Decorative arts Books
University of Arizona Press Saints Statues and Stories A Folklorist Looks at
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£16.11
The University of Alabama Press The Freedom Quilting Bee Folk Art and the Civil
Book SynopsisIn December of 1965, a white Episcopal priest driving through a poor, primarily black section of Wilcox County noticed a clothesline from which were hanging three quilts unlike any he had ever seen. An idea was born - the Freedom Quilting Bee, a handcraft cooperative of black women artisans who would become acclaimed throughout the nation.Trade ReviewThis book is one that should be read by anyone interested in African American culture, in women's culture, in handicrafts, or in history. [The Freedom Quilting Bee is so well-written and so interesting, it will spark the reader's interest from the outset - Mid-America Folklore The Freedom Quilting Bee is a modern success story - this book is about people cooperating, about women who work hard to make their dreams come true. It story about poverty, civil rights, folk art and crafts in rural America, about caring humans who became involved to help one another. The Freedom Quilting Bee touches many disciplines, but most of all, it gives us insight into the human heart."" - Alabama Review ""The author expertly weaves the history, the hardships of poor blacks in a downtrodden racist society and the economics of the long struggle to become self-sufficient Callahan proves she can handle a complex, multi-charactered, significant piece of Southern history."" - Atlanta Constitution
£25.95
University of Georgia Press St. EOM in the Land of Pasaquan The Life and
Book SynopsisSelf-taught Georgia artist Eddie Owens Martin (1908-86), known as St. EOM, created a visionary art site called Pasaquan in the mid-1950s in Marion County, Georgia. Covering seven acres, this evocative and fanciful site has captured the imaginations of thousands of visitors.
£28.45
Rizzoli International Publications Shakers From Mount Lebanon to the World
Book SynopsisAn important book on Shaker art and life, offering a fresh look at a style that has endured through centuries and continues to inspire designers and homeowners. This book presents the elegantly austere and simply styled objects of the Shakers in the context of their faith and community at Mount Lebanon, N.Y., the spiritual and administrative center of the Shaker world. Outstanding examples of furniture, textiles, tools, and other objects-drawn primarily from the collection of Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon-bring the fascinating world of the Shakers to life. The book also explores the equally compelling material culture of Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine, the last active Shaker community, and how this group of Shakers continued to thrive while other Shaker communities elsewhere gradually disappeared. Accompanying a major exhibition organized by the Farnsworth Art Museum, this book presents a new and authentic perspective on the Shaker community. Specially commissionTrade Review"The fascinating story of the Shakers, and of their extraordinary furniture, is now told in The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World. This book expands our knowledge by documenting other types of practical furniture, tools and even Shaker clothing...this beautiful and enthralling book opens a window onto the world of the Shakers..." -Wall Street Journal"...this enlightening, visually arresting...uplifting exhibition highlights American ingenuity, resilience and fearlessness; its can-do spirit and individualism. The show is a rich overview of the Shaker community; but it celebrates individual artists, expressing themselves through a plain-spoken poetry that is uniquely American." -Review of Exhibition by the Wall Street Journal"With simple objects, simple words, Farnsworth tells complex Shaker story...it is a great exhibition. It is beautifully installed and fascinating. The objects are important and compelling. The language behind the installation is the level-headed and eminently commonsensical voice of the Believers." -Review of Exhibition by the Portland Press Herald"...the show will present a comprehensive look at the religious, social and economic foundations of Shaker life, seen through Shaker-made objects…accompanied by a richly illustrated book…” –The Republican Journal
£40.00
Rizzoli International Publications A Shared Legacy Folk Art in America
