Pittura e disegno

White on Black:The Australian Aborigine Portrayed in Art

Geoffrey Dutton · 1974 · Denton Island Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Macmillan, 1974. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Firm binding , clean unmarked pages, rubbing/wear to jacket corners. White on Black is an art book that is also a social history. How the white Europeans saw the black Australians, roughly from 1770 to 1970, and set it down...

Windows in Art

Christopher Masters · 2011 · Denton Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Merrell Publishers , 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781858945545 Bump to top corner of front board, book's contents are clean and bright, slight creasing to top rear edge of jacket. In this engaging new study, Christopher Masters celebrates the multiple roles...

Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey

Stephen Bann · 2010 · Denton Island Books

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,588)

National Gallery, 2010. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781857094794 Contents are clean bright and unmarked; 1"x1" area of slight scratch marks on rear of jacket. This is a most thorough exploration of all aspects of the painting's conception, history, etc. written very ...

Court and Samurai in an Age of Transition: Medieval Paintings and Blades from the Gotoh Museum, Tokyo

Naomi Noble Richard, ed. · 1990 · Denton Island Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Japan Society , 1990. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780913304280 Clean unmarked pages, slight creasing and wear to jacket. A selection of paintings and blades from Japan's Kamakura period, with introductory essays and annotated photographs. 127 pages. Quantity Available: 1....

In Rodin's studio : a photographic record of sculpture in the making

Albert E. Elsen · 1980 · Denton Island Books

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,854)

Phaidon Press, 1980. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780714818177 Remains firmly bound, with clean unmarked pages; some rubbing/wear to corners and edges of price-clipped jacket. Selection of photographs from Rodin's personal photographic file (137 in all) accompanied by...

Thomas Roberts: Landscape and Patronage in Eighteenth-century Ireland

William Laffan · 2009 · Denton Island Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Churchill House Press, 2009. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780955024634 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight age spotting to top edge, slight soiling to lower edge. A handsome copy, published in conjunction with the exhibition at National Gallery of Ireland; 28 March-...

Indian Sculpture: Volume II 700-1800

Pratapaditya Pal · 1992 · Denton Island Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

? University of California Press, 1992. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9780520064799 Clean unmarked pages, very slight wear to covers. The sheer wealth and dizzying diversity of Indian sculpture are celebrated in this second volume of the catalogue raisonné of the Los Angeles Coun...

Turner at Petworth

Christopher Rowell · 2013 · Denton Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

TATE GALLERY, 2013. reprint, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9781854374134 A very nice, bright copy. Very lightly worn covers,clean unmarked contents. This book celebrates Turner's relationship with Petworth and its owner through the reproduction of over 150 wor...

L' ami Magritte. Correspondance et souvenirs

Harry Torczyner · 1992 · Denton Island Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Mercatorfonds, 1992. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9789061532828 Slipcase is missing. Text in French. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight creasing to rear top edge of jacket. The works cited in the correspondence are reproduced in b & w vignettes in text and in full p...

The Widening Circle: The Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art

Barry Schwabsky · 1997 · Denton Island Books

£14.85 (€17.80 | $19.62 | ¥3,134)

Cambridge University Press, 1997. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9780521565691 Clean unmarked pages, very slight wear to covers. In this collection of critical essays, Barry Schwabsky re-examines the art produced since the 1960s, demonstrating how the achievements of 'high moderni...

A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen

David Hockney, Martin Gayford · 2020 · Denton Island Books

£17.85 (€21.40 | $23.59 | ¥3,767)

Thames and Hudson, 2020. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9780500094235 Clean and bright, very slight shelfwear to edge of covers. A well-kept copy. His sharp and often delightfully slanted take on pictures, explained in clear terms, crisps up perceptions and help readers to look an...

Rodin: Plasters & Bronzes

David Schaff · 1999 · Denton Island Books

£25.85 (€30.99 | $34.16 | ¥5,455)

Gruppo Mondiale Est, 1999. Softcover. Fine Condition. Large format, slight wear to cover edges, clean and bright inside. Includes essay on Rodin his life and work, interviews with the artist, large duotone captioned images of the plasters and bronzes. 143 pages. Quantity Avail...

Romanian Miniatures: Miniatures and Ornaments in Romanian Manuscripts

POPESCU-VÂLCEA, Gheorghe · 1998 · Denton Island Books

£28.85 (€34.59 | $38.12 | ¥6,088)

Meridiane Publishing, 1998. Softcover. Fine Condition. Very slight wear to covers, clean and bright inside. 95 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: dscf10448.

Painting in Italy 1500-1600

S.J. Freedberg · 1990 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,712)

Yale University Press, 1990. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780300053050 Clean unmarked pages, firmly bound, slight wear to cover edges. 'Art', declared Vasari in Lives of the Artists, has been reborn and reached perfection in our time'. Indeed the roster of great names in p...

Collecting for the Public: Works That Made a Difference. Essays for Peter Hecht

Bart Cornelis,ed. · 2016 · Denton Island Books

£22.85 (€27.39 | $30.19 | ¥4,822)

Paul Holberton Publishing, 2016. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. 9781911300045 Clean unmarked pages, book is firmly bound; slight creasing /rubbing to jacket corners and edges. Illuminates the transformative powers of museum acquisitions." Source: The Art Newspaper 240 pa...

BLOOMSBURY WOMEN

Jan Marsh · 1999 · Denton Island Books

£18.85 (€22.60 | $24.91 | ¥3,978)

Pavilion Books, 1999. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9781862054509 Firm binding, clean unmarked pages, slight discolouration/markings to edge of rear cover. First published in 1995, this gives new insight into the Bloomsbury group of writers and artists. The book traces the g...

The Last Frontier: Kelly Richardson

various · 2013 · Denton Island Books

£24.85 (€29.79 | $32.84 | ¥5,244)

Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 2013. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781894699570 Slight bumping to top corner of front and rear boards and jacket, firm binding, clean unmarked pages, slight curling to top rear edge of jacket, very small indent to fron...

The Age of Enchantment: Beardsley, Dulac and their Contemporaries

Rodney Engen · 2007 · Denton Island Books

£22.85 (€27.39 | $30.19 | ¥4,822)

Scala Publishers , 2007. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9781857595239 Slight discolouration to edge of half-title page, contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Published to accompany the exhibition of British fantasy illustration at Dulwich Picture Gallery in November 2007, the fir...

Paula Modersohn-Becker: Her Life and Work

Gillian Perry · 1979 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,712)

The Women's Press Ltd, 1979. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Top corner clipped from flyleaf, firm binding, clean pages; creasing and age-browning to edges of jacket, half-inch tear to lower front edge has been repaired but still visible. Illustrated biography w...

Vasco Bendini: LuceLenta

Trini Tommaso · 2008 · Denton Island Books

£38.85 (€46.57 | $51.33 | ¥8,198)

Cambi, 2008. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9788888482927 A well-kept copy in as new condition, clean bright and unmarked. Fully illustrated catalogue which accompanied the 2008 Florence exhibition. Large format, colour reproductions, text in Italian and English 212 pages. Quantit...