Search Results: Titles starting with M from Thomas Heneage Art Books

Exhibition: Munich, Stadtmuseums, 2014. 216 pages, with 283 colour illustrations. Hardback 29.5 x 23.5cms. ISBN: 9783897904095. The Wetzlar family were successful silversmiths, forced to give up their livelihood and flee Germany in 1938. Contemporary photographs and drawings demonstrate the range of their output, mainly silverware items for well-to-do middle-class households including tableware such as coffee and tea services, sets of cups and cutlery, with several previously unpublished works. Text in English and German.

Paris: C. Sedelmeyer, 1914. 154 pp, profusely illustrated in black and white throughout. Original burgundy cloth boards with gilt letters on front cover. Cloth 36x28cms. Preface is in English, biography is in German, including many press excerpts in German and French, and a French poem about Munkácsy by Adrien Dézamy. Presents the life and artistic development of Hungarian painter Mihaly Munkácsy (1844-1900). Includes an annotated catalogue (in German) of many works, each illustrated with a fine plate. Very good condition. Text in German with English introduction.

Moscow: 2013. 184 pages, with 16 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Hardback 29 x 22cms. ISBN: 9785903417353, 5903417353. Publication presenting the findings of an archaeological expedition to the Adygea Republic in 1981-1983, with this the second instalment focusing on Scythian religious complexes and shrines. A separate chapter is devoted to the role of shrines in Maeotian culture. Text in Russian (Cyrillic).

Beijing: 2011. 270 pages, colour plates throughout, slipcase slighlty worn on the bottom, hardback in very good condition. Cloth in a slipcase 30 x 30cms. ISBN: 9787513401876. Showcases 139 inside painted snuff bottles by Suo Zhenhai (1954-2006) from the collection of Mike Ma. The artist studied with the great 20th century ink painters Li Keran, Wu Zuoren and Jiang Zhaohe and his work blurs the boundaries between painting and the art object. Text in English and Chinese.

1999. 314pp with 140 colour and 27 monochrome illustrations. Wrappers 27x23cms. ISBN: 9788883940040. Technical account of the glass finds of the archaeological site, previously documented in Nino Lamboglia's work "Per l'Archeologia di Albingaunum" (1934). This publication benefits from recent restoration work and re-cataloguing.

Exhibition: Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1968. 44 pages, illustrated in black and white and colour. Paperback 16 x 21cms. Text in French.

2007. 67 pages; illustrated. Paperback 27x21cms.

2022. 272 pages, 220 colour illustrations. Hardback 22x28cms. ISBN: 9783777439044. A consideration of Hungarian artistic production in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. Discussions across the nine chapters include: poster art for the Republic Councils, Avante-garde publications such as ‘Ma’ and ‘Der Sturm’, Hungarian Constructivism and film. Including a checklist of over 100 works and documents from the exhibition. Text in English.

2024. illustrated in colour. Hardback ISBN: 9788842225577. The new catalogue of maiolica and ceramics in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello became necessary due to the significant increase in the number of pieces in the collection since publication of the last catalogue in 1971. Today, the collection is composed of about a thousand examples of maiolica and glazed ware made in Italian workshops between the 10th and the 20th century, along with a prestigious selection of ceramics made by Islamic potters working in Spain. The most remarkable group, both for its quality and its historical importance, is represented by the collection of istoriato dishes that belonged to the Medici family and arrived at the Bargello when it was opened to the public as a museum in the 1865. Expansion of the collection was made possible thanks to state acquisitions and, above all, to the numerous donations of private citizens, collectors, antiques dealers and ceramic scholars. Since 1866, these have continued uninterruptedly… Read More

2019. 308 pages, 300 colour illustrations. Hardback 25 x 31cms. ISBN: 9781588396778. An exploration of the complex, luxury objects collected by European courts from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Four chapters consider the courtly culture of opulence, the impact of the Kunstkammer and the interest in innovation within the context of renewed scientific discovery. Includes a catalogue of 154 objects - including furniture, scientific instruments, works made from ivory, clocks and automata - each illustrated and discussed in detail. Text in English.

2018. 192 pages, 150 images. Hardback 25.3x28.1cms. ISBN: 9780714111919. To mark the opening of this new element of the British Museum, this volume explores the design and construction of the Albukhary Foundation Gallery, as well as the history of its inception. The extensive collection of Islamic cultural artifacts that it now houses, including jewellery, manuscripts, paintings, and metalwork, are also presented.

Hofheim am Taunus: Schmidt & Gunther, 1969. Together, 2088pp. Cloth 25x17cms. ISBN: 3920843002. Dictionary of 19-century German painters, including foreign artists who lived and worked in Germany or whose works were held in German collections or exhibited there. Contains useful lists for each artist's paintings, drawings, and prints. Dimensions and locations of paintings are often given. Text in German.

Exhibition: Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 1975. 186 pages. 75 works illustrated in black and white. Paperback 24x22cms. Text in English. Catalogue raisonné.

Bradford-on-Avon: 1981. 192 pages , with 10 colour plates and 52 monochrome illustrations. Hardback 25 x 20.5cms.

2016. 256 pages; 145 colour and 11 black & white illustrations. Hardback 24.5 x 29.5cms. ISBN: 9783731903253. Text in German.

1982. 280 pages; fully illustrated in colour and black and white. Hardback 28.7 x 23.7cms. ISBN: 0226707202. Text in English.

2023. 316 pages, over 200 colour illustrations. Hardback 27.9x24.1cms. ISBN: 9781588397638. An examination of the artistic dialogue between Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas. Five essays consider their forays into etching, their responses to contemporary politics including the American Civil War and the Paris Commune, their depiction of people of colour in light of Alexandre Dumas fils’ demimonde, and Paul Valery’s ‘Degas Dance Drawing’. Followed by 160 plates and a chronology from 1832-1918. Text in English.

2008. Hardback. 480 pages, fully illustrated in colour. Excellent condition. Hardback ISBN: 2754103104. Text in French.

2006. 519pp, with 350 colour and monochrome illustrations. Wrappers ISBN: 883179020X. Celebration of the work of the great Italian Renaissance painter (1431-1506) and his work in Verona, and the emerging personalities of his contemporaries Francesco Benaglio (c.1432-1492), Francesco Bonsignori (c.1460-1519), Liberale da Verona (1445-1526/9), Girolamo Dai Libri (c.1452-c.1514) and Domenico Morone (c1442-c.1518). Text in Italian.

Milan: Rizzoli, 1967. 128pp with 64 colour plates and 131 monochrome illustrations. Hardback 31.5x24cms. Text in Italian.