Decorative arts Books
Union Square & Co. House Rules
Book SynopsisWe all want a home that is as much tailored to our lives as it is inviting (and impressive) to guests. House Rules helps you achieve both, encouraging you to develop and elevate your personal style, putting it into practice with the tenets of interior design. In House Rules, Emma Beryl Kemper, principal of her eponymous interior design firm, breaks down this often intimidating topic, defining 100 insightful rules to help you transform your space into a home you’ll never want to leave. Organized into categories—some broad, like Gathering Inspiration and Space Planning, others more distinct and detailed, like Window Treatments and Coverings—these guidelines include tips on every step of transforming your space. If you don’t know where to begin, Rule #1 eases you in with creating a mood board. Time to change up your walls? Rule #36 helps you avoid choosing paint or wallpaper that clashes with other colors already present in that room. When you need a quick tweak, Rule #99 explains the impact a single throw pillow can have on a room. Want to set the mood at your next dinner party? Rule #52 is all about up lights and how to implement them. Whether you prefer a sleek minimalist vibe or a colorful eclectic bohemian style, Emma’s rules apply, and they will bring your vision to life. Adorned with chic, painterly line drawings throughout, this book will look perfect on display in your living room—once it’s designed to perfection.
£11.69
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Power of Objects in EighteenthCentury British
Book SynopsisOver the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. This book investigates these diverse artifacts to explore how elite American consumers assembled objects to form a new civil society on the margins of the British Empire.Trade ReviewRepresents some of the best of material culture scholarship, blending new information and ideas that are stretched to thought-provoking but not always documentable observations."" - Panorama: Journal of the AHAA""Imaginatively developed, extensively documented, and well written. Recommended."" - Choice""Forms a powerful testament to the value of true interdisciplinarity in its ability to advance histories of portraiture, decorative arts, and print culture as well as civil society, political identity, and gender and sexuality."" - The William and Mary Quarterly
£35.96
Time Warner Trade Publishing La La Lovely
Book SynopsisLA LA LOVELY shows you that beauty is right in the center of the mess of life.Author Trina McNeilly has spent almost a decade blogging, collecting and cataloging beautiful images, sharing ideas and information. While she spent her days sharing beauty, redecorating her home, looking for lovely things and sharing her finds, her parents'' divorce after almost forty years of marriage shattered her vision of home.Through this journey, Trina learned that beauty is not beyond the laundry pile, chipped paint, dirty dishes, broken table or broken life. It''s right in the center of it. Trina found that God IS beauty. And that he invites us to look, discover, uncover and find because when we find beauty, we find God.In LA LA LOVELY, Trina shares stories and inspiration from her journey of finding, and being found, by beauty. You will find deep matters of the heart along with practical pointers on things like decorating your home, finding your style, and creating
£16.14
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Rugs Guitars and Fiddling Intensification and
Book SynopsisRugs handwoven in southern Mexico, luthier-made guitars, and southern US fiddle styles experience parallel changes, all absorbing just enough of the complex flavours, dynamics, and rhythms of modern life to translate inherited folklore into traditions that can be widely celebrated today.
£73.80
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Rugs Guitars and Fiddling
Book SynopsisRugs handwoven in southern Mexico, luthier-made guitars, and southern US fiddle styles experience parallel changes, all absorbing just enough of the complex flavours, dynamics, and rhythms of modern life to translate inherited folklore into traditions that can be widely celebrated today.
£26.06
University Press of Mississippi Pieces of Freedom
Book SynopsisThe history of racism in America is also the history of ordinary Black Americans who accomplished extraordinary things in their pursuit of freedom. Faced with oppression throughout their journey, they built vibrant communities and lived purposeful lives. Pieces of Freedom: The Emancipation Sculptures of Edmonia Lewis and Meta Warrick Fuller brings that history to life by analyzing the first fifty years of Black freedom through the emancipation sculptures of two nineteenth-century African American sculptors, Mary Edmonia Lewis (1844-1909) and Meta Warrick Fuller (1877-1968). Lewis''s and Fuller''s sculptures--and their visual narrative of a people''s strength and humanity in the face of oppression--present a textured historical diorama of Black life during an era of transformative, yet sorrowful, events. In this book, Lee Ann Timreck integrates Lewis''s and Fuller''s visual narrative with oral narratives of the newly emancipated, all set within the historical context of Recon
£79.20
Lexington Books Bob Dylan in Performance
Book SynopsisThis study of Bob Dylan's art employs a performance studies lens, exploring the distinctive ways he brings words and music to life on recordings, onstage, and onscreen. Chapters focus on the relationship of Dylan's recorded performances to the historical bardic role, to the American popular song tradition, and to rock music culture. His uses of both stage and studio to shape his performances are explored, as are his forays into cinema. Special consideration is given to his vocal performances and to his use of particular personae as a performer. The full scope of Dylan's body of work to date is situated in terms of the influences that have shaped his performances and the ways these performances have shaped contemporary popular music.Trade ReviewThis is a worthy addition to the ever-growing mountain of research on Dylan. Nainby (communication, California State Univ., Stanislaus) and Radosta (English, Milton High School) have drawn on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, including song lyrics (which they quote extensively), offering a nuanced, scholarly exploration of Dylan’s performance styles. Chapter 2, “Dylan and the Popular Song Tradition,” explores the amazing range of folk and popular songs with which Dylan is familiar. Chapter 3 jumps to the rock tradition with an analysis of his vocal gymnastics and complex lyrics. In chapter 4 the authors switch to the bardic tradition, observing that "as a performer, Bob Dylan often dons the mantle of the bard, the keeper of civilization’s stories and wisdom.” The authors often contrast Dylan's live performances and his recorded legacy, as songs and styles have come and gone in his repertoire over 60 years. In chapter 6 they observe that "a hallmark for fans of Dylan’s live performances is the knowledge that they are likely to hear an entirely different rendition of a song—likely all of them.” The discussion of Dylan’s films is particularly insightful. Including a lengthy bibliography and discography, this book is intended for academic readers rather than fans.Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *The historical and cultural connections drawn in this work are vital for a complete understanding of Dylan, while the insightful interpretations of the performances remind us that we can always revisit great artists. The scholarship is impeccable; the authors are familiar with the vast Dylan literature as well as with the equally overwhelming amount of albums, concerts, outtakes, etc, that form the Dylan oeuvre. As a long-time Dylan fan, it did open my eyes, or rather my ears, up to new ways to appreciating Dylan. After 40 years of listening to him, that is no small accomplishment. -- Peter Vernezze, Weber State UniversityTable of ContentsPart One: Formations Chapter One: Eternal Circle: Dylan and PerformanceChapter Two: ABOUT THE SONGS (what they’re about): Dylan and the Popular Song TraditionChapter Three: Like a Rolling Stone: Dylan and the Rock TraditionChapter Four: Hero Blues: Dylan and the Bardic TraditionChapter Five: The Wicked Messenger: Dylan’s Vocal Resources Part Two: Transformations Chapter Six: Simple Twist of Fate: Dylan (re)working songs liveChapter Seven: Bob Dylan’s Dream: Reworking Songs in the StudioChapter Eight: Tempest: Bob Dylan’s Personae Spanning Two CenturiesChapter Nine: Masked & Anonymous: Bob Dylan and CinemaChapter Ten: Gonna Change My Way of Thinking: Bob Dylan and the Evangelical TraditionCoda: An Idiosyncratic Guide to a Bob Dylan Concert Bibliography, Discography, and VideographyAbout the Authors
£36.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and
Book SynopsisImogen Hart is Adjunct Assistant Professor of History of Art, University of California, Berkeley, USA.Claire Jones is Lecturer in History of Art, University of Birmingham, UK.Trade ReviewThe rich case studies offered in this volume cumulatively propose a new framework for the study of three-dimensional representation, from figure to filigree. Its authors interrogate the unstable boundaries and porous relationships between sculptures and decorative objects, attending to contexts as varied as the architectural, the ceremonial, the national, the nautical, and the conceptual. Sculpture and the Decorative is the rare anthology that offers a broad chronological range—from the musical metaphors of 17th century altarpieces to institutional critique’s reliance on the found object—in combination with a lively conversation among authors about the received terms through which art histories are narrated. * David J. Getsy, Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Professor of Art History, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA *This timely volume insists on entanglement of sculpture and the decorative arts, too long separated from one another in Eurocentric histories of art. Spanning the period from the seventeenth century to the present, these essays challenge assumptions about the decorative arts’ secondary role in relation to sculpture. Alongside stimulating theoretical and historical revisions of their intertwined histories, the book proposes vital new investigations of how formal debates intersect with urgent questions of gender, race, and nationalism. * Jo Applin, Reader in the History of Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art, UK *Sculpture and decoration have a fraught relationship, often framed in terms of opposition: ornament is a condition that the sculptor struggles to transcend. This ground-breaking book shows the inadequacy of this view. Through a series of well-chosen case studies, it demonstrates that from the perspective of practitioners and the general public, these two artistic categories often combine, sometimes merging into new syntheses. Taken together, these accounts show how non-hierarchical approaches can open up new insights into the discipline of art history. * Glenn Adamson, author of Fewer Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects *Timely and provocative, this volume brings together two artistic categories that the history of art has, for too long, treated apart. Arguing for a renewed re-evaluation of “high” and “low” within their specific historic and geographic settings, Sculpture and the Decorative is well-positioned to persuasively revise the canon and inform future art historical thinking. It is a must read for all students of visual and material culture, art history, design history, and architecture and a big challenge to any prior assumptions regarding disciplinary distinctions. * Anca I. Lasc, Associate Professor of Design History, History of Art & Design Department, Pratt Institute, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Sculpture and the decorative: towards a more integrated mode of art history writing, Imogen Hart (University of California-Berkeley, USA) and Claire Jones (University of Birmingham, UK) 2. “Exulting and adorning it in exuberant strains”: Music, figuration and ornamentation in Abel Schrøder’s altarpiece (Skt Morten in Næstved, Denmark), Margit Thøfner (Independent Scholar) 3. Galathea: Ships, sculpture and the state in Golden Age Denmark, Michael Hatt (University of Warwick, UK) 4. An allegory of civic virtue: Sculpture and ornament in St George’s Hall, Liverpool, Katie Faulkner (Courtauld Institute of Art, UK) 5. Sculpture and the decorative in fin-de-siècle Brussels: Women as creators and consumers, Marjan Sterckx (Ghent University, Belgium) 6. “Sacred stones guarded about with dragons”: Welsh national identity in William Goscombe John’s Corn Hirlas (1898), Melanie Polledri (Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales) 7. Sculpture and the decorative at the Scottish National War Memorial, Imogen Hart (University of California-Berkeley, USA) 8. Ornament and monument in German sculpture, 1910–1930: Milly Steger and Renée Sintenis, Nina Lübbren (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) 9. Modernist sculpture and the decorative: Henri Laurens with Robert Mallet-Stevens and Le Corbusier, Anna Ferrari (Royal Academy London, UK) 10. The decorative arts as found object: Converging domains for contemporary sculpture, Lisa Wainwright (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA) 11. Gross domestic product: Contemporary British ceramics and the subversion of the monument, Laura Gray (Independent Art Historian) 12. Fabrication and failure: Hacking the decorative in contemporary British art, Bridget O’Gorman (Artist and Researcher) Index
