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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Another instalment of the highly acclaimed Design series, this time looking at contemporary designer David Gentleman (b.1930). David's early training engraving designs on small boxwood blocks ensured that his unique style retains the characteristic intensity of the miniaturist even when it is enlarged. He attended the Royal College of Art in Kensington from the autumn of 1950, and was tutored by some of the finest artists of the time, including Edward Bawden and John Nash. Lithography became his medium of choice and he has since worked on projects as diverse as designs for postage stamps and wine labels to the hundred-metre long panels at Charing Cross Station. AUTHOR: Brian Webb is a designer and visiting Professor at the University of the Arts London. Peyton Skipwith is an independent art consultant. SELLING POINTS: A new title in the exquisite Design series Foreword by Alan Bennett 150 colour illustrations Presents the work of contemporary designer and lithographer David Gentleman. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Winter brings a sombre note to the garden. After it, we look to spring to lighten up the vista. The plant, beyond all plants, that does this best is the montana clematis. Huge sweeps of colour, involving thousands of small flowers, climb into trees, cover walls and embellish shrubs. No one montana clematis flowers for long, but a sequence of montanas can flower from April to September. Colour catches the eye first, but as you approach, many of the montanas give an overwhelming fragrance. This particular group of clematis is vigorous, easy to plant and easy to grow. Montanas are free from stem rot (clematis wilt), and pruning is easy. As a bonus, in the autumn, some montanas produce attractive seed heads. The longevity of this clematis is such that it can be considered a friend for life. Written by acknowledged clematis expert John Howells, this book is a book for gardeners. The gardener needs to know the general features of this group of clematis. They will find them here. They need to know which montanas are available on the market, their strong and weak points, and which is best for each gardener's purpose. They will find that information here. The gardener needs to know how to cultivate this group of plants and how best to display them. That information is also here. Every plant has a history and the history of the montana is particularly fascinating and is given full coverage in this book. Every garden needs a montana and as this book demonstrates, there is a montana for every garden. Winter brings a somber note to the garden. After it, we look to spring to lighten up the vista. The plant, beyond all plants, that does this best is the montana clematis. Huge sweeps of colour, involving thousands of small flowers, climb into trees, cover walls and embellish shrubs. No one montana clematis flowers for long, but a sequence of montanas can flower from April to September. Colour catches the eye first, but as you approach, many of the montanas give an overwhelming fragrance. This particular group of clematis is vigorous, easy to plant and easy to grow. Montanas are free from stem rot (clematis wilt), and pruning is easy. As a bonus, in the autumn, some montanas produce attractive seed heads. The longevity of this clematis is such that it can be considered a friend for life. Written by acknowledged clematis expert John Howells, this book is a book for gardeners. The gardener needs to know the general features of this group of clematis. They will find them here. They need to know whic Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

1st Edition. Near fine copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 79 pages: col. ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Mona Lisa. Renaissance art. Art history. Art criticism and interpretation. 1 Kg. …

1st Edition. Near fine copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 79 pages: col. ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Mona Lisa. Renaissance art. Art history. Art criticism and interpretation. 1 Kg. …

Edition Unstated. Fine paperback copy; somewhat dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 231 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. Notes; Translated from the French. Previous ed.: London: Zwemmer, 1995. Subjects; Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France). Gardens France Versailles. Landscape architecture France Versailles. Versailles (France) Buildings, structures, etc. 1 Kg.…

