that – depending on the angle – can nonetheless be interpreted as provocative. They are juxtaposed with impressive performances that draw on the artist’s own physical experiences as a subject. Khademi focuses her attention on the male-dominated society in countries like her native Afghanistan and the socio-political situation there, linking together motifs from mythology, art history and politics. Kubra Khademi has received many awards for her work, and this overview publication presents her oeuvre in all its complexity.
£22.46
Hirmer Verlag Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands: Vol. II
Book SynopsisThe ultimate source on fish hooks of the Pacific islands. The fish hook derives its form from its practical intention - to catch a fish. But in cultures where fishing is and always has been a main livelihood, the crafting of fish hooks becomes an art. "Fish Hooks of the Pacific islands Vol. II" completes the extensive and in-depth discourse of the first volume. Together they are the first extensive reference on Pacific fish hooks since the publication of Harry Beasley’s 1928 Pacific Island Record: Fishhooks, which was printed in an edition of only 250 copies. Much has been learned and discovered since then, and Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands gathers it all under one title with comprehensive new observations, research, attributions, identifications and colour photographs. This publication is the product of a collaboration by private collectors who have a common dedication to the art and knowledge of old Pacific cultures. In the making of this book, they have brought together an incredible quantity of information as well as images and details of the finest known examples from collections all over the world.
£127.50
Prestel Ateliers of Europe: An Atlas of Decorative Arts
Book SynopsisThis visually stunning love letter to the art of craft takes readers inside Europe’s most illustrious—and in many cases endangered—decorative arts workshops to profile how artisans continue to maintain the highest centuries-old standards of workmanship and creativity. Beginning in the Renaissance, ateliers were established as places for European artists to work and teach their crafts. Centuries later most of these spaces have disappeared, but a select few continue to produce some of the world’s most celebrated and sought-after objects in the areas of crystal, ceramics, wrought iron, fabric, bookbinding, mosaic, wood paneling, and more. John Whelan and Oskar Proctor traveled throughout Europe to document these important spaces, both to celebrate them and to preserve their disappearing ideals. Ranging from the well- known to the obscure, this volume takes readers inside dozens of ateliers from Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. Sumptuous double-page spreads feature alluring photography, and fascinating background texts tell their stories. By shining a light on their collective value as well as their individual expertise, this book offers both a historic evaluation of how ateliers have been shaped by modern forces—and also a clarion call for their preservation.
£36.00
Taschen GmbH Decorative Art 50s
Book SynopsisPublished annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the now hard-to-find yearbooks have become highly prized by collectors and dealers. TASCHEN’s Decorative Art 50s explores the spirit of optimism and the fervent consumerism of the decade. Technology and construction had been enervated by research during the war and these discoveries could now be applied in peacetime. The popularization of plastics, fiberglass, and latex literally shaped the decade. Rising incomes and postwar rebuilding on both sides of the Atlantic led to a massive housing boom in both the suburbs and inner cities, and these new homes reflected the new style. While European design was extraordinarily inventive, American design was looking to an idealized vision of the future—between them a modern idiom was developed that can be seen vividly on these pages. This overview of the decade includes the work of such famous innovators as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Hans Wegner, and Gio Ponti.Trade Review“An indispensable tool for collectors: names are named, designs praised and accusations made.” * San Francisco Examiner Magazine *
£27.00
Taschen GmbH Decorative Art 60s
Book SynopsisPublished annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the now hard-to-find yearbooks have become highly prized by collectors and dealers.Decorative Art 1960s looks at the birth of pop in a decade of unprecedented social, sexual, and political change. All the restless energies bubbling throughout the world during the 1960s made their way into the design style of the decade. Liberation was in the air, men were rushing to the moon, and the sky was the limit as far as visual creativity was concerned. The concept of lifestyle really came into its own, and although the early years of the decade still saw a rivalry between the well-crafted object and the industrially manufactured, by its end both ethnic and pop iconography had gained equal foothold in the aesthetic. Light was also predominant in shaping interiors. Freedom of choice and personal expression were the buzzwords for the young consumer, and so the likes of Panton, Sottsass, Paolozzi, Parisi, Sarpaneva, and Lomazzi did what they could to oblige.Trade Review“An indispensable tool for collectors: names are named, designs praised and accusations made.” * San Francisco Examiner Magazine *
£30.00
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Le Style sapin: Une expérience de l'art nouveau
Book SynopsisSituated at around 3,300 ft above sea level in the mountains of the Swiss Jura region, the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds experienced significant economic development towards the end of the 19th century, which went hand in hand with much building activity. There are few other places in Switzerland in which the influence of art nouveau is so clearly visible. Significantly inspired by the painter and architect Charles L’Eplattenier (1874-1946), and his art and decoration course at the local school of applied arts in 1905, a local variant of art nouveau developed, the so-called Style sapin or “fir style.” Protagonists of this movement accorded special importance in their works to the use of symbolic motifs that reflect the nature of the Jura landscape and especially its fir forests. This book offers a comprehensive survey of the Style sapin and builds bridges into the 21st century. It places the “fir style” within the international context of art nouveau and also addresses in detail the local facets of this movement, which has left traces that are still visible today in watchmaking, applied arts, and architecture. Moreover, it draws attention for the first time to the previously scarcely acknowledged female artists of the Style sapin. Text in French.