£120.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Domestic Space in Britain 17501840
Book SynopsisBetween 1750 and 1840, the home took on unprecedented social and emotional significance. Focusing on the design, decoration, and reception of a range of elite and middling class homes from this period, Domestic Space in Britain, 1750-1840 demonstrates that the material culture of domestic life was central to how this function of the home was experienced, expressed, and understood at this time. Examining craft production and collection, gift exchange and written description, inheritance and loss, it carefully unpacks the material processes that made the home a focus for contemporaries' social and emotional lives.The first book on its subject, Domestic Space in Britain, 1750-1840 employs methodologies from both art history and material culture studies to examine previously unpublished interiors, spaces, texts, images, and objects. Utilising extensive archival research; visual, material, and textual analysis; and histories of emotion, sociability, and materiality, it sheds lTrade ReviewGowrley’s intention to view the four houses and their owners, through an historical and contextual lens, is meticulously achieved in this richly fascinating study; the multi-layered, emotional sub-texts invested in material objects are sensitively extracted and interpreted, to display meaningful domestic spaces, three of which outlived their owners. * Women's Studies Group 1558 – 1837 *Table of ContentsList of Plates List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Representation 1. ‘My anecdotes of this social neighbourhood’: The thick description of Caroline Lybbe Powys 2. Publishing John Wilkes’s ‘Villakin’: Reception and Reputation at Sandham Cottage Part II: Movement 3. Material Translations, Biographical Objects: Craft(ing) Narratives at A la Ronde 4. ‘A little temple, consecrate to Friendship and the Muses’: Romantic friendship and gift-exchange at Plas Newydd, Llangollen Part III: Ownership 5. ‘I love her as my own child’: Inheritance, Extra-Illustration, and Queer Familial Intimacies at Strawberry Hill Conclusion: Materialising Loss Bibliography Index
£76.00
Andrews McMeel Publishing Day of the Dead 2025 Wall Calendar
Book SynopsisWith its intricate and vibrant images, this 12-month calendar is a tribute to the living folk art tradition of crafting sugar skulls. Features include: 12 x 12 wall calendar (12 x 24 open) Wrap-around cover design eliminates need for plastic packaging sin plástico High-quality printing on premium paper stock Spans JanuaryDecember 2025 Abarca de enero a diciembre de 2025 Days of the week and months of the year in English and Spanish Días de la semana y meses del año en español e inglés Official major world holidays and observances Mexican holidays vacaciones mexicanas Moon phases, based on Universal Time A year of stunning sugar skull artwork for your wall Perfect gift for Day of the Dead sugar skull art enthusiasts Wall art for your home, school, or office that provides a sense of time for planning and dreaming WE PLANT TREES to offset ou
£10.19
Andrews McMeel Publishing Coffee 2026 Deluxe Wall Calendar
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£14.73
Andrews McMeel Publishing Home is in the Kitchen 2026 Deluxe Wall Calendar
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£14.73
Andrews McMeel Publishing Birds of a Feather 2026 Weekly Planner Calendar
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£16.84
Manchester University Press The Senses in Interior Design: Sensorial
Book SynopsisThe senses in interior design examines how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors. The chapters explore how the body navigates and negotiates the realities of designed interiors and challenge the traditional focus on star designers or ideal interiors that have left sensorial agency at the margins of design history. From the sensually gendered role of the fireplace in late sixteenth century Italy to the synaesthetic décors of Comte Robert de Montesquiou and the sensorial stimuli of Aesop stores, each chapter brings a new perspective on the central role that the senses have played in the conception, experiences and uses of interiors.Table of ContentsIntroduction: sensorial interactions: interior design through the five senses – Marie-Ève Marchand Part I: Sensory politics 1 Heated bodies: fireplaces and the senses in the early modern Italian domestic interior – Erin J. Campbell 2 Sensitive design: Robert de Montesquiou’s sensorial installations and its condemnation – Benoit Beaulieu 3 Re-assessing Pierre Legrain’s ‘Black Deco’: sensual luxury, primitivism and the French bourgeois interior – John Potvin 4 ‘Brother and I in bed’: queer photography at home in New York, 1925–35 – Alice T. Friedman 5 Conquering the home front: Nazi propaganda and sensory experiences in the German domestic interior 1933–45 – Serena Newmark Part II: Aesthetic entanglements 6 Into the sensorium: scenes from the dressing room – Louisa Iarocci 7 Site-reading: placing the piano in middle-class homes, 1890–1930 – Michael Windover and James Deaville 8 The Herrenzimmer: masculinity, the senses and interior design in turn-of-twentieth-century Germany – Änne Söll 9 Hands at home? Textures, tactility and touch in interior design – Grace Lees-Maffei Part III: Sensual economies 10 Forging foam at the 1925 Paris Exhibition – Claire I. R. O’Mahony 11 The stimulating atmosphere of the English public house, c. 1945–75 – Fiona Fisher 12 Interiorising the senses – David Howes 13 Sensorial worlds and atmospheric scenes in Terence Conran’s The House Book – Ben Highmore 14 Aesop’s sensory experience – D. J. HuppatzIndex
£81.00
Laurence King Publishing History of Modern Design Third Edition
Book SynopsisThis unparalleled and wide-ranging book surveys the history of applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial contexts in which this relationship has developed.In this extensively revised and expanded third edition, David Raizman addresses international questions more fully with the addition of six Global Inspiration sections that examine the contributions of non-Western traditions, rendering the very notion of a ''national'' design debatable. The text also pays closer attention to issues of gender, race, and climate change, and their impact on design.With over 580 illustrations, mostly in colour, History of Modern Design is an inclusive, well-balanced introduction to a field of increasing scholarly and interdisciplinary research, and provides students in design with historical perspectives of their chosen fields of study.
