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The Architectural Review, volume 118, number 708, December 1955
by J.M. Richards ; Nikolaus Pevsner ; H. de C. Hastings ; Hugh Casson (editors) ; Gordon Cullen (art editor) ; Reyner Banham ; Peter Womersley ; Luccichenti and Monaco
London: The Architectural Press, 1955. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Modern architecture magazine, this issue includes the seminal 'The New Brutalism' by Reyner Banham, house in Yorkshire by Peter Womersley, Horta, brewers' house styles, Luccichenti and Monaco, lettering by Nicolette Gray, Nigel Henderson mural at showrooms of William Mallinson & Sons, Hackney Road, London, plus many fascinating trade advertisements. Shelf wear to cover and edges, no...
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Camerawork, no. 19, July 1980
by Half Moon Photography Workshop ; Edith Tudor-Hart ; John A. Walker ; Jenny Matthews ; E.P. Thompson ; Peter Kennard ; Gen Doy
London: Half Moon Photography Workshop, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Radical British photography magazine. Contents include: Edith Tudor-Hart ; Context by John A. Walker ; Observers of Man by Jenny Matthews ; State of the Nation by E.P. Thompson and Peter Kennard ; Women, History and Photographic Imagery by Gen Doy. 15 pages, illustrations. Stapled binding, size A3 folded to A4. First edition, first printing. Slight shelf wear to edges, no...
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Brunelleschi's Egg : Nature, Art, and Gender in Renaissance Italy
by Garrard, Mary D
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Feminist historians of science and philosophy have shown that during the Italian Renaissance, the profound shift in the concept of nature--from an organic worldview to the scientific--was assisted by the gender metaphor that defined nature as female. In this provocative and groundbreaking book, Mary D. Garrard extends this analysis to the history of art and proposes that the larger shift was both anticipated and mediated by the...
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Paragone; A Comparrison of the Arts by Leonardo da Vinci
by Irma A. Richter
London : Geoffrey Cumberlege at the Oxford University Press, 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Endpapers foxed.
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A$29.19
AA Files 53, Spring 2006
by Architectural Association (Great Britain). School of Architecture ; David Terrien (editor)
London: Architectural Association, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Includes essays Guangzhou TV and Sightseeing Tower and Simon Shaw-Miller on the architecture of music. 88 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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A$23.25
Problemy Teorii I Praktiki Russkoj Sovetskoi Rezhissury 1917-1925 = Problems in the Theory and Practice of Russian Soviet Directors 1917-1925.
by Alekseeva, E
Leningrad, Russia: Leningradskij Gosudarstvennyj Institut Teatra Muzyki I Kinematografij 1978. . 8vo. 160pp. Decorative Hard Covers. Good. Some Yellowing. Text in Russian.
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Kunsthistorische Bilderbogen. Für den Gebrauch bei akademischen und öffentlichen Vorlesungen, sowie beim Unterricht in der Geschichte und Geschmackslehre an Gymnasien, Real- und höheren Töchterschulen zusammengestellt. 2 Teile in 2 Bänden. 5., im Wesentlichen unveränderter Abdruck. 2 Bde.
Leipzig, E.A. Seemann, 1881/1883. . Erste Hälfte [Theil 1]: Bogen 1-120. Baukunst und Bildnerei der Griechen und Römer, der Aegypter und vorderasiatischen Völker, des Mittelalters und der Renaissance. Zweite Hälfte [Theil 2]: Bogen 121-246. Bildnerei der Renaissance (Schluß). Bildnerei des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. Kunstgewerbe und Decoration vom 3. bis 18. Jahrhundert. Malerei des Alterthums, des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit bis Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts. - Ein RDeckel mäßig fleckig
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A$133.96
On the art of fixing a shadow : one hundred and fifty years of photography
by Greenough, Sarah ; Snyder, Joel ; Travis, David ; Westerbeck, Colin
Boston: Bulfinch, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, May 7-July 30, 1989 and travelling. Contents: Introduction -- Inventing photography, 1839-1879 / Joel Snyder -- The curious contagion of the camera, 1880-1918 / Sarah Greenough -- Ephemeral truths, 1919-1945 / David Travis -- Beyond the photographic frame, 1946-1989 / Colin Westerbeck -- List of works exhibited -- Artists' bibliographies / compiled by Megan Fox....
