Art
Art and artists from the earliest rock art to the flowering of the Renaissance and diverse contemporary work.
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Jingdezhen to the World: The Lurie Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Late Ming Dynasty [Hardback]
Teresa Canepa (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9781912168095
Published by : Ad Ilissum
This lavishly illustrated book celebrates one of the most comprehensive and meticulously assembled private collections of Chinese export porcelain from the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) made at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province. The Lurie Collection,... .... Learn More -
Studies in the Islamic Decorative Arts [Hardback]
Robert Hillenbrand (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597506
Published by : Pindar Press
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Islamic artists channeled their energies not into easel painting and large-scale sculpture, but rather into what Western scholars, obeying a very different hierarchy of art forms, rather disparagingly termed the "decorative arts" or even "the mino... .... Learn More -
Chinese Museums: Strategies and Promotion of Contemporary Chinese Art [Paperback]
Ornella De Nigris (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9788869771439
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Art
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Over the last 30 years, the Chinese system of art museums has enjoyed an unprecedented pace of development. Following a general and ongoing renovation of China’s entire system of national art institutions, there has been an impressive proliferatio... .... Learn More -
Forever Seeing New Beauties: The Forgotten Impressionist Mary Rogers Williams, 1857−1907 [Hardback]
Eve M. Kahn (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780819578747
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Revolutionary artist Mary Rogers Williams (1857−1907), baker’s daughter from Hartford, Connecticut, biked and hiked from the Arctic Circle to Naples, exhibited from Paris to Indianapolis, trained at the Art Students League, chafed against art worl... .... Learn More -
Roman Imperial Coinage Volume II, Part 3: From AD 117 to AD 138 - Hadrian [Hardback]
Richard Abdy (Author); Peter Mittag (Author)
£150.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781912667185
Published by : Spink Books
Series: The Roman Imperial Coinage
Volume: 2.3
The standard reference work for Roman Imperial coinage of Hadrian now occupies a fully revised and greatly expanded standalone volume to cover the last epoch of what many consider the apogee of Roman coinage – begun with Nero’s reform of AD 64 whe... .... Learn More -
Stelae of the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin [Paperback]
Helmut Satzinger (Author); Danijela Stefanović (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781906137632
Published by : Golden House Publications
A catalogue of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period Egyptian stelae in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. Many of them are lost in WWII. The publication uses old archive photographs. Includes full translations. Presented as 153 loose pag... .... Learn More -
Giambologna: Court Sculptor to Ferdinando I [Hardback]
Alexander Rudigier (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781912168149
Published by : Ad Ilissum
Recently discovered documents show that Giambologna, the great sculptor at the court of the Medici whose bronzes delighted all Europe, made six large garden sculptures for King Henri IV of France, otherwise unknown. This book describes the garden ... .... Learn More -
The McCarthy Collection: Spanish, English, Flemish and Central European Miniatures [Hardback]
Peter Kidd (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9781912168132
Published by : Ad Ilissum
This handsome catalogue is the second of a three-volume set exploring the McCarthy collection, arguably the largest and most important private collection of illuminated cuttings, miniatures, and leaves in the world. Volume I (published 2018) prese... .... Learn More -
Spink Maury Catalogue de Timbres de France 2020: 123rd Edition [Hardback]
£27.50Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781912667147
Published by : Spink Books
The Spink Maury Catalogue has traditionally provided the highest level of detail for the stamps and covers of France and the French colonies, with thousands of top quality illustrations and prices updated every year. It was acquired by Spink in 2... .... Learn More -
American Furniture 2018 [Hardback]
Luke Beckerdite (Editor)
£61.00ISBN: 9780986385742
Published by : Chipstone Foundation
Series: American Furniture Annual
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, tech... .... Learn More
