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Egyptian Art: Selected Writings of Bernard V. Bothmer
ISBN: 9780195130713 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of the late Bernard V. Bothmer's writings represents some of the most significant scholarship on Egyptian art by a pioneer in the field. Introduced by his colleague T.G.H. James, former Keeper of the Egyptian Collection at the British Museum, and his former student, Rita Freed, Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, these articles span a broad range of topics on Egyptian art, from the origins of ancient Egypt to the Roman period. Bothmer's writings are complemented by more than 450 photographs, many from his Corpus of Late...
This collection of the late Bernard V. Bothmer's writings represents some of the most significant scholarship on Egyptian art by a pioneer in the fiel...
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363,57 |
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The Lightning Field
ISBN: 9780300138948 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Walter De Maria's Lightning Field (1977) is one of the 20th century's most significant works of art. Situated in a remote area of desert in southwestern New Mexico, it comprises 400 polished, stainless-steel poles (spaced 220 feet apart) installed in a grid measuring one mile by one kilometer. A sculpture to be explored on foot, The Lightning Field is intended to be experienced over an extended period of time. Critic Kenneth Baker visited The Lightning Field numerous times over the course of the past 30 years in order to write this text. Inspired and challenged...
Walter De Maria's Lightning Field (1977) is one of the 20th century's most significant works of art. Situated in a remote area of desert in sou...
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193,34 |
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The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th-Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum
ISBN: 9780892369041 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum after the deaths of Fran and Ray Stark. The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the Museum's new sculpture gardens and installations, which feature twenty-eight works by artists including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Rene Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, and Isamu Noguchi. The book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings; a history of European and...
This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum after the deaths of Fra...
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232,00 |
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Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: Volume VIII, Western Yorkshire
ISBN: 9780197264256 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The latest volume in the acclaimed Corpus series completes the cataloguing of the stone sculptures of Yorkshire, and boosts our understanding of the artistic development of southern Northumbria in the pre-Viking and Anglo-Scandinavian periods.
The monuments in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire include important collections from Dewsbury, Ilkley, Leeds and Otley, containing individual pieces of the highest quality; and there are fine examples of early architectural sculpture at Ledsham and Rothwell. Many of the finest monuments are connected with important ecclesiastical estates,... The latest volume in the acclaimed Corpus series completes the cataloguing of the stone sculptures of Yorkshire, and boosts our understanding of the a...
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515,55 |
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The Elgin Marbles : The Case for Restitution
ISBN: 9781844672523 / Angielski / Miękka / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most powerful case yet made for the return of the Parthenon Marbles
The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), designed and executed by Pheidias to adorn the Parthenon, are perhaps the greatest of all classical sculptures. In 1801, Lord Elgin, then ambassador to the Turkish government, had chunks of the frieze sawn off and shipped to England, where they were subsequently seized by Parliament and sold to the British Museum to help pay off his debts. This scandal, exacerbated by the inept handling of the sculptures by their self-appointed guardians, remains... The most powerful case yet made for the return of the Parthenon Marbles
The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), design... |
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77,28 |
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The Silent Rhetoric of the Body: A History of Monumental Sculpture and Commemorative Art in England, 1720-1770
ISBN: 9780300135411 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This illuminating and original book is the first to examine eighteenth-century British funeral monuments in their social, as well as their artistic, context, looking not only at the sculptors who created the monuments, but also the people who commissioned them and the people they commemorated. Matthew Craske begins by analyzing the relationship of tomb designs to the changing and diverse culture of death in eighteenth-century England, and then explains conditions of production and the shifting dynamics of the market. He concludes with a masterly analysis of the motivations of the people who...
This illuminating and original book is the first to examine eighteenth-century British funeral monuments in their social, as well as their artistic, c...
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283,55 |
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Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women
ISBN: 9780821418000 / Angielski / Twarda / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Gilded Age, when most sculptors aspired to produce monu ments, Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872 1955) made significant contributions to small bronze sculpture and garden statuary designed for the embellishment of the home. Her work commanded admiration for her fluid and suggestive modeling, graceful lines, and sculptural form. In 1904 Bessie Potter Vonnoh won the gold medal for sculpture at the St. Louis World s Fair for bronzes of contemporary American women and children that delighted all who saw them.