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Nicht nur für den Tag. Vier Jahrhunderte Zeitung in der Kunst.
by Laabs, Rainer (Hrsg.)
(Ffm.), Propyläen, (1987). . Gemälde, Plastiken und Graphiken zum Thema Zeitungswesen. - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar
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Das Stilleben und sein Gegenstand. Eine Gemeinschaftsausstellung von Museen aus der UdSSR, der CSSR und der DDR im Albertinum Dresden. (Hrsg. von den Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden).
Dresden, 1983. . Die Ausstellung zeigte neben 183 Gemälden auch Möbel u. Glas, Metall-Gefäße, Jagdwaffen u. Zubehör, chinesisches u. Berliner Porzellan, Keramik, Uhren, Erd- u. Himmelsgloben u.a. Mit Textbeiträgen zum Sozialgehalt des Stillebens, zum Stilleben in Sachsen, zum russischen Stilleben vom 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert, zum westeuropäischen Stilleben des 19. u. frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Mit Kurzbiographien der Künstler u. Bibliographie. - Gutes Exemplar
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Wunderblock. Eine Geschichte der modernen Seele. Hrsg. von den Wiener Festwochen (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Historischen Museum der Stadt Wien).
by Clair, Jean / Cathrin Pichler / Wolfgang Pircher
(Wien), Löcker, 1989). . Begleitbuch zur Ausstellung in der Reithalle in den ehemaligen Hofstallungen, Messepalast Wien. Mit 20 S. Beilage: Kunstwerke und Objekte der Ausstellung. - Textbeiträge von Susanne Neuburger, Jeannot Simmen, Barbara Bücherl u.a. über Mesmerismus, die Seele als Kosmos, Physiognomik, Lokalisationstheorie u. Hirnforschung, Psychiatrie u. Psychoanalyse, Kriminalanthropologie u.a.m. Mit Kurzbiographien der Künstler von Peder Balke bis Janus de Winter u. Personenregister. -...
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Male desire. The homoerotic in American art.
by Weinberg, Jonathan
New York, Harry N. Abrams, (2004). . Homosexualität in der amerikanischen Kunst seit dem späten 19. Jahrhundert, mit Arbeiten von Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Tom of Finland, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, den Boxkampfbildern von George Bellows u.v.a - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar
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Kungl. Akademiens för de Fria Konsterna samlingar af mĺlning och skulptur. Pĺ Kungl. Akademiens uppdrag utgifna af Ludvig Looström (= so komplett).
by Looström, Ludvig (Hrsg.)
Stockholm, Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1915. . Das bebilderte Sammlungsverzeichnis erschien 1913 bis 1915 in zwölf Lieferungen; es zeigt und beschreibt überwiegend Porträt-Bildnisse. - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar
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Artforum vol. IX, no. 8, April 1971
by Philip Leider (editor)
New York: Charles Cowles, 1971. Soft cover. Good. Iconic American art magazine, this issue includes Rosenberg on cubism, Davidson on Marin, and Jack Burnham on 'Unveiling the Consort part II'. 94 pages, illustrations (some colour). Slight shelf wear to cover and edges, small closed tear bottom edge of front cover, staples starting to rust, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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A$25.20
Kacho: Bird and Flower Motifs. Photographs by Bin Takahashi. Translated by Alan Turney.
by Arakawa, Hirokazu
Tokio [Tokyo], Kodansha International, (1967). . Rücketitel: Traditions in Japanese Design. - Gutes Exemplar
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A$50.24
St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice. Written for the help of the few travellers who still care for her monuments together with Mornings in Florence. Being simple studies of Christian art, for English travellers (Complete in 12 Volumes)
by John Ruskin
Kent: George Allen, 1875. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fair. Ex-library; usual stamps and markings. Full morocco leather library bindings are deteriorating to spines. Very rare in original parts. 12mo; 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches; 519pp + indices etc. John Ruskin (February 8, 1819 - January 20, 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Ruskin's essays on art and...
