Arti decorative e design

Italian Manuscript Painting 1300-1550

(RYSKAMP, CHARLES [PREFACE]); (WILLIAM M. VOELKLE [INTRODUCTION AND CATALOGUE]) · 1984 · Ultramarine Books

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library. 1984. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue, (36) pages; 60 descriptive catalogue entries; 10 b&w illustrations plus color cover art. An exhibition of some of The Morgan's most beautiful and important manuscripts. Very ...

Modern Lithographs and Etchings Collected by Curt Valentin - Sold by His Order

1948 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries. 1948. Printed Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. Auction Catalogue, 35 pages; 173 lots; 14 b&w illustrations. Very Good.

Chinese Folk Art in American Collections: Early 15th Through Early 20th Centuries

ECKE, TSENG YU-HO · 1976 · Ultramarine Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

New York, China Institute in America`. 1976. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue, 98 pages; 59 folk art items reproduced in b/w. The exhibition included wooden utensils, cotton fabric, lacquered leather, pewter, silver, wooden statues, woodblock prints. Cl...

Assisi and the Rise of Vernacular Art

STUBBLEBINE, JAMES H. · 1985 · Ultramarine Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Harper & Row. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-06-430152-4). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 140 pages; 120 b/w illustrations. A study of the Assisi frescoes. Good bibliography. Very Good.

Ralston Crawford and the Sea

RATCLIFF, CARTER (INTRODUCTION) · 1991 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-915057-40-9). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 79 pages; 65 color or b/w reproductions; frontispiece photo-portrait of the artist; checklist of 90 paintings; bibliography. A set of oils...

Columbus in the Capitol - Commemorative Quincentenary Edition

(CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES) · 1992 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Washiington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1992. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Oblong 8vo. 38 pages; well illustrated in color. The image of Christopher Columbus among the capitol's art and architecture illustrated and described in a "special edition book" presented b...

Wonders of the Age: Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting 1501-1576

WELCH, STUART CARY WITH SHEILA R. CANBY AND NORA TITLEY · 1979 · Ultramarine Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum. 1979, First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 224 pages; 85 paintings reproduced in color or b/w. "The exhibition represents probably the greatest assemblage of sixteenth-century Iranian painting seen togeth...

The Aviation Art of Keith Ferris

FERRIS, KEITH (INTRODUCTION); IAN BALLANTINE (EDITED BY) · 1978 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Peacock Press/Bantam. 1978, First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Oblong 8vo. unpaginated; 40 color reproductions; an 11-page introduction by the artist; many of the illustrations are accompanied by an informative few paragraphs or more by the artist. Inscrib...

Orientalism in the Painting of Antonio Munoz Degrain / El Orientalismo En la Pintura de Antonio Munoz Degrain

GARCIA ALCARAZ, RAMON · 1997 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, The Spanish Institute. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 84-482-1506-0). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 136 pages; 21catalogued paintings illustrated in color, most with additional color and /or b/w illustrations; color and b/w text illustrations...

Davis Museum and Cultural Center: History and Holdings

FLINT-GOHLKE, LUCY · 1993 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Wellesley, Massachusetts, Wellesley College Museum. 1993. (ISBN: 1-881894-00-2). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. Collection catalogue, 272 pages; 216 illustrations, some color, most b/w. A handsome catalogue of a collection that extends from Ancient Greek to twentieth cent...

Art and Popular Religion in Evangelical America, 1915-1940

GAMBONE, ROBERT L. · 1989 · Ultramarine Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Knoxville, The University of Tennessee Press. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-87049-588-7). Cloth, 4to. 278 pages; numerous b/w and 16 color illustrations. Interestingly organized and complete in its treatment. It includes such as Billy Sunday, Carry Nation and Father Coughlin a...

The Visual Arts and Christianity in America: The Colonial Period Through the Nineteenth Century

DILLENBERGER, JOHN · 1984 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Chico, California, Scholars Press. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-89130-761-3). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 225 pages; 120 b/w plates, full-page. Number 5 of Scholars Press' Studies in the Humanities series. Previous institutional owner's rubber stamp on inside of wrapp...

The Creative Explosion: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Art and Religion

PFEIFFER, JOHN E. · 1982 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, Harper & Row. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-06-013345-7). Cloth, 8vo. 270 pages; b/w text illustrations; 23 color plates. The author considers the emergence of cave art 30,000 years ago and suggests hypotheses for its emergence. Substantial loss to the bottom third o...

The Machine Age in America: 1918-1941

WILSON, RICHARD GUY; DIANNE H. PILGRIM; DICKRAN TASHJIAN · 1986 · Ultramarine Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

New York, The Brooklyn Museum with Harry N. Abrams. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-8109-1421-2). Cloth, 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 376 pages; 400 illustrations, including 55 color plates; many illustrations are b/w photographs, which show the items or the scenes to advantage. "...

Europe in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution - the Metropolitan Museum of Art

MARANDEL, J. PATRICE (INTRODUCTION) · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. (ISBN: 0-87099-451-4). Cloth, Large 4to. Collection catalogue, 160 pages plus maps at rear; 122 color illustrations. The MMA's presentation of their collection of late 18-century and early 19th-century European art as represented...

Europe in the Age of Monarchy - Metroploitan Museum of Art

SPIKE, JOHN T. (INTRODUCTION) · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. (ISBN: 0-87099-449-2). Cloth, Large 4to. Collection catalogue, 160 pages plus maps at rear; 126 color illustrations. The MMA's presentation of their collection of 17th-century and early 18-century European art as represented by t...

The Renaissance in the North - the Metropolitan Museum of Art

SNYDER, JAMES (INTRODUCTION) · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. (ISBN: 0-87099-434-4). Cloth, Large 4to. Collection catalogue, 160 pages plus maps at rear; 118 color illustrations. The MMA's presentation of their collection of Northern Renaissance art as represented by the "finest objects in ...

Greece and Rome - the Metropolitan Museum of Art

MERTENS, JOAN R.(INTRODUCTION) · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. (ISBN: 0-87099-444-1). Cloth, Large 4to. Collection catalogue, 158 pages plus maps at rear; 123 color illustrations. The MMA's presentation of their collection of Greek and Roman art as represented by the "finest objects in this ...

Masterpieces of Australian Painting

GLEESON, JAMES; JOHN HENSHAW (EDITOR) · 1969 · Ultramarine Books

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.54 | ¥12,776)

Lansdowne, Australian Art Library. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-7018-0297-9). Cloth, Large 4to. 222 pages; 96 tipped-in color plates; 21 b/w illustrations. Over 70 named artists as well as aboriginal painting are represented. The book is nearly unblemished: the tipped-in plat...

The Art of Maurice Sendak

LANES, SELMA G. · 1993 · Ultramarine Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, Harry N. Abrams. 1993. (ISBN: 0-8109-8063-0). Cloth, Oblong 4to. 278 pages; 94 color illustrations; over 165 black and whites. The author is a children's book critic and editor and a friend of the artist. The book explores the art and life of Sendak. Fine/Fine.