£36.00
DruckVerlag Kettler David Czupryn: Holy Ghosts
Book SynopsisDavid Czupryn is a master of the trompe-l'oeil effect, the centuries-old art of eye illusion that celebrates an unexpected comeback with him. With brush and paint he mimetically reproduces surfaces, thus provocatively negating handwriting and gesture. The pictures seem to be cast in one piece; they are not photorealistic, but illusionistic three-dimensional. David Czupryn was born in 1983 and studied sculpture and painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. This catalogue was published to accompany the Holy Ghosts exhibition in the Städtisches Museum Engen+Galerie. Text in English and German.
£28.50
JOVIS Verlag Understanding Color: Hear Green, Think Yellow
Book SynopsisThere is hardly anything that determines how we view the world to the same extent as color. It differentiates, organizes, and structures our surroundings. Color is a medium that has a strong influence on our feelings, whilst being perceived quite differently and rarely altogether consciously. Context, general seeing patterns, and subjective criteria play a decisive role in the perception and evaluation of color. What does this mean in terms of how we handle color as a design element? How can one learn to apply such an inconsistent medium in a more targeted manner and what must one take into consideration in the process? This book invites you to explore views on color and one’s own color spectrum, aiming to promote design competence through a conscious approach to color. Practical exercises and pictorial analyses help one to gain an understanding of this medium that is difficult to grasp, but omnipresent. Pointers with regard to the interplay of color, interpretation, and spatial experience question our habitual ways of seeing, provide insight into one’s own perceptual architecture, and make seeing a dynamic process.
£22.05
Arnoldsche Invention und Vollendung: Kunstwerke des 18.
Book SynopsisOne hundred masterpieces of European art and arts and crafts of the eighteenth century form a panorama of innovation, design and expert realisation. In their sumptuous design, the porcelain, furniture, bronzes and silver objects are all miracles of the luxury craftsmanship found in court art. Such sophisticated design was the driving force behind the quickly successive styles of classicism, naturalism and the exotic design of the Rococo period. André-Charles Boulle, Jakob Philipp Hackert, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt und Jean-Baptiste François Pater are just some of the renowned artists featured in this catalogue. The artworks are opulently presented, interpreted in detail and arranged according to context. Thus the colourful image of a great era in art emerges, one that relied on creative energy and the power of the imagination. Text in German.
£63.75
Arnoldsche From Invention to Perfection: Masterpieces of
Book SynopsisOne hundred masterpieces of European art and arts and crafts of the eighteenth century form a panorama of innovation, design and expert realisation. In their sumptuous design, the porcelain, furniture, bronzes and silver objects are all miracles of the luxury craftsmanship found in court art. Such sophisticated design was the driving force behind the quickly successive styles of classicism, naturalism and the exotic design of the Rococo period. André-Charles Boulle, Jakob Philipp Hackert, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt and Jean-Baptiste François Pater are just some of the renowned artists featured in this catalogue. The artworks are opulently presented, interpreted in detail and arranged according to context. Thus the colourful image of a great era in art emerges, one that relied on creative energy and the power of the imagination.Trade Review"This is a beautifully illustrated and well-organized volume...information is easy to retrieve and readers at all levels will appreciate the extraordinary effort that went into the creation of this extended catalog." - CHOICE Connect
£63.75
Arnoldsche Simply Danish: Silver Jewellery - 20th Century
Book SynopsisSimplicity of material and solid craftsmanship have secured Danish silver jewellery its prominent role in the twentieth century. Until c. 1920 the chasing technique creates an intensive plasticity; the imagery is concrete and close to nature. The functionalistic period with its geometrical design leaves the narrative element behind, preparing for the abstract, sculptural forms of the 1950s. Smooth surfaces and lively reflections of light characterise the second half of the century. The New Schwandt Collection presents 170 highlights by seventy manufacturers and artists, all of which are illustrated. Besides providing a general aesthetic evaluation, the author closely observes artists and trends over twenty chapters. The book includes notes on artists and workshops, a list of signatures, bibliographical notes and a special chapter on how to date early Georg Jensen jewellery. Text in English and German.
£46.55
Arnoldsche Kunsthandwerk ist Kaktus
Book SynopsisThe term ‘craftsmanship’ is associated with individuality, uniqueness, decorative potential, artistic quality, attention to material and to process. But what does craftsmanship mean today? This exhibition catalogue of nearly 600 pages explores the meaning of craftsmanship in the context of the outstanding collection of the Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt, Germany) in a monumental survey of 700 items dating from 1945 to the present. Scale reproductions of plates, furniture, cutlery, jewellery and vases highlight their surprising variety of form. In their essays, the ten authors take diverse approaches to the broad terrain of craftsmanship: from the relationship between East Asia and Western ceramics, via the handicrafts of the Romantic period, to the adventure that is arts and crafts today. The title plays on the perceived parallel between the ability of the cactus to survive and thrive in adverse conditions, and the future of the hand-made object in an industrial world. Text in German.
£40.50
