Art History from Ultramarine Books

Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1990. 352 pages. "an exhilarating journey through the Crescent City's turbulent past." First published in 1895. The author was lawyer, teacher and journalist. He had been planning a series of books on Louisiana history but had completed only this when he died. His obituary in the New Orleans Picayune is printed on the final two… Read more about this item

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. 315 pages; b&w illustrations. American monuments, murals, memorials; politics and patronage; public response. Twenty-two artists, architects, historians, critics, curators, and philosphers explore various works of public art and state the importance of understanding the context of creation. Clean thoughout; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Very Good. 8vo.

Washington, D.C. / Seattle: National Portrait Gallery / U. of Washington Press, 2002. 103 pages; numerous color illustrations of Washington, his portraits, his contemporaries, the various owners of the Landsdowne portrait and others. This book was motivated by the celebrated purchase of the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait which was given as a gift to Marquis of Landsdowne, a British aristocrat.… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. 270 pages; 230 illustrations, color and b&w. Second in a series of four books about art and its interpretation from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Clean throughout; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 10" x 7.5".

London: Tate Publishing, 2012. 224 pages; 137 illustrations. Bacon's artistic reaction to living with the rise of Fascism, Hitler, World War II, polarisation following the end of the war. Bacon's use of Fascist photography as base for his art. Clean throughout; tight binding.. Black paper boards. Fine/Fine. 9.75" x 7.5".

New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 1996. 310 pages; numerous color illustrations, many full page. Evolution though the century. Notes; Chronology; Bibliography. Clean throughout; tight binding. More than 5-pounds; must ship Priority Mail.. Pictorial Card Wrappers. Fine. 13" x 10". Exhibition Catalogue.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019. 48 pages; numerous color and b&w illustrations. The Met Bulletin , Summer 2019. Clean and bright throughout.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Fine. 4to. Museum Bulletin.

New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1981. 163 pages; b&w illustrations, usually portraits. Profiles of 75 artists represented by this very fine gallery that specialized in representing American artists. Includes a selected bibliography, "Readings in American Art". Clean and tight, nearly unblemished.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Very Good.. 4to.

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1959. 840 pages; more than 500 illustrations. Clean throughout; tight binding. Light wear to the dustjacket edges; price clipped.. Fourth Edition. Pictorial Cloth Boards. Very Good/Good. 9.5" x 6.5".

New York: Brentano's, 1923. 139 pages. 60 b&w text illustrations; color frontispiece with glassine cover. Boards and text clean, bright and tight throughout. The dustjacket repaired at the joints; loss of material at head and tail of the spine; darkened at spine and edges; now in a Brodart protective cover.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 10" x 7".… Read more about this item

London: Tate Publishing, 2008. 295 pages; more than 150 color illustrations but the text is the thing: 32 contributed essays in this series. This is the first in a 3-volume, History of British Art series. Clean and bright throughout.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Fine/Fine. 11.5" x 9".

London / New York: Walter Scott, Ltd. / Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. 288 pages followed by advertisements. A classic. Still in print. Frontispiece portrait of Moore by Manet. Pages clean and crisp; previous owner's name on the front endpaper (1904). Boards in nice condition, modestly worn at corners; head and tail of spine show neat repair.. New Edition, Enlarged. Red… Read more about this item

Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005. 346 pages; b&w illustrations; bibliographic essay. Vicksburg was overshadoed by Gettysburg. Yet, the author states it was a more important battle. He reports on how the battle was and is remembered and the legacy of African-Americans who fought with the North or who were in slavery at the time and later lived… Read more about this item

New York: College Art Association of America, 2007. 410 pages plus advertisements; numerous illustrations, most are b&w. Giotto's Circumspection; Posing Professional and Proprietary Models in the 1860s; a Colonial Andean Painting; Picturing Listening in the late Nineteenth century; Mexican MuralismRobert Delaunay's First Disk. Clean throughout; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 11 1/4" x 9". Art periodical.

New York: College Art Association, 2011. 263 pages plus advertisements; b&w illustrations. Bruegel the Elder and Pieter Aertsen; Fragonard, The Contes et Nouvelles; Hegel's contested legacy - relation between art history and philosophy; Degas's Place de la Concorde; Philip Guston. Clean throughout; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 11 1/4" x 9". Art periodical.

New York: College Art Association, 2009. 122 pages; b&w illustrations. Picasso's Closet; Antoine Watteau and Les Charmes de la Vie; Delacroix and the Salon of 1845. Clean throughout; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Fine. 11 1/4" x 9". Art periodical.

London: The Victorian Society, 1987. 16 pages; illustrations, color and b&w. Swanbourne Family Tree. Clean throughout, flat, no tears or marks; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 8" x 6". Guidebook.

Paris: Societe Mondiale d'Impression, 1970. 86 pages; b&w illustrations. Issue: November-December 1970. De Stijl (several articles); Interview w/ Michel Seuphor; interview w/ Nelly van Doesburg; interview w/ Cesar Domela; L'Aubette; Meeting w/ Mondrian; Art in Europe around 1925. Clean throughout; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Very Good. 4to. Periodical.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. 328 pages; b&w illustration. Among movements of the time, (Expressionis, Cubism, Dadaism, Impressionism, etc.) searching for the core of that creativity. Clean throughout; tight binding; as new.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 9" x 6".

Paris: Aimery Somogy, 1948. 304 pages; numerous b&w illustrations. A month-by-month report of the art events of 1947. Includes reviews, criticism, opinion, exhibitions in venues around the world. French text. Clean throughout. A light vertical crease on the first 12 pages, including front endpaper and title page. Dustjacket chipped at the spine and edges are worn.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo.… Read more about this item