£36.00
University of Massachusetts Press Keepers of Tradition: Art and Folk Heritage in
Book SynopsisThroughout Massachusetts, artists carry on and revitalize deeply rooted traditions that take many expressive forms - from Native American basketry to Yankee wooden boats, Armenian lace, Chinese seals, Puerto Rican santos, and Irish music and dance. These keepers of tradition are recognized in their communities as outstanding practitioners of craft, music, dance, and sacred arts. Yet, much of this work is hidden to the public at large, remaining essentially unknown beyond the local community in which it flourishes.This beautifully illustrated volume celebrates and shares the work of a wide array of these living artists. Passed down from person to person within both long-settled and new immigrant communities, traditional art involves the shaping of deeply held cultural values into meaningful artistic forms. ""Keepers of Tradition"" presents material drawn from eight years of intensive field research by folklorists at the Massachusetts Cultural Council - an investigation that has taken researchers into the homes, kitchens, workshops, dance halls, places of worship, parade routes, and festival sites where traditional art is produced, used, valued, and displayed.Featuring more than sixty artists from communities across the state, ""Keepers of Tradition"" showcases high levels of mastery in diverse media - the uniformity and handiness of a Nantucket Lightship basket, the Native quill work on a tobacco pouch, the vibrant colors and textures of a Caribbean Carnival costume, the exquisite gestures of Cambodian dance. At the same time, the text describes the deeply personal and cultural context for each piece of work.This volume is published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name, organized by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, and on view there from May 2008 through February 2009.
£20.85
Taunton Press Inc Building Traditional Kitchen Cabinets
Book SynopsisLearn how to build premium cabinetry of superior quality in your own shop...from layout and design to installation and final adjustment. Jim Tolpin simplifies the process of building cabinets by using modern hardware and joinery systems that are fast and foolproof to execute. He shows how to construct easily handled cabinet modules and how to customize face frames, doors, and drawers in the style you choose. With the help of this book and basic shop tools, you can build a complete set of kitchen cabinets that will add beauty and value to any home.
£16.49
Pelican Publishing Co Scottish Gold and Silver Work
£32.79
University Press of Mississippi Vodou Things: The Art of Pierrot Barra and Marie
Book SynopsisPierrot Barra and his wife Marie Cassaise are the most astonishing artists that the author of this fascinating book has encountered in more than a decade of researching Vodou in Haiti. He discovered them deep in the ramshackle Iron Market of downtown Port-au-Prince where they make and sell what he considers to be the most original Vodou art in the world. In the glitter and bustle of the market Barra and Cassaise discern the lurking forms of divinities they serve as both priests and artists. From rubber dolls, sunglasses, holy cards, barbecue forks, goats' horns, speedometers, rosaries, junk jewelry, compact mirrors, Christmas ornaments, crucifixes, sequins, and velour they assemble fantastic sculptures that portray the fiery and potent gods of Haiti. Inspired through dreams sent by his divine mentor Ogou - generalissimo of the Vodou pantheon - Pierrot tears apart these random commodities and brings them back to new life with pop-it beads and tinselcord. Displaying the power of a magician, he transforms heaps of rubble into glamorous repositories for the capricious and demanding gods who rule his life and guide his work. This volume focuses on how Barra and Cassaise redefine ancient African-American traditions of sacred art, even as they push those traditions in directions the author views as ""postmodern"" or ""outsider art."" The author warns, however, that no matter how their appreciators may choose to label their art, Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise remain deeply Haitian and profoundly Vodou. Their sculptures capture the cultural history of a country sustained by distant memories of Africa, haunted by the imagery of Catholic saints and Masonic regalia, and bewitched by imported Hollywood kitsch. For them, lithographs of the Virgin Mary nestle easily with plastic figurines of Bugs Bunny. Yet even within a tradition open to these sorts of commercial pentecosts, the liberties taken by the artists are breathtaking. Donald J. Cosentino is chair of the folklore program at UCLA and editor of African Arts magazine.
£25.46
University Press of Mississippi Neo-Pagan Sacred Art and Altars: Making Things
Book SynopsisFire-cat masks, earth mother icons, henna tattoos, ankhs, and water altars--these objects may sound like the inventory in an ancient druid's sanctuary. But they are part of the sacred reliquary created by contemporary artists and practitioners of Neo-Pagan ritual.Calling themselves ""witches"" and ""pagans"" and drawing inspiration from pre-Christian polytheistic worship, the practitioners of Neo-Paganism have often been misunderstood by outsiders. In the uninitiated, their art and iconography have inspired fear.In featuring the works of ten artists, Sabina Magliocco's Neo-Pagan Sacred Art and Altars unlocks the meanings of this religion's creativity and symbolism and makes its sacred nature understandable to non-specialists.A stunning array of color plates and halftones will touch the imagination of insiders and outsiders alike, revealing the imaginative skills of some of the movement's most celebrated artists, as well as amateurs working at home with family and friends.These masks and altars, earrings and necklaces create one of the Neo-Pagan movement's most striking features--its ritual art. Yet this is one of the first books to focus on these spiritual objects rather than on the sociology and psychology of the followers. The odd array of costumes and jewelry, as well as the juxtaposition of neo-primitive and medieval-looking styles, troubles outsiders and contributes to the movement's undeserved reputation for attracting eccentrics. Yet its sacred art is part of one of the most flourishing contemporary traditions in the United States.