Edition Unstated. Fine paperback copy; somewhat dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 231 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. Notes; Translated from the French. Previous ed.: London: Zwemmer, 1995. Subjects; Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France). Gardens France Versailles. Landscape architecture France Versailles. Versailles (France) Buildings, structures, etc. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Floral prints, motifs and designs are always in fashion, and never more so than when used as the fabric for an English summer dress. From the naturalistic to the painterly, from the graphic to the abstract, every summer almost every woman in Britain in the last 100 years has worn or wanted to wear a floral frock. Floral Frocks explores this unassuming cultural phenomenon from the beginning of the 20th century to the present in a series of broadly themed chronological chapters, each setting floral printed dresses as part of a wider socio-cultural context. Taken together the book will give a general design history, but also raises issues surrounding the zeitgeist of each era through the medium of looking at one specific garment (the dress) rendered in one specific way (floral print). The book discusses in detail over fifty floral printed dresses with over 140 illustrations which will show sumptuous details and full-length shots of the floral frocks with examples of historic and contemporary flor Beautifully illustrated, this text by Jo Turney shows the variety of styles and prints inherent in floral printed dresses worn throughout the 20th century. The author discusses in detail more than 50 dresses from the 1930s to 1970s with examples from both museum and private collections.Antique Collectors Club Ltd. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 135 pages; Physical description; 135 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Elegant Innovations: American Rookwood Pottery, 1880-1960', at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 15, 2003, to February 8, 2004"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-133) and index. Contents; Foreword / Anne d'Hernoncourt -- Collecting Rookwood pottery / Gerald ; Virginia Gordon -- A question of merit : Edwin AtLee Barber, Rookwood, and the Pennsylvania Museum / Jack L. Lindsey -- Rookwood pottery at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: the Gerald and Virginia Gordon Collection / Nancy E. Owen.Summary; The Rookwood Pottery was probably the most famous company making art pottery in the United States in the late nineteenth century into the twentieth century, achieving an international reputation and consistently promoting artistic innovation. Proud that the pottery was "an artist's studio, not a factory," Rookwood Pottery is known for achieving exceptionally fine glazes and successful experimental designs. By assimilating the strengths of myriad aesthetic movements from the American Art Pottery Movement to Art Nouveau and Art Deco, Rookwood Pottery encouraged decorators to try unusual subjects and to explore new techniques. Gerald and Virginia Gordon have created a magnificent collection fully representing all aspects of Rookwood pottery production, which they have generously given to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Philadelphia Museum of Art now has one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Rookwood pottery in existence. Each piece is gloriously reproduced in colour. This collection has never before been published. The story of the creation of Rookwood Pottery and its quest for artistic creativity is told in the main essay by noted Rookwood scholar Nancy Owen. Author of Rookwood and the Industry of Art (2001), Nancy Owen is a lecturer in American art and gender studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. A full checklist documenting all the objects, a selected bibliography, and an index of makers and decorators complete the presentation of this volume. Subjects; Gordon, Gerald - Art collections - Catalogs. Gordon, Virginia - Art collections - Catalogs. Philadelphia Museum of Art - Catalogs. Rookwood pottery - Catalogs. Art pottery, American - Ohio - Cincinnati - 19th & 20th centuries - Catalogs. 2 Kg.…

1st Edition. Near fine copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 79 pages: col. ill. ; 22 cm. Summary: "According to a recent survey, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Louvre masterpiece, is still considered the most famous painting in the world; and yet, despite popular acclaim is still shrouded in shadow and mystery. Who is the women in the portrait? Why does she seem to be smiling at us? Why did Leonardo never finish nor sell the painting? Why is it now in France? These and other questions make this book a compelling read. Following the story of the Mona Lisa, we'll travel from luxurious Florentine palazzi to the magnificence of Versailles, from the austere rooms of the Louvre to World War II air raid shelters. Not to mention the sensational theft that, in 1911, had the whole word waiting with bated breath. Subjects: Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. Mona Lisa. Renaissance art. Italian artists. 1 Kg.…

1st Edition. Near fine copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 79 pages: col. ill. ; 22 cm. Summary: "According to a recent survey, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Louvre masterpiece, is still considered the most famous painting in the world; and yet, despite popular acclaim is still shrouded in shadow and mystery. Who is the women in the portrait? Why does she seem to be smiling at us? Why did Leonardo never finish nor sell the painting? Why is it now in France? These and other questions make this book a compelling read. Following the story of the Mona Lisa, we'll travel from luxurious Florentine palazzi to the magnificence of Versailles, from the austere rooms of the Louvre to World War II air raid shelters. Not to mention the sensational theft that, in 1911, had the whole word waiting with bated breath. Subjects: Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. Mona Lisa. Renaissance art. Italian artists. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 135 pages; Physical description; 135 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Elegant Innovations: American Rookwood Pottery, 1880-1960', at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 15, 2003, to February 8, 2004"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-133) and index. Contents; Foreword / Anne d'Hernoncourt -- Collecting Rookwood pottery / Gerald ; Virginia Gordon -- A question of merit : Edwin AtLee Barber, Rookwood, and the Pennsylvania Museum / Jack L. Lindsey -- Rookwood pottery at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: the Gerald and Virginia Gordon Collection / Nancy E. Owen.Summary; The Rookwood Pottery was probably the most famous company making art pottery in the United States in the late nineteenth century into the twentieth century, achieving an international reputation and consistently promoting artistic innovation. Proud that the pottery was "an artist's studio, not a factory," Rookwood Pottery is known for achieving exceptionally fine glazes and successful experimental designs. By assimilating the strengths of myriad aesthetic movements from the American Art Pottery Movement to Art Nouveau and Art Deco, Rookwood Pottery encouraged decorators to try unusual subjects and to explore new techniques. Gerald and Virginia Gordon have created a magnificent collection fully representing all aspects of Rookwood pottery production, which they have generously given to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Philadelphia Museum of Art now has one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Rookwood pottery in existence. Each piece is gloriously reproduced in colour. This collection has never before been published. The story of the creation of Rookwood Pottery and its quest for artistic creativity is told in the main essay by noted Rookwood scholar Nancy Owen. Author of Rookwood and the Industry of Art (2001), Nancy Owen is a lecturer in American art and gender studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. A full checklist documenting all the objects, a selected bibliography, and an index of makers and decorators complete the presentation of this volume. Subjects; Gordon, Gerald - Art collections - Catalogs. Gordon, Virginia - Art collections - Catalogs. Philadelphia Museum of Art - Catalogs. Rookwood pottery - Catalogs. Art pottery, American - Ohio - Cincinnati - 19th & 20th centuries - Catalogs. 2 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Another instalment of the highly acclaimed Design series, this time looking at contemporary designer David Gentleman (b.1930). David's early training engraving designs on small boxwood blocks ensured that his unique style retains the characteristic intensity of the miniaturist even when it is enlarged. He attended the Royal College of Art in Kensington from the autumn of 1950, and was tutored by some of the finest artists of the time, including Edward Bawden and John Nash. Lithography became his medium of choice and he has since worked on projects as diverse as designs for postage stamps and wine labels to the hundred-metre long panels at Charing Cross Station. AUTHOR: Brian Webb is a designer and visiting Professor at the University of the Arts London. Peyton Skipwith is an independent art consultant. SELLING POINTS: A new title in the exquisite Design series Foreword by Alan Bennett 150 colour illustrations Presents the work of contemporary designer and lithographer David Gentleman. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. As occasional model for no less than Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) remains a well-known face of the Pre-Raphealite era. Born into a well-to-do Anglo-Greek family in London, she was greatly admired as one of 'The Three Graces', alongside Aglaia Coronio and Maria Zambaco, and photographed several times by Julia Margaret Cameron. Her circle of close friends included, among others, William Michael Rossetti, Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown, George Frederick Watts, Jane Morris, the Ionides family, and James Abbott MacNeill Whistler. What few people now realise is that behind the enigmatic face lay talent and determination. A gifted artist in her own right, Marie persuaded her father to allow her to study under Ford Madox Brown. She was a prolific painter throughout her long career - a career that she was determined to have in a time when women of her status were actively discouraged from doing so, and that she maintained throughout her marriage. She exhibited regularly at the Dudley from 1870, the Grosvenor from 1877 and at the New Gallery from 1887 until 1908, in addition to numerous exhibitions in the United States between 1875 and 1908. Her husband, William James Stillman (1828-1901), a New Englander by birth, was an early and important figure in the development of American taste for a domestic school of painting. In 1855 he founded and edited The Crayon , the first successful American fine art journal, with John Ruskin's encouragement and with William Michael Rossetti as his London correspondent. Stillman painted with members of the Hudson River school and was a pioneering and creative photographer. In Europe, following his marriage to Marie Spartali in 1871, he was a war correspondent and Rome correspondent for The Times from 1876 until his retirement in 1898. This is the first biography of Marie Spartali Stillman. Based on complete access to her family's archives, it fully examines her work as well as placing it in to social and personal context. This richly illustrated and comprehensive book catalogues more than 170 works by Marie Spartali Stillman, many previously unknown. As much of her work can only be found in private collections, many of the works illustrated here have not been seen by the public since her last exhibition in 1908. 