Book SynopsisAn unparalleled introduction to American folk art, accompanying a major traveling exhibition. A handsome and insightful survey of American folk art, this book includes paintings, sculptures, furniture, and household objects made by untrained—or minimally trained—folk artists in New England, the Midwest, and the South between 1800 and the 1920s. This richly illustrated volume includes rare and very fine portraits, radiant still lifes and landscapes, a mature version of The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks, playful animal sculptures and trade signs, and ornately painted German American furniture. With newly researched texts by leading scholars, this publication makes an important contribution to the field.Trade Review"The message of the introductory essay by Richard Miller, a former curator at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia, is that the complete story of American art has not been told because folk art, the vernacular art of the common man, has been ignored by art historians and relegated to the last galleries in museums after the story of mainstream academic American art has been told. The author points out that more vernacular art than mainstream art was produced. The essays and the catalog entries put the collection in context, giving facts of the artists’ lives and footnoting the research that has identified an artist’s hand or regional traditions. The catalog provides an armchair tour, with thought-provoking essays and an informative catalog that footnotes sources of the latest research.” –Antique Digest"[A Shared Legacy] focuses on the folk art of New England and the Midwest from 1800 to 1925. Carousel animals, illustrated family histories, a sculpture of a smoking lady once outside a tobacco shop, and a huge set of carved wooden dentures made to advertise a dentist are among the objects on view. . ."-HYPER ALLERGIC
£34.00
Rizzoli International Publications Red and White Quilts Infinite Variety Presented
Book SynopsisThis significant catalog is a highly detailed look at the world’s most celebrated collection of red and white quilts. Like the Log Cabin or Baltimore-style, the red and white quilt is a hugely popular genre of quilting. Colorfast Turkey red dye became readily available in the mid-nineteenth century, so red and white quilts became extremely popular, due not only to the newness of the color but also because of the extremely vibrant and punchy contrasting color scheme. Featuring over 650 quilts from the past three centuries, this book is filled with the gorgeous and imaginative designs of feathered stars, diamonds, animals, oak leaves, baskets, lettering, and snowflakes, as well as fascinating examples of careful embroidery and appliqué. With inspiring handiwork, designs, and visual histories, this book exemplifies the sheer magnitude and poetry of red and white quilts and is a staple compendium of this beloved art form.Trade Review"Organized by type, from traditional patchworks and log cabin varieties to decorative applique examples, this perfect coffee-table topper spans three centuries and includes a foreword by Martha Stewart." -VOGUE.COM"What’s the response to seeing all of these quilts assembled in a single book?The answer: Breathless astonishment at the grandeur of this American domestic art.There is much to love in Red & White Quilts: Infinite Variety — on virtually every page."-PATRICK T. REARDON.COM "[Red and White Quilts] includes not only photographs of each of the 653 quilts in the exhibit grouped by theme, but also contains essays by key players in the development and design of the show itself, making what was already visually inspiring that much more impressive an accomplishment for how logistical challenges were met with creativity and innovation.-QUILTERS NEWSLETTER"Whether you missed the exhibition or adored it, this tome [Red and White Quilts: Infinite Variety] offers a compelling testament to the power of pattern."-ARCHITECTURAL DIGESTEvery quilt jumps off its glossy page in Red and White Quilts: Infinite Variety. Half a dozen full-color, you-are-there photographs set the scene, bringing the reader right onto the floor of the armory along with people gaping, pointing, snapping photos on their smartphones, swarming the museum shop for souvenirs. -THE EAST HAMPTON STAR"This is a book that one can open at any spot and peruse. The excellent color photographs coupled with the dazzling variety of patterns compels the reader to keep turning pages and to return to the book again and again for an immersive optical experience." - TEXTILE SOCIETY OF AMERICA"Red and White Quilts: Infinite Variety is a seriously stunning compilation." -COUNTRY LIVING MAGAZINE
£45.12
Rizzoli International Publications Birds of a Feather Wildfowl Decoys at Shelburne