£29.71
University Press of Mississippi Forms of Tradition in Contemporary Spain
Book SynopsisThe fast-paced demands of a global economy make it increasingly difficult for folk and traditional artists to stay true to their heritages. All too often, artists either isolate themselves in an impossible struggle against the modern world or give up traditional methods and practices to follow current trends. Forms of Tradition in Contemporary Spain is a groundbreaking study of contemporary Spanish folk art and traditional artists. It charts the varied routes artists have found to evade these pitfalls while pursuing their art. Through case studies of four considerably different kinds of artists-a traditional potter, a couple who create huge papier-mâché figures for festival processions and dancing, a group of masked, costumed ""devils"" who enliven traditional street theatre with modern pyrotechnics, and an idiosyncratic builder of one of the most spectacular art environments known worldwide-this book broadens the existing understanding of traditional arts by creating a more realistic and expansive interpretation of tradition and the influences upon each creative act. Featuring 142 color photographs and 9 black-and-white illustrations, this work is a major contribution to the field of art history as well as a celebration of the artists it profiles. The artists were chosen because each is emblematic of a particular tradition and each represents a distinct relationship with a given community. In addition to analyzing and describing the art and artists featured in the book, Jo Farb Hernández uses these case studies to achieve a broader range of understanding. Breaking down old divisions in art history, she presents information which has not received much attention in the U.S. and provides access to work that was previously available only in Spanish or Catalan. Author of books, catalogs, and articles, Jo Farb Hernández, Watsonville, California, is the director/curator of the Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, School of Art and Design, San José State University, and is the Principal of Curatorial and Museum Management Services.
£29.71
Adams Media Corporation The Everything Irish History Heritage Book
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£10.99
Gingko Press, Inc A Cycling Lexicon
Book SynopsisA collection of beautifully designed bicycle head-badges is displayed in a beautifully designed book by Phil Carter of Carter Wong design, showing these badges for the works of art they are.
£17.50
University of Vermont Press American Furniture 1999
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£50.40
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Neat and Tidy Boxes and Their Contents Used in
Book SynopsisAn expert look at the evolution of craftsmanship in the American Home through wooden boxes and their diverse uses.
£14.25
University Press of New England Womens Painted Furniture 17901830
Book SynopsisBeautifully illustrated, comprehensive study of women's painted furniture, a long-lost art that sheds light on women's lives in the early republic
£44.80
Metropolitan Museum of Art How to Read European Decorative Arts
Book SynopsisIlluminating three centuries of European artistry and ingenuity, this volume in The Met’s acclaimed How to Read series provides a wide-ranging exploration of decorative arts from British writing tables to Russian snuffboxes Spanning three centuries of creativity, from the High Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, this volume in The Met’s How to Read series provides a peek into daily lives across Europe—from England, Spain, and France to Germany, Denmark, and Russia. Featuring 40 exemplary objects, including furniture, tableware, utilitarian items, articles of personal adornment, devotional objects, and display pieces, this publication covers many aspects of European society and lifestyles, from the modest to the fabulously wealthy. The book considers the contributions of renowned masters, such as the Dutch cabinetmaker Jan van Mekeren and the Italian goldsmith Andrea Boucheron, as well as talented amateurs, among them the anonymous young Englishwoman who embroidered an enchanting chest with scenes from the Story of Esther. The works selected include both masterpieces and less familiar examples, some of them previously unpublished, and are discussed not only in light of their art-historical importance but also with regard to the social issues relevant to each, such as the impact of colonial slavery or the changing status of women artists. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
£18.95
Shambhala Publications Inc How to Wrap Five Eggs: Traditional Japanese
Book SynopsisTraditional Japanese packaging is an art form that applies sophisticated design and natural aesthetics to simple objects. In this elegant presentation of the baskets, boxes, wrappers, and containers that were used in ordinary, day-to-day life, we are offered a stunning example of a time before mass production. Largely constructed of bamboo, rice straw, hemp twine, paper, and leaves, all of the objects shown here are made from natural materials. Through 221 black-and-white photographs of authentic examples of traditional Japanese packaging?with commentary on the origins, materials, and use of each piece?the items here offer a look into a lost art, while also reminding us of the connection to nature and the human imprint of handwork that was once so alive and vibrant in our everyday lives. This classic book was originally published under the title How to Wrap Five More Eggs in 1975. The eminent American designer George Nelson praised the work featured here, saying, ?We have come a long, long way from the kind of thing so beautifully presented in this book. To suit the needs of super mass production, the traditional natural materials are too obstreperous . . . and one by one we have replaced them with the docile, predicable synthetics. . . . What we have gained from these [new] materials and wonderfully complicated processes to make up for the general pollution, rush, crowding, noise, sickness, and slickness is a subject for other forums. But what we have lost for sure is what this book is all about: a once-common sense of fitness in the relationships between hand, material, use, and shape, and above all, a sense of delight in the look and feel of very ordinary, humble things. This book is thus . . . a totally unexpected monument to a culture, a way of life, a universal sensibility carried through all objects down to the smallest, most inconsequential, and ephemeral things.? Now, over thirty years later, this revived classic on the art of traditional Japanese packing may leave us with the same response, and the same appreciation for the natural and utile packaging presented in this book.
