Arti decorative e design

Sacred Buddhist Painting

CHAKRAVERTY, ANJAN; LOKESH CHANDRA (FOREWORD) · 2002 · Ultramarine Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New Delhi, India, Lustre Press. 2002, Third Impression. (ISBN: 81-7436-042-5). Hard Cover - Pictorial Boards, 4to. 96 pages; numerous full-color illustrations. Among the contents: Origin of the Buddha Image; Tibetan Buddhist Iconography; Classification of Thangkas; The Evoluti...

Meyer Schapiro: His Painting, Drawing and Sculpture

RUSSELL, JOHN (PREFACE); LILLIAN MILGRAM SCHAPIRO (INTRODUCTION); MEYER SCHAPIRO (TEXT); L.M. SCHAPIRO AND DANIEL ESTERMAN (EDITED BY) · 2000 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Harry N. Abrams. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-8109-4392-1). Hard Cover - cloth boards, 4to. 256 pages; 203 illustrations, 53 color. The artistic work of the art historian, himself. The work covers about 70 years, many self-portrait drawings and drawings of wife, fam...

Man of the Year: A Time Honored Tradition

VOSS, FREDERICK S. · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

Washiington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-87474-949-2). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 64 pages; 26 full-page color reproductions; b&w text illustrations; checklist of covers 1927 to 1986. A look at Time's Man of the Year covers. The 2...

The Genius of Venice 1500-1600

MARTINEAU, JANE AND CHARLES HOPE (EDITED BY) · 1983 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Royal Academy of Arts. 1983, First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 416 pages; 97 color plates of paintings; 355 catalogued paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, maps and charts, many illustrated in b&w; essays on historians, color, ...

Richard Shirley Smith: The Paintings & Collages 1957-2000

SMITH, RICHARD SHIRLEY; ROY STRONG (PREFACE) · 2002 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

London, The Author and John Murray. 2002, First Trade Edition. (ISBN: 07195-6332-1). Hard Cover - cloth boards, 4to. 150 pages; 170 color illustrations with the artist's personal annotations; his memoirs of early mentors, David Jones and Gerald and Joy Finzi; essays on his wor...

Nicola Pisano's Arca Di San Domenico and Its Legacy

MOSKOWITZ, ANITA FIDERER · 1994 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

University Park, Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania State University Press. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-271-00946-2). Hard Cover - cloth boards, 4to. 76 pages followed by a section of 98 plates. An examination of the design and construction of the tomb of Saint Domenic (1264-126...

Visions of the Modern

GOLDING, JOHN · 1994 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Berkeley, University of California Press. 1994. (ISBN: 0-520-08792-5). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 368 pages; b&w text illustrations. Seventeen Golding essays on art, artists, and their world. Good reading. Fine.

What Is Design Today?

MARCUS, GEORGE H. · 2002 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Harry N. Abrams. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-8109-9081-4). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Small 4to. 144 pages; numerous color illustrations. Published coincident with the exhibition organized by the Design Center at Philadelphia University. A discussion of the tit...

Saint Patrick - a Visual Celebration

DAVIS, COURTNEY; TEXT BY ELAINE GILL AND DENNIS O'NEILL · 1999 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Blandford. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-7137-2674-1). Hard Cover, 4to. 128 pages. Art and calligraphy by Davis. Text includes Thomas Kinsella's translation of St. Patrick's Beastplate and Ludwig Bieler's translation of The Confession of St. Patrick. Elaine Gill offers...

Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting 1942-1962: Dreams, Fears, and Desires

DIXON, CHRISTINE AND TERRY SMITH · 1984 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

University of Sydney, The Power Institute of Fine Arts. 1984. (ISBN: 0-909952-03-5). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 96 pages. ".. a record of an exhibition of the Fifth Biennale of Sydney..". 78 paintings are reproduced. Very Good.

American Painted Furniture 1660-1880

FALES, DEAN A., JR.; ROBERT BISHOP (ILLUSTRATIONS); CYRIL I. NELSON (GENERAL EDITOR) · 1972 · Ultramarine Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New York, E.P. Dutton and Co. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-525-05387-5). Decorated cloth boards, 4to. 299 pages; 577 illustrations, including 148 color plates and 429 b&w photographs; Forewords by Nina Fletcher Little and Jean Lipman; endnotes; comprehensive bibliography; ind...

Cities on Stone: Nineteenth Century Lithograph Images of the Urban West

REPS, JOHN W. · 1979 · Ultramarine Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum. 1979, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0-88360-051-x). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Oblong 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue, 99 pages; 50 color plares; descriptive exhibition checklist; bibliography; the author one of the foremost authorities on city views. C...

The Image of Christ

FINALDI, GABRIELE; NEIL MACGREGOR (INTRODUCTION); [ET AL.] · 2000 · Ultramarine Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

London, National Gallery Company. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1-85709-292-9). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Square 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 224 pages; 79 works illustrated in color with full descriptive entries; additional illustrations throughout; Provenance; Bibliography....

All the Banners Wave: Art and War in the Romantic Era 1792-1851

RICHARDSON, HOLLY; JOHN SAWYER; MAUREEN MEISTER; RICHARD SCHINDLER; LESLIE HUMM CORMIER; · 1982 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Providence, Rhode Island, Brown University. 1982, First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Oblong 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue, 125 pages; 64 catalogued items; illustrations in b&w; 5 essays with b&w illustrations; extensive bibliography. Artists' interpretations of war, bat...

The Posters of Jules Cheret: 46 Full-Color Plates & an Illustrated Catalogue Raisonne

BROIDO, LUCY · 1980 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Dover. 1980. (ISBN: 0-486-24010-x). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Folio. Catalogue Raisonne, 60 pages; 46 full color plates are also full page; catalogue raisonne describes 1069 items, many illustrated in b&w. Fine.

Painting and Poetry: Turner's Verse Book and His Work of 1804-1812

WILTON, ANDREW · 1990 · Ultramarine Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

London, Tate Gallery. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1-85437-045-6). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 181 pages; 67 catalogued paintings illustrated in black-and-white with text; transcriptions of verse; 35 color plates and additional black-and-white illu...

Renoir

HOUSE, JOHN; ANNE DISTEL; LAWRENCE GOWING; · 1985 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-7287-0419-6). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 324 pages; 126 catalogued paintings illustrated in color and again in black and white; each with comprehensive text. Chronology, maps, bibliograph...

Four Centuries of French Drawings - in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

HATTIS, PHYLLIS · 1977 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-88401-025-2). Cloth, 4to. Catalogue Raisonne, 360 pages; 368 drawings, 17th through the 20th centuries, reproduced and documented. The culmination of the five-year Drawings Project which documented all 3,000...

Folk Art in America: Painting and Sculpture

ERICSON, JACK T. (EDITED BY) · 1979 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, Mayflower Books. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-8317-3412-4). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 175 pages. A compilation of articles that appeared in Antiques Magazine between 1935 and 1977. Clean and tight. Very Good.

The Ledoux Heritage: The Collecting of Ukiyo-E Master Prints

JENKINS, DONALD · 1973 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Japan Society. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-913304-02-6). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Oblong 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue, 164 pages. 62 prints reproduced in full-page images, 6 in color, with catalogue entries on the opposing page (the verso); Glossary; Bibliography. The exh...