Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Bottom corner stained, covers lightly toned.
xii, 249 pp. The tension between two systems for understanding and picturing space, the concentric and the Cartesian, is regarded by the author as the key to composition in painting, sculpture and.....
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
2nd printing. Spine head lightly bumped, front corner lightly creased.
Rudolf Arnheim has spent a lifetime analyzing the basic psychological principles that make works of visual art meaningful, stirring, indispensable, and lasting. But recent fashionable attitudes and theories about art.....
London: The Folio Society, 2013. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. A few very minor scuffs to slipcase.
lviii, 540 pp. Color reproductions of historical illustrations, several regional maps precede text. This book presents the Persian Baburnama, a key primary source and the earliest record of Babur's memoirs. The translation.....
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Light stains on boards.
158 pp. Color photographs, two fold-out maps follow text. The vast Asian landmass, so often viewed as a monolith from outside, is, in fact, a complex region of cultural diversity and distinctive national traditions.....
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Large Hardcover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
xv, 287 pp. "Argues that scenes found on late classic sculpture represent cave rituals performed by the Mayan elite and discusses the Mayan world view and the role caves played in it."
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Cloth boards faintly toned. Large tear across front and rear of jacket, chip to jacket front.
290 pp. "Oto Bihalji-Merin was an acclaimed Yugoslav and Serbian writer, art historian, painter and art critic. In the aftermath of.....
London: Reaktion Books, 2017. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
391 pp. In times of crisis, we often turn to artists for truth-telling and memory-keeping. There is no greater crisis than war, and in this sumptuously illustrated volume, we find a comprehensive visual.....
New York: Edward Burlingame / Harper Collins, 1991. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Edges lightly foxed.
xvii, 439 pp. First published in France, Serge Bramly's acclaimed biography reveals Leonardo to be as complicated, seductive, and profoundly sympathetic as the figures he painted. Bramly spent five years gathering.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. First American Edition. Large Hardcover.
First American edition. Top edge of jacket bumped. Light smudge on bottom page ridge.
536 pp. A spectacular survey of the artistic traditions of Oceania, spanning the islands' initial settlement in the prehistoric era through the 21st century. Masks.....
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1994. 4th Printing. Large Softcover.
Fourth printing. A very nice copy.
96 pp. In 1994, WHY CATS PAINT took the art world and animal world by storm with its unprecedented photographic record of cat creativity. Those seminal books in feline aesthetics are now offered in new.....
Williamstown, Massachusetts: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2005. Large Softcover.
A very nice copy.
123 pp. Surrounded by 140 acres of expansive lawns, meadows, and walking trails in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is home to exceptional collections of European and American.....
New York: Vantage Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket flap price-clipped.
xi, 77 pp. Dr. Casler bases his conclusions on the discovery of a single attribute shared by acknowledged works of art in all genres: "reconciliation of independently interesting opposing tendencies." Thus, an artist (again, encompassing all.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. Rome, Stuart. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Top corner faintly bruised.
240 pp. Includes 245 illustrations, 81 plates in full color. "Essays on Mayan culture, iconography, sculpture, ceramics, and architecture are accompanied by photographs."
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Large Hardcover.
Book club edition. Light stain to bottom edge of front jacket panel, general light wear to jacket. Page ridges very lightly foxed.
xviii, 359 pp. Numerous photographs & illustrations. "The impulses, ideas, discoveries and beliefs which have formed and.....
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Large Hardcover.
Book club edition. 1 inch closed tear on rear jacket corner, spine slightly cocked, top edge lightly foxed.
xviii, 359 pp. Numerous photographs & illustrations. "The impulses, ideas, discoveries and beliefs which have formed and nurtured Western civilisation since.....
Roma: Ecole Française de Roma, 1991. Reissue. Large Hardcover.
Owner bookplate on front endpaper.
viii, 510 pp. 57 black-and-white plates. French text. A 1991 facsimile of the 18th century Italian travelogue, originally published in 1758. Edited by Christian Michel. Cochin was a French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic who.....
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1973. Large Hardcover.
Near fine volumes in a near fine publisher slipcase. General light wear.
Two volume set in publisher slipcase. Beautifully-designed volumes "The Artists' America" and "The Writers America" each depict the practice of that art in American from pre-colonial times until.....
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1998. First Edition. Large Softcover.
First edition. Wrapper edges worn.
96 pp. Describes how the monks of early Christian and medieval Ireland developed a distinctive artistic style for their manuscripts, and provides examples.
Waukesha, Wisconsin: Country Beautiful Foundation, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Small tear atop jacket spine and on front jacket.
162 pp. More than 120 reproductions with selections from the writings of renowned American authors.
. Princeton University Press, 1987. Third Edition. Large Hardcover.
1987 third edition.
xvi, 378 pp. A scholarly work of art history focusing on exhibitions of Chinese art that feature 41 works by 24 artists from the 14th to 20th centuries. Color frontispiece, black-and-white reproductions throughout text, with an emphasis on.....
Rochester, New York: RIT Press, 2018. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover.
Second printing. A fine copy.
83 pp. Since its founding in 1969, the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology has grown from the personal library of its namesake Melbert B. Cary Jr., to one of the nation's.....
Rochester, New York: RIT Press, 2014. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
83 pp. Since its founding in 1969, the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology has grown from the personal library of its namesake Melbert B. Cary Jr., to one of the nation's.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Faint wrinkle to jacket spine. Very Good.
412 pp. A study of various artistic disciplines during America's first full century as an independent nation, featuring chapters by four writers with diverse backgrounds related to art history. Bibliography and.....
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1970. Hard Cover.
Lightly rubbed, small wrinkle to endpaper.
Full-color photographs and historical information on the art of the Empire period of French history.
New York: Big Apple Events, Inc., 1975. Cresci, Paul; Greenberg, Mark. Stapled Binding.
Ink name on title page, minor ink marks on exhibitor list pages. Faint stain and minimal wear to top corner.
[64 pp.] A catalog of an important exhibitor of Art Deco pieces by several dozen dealers, most.....