£27.20
Heyday Books The David Lance Goines Note Card Collection: Chez
Book SynopsisAt long last: gorgeous note card sets from renowned printmaker David Lance Goines For fifty years, artist, calligrapher, and printmaker David Lance Goines has been the creator of the inimitable designs that have come to define the Bay Area and its institutions. With stark lines, soft colors, and stunning text, his designs are immediately striking and effective, whether depicting an historic local restaurant or an internationally beloved film. While these designs are iconic and immediately recognizable to most, their timeless aesthetic is appealing to both the newcomer and the longtime fan. Heyday is pleased to announce the initial offerings of the David Lance Goines Note Card Collections: Chez Panisse and Movies. Each set contains twelve white note envelopes and twelve blank cards printed on fine white stock. Chez Panisse will feature 4 images celebrating the famed eatery: Chez Panisse - 26th Anniversary Poster (1997) Chez Panisse - 32nd Anniversary Poster (2003) Chez Panisse - 34th Anniversary Poster (2005) Café Chez Panisse - 35th Anniversary Poster (2015)
£15.29
Heyday Books The David Lance Goines Note Card Collection:
Book SynopsisAt long last: gorgeous note card sets from renowned printmaker David Lance Goines For fifty years, artist, calligrapher, and printmaker David Lance Goines has been the creator of the inimitable designs that have come to define the Bay Area and its institutions. With stark lines, soft colors, and stunning text, his designs are immediately striking and effective, whether depicting an historic local restaurant or an internationally beloved film. While these designs are iconic and immediately recognizable to most, their timeless aesthetic is appealing to both the newcomer and the longtime fan. Heyday is pleased to announce the initial offerings of the David Lance Goines Note Card Collections: Chez Panisse and Movies. Each set contains twelve white note envelopes and twelve blank cards printed on fine white stock. Movies will feature 4 images celebrating classic films: Frankenstein (1931) The General (1926) The Seventh Seal (1957) Metropolis (1927)
£17.60
Grolier Club of New York The Calligraphy Revival, 1906–2016
Book SynopsisModern Western calligraphy has seldom been recognized as an art form. Correcting this oversight, Jerry Kelly presents major examples of calligraphic art by over 80 artists spanning the years 1906–2016. He demonstrates that in the computer age, the art of beautiful writing not only lives but thrives. The catalogue accompanied the eponymous Grolier Club. With a preface by Jerry Kelly and an introduction by Christopher Calderhead.
£32.40
Getty Trust Publications St. Albans Psalter – Painting and Prayer in
Book SynopsisThis is a fascinating look at one of the world's most important and renowned 12th-century manuscripts. The St. Albans Psalter is one of the most important, famous, and puzzling books produced in 12th-century England. It was probably created between 1120 and 1140 at St. Albans Abbey. The manuscript's powerfully drawn figures and saturated colours are distinct from those in previous Anglo-Saxon painting and signal the arrival of the Romanesque style of illumination in England. Although most 12th-century prayer books were not illustrated, the St. Albans Psalter includes more than 40 full-page illuminations and over 200 historiated initials. Decorated with gold and precious colours, the psalter offers a display unparalleled by any other English manuscript to survive from the time. In 2012, scholars conservators, and scientists at the J. Paul Getty Musesum conducted a close examination of the Psalter, gathering new evidence challenging several prevailing assumptions about this richly illustrated manuscript.
£20.89
Getty Trust Publications French Rococo Ebenisterie in the J. Paul Getty
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive catalogue of the Getty Museum's significant collection of French Rococo ebenisterie furniture. This catalogue focuses on French ebenisterie furniture in the Rococo style dating from 1735 to 1760. These splendid objects directly reflect the tastes of the Museum's founder, J. Paul Getty, who started collecting in this area in 1938 and continued until his death in 1976. The Museum's collection is particularly rich in examples created by the most talented cabinet masters then active in Paris, including Bernard van Risenburgh II (after 1696-ca. 1766), Jacques Dubois (1694-1763), and Jean-Francois Oeben (1721-1763). Working for members of the French royal family and aristocracy, these craftsmen excelled at producing veneered and marquetried pieces of furniture (tables, cabinets, and chests of drawers) fashionable for their lavish surfaces, refined gilt-bronze mounts, and elaborate design. These objects were renowned throughout Europe at a time when Paris was considered the capital of good taste. The entry on each work comprises both a curatorial section, with description and commentary, and a conservation report, with construction diagrams. An introduction by Anne-Lise Desmas traces the collection's acquisition history, and two technical essays by Arlen Heginbotham present methodologies and findings on the analysis of gilt-bronze mounts and lacquer. www.getty.edu/publications/rococo
£58.50
Getty Trust Publications The Tastemakers - British Dealers and the
Book SynopsisIn this volume, Diana Davis demonstrates how London dealers invented a new and visually splendid decorative style that combined the contrasting tastes of two nations. Departing from the conventional narrative that depicts dealers as purveyors of antiquarianism, Davis repositions them as innovators who were key to transforming old art objects from 'ancien re gime' France into cherished "antiques" and, equally, as creators of new and modified French-inspired furniture, bronze work, and porcelain. The resulting old, new, and reconfigured objects merged aristocratic French eighteenth-century taste with nineteenth-century British preference, and they were prized by collectors, who displayed them side by side in palatial interiors of the period. 'The Tastemakers' analyzes dealer-made furnishings from the nineteenth-century patron's perspective and in the context of the interiors for which they were created, contending that early dealers deliberately formulated a new aesthetic with its own objects, language, and value. Davis examines a wide variety of documents to piece together the shadowy world of these dealers, who emerge center stage as a traders, makers, and tastemakers.Trade Review“Clear and concise...the book presents a thought-provoking discussion, underscored by extremely detailed archival research.”—Mark Westgarth, Furniture History Society Newsletter
£49.50
University Press of Mississippi Haitian Vodou Flags
Book SynopsisOnce little known outside of Haiti, Vodou flags (drapo Vodou), dazzling in color and imagery, have become popular commodities in the international art market. Works by such notable Haitian artists as Silva Joseph, Antoine Oleyant, and Yves Telemak now grace the walls of museums, art galleries, and private homes throughout the world.The fascinating, colorful collection of drapo Vodou included in this book reveals the importance of Vodou flags in the Haitian culture. Shimmering with sequins and reflected light, they capture the attention of Vodou practitioners and art lovers alike.In showcasing the Vodou flags and the artists who create them, this book also offers a striking revelation of the gods (Iwa) that inhabit the Vodou spirit world.