Book SynopsisA book that celebrates one of the most breathtaking and comprehensive collections of wildfowl decoys in America. Bird decoys were used for hunting in North America until the advent of hunting regulations in the early twentieth century, when decoys started to be prized and collected as masterpieces of American folk art. This handsome book is the first examination of the historic and unparalleled decoy collection at Shelburne Museum. Featuring new photography of 250 of the museum’s most important and artistically carved decoys, it includes examples made by the most respected American carvers: Charles Osgood, Lem and Steve Ward, John Blair, Bill Bowman, Nathan Cobb, Jr., Lee Dudley, James Holly, Jr., Nathan Horner, Albert Laing, Joseph Lincoln, A. Elmer Crowell, and Charles “Shang” Wheeler. The story of the collection begins with Joel Barber, the pioneer decoy enthusiast and New York architect, artist, and carver, whose gift of 400 superior examples estaTrade Review"The unparalleled collection of 1,400 wildfowl decoys at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vt., was established with a 1952 gift of more than 400 superior examples from Joel Barber, a New York City architect, artist, and carver. Barber's groundbreaking 1934 book “Wild Fowl Decoys” was the first to identify the importance of bird decoys as a uniquely American art form."—Antiques & Auction News "The unparalleled collection of wildfowl decoys at Shelburne Museum are featured in the newly published Birds of a Feather: Wildfowl Decoys at Shelburne Museum..."—Vermont Country Sampler
£45.00
Rizzoli International Publications Frances Elkins
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive book on the timeless, elegant interiors of Frances Elkins, the grande dame of early twentieth-century design who influenced so many important designers of our time.Trade Review"Nearly anything that registers as great interior design in the 2020s appeared in legendary interior designer Frances Elkins’s rooms in the 1920s. Her projects were replete with warm tones, interesting tile, and a mix of modern, vintage, and antique furniture. Bamboo dining chairs in a Chippendale style? Elkins did that. That thing you’re calling “granny chic?” Elkins had you beat." —IN KANSAS CITY"Regarded by many as the grande dame of 20th-century design, Frances Elkins brought an international perspective and architectural sensibility to her work that nobody had seen before. This new monograph showcases never-before-published material from the groundbreaking decorator that illustrates her ability to effortlessly mix styles and vivid colors." —VERANDA"Among a trove of images and magazine spreads of rooms Elkins designed, Powell also includes interiors dotted with furniture and fabric collaborations between Elkins and Frank, as well as architects including her brother David Adler. Famed decorator Billy Baldwin called her “the most creative designer we have ever had, and perhaps the greatest,” and here her influential work stands in concert with fellow Northern California innovators Anthony Hail, Michael Taylor and John Dickinson." ~ C Magazine"Elkins favored chic modernist European furniture, including the white plaster shell sconces, shell ceiling lights and twisted floor lamps designed by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank, or her own authorized copies. The Giacometti-style pieces later became basics of San Francisco interior designer Michael Taylor, who considered Elkins the most advanced designer he knew. “Elkins was a free spirit and mixed things that hadn’t been mixed before,” he told Dupuy Warrick Reed, writing for Connoisseur magazine in 1983. “She was experimental in scale and approach.” " ~Nob Hill Gazette"She collaborated with luminaries like Syrie Maugham, Marion Dorn, Dorothy Liebes, Alberto Giacometti and Jean-Michel Frank to specify teal and tangerine upholstery, mermaid murals and creamy ridged carpets. She turned glass pillars into gossamer balusters and spiraled a crimson-carpeted staircase around a stack of clear plastic balls. Plaster hands served as holdbacks on her fringed, plaid curtains." ~ NY Times
£40.00
Rizzoli International Publications A House That Made History
Book SynopsisIn an extraordinary restoration project, Michael S. Smith, interior designer for the Obama White House, recently redecorated the Illinois Governor’s Mansion in collaboration with First Lady MK Pritzker, utilizing the best of Illinois’s long tradition of fine craftsmanship to allow the mansion’s prodigious history, exceptional decorative arts, and superb art to shine.This visually stunning volume not only celebrates the updating of the Italianate–Greek Revival Illinois Governor’s Mansion in Springfield but also tells the story of the house’s evolution since 1855, of the lives and times of the renowned personages who inhabited it, and of the illustrious visitors, including Abraham Lincoln and FDR. The rooms have been enhanced with sophisticated color palettes, gorgeous fabrics, wallpapers, and bespoke furniture. In celebration of Illinois, one hallway is covered in a striking corn-motif pattern; the Governor’s Dining Room is embellTrade Review"Interior designer Michael S. Smith is not afraid to take on high-profile projects—he decorated the White House during the Obama presidency after all. For his latest grand project, the designer collaborated with First Lady MK Pritzker to revitalize the interiors of the famed Illinois Governor’s Mansion. A House That Made History offers an exclusive look into the entire restoration process and the home's fabled history." —VERANDA"The first lady’s coffee table book is a luxurious 272-page compendium of the mansion’s lore, family life, famous visitors, furnishings, architectural history, tall tales, good vibes, bad plumbing and scary moments during the tenure of 43 gubernatorial administrations since it was built in 1855." ~CHICAGO SUN TIMES