71 colour & 22 b/w illustrations As occasional model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) remains a well-known face of the Pre-Raphaelite era. William James Stillman (1828-1901) founded and edited The Crayon, the first successful American fine art journal. Stillman painted with members of the Hudson River school and was a pioneering and creative photographer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Winter brings a sombre note to the garden. After it, we look to spring to lighten up the vista. The plant, beyond all plants, that does this best is the montana clematis. Huge sweeps of colour, involving thousands of small flowers, climb into trees, cover walls and embellish shrubs. No one montana clematis flowers for long, but a sequence of montanas can flower from April to September. Colour catches the eye first, but as you approach, many of the montanas give an overwhelming fragrance. This particular group of clematis is vigorous, easy to plant and easy to grow. Montanas are free from stem rot (clematis wilt), and pruning is easy. As a bonus, in the autumn, some montanas produce attractive seed heads. The longevity of this clematis is such that it can be considered a friend for life. Written by acknowledged clematis expert John Howells, this book is a book for gardeners. The gardener needs to know the general features of this group of clematis. They will find them here. They need to know which montanas are available on the market, their strong and weak points, and which is best for each gardener's purpose. They will find that information here. The gardener needs to know how to cultivate this group of plants and how best to display them. That information is also here. Every plant has a history and the history of the montana is particularly fascinating and is given full coverage in this book. Every garden needs a montana and as this book demonstrates, there is a montana for every garden. Winter brings a somber note to the garden. After it, we look to spring to lighten up the vista. The plant, beyond all plants, that does this best is the montana clematis. Huge sweeps of colour, involving thousands of small flowers, climb into trees, cover walls and embellish shrubs. No one montana clematis flowers for long, but a sequence of montanas can flower from April to September. Colour catches the eye first, but as you approach, many of the montanas give an overwhelming fragrance. This particular group of clematis is vigorous, easy to plant and easy to grow. Montanas are free from stem rot (clematis wilt), and pruning is easy. As a bonus, in the autumn, some montanas produce attractive seed heads. The longevity of this clematis is such that it can be considered a friend for life. Written by acknowledged clematis expert John Howells, this book is a book for gardeners. The gardener needs to know the general features of this group of clematis. They will find them here. They need to know whic Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. *** REDUCED FROM $105 WHILST STOCKS LAST *** Polo: Equine Warriors is a stunning coffee table photography book that brings to life the inner psyche of the polo pony. Trained and bred for courage, strength, speed and agility, polo ponies also maintain an incredible beauty and elegance. Freeing themselves from the herd mentality, these animals transform into individual, responsive athletes, no longer a part of the pack like their ancestors. Understand how they evolve into highly competitive beings willing to crash into other horses, unafraid of a ball speeding along at 110 miles per hour or mallets swinging past their heads. These trained athletes have been captured in photographs stylised in a way never seen before in print. By taking the fine art of watercolour paint and combining it with graphic print techniques the reader is immersed in an exciting, emotional experience. Renowned polo players, trainers, psychologists and handlers, have all written insightful short essays on the equine polo warrior. AUTHOR: Bob Tabor's work is a stunning juxtaposition of renaissance sculpture and modern graphic sensibility. It is romantic, emotionally intense and technically refined. Bob spent most of his life at the very top of the advertising world. He honed his graphic sensibility working with the world's best graphic designers, and his photographic skills working with the best photographers and directors. Bob's horse photos are currently showcased in Polo Ralph Lauren Home showrooms as well as Polo Ralph Lauren retail stores on four continents. His work is in private collections and galleries worldwide, and he is available for portrait commissions. 150 colour illustrations A stunning coffee table photography book that brings to life the inner psyche of the polo pony through Bob Tabor's beautiful photography. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Floral prints, motifs and designs are always in fashion, and never more so than when used as the fabric for an English summer dress. From the naturalistic to the painterly, from the graphic to the abstract, every summer almost every woman in Britain in the last 100 years has worn or wanted to wear a floral frock. Floral Frocks explores this unassuming cultural phenomenon from the beginning of the 20th century to the present in a series of broadly themed chronological chapters, each setting floral printed dresses as part of a wider socio-cultural context. Taken together the book will give a general design history, but also raises issues surrounding the zeitgeist of each era through the medium of looking at one specific garment (the dress) rendered in one specific way (floral print). The book discusses in detail over fifty floral printed dresses with over 140 illustrations which will show sumptuous details and full-length shots of the floral frocks with examples of historic and contemporary flor Beautifully illustrated, this text by Jo Turney shows the variety of styles and prints inherent in floral printed dresses worn throughout the 20th century. The author discusses in detail more than 50 dresses from the 1930s to 1970s with examples from both museum and private collections.Antique Collectors Club Ltd. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages; Physical description. : 218 p. : ill. (chiefly col. ) ; 31 cm. Notes: Includes index. Summary: This intensive look at specific aspects of design and construction informs both the professional and the interested reader about design solutions, materials used and the importance and complexity of the finer details in a project as a whole. Subject: Architecture - Details. Commercial buildings - Design and construction. Dwellings - Design and construction. Series: Details ; v.6. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages; Physical description. : 218 p. : ill. (chiefly col. ) ; 31 cm. Notes: Includes index. Summary: This intensive look at specific aspects of design and construction informs both the professional and the interested reader about design solutions, materials used and the importance and complexity of the finer details in a project as a whole. Subject: Architecture - Details. Commercial buildings - Design and construction. Dwellings - Design and construction. Series: Details ; v.6. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 239 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 33 cm. Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum. Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index. Subjects: Lyon, Dennis Art collections ; Exhibitions. Lyon, Janis Art collections ; Exhibitions. Altarpieces New Mexico ; Exhibitions. Art, Spanish colonial New Mexico ; Exhibitions. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 239 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 33 cm. Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum. Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index. Subjects: Lyon, Dennis Art collections ; Exhibitions. Lyon, Janis Art collections ; Exhibitions. Altarpieces New Mexico ; Exhibitions. Art, Spanish colonial New Mexico ; Exhibitions. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. *** REDUCED FROM $105 WHILST STOCKS LAST *** Polo: Equine Warriors is a stunning coffee table photography book that brings to life the inner psyche of the polo pony. Trained and bred for courage, strength, speed and agility, polo ponies also maintain an incredible beauty and elegance. Freeing themselves from the herd mentality, these animals transform into individual, responsive athletes, no longer a part of the pack like their ancestors. Understand how they evolve into highly competitive beings willing to crash into other horses, unafraid of a ball speeding along at 110 miles per hour or mallets swinging past their heads. These trained athletes have been captured in photographs stylised in a way never seen before in print. By taking the fine art of watercolour paint and combining it with graphic print techniques the reader is immersed in an exciting, emotional experience. Renowned polo players, trainers, psychologists and handlers, have all written insightful short essays on the equine polo warrior. AUTHOR: Bob Tabor's work is a stunning juxtaposition of renaissance sculpture and modern graphic sensibility. It is romantic, emotionally intense and technically refined. Bob spent most of his life at the very top of the advertising world. He honed his graphic sensibility working with the world's best graphic designers, and his photographic skills working with the best photographers and directors. Bob's horse photos are currently showcased in Polo Ralph Lauren Home showrooms as well as Polo Ralph Lauren retail stores on four continents. His work is in private collections and galleries worldwide, and he is available for portrait commissions. 150 colour illustrations A stunning coffee table photography book that brings to life the inner psyche of the polo pony through Bob Tabor's beautiful photography. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. As occasional model for no less than Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) remains a well-known face of the Pre-Raphealite era. Born into a well-to-do Anglo-Greek family in London, she was greatly admired as one of 'The Three Graces', alongside Aglaia Coronio and Maria Zambaco, and photographed several times by Julia Margaret Cameron. Her circle of close friends included, among others, William Michael Rossetti, Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown, George Frederick Watts, Jane Morris, the Ionides family, and James Abbott MacNeill Whistler. What few people now realise is that behind the enigmatic face lay talent and determination. A gifted artist in her own right, Marie persuaded her father to allow her to study under Ford Madox Brown. She was a prolific painter throughout her long career - a career that she was determined to have in a time when women of her status were actively discouraged from doing so, and that she maintained throughout her marriage. She exhibited regularly at the Dudley from 1870, the Grosvenor from 1877 and at the New Gallery from 1887 until 1908, in addition to numerous exhibitions in the United States between 1875 and 1908. Her husband, William James Stillman (1828-1901), a New Englander by birth, was an early and important figure in the development of American taste for a domestic school of painting. In 1855 he founded and edited The Crayon , the first successful American fine art journal, with John Ruskin's encouragement and with William Michael Rossetti as his London correspondent. Stillman painted with members of the Hudson River school and was a pioneering and creative photographer. In Europe, following his marriage to Marie Spartali in 1871, he was a war correspondent and Rome correspondent for The Times from 1876 until his retirement in 1898. This is the first biography of Marie Spartali Stillman. Based on complete access to her family's archives, it fully examines her work as well as placing it in to social and personal context. This richly illustrated and comprehensive book catalogues more than 170 works by Marie Spartali Stillman, many previously unknown. As much of her work can only be found in private collections, many of the works illustrated here have not been seen by the public since her last exhibition in 1908. 71 colour & 22 b/w illustrations As occasional model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) remains a well-known face of the Pre-Raphaelite era. William James Stillman (1828-1901) founded and edited The Crayon, the first successful American fine art journal. Stillman painted with members of the Hudson River school and was a pioneering and creative photographer. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 200 pages: col. ill. ; 31 cm.Subjects: Roosevelt, Quentin 1919-1948. Naxi (Chinese people) Civilization. Naxi (Chinese people) Ethnic identity. 1 Kg.…

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 200 pages: col. ill. ; 31 cm.Subjects: Roosevelt, Quentin 1919-1948. Naxi (Chinese people) Civilization. Naxi (Chinese people) Ethnic identity. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. "Twenty-First Century Jewellery Designers: An Inspired Style" is a stunning survey of the contemporary jewellery that's being designed and created across the world today. From the great JAR, to James de Givenchy and Nicholas Varney in the West, and Michelle Ong, Wallace Chan and Bhagat in the East, Inspired Style is an exploration into the designers' worlds, helping the reader to discover the jewels that great jewellery artists are creating now. Interviews with each designer featured reveal their inspirations and passions, their favourite materials, designing processes, and how their personalities influence their designs. AUTHOR: A Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem A), Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld began her career at Sotheby's and Co., London. Based in France she writes about jewellery and is working on her next book on the subject. Juliet's Great-grandfather, Thomas Weir, founded the jewellers Weir and Sons in Dublin in 1869, a company that is still run by members of the family. SELLING POINTS: An exploration of the passions and inspirations that have ignited the creation of sumptuous jewels with a definitively contemporary touch Presents the stories and designs of leading contemporary jewellery designers working across the globe - France, the USA, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, Spain, Italy, China, Turkey, Lebanon, Taiwan, India, Germany Each entry is accompanied by beautiful colour photographs of the designer's pieces Includes a chapter on the new rising stars in the industry 500 colour illustrations Presents the stories and designs of the leading contemporary jewellery designers working across the globe today. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. "Twenty-First Century Jewellery Designers: An Inspired Style" is a stunning survey of the contemporary jewellery that's being designed and created across the world today. From the great JAR, to James de Givenchy and Nicholas Varney in the West, and Michelle Ong, Wallace Chan and Bhagat in the East, Inspired Style is an exploration into the designers' worlds, helping the reader to discover the jewels that great jewellery artists are creating now. Interviews with each designer featured reveal their inspirations and passions, their favourite materials, designing processes, and how their personalities influence their designs. AUTHOR: A Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem A), Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld began her career at Sotheby's and Co., London. Based in France she writes about jewellery and is working on her next book on the subject. Juliet's Great-grandfather, Thomas Weir, founded the jewellers Weir and Sons in Dublin in 1869, a company that is still run by members of the family. SELLING POINTS: An exploration of the passions and inspirations that have ignited the creation of sumptuous jewels with a definitively contemporary touch Presents the stories and designs of leading contemporary jewellery designers working across the globe - France, the USA, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, Spain, Italy, China, Turkey, Lebanon, Taiwan, India, Germany Each entry is accompanied by beautiful colour photographs of the designer's pieces Includes a chapter on the new rising stars in the industry 500 colour illustrations Presents the stories and designs of the leading contemporary jewellery designers working across the globe today. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …

Hardback edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; 310 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-303) and index. Subjects; Pope, John Russell 1874-1937 Criticism and interpretation. Architecture United States 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardback edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; 310 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-303) and index. Subjects; Pope, John Russell 1874-1937 Criticism and interpretation. Architecture United States 20th century. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copies in an equally fine dust-wrapper and slip-case. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm. Contents; v. 1. 1974-1983 -- v. 2. 1984-1993 -- v. 3. 1994-2004. Summary; This 3-volume collection presents the work of Nicaraguan painter, draftsman and lithographer Armando Morales produced since 1974. At the time he was forty-seven and had firmly established his aesthetic platform. Yet after achieving international success in the 1960s for his boldly painted geometric abstractions, by the early 1970s driven by a vital need and conscious effort to move away from the more abstract expressionist style he had been working in, he discovered post-abstract figuration. He also embarked upon a territory only partially pursued in previous decades: surrealism. In this second phase of Morales's career he explores the human form with his series of nudes, and plays with surrealist techniques in his still lifes and everyday compositions. One theme that remained constant throughout both his abstract and post-abstract career was his deep connection to his home country. While Nicaragua was too unstable to return to in his lifetime, Morales was still very tied to his country even serving the revolutionary government of Nicaragua as a representative to UNESCO in Paris from 1982-1990. "With his paintings he is not trying to exert public pressure or to stimulate patriotic and nationalistic ideals in his native country, nor does he conceive of his art as a stabilising force for a people on a slow path to recovery. His is a purely aesthetic exercise" writes author Raquel Tibol "Tenderness, sensuality, melancholy and human warmth, infuse [his work] giving it that much more power to communicate."Subject; Morales, Armando 1927-2011 Catalogues raisonne?s. 8 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copies in an equally fine dust-wrapper and slip-case. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm. Contents; v. 1. 1974-1983 -- v. 2. 1984-1993 -- v. 3. 1994-2004. Summary; This 3-volume collection presents the work of Nicaraguan painter, draftsman and lithographer Armando Morales produced since 1974. At the time he was forty-seven and had firmly established his aesthetic platform. Yet after achieving international success in the 1960s for his boldly painted geometric abstractions, by the early 1970s driven by a vital need and conscious effort to move away from the more abstract expressionist style he had been working in, he discovered post-abstract figuration. He also embarked upon a territory only partially pursued in previous decades: surrealism. In this second phase of Morales's career he explores the human form with his series of nudes, and plays with surrealist techniques in his still lifes and everyday compositions. One theme that remained constant throughout both his abstract and post-abstract career was his deep connection to his home country. While Nicaragua was too unstable to return to in his lifetime, Morales was still very tied to his country even serving the revolutionary government of Nicaragua as a representative to UNESCO in Paris from 1982-1990. "With his paintings he is not trying to exert public pressure or to stimulate patriotic and nationalistic ideals in his native country, nor does he conceive of his art as a stabilising force for a people on a slow path to recovery. His is a purely aesthetic exercise" writes author Raquel Tibol "Tenderness, sensuality, melancholy and human warmth, infuse [his work] giving it that much more power to communicate."Subject; Morales, Armando 1927-2011 Catalogues raisonne?s. 8 Kg. …