£31.46
University Press of Mississippi Chicano Graffiti and Murals: The Neighborhood Art of Peter Quezada
Book SynopsisFor almost a decade Peter Quezada, a prolific self-taught artist, painted murals and lettering on buildings and retaining walls in neighborhoods northeast of downtown Los Angeles. He refers to his work as a ""graffiti deterrent"" or a ""substitute for graffiti,"" and he targets sites that are favorites of taggers and gang graffiti writers. Often he enlists their assistance and designs his murals to appeal to these youths as well as to discourage them from participating in antisocial behavior.Highlighting the interplay of contemporary life, mass-media images that confront the public, and the use of physical space in the city landscape, Chicano Graffiti and Murals shows how such art as Quezada's has become the signature of modern urban culture.
£31.46
University Press of Mississippi Vietnam Remembered: The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr.
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University Press of Mississippi The Painted Screens of Baltimore: An Urban Folk
Book SynopsisPainted screens have long been synonymous in the popular imagination with the Baltimore row house. Picturesque, practical, and quirky, window and door screens adorned with scenic views simultaneously offer privacy and ventilation in crowded neighborhoods. As an urban folk art, painted screens flourished in Baltimore, though they did not originate there--precursors date to early eighteenth-century London. They were a fixture on fine homes and businesses in Europe and America throughout the Victorian era. But as the handmade screen yielded to industrial production, the whimsical artifact of the elite classes was suddenly transformed into an item for mass consumption. Historic examples are now a rarity, but in Baltimore the folk art is still very much alive.The Painted Screens of Baltimore takes a first look at this beloved icon of one major American city through the words and images of dozens of self-taught artists who trace their creations to the capable and unlikely brush of one Bohemian immigrant, William Oktavec. In 1913, this corner grocer began a family dynasty inspired generations of artists who continue his craft to this day. The book examines the roots of painted wire cloth, the ethnic communities where painted screens have been at home for a century, and the future of this art form.
£33.20
Hal Leonard Corporation The Invisible Line: When Craft Becomes Art
Book SynopsisWhat distinguishes art from craft? Since the traditional answer skews utilitarian and hinges on an object's 'use value ' musical instruments are typically grouped into the latter category. This is a grave oversight. In ÊThe Invisible Line: When Craft Becomes ArtÊ seven West Coast artisans discuss their work and make the case for curatorial inclusion of instruments (and other primitives ) alongside the finest sculptures etchings paintings and pastels the world's museums have to offer. Conceived and edited by Larry Robinson the man behind ÊThe Art of Inlay: Design and Technique for Fine WoodworkingÊ ÊThe Invisible LineÊ consists of seven lavishly self-illustrated essays penned by self-employed practicing artisans (rather than academics art historians journalists or critics) at the height of their careers. Whether you're a a practicing musician an art aficionado a luthier or woodworker or an everyday person with an affinity for the aesthetically pleasant this gorgeous volume is sure to awe and inspire.
£17.09
Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc Past & Present: 24 Favorite Moments in Decorative
Book SynopsisSince the times of ancient Egypt, humans have had a passion for style, decor, and architecture. Amazingly, styles from many of these bygone eras are still enjoyed and are often implemented into our modern decor and architecture. Past + Present is a collection of 24 pairs of essays and craft projects that explore this connection between decorative arts history and present day design trends. The projects have been contributed by some of the best known modern designers of today, such as Todd Oldham, Jonathan Adler, Erica Domesek, Grace Bonney, and David Stark, adding extra allure to an already fascinating topic. The book, which is based on Azzarito's successful Past + Present column for Design*Sponge, takes the academic subject of decorative arts history and makes it accessible, approachable, and engaging to the average design and craft enthusiast. Included here are not just dates and events, but also the stories, passions, and quirky facts behind many great decorative arts movements. Each essay is accompanied by whimsical illustrations by beloved illustrator Julia Rothman, as well as a few representative historical photos when relevant. Each project has been beautifully photographed in a modern home setting, and the instructions are clear and accessible, even to novice DIYers.
£12.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc American Indian Arts & Crafts: The
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Fonthill Media LLc Paint Locker Magic: A History of Naval Aviation
Book SynopsisNaval Aviation special markings and 'nose art' is a field that has been largely ignored, primarily due to the lack of coverage in mainstream aviation history publications. Research into archives, feedback from veterans, and personal photographs by the authors have documented thousands of previously unknown individual aircraft with these markings. The book covers markings on US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft over the 100 year history of US Naval Aviation. The book includes illustrations of special markings and nose art on early canvas covered airplanes through the World War II era when nose art flourished and on into the jet age, the Korean and Viet Nam conflicts and up to the present war on terror with aircraft marked to commemorate the 9-11 attack. This coverage includes the fighters and attack aircraft of the carrier navy and the patrol aircraft, transports, blimps, research and test aircraft and helicopters. Markings include personal nose art and pin-ups, shark mouth and similar markings, cartoons depicting special missions, Christmas and similar markings, and tributes.