£41.60
Mercier Press A Handbook of Celtic Ornament
£11.99
Stobart Davies Ltd Early European Decorated Tools
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£25.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Collaboration Through Craft
Book SynopsisAmanda Ravetz is Senior Research Fellow at MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Alice Kettle is Senior Research Fellow at MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Helen Felcey is Programme Leader for MA Design at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.Trade ReviewCollaboration Through Craft is a ground-breaking book. It sets out what we have known for some time but nobody has yet articulated – that the crafts are distinguished by their collaborative nature and the willingness of makers to share experience, knowledge and skills. From its insightful introduction, which eloquently sets the context for craft as a collaborative process and experience, this book’s collection of essays maps the hugely diverse territory of contemporary crafts via the framing mechanism of collaboration. -- Matthew Partington, V&A Museum Senior Research Fellow, University of West England, UKNothing is ever made without collaboration. Yet we continue to believe that every work is the product of a single hand. This book turns the belief in single-handed creation on its head. It shows that collaboration is not incidental to the crafting of things but the very power that drives it forward. Together, the contributors succeed in raising craft from its backward-looking association with traditional skills to where it belongs, as a dynamic, generative principle at the core of social and cultural life. -- Tim Ingold, University of Aberdeen, UKThis book is a compelling critical appraisal of the friction and risk in collaboration, posing new forms of collaborative expertise through craft that are both challenging and immensely productive. These 16 chapters have deep relevance to makers in art, design, and craft as well as educators and practitioners within any field where working together is essential. This is an extraordinary resource! -- Anne Wilson, Professor Department of Fiber and Material Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USACollaboration through Craft adds to the growing number of publications that investigate and describe contemporary craft theory and practice […] This book would be a good acquisition for institutions or individuals wanting an overview of the breadth of contemporary ideas in collaborative craft and for artists who are interested in exploring collaborative possibilities. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. -- L. L. Kriner, Berea College * CHOICE *Table of Contents1. Collaboration Tthrough Craft: An Introduction Amanda Ravetz, Alice Kettle and Helen Felcey Part 1: Modes of collaborating 2. Collaboration: A Creative Journey or a Means to an End? Lesley Millar 3. Making Anew... Collaboration and Dynamic Change Helen Carnac 4. Triangulation Theory, Working as Three Jane Webb, David Gates, Alice Kettle 5. The Creation of a Collective Voice Brass Art: Chara Lewis, Kristin Mojsiewicz, Anneké Pettican Part 2: The Generative Power of Craft 6. Catalytic Clothing and Tactility Factory: Crafted Collaborative Connections Trish Belford 7. The Aesthetic of Waste: Exploring the Creative Potential of Re-cycled Ceramic Waste David Binns 8. Designing Collaboration: Evoking Dr Johnson Through Craft and Interdisciplinarity Jason Cleverly, Tim Shear 9. Skinship: An Exchange of Material Understanding Between Plastic Surgery and Pattern Cutting Rhian Solomon Part 3: Institutional Collaborations 10. Department 21: The Craft of Discomfort Stephen Knott 11. Skills in the Making Simon Taylor, Rachel Payne 12. Project Dialogue Barbara Hawkins and Brett Wilson 13. A Question of Value: Re-thinking the Mary Greg Collection Sharon Blakey and Liz Mitchell Part 4: Collaboration in an Emerging World 14. Expanded Battle Fields Allison Smith 15. Crafts and the Contemporary in South Asia Barney Hare Duke & Jeremy Theophilus 16. Circling Back Into That Thing We Cast Forward Judith Leemann and Shannon Stratton 17. Craft Knowledge and the Craft of Human Life: A South Asian Residency CJ O'Neill and Amanda Ravetz 18. Epilogue: A Response Glenn Adamson
£104.50
University of Exeter Press The History Of Honiton Lace Industry SouthWest
