The good and simple life : artist colonies in Europe and America / Michael Jacobs
by Jacobs, Michael 1952-2014
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0714823155
- ISBN 13
- 9780714823157
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About This Item
Oxford : Phaidon, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and index. Contents; The academy of nature -- The Bethelem of modern painting : Barbizon and Grez-sur-Loing (France) -- A second Arcadia : Pont-Aven and Concarneau (France) -- The blue hour : Skagen (Denmark) -- In the nest of the gentry : Abramtsevo (Russia) -- Blood and soil : Worpswede (Germany) -- The Rkczi march : Nagybnya (formerly Hungary) -- From Breton to Britonand St. Ives (Great Britain) -- Victorians in the modern world : Provincetown (Massachusetts, USA) -- In retrospect. Subjects; Artist colonies Europe. Art, European 19th century. Artist colonies United States. Art, American 19th century. Painting History and criticism. Painting Biographical collections & dictionaries.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 404768
- Title
- The good and simple life : artist colonies in Europe and America / Michael Jacobs
- Author
- Jacobs, Michael 1952-2014
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0714823155
- ISBN 13
- 9780714823157
- Publisher
- Oxford : Phaidon
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1985
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