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Skyhorse Publishing Create the Style You Crave on a Budget You Can
Book SynopsisIn this unique and hip home decor style guide, you will find the inspiration to creatively express your own sense of style, discover the essence of what makes your home feel good to you, and learn how to mix vintage, modern, and thrift store finds to create the eclectic look you crave on a budget you can afford. Several houses and apartments are featured, providing examples of how everyday people with limited time and finances have created their own "sweet spot" within their homes. Do you imagine a comfy cozy home with quilts and china tea cups, or do you prefer a clean white space to calm you, or maybe a bit of glam to invoke your inner pop star? Are you attracted to clean modern lines or do you want to surround yourself with ethnic motifs to remind you of world travels? Perhaps it's a mix of several styles. Whatever it is, you deserve to live in the style you crave. In this book you will learn how to surround yourself with beauty and create an environment that reflects who you are and what you want so you can draw more of that into your life. Maybe you don't even know what style would fit you best. Desha will show you how to create a mood board to explore and develop your tastes. Your home should be a reflection of your values--whether your priorities lie in caring for the environment, raising a family, or developing creativity, there are ways to promote those values in your living space. Dive into Desha's tips and advice for shopping and crafting your current home into your dream home.
£15.19
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Wood Burn Book: An Essential Guide to the Art
Book SynopsisIn The Wood Burn Book, Rachel Strauss (@woodburncorner) teaches you everything you’ll need to know to master pyrography, whether you’re brand new to the hobby or you’ve been “writing with fire” for years. This essential guide opens with a brief background to the art of wood burning, a list of tools and how to use them, basic techniques that can be used over and over again, and even what to burn and how to be safe doing it. You will also find a detailed explanation of the process from start to finish, with patterns, techniques for lettering and adding color, as well as dozens of projects ready for gifting, including picture frames, cutting boards, coasters, cards, wooden spoons, and jewelry. Above all, Strauss has created the book she wished she had when she first discovered pyrography: a simple guide that quickly gets the reader successfully burning. With the right tools and a little time, you’ll be able to create meaningful handmade gifts without breaking the bank. Whether it’s to create a family name sign as a housewarming gift for newlyweds, or customize baby blocks for a new little one, wood burning is the versatile hobby that can be used time and time again to create memorable gifts for all of life’s occasions. In addition, wood burning is a practice in mindfulness, requiring patience and focus to awaken the senses and calm the mind. Mastering the art of writing with fire begins with the ability to follow a line. If you can trace, you can burn.Table of ContentsIntroduction Safety PART I:TOOLS & TECHNIQUES Essential Tools Choosing a Burner Surfaces Transfer Techniques The Process from Start to Finish Adding Texture Adding Color Finishes PART II: PROJECTS & INSPIRATION Wood Surfaces Wood Alternatives Adding Color Frames Acknowledgments About the Author Index
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David Zwirner Shio Kusaka: one light year
Book SynopsisShio Kusaka’s ceramic vessels articulate poetic connections, creating a cohesive and unique installation. ---------- “It’s a striking effect—some pieces are bowl-shaped, others are cylindrical, a few have slim, sloping necks. Their linear arrangement suggests some kind of progression through time and space.” — Document Journal ----------- While pulling inspiration and techniques from ancient Japanese ceramics as well as from popular culture and everyday life, Kusaka carves new language into her artwork. Employing various types of clay and firing methods, she experiments with line, color, and size to bring fresh life to the medium. This harmonious presentation is created from individual pieces and thematic groupings, resulting in an extraordinary, unified installation to be experienced in the round. Created in close collaboration with the artist and with many detail images, this book provides a deep dive into Kusaka’s incredible work one light year. Published after Kusaka’s hugely successful exhibition at David Zwirner, New York, in 2022, this catalogue studies her singular installation from all angles. A text by Kusaka illuminates her working process and provides unique insight into this particular work.
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University of Delaware Press Decorative Games: Ornament, Rhetoric, and Noble
Book SynopsisThis book features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). In charge of the buildings and grounds of Philippe, duke of Orléans, regent of France during the minority of Louis XV, Oppenord was at the center of the architectural practice of his time. As made evident by this album, his consummate draftsmanship, praised by his contemporaries and coveted by collectors, exceeded by far the practical demands usually required of architects. On a copy of the first French edition of Cesare Ripa’s Iconologia, published by Jean Baudoin in 1636 with engravings by Jacques de Bié, Oppenord drew vignettes, head and tail pieces, borders and other ornamental motifs. For the first time, this publication reproduces Oppenord’s album in its initial state. Today’s reassembled and rebound album of sixty sheets bears little resemblance to Oppenord’s original copy. A bibliographic analysis of the Ripa-Baudoin book, based on a copy kept at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and confirmed by a previously unnoticed numbering by Oppenord, guided this first reconstitution. In lieu of a haphazard succession of sketches, it reveals Oppenord’s fascinating interplay between text, engraved and drawn images. Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
£36.00
Workman Publishing John Derian Paper Goods Dancing Butterflies
Book SynopsisJohn Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. With its deep, jewellike tones, Dancing Butterflies captures that time when the simple reproduction of color was a thing of wonder. This print from the nineteenth century features seven species of butterfly, the faint ID numbers still visible, hovering over a beautifully etched thistle in the kind of art-meets-science still life that inspired a generation of Victorian naturalists.Featuring: 750 full-color interlocking pieces Art print with puzzle image Finished puzzle is 18 7/8 x 26 3/8
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