Although Vonnoh s work is represented today in museums throughout the United States,... In the Gilded Age, when most sculptors aspired to produce monu ments, Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872 1955) made significant contributions to small bronze ...
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328,15 |
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Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women
ISBN: 9780821418017 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Gilded Age, when most sculptors aspired to produce monu ments, Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872 1955) made significant contributions to small bronze sculpture and garden statuary designed for the embellishment of the home. Her work commanded admiration for her fluid and suggestive modeling, graceful lines, and sculptural form. In 1904 Bessie Potter Vonnoh won the gold medal for sculpture at the St. Louis World s Fair for bronzes of contemporary American women and children that delighted all who saw them.
Although Vonnoh s work is represented today in museums throughout the United... In the Gilded Age, when most sculptors aspired to produce monu ments, Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872 1955) made significant contributions to small bronze ...
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117,50 |
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Sheela-Na-Gigs of Ireland and Britain: The Divine Hag of the Christian Celts - An Illustrated Guide
ISBN: 9781856352949 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sheela-na-Gigs are carvings of female images depicted as naked and posing in a manner which accentuates the most powerfully evocative symbol of the vulva. They were erected on many churches of the medieval period and invariably in a prominent position such as over the main entrance door or a window.
Sheela-na-Gigs are carvings of female images depicted as naked and posing in a manner which accentuates the most powerfully evocative symbol of the vu...
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99,66 |
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Writing and Seeing Architecture
ISBN: 9780816645671 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The creative forms of literature and architecture appear to be distinct, one constructing a world on the page, the other producing the world in which we live. It is a conscious act to read literature, but the effects of architecture can pass by unnoticed. Yet, despite such obvious differences, writers and architects share a dynamic with their readers and visitors that is unpredictably similar.
Writing and Seeing Architecture unveils a candid conversation between Christian de Portzamparc, celebrated French architect, and influential theorist Philippe Sollers that... The creative forms of literature and architecture appear to be distinct, one constructing a world on the page, the other producing the world in whi... |
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235,10 |
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Writing and Seeing Architecture
ISBN: 9780816645688 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The creative forms of literature and architecture appear to be distinct, one constructing a world on the page, the other producing the world in which we live. It is a conscious act to read literature, but the effects of architecture can pass by unnoticed. Yet, despite such obvious differences, writers and architects share a dynamic with their readers and visitors that is unpredictably similar.
Writing and Seeing Architecture unveils a candid conversation between Christian de Portzamparc, celebrated French architect, and influential theorist Philippe Sollers that... The creative forms of literature and architecture appear to be distinct, one constructing a world on the page, the other producing the world in whi... |
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72,12 |
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Richard Artschwager: Public/Public
ISBN: 9780932900289 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A series of essays discussing the Elvehjem Museum of Art's outdoor sculpture, Generations, which opened to the public in 1991. This exhibit was designed as an educational vehicle which would promote an understanding and acceptance of the new sculpture and inspire further interest in public art.
A series of essays discussing the Elvehjem Museum of Art's outdoor sculpture, Generations, which opened to the public in 1991. This exhibit was design...
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78,32 |
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The Craftsman Revealed: Adriaen de Vries, Scupltor in Bronze
ISBN: 9780892369195 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The sculptor Adriaen de Vries (1556-1626) spent much of his life working for the most discerning royal courts of the age, including that of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. A master of composition and technique, De Vries was relatively unknown until the J. Paul Getty Museum's groundbreaking 1999 exhibition "Adriaen de Vries: Imperial Sculptor," which firmly established the artist's reputation and afforded a rare opportunity to study in depth a large group of bronzes.
This heavily illustrated volume presents the results of the technical study of twenty-five bronzes from the... The sculptor Adriaen de Vries (1556-1626) spent much of his life working for the most discerning royal courts of the age, including that of Holy Roman...
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257,78 |
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Land Art in the U.K.: A Complete Guide to Landscape, Environmental, Earthworks, Nature, Sculpture and Installation Art in the United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781861710956 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. LAND ART IN THE U.K.
