New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013. 7th Printing. Trade Paperback.
2013 seventh printing of 50th anniversary edition. A fine copy.
xi, 193 pp. Josef Albers's classic Interaction of Color is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Madison: Brown & Benchmark, 1993. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Edge wear, ink stamps to endpaper.
Wayne Craven presents art and artists within the context of their times, including insights into the intellectual, spiritual, and political environment. Along the way Craven charts the growth of a distinctly American art.....
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.
New York: HarperCollins, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Front jacket flap creased, jacket lightly foxed. Some pages lightly foxed.
xii, 349 pp. As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to.....
Watkins Glen, N.Y. Century House, 1950. Stapled Binding.
No publisher date (circa mid 1900s).
Unpaginated. A history of early American painting with black-and-white illustrations.
. 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.....
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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.....
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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.....
New York: Phaidon Press, 1995. Sixteenth edition. Soft Cover.
2014 printing of sixteenth edition. Faint edge wear.
688 pp. Color reproductions and photographs throughout. The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted.....