Book SynopsisHoniton lace is one of the world's great laces and this book for the first time tells the full story of the industry that produces it, from its beginnings in the sixteenth century to its demise in the twentieth. Over 100 photographs illustrate the history of design in Honiton lace as well as the technical aspects of manufacture.Trade Review “This is a satisfying study, provoking much thought on domestic industries of the past, and perhaps of the future too." (Business History) "I highly recommend it not only to lacemakers . . . But also to anyone interested in textiles or the social and historical aspects of cottage industries." (Canadian Lacemaker Gazette) "Dr Yallop's book is a treasure chest filled with new clues for those who approach lace as a fascinating puzzle." (The Lace Collector) Table of ContentsPreface, ix; Foreword by Santina M. Levey, xi; Introduction, 1; Part 1-The rise and decline of an industry, 7; Chapter 1 The origin of the industry, 9; Chapter 2 1617-1707, an age of legislation, 27; Chapter 3 The English lace industry in 1698, 48; Chapter 4 1617-1707, the products of the industry, 61; Chapter 5 1707-1816, continuation and contraction, 73; Chapter 6 1768-1820, the machine revolution, 87; Chapter 7 1820-1940, the years of decline, 94; Chapter 8 1820-1940, attempts to halt the decline, 112; Part 2-The people of the industry, 133; Chapter 9 The manufacturers, 135; Chapter 10 The lacemakers-at work, 157; Chapter 11 The lacemakers-at play, 186; Chapter 12 Designs and designers, 205; Chapter 13 Distribution and sales, 220; Postscript, 240; Appendices, 239; Bibliography, 273; Illustrations, 287; Index, 349.
£40.41
Wisdom Publications,U.S. Moon by the Window Zen Insights of Shodo Harada
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£18.04
Floris Books Educating Through Art
Book SynopsisInvestigates why Steiner-Waldorf schools attach such importance to art in education and why Rudolf Steiner himself brought artistic training into all fields of further education.
£18.00
Goose Lane Editions The Painted House of Maud Lewis
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This great little book describes the rescue and restoration of folk artist Maud Lewis's truest work of art: her home ... It is Ms Lewis's work in the house that illustrates her unspoiled vision: the extraordinary work executed before the forced labour of commercial pieces took over ... descriptions of the technical processes and applications are successfully balanced by excellent colour photographs." * New Brunswick Reader *
£14.39
Goose Lane Editions La Maison peinte de Maud Lewis
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£16.19
Vendome Press Dragons Pagodas
Book SynopsisDragons and Pagodas is a gorgeously illustrated survey of chinoiserie from the 18th century to today.Chinoiserie is a term for Western art and design inspired by a largely invented vision of China. Marco Polo’s sensational account of his visit to the exotic East in the 13th century sparked a fascination with China that reached a fever pitch in the 18th century and continues to this day. Art historian and artist Aldous Bertram has long been captivated by chinoiserie. Dragons & Pagodas is organized by theme, including porcelain, color and pattern, flora, fauna, and architecture. Each chapter is bursting with images ranging from grand European summer palaces and whimsical pagoda follies to charming details of screens, porcelain figurines, and ornate plasterwork. Complete with Bertram’s own chinoiserie-inspired watercolors and collages, Dragons & Pagodas is an irresistible confection and an example of chinoiserie in its own right.“In this inspiring and informative tome, Aldous Bertram explores the influence of Asia on design elements. . . . If you prefer your pretty pictures with a healthy dose of history and context, this book is for you.” —House Beautiful
£40.00
Vendome Press Peter Pennoyer Architects City Country
Book SynopsisFrom the preeminent classical architecture firm in the United States, the latest apartments, townhouses, and country houses, with interiors by leading designers Whether a brand-new country estate, a renovation of a triplex penthouse apartment, or a merging of two townhouses into one, each of the 20 projects in this sumptuously illustrated volume bears the hallmarks of Peter Pennoyer Architects’ work: skillful adaptation of the principles of classical architecture, sophisticated use of details and materials, and insistence on meticulous craftsmanship, resulting in a balance of comfort, beauty, and luxury. The firm’s architects worked with exceptional interior designers, including Katie Ridder, Miles Redd, Steven Gambrel, and Jacques Grange, to create these residences, and though all are grounded in the classical tradition, each is singularly tailored to its location and the individual taste of the client. With an authoritative text by architectural historian Anne Walker and hundreds of specially commissioned full-color photographs, site plans, and floor plans throughout, Peter Pennoyer Architects: City and Country showcases residential architecture at its finest.