A new book on land art in Great Britain. There are chapters on land artists such as Chris Drury, Hamish Fulton, David Nash, Richard Long and Andy Goldsworthy. All of the major practitioners of land and environmental art in the U.K. are discussed. EXTRACT FROM THW CHAPTER ON ANDY GOLDSWORTHY One wonders whether Andy Goldsworthy would like to work in snow and ice more than in any other medium. In temperate snowlands one feels Goldsworthy is very much at home. Snow has all the right sorts of qualities Goldsworthy looks for in a material: it is malleable, it melts... LAND ART IN THE U.K.
A new book on land art in Great Britain. There are chapters on land artists such as Chris Drury, Hamish Fulton, David Nash, R... |
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226,54 |
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Andy Goldsworthy
ISBN: 9781861712417 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: POCKET GUIDE
A pocket-sized guide to the art of Andy Goldsworthy, Britian s foremost sculptor of the natural world. This book tells you everything you need to know about Andy Goldsworthy and his artworks. EXTRACT FROM CHAPTER 5 Andy Goldsworthy works with the natural world, and within nature. He uses natural materials in natural shapes and forms set in natural contexts. Goldsworthy takes his cue from nature: as Jan Dibbets put it in 1969: I realized that if you want to use nature, you have to derive the appropriate structure from nature too . Nature may be the... ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: POCKET GUIDE
A pocket-sized guide to the art of Andy Goldsworthy, Britian s foremost sculptor of the natural world. This book te... |
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77,65 |
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The Blind Spot: An Essay on the Relations Between Painting and Sculpture in the Modern Age
ISBN: 9780892368921 / Angielski / Twarda / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning in the seventeenth century, the greatest French writers and artists became embroiled in a debate that turned on the priority of painting or sculpture, touch or sight, color or design, ancients or moderns. Jacqueline Lichtenstein guides readers through these historic quarrels, decoding the key terms of the heated discussions and revealing how the players were influenced by the concurrent explosion of scientific discoveries concerning the senses of sight and touch. Drawing on the work of Rene Descartes, Roger de Piles, Denis Diderot, Charles Baudelaire, and emile Zola, among others,...
Beginning in the seventeenth century, the greatest French writers and artists became embroiled in a debate that turned on the priority of painting or ...
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154,67 |
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Mark Di Suvero: Dreambook
ISBN: 9780520258655 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This beautifully illustrated bookthe definitive volume on American sculptor Mark di Suverofeatures more than two hundred images of his most important works, interspersed with short texts by the artist and by other writers who have inspired his art-making practice, plus a contribution by Francois Barre. Humanist in approach and populist in sensibility, di Suvero's sculpture is accessible, inviting, and inclusive. Praised in particular for his monumental assemblages incorporating steel and wood, di Suvero emerged as a superstar in the 1960s. He was the first living artist to show his sculpture...
This beautifully illustrated bookthe definitive volume on American sculptor Mark di Suverofeatures more than two hundred images of his most important ...
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273,24 |
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Freeing the Angel from the Stone a Guide to Piccirilli Sculpture in New York City
ISBN: 9780970340320 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors present a guide book to the major sculpture of the Piccirilli brothers in New York City.
The authors present a guide book to the major sculpture of the Piccirilli brothers in New York City.
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51,79 |
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Anyone? a Sculptor!: How to Be a Sculptor in 30 Days or Less
ISBN: 9781434379146 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Probably most comprehensive book on creating almost anything using a combination of metal or plastic mesh and concrete, commonly known as Ferrocement process. The reader/user will spend a modicum of money to become a proficient amature sculptor.
Probably most comprehensive book on creating almost anything using a combination of metal or plastic mesh and concrete, commonly known as Ferrocement ...
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146,70 |
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Sculpture Woods: Studio Grounds of Ann Morris
ISBN: 9780295988276 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ann Morris has become a priestess of sorts, investing her mind and spirit into an ambitious oeuvre of figurative bronzes that speak with a singular and meditative voice. In a comprehensive and insightful essay, Ted Lindberg traces the arc of Morris's artistic development from her beginnings as a mother, philosophy student, and Pasadena printmaker, to her reclusion on the wind-swept bluffs of Lummi Island in north Puget Sound. There Morris has created an extraordinary bronze park that she calls Sculpture Woods, a 15-acre sanctuary of stately forest and highbank waterfront that is... Ann Morris has become a priestess of sorts, investing her mind and spirit into an ambitious oeuvre of figurative bronzes that speak with a singular... |
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180,18 |
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