Art
Art and artists from the earliest rock art to the flowering of the Renaissance and diverse contemporary work.
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Design and Techniques in Early Medieval Celtic Metalwork [Hardback]
Niamh Whitfield (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597339
Published by : Pindar Press
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Niamh Whitfield is a leading authority on the metalwork of early Medieval Ireland and Scotland. Celtic metalwork of the seventh to twelfth centuries is extremely accomplished technically, and she has aimed at a thorough understanding of its manufa... .... Learn More -
Leaping the Dragon Gate: The Sir Michael Butler Collection of 17th-Century Chinese Porcelain [Hardback]
Teresa Canepa (Author); Katharine Butler (Author)
£155.00ISBN: 9781912168163
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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This book celebrates the most important collection of 17th-century Chinese porcelain in the world, assembled by the distinguished British diplomat Sir Michael Butler. His passion for porcelain is clearly reflected in the over eight hundred pieces ... .... Learn More -
A Bibliography of 18th Century Numismatic Books: Volume VI [Hardback]
Christian Dekesel (Author); Yvette Dekesel-de Ruyck (Author)
£135.00ISBN: 9781912667192
Published by : Spink Books
Series: A Bibliography of 18th Century Numismatic Books
Volume: VI
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Early numismatic publications contain invaluable evidence which can throw new light upon unsolved numismatic questions. This work contains over 6000 numismatic works published between 1700 and 1800; the authors have studied each publication page b... .... Learn More -
The Origins of Art and Music: Ice Age Discoveries from the Caves of Southwestern Germany [Hardback]
Nicholas J. Conard (Author); Claus-Joachim Kind (Author)
£46.00ISBN: 9783935751339
Published by : Kerns Verlag
Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory
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Over 40,000 years ago modern Homo sapiens spread across the European continent. Archaeological finds attributed to these early human beings were produced on the Swabian Jura in Southwest Germany, especially in the caves of the Ach and Lone valleys... .... Learn More -
The Reredos of All Souls College Oxford [Paperback]
Peregrine Horden (Editor); See list (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9781912168224
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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Pevsner calls it ‘marvellous’. Yet the reredos of the fi fteenth-century chapel of All Souls College, Oxford, with its combination of medieval niches and statuary by George Gilbert Scott, has remained one of the unsung glories of both medieval per... .... Learn More -
The Burke Collection of Italian Miniatures [Hardback]
Sandra Hidman (Editor); Federica Toniolo (Editor); Christopher de Hamel (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9781912168200
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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The magnificent Burke Collection of Italian miniatures, which is housed in Special Collections in the the Stanford University Libraries, has been built over more than twenty years and includes manuscript leaves, cuttings, and codices by many of th... .... Learn More -
I like my choyse: Posy Rings from The Griffin Collection [Hardback]
Diana Scarisbrick (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781912168217
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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The distinguished private collection, known as the Griffin Collection, comprises in its entirety examples of every category of ring – signet, devotional, memorial, decorative – dating from antiquity to modern times. This catalogue, focusing on abo... .... Learn More -
Magnetic Woman: Toyen and the Surrealist Erotic [Hardback]
Karla Huebner (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780822946472
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Russian and East European Studies
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Part art book and part biography, Magnetic Woman examines the life and work of the artist Toyen (Marie Čermínová, 1902–80), a founding member of the Prague surrealist group, and focuses on her construction of gender and eroticism. Toyen’s early li... .... Learn More -
Peopling Insular Art: Practice, Performance, Perception [Paperback]
Cynthia Thickpenny (Editor); Katherine Forsyth (Editor); Jane Geddes (Editor); Kate Matthis (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £30.40
ISBN: 9781789254549
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The International Conference on Insular Art (IIAC) is the leading forum for scholars of the visual and material culture of early medieval Ireland and Britain, including manuscript illumination, sculpture, metalwork, and textiles, and encompassing ... .... Learn More -
Manet to Bracquemond: Unknown Letters to an Artist and a Friend: Newly Discovered Letters to an Artist and Friend [Paperback]
Jean-Paul Bouillon (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781912168170
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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This new edition publishes the letters adressed by Édouard Manet (1832–1883) to his friend, the artist Félix Bracquemond (1833–1914). The correspondence, for the most part unknown, surfaced at a sale in Paris in June 2016 and was acquired the next... .... Learn More