£48.75
Vendome Press Objects of Desire
Book Synopsis Objects of Desire is a personal celebration of the hunt for and the joy of living with favorite collections and things. What is it in our homes that we truly value and why? What would you take when you leave in fear of fire? Our home is an expression of ourselves in many ways, largely through the objects we accumulate. For Maria Hummer-Tuttle, the objects she has collected over the years—from the priceless to the flea-market finds—are precious not only for their beauty, uniqueness, and craftsmanship, but also for their connection to the past and the future, for their resonance with one another. In this exquisitely illustrated book, Hummer-Tuttle serves as our guide through three dwellings, focusing our attention on objects ranging from an ancient Chinese horse sculpture to a Louis XV clock painted with characters from an Aesop fable, from a small snail sculpture found in a venerable hardware store to a monumental safety pin sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, from 18th-century to 20th-century furniture. With a foreword by master ceramicist and acclaimed author Edmund de Waal and featuring two lavish gatefolds and metallic edge stain, Objects of Desire is a feast for the eyes and a cherished object in its own right.Includes color photographs byMiguel Flores‑Vianna
£40.00
Vendome Press The English Country House
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£40.00
MP-NEV University of Nevada Weavers of Tradition and Beauty Basketmakers of
Book SynopsisBaskets - and the people who weave them - have always been revered and honoured by Native Americans. This book, presenting new information largely from the weavers themselves, shows how their art prevails - even over adverse environmental, social, and economic conditions.
£20.21
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Little by Little Six Decades of Collecting
Book SynopsisAn inspiring account of the superb collection of New England country arts of the 17th through the 19th centuries assembled little by little over six decades by Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little.
£33.96
Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 1998 American Furniture Annual
Book SynopsisAn annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts.
£50.40
American School of Classical Studies at Athens The Derveni Krater
Book SynopsisThis beautifully illustrated book represents the first full publication of the most elaborate metal vessel from the ancient world yet discovered. Found in an undisturbed Macedonian tomb of the late 4th century B.C., the volute krater is a tour de force of highly sophisticated methods of bronze working.Trade ReviewBeryl Barr-Sharrar's new monograph on the Derveni Krater breaks entirely new ground, elevating this masterpiece of later classical Greek art to a status alongside those of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the Alexander Sarcophagus as the most important monuments of Greek art in the fourth century B.C. She shows that bronze vases, which have hitherto been included in the minor arts, now deserve their own place alongside architecture, sculpture and painted vases as high arts. In addition, the sophistication and care of the layout and the book production reaches new heights of what an outstanding publication of a work of Greek art can be. David Mitten, Harvard University "Spectacular! A book such as this appears on one's desk once in a decade: a definitive publication of a masterpiece of Greek art that is comprehensive, informative, persuasive, and beautifully illustrated." Andrew Stewart, UC Berkeley "This is a penetrating study of a sumptuous artifact, with superb photographic documentation in color; a very handsome publication." R. R. R. Smith, Oxford UniversityTable of ContentsMetal Vessels in Macedonian History; The Macedonian Context of the Derveni Krater; Precursors to the Derveni Krater: The Fifth-Century Attic Bronze Volute Krater of the Alpha Type; Elaborated Volute Kraters of the Late Fifth and Early Fourth Centuries BC; The Iconography of the Derveni Krater, 1. The Major Repousse Frieze; The Iconography of the Derveni Krater, 2. Animal Friezes, Masks, Shoulder Figures. Conclusions; Appendix: Technical Characteristics of the Derveni Krater. Bibliography. Index.
