phaidon press edition (343 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.

1st Edition in this form. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 80 pages; Notes: Bibliography: p. 6. Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condición: Good.

paperback, 4to, xiv,386numerous illustrations, clean and tight, no inscriptions, corners slightly scuffed, slight creasing on spine, Good condition. ISBN: 0714817562.

small 4to., 160pp., with 88 illustrations, 39 in colour, with chronology & index, orig. cloth gilt. A fine clean copy in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. The Armada launched by Philip II in 1588 was the greatest fleet the world had ever seen. Its goal was the invasion of England. Steadfastly blocking its way, Queen Elizabeth I's navy was new and untried, but among its commanders was Francis Drake, a daring and brilliant military tactitian.The events that followed heralded a turning-point in the history of Europe.

Original cloth with dustjacket. Spine a bit discoloured, else a very good copy. Text in English Please see description or ask for photos.

Paperback. Condición: Gut. 301 p., with numerous colored figures and photos, 32 cm, Cover shows worn, inner book in good condition. Library copy with usual marks. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2080.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 3rd Edition. small 4to. softcover. [8]. 199pp. 138 illustrations. a good copy.

4to. 96pp, many full-page colour and b/w text illustrations. Original colour printed glazed card wraps.

8vo, 80pp, 60 colour illus., orig. cloth gilt. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper.

Original cloth with dustjacket. Spine a bit discoloured, else a very good copy. Text in English Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. hardback, 4to, 86pp, 156 plates, clean and sound, no inscriptions, original red cloth, Very Good / no dustwrapper.

Condición: Used: Like New. Relié, jaquette illustrée, nombreuses illustrations, très bon état.

30.0 x 22.5cms 128pp 48 colour illusts very good paperback & cover (sunned spine creased across front cover) Roberts argues that Bruegels gaiety and hardiness are tinged with a wry pessimism.

Cloth, large 8vo, 31 cm, 21 pp,78 plates (some tipped-in, some colour). From the introduction - " The art of Steer may be unhesitatingly placed in that category of English painting of which the frank vision of Constable has furnished the most conspicuous and lovely examples, a category to which Gainsborough, Crome, Bonington and David Cox also belong, one which can best be defined as displaying the fruits of an immediate unquestioning response to loved aspects of the visible world, furthermore a professional response, since it can be assumed that the sheer exercise of rendering it, whether rapidly or fluently, or with labour, is a preoccupation inseparable from the response itself, the impulse to paint, we may surmise being a component part of the delight experienced in the contemplation of nature; these artists are natural painters whose joy in appearances is unaffected. Such generalizations in the history and criticism of art are the more dangerous, being temptingly easy to make; for painting has flourished in 'schools' as music and literature have not. We must remember that the history of at least modern art is properly the history of artists; we may nevertheless speak of a category in this context, since it is possible to discover in the development of English painting two clear and divergent tendencies of which Constable naturally epitomizes the one and Blake as inevitably the other, the less pure and the more soulful. The poetry of Steer's vision is not only, however, simple to classify in this sense; it is perhaps the most complete instance in modern English painting of that coincidence of receptivity and skill which is the quality of the great natural, the great extravert painters." Good.

Leinen, 18*26. Condición: Gut. 590 Seiten 590 Seiten, Einband leicht befleckt, hinten Innenseite zum Buchrücken gebrochen, ansonsten gut erhalten, gebundener Leineneinband bo100330 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1700.

cloth, dustj, 4to 192 pp., 114 ills., 41 in colour complete reproductions of all paintings; with the biographies by Vasari, Paolo Giovio, Anonimo Gaddano; letters and other documents; very good condition.

Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 29 cm, 80 pp, 70 ills, 28 in colour. From the blurb: "The British Library houses one of the world's great collections of illuminated manuscripts. And Janet Backhouse has drawn on this rich resource to make a selection of outstanding examples that span over 800 years of medieval book production. She begins with an early Christian masterpiece, the Lindisfarne Gospels, and continues with a representative cross-section that reveals the remarkable variety and richness to be found in medieval manuscripts." Wrappers a little creased, otherwise Good.

Cloth, 4to, 31 cm, 16 pp,48 pp of plates From the blurb: "Stylistic and formal concerns were of secondary importance to Magritte, whose main interest was in ideas or propositions :about the world; for example, many of his paintings explore the relation between objects and words, or between the image of an object and the object itself. He deliberately cultivated a cold, unemotive, 'styleless' style, by which such concerns could be most directly conveyed to the spectator. This quality renders the images of violence and macabre sexuality in some of his works all the more disturbing. M any of the illustrations in this book have been specially photographed from paintmgs in the 1979 Magritte exhibition in Paris. They represent the whole of his career, with particular emphasis on the early years, when many of his best ideas were conceived." A volume in the Phaidon Colour Plate Series. Near Very Good in slightly used and price-clipped dustwrapper.

