The Mediation of Ornament: The A W Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts 1989
by GRABAR, OLEG
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Princeton University Press 1992. Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 284pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to top page edges, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing)
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- Title
- The Mediation of Ornament: The A W Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts 1989
- Author
- GRABAR, OLEG
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press 1992
- Keywords
- art Islamic themes motives communication visual perception psychology bollingen series xxxv 35
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