£74.49
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston European Decorative Arts
Book SynopsisThe world-renowned collection of European decorative arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is full of sumptuous surprises. The objects range from an opulent automaton to a richly wrought crozier, and vary in scale from a salt cellar the size and shape of a small crustacean to the wood paneling of an entire dining room. Their dates of manufacture span more than a thousand yearsthe earliest made shortly after the fall of the Roman Empire and the most recent in the computer ageand bear evidence not only of cultural exchange among European countries but also of the revival of ancient motifs and of contemporary trade with India and China. Presented here with an introduction to the topic and individual texts on each piece, these diverse works are organized chronologically and by stylistic movements to highlight their hidden histories.
£13.50
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston Paul Revere Sons of Liberty Bowl
Book SynopsisAmerican patriot Paul Revere is wrapped in the swirling mixture of myth and poetry through which history often descends, but as a craftsman and artist, he left behind more tangible traces as well. In this volume, esteemed art historian Gerald W.R. Ward tells the true story of Revere's most iconic creation, the Sons of Liberty bowl, bravely made and marked by the rebel and silversmith on the threshold of the Revolutionary War. John Singleton Copley's portrait of Revere, created the same year, 1768, helps introduce the man he was and the legend he became. The painting and the silver bowl are both popularly reproduced and have joined retellings of his Midnight Ride to define Revere in the American imagination, in turn signifying the Revolution and the young country's values.
£9.12
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston Louis Comfort Tiffany
Book SynopsisA stunning stained glass window becomes a lens through which to view the career of Louis Comfort Tiffany and intersecting arcs of art and design in America. The story of the Parakeets stained glass window from national and international recognition to years of obscurity, followed by a return to the limelight parallels the public reception of the art of its maker, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who had one of the most recognized names in American art at the turn of the twentieth century. It is a story of artistic ambition and experimentation, of nationalist pride and promotion, and of the capricious nature of public opinion and the art market. A careful study of the fabrication, imagery, and life of the window offers an intimate look into the legacy of Tiffany, as well as the nineteenth-century revival of the lesser-known medium of stained glass, which some argue was the United States' first major contribution to the international art world.
£7.85
Carnegie Museum of Art,U.S. Carnegie Museum of Art Decorative Arts and Design
Book SynopsisCarnegie Museum of Art is renowned for its collection of decorative arts and design objects. This volume presents, for the first time, the collection''s highlights, from early porcelain to Arts and Crafts furniture to contemporary turned wood. More than 100 illustrated entries detail almost 200 European and American objects from the 1750s to the present. Included are ceramics, furniture, metalwork and glass by noteworthy designers and manufacturers, such as Meissen, Tiffany, Herter Brothers, Marcel Breuer, Peter Voulkos and Ron Arad. Also featured are the museum''s important holdings of early western Pennsylvania furniture, innovatively designed chairs, and contemporary glass and aluminum objects.
£15.15
Corcoran Gallery Of Art Essential Modernism
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£16.96
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Folk Art in America
Book SynopsisShows and describes masterpieces of American folk art, including decoys, gates, trade signs, ship carvings, weathervanes, and sculpture.
£27.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Alex Stewart
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£12.59
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Lacquered Boxes
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£51.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Collecting Art Deco
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£36.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Carving Folk Figures with Power Schiffer Book for
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£11.39
Museum of New Mexico Press Folk Art Journey Florence D Bartlett the Museum
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£26.09
Museum of New Mexico Press Folk Art of the Andes
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£44.19
Museum of New Mexico Press No Idle Hands The Myths Meanings of Tramp Art
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£44.19
Getty Trust Publications Selections from the Decorative Arts in the J.Paul
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£26.12
Getty Trust Publications The History of Alexander the Great
Book SynopsisReproduces 14 images from a 15th century manuscript, now in the J. Paul Getty Musuem. The commentary places the manuscript within its context as an account of Alexander's life.
£109.25
Getty Trust Publications The Stammheim Missal
Book SynopsisThis missal from the mid-12th century was used in the Church's liturgical rites. The major illuminated pages are reproduced along with a text that explains the iconography and historical context of the manuscript. The essay explains the profound theological statements found in the imagery.