24.5 x 17.5cm 688pp b/w & colour illusts very good paperback with French flaps Introduction to ar thistory from early cave paintings to experimental art first published in 1950.

hardback, 4to, 168pp, 127 plates, clean and sound, no inscriptions, original red cloth gilt, Very Good condition in Fair dustwrapper, wrapper rubbed and creased with sellotape repairs to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. hardback, large 4to, 140pp, 80 illustrations, light foxing on edges, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, patterned cloth, Very Good condition in slightly frayed pictorial dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. small 4to. dustwrapper. [i-viii]. [2]. 398pp. 16 colour plates. 151 gravures and a further32 woodcuts in the text. light edge wear to wrapper otherwise a good copy.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 3rd Edition. small 4to. softcover. [i-x]. [2]. 214pp. 164 illustrations. a good copy.

Cloth, large 8vo, 26 cm, xi, 386 pp, 282 ills. Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; I Rembrandt's Life ; II Portraiture; Introduction; Self-Portraits; Single Portraits Group Portraits; III Landscape; IV Biblical Subjects; V Genre, Mythology and History; VI Rembrandt in His century VII Style and Technique Painting Etching Drawing; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Note on the Problem of Authenticity; Index of Works; Index of Persons and Places. Good in dustwrapper.

Cloth, 4to, 25 cm, 128 pp, numerous ills, plates, (some colour). An anthology with "hundreds of quotations about books being made, books being sold, books being read, disastrous books, successful books, and the problem and cure of bibliomania. A book for every book lover, dealer, curator or collector, Books is a truly original collection of insights, both lighthearted and earnest." - from the blurb. Contents: 1Bookmaking; 2. The Anatomy of Books; 3 Book Lore; 4. Disastrous Books; 5 The Enemies of Books; 6 The Love of Books; 7 Bibliotypes, 8 Ex Libris. Good in price-clippped dustwrapper.

Cloth, large 8vo, 25 pp + plates, A comprehensive survey of Spencer's work, including his religious paintings, figure compositions, portraits, landscapes and flower pieces. About 80 plates, one tipped-in colour illustration. Good, boards a little used and splayed.

Cloth, 4to, 29 cm, 80 pp, 70 ills, 28 in colour. From the blurb: "The first manuscript featured here is the priceless Lindisfarne Gospels. It was written and illuminated at the end of the seventh century, when Europe was still largely heathen and the British Isles were on the outer limit of the known world. The last colour plate shows a map of the New World and dates from about a thousand years later when Europe was going through Reformation and Counter-Reformation. It is easy to forget that paintings in manuscripts far outnumber all other types of painting and decoration during this period. They are vital witnesses to the development of European art, but they were always conceived as book illustrations and always intimately connected with a text. Janet Backhouse also points out that illumination was a craft rather than an art in the twentieth- century sense, and that by the thirteenth century the production of books was a professional business. The popular belief that all manuscripts were made by monks toiling away in draughty cloisters can only be true of the early Middle Ages. The technicalities of manuscript production are clearly explained: the vellum for a single volume of the great Carolingian or Romanesque Bibles may be thought of in terms of a flock of between two and three hundred sheep. But it is the illuminations themselves and their variety both in style and content that are so amazing. All the plates, which are drawn from Bibles, Psalters, Bestiaries, Book of Hours, Lives of Saints, Romances and many other sources, are selected from the magnificent collection of the British Library." Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Cloth, 4to, 29 cm, 80 pp, 70 ills, 28 in colour. From the blurb: "The first manuscript featured here is the priceless Lindisfarne Gospels. It was written and illuminated at the end of the seventh century, when Europe was still largely heathen and the British Isles were on the outer limit of the known world. The last colour plate shows a map of the New World and dates from about a thousand years later when Europe was going through Reformation and Counter-Reformation. It is easy to forget that paintings in manuscripts far outnumber all other types of painting and decoration during this period. They are vital witnesses to the development of European art, but they were always conceived as book illustrations and always intimately connected with a text. Janet Backhouse also points out that illumination was a craft rather than an art in the twentieth- century sense, and that by the thirteenth century the production of books was a professional business. The popular belief that all manuscripts were made by monks toiling away in draughty cloisters can only be true of the early Middle Ages. The technicalities of manuscript production are clearly explained: the vellum for a single volume of the great Carolingian or Romanesque Bibles may be thought of in terms of a flock of between two and three hundred sheep. But it is the illuminations themselves and their variety both in style and content that are so amazing. All the plates, which are drawn from Bibles, Psalters, Bestiaries, Book of Hours, Lives of Saints, Romances and many other sources, are selected from the magnificent collection of the British Library." Very Good in slightly used dustwrapper.

4to. 220pp, portrait frontis, double-sided colour and b/w plates within the pagination, text illustrations. Original brown cloth gilt, d/w.