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1000 Buddhas. [(Red. der dt. Ausgabe Klaus H. Carl) 1. Auflage].
by Rhys Davids, T. W. / Charles, Victoria (Bearb.)
New York, Parkstone International, (2009). . Über Buddha - Gautama - Sakya - Bodhisattva - Dewa. - Thomas William Rhys Davids (1843-1922) war ein englischer Indologe, Orientalilst u. Paliforscher. - Victoria Charles ist promovierte Kunsthistorikerin u. Autorin zahlr. Monographien über Künstler u. Kunstepochen. - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar
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Creative Camera, January 1975, number 127
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Guy Le Querrec
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by young French photographers including Guy Le Querrec. Paginated pages 1-36, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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Der Bergbau in der Kunst. In Zusammenarbeit mit Siegfried Lauffer, Christian Beutler, Walter Holzhausen, Erich Köllmann, Hanns-Ulrich Haedeke, Eduard Trier.
by Winkelmann, Heinrich u. a
Essen, Verlag Glückauf, (1971). . Mit Anhang. - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar
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Creative Camera, July 1974, number 121
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Tom Drahos ; Marion Faller ; William Klein ; Geri Della Rocca de Candal ; Helene Hoppenot
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Tom Drahos ; Marion Faller ; William Klein ; Geri Della Rocca de Candal ; Helene Hoppenot. Paginated pages 217-252, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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About Bridget Riley: Selected Writings 1999-2016
by Chalbi, Nadia ; Chassey, Eric De ; Cooke, Lynne ; Crary, Jonathan ; Elderfield, John ; Grisebach, Lucius ; Hentschel, Martin ; Hickey, Dave ; Kudielka, Robert
London: Ridinghouse, 2017. Soft cover. Fine. The present volume includes the vast majority of significant essays on Bridget Riley written since 1999. This was a particularly fruitful period in the reception of her work, as the discourse broadened and her reputation as one of the most important painters of her generation solidified. The essays range from biographical and career overviews to detailed analysis of specific aspects or themes that occur throughout Rileys career. 599 p. : col. ill ; 23 cm....
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Creative Camera, December 1973, number 114
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Richard Hurley ; Irina Ionesco ; Peter de Lory
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Richard Hurley ; Irina Ionesco ; Peter de Lory. Paginated pages 393-428, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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A$21.31
Precisions : On the Present State of Architecture and City Planning
by Corbusier, Le
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of Le Corbusier's most important books, it consists chiefly of 10 lectures given in Buenos Aires in 1929. This is the first English translation and reproduces the French edition first published in 1930 with the addition of his new introduction added by the author in 1960. xiii, 266 pages, illustrations. First US edition, first printing. Blue cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable...
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Creative Camera, February 1974, number 116
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Lewis Carroll ; David Grey ; John Benton-Harris ; Russ Anderson
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Lewis Carroll ; David Grey ; John Benton-Harris ; Russ Anderson. Paginated pages 37-72, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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A$21.31
The Studio : International Art, January 1964, volume 167, number 849
by G. S. Whittet (editor) ; Herbert Read ; Joe Tilson
London: Prism Publications Ltd., 1964. Soft cover. Very Good. Cover painting by Jackson Pollock, also includes Herbert Read on 'The Limits of Painting', Dore Ashton on Richard Lindner, articles on Louis James, Albert Giacometti, Joe Tilson, Mersey 'Pop' at the Fourth John Moores exhibition. xv, 46 p. : ill. (some col.). Slight shelf wear and creasing to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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