£16.14
Getty Trust Publications Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in
Book SynopsisA catalogue of the European decorative art in the Getty Museum. It features photographs of each object, and identifies its creator or manufacturer, its materials, and the date it was created. Provenance information is provided for each object along with a bibliography of related reading.
£49.50
Getty Trust Publications The Spitz Master A Parisian Book of Hours
Book SynopsisA study of the Spitz book of hours, one of the finest French manuscripts in the collections of the Getty Museum, painted in the International style. Gregory Clark places the manuscript in the turbulent context of Parisian culture around 1420. All the book's miniatures are reproduced in colour.
£16.14
The University of Michigan Press Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Popular Prints
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£55.11
Pindar Press Studies in The History of Book Illumination
Book SynopsisProfessor Nordenfalk's work over the last forty years has represented perhaps the most important effort made in these decades to clarify the development of book illumination in the late antique and early medieval periods. His papers on late antique and insular manuscript painting in particular are recognized as standard works on the subject.Table of ContentsPreface The Beginning of Book Decoration The Eusebian Canon-Tables: Some Textual Problems Canon-Tables on Papyrus The Apostolic Canon-Tables Vergilius Augusteus: An Introduction to the Facsimile Fisch- und Vogel-Buchstaben Corbie and Cassiodorus Before the Book of Durrow Eastern Style Elements in the Book of Lindisfarne Katz und Maus und Andere Tiere im Book of Kells Another Look at the Book of Kells One Hundred and Fifty Years of Varying Views on the Early Insular Gospel Books A Note on the Stockholm Codex Aureus Noch eine Turonische Bilderbibel An Early Medieval Shorthand Alphabet Der Meister des Registrum Gregorii The Chronology of the Registrum Master Archbishop Egbert's "Registrum Gregorii" Neue Dokumente zur Datierung des Echternacher Evangeliars in Gotha A Tenth-Century Gospel Book in the Walters Art Gallery A Travelling Milanese Artist in France at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Century Ein unveröffentichtes Apokalypsenfragment The Draped Lectern: A Motif in Anglo-Saxon Evangelist Portraits Notes Index
£114.00
Pindar Press Studies in the Decorative Arts of the Muslim
Book SynopsisOf the twelve articles from Ernst Grube’s research on various aspects of art in the Muslim world published in this volume, six are concerned with pottery, one deals with Ilkhanid stucco work as represented in the mausoleum of the Shaykh Muhammad ibn Bakran, near Isfahan, and four deal with the decorative arts of the Timurid period.Table of ContentsPreface by Eleanor Sims Pottery: Three Abbasid Ceramic Bowls Islamic Sculptures: Ceramic Figurines Some Lustre Tiles from Kashan in American Collections Some Lustre Painted Tiles from Kashan of the 13th and 14th Centuries Raqqa Keramik in der Sammlung des Metropolitan Museum in New York The Art of Islamic Pottery Islamic Pottery and the Ceramic Arts of the Far East Ilkhanid Stucco Decoration: Ilkhanid stucco decoration: Notes on the stucco decoration of Pir-i Bakran The Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period: Notes on the Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period I Notes on the Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period II Notes on the Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period III. On a Type of Timurid Pottery Design: The Flying-Bird-Pattern Notes on the Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period IV A Bibliography of Timurid Decorative Arts Additional Notes Index
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Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S. Furnishing Louisiana Creole and Acadian Furniture
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Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S. Driftwood Shacks
Book SynopsisAppreciate the artistic beauty of driftwood shacks and other beachcombing wonders with this unique hardcover book of photography. Beach life is amazing, and perhaps nothing captures the quirky nature of those drawn to a place where ocean meets sand like driftwood shacks. The unique and whimsical structures are constructed by anonymous builders. They’re shaped by whatever materials are lying nearby and are ephemeral—short-lived victims of wind, waves, and high tides. Lloyd Kahn has spent many years hiking and camping along Northern California beaches. As an author and expert on building, he has always been fascinated by driftwood shacks. At first, he simply studied and admired them, but he soon began photographing them. Driftwood Shacks compiles his favorites from over the years. It features 60 structures, as well as the following: Sculptures, seaweed, and sunsets Birds, sea lions, sea otters, and wha
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