Search Results: Titles starting with C from Barking Dog Books

A rare new wrapped copy!The Mogao grottoes in China, situated near the oasis town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world's most significant sites of Buddhist art. In some five hundred caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi desert are preserved one thousand years of exquisitemurals and sculpture. Mogao, founded by Buddhist monks as an isolated monastery in the late fourth century, evolved into an artistic and spiritual center whose renown extended from the Chinese capital to the far western kingdoms of the Silk Road. Among its treasures are miles of stunning wallpaintings, more than two thousand statues, magnificent works on silk and paper, and thousands of ancient manuscripts, such as sutras, poems, and prayer sheets, which in 1900 were found sealed in one of the caves and then dispersed to museums throughout the world. Illustrated in color throughout, Cave Temples of Mogao
combines lavish photographs of the caves and their art with the fascinating… Read More

No markings in text. Front cover top edge is curved, along with the first few pages. The bottom edge also has a slight curvature and shows storage wear. One page in the text shows a vague indentation from previous owner's paper clip. It's really a lovely book for this price.
Traces the life of the American artist, gathers a selection of his writing on art, and shows examples of his paintings of people, buildings, and still lifes

In excellent condition; text is perfect. Slight discoloration to slipcover due to storage. A fascinating book.
fascinating history of Chicago's innovative and invaluable contributions to American literature and art from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuryThis remarkable cultural history celebrates the great Midwestern city of Chicago for its centrality to the modernist movement. Author Liesl Olson traces Chicago's cultural development from the 1893 World's Fair through mid-century, illuminating how Chicago writers revolutionized literary forms during the first half of the twentieth century, a period of sweeping aesthetic transformations all over the world. From Harriet Monroe, Carl Sandburg, and Ernest Hemingway to Richard Wright and Gwendolyn Brooks, Olson's enthralling study bridges the gap between two distinct and equally vital Chicago-based artistic "renaissance" moments: the primarily white renaissance of the early teens, and the creative ferment of Bronzeville. Stories of the famous… Read More

The book is new with some minor denting to cover corners due to shelf wear. There is also a price sticker on the back.
A useful overview of CFS and other syndromes.

In very good condition, used by one owner (me), a reasonably tight spine (read, but carefully). No writing or markings in text. A small stain on the outer edge of pages, not visible in reading material. Minor bending to the corners due to storage. An intriguing book with very nice illustrations.I'm sorry, but I'm unable to ship expedited outside the US.A century ago, daily life ground to a halt when the circus rolled into town. Across America, banks closed, schools canceled classes, farmers left their fields, and factories shut down so that everyone could go to the show. In this entertaining and provocative book, Janet Davis links the flowering of the early-twentieth-century American railroad circus to such broader historical developments as the rise of big business, the breakdown of separate spheres for men and women, and the genesis of the United States' overseas empire. In the process, she casts the circus as a powerful force in consolidating the nation's identity as a modern industrial… Read More

A fascinating book. Text is unmarked. Owner's name is written on title page, otherwise clean. The cover shows wear to corners, with some minor bending to the upper cover edge. Ships quickly.This work by the late and great sociologist Hugh Dalziel Duncan, paints the great panorama of the Middle West, where egalitarianism is the most cherished value, and money is the most important vehicle of life. How art finds a place in this society is shown in the specific struggle between the architects, businessmen, unionists, and educators of Chicago. Into such specifics Duncan reveals the place of supposedly abstract theories developed by John Dewey, George Herbert Mead, Thorstein Veblen, and above all, Louis H. Sullivan, whose school of architecture presents both a new form of physical design and a new order of society.
The rise, seeming defeat, and final triumph of Sullivan's principles of order in architecture are related to his social and aesthetic theories of form in society. In democratic society, all… Read More